tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74034679495492257332024-03-18T19:16:50.901-07:00RB SailingA site dedicated to documenting some famous IOR raceboats and events. Contact: rb_sailing@outlook.com RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.comBlogger313125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-59178489234237961072023-12-28T19:49:00.000-08:002024-01-14T19:43:46.509-08:00Clipper Cup 1984<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKNLVsnr0-k0p4EDpYFDrloBQX3eURaOZzFk3LY7bJkdq_51d4F5oWFvV6lzWueeyqn1gYeHVd6ILMLsnFu78EdnrBU-SNyfG4_vOFWf200jZBNPyaKM5xEDdc-YXkCrcIDsJQzy06YFm_InxYsLofM-UwEg-8UzQVOdrf9xbqLsSf9FzajNGQDaLmQvo/s805/CC84_Boomerang_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="805" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKNLVsnr0-k0p4EDpYFDrloBQX3eURaOZzFk3LY7bJkdq_51d4F5oWFvV6lzWueeyqn1gYeHVd6ILMLsnFu78EdnrBU-SNyfG4_vOFWf200jZBNPyaKM5xEDdc-YXkCrcIDsJQzy06YFm_InxYsLofM-UwEg-8UzQVOdrf9xbqLsSf9FzajNGQDaLmQvo/w640-h430/CC84_Boomerang_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Frers 81-foot Maxi <i>Boomerang</i>, top individual yacht of the 1984 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">The 1984 Clipper Cup series attracted 69 of the world’s
top IOR racing yachts from nine countries (Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Hong
Kong, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and the United States). The Maxi fleet
included <i>Boomerang</i>, <i>Kialoa IV</i>, <i>Nirvana</i>, <i>Sorcery</i> and <i>Winterhawk</i> (ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/ceramco-new-zealand-farr-68.html" target="_blank">Ceramco New Zealand</a></i>) from the United States, <i>Condor</i> from Bermuda and <i>Ragamuffin</i> (ex-<i>Bumblebee
IV</i>) from Australia. R</span><span style="font-family: arial;">enowned marine photographer </span><a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> was there to capture the action, and this article features a number of his photos from the series.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKok8jDE6cPmrRegxICSI_wf2Ok2_pXm712XyU1fdhSaLyOu88rmkax0ooMYfbSvdMQ8jjR8Irm0e85Cr6hdeMRbRhAzB6CfVO32X6PvthGU2X52t0TgsxVbEKE5iAkRh7-Usdqme1mblWn_dlwP502odKIdPfyfZQ3ySb25DznO34QgOT2Y2JongL2kA/s1000/CC84_Boomerang%20and%20Kialoa%20IV_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKok8jDE6cPmrRegxICSI_wf2Ok2_pXm712XyU1fdhSaLyOu88rmkax0ooMYfbSvdMQ8jjR8Irm0e85Cr6hdeMRbRhAzB6CfVO32X6PvthGU2X52t0TgsxVbEKE5iAkRh7-Usdqme1mblWn_dlwP502odKIdPfyfZQ3ySb25DznO34QgOT2Y2JongL2kA/w640-h426/CC84_Boomerang%20and%20Kialoa%20IV_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Boomerang </i>crosses ahead of <i>Kialoa IV </i>as they approach a windward mark during one of the Triangle races in the 1984 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">The three Olympic triangle races were again the most
hotly contested of the series, with the Maxis doing their best to save their
time on handicap against the smaller yachts. The first two races were </span><span style="font-family: arial;">sailed in strong blustery winds before Hawaii’s standard tradewinds settled in. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> had a slow start but by the second race was clearly the form yacht in Class A. Within the other classes, Monte
Livingston’s </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2018/05/bullfrog-peterson-55.html" target="_blank">Checkmate</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(ex-</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Bullfrog</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) </span><span style="font-family: arial;">took two firsts in Class B; US yacht </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Victory</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> lead Class
C with a second and first; </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Bondi Tram </i><span style="font-family: arial;">lead Class D with two first placings; and
</span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/05/exador-farr-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Exador</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> lead the One Ton fleet that made up most of Class E, also with two first places.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUXi33o8rz-GJPNFWOmfLvRLz2EqELsuQgKCpFii218QLUpr2D6018xHt6PEC1QPnagqUJ-j252xt-J6pZA2TcMBgakRbTjPad2r_cQUT9m1TI1PxqQghs009x6C2mVissI-jbBrkI2JUB08VGkofKSy6ye9YwDqV-LjpZjqJoyrYIO9Bv2GaugO0CCoT/s1000/CC84_The%20Shadow_Orlanda_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUXi33o8rz-GJPNFWOmfLvRLz2EqELsuQgKCpFii218QLUpr2D6018xHt6PEC1QPnagqUJ-j252xt-J6pZA2TcMBgakRbTjPad2r_cQUT9m1TI1PxqQghs009x6C2mVissI-jbBrkI2JUB08VGkofKSy6ye9YwDqV-LjpZjqJoyrYIO9Bv2GaugO0CCoT/w640-h426/CC84_The%20Shadow_Orlanda_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Soverel-designed 55-footer <i>The Shadow</i>, seen here rounding a windward mark in close company with Italian yacht <i>Orlanda</i>, a Farr 58-footer, finished fifth yacht overall (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy0qeVzcrJkWZlLOHIaYtpSq9MkS4Z3tux8A8Flvxo_iwob36_k5aFBIA2jU19J4AISmKuhZOY4XKm0yv5eYtF4b6cFL0swky70iORY5O8f3-Bfvzaz0KZguUEvZyNAfKuxVvN7x5jrOQI39yOzMhhaKjHZ8WITf9ncPwKoJyKWTmXsPrNWvnmW0Heh55/s960/CC84_Kialoa%20IV%20Condor_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcy0qeVzcrJkWZlLOHIaYtpSq9MkS4Z3tux8A8Flvxo_iwob36_k5aFBIA2jU19J4AISmKuhZOY4XKm0yv5eYtF4b6cFL0swky70iORY5O8f3-Bfvzaz0KZguUEvZyNAfKuxVvN7x5jrOQI39yOzMhhaKjHZ8WITf9ncPwKoJyKWTmXsPrNWvnmW0Heh55/w640-h426/CC84_Kialoa%20IV%20Condor_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kialoa IV </i>(second yacht overall) powers upwind with <i>Condor </i>on her windward hip (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The rough conditions of the first two races caused
some attrition in the fleet, and so only 58 boats motored out for the 150-mile
double-points Kalua Koi Molokai Race. Conditions were fortunately much less
extreme than in 1982, and saw </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> take line honours from </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/03/kialoa-iv-holland-maxi.html" target="_blank">Kialoa</a> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">with a
margin of nine minutes, but </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa </i><span style="font-family: arial;">only just edged out </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/01/sorcery-mull-maxi.html" target="_blank">Sorcery</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> by ten seconds.
The Maxis also took overall handicap honours in the race, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> first,
followed by </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Nirvana</i><span style="font-family: arial;">. In Class B, Australia’s </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Freight
Train</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (Frers 62) finished first, ahead of </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/locura-soverel-43.html" target="_blank">The Shadow</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (with designer Mark Soverel at the helm),
but </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Tomahawk </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(ex-</span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2018/02/margaret-rintoul-iii-frers-50.html" target="_blank">Margaret Rintoull III</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">) and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Checkmate</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> took first
and second on corrected time. The vintage Peterson 43 </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2016/07/scarlett-ohara-peterson-43.html" target="_blank">Scarlett O’Hara</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, sailed
by Dee Smith, took Class C honours from the Reichel/Pugh 43 </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/05/lobo-and-sidewinder-reichelpugh-43.html" target="_blank">Sidewinder</a>.</i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBLss3CKmh0paWf6qGc15uvpKSrK5egk1thKLhX8MYTUOyGbdBhVQOoZ2opLic_1YCuiT2KtGjrnd5l2BHQ1aWUBDU1ZgW7EKIjpE_tsqRJ4TI7Mtd49XGsZ5FhqArL9iEIHliGRqGGhPl23N3EerVRTMMvqidoS99ptXYLl-HE9aejm8GJccy8P97Ewe/s1000/CC84_Scarlett_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBLss3CKmh0paWf6qGc15uvpKSrK5egk1thKLhX8MYTUOyGbdBhVQOoZ2opLic_1YCuiT2KtGjrnd5l2BHQ1aWUBDU1ZgW7EKIjpE_tsqRJ4TI7Mtd49XGsZ5FhqArL9iEIHliGRqGGhPl23N3EerVRTMMvqidoS99ptXYLl-HE9aejm8GJccy8P97Ewe/w640-h428/CC84_Scarlett_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Scarlett O'Hara </i>rounds up during one of the reaches in one of the first two Triangle races (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1O3oGhzPniwXmAaqaK-35NKjRgX5hFZd0j2MYyBa8mDkv4X-7OMP4W5ZjPNTOivy3Lb7gSaM5gmUWHl6z9Qh48ZPYBu5IUZXarqb31v3azv5gHE-q__UMxa4L60ZwP9UHG5QthmiVm6l6nsfPfessDfPhMBQbV_ooY_ff8ObMw9yoiFv4-04zOC4pqjQG/s1000/CC84_Zero%20nth%20shore%20Molokai%20Race_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1O3oGhzPniwXmAaqaK-35NKjRgX5hFZd0j2MYyBa8mDkv4X-7OMP4W5ZjPNTOivy3Lb7gSaM5gmUWHl6z9Qh48ZPYBu5IUZXarqb31v3azv5gHE-q__UMxa4L60ZwP9UHG5QthmiVm6l6nsfPfessDfPhMBQbV_ooY_ff8ObMw9yoiFv4-04zOC4pqjQG/w640-h426/CC84_Zero%20nth%20shore%20Molokai%20Race_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Japanese yacht <i>Zero</i>, a Frers 52-footer and member of the eighth-placed Japan 'East' Team (alongside <i>Karasu</i> and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/06/intuition-peterson-42.html" target="_blank">Intuition</a></i>, sails past the North Shore during the Molokai Race (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/02/bondi-tram-frers-41.html" target="_blank">Bondi Tram</a></i> extended her dominance of Class D, soundly
trashing <i>Revenge</i> and the rest of the class, with a 13-minute lead on corrected
time. Similarly, <i>Exador</i> continued to be the boat to beat in Class E, trouncing
her sisterships <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/pacific-sundance-farr-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Sundance</a></i>, <i>General Hospital</i> and <i>Indian Gibber</i>, and correcting to
fifth in fleet behind the four leading Maxis. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLYDgi0dlmKjGX27vIkY_nrYeJHHOCmX3nDV-RI_am5XErT4OuLE4p-UXZIUzjBsbP15oqTBgIZmKcXXqIs5skWrG27V5J-nP1S6YiJo5-dOTmYwtixKNzbpvdMgdNZ0HBuMRM54vGybbu2F_3OsLwRpDnFdehwlBW_pzp_V4dJo1_d9mtuZ4pwhTtgsL/s1000/CC84_Condor%20Nirvana%20Rags_Uhl.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLYDgi0dlmKjGX27vIkY_nrYeJHHOCmX3nDV-RI_am5XErT4OuLE4p-UXZIUzjBsbP15oqTBgIZmKcXXqIs5skWrG27V5J-nP1S6YiJo5-dOTmYwtixKNzbpvdMgdNZ0HBuMRM54vGybbu2F_3OsLwRpDnFdehwlBW_pzp_V4dJo1_d9mtuZ4pwhTtgsL/w640-h428/CC84_Condor%20Nirvana%20Rags_Uhl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Condor</i>, <i>Nirvana</i> and <i>Ragamuffin</i> on the charge towards a wing mark during one of the Triangle races (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">Similar positions were recorded for
the KHON/NBC triangle race, with <i>Boomerang</i> again winning the Maxi division and holding her time against the entire fleet, with <i>Bondi Tram</i> being again dominant in Class D. In
Class E the Farr 40s again proved to be rocketships, with<i> Exador</i> surviving a
collision and protest with Class D yacht <i>Orihime</i> to win the class. <i>Checkmate </i>added a second
placing in Class B to her earlier firsts, and a second overall to secure the
newly dedicated Hawaii Silver Jubilee Trophy for the top overall yacht in the
combined ocean triangle races.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdphCKD6cNd8wgu8k-mfrbWQetbb5N8kJrk2YU4Ht9IHG7aYAaBif14aJ8yxjKuxIMddfyDwbHliCClavJEcLtxHkVqZNS0JFPMdL_bo8As1y7GUBtz3TE4X4ROf4fFiV8GsnW2OBwWc1pIhnzCWW1cct2OmXQOHFkjoajoBdXVvwXDtDy2-UkhQb5LvpV/s1000/1984%20Clipper%20Cup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdphCKD6cNd8wgu8k-mfrbWQetbb5N8kJrk2YU4Ht9IHG7aYAaBif14aJ8yxjKuxIMddfyDwbHliCClavJEcLtxHkVqZNS0JFPMdL_bo8As1y7GUBtz3TE4X4ROf4fFiV8GsnW2OBwWc1pIhnzCWW1cct2OmXQOHFkjoajoBdXVvwXDtDy2-UkhQb5LvpV/w640-h428/1984%20Clipper%20Cup.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Bondi Tram</i>, the dominant yacht of Class D, rounds a leeward mark in close company with US yacht <i>Prism </i>during the third Triangle race (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoSfThSDHsUOief_agL_3QBDDDxBKMSUuPXqyK7QzEaBrlliY3Vutz6koDkFtcSu7YM3gowC0Jz0J30q4V0-KmFI4rM_tQgU6EJUmLl1vMGHrqyr-MIJkh25Kn9N-lAw08pRrOz-7evSLTTiABBCj-yJV3Mu71aS8vgMQBuImRCC81O5IIUeOEAi-yyL-/s806/CC84_Bravura_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="806" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoSfThSDHsUOief_agL_3QBDDDxBKMSUuPXqyK7QzEaBrlliY3Vutz6koDkFtcSu7YM3gowC0Jz0J30q4V0-KmFI4rM_tQgU6EJUmLl1vMGHrqyr-MIJkh25Kn9N-lAw08pRrOz-7evSLTTiABBCj-yJV3Mu71aS8vgMQBuImRCC81O5IIUeOEAi-yyL-/w640-h428/CC84_Bravura_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The US yacht <i>Bravura</i>, a Frers 46-footer and member of the ninth-placed US 'Blue' Team, alongside <i>Scarlett O'Hara </i>and <i>Libalia Flash</i> (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">With only the 778-mile Around the State Race to go,
<i>Boomerang</i> had accumulated 490 out of a possible 500 fleet points. <i>Checkmate</i>, however,
lay just three points behind, and <i>Tomahawk</i> another three points further back.
The performances of these latter two had bought their US ‘White’ Team within
six points of the series-leading New Zealand ‘A’ Team of <i>Exador</i>, <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/02/shockwave-frers-43.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a> </i>and
<i>Sundance</i> in the scoring for the Clipper Cup (also giving New Zealand a
comfortable 34-point lead in that season’s Champagne Mumm World Cup). However,
the Around the State Race counts for triple points, or three-eighths of the
series scoring, which reduces the importance of all the preceding races by what
some considered an excessive amount.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGB-kDKFlNcEzvp-RYmrWQUhI9SWvTB5AhBeN2Mk70Bms3RISFpGITrxIfWKoUHxU9vG4FLXf2pL8leUM6goG-bgc-t4O-HZNOyKVgnjoV7fglHJDu1wqtsPxX4J-sVN1hfhTsLEFs9FlPLEoDXCzWwM6-0BmzYjJvVIPtj_mDfwA0f_mPn56dOfjWb9b/s1000/CC84_Condor%20and%20Boomerang_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGB-kDKFlNcEzvp-RYmrWQUhI9SWvTB5AhBeN2Mk70Bms3RISFpGITrxIfWKoUHxU9vG4FLXf2pL8leUM6goG-bgc-t4O-HZNOyKVgnjoV7fglHJDu1wqtsPxX4J-sVN1hfhTsLEFs9FlPLEoDXCzWwM6-0BmzYjJvVIPtj_mDfwA0f_mPn56dOfjWb9b/w640-h428/CC84_Condor%20and%20Boomerang_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Boomerang </i>crosses behind <i>Condor</i>, likely while the fleet played the windshifts off Maunalua Bay in the early stages of the Molokai Race (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The Around the State Race started in an easterly
squall followed by light to moderate winds for the trek to Kauai and beyond
Niihau. Fortunately the winds began to pick up again on the long reaching leg
to South Point. Misfortune would strike when</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Exador</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was dismasted by a rogue
wave off the Ka’u Coast off the Big Island. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was the first yacht
around South Point, leading </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa </i><span style="font-family: arial;">by about six miles. As the wind freshened
</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> extended her lead, finishing in 3 days, 22 hours and 34 minutes and
beating the course record set by</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> in 1982 by an hour (and also beaten by
</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> in 1984). </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Condor</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> saved her best for the most important race, coming in
third, followed by </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Nirvana</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and Class B’s leader </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Freight
Train</i><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRQ8JZS-74SpTz6eIsEphG5YeKsYR8IoqQfKvKXVf1FvkX68rIUmx1zd6CuwQZ9H3PDzqAOtFPDwTbeyfy0BQYjFxvjkjCrMWniT0VsCa084UiIljdFniifJ1CJZJDjsqx1jSaMG0bAtu4-KA-k7V2eG7PPSr_ZKzGajqkUhTl02bwO-nxbFy_Pu4cVjt/s1000/CC84_Freight%20Train_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRQ8JZS-74SpTz6eIsEphG5YeKsYR8IoqQfKvKXVf1FvkX68rIUmx1zd6CuwQZ9H3PDzqAOtFPDwTbeyfy0BQYjFxvjkjCrMWniT0VsCa084UiIljdFniifJ1CJZJDjsqx1jSaMG0bAtu4-KA-k7V2eG7PPSr_ZKzGajqkUhTl02bwO-nxbFy_Pu4cVjt/w640-h428/CC84_Freight%20Train_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Frers 62-footer <i>Freight Train</i> sets off on a spinnaker reach during one of the Triangle races - she finished 13th= yacht overall and was a member of the fifth-placed New South Wales Team, alongside <i>Ragamuffin </i>and <i>Sweet Caroline</i> (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8KooBAtT-sDwCif0FaTIqMW0lKpvMWKRWoTFFFK-ER1dTrkgWD-QuVtfQC72REBXfbuFQpVQBtxPJsyvlGZ45e3Hl9dRs8u3U-oOJQgy3lh6gvgpRh1K06ECxN87ECxPN16EEpLYAdhkI6e1diu4wVtohHIYpK188_TSwJwKHktlyBXXdF_34tEr1dDB/s1000/General%20Hospital_KC_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8KooBAtT-sDwCif0FaTIqMW0lKpvMWKRWoTFFFK-ER1dTrkgWD-QuVtfQC72REBXfbuFQpVQBtxPJsyvlGZ45e3Hl9dRs8u3U-oOJQgy3lh6gvgpRh1K06ECxN87ECxPN16EEpLYAdhkI6e1diu4wVtohHIYpK188_TSwJwKHktlyBXXdF_34tEr1dDB/w426-h640/General%20Hospital_KC_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Farr 40 <i>General Hospital </i>in strong upwind conditions - she finished 13th= overall and was a member of the third-placed USA 'Red' Team, alongside <i>Sidewinder </i>and <i>Artemis </i>(photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">At about the time <i>Boomerang</i> finished the Class C boats
<i>Camouflage</i> and <i>Sidewinder</i> were sailing between Hawaii and Maui in the middle of the Class B group, involved in what would turn out to be a 165-mile match race to the
finish. By late that night, the two were sailing less than ten boat-lengths
apart under light spinnakers, passing Makanalua Peninsula in company with Class
B yacht <i>Zero</i>. As they romped across the Molokai Channel, it became apparent
that this race would not be another big-boat benefit: <i>Camouflage</i> beat
<i>Sidewinder</i> across the line, but <i>Sidewinder</i>, rating some 2.2ft less, corrected to
first easily, both in class and fleet, cementing a Class C win over <i>Shockwave</i>
which had placed second for the race. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YLWiQh4YWdqyz3cDsMfIMe1ZlydvwqrzTzXUbhmjLDlHniDeCJfYsKlQJjOI6f5GriWJ_Q5NclC6axam1eO9Wvrf4guEVbM3le_iP00x9U2lwlrGlzHDx8WhXfScS-v885J3rrVvi_i-runVGRHw4SOnPwinpzQWIJSwod1tzhXiuOmfCY_AdhRceCwO/s1000/Sundance%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YLWiQh4YWdqyz3cDsMfIMe1ZlydvwqrzTzXUbhmjLDlHniDeCJfYsKlQJjOI6f5GriWJ_Q5NclC6axam1eO9Wvrf4guEVbM3le_iP00x9U2lwlrGlzHDx8WhXfScS-v885J3rrVvi_i-runVGRHw4SOnPwinpzQWIJSwod1tzhXiuOmfCY_AdhRceCwO/w640-h424/Sundance%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The crew aboard the Farr 40 <i>Sundance </i>enjoying their work, and the warm conditions (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGiI8_TLJb_5Xi7fUMXCsfVJ2CsfAZFyW4FQD1pE2s_aC4mLOD83us6aBpDoHlfKkEeivO7tLdQK5tBbNtonJF4shu_EYSqn7q1c-n63_hZoqZ_zJDfoR1d7LVvZWUjNtkeoND901DnGgMJm89X_9-AAULPsY22eiav44p81EwolUJnVBCPQOoBs6igC5/s960/CC84_Brooke%20Ann_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="960" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGiI8_TLJb_5Xi7fUMXCsfVJ2CsfAZFyW4FQD1pE2s_aC4mLOD83us6aBpDoHlfKkEeivO7tLdQK5tBbNtonJF4shu_EYSqn7q1c-n63_hZoqZ_zJDfoR1d7LVvZWUjNtkeoND901DnGgMJm89X_9-AAULPsY22eiav44p81EwolUJnVBCPQOoBs6igC5/w640-h430/CC84_Brooke%20Ann_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Nelson-Marek -designed 49-footer <i>Brooke Ann</i> just under control in power reaching conditions (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">Second in fleet for the race was
<i>Sundance</i>, as the Farr 40 picked up where her dismasted sistership and team-mate
had left off. In the process, <i>Sundance</i> also secured Class E honours for the
series and third place overall. <i>Bondi Tram</i> came in third in fleet for the race, completing a sweep of
five wins in Class D (and was sixth overall).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xyEBH-CIrIoBCtPmoF1UC1yvBCuGxSG-xMPeZMautp2JiR6RbcPvcq-WuKf9nzf33sZGMuhmrngd40gI1PP3Yvqr1Nlv2W2g_u-oVE45PNOc267zmJYgjf1up3NE3u9ZYBObs53mWafO0j4ITBlmrPJJl3LBFsNC7XDU0aDg9st3k8Pnyy3-Jt2SWnjC/s1000/CC84_Bandido_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xyEBH-CIrIoBCtPmoF1UC1yvBCuGxSG-xMPeZMautp2JiR6RbcPvcq-WuKf9nzf33sZGMuhmrngd40gI1PP3Yvqr1Nlv2W2g_u-oVE45PNOc267zmJYgjf1up3NE3u9ZYBObs53mWafO0j4ITBlmrPJJl3LBFsNC7XDU0aDg9st3k8Pnyy3-Jt2SWnjC/w640-h430/CC84_Bandido_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> <i>Bandido Bandido</i>, a Peterson 43, presses on with a tri-sail after presumably blowing out her mainsail (possibly during the first Triangle race as this was her worst result) - she was a member of the 11th (last) -placed Hong Kong team, alongside <i>Tsunami </i>and <i>Bimblegumbie</i> (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">In Class B, <i>Checkmate</i>’s long beat to South Point knocked
her out of the running, opening the door for <i>The Shadow</i> to take class honours
for the race and, by a single point over <i>Tomahawk</i>, for the series. This was
another obvious example of the effect of the heavy weighting of the Around the
State Race, as <i>Tomahawk </i>and <i>Checkmate</i> had taken all the class firsts and
seconds in the first four races (in comparison to <i>The Shadow</i>'s results of 4/4/4/6).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2o8kwJxpLlroBB-fql9igBs8_RsC4SHHiYYaOm8IraedfQEd2RcyjRAuJQ21rfZ7l1FjvLT5uK3WacDwA3BtEytJpBFND3aEzemv9-OJQKfNAXRu1Xgt5XCokW81OoUMfw1PH_B3jvfybpkYhVolQCQk81Nq5uy2OLLmG_c60rHZOmR0oQj2xc-0ojb3/s1498/CC84_Blast%20Furnace_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1498" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2o8kwJxpLlroBB-fql9igBs8_RsC4SHHiYYaOm8IraedfQEd2RcyjRAuJQ21rfZ7l1FjvLT5uK3WacDwA3BtEytJpBFND3aEzemv9-OJQKfNAXRu1Xgt5XCokW81OoUMfw1PH_B3jvfybpkYhVolQCQk81Nq5uy2OLLmG_c60rHZOmR0oQj2xc-0ojb3/w640-h428/CC84_Blast%20Furnace_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Blast Furnace </i>(with <i>Orlando </i>in the background), a Murray Ross-designed 44-footer, was a member of the seventh-placed New Zealand 'B' Team, alongside <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/02/anticipation-lexcen-50.html" target="_blank">Anticipation</a></i> and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/08/black-sheep-lidgard-51.html" target="_blank">Black Sheep</a></i> (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">The one boat impervious to the last-race shuffling of
the standings was <i>Boomerang</i>, which had finished first in class and tenth in
fleet, and so won Class A easily as well as the King Kamehameha Trophy for the best individual yacht overall, ahead of <i>Kialoa IV</i> in second. In team scoring,<i> Exador</i>’s demise allowed the US ‘White’
Team to retain the Pan Am Clipper Cup, with New Zealand ‘A’ finishing second. <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju71QSNdFYM1gDyeXXQjFmHPY3O6jlHmPB1rn7mgR5QV_2J83iNCAeXiXk0_cirEpb390oDG2pmITYf8Ckjkzw3aAZ6Lrh8q7rnqTXXMjaFQ4fgRsHvfMd2zJ_22kKeKU_iBBkABYjBCLcF0FxcsD5XfINTHC-tjLJgiSbxIfUsa2VW6lNFCO7mwZoo7Wx/s1000/CC84_High%20Risk_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1000" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju71QSNdFYM1gDyeXXQjFmHPY3O6jlHmPB1rn7mgR5QV_2J83iNCAeXiXk0_cirEpb390oDG2pmITYf8Ckjkzw3aAZ6Lrh8q7rnqTXXMjaFQ4fgRsHvfMd2zJ_22kKeKU_iBBkABYjBCLcF0FxcsD5XfINTHC-tjLJgiSbxIfUsa2VW6lNFCO7mwZoo7Wx/w640-h432/CC84_High%20Risk_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">US yacht <i>High Risk</i>, a Frers-designed One Tonner, sails upwind during one of the Triangle races, with <i>Sweet Caroline </i>visible behind (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFVW8eQKHn9DD2ZUzay125BaH-XQVI_ClZzVQXuA00-KQSrBFJr4qqf5Aw2x-t_H0wIwX7gwvv86fD8yFaWenkt8YHUihwBjD8W6p2W2qSMI-jo0TjlvHZTSYEXkTgE6S7m1gK4F5snb2vc8fjioL6s0VoPuwsbXXPvLDEMELvYX27m-UFGnW0y1GIf8_/s1000/CC84_Tsunami%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFVW8eQKHn9DD2ZUzay125BaH-XQVI_ClZzVQXuA00-KQSrBFJr4qqf5Aw2x-t_H0wIwX7gwvv86fD8yFaWenkt8YHUihwBjD8W6p2W2qSMI-jo0TjlvHZTSYEXkTgE6S7m1gK4F5snb2vc8fjioL6s0VoPuwsbXXPvLDEMELvYX27m-UFGnW0y1GIf8_/w640-h426/CC84_Tsunami%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Tsunami</i>, a Castro-designed 40-footer, in upwind mode (above) and sliding down a big swell (below) - she was a member of the 11th-placed Hong Kong team (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo68TmjU0fob0HUTYArIldh-qG7CPy93_hEnUV3373JuoAflnJojYO_ikxfmEzwEsfoVxBKmcGvspizOeGdZ8w-ucOlv6N3QWkpXzM9-AZdzC5wSgMWnEIsyI7QM-9LOW4qY9Fhgu-QqVnuMImDCgyIJ8H0HgdbGfzDRhDOIDQ3ZNJMN9a_i43WM99Sj9/s1000/CC84_Tsunami_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1000" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo68TmjU0fob0HUTYArIldh-qG7CPy93_hEnUV3373JuoAflnJojYO_ikxfmEzwEsfoVxBKmcGvspizOeGdZ8w-ucOlv6N3QWkpXzM9-AZdzC5wSgMWnEIsyI7QM-9LOW4qY9Fhgu-QqVnuMImDCgyIJ8H0HgdbGfzDRhDOIDQ3ZNJMN9a_i43WM99Sj9/w640-h434/CC84_Tsunami_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvVIVypoPC6DMLAeKhnKWUs3xqS0njELjQmidDw-xoyzn9kN5IGfdBprNVQTG9NsxLgnG5STNN1VO2-jyUGTjKHx_dim8rfu5ophmxBugqJhQjp-UD1bU9KzJz1jfLrJ_4rGRUF2G1xpXexG-6jRA8joYs72svkaK_SxQhTHetrP7gr5Q6jllrBIkocZy/s1000/CC84_Bandido%20Bandido_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvVIVypoPC6DMLAeKhnKWUs3xqS0njELjQmidDw-xoyzn9kN5IGfdBprNVQTG9NsxLgnG5STNN1VO2-jyUGTjKHx_dim8rfu5ophmxBugqJhQjp-UD1bU9KzJz1jfLrJ_4rGRUF2G1xpXexG-6jRA8joYs72svkaK_SxQhTHetrP7gr5Q6jllrBIkocZy/w640-h430/CC84_Bandido%20Bandido_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Bandido Bandido </i>surfs along on a windy reaching leg, this time with her mainsail intact (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrBeNlgGCwiQyFCCghQWGiyS0wH7dbr0ciHMeUV4rE0fDVyoGVYpLhbFFykLhhMNaaY23yKBFJfrgf9KwhqhtXVQrnAauql4ahy42fXegNC_HExH22p4yDJlnTnaYOSCOj352l4nr3kYrP5L5n37wS072c_7KpiRVNPSZ-bDXgnulJu5sxW6PK_Rqx0qR/s1000/CC84_Caza%207_Uhl%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrBeNlgGCwiQyFCCghQWGiyS0wH7dbr0ciHMeUV4rE0fDVyoGVYpLhbFFykLhhMNaaY23yKBFJfrgf9KwhqhtXVQrnAauql4ahy42fXegNC_HExH22p4yDJlnTnaYOSCOj352l4nr3kYrP5L5n37wS072c_7KpiRVNPSZ-bDXgnulJu5sxW6PK_Rqx0qR/w640-h428/CC84_Caza%207_Uhl%20fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>C<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">asa 7</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">, a Takai 40-footer and member of Japan's sixth-placed Japan 'West' Team (alongside <i>Saki VI </i>and <i>Mimi</i>), with <i>General Hospital</i> to windward (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu9kMfCPm76IcOQUcHVIT2sajO4wi9ovA5cbXaa0c13cqFDm9spbcZMfNpWMwAXcGrn6qMy4-89-RVG3bDuPT6VMu4fpztCECfrd87trRd4ppJPXm4ac_d5W4-bjrQSrbYdwoHdDsKYNV-vrHv1wRyhNcwNmIG6YcRjg9rAIq693LP4eLvUCo9rOKvvji/s1000/CC84_Grey%20Fox_L%20North_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu9kMfCPm76IcOQUcHVIT2sajO4wi9ovA5cbXaa0c13cqFDm9spbcZMfNpWMwAXcGrn6qMy4-89-RVG3bDuPT6VMu4fpztCECfrd87trRd4ppJPXm4ac_d5W4-bjrQSrbYdwoHdDsKYNV-vrHv1wRyhNcwNmIG6YcRjg9rAIq693LP4eLvUCo9rOKvvji/w640-h428/CC84_Grey%20Fox_L%20North_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Grey Fox</i>, a fractionally-rigged J-41 One Tonner skippered by Lowell North - her performance did not suggest the change from the usual masthead configuration for this design was successful (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGiTssk0YfebOKqErAN-RQ0IcgOOrdDMvKAIZhJFmDyWm7_3wNCFKKqWDkY7obZXpIlFxTeyFzOb9wYGwBiMsF9GPYW6SLUZHtR0WtWDe80akIeM3AiZ9p5E-PWcxHrAqyyLiRPYqMMZigUUeIM6OjeyylpuMNn7YndxVW0c-O9S_0-DSCCwnAphnVoUc/s1000/CC84_Seaulater_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGiTssk0YfebOKqErAN-RQ0IcgOOrdDMvKAIZhJFmDyWm7_3wNCFKKqWDkY7obZXpIlFxTeyFzOb9wYGwBiMsF9GPYW6SLUZHtR0WtWDe80akIeM3AiZ9p5E-PWcxHrAqyyLiRPYqMMZigUUeIM6OjeyylpuMNn7YndxVW0c-O9S_0-DSCCwnAphnVoUc/w640-h428/CC84_Seaulater_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Seaulater, </i>a Dubois-designed 40-footer, sailed for the tenth-placed Victoria team alongside<i> Challenge III </i>and <i>Seaquesta</i> (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVVUIXpwy-KgvndLunvLE4h9OHzFNpkT3Dhxm_qpFmHzlE5wuBwbgdzXiUxbjx5WF351s0L1hHIVuufZRrpS8rPrNB3TcGLftsZ-jKS6LVXxJBeCAO5H6YwhDR8pB-rfJvVRfC_47-ehZ6RbdwkztQJPMotFPuIfNyxSUAuYuWprgaxQPso9G0fpaAtdk/s1000/CC84_Seaulater_Uhl_fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVVUIXpwy-KgvndLunvLE4h9OHzFNpkT3Dhxm_qpFmHzlE5wuBwbgdzXiUxbjx5WF351s0L1hHIVuufZRrpS8rPrNB3TcGLftsZ-jKS6LVXxJBeCAO5H6YwhDR8pB-rfJvVRfC_47-ehZ6RbdwkztQJPMotFPuIfNyxSUAuYuWprgaxQPso9G0fpaAtdk/w640-h428/CC84_Seaulater_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Another image of <i>Seaulater</i>, with the bowman wrestling with a twisted spinnaker soon after rounding a windward mark (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKwIxOEzd-4sbQNykoXMR9PB4Z0HlF9V2wbcTvR-SfN12-k3iSxvQL99CDJ2dNr_DgoizdGGCfs-HZThg_c_8y18KRFddmMutoJmA5cQKtQJFlCTx7EvGy6gnY8pxmwuZQrtQ_SQDhf2-widFa5Un2I7uxguOqISbjDBb6BmQ8iQdFX3zJkqEkAKBZb-k/s1000/CC84_Prism_S43_Uhl%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKwIxOEzd-4sbQNykoXMR9PB4Z0HlF9V2wbcTvR-SfN12-k3iSxvQL99CDJ2dNr_DgoizdGGCfs-HZThg_c_8y18KRFddmMutoJmA5cQKtQJFlCTx7EvGy6gnY8pxmwuZQrtQ_SQDhf2-widFa5Un2I7uxguOqISbjDBb6BmQ8iQdFX3zJkqEkAKBZb-k/w640-h426/CC84_Prism_S43_Uhl%20fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSld40Mo6nQNpusJxJZroDH5d85MKJPk7ixTZZESzZKb8CJN-bw_B1ifz8S_FKUZrVZVX8vrx_hfH0nJEJAMznI4JDlynr-5kj_RK8JKt9F5EDpgPhZ68s2viHqY_QcvaJsGMvWkyIN8zlNsfqdhZjRfgJM_205wSeu_gNg0TR0_xi_ahWFPBiRYbDjqa/s1000/CC84_BF%20PS%20Ex_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSld40Mo6nQNpusJxJZroDH5d85MKJPk7ixTZZESzZKb8CJN-bw_B1ifz8S_FKUZrVZVX8vrx_hfH0nJEJAMznI4JDlynr-5kj_RK8JKt9F5EDpgPhZ68s2viHqY_QcvaJsGMvWkyIN8zlNsfqdhZjRfgJM_205wSeu_gNg0TR0_xi_ahWFPBiRYbDjqa/w640-h430/CC84_BF%20PS%20Ex_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Pre-regatta activity, with New Zealand yachts <i>Blast Furnace</i>, <i>Sundance </i>and <i>Exador </i>being unloaded from the ship (above) and <i>Nirvana </i>undergoing final hull checks (below) (photos by Phil Uhl)<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbboiqdkirVBdbir2oN0AxescAoPRb2kPMeBrFp078oX0dWzucEpHUWpJ15R-DbMdRs7GVjswE6WF7cvxEPVy3zx-9cVyNLbRvPpKTjN_1f0RgddRpJTtGJsQBqXVnFe3g_1xSD8EBzPjgKnibRZFPnalYTi5Xcj7QLGEE12akkX2EdTSWLMDb711eIAql/s1000/CC84_Nirvana_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbboiqdkirVBdbir2oN0AxescAoPRb2kPMeBrFp078oX0dWzucEpHUWpJ15R-DbMdRs7GVjswE6WF7cvxEPVy3zx-9cVyNLbRvPpKTjN_1f0RgddRpJTtGJsQBqXVnFe3g_1xSD8EBzPjgKnibRZFPnalYTi5Xcj7QLGEE12akkX2EdTSWLMDb711eIAql/w426-h640/CC84_Nirvana_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Other Clipper Cup series covered on this blog: <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/04/clipper-cup-1978.html" target="_blank">Clipper Cup 1978</a>, <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/06/clipper-cup-1980.html" target="_blank">Clipper Cup 1980</a>, <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/1982-clipper-cup.html" target="_blank">Clipper Cup 1982</a>, <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2021/10/kenwood-cup-1986.html" target="_blank">Kenwood Cup 1986</a>, <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/04/kenwood-cup-1988.html" target="_blank">Kenwood Cup 1988</a>, <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/10/kenwood-cup-1990.html" target="_blank">Kenwood Cup 1990</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-35792077339752973122023-11-18T18:11:00.000-08:002024-03-15T16:39:07.212-07:00Big Boat Series - 1978-84<div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5Iy98SZ5xFXXPGryFMIHdZuGmLnI7iJ-U5bz4R2U50_ST4VMscW4706ipnZW-jiz51T68FQ-ZRm_ASYB_LmzA25U2At1SjW8xZMMr8-MHlvj_WNuZUVTYwsrzqVhI9y3nK4rKKIyC2b_37HwlA6bBgzlBmKN9dN7IIxqLG9e5QXSn9FBz2gyX8AT4L3M/s2048/BBS80s_bloopers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5Iy98SZ5xFXXPGryFMIHdZuGmLnI7iJ-U5bz4R2U50_ST4VMscW4706ipnZW-jiz51T68FQ-ZRm_ASYB_LmzA25U2At1SjW8xZMMr8-MHlvj_WNuZUVTYwsrzqVhI9y3nK4rKKIyC2b_37HwlA6bBgzlBmKN9dN7IIxqLG9e5QXSn9FBz2gyX8AT4L3M/w640-h426/BBS80s_bloopers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">This back-lit photo of yachts (with<i> Geronimo</i> leading and <i>Medicine Man </i>visible to the far left, and <i>Insatiable </i>to the right) during the 1984 Big Boat Series highlights the colourful spectacle of yacht racing in the 1980s (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>The St Francis Perpetual Trophies Regatta, which became known as the Big Boat Series, was an annual regatta hosted in San Francisco Harbour by the St Francis Yacht Club, first run in 1964. After the unprecedented cancellation of the 2001 edition of the series, Latitude 38 magazine published a retrospective on the regatta, which itself was an update of its September 1993 article titled '30 Years of the Big Boat Series - Thanks for the Memories'. I have combined this overview of the results for the 1978-1984 period and have included a 'Yacht Racing and Cruising' article covering the 1984 regatta and some spectacular photos from Sharon Green and Phil Uhl. A future article will cover the 1985-1988 period.</div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-l_YAZGb5xDASZGTdQlcWOmnCGT-GPjXGGT4smQkYwVa4ylSbhvpXzWCqdWdJlYHAfJoMNZNSPUnd3Vx7GXmZ4x0WgJsPv96FEPdN_AWtNqqzhDXmLo7VrHRCrl8Y416jdKERQgDVVnM0Lfa-1x_omL1ZzmGp-eWbmPBq3vnRZ3v3SJLUu3H8BXMvv0yl/s1000/BBS80_Wings%20Free%20Enterprise%20etc_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-l_YAZGb5xDASZGTdQlcWOmnCGT-GPjXGGT4smQkYwVa4ylSbhvpXzWCqdWdJlYHAfJoMNZNSPUnd3Vx7GXmZ4x0WgJsPv96FEPdN_AWtNqqzhDXmLo7VrHRCrl8Y416jdKERQgDVVnM0Lfa-1x_omL1ZzmGp-eWbmPBq3vnRZ3v3SJLUu3H8BXMvv0yl/w640-h428/BBS80_Wings%20Free%20Enterprise%20etc_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Wings </i>follows <i>Free Enterprise </i>and others during the 1980 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcTb4zywrPmU9cre7Z_gPCTOfnMkdC-P_gM4hKKS-AApJnLDfGCCu1rfYDd7lzBKEcSGmGsc_HSoDq4iJKrutsVrwParnKnEIfGPunzSppDJ03TV-zgZ8qcz0A8V42ZzJV1SqKcN7jXTZwHKVd1dAS1sqabvP6sR8cquTZCnarZCNMELWs1vaI70Qmx2Y/s1000/BBS80_MQ%20Christine%20and%20WP_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcTb4zywrPmU9cre7Z_gPCTOfnMkdC-P_gM4hKKS-AApJnLDfGCCu1rfYDd7lzBKEcSGmGsc_HSoDq4iJKrutsVrwParnKnEIfGPunzSppDJ03TV-zgZ8qcz0A8V42ZzJV1SqKcN7jXTZwHKVd1dAS1sqabvP6sR8cquTZCnarZCNMELWs1vaI70Qmx2Y/w640-h428/BBS80_MQ%20Christine%20and%20WP_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Mistress Quickly </i>follows <i>Christine </i>and <i>Windward Passage</i> (right) in the 1980 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div>The <b>1978</b> regatta was the biggest series to date with 46 boats and necessitating a fifth class for the first time - hence the Atlantic Perpetual Trophy, won by Bill Sullivan's Peterson 43 <i>Blue Norther</i>. Other trends included the largest entry to date (Fred Priess' 84-footer <i>Christine</i>); a record number of spectators (thanks in part to the superb new clubhouse) and more women crewing on boats than ever before. Maxi division - <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/12/windward-passage-gurney-73.html" target="_blank">Windward Passage</a></i>; IOR II - <i>Swiftsure</i>; IOR III - <i>Leading Lady</i>; IOR IV - <i>Lois Lane</i>.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjo1BUGr3V3cirRLJt5zCfbsAfCvaJMQ6S4GOjo3GyF0NsJxyimIV8LuS8z_wd-W_oAqGZxYw5rLzm_vDsCSHNYEtWWzSVDPwZrJkAtzZZ8jMvGlgCEBztBrWL2i2dlNr_dQ0hyvXUvs7oj6kqlSK6zAWWOUV6DVPBwCktK1UTAKLLZQfROXcqLKc6_j-/s1000/BBS80_WP_Uhl%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjo1BUGr3V3cirRLJt5zCfbsAfCvaJMQ6S4GOjo3GyF0NsJxyimIV8LuS8z_wd-W_oAqGZxYw5rLzm_vDsCSHNYEtWWzSVDPwZrJkAtzZZ8jMvGlgCEBztBrWL2i2dlNr_dQ0hyvXUvs7oj6kqlSK6zAWWOUV6DVPBwCktK1UTAKLLZQfROXcqLKc6_j-/w640-h426/BBS80_WP_Uhl%20fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Action aboard <i>Windward Passage - </i>winner of the Maxi division in 1978 and 1980 (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>1979</b> was a 'little' boat series again with 37 boats competing. <i>Swiftsure</i>, <i>High Roler</i>, <i>Wings</i> and <i>Brown Sugar</i> were supposed to win, but none of them did. <i>Brown Sugar</i>, in fact, never finished the series: they had the dubious distinction of being the only boat ever removed from the series by the Race Committee for conduct unbecoming of gentlemen, or words to that effect. Other highlights/lowlights: the last day's dockside swim party/water fight between the crews of <i>Swiftsure</i> and the bilgeboarder <i>Hawkeye</i>; and the straight-bullet performance of John Reynold's new Peterson 46 <i>Ghost </i>in IOR II. IOR I - <i>Hawkeye</i>; IOR III - <i>Leading Lady</i>; IOR IV - <i>Inca</i>. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjof8hBsSofeKQIJUeB7TPcRHXM_-b0UkAkBWREsvB2j6qaAqQoJke1YrjBGauTOwuuS5hDDqF5vKxH9ODNLXkrnr_QTzhUUJlKUwkJKnHSxJTIbHpOQFL1DmTxNou1-kauVD4vCOn9FKnveVxtOHOEuXR9RTYTCnXPA4i-TSjTrnqr-Xml05g-LKGKm3l/s1000/BBS80_High%20Noon_Tomahawk_Wings_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjof8hBsSofeKQIJUeB7TPcRHXM_-b0UkAkBWREsvB2j6qaAqQoJke1YrjBGauTOwuuS5hDDqF5vKxH9ODNLXkrnr_QTzhUUJlKUwkJKnHSxJTIbHpOQFL1DmTxNou1-kauVD4vCOn9FKnveVxtOHOEuXR9RTYTCnXPA4i-TSjTrnqr-Xml05g-LKGKm3l/w640-h428/BBS80_High%20Noon_Tomahawk_Wings_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>High Noon </i>completes a gybe with Tomahawk (67377) and <i>Wings </i>(right) close behind during the 1980 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUo4m60imvXfUQfnEXrZRrd9w6HHB9tMd7-XDghMZpJk__ulOwm5bcpQ7rVGGvPDjO57tPFOUGFjwnofeg4bxAjpApBEKeuJVW1sDbzTwib5ctPEgBKVQLRK0O4vf1OcIX296FPMe2_XHz6kZhdPAzDpJITX5QV3_I8AaCsAo0xW5_qFtFTbOjj4LeSoHW/s1000/BBS81_Cadenza_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUo4m60imvXfUQfnEXrZRrd9w6HHB9tMd7-XDghMZpJk__ulOwm5bcpQ7rVGGvPDjO57tPFOUGFjwnofeg4bxAjpApBEKeuJVW1sDbzTwib5ctPEgBKVQLRK0O4vf1OcIX296FPMe2_XHz6kZhdPAzDpJITX5QV3_I8AaCsAo0xW5_qFtFTbOjj4LeSoHW/w640-h430/BBS81_Cadenza_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Peterson design <i>Cadenza </i>running downwind during the 1981 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>1980</b> saw 59 yachts racing and was considered to be a great year for spectators, featuring memorable death rolls, crash-and-burns, and assorted carnage. Five maxis and two ULDBs (<i>Drifter</i> and <i>Merlin</i>) sailed in two divisions of the St. Francis Perpetual Trophy for the first time. Bob Cole's squeaky new Farr 52 <i>Zamazaan</i> turned heads, as did Neville Crichton's controversial Davidson 45 <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/12/shockwave-davidson-46.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a></i> until she was dismasted in the last race. Maxi - <i>Windward Passage</i>; ULDB 70 - <i>Merlin</i>; IOR I - <i>Zamazaan</i>; IOR II - <i>Jetstream</i>; IOR III - <i>Leading Lady</i>; IOR IV - <i>Big Wig</i>.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtEP6MreXdBnVXJN9mb2Wmkuyhw-MGTFfjWDrq-SXF-I7mVkQPBn9C3OEC9j-CWdBeUZvfR7LHe8dKvlruCIUSCqg27C7maAFwLm37W8WeWdQfGI4Q_2V9y16QixTNsgP7LazSmh-MjgcTFAOYarZT4Gquw6oTEJ3w8DorkCZI2H1ATMHm8lIPLBep-fU/s1000/BBS81_Great%20Fun_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtEP6MreXdBnVXJN9mb2Wmkuyhw-MGTFfjWDrq-SXF-I7mVkQPBn9C3OEC9j-CWdBeUZvfR7LHe8dKvlruCIUSCqg27C7maAFwLm37W8WeWdQfGI4Q_2V9y16QixTNsgP7LazSmh-MjgcTFAOYarZT4Gquw6oTEJ3w8DorkCZI2H1ATMHm8lIPLBep-fU/w640-h430/BBS81_Great%20Fun_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Great Fun </i>(Davidson 50), winner of Division 1 in the 1981 Big Boat Series, seen here rounding a leeward mark while trying to avoid the trailing spinnaker of the yacht in front (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViRLrosJL4Q1AzWKiYvFoDloccIQOcVzk170ZjAoPAbc2_rdl3oG0EpU7ZZxonOpXCRh7Jmfg9ZupF6OS6VVCjMR__2kUwVpareyWz4rLHOyUfiFj2n1D9s5IS79jYpeMeW6psfiV7XLKF7om_tnFMQlsNQsV3wCZZEgDhRMoNgDudFSe7SuiA01L_t_0/s784/BBS81_Glory%20Chance%2054_Uhl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViRLrosJL4Q1AzWKiYvFoDloccIQOcVzk170ZjAoPAbc2_rdl3oG0EpU7ZZxonOpXCRh7Jmfg9ZupF6OS6VVCjMR__2kUwVpareyWz4rLHOyUfiFj2n1D9s5IS79jYpeMeW6psfiV7XLKF7om_tnFMQlsNQsV3wCZZEgDhRMoNgDudFSe7SuiA01L_t_0/w430-h640/BBS81_Glory%20Chance%2054_Uhl.jpg" width="430" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Britton Chance designed <i>Glory </i>during the 1981 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div>In <b>1981</b> eight SoCal 50s were the 'big boats' in the biggest fleet seen yet (61 entries). Bob Brockhoff and Jim DeWitt chartered <i>Silver Streak</i> and won, a rare thing as rented boats seldom win the BBS. Two new grand prix boats straight-bulleted their classes: Clay Bernard's Davidson 50 <i>Great Fun</i> and Bill Power's Holland 43 <i>High Roler</i>. Bill Clute's new Peterson 48 <i>Annabelle Lee</i> had four bullets and a deuce. Irving Loube's Frers 46<i> Bravura</i> discovered the rock at the end of the harbour breakwater, known ever since as 'Irv's Rock' - and boats still hit it. The regatta attracted some big name sailors too: Dennis Conner aboard <i>Swiftsure</i>, Rod Davis on <i>High Roler</i>, Tom Whidden on <i>Love Machine V</i> and many more. IOR I - <i>Great Fun</i>; IOR III - <i>Annabelle Lee</i>; IOR III - <i>High Roler</i>; IOR IV - <i>Big Wig</i>. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgD-ou1QSezq4oci811xysGw0JpHoB57tQdhwqVIiSazy8aaOxZ-CNoNK-Mmmii-kmrSp7MjMrzxQkDtPPpRsMAwxsa2lRhGlQIcZc751QRrnZWg8nbEgnFbwh16vwh3S83wNhoWCtFr1kitQxYuWRRioZswEwNjTAdIjbG4-oHLlv3ZBrztjX5sPdFx1/s1000/BBS81%20Leading%20Lady%20Love%20Machine%20Monique%20Illusion_Uhl_fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgD-ou1QSezq4oci811xysGw0JpHoB57tQdhwqVIiSazy8aaOxZ-CNoNK-Mmmii-kmrSp7MjMrzxQkDtPPpRsMAwxsa2lRhGlQIcZc751QRrnZWg8nbEgnFbwh16vwh3S83wNhoWCtFr1kitQxYuWRRioZswEwNjTAdIjbG4-oHLlv3ZBrztjX5sPdFx1/w640-h428/BBS81%20Leading%20Lady%20Love%20Machine%20Monique%20Illusion_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Leading Lady</i> leads <i>Love Machine</i> (30333), <i>Monique</i> (3325) and <i>Illusion</i> (67666) during the 1981 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbTQUXEEZPrTkfFSqJ9xRSGM0Wyh_ZUVMLKCI024IK2YoH-kNvwa889YGQnS2hmieSrWos-E8A6aHG-MWvhWUL285BNN3EmG8ClCUnh2dI-31nQ4lQqFjwRSdBkzaDNyeJGaoUHn5LptsYIJwdTHRfn9MXS6-4m08KdcXKm2JSZTCYBU0DamBYNPd90pU/s1000/BBS81_Uhl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1000" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbTQUXEEZPrTkfFSqJ9xRSGM0Wyh_ZUVMLKCI024IK2YoH-kNvwa889YGQnS2hmieSrWos-E8A6aHG-MWvhWUL285BNN3EmG8ClCUnh2dI-31nQ4lQqFjwRSdBkzaDNyeJGaoUHn5LptsYIJwdTHRfn9MXS6-4m08KdcXKm2JSZTCYBU0DamBYNPd90pU/w640-h432/BBS81_Uhl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spinnakers and bloopers provided colour and lots of work for the crews, as evident here during the 1981 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh6L8EwB8FjAIbQ7bE7A3zBPwJfCNDI3QAl9THARq-bEXhXMm1Wblm6rUmDNuVMtzFI0bE-6fvgfv_pShpXs8ScNey3tjPL3FIihg-p8hEpEzrjUZCfVxtX9Xnu9uHBZN9BlDmYT15DtApzTsLcFJq9jUrgSDNf2UJnnC1Ug5089EFJnpOcUlpY7d2hMC/s1000/BBS81_Checkmate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="665" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh6L8EwB8FjAIbQ7bE7A3zBPwJfCNDI3QAl9THARq-bEXhXMm1Wblm6rUmDNuVMtzFI0bE-6fvgfv_pShpXs8ScNey3tjPL3FIihg-p8hEpEzrjUZCfVxtX9Xnu9uHBZN9BlDmYT15DtApzTsLcFJq9jUrgSDNf2UJnnC1Ug5089EFJnpOcUlpY7d2hMC/w426-h640/BBS81_Checkmate.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The original <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/12/checkmate-peterson-50.html" target="_blank">Checkmate </a></i>(Peterson 50)<i> </i>during the 1981 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></span><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQLyzJFMX7PS9Y1B_OhyROR5dzUoMGrSqBfe6BnSRq4JVYYRl-J423QT9lY6NfcsfioaLGPLsZ1oU85mThlBRAN1BaTZpGxRJfbX4VrfEoTDbjr-BFT3W3tgF-aGp_Ku44BeSxmshcJq09gquIiStJmntKqEGy9Z4Mb69HRbaeWVm4poYf2SjJSUUwRWd/s1000/BBS82_Zamazaan_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQLyzJFMX7PS9Y1B_OhyROR5dzUoMGrSqBfe6BnSRq4JVYYRl-J423QT9lY6NfcsfioaLGPLsZ1oU85mThlBRAN1BaTZpGxRJfbX4VrfEoTDbjr-BFT3W3tgF-aGp_Ku44BeSxmshcJq09gquIiStJmntKqEGy9Z4Mb69HRbaeWVm4poYf2SjJSUUwRWd/w640-h428/BBS82_Zamazaan_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Zamazaan</i>, a Farr 52-footer and winner of the IOR 1 division in 1980, seen here in the 1982 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">52 boats competed in the <b>1982</b> series the two-boat maxi division was a bust when Jim Kilroy's new Holland 81 <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/03/kialoa-iv-holland-maxi.html" target="_blank">Kialoa IV</a></i> thrashed the Jeff Madrigali-driven <i>Condor of Bermuda. </i>The wind was mostly light and fluky. In one race, the entire fleet 'parked' together at one of the marks (YRA #8) for hours! Talent in the four IOR classes was abundant; Dave Fenix's new Peterson 55 <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2018/05/bullfrog-peterson-55.html" target="_blank">Bullfrog</a></i>, with Steve Taft driving, was the stand-out performer of the week. Maxi - <i>Kialoa IV</i>; IOR I - <i>Bullfrog</i>; IOR II - <i>Bravura</i>; IOR III - <i>Clockwork</i>; IOR IV - <i>Shenandoah</i>. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght2T67ES7FfRxqfkMO5t-PoMZ17PZKDimp-N6kRN-o1DpNaavtLo6AgQkLE9JqscQqIporOYRjQZ0NbMXZQRx5q6cJCj-Y0FiSL6_JuapOZiXal6ZclfOqu7hzlSOJnYZJ9_kfOV2o4aklfYWXDa2enrEiUtmtkFqbbVNjVgWFbR8YhKtcZDcIRquIv-B/s1000/BBS82_Bad%20Habits_Uhl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght2T67ES7FfRxqfkMO5t-PoMZ17PZKDimp-N6kRN-o1DpNaavtLo6AgQkLE9JqscQqIporOYRjQZ0NbMXZQRx5q6cJCj-Y0FiSL6_JuapOZiXal6ZclfOqu7hzlSOJnYZJ9_kfOV2o4aklfYWXDa2enrEiUtmtkFqbbVNjVgWFbR8YhKtcZDcIRquIv-B/w440-h640/BBS82_Bad%20Habits_Uhl.jpg" width="440" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">New Zealand yacht <i>Bad Habits </i>(Mull 45) struggles with an errant spinnaker during the 1982 BBS (photo Phil Uhl) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqRXdpcjsemqKMDSADM0sP_9bNjylDfybiYtUsj6hpZLb9YR455Y5uHJTDYQM2iT-m6Je-weeiI3ka3AN5iUGyNZ2x5wjjMEfR8KqXhhPjHaWKQRsyYofpEmS7Ol8d_26SD16PEBvkTGLZrNaTy9_d7B4T_X05rMDyDcojQ2RiEpZaD5cbDOqaMi82BRt/s803/BBS82_Celerity%20and%20Pendragon_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="803" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqRXdpcjsemqKMDSADM0sP_9bNjylDfybiYtUsj6hpZLb9YR455Y5uHJTDYQM2iT-m6Je-weeiI3ka3AN5iUGyNZ2x5wjjMEfR8KqXhhPjHaWKQRsyYofpEmS7Ol8d_26SD16PEBvkTGLZrNaTy9_d7B4T_X05rMDyDcojQ2RiEpZaD5cbDOqaMi82BRt/w640-h430/BBS82_Celerity%20and%20Pendragon_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Davidson-designed<i> Pendragon</i> follows<i> Celerity</i> around a leeward mark during the 1982 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWUyVS0kxsBXJHuO11rNUTGU28WwLzyqmfJradV2WghQ2u2Pki-_Q1lnU2bMMLQdaswbkz0aZDY5ScSQ6xesen6awEQhLAZDpDXYRg5CYkTdQft0QG2M5uvt07XaCp9coPS4Lbd4uWanMiy8fYZdmPBKvPBkgEgXMCmrirZcq0j2J33qGm2I9bhx1ZquX/s787/BBS82_Sangvind_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWUyVS0kxsBXJHuO11rNUTGU28WwLzyqmfJradV2WghQ2u2Pki-_Q1lnU2bMMLQdaswbkz0aZDY5ScSQ6xesen6awEQhLAZDpDXYRg5CYkTdQft0QG2M5uvt07XaCp9coPS4Lbd4uWanMiy8fYZdmPBKvPBkgEgXMCmrirZcq0j2J33qGm2I9bhx1ZquX/w428-h640/BBS82_Sangvind_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Farr 48 <i>Sangvind </i>on a tight reach during the 1982 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP7JAInMo7KmCHhRALNC560B97P-2Ti5nTcNUGpElLOwtZnqvj9n1OSBnDaEY7VtCvpm7MxglSF-wOliotoJUcUG9VFoaNuJIj2bKo06mrdeVCeeVViVsmyy2iQwrNlETp_yRacQQvlFt18AHng3m22fl5V03DmzF0U04b0pB1IFb4UqhvDC850PhFYOC/s1000/BBS82_Kialoa%20IV_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP7JAInMo7KmCHhRALNC560B97P-2Ti5nTcNUGpElLOwtZnqvj9n1OSBnDaEY7VtCvpm7MxglSF-wOliotoJUcUG9VFoaNuJIj2bKo06mrdeVCeeVViVsmyy2iQwrNlETp_yRacQQvlFt18AHng3m22fl5V03DmzF0U04b0pB1IFb4UqhvDC850PhFYOC/w640-h426/BBS82_Kialoa%20IV_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Kialoa IV </i>in power reaching conditions during the 1982 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1983 </b>was the heyday of local IOR racing, with 33 of the 52 boats hailing from the Bay Area. Al Schultz and Vicki Lawrence sailed their two-week-old <i>Camouflage</i> to a near-perfect record in her debut; Larry Harvey and Bill Twist won their respective classes in their 'small boats'; <i>Secret Love</i> 'fouled' a tanker in one of the most celebrated instances of interfering with commercial traffic. IOR I - <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2018/05/bullfrog-peterson-55.html" target="_blank">Bullfrog</a></i>; IOR II - <i>Camouflage</i>; IOR III - <i>Brooke Ann</i>; IOR IV -<i> Salute</i>. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1qwOd-M_VeGRJj0GzETU5NUQkkmg5xGUYewMB-up5p1A5jRay6LuY3WFdHmNt0dpbdTyzZnuQVOfJanSd5MXccKU402XzDV3VEb2EPdWY2KwQKJHloeCajv2Jy8MsxCZUZi9WYmwaALVLxvDimJXhTN5zxNIuKQdmO7SKqOO6ZwLSWWLMiJuE8vDxoNy/s809/BBS80s_Geronimo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="809" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1qwOd-M_VeGRJj0GzETU5NUQkkmg5xGUYewMB-up5p1A5jRay6LuY3WFdHmNt0dpbdTyzZnuQVOfJanSd5MXccKU402XzDV3VEb2EPdWY2KwQKJHloeCajv2Jy8MsxCZUZi9WYmwaALVLxvDimJXhTN5zxNIuKQdmO7SKqOO6ZwLSWWLMiJuE8vDxoNy/w640-h428/BBS80s_Geronimo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A group of Class D yachts led by <i>Geronimo</i> in power reaching conditions during the 1984 Big Boat Series, with <i>It's Ok </i>(87477) visible to the right (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Big Boat Series celebrated its 20th anniversary in <b>1984</b> with its biggest fleet ever (68 boats) and the return of the maxis, which put in an appearance on the Bay on alternate years following the biennial Clipper Cup regatta. Five maxis, and one 'mini-maxi', <i>Winterhawk </i>(ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/ceramco-new-zealand-farr-68.html" target="_blank">Ceramco New Zealand</a></i>) were on the line in Class A. In the four smaller classes, competition was tight during the five-race series, which was held two weeks later to attract Clipper Cup yachts and other new boats that had not been ready for that earlier regatta. This did not affect the reliable 20-knot north-westerly that funneled through the Golden Gate Bridge. Jim Kilroy, with Dennis Conner beside him at the wheel of <i>Kialoa IV</i> took the first start of the maxi division, but didn't hold it for long as George Coumantaros' Frers 81 <i>Boomerang</i> quickly overhauled <i>Kialoa </i>to lead the way around the 34-mile course and eventually capture the St Francis Perpetual Trophy.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUH2Gryq-XKluXYqqRzAeQuU0mPuOoEjBADKCfMEYVRaBVrodYbkxgyGsiu3KnvgmP4nSe5ZqnNI7xQi8p_qCxYZnrZHQvRwlzxN0Htpqz-QtR6mgFu-5hmiwl851SobFreyJkR5TTPd4ce-10e-JOCRwmqO4QkmIFVnMg9cwkfqXiI18iIwl56n9wK-Y/s810/BBS84_Wings_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="810" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUH2Gryq-XKluXYqqRzAeQuU0mPuOoEjBADKCfMEYVRaBVrodYbkxgyGsiu3KnvgmP4nSe5ZqnNI7xQi8p_qCxYZnrZHQvRwlzxN0Htpqz-QtR6mgFu-5hmiwl851SobFreyJkR5TTPd4ce-10e-JOCRwmqO4QkmIFVnMg9cwkfqXiI18iIwl56n9wK-Y/w640-h426/BBS84_Wings_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Peterson-designed <i>Wings </i>during the 1984 Big Boat Series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The second race of the maxis provided the high point for spectators, after </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> started early and had to play catch-up on the first long beat. Two legs later she was overlapped with </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/01/sorcery-mull-maxi.html" target="_blank">Sorcery</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> as they ran down the city waterfront and hardened up for a tight reach out into the Bay. The sailed the entire leg overlapped with their spinnakers on the verge of collapse, their mainsails flogging. They rounded the next mark with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> still holding a marginal lead and squared away for the run. A poor headsail choice on the last upwind leg saw them underpowered and she was quickly overtaken by </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyWsKzavHcbIjGJXREqdvhPTJVoJM84XJxfKJFCWqzYSo-cKRJ_cYsvOzYTjWFf_81AbnRTQQzruJOAwmRe6WeT7LmE57sr1hdZy9LKZrZrHi1GzlVqDOOm1MGbhrhK_okyUiDDCCWjYdcc2YTwcjLXryLGQvFUVKwjQlqSuuYUc72ZG7BmQnQlk8hlI5/s1329/BBS84_Sorcery%20and%20Boomerang.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1063" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyWsKzavHcbIjGJXREqdvhPTJVoJM84XJxfKJFCWqzYSo-cKRJ_cYsvOzYTjWFf_81AbnRTQQzruJOAwmRe6WeT7LmE57sr1hdZy9LKZrZrHi1GzlVqDOOm1MGbhrhK_okyUiDDCCWjYdcc2YTwcjLXryLGQvFUVKwjQlqSuuYUc72ZG7BmQnQlk8hlI5/w512-h640/BBS84_Sorcery%20and%20Boomerang.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>and <i>Boomerang </i>in a close battle in the second race of the 1984 Big Boat Series (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Class B was made up of 15 boats, separated by a whopping 14.6ft of rating, competing for the City of San Francisco Trophy. The Frers 50 <i>Tomahawk </i>(ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2018/02/margaret-rintoul-iii-frers-50.html" target="_blank">Margaret Rintoul III</a></i>) won the first race over the Soverel 55 <i>The Shadow </i>and <i>Brooke Ann</i>, and this was the same order in the final results. Basil Twist's new Reichel/Pugh 48 <i>Blade Runner </i>was the early favourite in Class C (for the Atlantic Perpetual Trophy). She was not completed in time for the Clipper Cup but blasted off the line from the first race to dominate the class with three firsts and two second places, with <i>Bravura</i> in second overall, <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/05/lobo-and-sidewinder-reichelpugh-43.html" target="_blank">Sidewinder</a> </i>third and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/02/shockwave-frers-43.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a></i> fourth.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPpM3AaD0fUvz5GtHl6_uYB-l0aGC5GTxDhyAtUrlg1qzWqMLdvAJSD_246r0JuUE1bpjjq6BWKaivg-KRsmeanwWivOwzHPAas0vuEl1bVM4UwQLmYxR3Rn0Hvlv-M800hbvldHAX6oX5-zGjC9ImvZ9MSeexhBnr6tLLX4z_P6ZxkvZrleNXYDAYSal/s720/BBS84_Shadow%20Checkmate%20Jubilation_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="720" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPpM3AaD0fUvz5GtHl6_uYB-l0aGC5GTxDhyAtUrlg1qzWqMLdvAJSD_246r0JuUE1bpjjq6BWKaivg-KRsmeanwWivOwzHPAas0vuEl1bVM4UwQLmYxR3Rn0Hvlv-M800hbvldHAX6oX5-zGjC9ImvZ9MSeexhBnr6tLLX4z_P6ZxkvZrleNXYDAYSal/w640-h424/BBS84_Shadow%20Checkmate%20Jubilation_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>The Shadow </i>leads <i>Checkmate </i>(ex-<i>Bullfrog</i>)<i> </i>and <i>Jubilation </i>during the 1984 Big Boat Series (unknown photographer)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The tightest racing was in the 19-boat Class D (with a narrow rating range of just 1.3ft). Lee Otterson's </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Clockwork</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (Nelson/Marek 41) taking the overall win from </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2016/07/scarlett-ohara-peterson-43.html" target="_blank">Scarlett O'Hara</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">. In Class E, Denis O'Neil's </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/02/bondi-tram-frers-41.html" target="_blank">Bondi Tram</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> consolidated her legend status from a perfect Clipper Cup performance (winner of Class D and third overall) by taking four firsts and a second.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-eGxc8xyzij7IKHpPlofbme-8mrhrQ9f_NwmmJN7pLf16_PU0owf15POC_KO7qJKlpeC8dFkhDogxo63fdVeRZVnrvEY5QhHON6X8LW2REJMnEuuxWdQAN6UFkcMNCEHyZlibpnez2l5OTqqhkfHJ_rn5lliZsAY2B3seTd0ClFehIgNur6IuV3E8gDj/s1960/BBS80s_Confrontation_ex-Shockwave_S%20Green_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1960" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-eGxc8xyzij7IKHpPlofbme-8mrhrQ9f_NwmmJN7pLf16_PU0owf15POC_KO7qJKlpeC8dFkhDogxo63fdVeRZVnrvEY5QhHON6X8LW2REJMnEuuxWdQAN6UFkcMNCEHyZlibpnez2l5OTqqhkfHJ_rn5lliZsAY2B3seTd0ClFehIgNur6IuV3E8gDj/w640-h420/BBS80s_Confrontation_ex-Shockwave_S%20Green_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Confrontation </i>(ex-<i>Shockwave</i>) during the Big Boat Series circa 1984 (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-13891790906244563982023-07-15T20:51:00.002-07:002023-09-22T15:21:15.787-07:00Matador2<span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Matador2</i> was the second IOR Maxi for US yachtsman and industrialist Bill Koch. Koch got into yacht racing in 1984, after buying a boat with Ted Hood briefly and then a cruising boat. His first maxi was a 1982-vintage German Frers’ designed maxi called <i>Huaso</i> which he refurbished and renamed as <i>Matador</i> (named after Koch’s father’s favourite ranch in Texas). While racing against Raul Gardini and others on the maxi yacht circuit, he launched a yacht design competition at home to fashion a new, world-beating yacht for this class which would become <i>Matador2</i>.</span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim80fJtrh8D6-F_nuGvFWpafgsldSOKirMeNI3VVvQsnAmSspAlYd8M2jYVN8wg-63m9rgLqjFTEeeYl8kNqCd_EvDuRIvUykSEQoBxzCVMySHUYzxYPA3Txg8l-weuJC4zhjJpLIAmvmOmO8zSwpq5Sjf2yxkSem4-Zu9hUY55jtmGvvSNa__XOB9Lfsr/s1400/NYYC%20Maxi%20Newport%201990_Matador2_Gurney_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1400" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim80fJtrh8D6-F_nuGvFWpafgsldSOKirMeNI3VVvQsnAmSspAlYd8M2jYVN8wg-63m9rgLqjFTEeeYl8kNqCd_EvDuRIvUykSEQoBxzCVMySHUYzxYPA3Txg8l-weuJC4zhjJpLIAmvmOmO8zSwpq5Sjf2yxkSem4-Zu9hUY55jtmGvvSNa__XOB9Lfsr/w640-h516/NYYC%20Maxi%20Newport%201990_Matador2_Gurney_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>powers upwind during the Newport leg of the 1990 Maxi World Championships (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">That competition and subsequent research programme, took some six years in total and close to $8m was spent in the development and construction of <i>Matador2</i>. Along the way, Koch’s team developed the most extensive private research and development programme ever undertaken in sailing, although those costs were then able to be amortised somewhat wiht his subsequent <i>America3 </i>America's Cup programme. Before building his new maxi, Koch accepted 40 designs in 1985 for models from naval architects around the world. The models were built quarter-scale and tested for up to six weeks a year in the towing tanks at Hydronautics and the wind tunnels of the University of Maryland. Koch then chose the 12 most promising designs and had these 22-foot ‘models’ rigged for actual sailing. The <i>Matador</i> crew were then pitted against each other in the boats, and laser guns were used to measure minute speed differences. Keels were interchanged and the most promising ones were built at full-scale and tested on <i>Matador</i>. With these constant refinements, Koch managed to turn the aged <i>Matador</i> into a serious contender on the maxi circuit, which went on to finish second in the Maxi World Championships three times in a row, including in 1989.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccPkK2R9_kGZltooqCts09_ShYXU3l1nSzvwUIc4CBdOg3dlHKxmIwPd-cDBu6vxNMxQoCDX3TM9eKLAYoOjVTHbYKARx8PC4z0NlpdgrmRp9tchT-sAuieSM9oqEltd2LAgFqgQXpCAx1l8Y7co1vLGR6OeEu5-DPjMP1-uTdLGwx941V7BSYwBFhaGn/s695/Matador2%20model.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="695" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccPkK2R9_kGZltooqCts09_ShYXU3l1nSzvwUIc4CBdOg3dlHKxmIwPd-cDBu6vxNMxQoCDX3TM9eKLAYoOjVTHbYKARx8PC4z0NlpdgrmRp9tchT-sAuieSM9oqEltd2LAgFqgQXpCAx1l8Y7co1vLGR6OeEu5-DPjMP1-uTdLGwx941V7BSYwBFhaGn/w640-h386/Matador2%20model.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">One of the many models for the eventual <i>Matador2</i> design that were tested at quarter-scale (photo Yachting magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: center;">The ultimate goal, however, was </span><i style="text-align: center;">Matador2</i><span style="text-align: center;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">To further evaluate the speed potential of the new boat, the winning design was built as a 30-foot sailing dynamometer fitted with an interior frame loaded with stress gauges to measure sail and rig loadings. A mock-up of the deck was also built, which was then mounted on a block and tackle system to simulate heeling conditions and set the crew to work to discover empirically exactly where deck hardware should be mounted.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLPtkUAKZEm7XzrQBPYyhYQ9Bl7UlLIGks98GbFA72tb1Kbwos5L6NgzatChYZ3S5QOdJcblXTqsUkMpCQL8ZVYObeht1c2MKexX_udAd2eRT8YhU9OBIg8vDnuFVAqJ5qSRwqpS1WHaeIWQKr7gNXpDH-V65moTRnt1njlxZXjg2iYZnaudEi-rcgto_/s1122/Delivery.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1122" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLPtkUAKZEm7XzrQBPYyhYQ9Bl7UlLIGks98GbFA72tb1Kbwos5L6NgzatChYZ3S5QOdJcblXTqsUkMpCQL8ZVYObeht1c2MKexX_udAd2eRT8YhU9OBIg8vDnuFVAqJ5qSRwqpS1WHaeIWQKr7gNXpDH-V65moTRnt1njlxZXjg2iYZnaudEi-rcgto_/w640-h358/Delivery.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">An early photograph of <i>Matador2</i>, thought to be on her original delivery sail (Seahorse)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: arial;">What the designs taught Koch and his team was that under the IOR, a larger, heavier yacht would perform better, due to rating benefits conferred by the Mk IIIA version of the rule. This was a fact also discovered in the design of the Whitbread maxi <i>Steinlager 2</i>. The two designs that came out on top were from Bill Cook and Ted Hood, both known for favouring heavy displacement. Cook had been studying the concept of a larger maxi in 1984 and this had informed his design submission in 1985. He was given the nod and his design, finalised in 1989 (with input from Penn Edmonds and Buddy Duncan), was for a 85-footer and so she became the largest IOR maxi ever built. Her statistics relative to other maxis of the time demonstrate the extreme corner of the rule in which she was pitched. Along with being the longest yacht in overall terms, she was also as long in measured rating terms as <i>Steinlager 2</i> at 72ft, 2ft longer than the 1989 maxi champion <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/03/longobarda-farr-maxi.html" target="_blank">Longobarda</a> </i>for example. Her 100,000 pound displacement was 13,000 pounds heavier than <i>Longobarda </i>and over 18,000 pounds heavier than Raul Gardini's <i>Passage</i> (ex-<i>Windward Passage 2</i>). Alongside this was a powerful 14,700ft/lbs righting moment, significantly greater again than her competitors.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOXOas5gEGkaxkxArCYSkU7w6nK6t0_C58Nk97KTgQXypVn_R1X5_rmAdmV251gGTJZip66sw6HMJtg67DX6NCBNjxb0qvkkF5-NXxaCZQmS2mPWCmNoSiKM9s2BczZ6_jBgY8fAUE0BatA0cSuV5mffWzsZ6hjs5LQWFV6aoejbadh6EqniglziZIfeg/s557/1990%2012%20Regate%20maxis%20mata.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="508" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOXOas5gEGkaxkxArCYSkU7w6nK6t0_C58Nk97KTgQXypVn_R1X5_rmAdmV251gGTJZip66sw6HMJtg67DX6NCBNjxb0qvkkF5-NXxaCZQmS2mPWCmNoSiKM9s2BczZ6_jBgY8fAUE0BatA0cSuV5mffWzsZ6hjs5LQWFV6aoejbadh6EqniglziZIfeg/w584-h640/1990%2012%20Regate%20maxis%20mata.jpg" width="584" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2</i> with a dacron delivery main works up in early trials alongside her stablemate <i>Matador</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Her size appeared to be further amplified by reasonably high freeboard and a generous beam. She featured a strongly angled stem with a long and graceful transom, which narrowed in a typical manner in response to the after girth station measurement demands of the IOR. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Matador2</i> was built by Eric Goetz in Bristol, Rhode Island. The hull, deck and internal structure were constructed entirely from carbon fibre over core materials of varying density (from aramid honeycomb in the basic hull and deck panels to high-density foam in more heavily loaded areas). Solid carbon was used in the area of highest loads (such as the keel, primary winches etc).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUHHopXHVR_JOC5RsaooJPbPo_OZsP9u85CTkfpRKproQR0V4hTTyH65IN8Lh7W2bjJkMGGvCk4WaTwCPNfZmFzp2I6CJdSF_KUAqRUbSStAcUcBygwZxLrmKlfYNcSu_7E4AwG7TPaMwuEARi2HCFBsKXzHYxmENUkh0cqysmkBmNUXbgyq1UfqRHGyl/s1004/mat%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1004" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUHHopXHVR_JOC5RsaooJPbPo_OZsP9u85CTkfpRKproQR0V4hTTyH65IN8Lh7W2bjJkMGGvCk4WaTwCPNfZmFzp2I6CJdSF_KUAqRUbSStAcUcBygwZxLrmKlfYNcSu_7E4AwG7TPaMwuEARi2HCFBsKXzHYxmENUkh0cqysmkBmNUXbgyq1UfqRHGyl/w640-h412/mat%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>after rounding a leeward mark (photo Histoiredeshalfs website)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite all the testing that had been undertaken in the build-up to her launch, the ultimate keel design was a last-minute decision. The design team came up with the idea of using a large bulb keel (reportedly utilising a thin stainless steel core or fin) with a fine trim tab on the trailing edge (which likely attracted a small rating penalty under the Moveable Appendage Factor measurement component). The Frers-designed </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa V</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (winner in 1987) had also used a trim tab but, Koch’s team felt that this was too large. The keel was kept shrouded from prying eyes like that first employed for the radical 12m, Australia II.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNBgK4kvrZawReq0yZF5JWic3igHp6iy049oPooLUdl3Um335oqOQGY0yHPGxo42ZUsqCOXjTai3GneTZAvi8eI225KStlDRtvkcibhnPwZjrzGsyfytd8m_C0Xz5jedZXYp8A06elZI0Ph4-dCMNsR-F7fIbde0QfA_x9FaE8n0sSkLIPq1EsFMGWHSs/s862/Matador%20Worlds%201990_2.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="399" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNBgK4kvrZawReq0yZF5JWic3igHp6iy049oPooLUdl3Um335oqOQGY0yHPGxo42ZUsqCOXjTai3GneTZAvi8eI225KStlDRtvkcibhnPwZjrzGsyfytd8m_C0Xz5jedZXYp8A06elZI0Ph4-dCMNsR-F7fIbde0QfA_x9FaE8n0sSkLIPq1EsFMGWHSs/w296-h640/Matador%20Worlds%201990_2.PNG" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2</i>, 1990 (photo Seahorse)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">While <i>Matador </i>had a masthead rig, <i>Matador2</i> sported a large fractional rig, as was by then common even at maxi scale, owing in part to 1987 rule changes that favoured larger mainsail girths. Likely due in part to her high displacement and resulting rating credit,<i> Matador2</i> also carried a larger sail plan than her rivals, by 200-300 square feet.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECfY5YkC5O7gR53CUc1joXOjVkD-eTvZH8YuJphQVqnSjSAeb-4_loXQoXh6PtlEuf8LEDXJrjceqNXXvbzE5FXm1nMcbJpfFQfRudLDF-a8HABo5ucjNMCkAopVFz7zf1o8FZ4gXj0Jg4VMmprsgJOC8YReDEmMeMPsgx3DKISHZRvplyrjmQaCJMFAv/s849/Matador%20cockpit.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="849" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECfY5YkC5O7gR53CUc1joXOjVkD-eTvZH8YuJphQVqnSjSAeb-4_loXQoXh6PtlEuf8LEDXJrjceqNXXvbzE5FXm1nMcbJpfFQfRudLDF-a8HABo5ucjNMCkAopVFz7zf1o8FZ4gXj0Jg4VMmprsgJOC8YReDEmMeMPsgx3DKISHZRvplyrjmQaCJMFAv/w640-h352/Matador%20cockpit.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A view of the cockpit arrangement of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Matador2 </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(photo Seahorse)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The cockpit layout was built around two principal requirements: dual steering wheels and all pedestals on the centreline. In this way, virtually any combination of pedestals could drive any combination of primary, secondary, mainsheet and runner drums, and the aft two pedestals are also able to power the hydraulic system. The mainsheet winch plinths also doubled-up as hydraulic panels positioned behind the wheels. There were two light control lines exiting either side of the plinth, which was for the trim tab control played by the tactician who sat behind the helmsman. The deck layout was otherwise flat with little apparent camber, but incorporated a shallow inset in the bow area to aid the crew's sail handling.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ERMhx6b3yPTrqek9OwDR4EvohFxXtU3Q9bW0CJqZyJpPGRFydQ0RqdxsMlrq-SZ1wHgZiWE72C9iUsyowgZkafwMDY3_UBPLd1akIy08Lz5lkG6YRpgRdvNui8lJU5baqy5dRHI1IZmDJHO6XgjmFCX9XIQfLAK8U6DJiMVLMjmnBIL68mnxatYF3idA/s1067/1991%2002%20Mer&B%20Matador%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ERMhx6b3yPTrqek9OwDR4EvohFxXtU3Q9bW0CJqZyJpPGRFydQ0RqdxsMlrq-SZ1wHgZiWE72C9iUsyowgZkafwMDY3_UBPLd1akIy08Lz5lkG6YRpgRdvNui8lJU5baqy5dRHI1IZmDJHO6XgjmFCX9XIQfLAK8U6DJiMVLMjmnBIL68mnxatYF3idA/w470-h640/1991%2002%20Mer&B%20Matador%20(4).jpg" width="470" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2</i> in fine upwind trim</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After her launch in early 1990, the new <i>Matador2</i> beat <i>Boomerang</i> handily in the New York Yacht Club Regatta in June that year, although some of the guest skippers who visited Newport to sail the old <i>Matador</i> against the new one during the summer rumoured that the old boat was quicker.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN9ZrDzZcwPFfpQ_Zz1-XYHox9vfCQ1HUsbcaSQhuaP5Wnp-SCLtkumR4eqfFzux1UdK_2tIcdlzTQI1AR0IruC5_AZ4sr3V6vhOTfz1gRYNONeAjEVMGF4XSUxE9IlDicVBysB6uQLhE0b3OIJ47CSK7zUa7Bv84938EARTM9eG8fONAAk9LeDoyhig9/s1360/Matador2_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1360" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN9ZrDzZcwPFfpQ_Zz1-XYHox9vfCQ1HUsbcaSQhuaP5Wnp-SCLtkumR4eqfFzux1UdK_2tIcdlzTQI1AR0IruC5_AZ4sr3V6vhOTfz1gRYNONeAjEVMGF4XSUxE9IlDicVBysB6uQLhE0b3OIJ47CSK7zUa7Bv84938EARTM9eG8fONAAk9LeDoyhig9/w640-h452/Matador2_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>in power reaching conditions</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The true test would be the 1990 Maxi World Championship, which was sailed over three separate regattas, each consisting of seven races. The series started in Newport in September 1990, moved to Miami in late October before concluding in St. Thomas.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />As the march around the course began during the first race in the Newport regatta, the lead boat was <i>Passage</i>, helmed by Paul Cayard. Gardini had acquired <i>Passage</i> as a replacement for his 1988 World Champion <i>Il Moro di Venezia III</i>, now sailing as <i>Vanitas</i>. During earlier European Maxi regattas <i>Longobarda</i>, winner of the 1989 World Championship, still appeared to be the faster boat, but changes had been made to <i>Passage</i>’s keel and rudder and this appeared to be yielding dividends.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDhXu6j8iK221ujfNoqemzjPyZquXt5fzpF2D1pLROt8Ej_OEvCvzHyaVxMBwYPZa7NlmgBP2XlQmcPWalbWYUEwgzXm0Yz9HMUY3wRFaZYwpxDSMHBqOyanE2F1M_P8JFTqmGX2zZF3AKKvv1BSTP-IhP-bK_6d4RB_0pJEBsO4dIXa2_GXM471_A_z2/s1280/Matador2_Yachting%20Apr%2091%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1280" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDhXu6j8iK221ujfNoqemzjPyZquXt5fzpF2D1pLROt8Ej_OEvCvzHyaVxMBwYPZa7NlmgBP2XlQmcPWalbWYUEwgzXm0Yz9HMUY3wRFaZYwpxDSMHBqOyanE2F1M_P8JFTqmGX2zZF3AKKvv1BSTP-IhP-bK_6d4RB_0pJEBsO4dIXa2_GXM471_A_z2/w640-h622/Matador2_Yachting%20Apr%2091%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>during the 1990 Maxi World Championships (photo Yachting magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i>Passage</i> continued to lead the fleet around the windward-leeward course as the boats started up the last leg. However, a better sail selection by <i>Matador2</i> in a building breeze saw her overtake <i>Passage</i> and secure first place. <i>Longobarda</i> meanwhile suffered a series of breakdowns, including and most significantly the loss of the clew of her mainsail. In the second race, with the apparent wind increasing to 25-30 knots or more, <i>Matador2</i> dominated and <i>Passage </i>also blew out the clew in her mainsail.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmXNJHI9Y26kmv-QF13hyzlxR2G1A_HtR9lRk-y_3fRLDN9YUM3lP8r2Mvy7PPHeUev2eDEYABH_knBssk7_Ic9pnVff7nAlMO1M4icSszAU045OxQ2bv27V-qo_wVRF4_lVNfH-PlWk0D3qeKm6lqxjQ0ofRm29JxplhPpKpQ36t33wUiBbMd5qqpGbf/s1228/1991%2002%20Mer&B%20Matador%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="868" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmXNJHI9Y26kmv-QF13hyzlxR2G1A_HtR9lRk-y_3fRLDN9YUM3lP8r2Mvy7PPHeUev2eDEYABH_knBssk7_Ic9pnVff7nAlMO1M4icSszAU045OxQ2bv27V-qo_wVRF4_lVNfH-PlWk0D3qeKm6lqxjQ0ofRm29JxplhPpKpQ36t33wUiBbMd5qqpGbf/w453-h640/1991%2002%20Mer&B%20Matador%20(5).jpg" width="453" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>seen here during the 1990 Maxi World Championships to leeward of <i>Passage </i>and <i>Longobarda</i>, but ahead of <i>Vanitas</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Matador2</i>’s two firsts on the first day was an emphatic start to the series, but on the second day it was her turn to make mistakes, with two fifths, while <i>Passage</i> took two wins, which essentially set up the rest of the series as a two-boat race between these two boats. While she started conservatively in the remaining three races, <i>Matador2</i> displayed better tactics and speed through the use of her efficient trim tab that enabled the boat to point or lift three to four degrees higher in clear air than her competitors. She won the next two races but <i>Passage</i> was still leading by half a point going into the last race. But <i>Matador2</i> won the final match, and with it the seven-race series to win the regatta by 1.75 points.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EZTTmprHEeWPt90PF7v6oNhp3dXC5fU7S43Khl60A-Wd4wVh1OnKSA43oGX66-dgdmyDtMo8rkCOpOEkzs720D_X5lGHEmGVbUiaf6srUKuSQm14Bo_vuph5KYK7jarHWUsSxjbpUhApyEk8JZrS192-7u6J5N4dan5JDAS3F8XOD1DJcINpBuiDWhmp/s800/Matador%202_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="800" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EZTTmprHEeWPt90PF7v6oNhp3dXC5fU7S43Khl60A-Wd4wVh1OnKSA43oGX66-dgdmyDtMo8rkCOpOEkzs720D_X5lGHEmGVbUiaf6srUKuSQm14Bo_vuph5KYK7jarHWUsSxjbpUhApyEk8JZrS192-7u6J5N4dan5JDAS3F8XOD1DJcINpBuiDWhmp/w640-h452/Matador%202_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2</i> - Maxi World Champion 1990 (photo/poster Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The navigator aboard Vanitas was reported to observe at this time that <i>Matador2</i> “is major league fast". <i>Matador2</i> tactician Gary Jobson noted that the racing became more difficult after Newport once the other six maxis realised that to have a chance at winning, they would have to gang up on the new boat. "We didn't have too many friends out there. Before every start, two boats would circle us while a third waited nearby to come in for the kill."</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI2I6SDR5IPBpE12IrwTuTVH0JiviReb-kiLAaMUipcrSn1FPWlFXKCfUjE7IMok-VVUWl6iYlEJfNy1LMBty0JzXCbkbt6uNj5j-2OFpno1VaSheFEBnJhho0LGQws-cTeT_owC3fRwuUWjhqgYIwS7hhvPpCUfZfjb6yENx14jozlCZrfx97tpfafr-/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(18).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI2I6SDR5IPBpE12IrwTuTVH0JiviReb-kiLAaMUipcrSn1FPWlFXKCfUjE7IMok-VVUWl6iYlEJfNy1LMBty0JzXCbkbt6uNj5j-2OFpno1VaSheFEBnJhho0LGQws-cTeT_owC3fRwuUWjhqgYIwS7hhvPpCUfZfjb6yENx14jozlCZrfx97tpfafr-/w640-h460/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(18).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2</i> alongside <i>Longobarda</i> during the Miami leg of the 1990 Maxi World Championships (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Photos of the second regatta in Miami can be seen <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/09/maxi-worlds-1990.html" target="_blank">here</a>. No results are available but <i>Matador2</i> finished either first or second.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RKHwsSPdVDNH0is-oQfYExeSKlcwc6NMgPgaCTcf8V8WcimScw9EXIGcljBQtlS-xSIbJC8BblRhUY8xcY_yBsSie2_54qtSmr1gfaMP25uKfDCgAdUPEfoBCWjmXqj28xoIgRPC2_r2fJ9xQmLmItYln1Hgcum7Ahga9kEhxg1PTc9BUTAcTCL_afmt/s906/Matador2_Yachting%20Apr%2091%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="906" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RKHwsSPdVDNH0is-oQfYExeSKlcwc6NMgPgaCTcf8V8WcimScw9EXIGcljBQtlS-xSIbJC8BblRhUY8xcY_yBsSie2_54qtSmr1gfaMP25uKfDCgAdUPEfoBCWjmXqj28xoIgRPC2_r2fJ9xQmLmItYln1Hgcum7Ahga9kEhxg1PTc9BUTAcTCL_afmt/w640-h380/Matador2_Yachting%20Apr%2091%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>during the 1990 Maxi World Championships (photo Yachting magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Later, in the third regatta in St Thomas, and with only two races left in the 21-race 1990 Maxi World Championship series, <i>Matador2</i> and <i>Passage</i> were deadlocked in the point standings. As <i>Passage</i> gracefully rounded the inflatable orange marker in the penultimate race and headed upwind, her experimental carbon-fiber headboard car shattered and her main dropped to the deck. One of the crew scrambled up the mast to repair the damage but was passed by <i>Matador2</i> and <i>Longobarda</i>. By the time the mainsail was fixed, <i>Matador2</i> had won. The next day, <i>Matador2</i> squeezed past <i>Passage</i> again to win the 75-mile distance race to clinch the world championship. <i>Passage</i>'s mishap was worth a possible swing of five points: she ended up losing the world title to <i>Matador2</i> by a mere 4.25 points.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_Rda6DqZtucdk0pQKjXDwgyXKtQWeVIPiAg5ojPl_m-1mpE-C4Nz3h-Yb_bkQBymKp8bcW7B0Ywo0_LVFJb56R8zp5dNiHtydZtpi-H1owlWA0nx518W3mK5wysMXDp2ZHcOt-L7B6A3hEmHuh5pRFHDDqA2HErKemimnYAGc8KJTMi98IrtkFB070aU/s1024/Matador2%20leading%20RBsailing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_Rda6DqZtucdk0pQKjXDwgyXKtQWeVIPiAg5ojPl_m-1mpE-C4Nz3h-Yb_bkQBymKp8bcW7B0Ywo0_LVFJb56R8zp5dNiHtydZtpi-H1owlWA0nx518W3mK5wysMXDp2ZHcOt-L7B6A3hEmHuh5pRFHDDqA2HErKemimnYAGc8KJTMi98IrtkFB070aU/w640-h266/Matador2%20leading%20RBsailing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">This image is possibly from the World Championships in St Tropez in 1991, and demonstrates the dominance of <i>Matador2</i> by this time</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The 1991 Maxi World Championships were held in St Tropez. No results or race reports are available but it is known that <i>Matador2</i> put on a dominant display, no doubt benefiting from a further year of tuning, and she won a second world championship title.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZl7RLlaZjMZNot0BKxLCAZ96excpogNy39rlXBbEkkphH0LOVr3BkxM4lxm8g0qFGvB62Idm1flOB4yf0HMXGcj2wslZBcXEoyXsXJddy0LhWsqr5maexo-W4X0glKaLdt2HpjpQfKGWcq96dVS8dX2RWITpryUzbX5m609T8oy2q0Zm6hsjmCeFFMmu/s1000/Matador2_1991MC%20St%20Tropez_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZl7RLlaZjMZNot0BKxLCAZ96excpogNy39rlXBbEkkphH0LOVr3BkxM4lxm8g0qFGvB62Idm1flOB4yf0HMXGcj2wslZBcXEoyXsXJddy0LhWsqr5maexo-W4X0glKaLdt2HpjpQfKGWcq96dVS8dX2RWITpryUzbX5m609T8oy2q0Zm6hsjmCeFFMmu/w640-h424/Matador2_1991MC%20St%20Tropez_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>racing in St Tropez in the 1991 Maxi World Championships (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The dominance of <i>Matador2</i> unfortunately spelt the end of the Maxi class, at least as it was defined by the IOR. By the time of the 1990 World Championship there was no sign of Jim Kilroy (<i>Kialoa</i>) or George Coumantaros (<i>Boomerang</i>) planning to build new maxis, and while Alan Bond’s Pedrick-designed <i>Drumbeat</i> (1989) had been bought by a new owner, she was being converted for IMS. Much of the intensity of the class was being diverted towards the 1992 America’s Cup, and those programmes not involved in the America’s Cup were planning projects for the 1993-94 Whitbread race. These factors did not encourage existing or prospective owners to commit the increasingly enormous funds required for yachts that would remain competitive for just a couple of years, and become entirely obsolete not long after as the IOR entered into its final death throes (the next Maxi World Championship was not held until 1995, under IMS, and Coumantaros re-entered the fray with a new <i>Boomerang</i> to win in 1996).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mX0Wk03QmqPCNta988ebaYOXF2lsVwIeyh5LaX_Yojq4yaaPGD2SqB5qB-t4Fk4IWUbRewVzTd844_qu8oztXKVQEYf8apzc4LpiUmEKq-keSsTItQ7HZEoqE86Lnka-2vIw5EkuKtClRT_83yO79-3h7IfjeV1c0GwPjMT6XIJsbVjxd8r8gor86PkH/s836/mat01-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mX0Wk03QmqPCNta988ebaYOXF2lsVwIeyh5LaX_Yojq4yaaPGD2SqB5qB-t4Fk4IWUbRewVzTd844_qu8oztXKVQEYf8apzc4LpiUmEKq-keSsTItQ7HZEoqE86Lnka-2vIw5EkuKtClRT_83yO79-3h7IfjeV1c0GwPjMT6XIJsbVjxd8r8gor86PkH/w570-h640/mat01-1.jpg" width="570" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2</i> sailing in Australia (year unknown, but the Kevlar sails are no longer in use)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Matador2 </i>was subsequently sold to an Australian yachtsman, Anton Starling, in 1993 and renamed <i>Fudge</i>, after her new sponsor. She is recorded as having competed in the 1998 Sydney-Hobart yacht race, finishing fifth in her division on corrected time. She has since become part of the fleet of old maxi yachts that are used for charter and sailing expeditions in the Whitsunday Islands. The <a href="https://matadorwhitsundays.com.au/about/" target="_blank">website</a> for 'Matador Whitsundays'<i> </i>records that she had competed in a total of 52 races and eight regattas and two World Championships, "boasting a total of 31 wins 5 seconds and 6 thirds". </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTsftrNp8cKGcz-8bKWRGcze2MLm4lWuJPBVJgsX1fKyKNjdxU7Rn3zmB5oEcysQyYIHDKaDlXfVTM0mZ1QWKKXeTflPrgC4ZcKAvxdkcPw3YFd_QAydlmeAKKv-xMwbP2cnFBk6VkI6p9YP6oaE_VPW05xGFrdOuu0V42IiraI-fhLh30fBeA07pqxx7/s1298/239767855_10221059824100185_2824262742837361424_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1298" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTsftrNp8cKGcz-8bKWRGcze2MLm4lWuJPBVJgsX1fKyKNjdxU7Rn3zmB5oEcysQyYIHDKaDlXfVTM0mZ1QWKKXeTflPrgC4ZcKAvxdkcPw3YFd_QAydlmeAKKv-xMwbP2cnFBk6VkI6p9YP6oaE_VPW05xGFrdOuu0V42IiraI-fhLh30fBeA07pqxx7/w640-h396/239767855_10221059824100185_2824262742837361424_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador2 </i>in her marina in Queensland and in current sailing trim (photos Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcszj7w7glbYX44HFB9rpC6JQl-YjfWRrO-FfyX0nr5LxGpVFdzu_pdXWLWj4RWT4Vd8wPpsBv6-kOlEq6KACR70dYF6ZTuzzA9wESRxM_k5Umgogt2v2-hGHHF_aBS017jksvK52xZgNPXiHQ-O9xaIKoGwbaz_7AB25Jsuso04A3jG-KYRJXLC7kORE/s1249/27__10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1249" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcszj7w7glbYX44HFB9rpC6JQl-YjfWRrO-FfyX0nr5LxGpVFdzu_pdXWLWj4RWT4Vd8wPpsBv6-kOlEq6KACR70dYF6ZTuzzA9wESRxM_k5Umgogt2v2-hGHHF_aBS017jksvK52xZgNPXiHQ-O9xaIKoGwbaz_7AB25Jsuso04A3jG-KYRJXLC7kORE/w640-h480/27__10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">More photographs and articles (in French) can be seen on the Histoiredeshalfs website <a href="https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Maxis%20Monos/Matador%202.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p></div></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-1959619057597859322023-06-17T20:04:00.063-07:002024-03-15T16:44:11.601-07:00Clipper Cup 1980<p><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">The second
edition of the Pan Am Clipper Cup attracted 64 yachts from Australia, Bermuda, Canada,
Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the United States and the United Kingdom. Fortunately</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> renowned marine photographer </span><a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> was there to capture the action, and this article features a number of his photos from the series.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XeS2skyrvQP3WKX7pYldof8XJ6RjwbXABNS2M3gCHq7nGNd4bHp93DYQ7xppMHwMH-6w2-ic1tdJ4DU4kF7F_FMiFhTfpTJi-7Rll2ta7Kx7YDJSLvlPgH9kUd61-ci9xz8aglvia0gHYKd0C2hTGyz1olDtkX5fH04NlbtR8pHuWkPC5piAZuU2Rw/s809/CC80_Ragamuffin_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="717" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XeS2skyrvQP3WKX7pYldof8XJ6RjwbXABNS2M3gCHq7nGNd4bHp93DYQ7xppMHwMH-6w2-ic1tdJ4DU4kF7F_FMiFhTfpTJi-7Rll2ta7Kx7YDJSLvlPgH9kUd61-ci9xz8aglvia0gHYKd0C2hTGyz1olDtkX5fH04NlbtR8pHuWkPC5piAZuU2Rw/w568-h640/CC80_Ragamuffin_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="568" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Winner of the 1980 Clipper Cup, Australian yacht <i>Ragamuffin </i>(photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">The fleet
included three Maxis, <i>Siska</i> (Australia) and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/12/windward-passage-gurney-73.html" target="_blank">Windward Passage</a></i> (US) and the smaller </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Mistress Quickly</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (UK)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Condor of Bermuda</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> had also planned to compete, but struck a coral atoll north of Tahiti enroute to Hawaii. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmnNe2iWWjlLL0oTYuS1uFy5YPSSnM0xcVpJ1TyIE1_Si0gSYEae7bGWU8_rzJM1vEAkwHdQhzRLmmGaeFsj-CrRoTYufHuOei9uVKtyGp5lwtUyGcTR4TQoI_KhsMihCDZtuuqSsHwMCaj4t7ntrGQ8pylp7YxEG1Ju--RyOFm3jTZiCwc2jdRUONg/s1000/CC80_Windward%20Passage_Uhl%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmnNe2iWWjlLL0oTYuS1uFy5YPSSnM0xcVpJ1TyIE1_Si0gSYEae7bGWU8_rzJM1vEAkwHdQhzRLmmGaeFsj-CrRoTYufHuOei9uVKtyGp5lwtUyGcTR4TQoI_KhsMihCDZtuuqSsHwMCaj4t7ntrGQ8pylp7YxEG1Ju--RyOFm3jTZiCwc2jdRUONg/w426-h640/CC80_Windward%20Passage_Uhl%20fb.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The 73-foot Maxi, <i>Windward Passage</i> in her new configuration as a sloop, put in a dominant performance through the first four races of the series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">It was the Australian yacht <i>Ragamuffin</i>, a Peterson 45-footer owned by Syd Fischer (rating 35.2ft IOR), won the Clipper Gold Cup for the top individual yacht of the series, also winning on corrected time the final 775-mile Around the State Race, the Class B point score for the series and for the three inshore races. <i>Ragamuffin</i> was part of the Australia No.1 team, with <i>Challenge</i> and <i>Sweet Caroline</i>, that convincingly won the international teams prize, the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">King Kamehameha Trophy, with a runaway margin over the US Red team.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i>Sweet Caroline</i>, a Davidson Two-Tonner (31.9ft), also won the Class C point score for the series. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzTCqg-PQgRnD6hgtMLza5AzLVMESDIAOnEwwV9U8hz0-_-EOkVc5LKGkUoMuI9CyILVtSPppzfGcV1t1ZTsPwi4gwmMYwAXQETZEfp9TtAqs-PORiRapa35YTbmYyunNMBIo2xpctmOmop_s7QhCZTDtcL6oKrtQcHKT1xSOVNDBXzzZRLXUtJDZ4w/s1000/CC80_Ragamuffin_Uhl_fb%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzTCqg-PQgRnD6hgtMLza5AzLVMESDIAOnEwwV9U8hz0-_-EOkVc5LKGkUoMuI9CyILVtSPppzfGcV1t1ZTsPwi4gwmMYwAXQETZEfp9TtAqs-PORiRapa35YTbmYyunNMBIo2xpctmOmop_s7QhCZTDtcL6oKrtQcHKT1xSOVNDBXzzZRLXUtJDZ4w/w640-h430/CC80_Ragamuffin_Uhl_fb%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ragamuffin </i>rounds a mark during the 1980 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This result meant that Australia, in less than a year, had won the Admiral's Cup, the Southern Cross Cup and the Clipper Cup, and was their second successive victory in the Clipper Cup teams series, having won the inaugural event in <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/04/clipper-cup-1978.html" target="_blank">1978</a> (with </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Fischer's earlier yacht, the Frers-designed <i>Ragamuffin</i>, being part of that victorious team). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The US Red team was comprised of two Holland designs, <i>Tomahawk</i> and <i>Shenandoah</i> who performed consistently, but the 1976 Farr One Tonner, <i>Carrie Ann V</i>, turned in five average results.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IUPryGjkyqzd9guZeU0PDKg2RqRTYAeTmWc8w1-RvTS8Mr-ArD-gTK080i4a5KpmJRCZX-gY0LUoWT6BN_6gs5dHhqFdRlMopd8E89wH79lg86j1E7mFULWQIOAhjklm8DjvrI4OwifOS2JRJzGxnQy55s_tI7vdmiDY103nscVkzq2Pl-lNmTsYbg/s1000/CC80_Siska%2077ft_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IUPryGjkyqzd9guZeU0PDKg2RqRTYAeTmWc8w1-RvTS8Mr-ArD-gTK080i4a5KpmJRCZX-gY0LUoWT6BN_6gs5dHhqFdRlMopd8E89wH79lg86j1E7mFULWQIOAhjklm8DjvrI4OwifOS2JRJzGxnQy55s_tI7vdmiDY103nscVkzq2Pl-lNmTsYbg/w640-h430/CC80_Siska%2077ft_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Australian 77-foot Maxi, <i>Siska </i>(67.2ft IOR)<i> </i>(photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The first race, the Around Oahu Race, was a line honours battle between the Maxis with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Siska</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> setting a new record and beating </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> by 3½ minutes and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Mistress Quickly</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> by 6 minutes, although the placings were reversed on corrected time.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNC-73sdyPYu6Y2E9LatLRb5c8ZSWyTdX-wortvKGQzqedb-CmRstarbCTgsL7y5c5NS-22LXEgEgwP9YEQStPenjq0Lc_FjUFEZu0p6flPXdplYPhzYnmzh-R9OlYC733LOoRmOBdvcLnxAY8drrow91C7idiCeXM25QSsOUoUg2gqFdH_u7HOEtsg/s720/CC80_Mistress%20Quickly_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="720" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNC-73sdyPYu6Y2E9LatLRb5c8ZSWyTdX-wortvKGQzqedb-CmRstarbCTgsL7y5c5NS-22LXEgEgwP9YEQStPenjq0Lc_FjUFEZu0p6flPXdplYPhzYnmzh-R9OlYC733LOoRmOBdvcLnxAY8drrow91C7idiCeXM25QSsOUoUg2gqFdH_u7HOEtsg/w640-h452/CC80_Mistress%20Quickly_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>The Bob Miller designed Maxi, Mistress Quickly </i>(63.2ft IOR)<i> sporting her unique and recognisable spinnaker (photo Phil Uhl)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">The Olympic Triangle courses again provided a showcase for racing skills among the offshore yachts, although winds were unusually light. <i>Windward Passage</i> showed her style and versatility by winning the Maxi class in all three of these races, while New Zealand’s <i>Anticipation</i> (a Bob Miller 50-footer) and <i>Gold Coast Express</i> each did the same in Classes A and D.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UbcmOk5ll0sy8hvuQ-VynLqA1goxCNo2rC2vBTyujtzWqLXdYkgIViQrCkNhPbwvy-UJtJxaLE0QUZ_mVFd6Zg43GP3Req1tz13LplAFr83RLagdCCDiHGapxSy2rlW2xIPCBX7ao1lg0YXsEOKDLHpXI7w9zi2h2xJ4OkUaKhSOOUzYGhUd-xHvPg/s1000/CC80_Shockwave_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="811" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UbcmOk5ll0sy8hvuQ-VynLqA1goxCNo2rC2vBTyujtzWqLXdYkgIViQrCkNhPbwvy-UJtJxaLE0QUZ_mVFd6Zg43GP3Req1tz13LplAFr83RLagdCCDiHGapxSy2rlW2xIPCBX7ao1lg0YXsEOKDLHpXI7w9zi2h2xJ4OkUaKhSOOUzYGhUd-xHvPg/w520-h640/CC80_Shockwave_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The New Zealand Davidson 46-footer <i>Shockwave </i>(photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The 775-mile
Around the State Race would prove to be a race for the navigators and
tacticians trying to avoid the windless holes in the lee of Kauai and the Big
Island. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> again took line honours finishing in four days, 11 hours
and 32 minutes, but this was not enough to set a new record. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Mistress Quickly</i><span style="font-family: arial;">
was 11½ hours behind while </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Siska</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> withdrew after she hit a coral head on the
windward side of Oahu shortly after the start. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhht6GRAN8hqPZujqnQz69EwQ_-CfENu8hBKyz5g5d5tEA5TGLrvpprkX0XeAn-mBH6apvDw1u_8GKBW6rG1dFSUHPeEUXyQWTxD-OS-Ms-vuTGatQycXm1QEFP4DZ6cnhtzsoYLvsM8vszLyDn2GiJ19ciiC1fb7uy7LjXVltxqnAicXU7afl_0b34gQ/s1000/CC80_Kiwi%20Klipper_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhht6GRAN8hqPZujqnQz69EwQ_-CfENu8hBKyz5g5d5tEA5TGLrvpprkX0XeAn-mBH6apvDw1u_8GKBW6rG1dFSUHPeEUXyQWTxD-OS-Ms-vuTGatQycXm1QEFP4DZ6cnhtzsoYLvsM8vszLyDn2GiJ19ciiC1fb7uy7LjXVltxqnAicXU7afl_0b34gQ/w426-h640/CC80_Kiwi%20Klipper_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kiwi Klipper </i>(35.5ft IOR), a production Farr 38, from the US (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, Fischer's fourth boat of the same name, was a member of the Australian team in the 1979 Admiral's Cup and finished the series with results of 7/3/1/3/1, with her win of the quadruple points Round the State Race being enough to displace </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> from the point score lead. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pEz8ZhAqp1-iNgTNRmbz1LxpVsJuDTHox4ZbUNxiJon0yzj6aY0-S-mf74rKBsngjlIHrImiI-pPNa1swM62a68cYFZO6S3KoUVBeP6nP350lKS8j651gF5xSK0PTa2ER9-V7LpeOcLUgkuQNmPDiOTMb4a4ZrrfP5SSaasHSmk6Qj1D1kyx9oge4050/s785/CC80_WP%20Siska%20MQ%20Oahu_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pEz8ZhAqp1-iNgTNRmbz1LxpVsJuDTHox4ZbUNxiJon0yzj6aY0-S-mf74rKBsngjlIHrImiI-pPNa1swM62a68cYFZO6S3KoUVBeP6nP350lKS8j651gF5xSK0PTa2ER9-V7LpeOcLUgkuQNmPDiOTMb4a4ZrrfP5SSaasHSmk6Qj1D1kyx9oge4050/w428-h640/CC80_WP%20Siska%20MQ%20Oahu_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>leads <i>Siska </i>and <i>Mistress Quickly </i>off Oahu (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLdGGsL35sDFjLdENgceoK7otw7VpJ4SwleUam3UofraNGUwFYIX2niSHze7xiQKEs9l4KMW3BGM3xrLmZar58Cj0EOrsAhLc33p0amIF8v_hUlBYLIl09GJ_ADaexnbqk-KpwMbEkhKwBh9-x_S_pF_9K9Ks-fEjRbb80abQAxrDlRfZek0oflj3gw/s1000/Lahaina%20Sauza%20Cup%201980_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLdGGsL35sDFjLdENgceoK7otw7VpJ4SwleUam3UofraNGUwFYIX2niSHze7xiQKEs9l4KMW3BGM3xrLmZar58Cj0EOrsAhLc33p0amIF8v_hUlBYLIl09GJ_ADaexnbqk-KpwMbEkhKwBh9-x_S_pF_9K9Ks-fEjRbb80abQAxrDlRfZek0oflj3gw/w640-h428/Lahaina%20Sauza%20Cup%201980_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">US yacht<i> Shenandoah </i>(30.9ft IOR) leads<i> Shockwave</i> and <i>Challenge</i> during the Laihana Sauza Cup, a warm-up event before the Clipper Cup - <i>Challenge</i> would suffer a collision during this race but was repaired in time for the start of the series (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">It was noted at the time that Fischer's new <i>Ragamuffin</i> had been the least successful member of the winning Australian team in the previous year’s Admiral’s Cup. It was considered a good boat, but not outstanding at that level of competition. She seemed</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> to be inferior to another member of the Australian No.1 team, the S&S 46-footer</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Challenge</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(34.5ft), owned by Lou Abrahams. <i>Challenge</i> had been the outstanding boat of the 1979 Southern Cross Cup series, and beat <i>Ragamuffin</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">in three out of the five races in the Clipper Cup, including winning the Around Oahu Race. She would have made it four if the ball joint at the top of her forestay had not failed on the final beat of the third race.</span><span style="font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes;"> A</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> quick bear-away saved the mast, and with halyards rigged as a jury forestay she managed to finish the race at 17</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">th</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> on corrected time, after earlier looking likely to be third.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYjISvt39TwNdf0_tm3163yl1P5l5CS9b8HjnGpbbPE_z87AOCmpRz7x9vpedoyoBZlsKNxaoYWyfQm1VkCV75ah02L1b-vuV2glDPZ6fQNLySkkTTDJnLtHyRgq6GJTUircWhwdf6VKQ8psyO7IDpb_Q5yPpCPUJ1dlQZpgEc5OdhySpD6NzTopUaA/s1000/CC80_Saudade%20poss_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYjISvt39TwNdf0_tm3163yl1P5l5CS9b8HjnGpbbPE_z87AOCmpRz7x9vpedoyoBZlsKNxaoYWyfQm1VkCV75ah02L1b-vuV2glDPZ6fQNLySkkTTDJnLtHyRgq6GJTUircWhwdf6VKQ8psyO7IDpb_Q5yPpCPUJ1dlQZpgEc5OdhySpD6NzTopUaA/w426-h640/CC80_Saudade%20poss_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The US yacht <i>Saudade</i>, a S&S design (35.1ft IOR) (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFV3W6Gs7mWdwkrt66PwKNAiUsPFMvLkPautrTR5oDcTjONXNQzuKKR9tGn7YgDeG8viomX1TMEatZH-2VwJJMBSpdBOZiqX09dvyrOSmd2m_yrguasZyZSv8haBDWIBqV04akNUmo-i2cTg3mwjrG7hG7NdqLjG-3UTvBUKLVGyy6zuEssC_ma9druAJ/s1000/CC80_Shockwave%20Snow%20White_Uhl_fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFV3W6Gs7mWdwkrt66PwKNAiUsPFMvLkPautrTR5oDcTjONXNQzuKKR9tGn7YgDeG8viomX1TMEatZH-2VwJJMBSpdBOZiqX09dvyrOSmd2m_yrguasZyZSv8haBDWIBqV04akNUmo-i2cTg3mwjrG7hG7NdqLjG-3UTvBUKLVGyy6zuEssC_ma9druAJ/w640-h428/CC80_Shockwave%20Snow%20White_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Shockwave </i>trails closely behind another Davidson design <i>Snow White II </i>(NZ, 37.4ft IOR) (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Ragamuffin</i>'s other team-mate </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sweet Caroline </i><span style="font-family: arial;">was sailed consistently well throughout the series and was one of several Davidson designs which performed strongly in the Hawaiian trade-wind conditions. </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/12/shockwave-davidson-46.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, a Davidson 46-footer (33.6ft IOR) owned by New Zealander Neville Crichton, gave </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Challenge</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> strong competition in Class B and finished second overall in the Round the State Race to finish second in the Clipper Cup overall point score, just two points behind </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCNdS_72nyZg0bXPhG54WmbnhaPWRO49X3S5ZNhv82XPI8Pd0Ug2OoG0xk9Kd5BY6fZUxm8pZDaMUMURQSuu8LdmqlLP8IvkVfDzpYbYv1Yw0vJtDwhB20L6d-BRlZ6A6ha6KWy4pIL202b60L8uJOm0c6mBSe_Yt58tFXIF2G7F9iWneHq6K0scNgw/s1000/CC80_Kev%20Flyer_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCNdS_72nyZg0bXPhG54WmbnhaPWRO49X3S5ZNhv82XPI8Pd0Ug2OoG0xk9Kd5BY6fZUxm8pZDaMUMURQSuu8LdmqlLP8IvkVfDzpYbYv1Yw0vJtDwhB20L6d-BRlZ6A6ha6KWy4pIL202b60L8uJOm0c6mBSe_Yt58tFXIF2G7F9iWneHq6K0scNgw/w640-h428/CC80_Kev%20Flyer_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The smallest yacht in the series, the Farr-designed <i>Kev Flyer</i> (20.0ft IOR), seen here alongside the Wilson-designed <i>Ruffian</i> (30.7ft) (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Other yachts which topped </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Shockwave</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Challenge</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> at times included </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/02/anticipation-lexcen-50.html" target="_blank">Anticipation</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, a Lexcen 50-footer that benefitted from an age allowance (39.2ft IOR) that had been the leading yacht after three races (and was third going into the final race), and the new Farr designed 52-footer </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Zamazaan </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(41.7ft) which won Class A overall (and finished sixth overall).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yQR1sEfpEgIhOYqm95aKMH-pviC-e0yAxMOd9tUki9fqBO6eI2wL836ka8BbxbyUggQTXWcriV8jHZ0JO5ou3Yo5paXHRtONNtETHjowELkkU0JJuLzLufnwVNSp1BVtx5Js2rfmVJKtCte6qH6w46Ipix1Vnc_H1HgyOI-1fpDt9zepoix3sHL-Y9Ea/s1000/CC80_Shockwave_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yQR1sEfpEgIhOYqm95aKMH-pviC-e0yAxMOd9tUki9fqBO6eI2wL836ka8BbxbyUggQTXWcriV8jHZ0JO5ou3Yo5paXHRtONNtETHjowELkkU0JJuLzLufnwVNSp1BVtx5Js2rfmVJKtCte6qH6w46Ipix1Vnc_H1HgyOI-1fpDt9zepoix3sHL-Y9Ea/w640-h428/CC80_Shockwave_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Shockwave </i>leads ex-New Zealand yacht <i>Inca </i>(both trailing <i>Gerontius</i>) during the 1980 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TY7904epvefE10tLrrlyCtrOj2KukmUK_AvWmvKwuSVUKw_owlq1Il6SVH02yud27HGjlErBuu6gYFcTYMEXWG0RqUFCzZYzol4e10rta094jUXkAZFtlp5PkuN_w6xGZo_k0glxT32GOVjdslBgJd3gG-pCtRJHDbdBp_2cGljWhrW7CkxoQ53_HQ/s1000/CC80_Unchu%20BD%20Tm%20Sh%20Koko%20Head_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TY7904epvefE10tLrrlyCtrOj2KukmUK_AvWmvKwuSVUKw_owlq1Il6SVH02yud27HGjlErBuu6gYFcTYMEXWG0RqUFCzZYzol4e10rta094jUXkAZFtlp5PkuN_w6xGZo_k0glxT32GOVjdslBgJd3gG-pCtRJHDbdBp_2cGljWhrW7CkxoQ53_HQ/w426-h640/CC80_Unchu%20BD%20Tm%20Sh%20Koko%20Head_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Shenandoah </i>with <i>Unchu</i> to leeward and New Zealand's <i>Brother Dominic </i>(another Davidson design) passing Koko Head (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The time-on-distance system used for calculating the handicap results appeared to favour the big yachts in the regatta. Apart from taking line honours in four of the races, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passag</i><span style="font-family: arial;">e (67.7ft IOR) also posted corrected time scores of 3/1/1/2, before falling to 13th in the Round the State finale and finishing third overall, behind </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Shockwave</i><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Wc48wizEuEtQ25clPF2zDBElZ5iOSx5y26Q7nO7WbWkPQjHWmVbbFfFkVkxAbIv-sDOF3__SU4GT-U9bkbF5sKswrl6Kr4n2Y1tLz22yY1jgW_KBu1Q2b9ehYn8WEG-zfixslU1BTtnD-wedJXTqqYgfjdCDv3lV7QqpiNtbGklHM9LzBaeioico9Q/s1728/CC80_Gold%20Coast%20Express_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1728" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Wc48wizEuEtQ25clPF2zDBElZ5iOSx5y26Q7nO7WbWkPQjHWmVbbFfFkVkxAbIv-sDOF3__SU4GT-U9bkbF5sKswrl6Kr4n2Y1tLz22yY1jgW_KBu1Q2b9ehYn8WEG-zfixslU1BTtnD-wedJXTqqYgfjdCDv3lV7QqpiNtbGklHM9LzBaeioico9Q/w640-h428/CC80_Gold%20Coast%20Express_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Gold Coast Express</i>, convincing winner of Class D (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The performance of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Gold Coast Express</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, another Davidson design, was also notable as
she won every race in Class D on both line and corrected time. She was unique in that she had 60 owners, all members of the small Southport Yacht Club on the Gold Coast of Queensland. She was a development of Davidson's famous Half Ton champion </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/waverider-davidson-half-tonner.html" target="_blank">Waverider</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, and rated only 27.1ft with the centreboard fixed. But despite outclassing her competition in Class D, she could not figure higher than 15th in the overall fleet in a series dominated by higher rating boats. </span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74gPbtqsOjs1xraHtcPrhawWCpgyqWPWPKacAcVAa7FVIL8VFsIP6buO9WXAZkfjZhmeSr-uum6yNkRr0pRedKT9ER8ipvsDnyTrM0WxGYJojYBnC-nxfyLBOSzQwTXwH1f9IUPpBJ-iPYEh9MIonjlsoK4V6rRLYCb9_am-7mGnLiKMOYKTQBIk-OurE/s713/CC80_WP_2_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="713" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74gPbtqsOjs1xraHtcPrhawWCpgyqWPWPKacAcVAa7FVIL8VFsIP6buO9WXAZkfjZhmeSr-uum6yNkRr0pRedKT9ER8ipvsDnyTrM0WxGYJojYBnC-nxfyLBOSzQwTXwH1f9IUPpBJ-iPYEh9MIonjlsoK4V6rRLYCb9_am-7mGnLiKMOYKTQBIk-OurE/w640-h484/CC80_WP_2_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Foredeck action aboard <i>Windward Passage </i>(photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0wcHwko0EFq_5kKddvWp2npkrecRgQGGJa92c4C-kIwLc_8qIcVg7Cv-htZPmdcYI6FRLXGPM162BV9uJa5-6tYPzOp1-BbfbI1fsQu4WxkAk7yp4AF9-lIdpfHbtmnZLnTfvMkfw2k8uINiKAgglZJz4a_HCA_AWKRZh025NThujeuGcCaERc48ow/s1000/CC80_Unchu_P%20Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0wcHwko0EFq_5kKddvWp2npkrecRgQGGJa92c4C-kIwLc_8qIcVg7Cv-htZPmdcYI6FRLXGPM162BV9uJa5-6tYPzOp1-BbfbI1fsQu4WxkAk7yp4AF9-lIdpfHbtmnZLnTfvMkfw2k8uINiKAgglZJz4a_HCA_AWKRZh025NThujeuGcCaERc48ow/w640-h428/CC80_Unchu_P%20Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Japanese yacht Unchu -</i> this photo seems to be from the fourth race (third inshore) which she won, as she looks to be ahead of many larger yachts (photo Phil Uhl) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">One exception to the big boat hegemony was the result of the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the 40-foot Japanese yacht <i>Unchu </i>(30.3ft) which won the fourth race, the final Olympic triangle after picking a favourable windshift. <i>Unchu </i>was designed </span><span style="font-family: arial;">by Ichiro Yokoyama, who had designed <i>Magician V</i>, the winner of the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/09/quarter-ton-cup-1978.html" target="_blank">1978 Quarter Ton Cup</a> held in Japan. This was the first win for a Japanese yacht in a major offshore series outside Japan.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1HluElB5Syu4vOxVA5t8-bEtztDrkGa5ZZLgo1wrbjVOO6pPsJjNLb81mxhtKQSiZq-DNLJ8ZdCC7hMyqodii8bIFfPRRufYL8ilMsIyjnfQx_7cp8pbyC_DIqSxC4iICtQ8bW2p9qVNbFMyj06Ag_K4fpQ-HmkDZh7yBl2MGfQVJHP3Zz-zuUB0hg/s1000/CC80_Unchu%20or%20Cloud%20Pillar_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="671" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1HluElB5Syu4vOxVA5t8-bEtztDrkGa5ZZLgo1wrbjVOO6pPsJjNLb81mxhtKQSiZq-DNLJ8ZdCC7hMyqodii8bIFfPRRufYL8ilMsIyjnfQx_7cp8pbyC_DIqSxC4iICtQ8bW2p9qVNbFMyj06Ag_K4fpQ-HmkDZh7yBl2MGfQVJHP3Zz-zuUB0hg/w430-h640/CC80_Unchu%20or%20Cloud%20Pillar_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Japanese yacht<span> </span><i>Unchu</i>, winner of the final inshore race (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The increase from 1978 in the number of competing yachts in 1980 was considered a good sign that the regatta was popular with offshore sailors, and attracted another quality fleet in <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/1982-clipper-cup.html" target="_blank">1982</a>.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGs6jEw1x0KYv-RZ-s6icE215Y1TYwk3ifV-reDysmK2-lqQrdvhEExRiunIHQVSaUX3Yb4L_RbqDoF2hpcxErVQynCN-KEhWng9sbiBH6X4_FLezNQqj6ptKEAA40ScmFg0E87flkP6a22cpufT0zr7NVDqTS2EqtUkhIQx6q8jptnbYZOKVDX023T9a/s786/CC80_Glory%20and%20Snow%20White_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGs6jEw1x0KYv-RZ-s6icE215Y1TYwk3ifV-reDysmK2-lqQrdvhEExRiunIHQVSaUX3Yb4L_RbqDoF2hpcxErVQynCN-KEhWng9sbiBH6X4_FLezNQqj6ptKEAA40ScmFg0E87flkP6a22cpufT0zr7NVDqTS2EqtUkhIQx6q8jptnbYZOKVDX023T9a/w428-h640/CC80_Glory%20and%20Snow%20White_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Britton Chance-designed <i>Glory</i> (US, 43.7ft IOR)<i> </i>leads <i>Snow White II</i> (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoyCRDQJfiA9pZLeRCY3-hEVJfyrpxGLa2gKqkeNKaKFcMA9U-QFco3LxkQ29W5nEoRGZ_rNOaM0OWSC8_WIIXt5zSa_MbSo8LT2xLH-vAJICYHFswNAJJvRk37hCGl2zlYkkkXrminpM7a7tEtFnbgtn6T_ZQptT5ITK96gDY6byedaH6d3QoMEi8w/s807/CC80_Darth%20Vader_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="807" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoyCRDQJfiA9pZLeRCY3-hEVJfyrpxGLa2gKqkeNKaKFcMA9U-QFco3LxkQ29W5nEoRGZ_rNOaM0OWSC8_WIIXt5zSa_MbSo8LT2xLH-vAJICYHFswNAJJvRk37hCGl2zlYkkkXrminpM7a7tEtFnbgtn6T_ZQptT5ITK96gDY6byedaH6d3QoMEi8w/w640-h428/CC80_Darth%20Vader_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Tarrabochia-designed <i>Darth Vader </i>(33.4ft IOR) from New Zealand at a gybe mark during one of the inshore races (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffAdkRgZ6cVB9Git0Ug2-R8KontQtv08wa7PnizaYN-2Y2BkAM-5iWoFhsrgqoJm9YS9GQ5eZ8yKvMbZzn4Oe5bCK6OrzzHdVQOgWDlBSSFfPTRmiN3NN0Eh69wx6KggRCW5_vcVaf1-p-AVD7dZphCrCm4oAv7iRpDuVRFYSqhpuyXw--681Zjk3_PFN/s1000/CC80_Siska%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffAdkRgZ6cVB9Git0Ug2-R8KontQtv08wa7PnizaYN-2Y2BkAM-5iWoFhsrgqoJm9YS9GQ5eZ8yKvMbZzn4Oe5bCK6OrzzHdVQOgWDlBSSFfPTRmiN3NN0Eh69wx6KggRCW5_vcVaf1-p-AVD7dZphCrCm4oAv7iRpDuVRFYSqhpuyXw--681Zjk3_PFN/w426-h640/CC80_Siska%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Another view of <i>Siska </i>on one of the downwind legs (photo Phil Uhl)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENywsmnCYcentz47kJnr9QzDSgFBW1r75GCmqOaUnDXksjv7G3zZJWxcmAv84w8QPIpliQzTsqnHXjJ3wzXUb5nLBBI3xitedU6cvwNmQ0Zu-c5lMCSCnN7vwvybCtqoVmJmM8Hprq9lqpFP8DOgH3iYGGrj64JRREcCUtHUTiAr_vtN5N9nqZPGUi9Rb/s1000/CC80_Merry%20Muffin_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENywsmnCYcentz47kJnr9QzDSgFBW1r75GCmqOaUnDXksjv7G3zZJWxcmAv84w8QPIpliQzTsqnHXjJ3wzXUb5nLBBI3xitedU6cvwNmQ0Zu-c5lMCSCnN7vwvybCtqoVmJmM8Hprq9lqpFP8DOgH3iYGGrj64JRREcCUtHUTiAr_vtN5N9nqZPGUi9Rb/w640-h428/CC80_Merry%20Muffin_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Australian yacht <i>Mary Muffin</i>, a Frers 47-footer (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-D2EQc_lvOCeYUdod7JUP3FSF0PLK2drDyZBS7dAVgUA9o339AMW-AniGcHmF_2VGStmJsDXt-FiMWb1eLxYJ5eZEKZGR-E9hHDV5mgRcfz_89OK-BxCDSEFsb4mPeo5Ox7mHBTkyKd9yTLUY3v8IKX4Fl__rcHcY3NfXWDQ9KlReBiirVyLBoVQExIZe/s786/CC80_Mile%20High_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="786" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-D2EQc_lvOCeYUdod7JUP3FSF0PLK2drDyZBS7dAVgUA9o339AMW-AniGcHmF_2VGStmJsDXt-FiMWb1eLxYJ5eZEKZGR-E9hHDV5mgRcfz_89OK-BxCDSEFsb4mPeo5Ox7mHBTkyKd9yTLUY3v8IKX4Fl__rcHcY3NfXWDQ9KlReBiirVyLBoVQExIZe/w640-h440/CC80_Mile%20High_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Mile High</i>, a Peterson designed 50-footer sailing for Hong Kong (39.0ft IOR), finished third in Class A, behind <i>Zamazaan</i> and <i>Anticipation</i> (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx_ysudB8nTJrdrRJRmJMRWLJ0MQxeP1Vm4DMysWF8sIZVHZiF8i9lRjKLN8rkjmZ33fxf8Qlv8LHKl4e0Zd4sSDzDO7P6f7tfG2c2k0YIaIY7QE4InNZ6kCm1Y6CNSCdwhmqPFveMbNu7JYNgpBLjtBMhmFfQVcf8AOU_p5y-eRyouQT1gkRJzGaew/s1000/CC80_Snow%20White%20Ruffian%20Country%20Boy_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx_ysudB8nTJrdrRJRmJMRWLJ0MQxeP1Vm4DMysWF8sIZVHZiF8i9lRjKLN8rkjmZ33fxf8Qlv8LHKl4e0Zd4sSDzDO7P6f7tfG2c2k0YIaIY7QE4InNZ6kCm1Y6CNSCdwhmqPFveMbNu7JYNgpBLjtBMhmFfQVcf8AOU_p5y-eRyouQT1gkRJzGaew/w640-h426/CC80_Snow%20White%20Ruffian%20Country%20Boy_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Snow White II</i> seen here alongside <i>Ruffian</i>, with the Farr 36 <i>Country Boy</i> (29.0ft) and <i>Gold Coast Express </i>in the background, during a pre-regatta race (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Article updated March 2024</span></i><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-60173866813464171062023-05-27T21:41:00.001-07:002023-05-27T21:42:23.464-07:00Windward Passage (Sydney 1977)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIqUy9JhLFJkwBdo_f1upIh5eRzTesAJwJEAuU9uBOFX7-OzgMX6TOqhtYH8ghwsOT4HZRlR28iX0fmnQUkK3KT-5VHW0mGfT7BDilWOhoITIJkzaySTfWRFI-XBqz38uvAN0R7sELClGMbEnIYDyQ1Q_WD7LVh9biFeIoCPZ5PmHD5pWOrAug1RArw/s1300/348255531_533899282080081_1169044587803798599_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1300" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIqUy9JhLFJkwBdo_f1upIh5eRzTesAJwJEAuU9uBOFX7-OzgMX6TOqhtYH8ghwsOT4HZRlR28iX0fmnQUkK3KT-5VHW0mGfT7BDilWOhoITIJkzaySTfWRFI-XBqz38uvAN0R7sELClGMbEnIYDyQ1Q_WD7LVh9biFeIoCPZ5PmHD5pWOrAug1RArw/w640-h426/348255531_533899282080081_1169044587803798599_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>on a reaching leg during the 1977 Southern Cross Cup series (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Following on from my recent article about <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/12/windward-passage-gurney-73.html" target="_blank">Windward Passage</a></i>, renowned photographer <a href="https://www.guygurney.com/" target="_blank">Guy Gurney</a> has published some great close-up images of this famous Maxi, while she was racing as part of the US team in the 1977 Southern Cross Cup series, and in her original ketch configuration. She had teamed up for this series with <i>Phantom </i>as one of the two 2-boat US teams (<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/kialoa-iii-s-maxi.html" target="_blank">Kialoa III</a> </i>and <i>Bravura </i>forming the other team). </div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCMg_8c-UKZ2QuEY2YjDOu9b34Xz8-yD-zS3XSiANYWY50wswvS-zN0GYt0YFEnOgNyEIjDCeTQIf92no3gxfa9bMhRlu1RNx-CDRrYlKFVMyqFjQC7GU2TF_8fpbHnmbssfmD8A1IjqFf_yT5IMzjt-5gHw3jU8hqepDd6wy-FHC2xYAo1f_xZR2-g/s1000/347823911_1962891104056084_6981007971568726398_n.jpg" style="font-style: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="677" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCMg_8c-UKZ2QuEY2YjDOu9b34Xz8-yD-zS3XSiANYWY50wswvS-zN0GYt0YFEnOgNyEIjDCeTQIf92no3gxfa9bMhRlu1RNx-CDRrYlKFVMyqFjQC7GU2TF_8fpbHnmbssfmD8A1IjqFf_yT5IMzjt-5gHw3jU8hqepDd6wy-FHC2xYAo1f_xZR2-g/w434-h640/347823911_1962891104056084_6981007971568726398_n.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>on a reaching leg during the 1977 Southern Cross Cup series (photo Guy Gurney)<i style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;">The series was </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;">notable for a major collision between </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage<span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal;">and </span><i>Kialoa III</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> in the first race of the regatta, with </span>Windward P</span><span style="font-family: arial;">assage</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"> hitting </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa III</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"> on </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;">her port quarter during a leeward mark rounding, resulting in a large hole in </span><i>Kialoa III</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;">’s hull above the waterline and significant deck damage, caused by a combination of the bow and the sawing action of </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Windward </span><i>Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;">’s heavy wire bobstay. This also put </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Windward </span><i>Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"> at serious risk of losing her main mast as the bowsprit and headstay were no longer supported.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Kialoa III</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"> protested </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Windward </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Passage</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"> (and won),</span></i><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"> but was unable to race again until the Sydney-Hobart finale. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Windward </span><i>Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"> had to sit out the second race, and finished 20th in the third race.</span></i><p><i style="font-family: arial;"></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h0EP0A86VbcUfwvYSwfa0vlbLu43uO2MtBgbpHJjUHLIekPZE_XD-_nG0c4oFGtYIKuPgHh988zhYXfzGSE_8fbF0Sk2Tb0_tAc-IdJZfipM7OOLiEcNpk-YqGjSIYkFX-H-kpGCMQxOTQDL4eGQ6Cjf9SQqXsI9ROLVPTw45LCDcetxEevrZfNbvA/s1100/347839992_188021257544033_2013507410135108067_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h0EP0A86VbcUfwvYSwfa0vlbLu43uO2MtBgbpHJjUHLIekPZE_XD-_nG0c4oFGtYIKuPgHh988zhYXfzGSE_8fbF0Sk2Tb0_tAc-IdJZfipM7OOLiEcNpk-YqGjSIYkFX-H-kpGCMQxOTQDL4eGQ6Cjf9SQqXsI9ROLVPTw45LCDcetxEevrZfNbvA/w516-h640/347839992_188021257544033_2013507410135108067_n.jpg" width="516" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>on a reaching leg during the 1977 Southern Cross Cup series (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s6qNg0Leet9iAFdmbFrR0P46IwNDI-uKqNhIz4O49ZWMeVP257WQ9_y0RAmM2Buj_gUP2Wwqgztqa-R3v-amTqacJ2mW2WxxGhZ7a2mFAAsRHZEAgQikoftIGXl4byrCEf6vfvQrpiszCHjOT2N7qPOlNZXVlH77h-URL9xrZjTm4SKdvNfxspDMhg/s1200/347429301_1309418223324426_5470158696050599026_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="823" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s6qNg0Leet9iAFdmbFrR0P46IwNDI-uKqNhIz4O49ZWMeVP257WQ9_y0RAmM2Buj_gUP2Wwqgztqa-R3v-amTqacJ2mW2WxxGhZ7a2mFAAsRHZEAgQikoftIGXl4byrCEf6vfvQrpiszCHjOT2N7qPOlNZXVlH77h-URL9xrZjTm4SKdvNfxspDMhg/w438-h640/347429301_1309418223324426_5470158696050599026_n.jpg" width="438" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Above and below, <i>Windward Passage </i>shows her power under spinnaker and blooper as she slides past the photographer (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></i><p></p><p><i style="font-family: arial;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAu2hOyaGbpam5AI88ZQOp-xc1DgxCJE4AHQTSq7Zj0OMq-R7MOT2fcjgZ7W7RyVg1HgWbQfARzJSPEAfUtocIz9m9f4kUgzXn1e-9dSycw0bSacLGTg5QvbJd7d2Vfrgtv8B-DRXSbOcTsRBHfp_lRMHT7F043MdS0EwRNEhBueLBLJ83qWKz7hUJg/s1300/347851851_242848505097082_272770411658251393_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1300" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAu2hOyaGbpam5AI88ZQOp-xc1DgxCJE4AHQTSq7Zj0OMq-R7MOT2fcjgZ7W7RyVg1HgWbQfARzJSPEAfUtocIz9m9f4kUgzXn1e-9dSycw0bSacLGTg5QvbJd7d2Vfrgtv8B-DRXSbOcTsRBHfp_lRMHT7F043MdS0EwRNEhBueLBLJ83qWKz7hUJg/w640-h434/347851851_242848505097082_272770411658251393_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i><p></p>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-50209358262635814732023-05-05T22:51:00.011-07:002023-05-20T16:44:34.131-07:00Cascade (Milgram 38)<div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuw3mAnjsGg9y_rJxtcao5AVu8Ivnpk9p_Y9p6-uGu40QrC-kNXk4LBwRwk73Gv20dsH-g4uo3jVjc4fGmj7UPOQ6cePAEPsYbqlVUIi7pIv-Di6QN5CKqbNPj1z01selabXbQnsFev98bMeemxMm0qv2Pbl1JDPs600htvJCUdfP98Wq2ds2UXGApw/s497/SORC73_Cascade.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuw3mAnjsGg9y_rJxtcao5AVu8Ivnpk9p_Y9p6-uGu40QrC-kNXk4LBwRwk73Gv20dsH-g4uo3jVjc4fGmj7UPOQ6cePAEPsYbqlVUIi7pIv-Di6QN5CKqbNPj1z01selabXbQnsFev98bMeemxMm0qv2Pbl1JDPs600htvJCUdfP98Wq2ds2UXGApw/w304-h320/SORC73_Cascade.jpg" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>in her favoured reaching conditions</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Cascade</i> was radical cat-rigged ketch designed in 1972 by Professor Jerry Milgram (of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), which challenged the current status quo of yacht design in terms of both the yacht itself and its rig, and is of some interest as a result. The 38-footer featured a stepped deck profile with high topsides for’ard with a sharply raked stem that together had a somewhat ungainly appearance, described at the time as “the ugliest ocean racer in sailing memory”, and despite fears at the time, she fortunately had no future influence on yacht design.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i>Cascade</i> sported two stayed cat rigs, with masts of 50 and 52 feet height, with the for’ard mast positioned quite close to the bow with little room for headsail. The use of a dual cat rig set up was a canny way of side-stepping some of the complex sail area measurements applicable under the then Mark II version of the IOR. While she was able to present up to 800m2 of sail area by flying an assortment of staysails between the two masts, her rated sail area was just 325m2 (for comparison, the S&S yacht <i>Lightnin</i>’ had a rated sail area of 550m2 and rated 27.2ft). This was combined with other advantages in the Engine and Propellor Factor of the rule, along with rating contrivances around the bow and stern profiles and a displacement of some 17,000lbs and a 52% ballast ratio. The overall result was that <i>Cascade</i> rated a very low 22ft, little more than a Half Tonner.</span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbv0g1ot4cvCw4f7ILgaFJppUKAiPkfSNtjDFje_lFny2H7I4cN11T5SMfBvvSZCrJJb-Xf5Sg9zaoPFY7Kj3ShCuPnElie6Mizw9KU9HGsb8kqOcbr2oeLS-vAjF_678Xz7ECSCATWjvh0tGLEZfcuvyACxlisKVlkO_NjDtyU_bahGJLxzPT1QT_g/s618/Cascade%20profile%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="460" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbv0g1ot4cvCw4f7ILgaFJppUKAiPkfSNtjDFje_lFny2H7I4cN11T5SMfBvvSZCrJJb-Xf5Sg9zaoPFY7Kj3ShCuPnElie6Mizw9KU9HGsb8kqOcbr2oeLS-vAjF_678Xz7ECSCATWjvh0tGLEZfcuvyACxlisKVlkO_NjDtyU_bahGJLxzPT1QT_g/w298-h400/Cascade%20profile%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The aesthetically challenging profile view of <i>Cascade</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzW0Xg6N57CXRwhlRvgiL5Vcd9cnWdsvOevG0LCfaD_f4F4sHCRebB08Yf4fqU2QX7ZYv0gR63_gKYAe2PTJOTmD4-c7YSGkIGcZXWpHOlA0snZOdwfQ8O0XMPrz6YBjY0Ab92zaGX6tOOvvynkG7BRac3wUI2fyIJtqQ5pAqMnjzrndtdCUNfWwtZA/s204/download.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="151" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzW0Xg6N57CXRwhlRvgiL5Vcd9cnWdsvOevG0LCfaD_f4F4sHCRebB08Yf4fqU2QX7ZYv0gR63_gKYAe2PTJOTmD4-c7YSGkIGcZXWpHOlA0snZOdwfQ8O0XMPrz6YBjY0Ab92zaGX6tOOvvynkG7BRac3wUI2fyIJtqQ5pAqMnjzrndtdCUNfWwtZA/s1600/download.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><i>Cascade</i> nearly swept the New York Yacht Club cruise (a series of races) in the late summer of 1972, winning two races, finishing second twice, before losing one of her masts. Milgram then took her to the SORC regatta in January 1973. However, by that stage the Offshore Racing Council (ORC) of the then International Yacht Racing Union which administered the IOR had taken note of the radical newcomer. The ORC was empowered under Rule 101 of the IOR to “deal with any peculiarity of design and to give such rating as they consider equitable” where a boat was deemed to be exploiting a rules loophole. On the recommendation of its International Technical Committee (ITC), the ORC summarily raised <i>Cascade</i>’s rating by 10%, to 24.2ft. Milgram was able to have this reduced to 22.8ft in time for the 1973 SORC by shortening the rig and making a few other smaller adjustments.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uPZ62NeIjTJMVvMnMjkIBIr1DaS7RITiCFMwsuX7OuDCTSaFhF-O3YqRV_7hXqoerR0rcZiJTt1tHgJVDb6TOLJFNE2kvoQO5X315mAFC66tB4qD1PumDTUZ4C5qyLE04MyVEAU3oAW44cn-1fO7Iy6y8QfgaGXSft0QyPjycrUWrjF6D70ORU-kdw/s857/Cascade.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="643" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uPZ62NeIjTJMVvMnMjkIBIr1DaS7RITiCFMwsuX7OuDCTSaFhF-O3YqRV_7hXqoerR0rcZiJTt1tHgJVDb6TOLJFNE2kvoQO5X315mAFC66tB4qD1PumDTUZ4C5qyLE04MyVEAU3oAW44cn-1fO7Iy6y8QfgaGXSft0QyPjycrUWrjF6D70ORU-kdw/w300-h400/Cascade.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>in her original configuration</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Milgram was reported at the time as stating that, while <i>Cascade</i>'s rating should possibly be higher, the sail area was not as effective as a sloop’s big spinnaker or big-boy genoa which work better on a reach and run than <i>Cascade</i>’s staysails. He was somewhat bitter towards the ITC: “They cite the first sentence of [Rule 101] which allows the IYRU to invoke a penalty in exceptional cases so as to cover any radical departures, but I cite the last rule, 866E, which specifically prescribes how to rate cat-rigged ketches”. Rule 866E was: <br /><br /><i>"A cat‐rig may not carry a spinnaker unless accepting this as a basis for foretriangle measurement, in which classification and measurement would be as for a sloop or cutter. Conversely, a schooner, yawl or ketch which carries neither head, sails nor spinnaker may be rated without fore‐triangle measurement by following normal procedures outlined in the foregoing but using zero for, the fore‐triangle rated area</i>"<i>. </i><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSVYruGmzRduO-k55CYi8jrc7t5P69b6TfJqXwqLuf7QdIZnFUfmoDWrKuNnDSg_z8dhSN8zgxt5AX5KFsFDayTM56mF1VFuCbUjVYQ3Eu7HmAPBB2y005niIfE3Pbl8h76OO9oImoIfdTBcYg0f0KQC0QtfPBVYpXuz91cX0vpO7x6xQ8Lsrvd-HxQ/s1956/Cascade_Todd%20Wake_fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="1956" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSVYruGmzRduO-k55CYi8jrc7t5P69b6TfJqXwqLuf7QdIZnFUfmoDWrKuNnDSg_z8dhSN8zgxt5AX5KFsFDayTM56mF1VFuCbUjVYQ3Eu7HmAPBB2y005niIfE3Pbl8h76OO9oImoIfdTBcYg0f0KQC0QtfPBVYpXuz91cX0vpO7x6xQ8Lsrvd-HxQ/w640-h396/Cascade_Todd%20Wake_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>seen here prior to a start in the 1975 SORC (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">At the start of the 1973 SORC it seemed the issue was something of a storm in a teacup. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Cascade</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> did not do very well in the opening St Petersburg-Venice Race and then, although finishing strongly in the St Petersburg-Fort Lauderdale Race, she missed a course marker and was penalised just over 3 hours. With four races to go, she lay 27th in a fleet of 125 boats. Conditions had been in </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Cascade</i><span style="font-family: arial;">’s favour, as she was very quick on a reach, but less impressive upwind or dead downwind. With reaching legs prevalent, Milgram could afford to take a very conservative approach to the starts, and then proceed to reel in his competitors.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_MglJxOuBlY0bsTepj0H13xG6F1O7MCiojDtfufD1AAq9vurnWo-tOH3OIwt5SZY0NNDcRKbgYCsrORyrwrt3sQqZuinpaD-x0gh8IZnQj0DwrHAxO6AsRiAwebCBVdLdy1Tuqmmo9n5OQVR0nFp0iZZqXBBQaIspEW8nnLeERZ4ZZT_84K7p-3fnQ/s385/SORC83_Cascade%203_Yachting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="385" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_MglJxOuBlY0bsTepj0H13xG6F1O7MCiojDtfufD1AAq9vurnWo-tOH3OIwt5SZY0NNDcRKbgYCsrORyrwrt3sQqZuinpaD-x0gh8IZnQj0DwrHAxO6AsRiAwebCBVdLdy1Tuqmmo9n5OQVR0nFp0iZZqXBBQaIspEW8nnLeERZ4ZZT_84K7p-3fnQ/w400-h214/SORC83_Cascade%203_Yachting.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>seen here at the 1983 SORC (Yachting magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">In this fashion <i>Cascade</i> went on to win the Miami-Lucaya Race, and then the Lipton Cup off Miami. For the 176-mile Miami-Nassau Race, the SORC’s premier event, <i>Cascade</i> meandered off the startline last as usual, but as her staysail was hoisted and filled with a south-easterly on her beam she leapt ahead. Within 10 minutes she had <i>Lightnin</i>’ abeam in her own Class E and was fast catching up with <i>Munequita</i> which had started a full 15 minutes earlier in Class D and went on to cruise across the Gulf Stream and went on to take overall honours. But by then, <i>Cascade</i>’s crew knew there were not enough points available in the last race, the Nassau Cup, to overcome the Fort Lauderdale error.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYO6_0gmK86dUR5eIfp4jsZQ6dwTBNxViXD_ciMTki_JJExTWsLbrwmzd1xyPzdXpLjIKG2VliNErXC0yo8s2VLkervlZ1rynQVViuOzZP2zxy3o9Epr3L0ZMT5fC1IUESLdgfr7_4ri6rVkvT1VWS7-kyOo_9w6R2g4FyZJr4LPs0lYprtksDaDJCA/s1007/SORC83_Cascade%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1007" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYO6_0gmK86dUR5eIfp4jsZQ6dwTBNxViXD_ciMTki_JJExTWsLbrwmzd1xyPzdXpLjIKG2VliNErXC0yo8s2VLkervlZ1rynQVViuOzZP2zxy3o9Epr3L0ZMT5fC1IUESLdgfr7_4ri6rVkvT1VWS7-kyOo_9w6R2g4FyZJr4LPs0lYprtksDaDJCA/w640-h488/SORC83_Cascade%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>competing in the 1983 SORC and now sporting a headsail, of sorts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The final epic contest in the Nassau Cup between <i>Munequita</i>, <i>Lightnin</i>’ and <i>Robin</i> for the top honours did not distract the ocean racing community for long from their preoccupation with <i>Cascade, </i>which had a poor showing in the final race to finish fifth overall. At the April 1973 the ITC subsequently closed the measurement loophole exploited by Milgram on the basis of the newly issued Mark III version of IOR. This version dropped the provisions of Rule 866E and <i>Cascade</i>’s rating shot up to 27.2ft.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkpEIPNSlq4hoGxXwX9XkVvllqfcAC6ycUTgE1iYAhLJtybX8m5j729rTnyCSkzzQ966PKWTrmRW5hI_n8DCkziaPvf9Z4yRFwglncN4OuZmAEwR18dH7amYxE6X_hPvSCXbmKcFRScANN4xvuI6QXexHGwCoiDn5dlCKNBKDKwyKSwt0Udu62fFodQ/s1000/SORC83_Cascade_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkpEIPNSlq4hoGxXwX9XkVvllqfcAC6ycUTgE1iYAhLJtybX8m5j729rTnyCSkzzQ966PKWTrmRW5hI_n8DCkziaPvf9Z4yRFwglncN4OuZmAEwR18dH7amYxE6X_hPvSCXbmKcFRScANN4xvuI6QXexHGwCoiDn5dlCKNBKDKwyKSwt0Udu62fFodQ/w640-h428/SORC83_Cascade_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>during the 1983 SORC, note the backstay bumpkin, and the mizzen staysail being tacked to the weather rail - the tack of the mizzen also appears to be fixed to the bottom of the mast (photo Phil Uhl | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Comments from a former Class E competitor in a ‘Scuttlebutt’ <a href="https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/01/06/cascade-as-american-as-apple-pie/" target="_blank">article</a> about Milgrim (following his passing in December 2021) and <i>Cascade</i> is instructive, noting that upwind, Cascade was about as fast as a Half-Tonner, but when reaching, <i>Cascade</i> made good use of mizzen staysails and was about as fast as the One Tonners, which were about her same length overall but <i>Cascade </i>probably had an extra foot or so waterline length. As far as ‘design break-through’, the boat was considered a big step backwards. Although no genoas or spinnakers meant much less work for crew, her speed was considered poor to average for a 38-footer and the boat’s success was primarily due to its low rating. Others have described <i>Cascade</i> as a 38-footer that sailed like a 33-footer but rated like a 30-footer, and could not be described as a good boat. It is understood that <i>Cascade</i> also lost the US Half Ton championship around this time against a Scampi 30, due to damaged rigging in one race, and being beaten in light airs in another.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3Vjr7YusVMBqcH8h6ptPMK4fZ0wvQwPMYqgPj5Y75xrI9aUD0jGFhlOl0eRgUYCXz48Juo9IQsQ1L9G8tY0gPoOw4vAtvM2gYbnFy03kXmxD1CKdL_R6TjjKt0-UTmU4ThtHsY0ALnJf4XRFD4hjsuW0M7A-Hfq2UNDPtzIUHwn2WdfDvU1sDkmDZw/s694/SORC83_Cascade%204_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="694" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3Vjr7YusVMBqcH8h6ptPMK4fZ0wvQwPMYqgPj5Y75xrI9aUD0jGFhlOl0eRgUYCXz48Juo9IQsQ1L9G8tY0gPoOw4vAtvM2gYbnFy03kXmxD1CKdL_R6TjjKt0-UTmU4ThtHsY0ALnJf4XRFD4hjsuW0M7A-Hfq2UNDPtzIUHwn2WdfDvU1sDkmDZw/w640-h470/SORC83_Cascade%204_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>on an upwind leg during the 1983 SORC, with an unusually full shape to the lower part of the mizzen (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Ten years on, <i>Cascade </i>reappeared for the 1983 SORC, on charter to Russell Long, with changes that had reduced her rating to 24.0ft, the minimum allowed for the series. This was further reduced to 23.3ft through the age allowance factor used for the SORC regatta. <i>Cascade</i>'s new set up included a headsail with a LP measurement of just 3.5ft, and it appeared to have a larger mizzen that necessitated the addition of a bumpkin to support the backstay. She remained able to sail much faster than her rating on reaching courses, but in the first and third races with their high proportion of windward work, she suffered badly. After a tenth place in Class F in the opening Boca Grande Race, she revelled in the heavy downwind conditions of the St Petersburg - Ft Lauderdale Race and won the race overall by nearly two hours on corrected time, from <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/locura-soverel-43.html" target="_blank">Locura</a></i>. She went on to finish 16th (Lipton Cup) and 2nd (Ocean Triangle) but did not finish the Miami-Nassau Race and was unable to start the Nassau Cup finale, so finished up ninth in class and 55th overall.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczZLlPVvPeaRxl13fr4TIRUbf7oySBJKuv1Gh-JwoN_l9_3P5OJ0JiBKu7E_mIDDF57YiXlDDzjZprVnl5S_KKTBMdRS6p1CMU5ZW6PE4Y8jZ1TJ1m5WoGd-HnwwuMAPQe1NR-jJUsdxOR61NMQFghFNwFbQCbWTv3gwtnD3nJ-lYnY9jqXBE7-diFQ/s1000/SORC83_Cascade%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="694" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczZLlPVvPeaRxl13fr4TIRUbf7oySBJKuv1Gh-JwoN_l9_3P5OJ0JiBKu7E_mIDDF57YiXlDDzjZprVnl5S_KKTBMdRS6p1CMU5ZW6PE4Y8jZ1TJ1m5WoGd-HnwwuMAPQe1NR-jJUsdxOR61NMQFghFNwFbQCbWTv3gwtnD3nJ-lYnY9jqXBE7-diFQ/w444-h640/SORC83_Cascade%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="444" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Another view of <i>Cascade </i>sailing upwind during the 1983 SORC (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Later in 1983 the SORC administrators announced the removal of its specific age allowance and moved to limit the minimum rating for future entries to 24.5ft (Three-Quarter Ton size). This effectively disqualified <i>Cascade </i>from the series, although no doubt she could have been altered to reach this new rating limit.</span><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOG4JGKlR9md3IKj5qIECuLWlYeQV4quXVvCr8JPQ4oD3KlnVOu-ItT_0P5nHf-4ShO4jvl1RiDRPxSxXTMSjw15oqC9G_Znbp4uofufSYaWBOfv-RnFe3WvaXMRfwyxPnqmha50uADKzMbpFHFXrIeRO1M9rCtz-zAsjfMalH6k_EgHIACx5wNfrmA/s819/Cascade_1990.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOG4JGKlR9md3IKj5qIECuLWlYeQV4quXVvCr8JPQ4oD3KlnVOu-ItT_0P5nHf-4ShO4jvl1RiDRPxSxXTMSjw15oqC9G_Znbp4uofufSYaWBOfv-RnFe3WvaXMRfwyxPnqmha50uADKzMbpFHFXrIeRO1M9rCtz-zAsjfMalH6k_EgHIACx5wNfrmA/w329-h400/Cascade_1990.jpg" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cascade </i>being craned prior to relaunch as a cruiser (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">It is understood that <i>Cascade</i> later ended up at Even Keel in Yarmouth, Maine after being resurrected as a cruiser circa 1991. From there she was taken to the Caribbean and may have ended up in the Rio Dulce. </span></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-38145811306221032012023-04-06T22:35:00.033-07:002024-03-02T18:21:39.616-08:00Clipper Cup 1978<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WS_lxRlz40rCF-5YqHUdeR3h6A9YtdN7FO9sU7AdFj8efmZr43OatJDUWN8yuHpxZptfpmNVtD2NblEe6NLmByBv2O3-my8y788n6gz1l-EhoSQ24gXQELaYIaotz0Nq9vzlTJmYE3o0Da-XAppc-xwFUqAPhuyNR5RtE6V7H-0kzshvsPaEBU8k8Q/s1000/CC78_Monique_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1000" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WS_lxRlz40rCF-5YqHUdeR3h6A9YtdN7FO9sU7AdFj8efmZr43OatJDUWN8yuHpxZptfpmNVtD2NblEe6NLmByBv2O3-my8y788n6gz1l-EhoSQ24gXQELaYIaotz0Nq9vzlTJmYE3o0Da-XAppc-xwFUqAPhuyNR5RtE6V7H-0kzshvsPaEBU8k8Q/w640-h438/CC78_Monique_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">New Zealand's <i>Monique</i>, a Farr <a href="http://www.farrdesign.com/67.html" target="_blank">42-footer</a> (rating just under the Two Ton limit at 31.9ft IOR) was the top individual yacht of the inaugural 1978 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Forty-one yachts, representing Australia, France (Tahiti), New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan and the United States, competed in the inaugural Clipper Cup regatta held in 5-12 August 1978. The series incorporated a 100-mile race around Oahu, three 30-mile offshore Olympic Triangle courses and the 775-mile Around the State race (the latter race had been held six times since 1972).</span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgWj7w67kI_snx3VKFCjfvS2Nx3z7pPhvYUw6XpOLMA-VZMJnnR04VzR_wdEqCBNBB-2ZPqH-LRyuLWeYm69lV5sSa5Rt9oBMizLs6CyM4-QurNS1wRLsvBCkSzZ6lOFIvYbMveHOqjvfmbeTJumcy96HIvKTaYMMe9btFBNIt67gVROg8ZAZCiaF2w/s1000/CC78_Kialoa%20III_2_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgWj7w67kI_snx3VKFCjfvS2Nx3z7pPhvYUw6XpOLMA-VZMJnnR04VzR_wdEqCBNBB-2ZPqH-LRyuLWeYm69lV5sSa5Rt9oBMizLs6CyM4-QurNS1wRLsvBCkSzZ6lOFIvYbMveHOqjvfmbeTJumcy96HIvKTaYMMe9btFBNIt67gVROg8ZAZCiaF2w/w428-h640/CC78_Kialoa%20III_2_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kialoa III<span> </span></i>with all extras set during one of the offshore races during the 1978 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately renowned marine photographer <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> was there to capture the action, and this article features a number of his photos from the series.</span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gMrSAx518M7tPbFynHwOk0N3KVKZ7LY2tr-Axz2Fco-iswboMyZJVQM6q8xHzeSXGgan23_yzyNh2pcCyhsZdcr-OI9GwagAXdxdWqAxOI2ooJOyiwp_JWH8hn8e_5KyDhNk_0mc55YzLN0kHT1DUh1_NPO1NglU-IXXz0WVaVtzzbjU5UEiyhK6GQ/s1000/CC78_Country%20Boy%20and%20Magic%20Pudding_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gMrSAx518M7tPbFynHwOk0N3KVKZ7LY2tr-Axz2Fco-iswboMyZJVQM6q8xHzeSXGgan23_yzyNh2pcCyhsZdcr-OI9GwagAXdxdWqAxOI2ooJOyiwp_JWH8hn8e_5KyDhNk_0mc55YzLN0kHT1DUh1_NPO1NglU-IXXz0WVaVtzzbjU5UEiyhK6GQ/w640-h430/CC78_Country%20Boy%20and%20Magic%20Pudding_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">One Tonners <i>Country Boy</i> (left) and <i>Magic Pudding</i> (ex-<i>B195</i>) enjoy a close battle during the 1978 Clipper Cup - <i>Magic Pudding</i> went on to finish as third yacht overall in the individual standings, and <i>Country Boy</i> was 10th (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Adding prestige to the regatta were two of the world’s fastest Maxi yachts, Jim Kilroy’s 79-foot ketch <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/kialoa-iii-s-maxi.html" target="_blank">Kialoa III</a></i> and Huey Long’s 79-foot sloop <i>Ondine</i>. <i>Ondine</i> completed the Around Oahu Race in a record 13 hours and 18 minutes, edging out <i>Kialoa</i> by a scant six seconds, in one of the then closest boat-for-boat finishes in yacht racing history (although <i>Ondine</i> owed <i>Kialoa</i> time on handicap due to a 3.2ft difference in rating). The balance of the fleet completed the course during the night and the following morning. Taiwan’s small 30-foot <i>Don Quixote</i> (a Farr Half Tonner rating 21.6ft IOR), stole the show with an overall win on handicap (though team results were limited to yachts with a minimum rating of 27ft).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjerkSRF1cZUn2yfF45RN1ron2U9MCivyw_nQeSVfkoGIKpsUpgLGXQS6PbV3ByTEvQs-yRBS04R1wJKl6tGFPLdcgXt7fJJv94Sh3MNA1IDuCXYt2ChPLzIo2KWPEx_15nenOT1ocgzpa827HdMUb87CR-OPxfXehejg4QxJUPMzgHBxULUSgWPLaA/s1000/CC78_Don%20Quixote_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjerkSRF1cZUn2yfF45RN1ron2U9MCivyw_nQeSVfkoGIKpsUpgLGXQS6PbV3ByTEvQs-yRBS04R1wJKl6tGFPLdcgXt7fJJv94Sh3MNA1IDuCXYt2ChPLzIo2KWPEx_15nenOT1ocgzpa827HdMUb87CR-OPxfXehejg4QxJUPMzgHBxULUSgWPLaA/w428-h640/CC78_Don%20Quixote_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Farr Half Tonner <i>Don Quixote</i> won the Around Oahu Race, and finished 12th yacht overall</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRGL_MjOF6B13g83JAV5jAFPG57Whud3iOpbhdNbbKhOWeTf_YV9LS8L16z5_GeLcq84LPnkfE1isveOyOrm31bjXmwnxC0j-rdc3CyKSQOSUgV32fZERMOIUcnemyIFp3rcWEfWN0q7CC_5zRwM8zqS6HGhWSWQ5JNhSC0Ccjma-OP2_m3CL5pwS3w/s1000/CC78_Lovelace_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRGL_MjOF6B13g83JAV5jAFPG57Whud3iOpbhdNbbKhOWeTf_YV9LS8L16z5_GeLcq84LPnkfE1isveOyOrm31bjXmwnxC0j-rdc3CyKSQOSUgV32fZERMOIUcnemyIFp3rcWEfWN0q7CC_5zRwM8zqS6HGhWSWQ5JNhSC0Ccjma-OP2_m3CL5pwS3w/w640-h430/CC78_Lovelace_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The New Zealand Farr-designed One Tonner <i>Lovelace </i>finished ninth overall and formed part of the third placed New Zealand 'B' team (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The next three Olympic course races held of Waikiki resulted in the finest exhibition of offshore racing ever seen in Hawaii. With blustery trade winds of 20-25 knots with a warm Hawaiian sun, competition amongst the fleet was outstanding. Particularly keen was the racing among the One Tonners, New Zealand’s </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Country Boy</i> and</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i>Lovelace</i>, Hawaii’s <i>Carrie Ann V</i> and Australia’s <i>Magic Pudding</i> (ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/b195-peterson-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">B195</a></i>). Australia’s <i>Ragamuffin</i> (Syd Fischer), a Frers 47-footer and New Zealand’s <i>Monique</i> (Jim Dowell), a Farr Two Tonner, each dominated their respective Class A and Class B divisions by sweeping all three Olympic events.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjNKuHMsvUotbjOzqOi-ottjEWKACeUEAINYJGkKLFC7L5rPoB39eCX8a3OFqVFOHCUMK0YXZxW94rl20F7LZJCVMdXBENHJhnhyNdN526rg3Ihd_vsZJlzjNjEs5cJWfS-jLXr9zQoIGyYJSv3q2fv-S02hnVDkMSG1865CM1GSrKVVU6BlE54VaAUDD/s1000/CC78_Ragamuffin_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjNKuHMsvUotbjOzqOi-ottjEWKACeUEAINYJGkKLFC7L5rPoB39eCX8a3OFqVFOHCUMK0YXZxW94rl20F7LZJCVMdXBENHJhnhyNdN526rg3Ihd_vsZJlzjNjEs5cJWfS-jLXr9zQoIGyYJSv3q2fv-S02hnVDkMSG1865CM1GSrKVVU6BlE54VaAUDD/w428-h640/CC78_Ragamuffin_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Syd Fischer's <i>Ragamuffin</i>, second yacht overall and part of the winning Australian team (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RjyC-abHsQQdytqF915-cqn7zZTL0bk4JdgAUa4uL-R6Vv87PX9je45Jz19VuOXapBlen7dYGHNfy-Q23TfJrX0C_S__7V10Vy8_PeRJ9azGoKo_atBSmFXuyk36lay1ysERe2XgOy7HaHzMs7KiUzXyZ04we3JcS-FpXJtraSNdmU0qtiS0H7l7Uw/s785/CC78_Big%20Schott_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RjyC-abHsQQdytqF915-cqn7zZTL0bk4JdgAUa4uL-R6Vv87PX9je45Jz19VuOXapBlen7dYGHNfy-Q23TfJrX0C_S__7V10Vy8_PeRJ9azGoKo_atBSmFXuyk36lay1ysERe2XgOy7HaHzMs7KiUzXyZ04we3JcS-FpXJtraSNdmU0qtiS0H7l7Uw/w428-h640/CC78_Big%20Schott_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Big Schott</i>, a Peterson 41 Two Tonner, finished seventh overall and helped the Australian 'A' Team to win the King Kamehameha Trophy </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The Around the State Race presented the fleet with every sailing condition known to sailors. A light but steady breeze gave some hope that <i>Phantom</i>’s record set in 1977 would be bettered. On the 300-mile reach from Niihau to South Point on the Big Island, conditions varied from heavy winds to almost nothing as they approached the Point. After rounding South Point, the fleet immediately hit strong winds and began beating up the treacherous Ka’u Coast. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcWjioWViy0HuERdXWSw5JyYc6_uSu6uSltcGDoQbQfUn218Ie--nBc4B8nQvwbUtkvDAEID3IY6OMM_3ocbK_8hCJNmacT6_E3abLnfl-JuI_Sx9PoXpnyyJWkO0g489RdZ858GlwtQnMc_GipyWdJ_Bo_lbKed054RsVJJCtITbil_Aek8MrjMNzg/s1000/CC78_Hawkeye%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcWjioWViy0HuERdXWSw5JyYc6_uSu6uSltcGDoQbQfUn218Ie--nBc4B8nQvwbUtkvDAEID3IY6OMM_3ocbK_8hCJNmacT6_E3abLnfl-JuI_Sx9PoXpnyyJWkO0g489RdZ858GlwtQnMc_GipyWdJ_Bo_lbKed054RsVJJCtITbil_Aek8MrjMNzg/w640-h428/CC78_Hawkeye%202_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Bruce King-designed 48-foot bilgeboarder <i>Hawkeye </i>(part of the US 'Blue' team) carried a high 42.3ft rating and struggled upwind but nevertheless finished 14th overall (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUsnyKj_jQxP_l8SXc7cOKPDGkXxCpBO-TTWuWBmVvlPTHb2SrcgjGdSmniSJgz6VhE7_YyLazaMEM_PvHkIoDL1wuk4wyZR0BY3wb9ZQZ2usZWOKQokYn7GR2vnfMHc79Dwcu_2lT87_y5LcvAZbrU6KKwT9ogechD-kBlaWXwLhsnFby_ueStAjoAuG/s1000/CC78_Ondine_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="669" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUsnyKj_jQxP_l8SXc7cOKPDGkXxCpBO-TTWuWBmVvlPTHb2SrcgjGdSmniSJgz6VhE7_YyLazaMEM_PvHkIoDL1wuk4wyZR0BY3wb9ZQZ2usZWOKQokYn7GR2vnfMHc79Dwcu_2lT87_y5LcvAZbrU6KKwT9ogechD-kBlaWXwLhsnFby_ueStAjoAuG/w428-h640/CC78_Ondine_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ondine </i>with spinnaker and blooper set (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ondine</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, after battling </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> for nearly five days, claimed line honours off Waikiki, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> finishing three hours later. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Magic Pudding</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> had showed great speed in the light air stages, allowing her to finish six hours ahead of the next One Tonner, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Carrie Ann</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, and was the handicap winner.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslBhlwVhKLhdhkmPBV7hJJkHi5z16HbKS2xD-4iA-dEpLtq4APhbI2ItYm48AS8P-akT6vxfsHTynHBmPV2M7J3vLpY9SOfTOuboDC75KPoXCFMytnwSKILMH6iEhab3sU1udW6JRpv95MJ3cFwJkaQt6Wzf5dJSIdFsySmqGOSVE-SLD4dCzWCDktQ/s937/CC78_Magic%20Pudding_Sth%20Pt%20Around%20State_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslBhlwVhKLhdhkmPBV7hJJkHi5z16HbKS2xD-4iA-dEpLtq4APhbI2ItYm48AS8P-akT6vxfsHTynHBmPV2M7J3vLpY9SOfTOuboDC75KPoXCFMytnwSKILMH6iEhab3sU1udW6JRpv95MJ3cFwJkaQt6Wzf5dJSIdFsySmqGOSVE-SLD4dCzWCDktQ/w454-h640/CC78_Magic%20Pudding_Sth%20Pt%20Around%20State_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="454" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Magic Pudding</i> sails upwind past South Point on her way to winning the Round the State Race (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Monique</i> took first place overall on handicap for the series, winning the Clipper Cup, with <i>Ragamuffin </i>second and <i>Magic Pudding</i> third. Australia’s ‘A’ Team of <i>Ragamuffin</i>,<i> Big Schott</i> and <i>Magic Pudding</i> won the King Kamehameha Trophy for the top team. The New Zealand ‘A’ Team (<i>Monique</i>, <i>Country Boy</i> and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2016/09/gerontius-farr-42.html" target="_blank">Gerontius</a></i>) were second, and New Zealand ‘B’ (<i>Inca</i>, <i>Lovelace</i> and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/02/anticipation-lexcen-50.html" target="_blank">Anticipation</a></i>) were third. In the battle of the Maxis, <i>Kialoa</i> edged out <i>Ondine</i> in the overall results, finishing 17th and 18th respectively.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF9cFAvNXenSQv9A4w9BkHAq5biucL1VSemsBSlpXyyNOf-5YW6qgtIWyhKhrMTl1BKVmVJ0SK455TMftMByXrDmRbJBvu3Zet3aDJRP3up25Mqsqb3pHmyvrin5UlATdfq8yADfEHsXlPQZYROdM9DDV5kNI8LcIwcmU08QaomAHgAOa7gnwWBrapQ/s1000/CC78_Sunbird%20V_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="669" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJF9cFAvNXenSQv9A4w9BkHAq5biucL1VSemsBSlpXyyNOf-5YW6qgtIWyhKhrMTl1BKVmVJ0SK455TMftMByXrDmRbJBvu3Zet3aDJRP3up25Mqsqb3pHmyvrin5UlATdfq8yADfEHsXlPQZYROdM9DDV5kNI8LcIwcmU08QaomAHgAOa7gnwWBrapQ/w428-h640/CC78_Sunbird%20V_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Japan's <i>Sunbird V</i>, a S&S 54-footer (with a low 39.0ft rating) finished 24th overall<i> </i>(photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLL_ws-6yMWE5Z5a1iY5-rOA-ii3x0xFbXPIIUdaKruOFeoPqEXQIcZj1Pqp7pF-WFQgNOgFUQ4Nrm1Qiz9Odf9vA2dsXdoSmDrENO-L7xXHbwlM-DL0WKtypUT-bPW1d2r1mFbS1mFxuFDFU0pzmpmi4IQQ0HMB2Og8r2pezLIMbkAEWWu0_TC_odQ/s789/CC78_Kialoa%20III_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLL_ws-6yMWE5Z5a1iY5-rOA-ii3x0xFbXPIIUdaKruOFeoPqEXQIcZj1Pqp7pF-WFQgNOgFUQ4Nrm1Qiz9Odf9vA2dsXdoSmDrENO-L7xXHbwlM-DL0WKtypUT-bPW1d2r1mFbS1mFxuFDFU0pzmpmi4IQQ0HMB2Og8r2pezLIMbkAEWWu0_TC_odQ/w426-h640/CC78_Kialoa%20III_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Kialoa III </i>charges her way through some white water (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxr1VXOgq-fq1XbIQUlCjgaf6uvezF-EJHIdIcxzZOy8N_gW6AUF79CAUp8Vl3UPoqVlzrafVIj3Az1rKfC7WpSp-LRnrnLn1j70U1VE_C-keW2s-5oMXSJePEWb6sT7KaXpth52_8wpYdjtgDH0z4-EusfmeedTPK-OVY4aRmMV4oMicTwFasBHbsQ/s960/CC78_Hawkeye_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="702" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxr1VXOgq-fq1XbIQUlCjgaf6uvezF-EJHIdIcxzZOy8N_gW6AUF79CAUp8Vl3UPoqVlzrafVIj3Az1rKfC7WpSp-LRnrnLn1j70U1VE_C-keW2s-5oMXSJePEWb6sT7KaXpth52_8wpYdjtgDH0z4-EusfmeedTPK-OVY4aRmMV4oMicTwFasBHbsQ/w468-h640/CC78_Hawkeye_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Another view of <i>Hawkeye </i>on a reaching leg (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX0ZrMSv0opmT1MpE6zwbHtfEJQ_SoSc9Yjb2aUi2H3yfBqxd5HSn5S06X5bWT0vsWHZm8sBP61ZhslIR9oJfsda4Y2WRUhjWuxYjKXGCEaNpvuSURdRnnDZSdBAcJorwXq-SNYJ7YeM0PsefakGfXsC2DPwGGwkcfCSGNZOIZcmkjShQgfFnXUuDCw/s1000/CC78_Gekko%20V_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="682" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinX0ZrMSv0opmT1MpE6zwbHtfEJQ_SoSc9Yjb2aUi2H3yfBqxd5HSn5S06X5bWT0vsWHZm8sBP61ZhslIR9oJfsda4Y2WRUhjWuxYjKXGCEaNpvuSURdRnnDZSdBAcJorwXq-SNYJ7YeM0PsefakGfXsC2DPwGGwkcfCSGNZOIZcmkjShQgfFnXUuDCw/w436-h640/CC78_Gekko%20V_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="436" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Gekko V</i> from Japan (above and below), a Frers 41-footer, finished 19th overall (photos Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_eMeZoZeBGJirhIZtgtIaVN27monbnfq_zQT1jo0enBSc8sZIFhgBEO-Utk0iLf91i6ZutDHCkPKIanYnUW3BqhWEtgbt-RCNPhZW5OS-vl-I7BW2UIEkfGkUfRF8AT1nhy45_yGyzXvcmPFJ_abJYpJmMRR9bUHLaClU_Uia01she6MW5WZhkHW-g/s1000/CC78_Gekko%20V_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_eMeZoZeBGJirhIZtgtIaVN27monbnfq_zQT1jo0enBSc8sZIFhgBEO-Utk0iLf91i6ZutDHCkPKIanYnUW3BqhWEtgbt-RCNPhZW5OS-vl-I7BW2UIEkfGkUfRF8AT1nhy45_yGyzXvcmPFJ_abJYpJmMRR9bUHLaClU_Uia01she6MW5WZhkHW-g/w430-h640/CC78_Gekko%20V_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Article updated March 2024</span></i></div><div><br /></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-31901811647371209482023-03-31T18:42:00.004-07:002024-03-02T18:24:15.027-08:00International Offshore Rule - Part 4: Level Rating and Handicapping<span style="font-family: arial;">Earlier articles about the International Offshore Rule ('IOR') have looked at some of the key components of measuring a yacht under the rule, and deriving a handicap with the aim of allowing different size yachts to compete against each other at any venue around the world (Part 1 is <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-international-offshore-rule-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>). Level rating was the non-handicap form of racing under the IOR, where each boat was designed to the same handicap rating, or ‘Ton’ class. </span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6F5X4Rrb6YfLmkIxL9h2Qu-a7DqSj-sGIsGTkVjoI9cQzzOPE-NjJZ0vlHZsh9UcdhYwWSqZwRMiIloeAIRd_eyl_HLi4BHqt-3f9gwHy9337ZKdmxrgJU7WD9v3VTUdEAyJ2JvV8tU4Ikp3huRcZ-5mEiVYio8bwvMOT5vlcBfp-tkLA0pxGm8n3A/s1008/76OT%20Bx21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1008" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6F5X4Rrb6YfLmkIxL9h2Qu-a7DqSj-sGIsGTkVjoI9cQzzOPE-NjJZ0vlHZsh9UcdhYwWSqZwRMiIloeAIRd_eyl_HLi4BHqt-3f9gwHy9337ZKdmxrgJU7WD9v3VTUdEAyJ2JvV8tU4Ikp3huRcZ-5mEiVYio8bwvMOT5vlcBfp-tkLA0pxGm8n3A/w640-h426/76OT%20Bx21.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Part of the big 43-boat fleet that contested the 1976 One Ton Cup in Marseille, France (photo Bateaux magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking at the level rating classes first, the glamour fleet were the One Tonners, which had the ‘Coupe Internationale du Cercle de la Voile de Paris’, or the </span><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-one-ton-cup.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">One Ton Cup</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, as their holy grail. The Cup was so named because it was presented in 1899 by the Cercle de la Voile de Paris ('CVP') for competition by boats with fixed keels, rated at one ton or less under the French tonnage rule of 1892. These small boats, approximately 5m on the waterline, raced in Cowes or on the Siene until 6-metre class yachts were used for the trophy following the advent of the IYRU International Rule. The impressive trophy was just under a metre high and was carved out of a 10kg block of solid silver by a Parisian goldsmith.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoMNt8ynnGH4h8FwpUbpX2OXv7aDme3dyVcBFcs0nlpUG7YexH5lzyywjoMXUbrV-7IGLh122ezmY63oQRj-BR4xJHwZFULxf6HmwWECSCNrkDk07jt-XbmJUNFdEo0UsBe40kCczD6l7tT0s9N6uKqyb6PemKqyUpVNu864VtSEsFY6_QaO6yjAlqA/s1400/OneTonCup.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoMNt8ynnGH4h8FwpUbpX2OXv7aDme3dyVcBFcs0nlpUG7YexH5lzyywjoMXUbrV-7IGLh122ezmY63oQRj-BR4xJHwZFULxf6HmwWECSCNrkDk07jt-XbmJUNFdEo0UsBe40kCczD6l7tT0s9N6uKqyb6PemKqyUpVNu864VtSEsFY6_QaO6yjAlqA/w400-h300/OneTonCup.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The One Ton Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The last One Ton Cup in 6-metres was held in 1962. In 1965 the CVP declared that it should be used for yachts racing boat for boat at a maximum specified RORC rating (22ft). The clubs at La Rochelle soon after gave the Half Ton Cup for boats with an 18ft rating, and the Quarter Ton Cup for boats with a 15ft rating. The additional international racing that occurred under this arrangement became a major influence on the whole process for a change towards an international rating rule. With the arrival of IOR, it was agreed to use the same level rating concept. Thus in 1971 the One Ton class was defined at 27.5ft IOR, Half Ton at 21.7ft, and Quarter Ton at 18ft. There was also a Two Ton class which was not well supported at a 33ft rating and was changed to 32ft in 1974 (and later to 34.5ft). In 1974 the US delegates to the ORC presented a Three-Quarter Ton Cup for racing at 24.5ft, and the Mini Ton class was introduced in 1978 for racing at 16.0ft. In 1983 the rating limit for One Tonners was raised to 30.5ft, after a drop in support for the One Ton Cup at the old limit, and giving the class a dual purpose as they would now meet the lower rating limit for the Admiral's Cup.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKalzCH0nNzKcXitQpnf23s7t3E7wamWen_5TQf_W9kyKtEVVROC8rcjzjH-3W8Ty5T57-twqb6AUwXd3dLPfygpNPyM2yu1U6izdjLS374lraG97lFUX9zKtOLGrFwWkHANxTHofBR5o7ljDyRfOGj7Awo0n7nrDLgxTydVSJwYjUWDfTtorgqP75A/s1107/1976%20HTC%20Bx%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="1107" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKalzCH0nNzKcXitQpnf23s7t3E7wamWen_5TQf_W9kyKtEVVROC8rcjzjH-3W8Ty5T57-twqb6AUwXd3dLPfygpNPyM2yu1U6izdjLS374lraG97lFUX9zKtOLGrFwWkHANxTHofBR5o7ljDyRfOGj7Awo0n7nrDLgxTydVSJwYjUWDfTtorgqP75A/w640-h256/1976%20HTC%20Bx%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The popularity of the Half Ton Class was evident from this photograph of a start during the 1976 Half Ton Cup in Trieste (photo Bateaux magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">These limits were further adjusted to two decimal figures as measurement techniques became more precise (e.g., the One Ton limit became 30.54ft). The 50-Foot Class, followed a similar model using a limit of 40ft (increased slightly to 40.54ft in 1991), but used individual and variable ratings within this limit for some regattas, and no ‘Ton’ classification was applied to this fleet. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw59V5CsuO4QZR4CHOTU4r2f59uijAo4GrDTlUGSHf6R1tY2x4ZmsxMHwRZ0e52qSpoY1V0RffbGpPyXAsJWz8g_6lGzRsUCxFt_6Y1BudLghfhNzW4rkyN6F7y8exlq-GW5wS9P9YI6G9W-84L5jS_EPSmdx6SgkM9_gr-QszZJDDbwyZ7GOX371rdA/s960/Fifties_Gurney%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="960" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw59V5CsuO4QZR4CHOTU4r2f59uijAo4GrDTlUGSHf6R1tY2x4ZmsxMHwRZ0e52qSpoY1V0RffbGpPyXAsJWz8g_6lGzRsUCxFt_6Y1BudLghfhNzW4rkyN6F7y8exlq-GW5wS9P9YI6G9W-84L5jS_EPSmdx6SgkM9_gr-QszZJDDbwyZ7GOX371rdA/w640-h430/Fifties_Gurney%20fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-international-50-foot-class-part-1.html" target="_blank">50-Footers</a> enjoyed close racing on a level-rating basis for many years (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In the same vein, Maxi yachts were those that raced under the IOR's rating limit of 70.0ft (which was subsequently eased in the late 1980s), but given the sometimes large variance in actual ratings for these large yachts their racing was usually based on handicap results, although line honours remained a keen focus. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDofNzP_4yelMTyVwZSjrDESrxTmwWKgU1nw0SZwPNxO2M9-yNYOiD4KiWjVACAaJUHHYHeBMNNqt0hcq_HlyNAFkG2tuM4ggVAt2S_txahjrqXc4plAYJWhiC4ykDqHrfCwlINHjyiQ0FZVNiYTHIui8pNQWEJxvISjg9_AdOXGveEGtz_9koxUrjQ/s960/Maxis%20at%20Clipper%20Cup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="960" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDofNzP_4yelMTyVwZSjrDESrxTmwWKgU1nw0SZwPNxO2M9-yNYOiD4KiWjVACAaJUHHYHeBMNNqt0hcq_HlyNAFkG2tuM4ggVAt2S_txahjrqXc4plAYJWhiC4ykDqHrfCwlINHjyiQ0FZVNiYTHIui8pNQWEJxvISjg9_AdOXGveEGtz_9koxUrjQ/w640-h456/Maxis%20at%20Clipper%20Cup.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Part of the Maxi fleet competing in the 1988 Kenwood Cup in Hawaii, with <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/01/sorcery-mull-maxi.html" target="_blank">Sorcery</a> </i>(70.82ft IOR)<i> </i>leading <i>Il Moro di Venezia </i>(70.05ft), <i>Ondine VII </i>(70.04ft)<i> </i>and <i>Matador </i>(69.99ft)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Associated with the Quarter, Half and One Ton Cups were race-specific trophies. For the One Ton Cup, these included the Trophee de la Societe Nautique de Marseilles, for the winner of the short offshore race, and the White Horse Trophy, for the winner of the long offshore race.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12iVPCvaaRMBZKT5D2lJGbPafR01S0Tsj_gOlcHJilEqsk61aFjXihNknjb1Bf1klyblT18VNXUjBvLCQJGN0BPLXkALQVOgZakXRkECPAVR_5fZOHa7GGe1BUSenZZj7XB7s6eHXuMGnYtB3fO1ysUxhbjcRvgHZ5SskdgKMOz-GAd2xkEKCpJEmjA/s1012/Pendragon%20OTC%2079.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1012" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12iVPCvaaRMBZKT5D2lJGbPafR01S0Tsj_gOlcHJilEqsk61aFjXihNknjb1Bf1klyblT18VNXUjBvLCQJGN0BPLXkALQVOgZakXRkECPAVR_5fZOHa7GGe1BUSenZZj7XB7s6eHXuMGnYtB3fO1ysUxhbjcRvgHZ5SskdgKMOz-GAd2xkEKCpJEmjA/w640-h348/Pendragon%20OTC%2079.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">One challenge in changing <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/pendragon-davidson-34.html" target="_blank">Pendragon</a></i> from her original configuration as a Three-Quarter Tonner to a One Tonner in 1979 was meeting the increased accommodation requirements for One Tonners stipulated by the ORC 'Green Book' regulations (photo Paul Mello)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Each level rating class was subject to specific ORC regulations that governed the world championships (the ‘Ton Cups’) for each of the level rating classes (the ‘Green Book’). This set out the rating limits for each class, the rules under which each championship would be raced (such as the length and type of courses to be raced) and the maximum number of entries for any given championship. The Green Book also specified certain design parameters not otherwise covered by the IOR rule itself, such as the minimum height and area of headroom, freshwater capacity, the minimum number of berths, and even the minimum thickness of squabs to be carried.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6v6yrZHv-8gg0g_l7fpxOL6hIWoevj5_MXdvAZLqeEKWT-YPaCBjwXPB6Htn0JCkd-0ac4fm5NrH-STYjiGH4DguDm8XwxBFKIs093R2uKLZTh3b_rcWgIPFyMPzdLCceThcHJ1c3B289FSIwnmziu8uAuSxlzhh0HQCslYbiwGbwE_QRTeMB3bwqkQ/s386/1984%20OTC%20fleet.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="386" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6v6yrZHv-8gg0g_l7fpxOL6hIWoevj5_MXdvAZLqeEKWT-YPaCBjwXPB6Htn0JCkd-0ac4fm5NrH-STYjiGH4DguDm8XwxBFKIs093R2uKLZTh3b_rcWgIPFyMPzdLCceThcHJ1c3B289FSIwnmziu8uAuSxlzhh0HQCslYbiwGbwE_QRTeMB3bwqkQ/w640-h414/1984%20OTC%20fleet.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A closely packed fleet of One Tonners during the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/02/one-ton-cup-1984.html" target="_blank">1984 One Ton Cup</a>, the first held under the new rating limit of 30.5ft</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Level-rating yachts were also campaigned in mixed fleet regattas (where they might further optimise performance and fall in or out of the class limit), which necessitated the use of handicapping and the application of time correction factors.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodZnrBfiRGkJtJLZkPiT5u2pNN8buIG_bnQLH9bOkBm-f94wL6EAtCYg3KoXJhVvdz9GBDGR3AF47iadaJUHbc4dkQ9Nl_nc2sZ5i7HN_DA_zxH-NqFKFVgAR_NUoywYDmYvn48IvymxCI2DdMv2oJ9LZWcp24FfqJa-u61TwtYrYOdPFrSsU4D7Fug/s949/Juno%2087%20Bx%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="949" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodZnrBfiRGkJtJLZkPiT5u2pNN8buIG_bnQLH9bOkBm-f94wL6EAtCYg3KoXJhVvdz9GBDGR3AF47iadaJUHbc4dkQ9Nl_nc2sZ5i7HN_DA_zxH-NqFKFVgAR_NUoywYDmYvn48IvymxCI2DdMv2oJ9LZWcp24FfqJa-u61TwtYrYOdPFrSsU4D7Fug/w640-h430/Juno%2087%20Bx%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Close racing between a group of One Tonners during the 1987 Admiral's Cup (photo Bateaux magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A yacht’s IOR rating was a length measurement, expressed in feet. For a yacht designed with an eye to the rule, its rating might typically be around 8-10ft less than its LOA. In a handicapped race, the IOR rating was used to compute either a Time Correction Factor ('TCF') expressed as a decimal figure, and which for 'Time-on-Time' handicapping was computed against elapsed time to provide a corrected time; or as a Time-on-Distance allowance, expressed in seconds per nautical mile. Time-on-Time is similar to a general handicap or PHRF system. Time-on-Distance was used by multiplying the distance of the race by a time factor, and subtracting from the boat's actual time, to compute the boat's corrected time (t</span><span style="font-family: arial;">he current IRC rule dispenses with the conversion between rating and handicap, by simply expressing a yacht’s rating by way of a TCF).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgvNsUVZcKvRo2nL3Ygabi6pdI32bcc3v-7thA5VbFE5oN1LVF3o2Wd0nf0lUvyL-uz4X3VrjPD-CJ9M15-6gzzrkt303fVPQVoahG8mpQSx4-UfVyxWJBboDZ_9dFE1WP59ti_4gqBhuCvdLAFVSJoufP8y1kx3w4R1VmRPMD4aBVKvc5vm3-BbgiQ/s900/AC85_Start_Gurney_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="900" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgvNsUVZcKvRo2nL3Ygabi6pdI32bcc3v-7thA5VbFE5oN1LVF3o2Wd0nf0lUvyL-uz4X3VrjPD-CJ9M15-6gzzrkt303fVPQVoahG8mpQSx4-UfVyxWJBboDZ_9dFE1WP59ti_4gqBhuCvdLAFVSJoufP8y1kx3w4R1VmRPMD4aBVKvc5vm3-BbgiQ/w640-h386/AC85_Start_Gurney_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A crowded start line at the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/02/featured-photos-1985-admirals-cup.html" target="_blank">1985 Admiral's Cup</a>, with 57 yachts (representing 19 national teams) rating between 30 - 40ft IOR in a single fleet (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">This was a further complication in the level of acceptance achieved by the IOR, at least in mixed-fleet racing. This is because no matter how accurate the measurement system, if the time correction formula was seen to unduly favour one size of yacht over another, the system would lose support.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_R7JK3rf7R3-W0JQbWrxBmqhhsbAYmNseWdHbk754NRakSN79Cbd6ZwXxkhZgtQWbMvnGwFWrRJ6-wS1MG0X7hZGkd4_wh1tu8EtVNcmDZcESJwze-LEIoRreB-s64IrENrLgbB8BKWJsezABk5L0QBChH_JxjxQ5POhKOg8XblVx9DXr-H-hV5ifCw/s850/Speed%20Speed%2078.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="850" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_R7JK3rf7R3-W0JQbWrxBmqhhsbAYmNseWdHbk754NRakSN79Cbd6ZwXxkhZgtQWbMvnGwFWrRJ6-wS1MG0X7hZGkd4_wh1tu8EtVNcmDZcESJwze-LEIoRreB-s64IrENrLgbB8BKWJsezABk5L0QBChH_JxjxQ5POhKOg8XblVx9DXr-H-hV5ifCw/w640-h424/Speed%20Speed%2078.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Startline action during the 1978 Quarter Ton Cup in 1978, held in Japan (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Under IOR, and as with the former CCA and RORC, the USA continued to use Time-on-Distance while others used a single figure TCF, and this also resulted in different perceptions of the rule. A committee of ORC sat for several years attempting to reach a single compromise on time allowances, and duly dissolved itself without finding a solution. However, both approaches were based on the same principle, in that a higher rating gave a smaller time allowance, and vice versa.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BohbJlBKg3JVs94SUhJ3ZmLYDqdANFpuFcV-iKAWwLjHRQLAuvBqmWiLWJeMaQRebr8h_L1rZobpju3d7LOwiBWDsIle68zkTa5hdzVIL0YALcSxiJvCZCeZHS6YVYMdPisGUNEXiJUwQ2ynwWk3Ru8OadpfNZjdVtabZnLuhB6yuGHnnbbwiKEX1g/s1000/CC80_Kev%20Flyer_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BohbJlBKg3JVs94SUhJ3ZmLYDqdANFpuFcV-iKAWwLjHRQLAuvBqmWiLWJeMaQRebr8h_L1rZobpju3d7LOwiBWDsIle68zkTa5hdzVIL0YALcSxiJvCZCeZHS6YVYMdPisGUNEXiJUwQ2ynwWk3Ru8OadpfNZjdVtabZnLuhB6yuGHnnbbwiKEX1g/w640-h428/CC80_Kev%20Flyer_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The diminutive Farr-designed <i>KevFlyer</i>, rating just 20.0ft, racing in the 1980 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The generally adopted formula for the TCF adopted by the RORC for IOR racing was, at least initially, a relatively simple calculation: TCF = (R1/2 + 2.6) / 10. For example, a One Tonner, with a rating of 27.5ft, had a TCF of 0.774, while a Half Tonner, with a rating of 21.7ft, had a TCF of 0.716.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjrHoQsCjx3MRWvu-6kk9AFYFAlL7Ofsvo0BdSNIcbrt_5ibuH_bPaeD3DUlSrHrgkrsAsZRLYkhkilwXGLfM-bhpraRC33tWI6i03JBjPzQN7Ex6RWbDnnoyHBsAkXJHxqATkqHahI0OMs48KnhC5cq6Db_fHreLnpo4iBTJzXPt8wPVCq4hNas-sA/s1000/Swuzzlebubble%20etc%20SSC%201977.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjrHoQsCjx3MRWvu-6kk9AFYFAlL7Ofsvo0BdSNIcbrt_5ibuH_bPaeD3DUlSrHrgkrsAsZRLYkhkilwXGLfM-bhpraRC33tWI6i03JBjPzQN7Ex6RWbDnnoyHBsAkXJHxqATkqHahI0OMs48KnhC5cq6Db_fHreLnpo4iBTJzXPt8wPVCq4hNas-sA/w640-h428/Swuzzlebubble%20etc%20SSC%201977.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">International mixed fleet racing under IOR, with Half Tonners (eg <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/11/featured-yacht-swuzzlebubble.html" target="_blank">Swuzzlebubble</a></i>, KZ3494) racing alongside the Maxi <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/kialoa-iii-s-maxi.html" target="_blank">Kialoa III</a> </i>(background) during the 1977 Southern Cross Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">As with the IOR rule itself, the TCF formula underwent further evolution, with yacht clubs able to adjust the formula to suit their preferences. For example, in 1975 the RORC produced the following amendment: TCF = 0.2424(R)1/2/1 + 0.567(R)1/2. The only significance of this was to create a ‘hard point’ in the time correction factor graph at the place of a ‘base’ yacht of 29ft rating (TCF of 1.000). This formula withstood pressure for further change until the mid-1980s, where bigger yachts were given some easement following the dominance of One Tonners in the 1985 and 1987 editions of the Admiral’s Cup, but the swing of the pendulum lead to something of a rout by the fastest 50-footers in 1989. Such problems with finding the 'perfect' formula were, at least for the Admiral's Cup, subsequently avoided by changes to the regatta format from 1991 with boats racing in level rating divisions. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJzOKwl8_CQ--im88sOGof67hpTyAeoD1KEeplLBjrzs90_tFgIGE56tDSqz0Z4q6lv7rSe6-jKlB_c0u3CWFznOaY1CivOAs8EZkB59xm3GYqKeqqlSn9vNg1b7g2dzxawlXuCinwrzWr0w7fBrYPKE24G-lYjdWKIxvVhK19o5h7P_AqDHqrXOjIA/s2048/Jamarella%2050_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="2048" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJzOKwl8_CQ--im88sOGof67hpTyAeoD1KEeplLBjrzs90_tFgIGE56tDSqz0Z4q6lv7rSe6-jKlB_c0u3CWFznOaY1CivOAs8EZkB59xm3GYqKeqqlSn9vNg1b7g2dzxawlXuCinwrzWr0w7fBrYPKE24G-lYjdWKIxvVhK19o5h7P_AqDHqrXOjIA/w640-h408/Jamarella%2050_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Changes to the RORC's TCF in 1989 saw the ascendancy of the 50-footers in that year's Admiral's Cup, with <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/02/jamarella-farr-50.html" target="_blank">Jamarella</a></i> taking individual honours overall, followed by <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2021/10/will-farr-50.html" target="_blank">Will</a></i> (second) and <i>Stockbrokers Container </i>in fourth (photo Peter Ludlow)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCDk7aYRQgSl6bOdOqD4R9K9VBdvvh2gp5IM6Xy4cHSNEqJUQ4IuFGrsbRdwbDM3JXUAvFzXX9UA_XZ_pbXiOHQi4VvcYzmqqv9NU6prY7FVodhIS0GFm-BRzHgRxHVEozADQIIXYc3O6f-afAS_hckM6Bo4BPYUDXnTwnP4PckIdgMW1bTmSL023cQ/s1051/Shockwave%2092_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1051" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCDk7aYRQgSl6bOdOqD4R9K9VBdvvh2gp5IM6Xy4cHSNEqJUQ4IuFGrsbRdwbDM3JXUAvFzXX9UA_XZ_pbXiOHQi4VvcYzmqqv9NU6prY7FVodhIS0GFm-BRzHgRxHVEozADQIIXYc3O6f-afAS_hckM6Bo4BPYUDXnTwnP4PckIdgMW1bTmSL023cQ/w640-h572/Shockwave%2092_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Farr-designed <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/shockwave-farr-two-tonner.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a> </i>on her way to winning the 1992 Two Ton Cup (held in conjunction with the 1992 Kenwood Cup in Hawaii)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Part of the text used for this article is adapted from the book </span><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">A Lighter Ton - The Champion NZ Yachts of the 1970s</i><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lighter-Ton-Champion-Zealand-Yachts-ebook/dp/B00MQI9FEQ" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" target="_blank">2012</a></span></p><p></p></div></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-7125015234870474232023-01-04T23:31:00.041-08:002024-01-21T22:59:27.904-08:00Sorcery (Mull Maxi)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOrcP1IeUR6a4BDO8Kga7mTPpE_FVe1-Hw1SnhKSSucUNEqXVyMf3treUxuhoGwVZrC3m0s8sZQmyX7H4Ktkmnlk1vBlOyrwAV9fq3hKGSmyGVKsoAOAtHVjAdzQEALHr6xUbDchdthOQYk5jBHG_m7oFv6_EENxZPdTw9dNY83tNY_1fkRh0WPm9vg/s806/Sorcery%201984%20PACC_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="806" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOrcP1IeUR6a4BDO8Kga7mTPpE_FVe1-Hw1SnhKSSucUNEqXVyMf3treUxuhoGwVZrC3m0s8sZQmyX7H4Ktkmnlk1vBlOyrwAV9fq3hKGSmyGVKsoAOAtHVjAdzQEALHr6xUbDchdthOQYk5jBHG_m7oFv6_EENxZPdTw9dNY83tNY_1fkRh0WPm9vg/w640-h408/Sorcery%201984%20PACC_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery</i> seen here during the 1984 Clipper Cup (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Sorcery</i> was designed in the early 1980s by Gary Mull for US yachtsman Jake Wood. She was a long Maxi yacht for that time at 82ft 4in, where Maxis were typically around 80ft, and this was expected to provide higher speed potential off the wind. The initial design work for <i>Sorcery</i> involved analysing the existing Maxi designs, and Mull’s design comments at the time noted, based on that analysis, that the hull design was not only longer than her competitors but was also targeted to produce slightly better sail area/wetted surface and sail area/displacement ratios than those of the existing Maxi fleet. </span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrZkYhn9XBkYRb6Tqs3mkj7Zu2R42X9pdpoG4eYpVpw9zSxfTBvXQdYJFrjg5dI3D-n4W-eq36G7hSKYp7k2mBSX45d-QLPTVF93FQhTI8bwc2nnrg8FVxGMEqgDHMp2F4Ne9CZ2Slj31x18_sJP_7dd-GnkqxCuzNB7kWG9JMfSCoJ37Csbnzy8MPg/s690/Sorcery%20profile.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="549" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrZkYhn9XBkYRb6Tqs3mkj7Zu2R42X9pdpoG4eYpVpw9zSxfTBvXQdYJFrjg5dI3D-n4W-eq36G7hSKYp7k2mBSX45d-QLPTVF93FQhTI8bwc2nnrg8FVxGMEqgDHMp2F4Ne9CZ2Slj31x18_sJP_7dd-GnkqxCuzNB7kWG9JMfSCoJ37Csbnzy8MPg/w510-h640/Sorcery%20profile.jpg" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Sail plan and hull profile drawings of<i> Sorcery </i>as published in NZ Yachting magazine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was a conventional looking yacht, while featuring Mull’s trademarks of the era (as much as these could be differentiated from typical IOR yachts at that time) of a typically steeply angled stem married to a shallow forefoot, with a pronounced bustle around her after girth station. This lead to a long counter with an angled transom with a near vertical cut-off at the stern end</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was a big and heavy yacht, although her displacement of 79,000lbs was not extreme at this size range.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh41iqST5FzZY0x81EWVan7f4PFkt_iNP0EjPRsr6UxMc-616l0T8mn6de3gh40QRg3mshAkzFBmmtkJdafPvolNaU_Kn3UnFuZ02b2I1L-k8gVy6ObHhs59-HQ1X9g6omNlACTUNWAnzQrHEPq-Lj892Gp-qX1jjmZGnBSpRvlc5A7GQ0RXvREqocpw/s719/Sorcery%20built4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="719" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh41iqST5FzZY0x81EWVan7f4PFkt_iNP0EjPRsr6UxMc-616l0T8mn6de3gh40QRg3mshAkzFBmmtkJdafPvolNaU_Kn3UnFuZ02b2I1L-k8gVy6ObHhs59-HQ1X9g6omNlACTUNWAnzQrHEPq-Lj892Gp-qX1jjmZGnBSpRvlc5A7GQ0RXvREqocpw/w640-h476/Sorcery%20built4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>under construction at Republic Yachts, circa 1983</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Sorcery</i>’s righting moment was moderately high, and partially derived from greater beam than the existing Maxi fleet (19ft 9in, as compared with <i>Kialoa IV</i> at 18.5ft, for example). Initially her ‘I’ measurement was to have been 98.5ft, but this was adjusted to 101ft through other changes to the design while remaining within the 70.0ft IOR Maxi rating limit. The keel was unremarkable in plan form and section, and weighed some 47,000lbs, with a draft of 12ft 6in. The elliptical planform rudder was unusual, but one that Mull claimed as the most efficient known in terms of lift/drag ratio where overall span is not limited. With a nod to a favourable measurement under the Engine Propellor Factor component of the IOR, her feathering propellor was some 43in in diameter, and exited the upper trailing edge of the keel, powered by a 200hp engine.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZuW_NoYif5ppGbD6fVCl2fovRgooaVOt59S3r4X_uZHg429p3w-h-iByvflbb_wqKI6xLS5Acrp-7glXbe4d1_MTg204KH5htGNgFX5c03_GUUumtoqSjZaWgiVH_h4UoZWQzfasx_TB571wT8zLVy692q58hNhLUfvFLLVhM1Ap88YD9yFkUhBqCA/s600/Deck%20view%202012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZuW_NoYif5ppGbD6fVCl2fovRgooaVOt59S3r4X_uZHg429p3w-h-iByvflbb_wqKI6xLS5Acrp-7glXbe4d1_MTg204KH5htGNgFX5c03_GUUumtoqSjZaWgiVH_h4UoZWQzfasx_TB571wT8zLVy692q58hNhLUfvFLLVhM1Ap88YD9yFkUhBqCA/w640-h480/Deck%20view%202012.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The deck arrangement for <i>Sorcery</i> (as viewed in 2009)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Some 13 deck designs were drawn by Mull, which were then reviewed by Wood before the final decision was made for the deck layout that was eventually adopted.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxLgSfCngVzlE6D_jGwzjtJfoWEEcGCUGBQKU3-sv0Lug0Jz-HRWUf2VB8seBDfagTVG7dwVEpl_oyUpOvA1FG8_sb3v2ypSgEfQhvu9udW-x__jse4dknvABcDasox6hpJnQPsrif0LTSCfeK3JasStvBFH3GErNSoj1CJ4JVZn1vTxyxiKF8sVqVg/s712/sorcery%20built2%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxLgSfCngVzlE6D_jGwzjtJfoWEEcGCUGBQKU3-sv0Lug0Jz-HRWUf2VB8seBDfagTVG7dwVEpl_oyUpOvA1FG8_sb3v2ypSgEfQhvu9udW-x__jse4dknvABcDasox6hpJnQPsrif0LTSCfeK3JasStvBFH3GErNSoj1CJ4JVZn1vTxyxiKF8sVqVg/w538-h640/sorcery%20built2%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="538" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Launch day, 23 December 1983 at Marina del Rey</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Wood had founded Republic Fastener Manufacturing Company in California which supplied fasteners to the aerospace industry and he established Republic Yachts where <i>Sorcery</i> was built, from aluminium plate on longitudinal frames supported by transverse web frames. She was launched in December 1983 before transiting the Panama Canal to compete in the 1984 SORC. She had a difficult start to the series but improved strongly in the final two races to finish in fifth place in the 10-boat Class A fleet (with race results of 4/DNF/10/5/2/1), and was 49th overall. Notably, <i>Sorcery</i> took overall fleet honours in the final race of the series, the Nassau Cup, just beating <i>Brooke Ann</i>, the Class B winner, by 10 seconds on corrected time.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizt-HmzYMU7yJWgnzSDJsw7-VObBdeWy3Kv1DA60oTXP-RPSYnJq9bOWNd-bxuD7KLpLMjcBLC3QJpQJHSEvAPomh10jjkoWaxZYCwwgfrbAr2g0qd0mUDdoPbzDFXSXpApqyqin3Vfzr7kBWJoerrBA7qtdV9hFERRfLPFgicgEUt6TZ46MGIdBn29LrS/s1400/SORC84_Maxis_Gurney_fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="1400" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizt-HmzYMU7yJWgnzSDJsw7-VObBdeWy3Kv1DA60oTXP-RPSYnJq9bOWNd-bxuD7KLpLMjcBLC3QJpQJHSEvAPomh10jjkoWaxZYCwwgfrbAr2g0qd0mUDdoPbzDFXSXpApqyqin3Vfzr7kBWJoerrBA7qtdV9hFERRfLPFgicgEUt6TZ46MGIdBn29LrS/w640-h430/SORC84_Maxis_Gurney_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>leads <i>Windward Passage, Kialoa IV </i>and <i>Ondine </i>during the 1984 SORC (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1LhDtyhzfpTq1f_Lz86AqN4-ZohGdMWjaJHm-QWd8WmtxJfdIdiQbqh1mvApruI8oXhiXRTxc4079UB1drNcfY4nYeHGhclqQcXukEqkIB6m5F2-Q2HBQGJ5CQiNYAYRy8u7hWzPdpGLhFuiY_qDxBIYdUoM8fLpaco9YdAbpCjWI_5ZRghCeHUwBQ/s1024/Sorcery%20L%20Moran.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1024" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1LhDtyhzfpTq1f_Lz86AqN4-ZohGdMWjaJHm-QWd8WmtxJfdIdiQbqh1mvApruI8oXhiXRTxc4079UB1drNcfY4nYeHGhclqQcXukEqkIB6m5F2-Q2HBQGJ5CQiNYAYRy8u7hWzPdpGLhFuiY_qDxBIYdUoM8fLpaco9YdAbpCjWI_5ZRghCeHUwBQ/w640-h392/Sorcery%20L%20Moran.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery</i> seen here (above and below) in light airs during the 1984 SORC (photo Larry Moran)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1d3XPf9RRI-WClqewfocV7Tnl185uOLUw8qCYKxtEDdnnYhOOxPej_5CfyqrV7szR00XX3viuld21aYw65N0Hgf6GG5O0zyAASaY_Ltw9n3A0URvg-0kh89WKQzZhwTrQ02ZFqWCGwhnx6MKltrkGtrS_4jkSr33HjFkdnDHdnIcFIeimZ3ig3jHEw/s1024/SorceryCockpit.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1024" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1d3XPf9RRI-WClqewfocV7Tnl185uOLUw8qCYKxtEDdnnYhOOxPej_5CfyqrV7szR00XX3viuld21aYw65N0Hgf6GG5O0zyAASaY_Ltw9n3A0URvg-0kh89WKQzZhwTrQ02ZFqWCGwhnx6MKltrkGtrS_4jkSr33HjFkdnDHdnIcFIeimZ3ig3jHEw/w640-h464/SorceryCockpit.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Later that year <i>Sorcery</i> competed in the 1984 Clipper Cup. In the first race, <i>Boomerang</i> and <i>Condor</i> had some difficulties at the start of the Maxi division, allowing <i>Nirvana</i> and <i>Sorcery</i> to lead the fleet to the weather mark off Diamond Head. The new and impressive Frers-design <i>Boomerang</i> began to play catch-up, out-footing and out-pointing the other Maxis as she drove to windward. <i>Nirvana</i> had rounded the mark half a length ahead but <i>Sorcery</i> found her legs and slipped by on the first offwind leg as the wind shifted east 20 degrees and abated slightly. Before long the reaching leg became nearly a square run, and a long run at that. A 27.5 mile triangular course had been laid, but the wing mark came loose and drifted nearly 3 miles before a mark boat reached it and took its place.<i> Sorcery </i>led the way to the new mark while the fleet hoisted bloopers in her wake.<i> Sorcery </i>held the lead at the leeward pin, followed by <i>Nirvana</i> and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/03/kialoa-iv-holland-maxi.html" target="_blank">Kialoa IV</a></i>. <i>Boomerang</i> had caught three of her Maxi competitors by then and began to make more time on the final beat, before blowing out her no.4 genoa. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAy0CNWaGLYIaQrQaOh09iDF7vNOCUEgrQ-1xnM2mD9IfocoHATqkhO81OKEuKNqOS29SQ4_47rlYOH48PbASWC6gS9Wcuo9-EuC15CfUoHlWvMZi4dFdXO7KVKk2aorrpNEJFr8o0mY6MvMx-eg7veYEc2NMHirlVWPRafGsrunlxpMu9kCVkB13yQ/s1000/Sorcery%20KC%2084.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAy0CNWaGLYIaQrQaOh09iDF7vNOCUEgrQ-1xnM2mD9IfocoHATqkhO81OKEuKNqOS29SQ4_47rlYOH48PbASWC6gS9Wcuo9-EuC15CfUoHlWvMZi4dFdXO7KVKk2aorrpNEJFr8o0mY6MvMx-eg7veYEc2NMHirlVWPRafGsrunlxpMu9kCVkB13yQ/w640-h428/Sorcery%20KC%2084.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>during the 1984 Clipper Cup (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">In the second race a more conservative start by <i>Boomerang </i>lead to a great boat-for-boat race with <i>Sorcery</i>. <i>Sorcery</i> lead at the weather mark, but was overhauled by <i>Boomerang </i>the next time around. It was expected by the Maxi crews that <i>Boomerang</i>’s design and configuration would be vulnerable dead downwind, and <i>Sorcery</i> seemed to confirm this by taking the lead at the final leeward mark. However, on the last upwind leg <i>Boomerang </i>sailed higher and faster and moved back into the lead, until her no.4 let go again. While she maintained the lead while changing sails she missed the finish line, sailing between the committee boat and the weather mark. Realising their mistake, the skipper of <i>Boomerang</i> turned the Maxi around and headed for the line, but <i>Sorcery</i> managed to cross ahead by 17 seconds. Unfortunately, during one of the downwind legs <i>Sorcery</i>’s spinnaker had brushed the spreaders of the Frers 40 <i>Flasher</i> and her resulting percentage penalty set her back three places, effectively handing <i>Boomerang </i>the race victory.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The next race, the 150-mile Kalua Koi Molokai Race, counted for double points. <i>Sorcery</i> found herself in a tight battle in the early stages with <i>Boomerang</i>, <i>Condor</i> and <i>Kialoa IV</i>, playing the shifts off Maunalua Bay, separating briefly and then coming back together as they tacked out of the depression on Oahu’s southern shore. By Koko Head and the start of the Molokai Channel, <i>Boomerang</i> had a lead that she would not relinquish. The return trip from Kalaupapa Peninsula was a tight reach until clear of Molokai, then a spinnaker run back to Diamond Head and the finish. Both <i>Kialoa</i> and <i>Sorcery</i> closed in on <i>Boomerang</i>, but <i>Boomerang</i>’s lead was too great and she held onto her lead comfortably. <i>Kialoa</i> and <i>Sorcery </i>crossed the line overlapped with <i>Kialoa</i>’s bow just ahead - the record shows that <i>Sorcery</i> edged out <i>Kialoa</i> on corrected time (although the reason for that is unclear as <i>Kialoa</i>'s rating for the series was lower than <i>Sorcery</i>'s). Notably the Maxis were able to save their time on the fleet and took the top placings.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBALJRbarv5L-cs99WWZfRtFTjKOYv6DatliEbjkm9YPAG7s0Iw4hNDpgch2zKtMhGkvYsRlGANEXaoE5lpjbldJQzBu8rIxcP5fbXn9oY8DWHSZTG9Sl4x1zKt1Toe6ADI9G_h11JmBxq7fAwCBjDLZgf7k9lDf9rWH1R44Yz2F9O8ozy4zXU-lvczw/s1902/Sorcery_1984%20CC_SG_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1902" data-original-width="1764" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBALJRbarv5L-cs99WWZfRtFTjKOYv6DatliEbjkm9YPAG7s0Iw4hNDpgch2zKtMhGkvYsRlGANEXaoE5lpjbldJQzBu8rIxcP5fbXn9oY8DWHSZTG9Sl4x1zKt1Toe6ADI9G_h11JmBxq7fAwCBjDLZgf7k9lDf9rWH1R44Yz2F9O8ozy4zXU-lvczw/w594-h640/Sorcery_1984%20CC_SG_fb.jpg" width="594" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>during the 1984 Clipper Cup (photo Sharon Green | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Light winds greeted the fleet for the fourth race, which was of some concern to the <i>Sorcery</i> crew who lamented their vulnerability in such conditions. In the words of crew boss Rex Banks (reported in Yacht Racing and Cruising magazine), “When the wind gets light we die a thousand deaths”. <i>Boomerang</i> proved her speed and romped home in first place, taking overall fleet honours, while <i>Sorcery</i> finished 13th. <br /><br />For the triple-weighted Round the State Race, the fleet initially encountered light, fluky wind, but <i>Sorcery</i> moved into the fore as the leaders fetched Makapuu and the Maxis flew no.1 genoas and set jib tops, although <i>Sorcery </i>had destroyed her no.2 on a spreader prior to the start and had to live with a large gap in her inventory for the duration of the race. After some fast reaching, <i>Ragamuffin</i> (ex-<i>Bumblebee IV</i>) lead the fleet into a dead zone off Niihau, with <i>Sorcery </i>and <i>Nirvana</i> astern. These three were the first to slip free of the windless void in the late afternoon before starting the long reach down to South Point. <i>Boomerang</i> took the lead about 55 miles from South Point, moving a mile ahead of <i>Kialoa IV</i> and <i>Sorcery</i>, and went on to break <i>Kialoa</i>’s 1982 record for the race by over an hour. <i>Condor</i> saved her best finish for the most important race coming in third, followed by <i>Sorcery</i>, <i>Nirvana </i>and <i>Ragamuffin</i>. <br /><br /><i>Sorcery </i>finished the series and in tenth place overall (3/16/2/13/21), just ahead of <i>Nirvana</i> but well behind <i>Boomerang</i> and <i>Kialoa IV</i> who finished first and second respectively. She finished in third place in Class A (1/4/2/4/4).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNdSiFIJgekOGMEV4vgR7Jalx9ZEIFUpa0HuyK-ZQnmd2PNJ0g7gnuv3l3ZjHVhKz-NnJWd33Z6ESytPhn2AelUC3FRYxUB_u35ZHX4_0m6_ON1GkbxEWZ8ZWm-5h_YuxaOXYuRQUhQG4yyJCWHmkv8e5IzXx3Ndq6_gUcJycCZQBSHb9NcAwQvI-AQ/s1780/Sorcery%20BBS%2084_Lester%20Gee_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1780" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNdSiFIJgekOGMEV4vgR7Jalx9ZEIFUpa0HuyK-ZQnmd2PNJ0g7gnuv3l3ZjHVhKz-NnJWd33Z6ESytPhn2AelUC3FRYxUB_u35ZHX4_0m6_ON1GkbxEWZ8ZWm-5h_YuxaOXYuRQUhQG4yyJCWHmkv8e5IzXx3Ndq6_gUcJycCZQBSHb9NcAwQvI-AQ/w640-h420/Sorcery%20BBS%2084_Lester%20Gee_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery</i> seen here crossing behind<i> Nirvana</i> and ahead of <i>Windward Passage </i>during the 1984 Big Boat Series (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> went on to compete in the 1984 Big Boat Series in San Francisco, posting a series of third places for third overall, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Boomerang</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> taking out overall honours in the six-yacht Maxi fleet. These two yachts provided the high point for spectators in the second race, after <i>Boomerang</i> started early and had to play catch-up on the long first beat. Two legs later <i>Boomerang </i>was overlapped with Sorcery as they ran down the City waterfront and hardened up for a tight reach out into the Bay. They sailed the entire leg overlapped with their spinnakers on the verge of collapse and their mainsails flogging. They rounded the next mark with <i>Sorcery</i> still holding a marginal lead and squared away for the run. At the leeward pin, <i>Sorcery </i>changed their headsail down to a no.3 and found themselves underpowered - she lost her lead quickly to <i>Boomerang</i> and runner-up <i>Kialoa IV</i>. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJVo6ZJ_5_282hmdIUX0UTcngnhJKfoetzfguzQyuCws4LBg-vZRyzLY0UL7GZT4uc4rWcRiKM7ivhRVY4TGNDpg7-SXCGltBH7aKNUO3DajapEO7q_TbaiHJJDZExeNuL6Bnjv4s2M2tkB3NOAO1OKrxtVsc4mmXy7x7ORIfeHM63wLCR_uMrpoGNA/s1329/Sorcery%20and%20Boomerang_BBS.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1063" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJVo6ZJ_5_282hmdIUX0UTcngnhJKfoetzfguzQyuCws4LBg-vZRyzLY0UL7GZT4uc4rWcRiKM7ivhRVY4TGNDpg7-SXCGltBH7aKNUO3DajapEO7q_TbaiHJJDZExeNuL6Bnjv4s2M2tkB3NOAO1OKrxtVsc4mmXy7x7ORIfeHM63wLCR_uMrpoGNA/w512-h640/Sorcery%20and%20Boomerang_BBS.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery</i> to leeward of<i> Boomerang</i> during a tight battle in the second race of the 1984 Big Boat Series (photo Sharon Green | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In February 1986 <i>Sorcery</i> competed in the 1,100 mile San Diego to Manzanillo (Mexico) race, where she set an elapsed-time record of 6 days and one hour, surpassing the old record set by the 67-foot yacht <i>Merlin</i> in 1978 by over an hour.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRY9aeNPqOj3zYfayTcqW78TqCrQxdqiAkC-qQTz0PjvKR3OIYJ2Vke3MGs-RXXrq3vVjz8x95L8z1Z_5TVyvc-7_AI-a6MMFnGstsqhs67pZWNwX-mPvMnOYgl3Rsr3bs5x4rVJeEEIoayGyRbi2cKWXDC6IISDu5QcBr7GP3ynREcpzHJauA1BzSQ/s2048/Sorcery_prep%201986%20Kenwood%20Cup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRY9aeNPqOj3zYfayTcqW78TqCrQxdqiAkC-qQTz0PjvKR3OIYJ2Vke3MGs-RXXrq3vVjz8x95L8z1Z_5TVyvc-7_AI-a6MMFnGstsqhs67pZWNwX-mPvMnOYgl3Rsr3bs5x4rVJeEEIoayGyRbi2cKWXDC6IISDu5QcBr7GP3ynREcpzHJauA1BzSQ/w640-h480/Sorcery_prep%201986%20Kenwood%20Cup.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A bump being added to <i>Sorcery</i>'s midships to enhance her IOR rating, in or about 1986</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Later that year <i>Sorcery</i> took line honours in all five races in the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2021/10/kenwood-cup-1986.html" target="_blank">1986 Kenwood Cup</a> (the new name for the Clipper Cup). This included winning the Molokai Race from <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/12/windward-passage-gurney-73.html" target="_blank">Windward Passage</a></i> by 12 minutes. This was followed by a nearly four-day match race with <i>Passage</i> in the 775-mile Round the State race. The two Maxis covered each other tack-for-tack throughout the race, cross-tacking 13 times alone during the 60-mile windward leg up the Big Island of Hawaii’s rugged Ka’u coastline. The race ended in a heated neck-and-neck downwind duel to the Diamond Head finish line with <i>Sorcery</i> finishing just under 11 minutes ahead of <i>Passage</i>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPwC5MF3CliVDpPb5vBXElRsMDJgL-YkZYA-NlXbeEAEUc8TyqBSO-WcdbGEomjdNvCzFLe5rgXcfas2YOqZ-yDammUGMtELzIR2tFI5MBxgZi4-t5yCracZ68dNrShezQI_4yon-NxO9mWl_jU7o13YQgPdU4jDh4oYRuZOPz3QowP8pF2BR3Hm9ug/s1000/Sorcery%20etc_1988%20KC_Uhl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPwC5MF3CliVDpPb5vBXElRsMDJgL-YkZYA-NlXbeEAEUc8TyqBSO-WcdbGEomjdNvCzFLe5rgXcfas2YOqZ-yDammUGMtELzIR2tFI5MBxgZi4-t5yCracZ68dNrShezQI_4yon-NxO9mWl_jU7o13YQgPdU4jDh4oYRuZOPz3QowP8pF2BR3Hm9ug/w426-h640/Sorcery%20etc_1988%20KC_Uhl.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>leads <i>Il Moro di Venezia</i>, <i>Ondine VII </i>and <i>Matador </i>during the 1988 Kenwood Cup (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a></span>)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_xEvlIrPSF1KP46YbXwIaKgXuv0yrIaKMT-w_xc8scEic2w3owXgkKSPz4aAzRRqZH7ACulBE2rfzkcsiUcsjQeY4g_v5NhZGsvaRpyc3QombsjSx8kKnF1Rw6Ja8RXQZKUjWI_fDdVVG934tAdH9JtXL7wwZzVuJTtkfb-Szuuu0Za14Y7y5zQz1A/s1915/Maxis.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1915" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_xEvlIrPSF1KP46YbXwIaKgXuv0yrIaKMT-w_xc8scEic2w3owXgkKSPz4aAzRRqZH7ACulBE2rfzkcsiUcsjQeY4g_v5NhZGsvaRpyc3QombsjSx8kKnF1Rw6Ja8RXQZKUjWI_fDdVVG934tAdH9JtXL7wwZzVuJTtkfb-Szuuu0Za14Y7y5zQz1A/w640-h430/Maxis.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A similarly timed photo to the one above by Sharon Green | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a>, with <i>Ragamuffin</i> also appearing in the background</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> competed in the Kenwood Cup again in <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/04/kenwood-cup-1988.html" target="_blank">1988</a>, with the series incorporating the Maxi World Championship and featuring the biggest fleet of Maxis ever assembled in the Pacific, including </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Congere</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Emeraude</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Il Moro di Venezia</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa V</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Matador</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ondine VII</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/10/sovereign-pedrick-maxi.html">Sovereign</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage II </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Winterhawk</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (ex-</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ceramco New Zealand</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). By this stage the 70.0ft rating limit for the series had been eased, and most of the Maxis were optimised beyond this measurement, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery </i><span style="font-family: arial;">having an increased rating of 70.82ft, which also suggested she had undergone some modifications to increase speed. The new Frers-designed and fractionally-rigged </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage II </i><span style="font-family: arial;">was the fastest Maxi in 1988, but </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> threatened her overall hegemony by almost taking line honours in Molokai Race after </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage </i><span style="font-family: arial;">fell into a hole just before the finish line. Overall, however, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> finished down the overall standings.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksAduV1VmvYOCph2XSHvLkbD_nNGY2YL5jcnFZ1SlAv_D3OJNxX90p6j1bKHYMQ0ZZCFnaTN2pyrH_yBBE-lw3ZFxbiWPwzLABWT1CTzdRvQhdjAjvPLNMEb-1s0Gg2U6qcO2aEeemM814aI2KbdAHUmxaQdJBcm_PPjKEJDz27qtvc2iacXPz7HB0g/s1780/151974894_214149667060494_5404351497953209724_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksAduV1VmvYOCph2XSHvLkbD_nNGY2YL5jcnFZ1SlAv_D3OJNxX90p6j1bKHYMQ0ZZCFnaTN2pyrH_yBBE-lw3ZFxbiWPwzLABWT1CTzdRvQhdjAjvPLNMEb-1s0Gg2U6qcO2aEeemM814aI2KbdAHUmxaQdJBcm_PPjKEJDz27qtvc2iacXPz7HB0g/w518-h640/151974894_214149667060494_5404351497953209724_n.jpg" width="518" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>leads <i>Matador </i>in tight power reaching conditions during the 1988 Kenwood Cup (photo Sharon Green | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrqNqjYXtxO_0B2SkXUK3XKEdKkRwCeWxoOyvJZe3Sxp4uZ5E5-0_-wmLEs3TQ4wGQqJ5GhpNNtr_KQ6rXFxfwebwqkJZNRKy_z1WV0mOCGpTuS8AiRsWWEl8zTtH5mlCVLC-zljvwJ-7lxNChi5pv2a-IIhn1Kb6vT_nKRa_3CzivWzhaeUMsCagtQ/s1107/1988%2011%20nY%20Maxis%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrqNqjYXtxO_0B2SkXUK3XKEdKkRwCeWxoOyvJZe3Sxp4uZ5E5-0_-wmLEs3TQ4wGQqJ5GhpNNtr_KQ6rXFxfwebwqkJZNRKy_z1WV0mOCGpTuS8AiRsWWEl8zTtH5mlCVLC-zljvwJ-7lxNChi5pv2a-IIhn1Kb6vT_nKRa_3CzivWzhaeUMsCagtQ/w554-h640/1988%2011%20nY%20Maxis%20(5).jpg" width="554" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">An aerial photograph from the 1988 Kenwood Cup, with <i>Sorcery</i> trailing close behind <i>Ondine VII </i>and <i>Matador </i>(photo Histoiredeshalfs <a href="https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Maxis%20Monos/Sorceery.htm" target="_blank">website</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EWdFvycJf2HSQ7kaxN0u2ANXvc46eBhIGqLvu3RYYBuTi_UERRTmOKoaaQzqugW4LPP5zhiWWz14v3Q31vsCwXoXO3OzfH6ZsV_PYCYw9AWOPtwNjAV3sK2_vzIDc-BK9fq7SK6CI7kbc55hk1yiLOuEDbJbh2PP9cI1L6hsOHwyc_Ee3FnENHQvxw/s1440/Sorcery_BBS.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1440" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EWdFvycJf2HSQ7kaxN0u2ANXvc46eBhIGqLvu3RYYBuTi_UERRTmOKoaaQzqugW4LPP5zhiWWz14v3Q31vsCwXoXO3OzfH6ZsV_PYCYw9AWOPtwNjAV3sK2_vzIDc-BK9fq7SK6CI7kbc55hk1yiLOuEDbJbh2PP9cI1L6hsOHwyc_Ee3FnENHQvxw/w640-h424/Sorcery_BBS.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery</i><span> rounds a leeward mark behind <i>Matador </i></span><span>during the 1988 Big Boat Series, which was won convincingly by <i>Il Moro di Venezia</i></span><span> (photo Sharon Green | </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a></span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery </i><span style="font-family: arial;">also raced in the </span><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/10/kenwood-cup-1990.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">1990 Kenwood Cup</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, finishing in second place in Class A, behind the new</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Drumbeat</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> which generally had the legs of her older rival. There was one race when Wood and his crew gave </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Drumbeat</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> a series fright, leading for all but the final leg. Seahorse magazine described it as a truly splendid race, where by a combination of fortune and inspired sailing the obviously slower </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, using every wile and trick in the book, stayed just in front of the quicker boat almost all the way around. However two-thirds of the way up the final beat </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> tacked on </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Drumbeat</i><span style="font-family: arial;">'s weather bow and the genoa leech caught on a spreader, causing it to tear and then split, and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;">'s three-hour moment of glory had passed. The 1990 edition also featured the inaugural sailing of the 390-mile Kaula Race as the replacement for the 775-mile Round the State Race, but while a shorter distance, it involved a 141-mile beat in up to 30 knots for the return leg from Kaula to Oahu, and many seasoned sailors commented that it was one of the toughest races they had ever experienced. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Drumbeat </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery </i><span style="font-family: arial;">rounded Kaula just minutes apart, but on the return leg </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery </i><span style="font-family: arial;">suffered a number of gear failures including the loss of both main and genoa halyards, putting them more than 2 hours behind at the finish. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVvKUXRaPocFPVcvs2Qytp_cr3G-1wK47Mywf9ISzYbaof9RBZHfC_Vnhg8VavKmISmwMT4AFWaTwwFmTgUs9LGdt7xMIiu9q4O5rPyqUSkvLx-5QlpV_JJIo-ybkEuW6MfSgG_BnXoYJUVzWC70JfldoElJJhBUyS5YoKx_BcchPTCbVHNHvL1LhxQ/s1000/Sorcery_SA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVvKUXRaPocFPVcvs2Qytp_cr3G-1wK47Mywf9ISzYbaof9RBZHfC_Vnhg8VavKmISmwMT4AFWaTwwFmTgUs9LGdt7xMIiu9q4O5rPyqUSkvLx-5QlpV_JJIo-ybkEuW6MfSgG_BnXoYJUVzWC70JfldoElJJhBUyS5YoKx_BcchPTCbVHNHvL1LhxQ/w640-h426/Sorcery_SA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>prepares to set a spinnaker in the 1994 Sydney-Hobart Race (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><i style="font-family: arial;">Sorcery</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> headed to Australia in 1994 to race in that year's Sydney-Hobart, where she finished fourth across the line, just three hours behind line honours winner </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Tasmania</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (ex-</span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-zealand-endeavour-farr-maxi.html" target="_blank">New Zealand Endeavour</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">), and 26th on corrected time (of 236 yachts). A video of that race can be seen here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RezBPcpb1X4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Sorcery</i> raced in Antigua Race week in April/May 1996 and placed second overall in the Big Boat class and top of those boats more than ten years old. She then sailed across the Atlantic to Ireland, posting a best days’ run of 274 miles, and raced in the Round Ireland Race and Ford Cork Week – in the latter she won the first light airs race of the regatta, after withdrawing from the first race after one of her 26-strong crew was flipped overboard by a running spinnaker sheet, who was eventually recovered uninjured by a rescue boat.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xt7Hpqs7vUCqCBXY7LlIgSvxJBk3-DkfTUvVsNyqbhYKHPe5zuZ2Uxp9k8q4xOyqp4LXe4eron7NrYkDRqAPP9_pYPjyjZRAFkZmOEIlcbFUSIzVLq6gQ36MGtaDuNJZ6z13bYRv9s-MTdYdV-7QjCwdeW-IEeyoku59d8VJixT_uwPHCmbo5BQOaw/s2048/2009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xt7Hpqs7vUCqCBXY7LlIgSvxJBk3-DkfTUvVsNyqbhYKHPe5zuZ2Uxp9k8q4xOyqp4LXe4eron7NrYkDRqAPP9_pYPjyjZRAFkZmOEIlcbFUSIzVLq6gQ36MGtaDuNJZ6z13bYRv9s-MTdYdV-7QjCwdeW-IEeyoku59d8VJixT_uwPHCmbo5BQOaw/w462-h640/2009.jpg" width="462" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>in 2009</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">In her last racing campaign under Woods’ ownership in the 2006 MEXORC she won all seven races against other more modern yachts such as <i>Pendragon</i> and <i>Magnitude 80</i>.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqRzsPeey5vkPk43IwEhy8uFW1pjTJ3w8vAkzy95cWm7UEtuYSHBAYYH3iqmOXILtGuWIB7CIp4o2nlO7wNAHAV7Z5qYJvp_EnMxlrlTP6dNlafQvOvyjDnuvl0mHvfGpqKYPAyZI-aHhh8ltg3G2dNudj4z_uWE3brDxFTK_bzwkggLBAmrg1JDVSA/s600/2012%20interior.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqRzsPeey5vkPk43IwEhy8uFW1pjTJ3w8vAkzy95cWm7UEtuYSHBAYYH3iqmOXILtGuWIB7CIp4o2nlO7wNAHAV7Z5qYJvp_EnMxlrlTP6dNlafQvOvyjDnuvl0mHvfGpqKYPAyZI-aHhh8ltg3G2dNudj4z_uWE3brDxFTK_bzwkggLBAmrg1JDVSA/w640-h480/2012%20interior.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Interior view of <i>Sorcery</i>, circa 2012 (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Jake Wood died in March 2007, and a subsequent obituary in Latitude 38 magazine in May 2007 noted that one aspect that had set him apart from the many owners that came and went through the ranks of various fleets was that he held onto boats that he enjoyed. So, long after the IOR Maxi fleets had gone, Woods still sailed<i> Sorcery</i>, racing her always with a huge crowd aboard in just about every Southern California, Mexican or Hawaiian event at one time or another. A life-long competitive sailor from England, John Walker, bought<i> Sorcery</i> and he relocated the yacht from Marina del Rey to Vallejo in November 2007. At some stage, possibly post-2007, <i>Sorcery</i> was fitted with a new bulbed keel. The IMUA Yacht Charter Company runs a Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ArtemisYachtChartersMaxiSorcerySailing/" target="_blank">page</a> for <i>Sorcery</i> and where readers can stay up to date with her continued maintenance and sailing events.</span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0voNm69DEoxDEhd7dQOdAOvdG9mHY0fIw2xeVKQ1Oxrilg4e49W__SoYavtHuzUMkARVxAp0-2N01LalPFJfBRkdRhMurZJW0QOkXWfO88g75hzdSMn11U1yizc_WkQgf33BWaiz3Co2cl9TVAfrCPphCF16OG_HG_oQUUSKwSHErelvEKDaAkC1vUQ/s525/Relaunch%20June%202021_Svends%20Bay%20Marine_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="525" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0voNm69DEoxDEhd7dQOdAOvdG9mHY0fIw2xeVKQ1Oxrilg4e49W__SoYavtHuzUMkARVxAp0-2N01LalPFJfBRkdRhMurZJW0QOkXWfO88g75hzdSMn11U1yizc_WkQgf33BWaiz3Co2cl9TVAfrCPphCF16OG_HG_oQUUSKwSHErelvEKDaAkC1vUQ/w640-h608/Relaunch%20June%202021_Svends%20Bay%20Marine_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>being relaunched in June 2021 following a refit at Svends Bay Marine (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Other photographs and information on <i>Sorcery </i>can also be seen on the Histoiredeshalfs website</span><a href="https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Maxis%20Monos/Sorceery.htm" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank"> here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-39484529673107790712022-12-22T00:20:00.100-08:002024-03-15T16:45:56.996-07:00Windward Passage (Gurney Maxi)<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-Di9QRdMMjIS99sqAq0jHeTR5roHOLdljF5UnD5V_n8a8j0j-x1gb3qJKFRMXl6aO5QDXI4RMKLzmNUh1Z6ehzqiA6vITaDN_aQh0l1fFKxTmnPdW2SpA0MGWhS2HeZVwrQPao-UIXsyXPg7aPM7aCDrAXhNIGsCAW0PYecp5G7CL0FIWTpXueowJA/s1000/WP%201980%20CC_Uhl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-Di9QRdMMjIS99sqAq0jHeTR5roHOLdljF5UnD5V_n8a8j0j-x1gb3qJKFRMXl6aO5QDXI4RMKLzmNUh1Z6ehzqiA6vITaDN_aQh0l1fFKxTmnPdW2SpA0MGWhS2HeZVwrQPao-UIXsyXPg7aPM7aCDrAXhNIGsCAW0PYecp5G7CL0FIWTpXueowJA/w640-h428/WP%201980%20CC_Uhl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage</i>, seen here racing in the 1980 Clipper Cup (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was one of the best-known Maxi yachts of the IOR period, and greatly admired for her longevity that spanned much this era, thanks to continual upgrades and the age allowance provisions of the rule. <i>Windward Passage</i> was designed by Alan P Gurney for Robert Johnson of the New York Yacht Club, to replace his earlier yacht </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ticonderoga</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, and the ocean racer was built by Grand Bahama Yacht Builders. She was 72ft 9in long, just below the 73ft maximum length then imposed for the Bermuda Race, with a relatively light displacement of 80,000lb and an easily driven dinghy-like hull form, and a balanced blade rudder without a skeg – a combination that was markedly different to any other large yachts of her time. Her original configuration was that of a ketch (where the rudder was set abaft the mizzen), with the mainmast forestay set off a short bowsprit.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyltWk9jwI2SwJtN8JY9qSoNA4lTsSpcqfNZHr4LV0HtjvzDeY7GuF-z42tFg68F08WiuKx8sig068vT9_07575LPg6TT7qZ9e0snmUm2R6hkhDaE-FBvq3vjPqaYporOip3tzQjyzL8-UXdXpw29QZqC40h6GWLLopnvPJl9ZIjyUyXL2t25Xb4n6EA/s585/WP_Original%20Profile.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyltWk9jwI2SwJtN8JY9qSoNA4lTsSpcqfNZHr4LV0HtjvzDeY7GuF-z42tFg68F08WiuKx8sig068vT9_07575LPg6TT7qZ9e0snmUm2R6hkhDaE-FBvq3vjPqaYporOip3tzQjyzL8-UXdXpw29QZqC40h6GWLLopnvPJl9ZIjyUyXL2t25Xb4n6EA/w562-h640/WP_Original%20Profile.jpg" width="562" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The original design for <i>Windward Passage </i>(above) and interior profile and plan arrangement (below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNinl4D_bz94gMoJb0z2_yYdo_YAGq6wYsy1tRY6STs0lKMyixyZQ52zvy_ue4GBW9BczlyRPqsDy-LHYMI6jW9doroAG1gq7vlMi-QJ6iDwrvUqobX3wVhh-3dWXnF603-LusrcDtWSa31fq1IOhBBdLRIv-qQ_W87Eesxub90hecW11_3fxjoahVw/s1047/WP_Profile%20and%20plan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1047" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNinl4D_bz94gMoJb0z2_yYdo_YAGq6wYsy1tRY6STs0lKMyixyZQ52zvy_ue4GBW9BczlyRPqsDy-LHYMI6jW9doroAG1gq7vlMi-QJ6iDwrvUqobX3wVhh-3dWXnF603-LusrcDtWSa31fq1IOhBBdLRIv-qQ_W87Eesxub90hecW11_3fxjoahVw/w640-h378/WP_Profile%20and%20plan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;">’s unusual design reflected Gurney’s thinking at the time for a truly competitive yacht, and incorporated some unique features in her construction, utilising triple diagonal spruce planking, covered with Dynel set in epoxy resin, laid over longitudinal Douglas fir and spruce stringers and plywood structural bulkheads approximately 6ft apart, to laminated fir floor timbers, stem, keel and beams (at the time she was considered to be the second-largest spruce structure in the world, after the massive </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Spruce Goose</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> airplane - she was in fact the largest such structure because the </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Spruce Goose</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> incorporated a variety of other types of wood). Her plywood deck was also covered in Dynel. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was built under a tent in an empty lot in Freeport, Grand Bahama. The first shipment of lumber for the boat was unloaded in November 1967, and she was launched just one year later.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKblweUh9G0aRwBi_-12WQ49pV7iPFb-NTpRkKibSuhkThp6swOEwWEasSBr2gKlpVO6C5-xbVgL7FRpu9ICT8VVDEOZsuEX5uUiH_XVT7_oVgKiOmRfDCOPZJmrMNHs5n6lmt-MCFBRCo8Zbwa-z8M-HkJ1E9aHzIYXyKfADsIXM3UfWkv32ASnIBQ/s960/WP%201970_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKblweUh9G0aRwBi_-12WQ49pV7iPFb-NTpRkKibSuhkThp6swOEwWEasSBr2gKlpVO6C5-xbVgL7FRpu9ICT8VVDEOZsuEX5uUiH_XVT7_oVgKiOmRfDCOPZJmrMNHs5n6lmt-MCFBRCo8Zbwa-z8M-HkJ1E9aHzIYXyKfADsIXM3UfWkv32ASnIBQ/w480-h640/WP%201970_fb.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">An early photo of <i>Windward Passage</i> (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Within a month, and with an IOR rating of 70.9ft (replacing her original CCA rating issued in December 1968 of 76.8ft), <i>Windward Passage</i> had won her first race, the Miami to Palm Beach event, which she won again in 1969, and took top honours in the Miami/Nassau race, and the Transpac, setting new records for both. Johnson died in 1969 but his sons, Mark and Fritz, continued to campaign the yacht. In 1971 she broke her own Transpac record (with a time that stood until 1977 when <i>Merlin</i> snatched the prize). </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wen8JUk301NC8nP1LQPjzHVlJueiR1ZItTQg5KBAI9Oz1zr-TiauB7R99M9PgNwANqGfFyBBzSytY1RSYxwzNs59wNeSGIG9_mxy6jdVAtBLpVi6B-yAQXN28MuYaC1-Ff4ZeDxpLRoO1T4aiHqA5MDvZ17Wgl10527s9T-KdvsPPvIPL46X98NbMA/s800/WP%201975%20S2H_SA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wen8JUk301NC8nP1LQPjzHVlJueiR1ZItTQg5KBAI9Oz1zr-TiauB7R99M9PgNwANqGfFyBBzSytY1RSYxwzNs59wNeSGIG9_mxy6jdVAtBLpVi6B-yAQXN28MuYaC1-Ff4ZeDxpLRoO1T4aiHqA5MDvZ17Wgl10527s9T-KdvsPPvIPL46X98NbMA/w520-h640/WP%201975%20S2H_SA.jpeg" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>during the record-breaking Sydney-Hobart race in 1975</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">She competed in the 1975 Southern Cross Cup, sailing as part of the South Australian team (which finished eighth), and enjoyed an epic battle with <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/kialoa-iii-s-maxi.html" target="_blank">Kialoa III</a></i> in that year’s Sydney to Hobart race. An early easterly gave way to hard running north-easterly conditions, with all of the fleet clocking high mileages. <i>Passage</i> and <i>Kialoa</i> were within sight of each other all the way to the finish, with <i>Kialoa</i> taking line honours in a new record time of 2 days 14 hours and 36 minutes (nearly 11 hours faster than the previous record set in 1973 by the 73-footer <i>Helsal</i>, with <i>Passage </i>just 23 minutes behind, although both boats finished well down in the fleet on corrected time). A video of this race can be seen in the <i>Kialoa </i>link above.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj931x9akt-9BLkFRAMhR0d505bnsX3VAmlY1i5dyIcwoFMXKUEN3OmRDMd-dz8xxYgh7C9dnTYYgminZ9RbnUD1KpwjOPdacPY76mEzbR2XdTdwU4m3nsS_BTnZt_OQtzrRVBaz0XS2j_zsH0LD3R2MJ0qn_0DzeiES18Z6pmG6pJmPIs0vIe1yHjl3Q/s1778/WP%201971%20BBS_fb%20E%20Moe.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1391" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj931x9akt-9BLkFRAMhR0d505bnsX3VAmlY1i5dyIcwoFMXKUEN3OmRDMd-dz8xxYgh7C9dnTYYgminZ9RbnUD1KpwjOPdacPY76mEzbR2XdTdwU4m3nsS_BTnZt_OQtzrRVBaz0XS2j_zsH0LD3R2MJ0qn_0DzeiES18Z6pmG6pJmPIs0vIe1yHjl3Q/w500-h640/WP%201971%20BBS_fb%20E%20Moe.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>crosses <i>Kialoa </i>III in San Francisco, date unknown (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Windward Passage</i> then joined <i>Kialoa III</i> and others in the 1976 Hobart-Auckland race, with <i>Kialoa</i> setting another record time (just over seven days) and beating <i>Passage</i> by nearly three hours. Following her regular beatings by <i>Kialoa</i>, Fritz Johnson added 20ft to both of <i>Passage</i>’s masts, and although this boosted her rating to 72.6ft, she re-emerged as a winner in the 1977 Big Boat Series</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwY8QnQN44vUL45KxFGht1HVWA1yTuUlIJmfQlUSwChGAH6SXeO_cgnF503vmG5S4ZSmD814NJbSFD1ZukCEEaNRnYDpxBUP0cCSvoa1SLN9nx9pnvkpepxaSMPNLRmHewS0Veq9gUZeVOfHeoeHorr6EjWe5gOAXkhGoLUhRkCxyyD5PsDzRB-wMZw/s1000/WP%201977%20Transpac%20finish_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwY8QnQN44vUL45KxFGht1HVWA1yTuUlIJmfQlUSwChGAH6SXeO_cgnF503vmG5S4ZSmD814NJbSFD1ZukCEEaNRnYDpxBUP0cCSvoa1SLN9nx9pnvkpepxaSMPNLRmHewS0Veq9gUZeVOfHeoeHorr6EjWe5gOAXkhGoLUhRkCxyyD5PsDzRB-wMZw/w426-h640/WP%201977%20Transpac%20finish_fb.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>surges towards the finish line of the 1977 Transpac Race (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Later, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> travelled back to Australia for the 1977 Southern Cross Cup, teaming up with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Phantom</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> for one of the two 2-boat US teams (with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa III</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> joining </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Bravura</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). This series was notable for a major collision between the two maxis in the first race of the regatta, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> hitting </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> on her port quarter during a leeward mark rounding, resulting in a large hole in </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;">’s hull above the waterline and significant deck damage, caused by a combination of the bow and the sawing action of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;">’s heavy wire bobstay. This also put </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> at serious risk of losing her main mast as the bowsprit and headstay were no longer supported. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> protested </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(and won), but was unable to race again until the Sydney-Hobart finale. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> had to sit out the second race, and finished 20th in the third race.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qg_7Qv9xLnje6YVk1UfIiKTpY0HxrzpQbfgzOFBnFfiN9-a0yS00B8MkmjKWxbxlwtcMWlMiZAv91wAUuNHr2TPB0KfX7UwpW_PhoAtUbixOGgPfGRR30M9Jd-KLDgAcOKP9tq9gst9vZnR7sKl1oGTlk1qnd_7nDYQ9kC0WxRGOxDtFBz8cl8r63g/s1000/WP_Gurney_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="797" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qg_7Qv9xLnje6YVk1UfIiKTpY0HxrzpQbfgzOFBnFfiN9-a0yS00B8MkmjKWxbxlwtcMWlMiZAv91wAUuNHr2TPB0KfX7UwpW_PhoAtUbixOGgPfGRR30M9Jd-KLDgAcOKP9tq9gst9vZnR7sKl1oGTlk1qnd_7nDYQ9kC0WxRGOxDtFBz8cl8r63g/w510-h640/WP_Gurney_fb.jpg" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage </i><span style="font-family: arial;">racing in Sydney in the 1977 Southern Cross Cup (photo Guy Gurney)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The Sydney-Hobart race that year was a storm-tossed affair that resulted in a heavy retirement rate and a subsequent inquiry by the event organiser, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. The wind abated at the end of the race for much of the fleet, but </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa III</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> made it across the finish before the breeze really dropped out, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> taking out a corrected time victory and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> taking third (behind Australia’s </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;">).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQP_ulTXBIRobZyzYrUulevbxcPoB5zg-rv68EbHv-LgqCd8wEY19TL0nlsIh52_tuHo87EYqJa3opongK_Pf-cQvWcHvicOpaw09FQC1ogVv1qu25sj1RZlQ9vHJIDUTl7poXrf60KhYTRt2r5KOSOxXhc0UbJifCRVrpllEsy69M6mG9yj5N6KaSbw/s903/WP%201977%20mods.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQP_ulTXBIRobZyzYrUulevbxcPoB5zg-rv68EbHv-LgqCd8wEY19TL0nlsIh52_tuHo87EYqJa3opongK_Pf-cQvWcHvicOpaw09FQC1ogVv1qu25sj1RZlQ9vHJIDUTl7poXrf60KhYTRt2r5KOSOxXhc0UbJifCRVrpllEsy69M6mG9yj5N6KaSbw/w468-h640/WP%201977%20mods.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The conversion of Windward Passage to a sloop in 1978</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Kilroy made further changes to <i>Kialoa III</i> on his return trip to the US via Auckland, with significant underbody modifications, and this was the trigger for <i>Windward Passage</i> to be re-rigged as a sloop and fitted with a new keel before the 1978 Big Boat Series. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA7FHjJ4UsnSL2UEP68bKWFclU4OEQVbWukRI5o736B3Aj_6_gw4tgpTwD14X1wkwj8QETJUiWo6JMf-QEZ13KiElPuKwdkbaouqTnjdM-nEc7S9WusBr8qk94nk6VRxq2M_CsE8zJ2PwvcNWS0MGNoOPL8Zhjc1Kp9yD8Z5_4y0YO-2tYV4OcN82hA/s959/WP%201978_fb.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="959" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA7FHjJ4UsnSL2UEP68bKWFclU4OEQVbWukRI5o736B3Aj_6_gw4tgpTwD14X1wkwj8QETJUiWo6JMf-QEZ13KiElPuKwdkbaouqTnjdM-nEc7S9WusBr8qk94nk6VRxq2M_CsE8zJ2PwvcNWS0MGNoOPL8Zhjc1Kp9yD8Z5_4y0YO-2tYV4OcN82hA/w640-h640/WP%201978_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>after conversion to a sloop (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Windward Passage</i>, now with a lower rating of 67.7ft, contested the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/06/clipper-cup-1980.html" target="_blank">1980 Clipper Cup</a>, with the Maxis dominating overall results in the first three races, with <i>Mistress Quickly</i> winning opening Around Oahu race and <i>Passage</i> taking line and handicap honours in the first two Olympic triangles. Going into the final race, the Round the State, <i>Passage</i> had a clear lead on individual points, but despite taking line honours in the series finale ended up as third yacht overall (and first Maxi) after <i>Ragamuffin </i>and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/12/shockwave-davidson-46.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a> </i>sailed strongly to put enough lower rated boats between them and <i>Passage.</i> </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnVIxPFoTXpnYaG2w_D2CtQJ7KJfkp0_9TOCzMSf2E2tXN1r81kR4TbkMv7fo-TM37dqMxBJDpi4H8QDJX4R3OfCwyofOhZh7Ssct8iV9ofY9J98HpXBiwobKbPPZsSFjm_ehkyBLScfRRO6NAn39rmNqC1kh9qAb6s7w18mEtRBmgXQpKr3Nt8_2iB9O/s1200/CC80_WP_Gurney_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1200" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnVIxPFoTXpnYaG2w_D2CtQJ7KJfkp0_9TOCzMSf2E2tXN1r81kR4TbkMv7fo-TM37dqMxBJDpi4H8QDJX4R3OfCwyofOhZh7Ssct8iV9ofY9J98HpXBiwobKbPPZsSFjm_ehkyBLScfRRO6NAn39rmNqC1kh9qAb6s7w18mEtRBmgXQpKr3Nt8_2iB9O/w640-h438/CC80_WP_Gurney_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>during the 1980 Clipper Cup (photo Guy Gurney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXRWlsvRmBh1NWFTU1VImWrnJ-LaYNB3iYfvgQUA-JTdnEFzKdpGSWL2PxoY8PPxoB9KrdxwWk_DtBeS52NbsheriGfPP-UVO7WvnT2JRbe1mMFMgyd9n-9vl03dTT-U-7Pkmdaaig3Pzx8zm4omAhl5Ws6YYx83D0oMy0HWnVmLvvkv236h_SY2t9w/s1000/WP%201980%20Clipper%20Cup_Phil%20Uhl.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXRWlsvRmBh1NWFTU1VImWrnJ-LaYNB3iYfvgQUA-JTdnEFzKdpGSWL2PxoY8PPxoB9KrdxwWk_DtBeS52NbsheriGfPP-UVO7WvnT2JRbe1mMFMgyd9n-9vl03dTT-U-7Pkmdaaig3Pzx8zm4omAhl5Ws6YYx83D0oMy0HWnVmLvvkv236h_SY2t9w/w640-h428/WP%201980%20Clipper%20Cup_Phil%20Uhl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Above and below, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Windward Passage </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">during the 1980 Clipper Cup (photos <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4u6eniST3jR74Vd1idDdvAdWtfY3Mb2JzfZ4hk7HPN3ioxQrlCJRJ7xrVjd7B-fOSrRLGp5ZI32LP63weJYMBGbbvM-1FYkqNzjrvxXQifSAGYvteDLekrzqdxMJ1NryKMNWS520VYiML42G13y4-VKQW4hEM76kNoDM8mvDwuk6n9r1pKSkaCSjPA/s919/WP%201980%20CC_Uhl%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4u6eniST3jR74Vd1idDdvAdWtfY3Mb2JzfZ4hk7HPN3ioxQrlCJRJ7xrVjd7B-fOSrRLGp5ZI32LP63weJYMBGbbvM-1FYkqNzjrvxXQifSAGYvteDLekrzqdxMJ1NryKMNWS520VYiML42G13y4-VKQW4hEM76kNoDM8mvDwuk6n9r1pKSkaCSjPA/w464-h640/WP%201980%20CC_Uhl%20fb.jpg" width="464" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0rcW2PJdcMes5vZUFnK2EmyQcbBACQjbrl5ajcJB4L8AyeABymV6fxHWM0Dvwm_W5TpT3RVOICfkx_S7nVtLjOviwTcRbIb3LG7uUmlW52IjaQ1z8IsZ6RP_thheGRrFHAlIHtvjNr_fw9FBcYVbW0j9VOzuaQI1J399-jV3jSEyKNCtPjx79BFxqA/s1000/WP%201980%20BBS_Uhl%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0rcW2PJdcMes5vZUFnK2EmyQcbBACQjbrl5ajcJB4L8AyeABymV6fxHWM0Dvwm_W5TpT3RVOICfkx_S7nVtLjOviwTcRbIb3LG7uUmlW52IjaQ1z8IsZ6RP_thheGRrFHAlIHtvjNr_fw9FBcYVbW0j9VOzuaQI1J399-jV3jSEyKNCtPjx79BFxqA/w640-h426/WP%201980%20BBS_Uhl%20fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage</i> seen here during the 1980 Big Boat Series (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2s-cWv05n3ad-zA_FRhpWgvcnp3e202N3lqJIzTDOL06lDomAAlDocrV_XKflbIkM0Uae4zBU-1vbo9N1C7AMSWk3i8wAGR-uuUkJjXuJuLYUSXaEuXt3bK6aXVEKq-Pla6dn5LxJg8aplDawSJ5K8nG_FYrwilMU1vW7FWcEdKd8_BuSrn_FE3L5FA/s800/Windward%20Passage_SORC%201981.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="800" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2s-cWv05n3ad-zA_FRhpWgvcnp3e202N3lqJIzTDOL06lDomAAlDocrV_XKflbIkM0Uae4zBU-1vbo9N1C7AMSWk3i8wAGR-uuUkJjXuJuLYUSXaEuXt3bK6aXVEKq-Pla6dn5LxJg8aplDawSJ5K8nG_FYrwilMU1vW7FWcEdKd8_BuSrn_FE3L5FA/w640-h432/Windward%20Passage_SORC%201981.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">An aerial view of <i>Windward Passage </i>by Guy Gurney during the 1981 SORC</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill Johnson of Atlanta (no relation) bought <i>Windward Passage</i> in the early 1980s, describing it as a “once-in-a-lifetime boat”. He commissioned Doug Peterson, with the assistance of Gurney, to redesign the underbody with a new keel and a titanium rudder and installed a lot of new gear, from the engine to winches and navigation, and a new 110ft-tall mast. These changes increased her rating to 68.3ft but also her competitiveness, and she went on to win her class at the 1982 SORC. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQltBg2jq0s1CUIJh2S8INVsLpol9fd_kBN3eh_CGxHvDV0CAN-YetChnGx5JDa59Q-U3ThWbzF-8WnuuGzG9Ewa51V54vFN8mBvFLLOmnm1r8aqhUggkfrXAVCVPqT0SRevVOh6Fe1xEkUMdIXCxGHvyBqZeRTtsvU3llu7fsV2cj9NRlnARylp60DQ/s1200/WP%201982%20SORC%202_Gurney_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1200" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQltBg2jq0s1CUIJh2S8INVsLpol9fd_kBN3eh_CGxHvDV0CAN-YetChnGx5JDa59Q-U3ThWbzF-8WnuuGzG9Ewa51V54vFN8mBvFLLOmnm1r8aqhUggkfrXAVCVPqT0SRevVOh6Fe1xEkUMdIXCxGHvyBqZeRTtsvU3llu7fsV2cj9NRlnARylp60DQ/w640-h430/WP%201982%20SORC%202_Gurney_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>in action (above and below) during the 1982 SORC (photos by Guy Gurney | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39C4MPTCtAG1mGR3AJh1nJzuM2J6U4Yw6WdlqaoyMXIjbXRAV7A0-dVlU8XRDTCDxV2g5LEHoV9VNQvHUyJ-3HbDqRJYJMLHgmJAoIquA-n_9gno3XUTIvvwdgCxtnGZKkXoDWxm5N3RWZmnKDM5DyC91PiXbor3Y5oeqzT7XWrG7NQ4cmp0ZKTZsWA/s1200/WP%201982%20SORC_Gurney_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39C4MPTCtAG1mGR3AJh1nJzuM2J6U4Yw6WdlqaoyMXIjbXRAV7A0-dVlU8XRDTCDxV2g5LEHoV9VNQvHUyJ-3HbDqRJYJMLHgmJAoIquA-n_9gno3XUTIvvwdgCxtnGZKkXoDWxm5N3RWZmnKDM5DyC91PiXbor3Y5oeqzT7XWrG7NQ4cmp0ZKTZsWA/w640-h426/WP%201982%20SORC_Gurney_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8v3uu2sFD_WfP5rGZX-mWdCe1bkYEpT0FNu-BaPXta5BLX_HEXO86tbu6tfsOwrqCyKmcQ5FrfvWWbx6Xx0thtyLxQU_zb9bP-NzuNgHeLXUL2uB9VyNECFfu7Bn0TXCgWaiTVhE8tWPFQ575UHD5iCd8wN6m8L_cQBSQ3ZUDyMZh3OU2imnIR9NVw/s995/WP%201982%20CC_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="995" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8v3uu2sFD_WfP5rGZX-mWdCe1bkYEpT0FNu-BaPXta5BLX_HEXO86tbu6tfsOwrqCyKmcQ5FrfvWWbx6Xx0thtyLxQU_zb9bP-NzuNgHeLXUL2uB9VyNECFfu7Bn0TXCgWaiTVhE8tWPFQ575UHD5iCd8wN6m8L_cQBSQ3ZUDyMZh3OU2imnIR9NVw/w640-h396/WP%201982%20CC_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Condor of Bermuda </i>and <i>Windward Passage </i>in close windward mark action during the 1982 Clipper Cup (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQKe_pR3Ud6TvSEY4De_Byngf8eOcGXliiP0N6KtzJznuiEtkEDxiMaUbiyMl_TGD1ITpipv5J121GeOmFLqm4Gqfgd9RRPJbnbWgasltwZDzKsvvNTfBEUZMIHeMsMvlGboWqg8X1Vd7Pk06zTvhcFGZgau2kcdDoUsANY5hSsFdYCUTPOj6ecLaEJ2o/s1000/CC82_WP_Uhl_fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="669" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQKe_pR3Ud6TvSEY4De_Byngf8eOcGXliiP0N6KtzJznuiEtkEDxiMaUbiyMl_TGD1ITpipv5J121GeOmFLqm4Gqfgd9RRPJbnbWgasltwZDzKsvvNTfBEUZMIHeMsMvlGboWqg8X1Vd7Pk06zTvhcFGZgau2kcdDoUsANY5hSsFdYCUTPOj6ecLaEJ2o/w428-h640/CC82_WP_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>runs downwind during the 1982 Clipper Cup with her spinnaker and blooper in perfect trim (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Later that year she joined eight other Maxis for the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/07/1982-clipper-cup.html" target="_blank">1982 Clipper Cup</a>, including </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa IV</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Condor </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Condor of Bermuda</i><span style="font-family: arial;">. The series was affected by stronger than usual winds, but </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Passage</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> took it in her stride, surfing past </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Condor</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Kialoa</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> on the downwind blast on the return leg to Molokai, taking line honours in a record setting 15 hours 33 minutes. However, she lost her mast in the Round the State race, and so finished the series in fourth place in Class A (3/1/1/3/DNF).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS0mPaPu2gZYU1fs8Fwd1tn-LXb-RDANNpucXMPlZMRHNvasoP1QN-i55yU9H6duM0P2pNfUpKhhxDM9BDK5vINGESJJktx5eevh07auKIRa1cTu1YRse9XuS50t-mOS1hQRgIx3IkMv7a9xGoDvsv_KNZOER0imygwdBn22rg7UKlp9nVJiM9SMF9A/s1000/WP%201982%20CC_Nth%20shore%20of%20Molokai_Uhl%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS0mPaPu2gZYU1fs8Fwd1tn-LXb-RDANNpucXMPlZMRHNvasoP1QN-i55yU9H6duM0P2pNfUpKhhxDM9BDK5vINGESJJktx5eevh07auKIRa1cTu1YRse9XuS50t-mOS1hQRgIx3IkMv7a9xGoDvsv_KNZOER0imygwdBn22rg7UKlp9nVJiM9SMF9A/w430-h640/WP%201982%20CC_Nth%20shore%20of%20Molokai_Uhl%20fb.jpg" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>in strong winds typical of the 1982 Clipper Cup (photo<a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank"> Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The lost mast was replaced by one from Hood Yacht Systems with a Proctor boom. This had to be installed in Florida which ruled our Johnson’ original plan to compete in the 1982 Big Boat Series.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLtuUl680mMqao4lMdpSOE2gDtMIiPGXUp3Nf5TdmTO848KcQ9AL4-pkC_WHWbjgH9RBt0vlHA4dsxoiGqgyCtnIG8rPn-YvFt_A-U0Egi4mo5LOEkjnDRqnMeMRCxmZh4FOATeCGKML7-SpEpOZVAnAkw91n1PCVGW4RkpWg5FgupSfkz8BAr4ltLA/s869/WP%201983_SORC%20L%20Moran.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="869" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLtuUl680mMqao4lMdpSOE2gDtMIiPGXUp3Nf5TdmTO848KcQ9AL4-pkC_WHWbjgH9RBt0vlHA4dsxoiGqgyCtnIG8rPn-YvFt_A-U0Egi4mo5LOEkjnDRqnMeMRCxmZh4FOATeCGKML7-SpEpOZVAnAkw91n1PCVGW4RkpWg5FgupSfkz8BAr4ltLA/w640-h492/WP%201983_SORC%20L%20Moran.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A contrast in design styles and eras, <i>Windward Passage </i>in light airs during the 1983 SORC, alongside <i>Kialoa IV </i>(photo Larry Moran)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">By the time of the 1983 season <i>Windward Passage</i> was benefitting significantly from the IOR Mk IIIA age allowance formula (qualifying in ‘Division 1’ of the rule that applied to yachts with hull date of 12/1972 or earlier), as well as the age allowance administered under the SORC regatta. This factor yielded a rated length measurement ‘L’ some 10ft less than her competitors, which offset higher 'DLF' and 'SHR' measurements (see table below). Her rating for this series reduced to 67.0ft, some 3ft less than the 70.0ft Maxi limit. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhtkbsQP9uf0p_TFaeFzba--9w7hdFCag9Q5LJ2CFgaVOuJLp8N9RJUr0YpMzZV52F_HXGnaU3SwIe8_CEYzTQLTBox3agjMDWWAWRmn3fa6TKWvSiFuepF4nI7SCM41WD2srlYtQGspVs7bPvWEZgPuRGTjUkoHLHJE2TWtNHKkZj69uMB5tCBiJlQ/s1579/IOR%20Measurements_1983%20SORC.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="1579" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhtkbsQP9uf0p_TFaeFzba--9w7hdFCag9Q5LJ2CFgaVOuJLp8N9RJUr0YpMzZV52F_HXGnaU3SwIe8_CEYzTQLTBox3agjMDWWAWRmn3fa6TKWvSiFuepF4nI7SCM41WD2srlYtQGspVs7bPvWEZgPuRGTjUkoHLHJE2TWtNHKkZj69uMB5tCBiJlQ/w640-h88/IOR%20Measurements_1983%20SORC.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Key IOR measurements for some of the Maxis at the 1983 SORC (Seahorse)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ll6xArMNVl-XAYOt5FGCzqCzyGbeEAbYJLi9hQXsxfmR22H7v3a9nPyT6ya5oxh3hojYwbfDAvt5HhAKxgVzLtI4jl9WQR3dj0B5KaMbu9TFtmXxnGqvh0gWXxPd3NsDzWdZxf49mDzLkS3QVqfh97ciGJpFkNXjYOeyya8gEAq2_r34XYY-WHNq5A/s1000/WP%201983%20SORC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ll6xArMNVl-XAYOt5FGCzqCzyGbeEAbYJLi9hQXsxfmR22H7v3a9nPyT6ya5oxh3hojYwbfDAvt5HhAKxgVzLtI4jl9WQR3dj0B5KaMbu9TFtmXxnGqvh0gWXxPd3NsDzWdZxf49mDzLkS3QVqfh97ciGJpFkNXjYOeyya8gEAq2_r34XYY-WHNq5A/w640-h426/WP%201983%20SORC.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Startline action during the 1983 SORC, with<i> Windward Passage </i>to leeward of <i>Kialoa IV</i>, <i>Nirvana</i> and <i>Condor</i> (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">It was noted in previews to the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/07/sorc-1983.html" target="_blank">1983 SORC</a> that her speed producing characteristics, following her keel and rig modifications in 1982, were such that she would be in a position to perform at least as well as her rivals while benefitting from her new rating advantage. She was some 9,000 to 10,000lbs lighter than the newer boats on an effective waterline only fractionally shorter than her competition, while sporting a rig of equal size to the others in absolute size and considerably larger when compared to her lighter displacement.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-Tirg_RvPHaY7HDn6QEDUA1_0vJGncfSG712AP_eYByhk-eBtI2Ei1uyftyjs-urcIJyljL7nFP-LNKhBOhbsZ58Ykm4kZVvYOmfpD9UH9bplteuP-1o8GivNo8HWfbRRxQ2C5ap4GCpCmbHdBUTkch6eV3U-XOxrst8V32VTk4Oq7TYQ7Fhfm7nTA/s854/WP%201983%20SORC_Moran.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="699" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-Tirg_RvPHaY7HDn6QEDUA1_0vJGncfSG712AP_eYByhk-eBtI2Ei1uyftyjs-urcIJyljL7nFP-LNKhBOhbsZ58Ykm4kZVvYOmfpD9UH9bplteuP-1o8GivNo8HWfbRRxQ2C5ap4GCpCmbHdBUTkch6eV3U-XOxrst8V32VTk4Oq7TYQ7Fhfm7nTA/w524-h640/WP%201983%20SORC_Moran.jpg" width="524" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>powers to windward during the 1983 SORC (photo Larry Moran)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk00aDh01txsxi7blrXZHSoqoOSwvaoYZyOQ5WrFo52wqo3hRa5L87rrD3q43tKGmCIjZmCrt5hcjruOcAnDZLiXwfSaD0Npa2PkrgV_AVXp5QSyrFJ1aJU10PyqPaUWGopOtcmjZWZ_Ka4Cjv3SHxvJcnu8JYBh_4dBJj9PxmvOXOVsYF1BXgYHOaA/s1000/WP%201983%20SORC_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk00aDh01txsxi7blrXZHSoqoOSwvaoYZyOQ5WrFo52wqo3hRa5L87rrD3q43tKGmCIjZmCrt5hcjruOcAnDZLiXwfSaD0Npa2PkrgV_AVXp5QSyrFJ1aJU10PyqPaUWGopOtcmjZWZ_Ka4Cjv3SHxvJcnu8JYBh_4dBJj9PxmvOXOVsYF1BXgYHOaA/w640-h428/WP%201983%20SORC_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>and <i>Kialoa IV</i> (and <i>Nirvana </i>just visible on the right) in pre-start manoeuvres during the 1983 SORC (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl </a>| Facebook) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">So it proved, and <i>Windward Passage</i> finished second in Class A (but 57th overall) behind <i>Kialoa IV</i> and with results of 1/3/DNF/2/2/7. Notably, she finished ahead of newer boats such as <i>Boomerang</i>, <i>Condor, <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/11/midnight-sun-peterson-maxi.html" target="_blank">Midnight Sun</a> </i>and <i>Nirvana</i>. The DNF occurred in the Lipton Cup, which featured some very tight racing in the Maxi fleet. At the Lauderdale mark, <i>Midnight Sun</i> bore away to pass to leeward as <i>Passage </i>heeled to a gust while the crew were dousing the spinnaker - as she heeled the head of the spinnaker and its halyard blew to leeward, forming a loop into which <i>Midnight Sun </i>poked her bow. As she pressed forward, <i>Midnight Sun </i>was pulled into the side of <i>Passage </i>by the halyard. At the same time a crewman had been flicked into the water when she heeled and was entangled with the spinnaker, and only swift action by another crew member in cutting the spinnaker halyard saved him from a potentially serious injury. <i>Passage </i>retired while the crewman was rushed to hospital by the Coast Guard (and later discharged). </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLEarBjLO9GKN0QV4G7CoiOPXfw8Ujcp314mAHNoRWMkosQ7IlkDRjLCdE55_N8NQQ_Btw5dI0g1ut4EQ69JHF2Ix4ookXLW_h0XNrZf3fGvdoyk75GIeMhWAul3ZHkrtq-ZyR9l0u409Q_BNJ2E6eoi5CfFXlrnrIsGjEBFQnIc1QTVb2GxHvUom_w/s480/WP%201983%20SORC_Moran_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="411" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLEarBjLO9GKN0QV4G7CoiOPXfw8Ujcp314mAHNoRWMkosQ7IlkDRjLCdE55_N8NQQ_Btw5dI0g1ut4EQ69JHF2Ix4ookXLW_h0XNrZf3fGvdoyk75GIeMhWAul3ZHkrtq-ZyR9l0u409Q_BNJ2E6eoi5CfFXlrnrIsGjEBFQnIc1QTVb2GxHvUom_w/w549-h640/WP%201983%20SORC_Moran_2.jpg" width="549" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>during the St Petersburg to Ft. Lauderdale Race during the 1983 SORC (photo Larry Moran)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbmZyGvCI1GRoMNloBU6E2Spm6ZGmwVuu83b5cb8GlUSf4JgDo1dlxgo9oh6XguJM_e375yreKKn_C3Ee9r4P5QkEA7Rgt7QrT5BpuX_gGsM_Yxbi8SjjC0zm7m5jAvtUmW22OI7qGiefXNzjNMQNf79_1ZQxahKIax_rK44WsV9bnmDBwr0BQrUFwA/s1870/117757482_3042886149093584_7520193576879421908_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="1870" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbmZyGvCI1GRoMNloBU6E2Spm6ZGmwVuu83b5cb8GlUSf4JgDo1dlxgo9oh6XguJM_e375yreKKn_C3Ee9r4P5QkEA7Rgt7QrT5BpuX_gGsM_Yxbi8SjjC0zm7m5jAvtUmW22OI7qGiefXNzjNMQNf79_1ZQxahKIax_rK44WsV9bnmDBwr0BQrUFwA/w640-h418/117757482_3042886149093584_7520193576879421908_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>seen here during a start in the 1983 SORC, to leeward of the S&S62 <i>War Baby </i>(photo <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Sharon Green Ultimate Sailing</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NgD5GkqBHfV85NFGi6CtUpcp9tZKvGCfk8RWoEYvxpygQOYFdHiGcB6s_N3oBm5lVapyPcwgWxqRVn3ysDB8Cf38FviW6NIxWipNV5lxXPOK4OwSjhQu8FKiFJ1g6ZGibrpj_MH7Dt-P5saRPJbcyXXu0XBO_sHC446v6lTZr_LT5yXmN7bJqXeRkw/s1000/Maxis_1983%20SORC%20Nassau_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NgD5GkqBHfV85NFGi6CtUpcp9tZKvGCfk8RWoEYvxpygQOYFdHiGcB6s_N3oBm5lVapyPcwgWxqRVn3ysDB8Cf38FviW6NIxWipNV5lxXPOK4OwSjhQu8FKiFJ1g6ZGibrpj_MH7Dt-P5saRPJbcyXXu0XBO_sHC446v6lTZr_LT5yXmN7bJqXeRkw/w640-h430/Maxis_1983%20SORC%20Nassau_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>along with other Maxis <i>Midnight Sun</i>, <i>Condor</i>, <i>Nirvana</i> and <i>Kialoa IV </i>at the start of the Nassau Cup finale during the 1983 SORC (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2ymASfGA9Y42lEMONInmMLx6bsimk2UZUhx2XdoprN_UTT9yqWBhJI2ZW24SBBh_lSF7FJPXBx9vIeLbkz3jWCQpshIE3DxvXQedIFHlgPbTSFDEHa5GQ_64keFiwBVTwgMoJkPi7nOCtqPNQz1WdKE_ue-jEbbacP4reFdPnK53Oe1jJFhqn53m9Z7j/s767/SORC83_WP_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2ymASfGA9Y42lEMONInmMLx6bsimk2UZUhx2XdoprN_UTT9yqWBhJI2ZW24SBBh_lSF7FJPXBx9vIeLbkz3jWCQpshIE3DxvXQedIFHlgPbTSFDEHa5GQ_64keFiwBVTwgMoJkPi7nOCtqPNQz1WdKE_ue-jEbbacP4reFdPnK53Oe1jJFhqn53m9Z7j/w438-h640/SORC83_WP_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="438" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>seen here during a stopover in the 1983 SORC, with smaller yachts <i>Thunderbolt </i>(Class D) and <i>Charisma V </i>(Class E)<i> </i>visible in the foreground (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i>Windward Passage</i> went on to compete in the 1984 SORC, where she again entered the record books with a strong easterly arriving for the second race, the 365-mile St Petersburg-Fort Lauderdale race. These conditions suited her perfectly and she finished in 39 hours 14 minutes, often sustaining speeds in excess of 16 knots, and allowed her to beat <i>Kialoa IV</i> by a full 15 minutes. However, she finished the series in third place in Class A (placings of 3/2/5/7/4/5), behind <i>The Shadow</i> (a Soverel 55-footer) and <i>Kialoa</i>, and 45th overall in what turned out to be a small boat bonanza that year.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JwX_BAySU3abk0HT1eByEe1byfFa8g6a-s5jvozFZCiWM95CY6sbLuD6FwncWFWfYamzH3umSvdKNaZkEzsYHoSjUxuce-a9zC-SzvYO7e7HB3j1BQBoLCrLxFVrA849aD7GQtm4bpGgvO1RO0aSkDQvIFyM7EETcT_L9oB2k_nXUWBI6jsY5r2awg/s972/WP%201983_historiedeshalfs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="972" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JwX_BAySU3abk0HT1eByEe1byfFa8g6a-s5jvozFZCiWM95CY6sbLuD6FwncWFWfYamzH3umSvdKNaZkEzsYHoSjUxuce-a9zC-SzvYO7e7HB3j1BQBoLCrLxFVrA849aD7GQtm4bpGgvO1RO0aSkDQvIFyM7EETcT_L9oB2k_nXUWBI6jsY5r2awg/w640-h426/WP%201983_historiedeshalfs.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>under new ownership and sailing in Australia (photo Historiedeshalfs <a href="http://histoiredeshalfs.com/Maxis%20Monos/Windward%20P%20Avant.htm" target="_blank">website</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">She was then bought by Australian Rod Muir in 1985, who took the yacht to Tim Gurr’s yard in New Zealand for a complete refit, where she was stripped to her bare hull and her keel and stern were redesigned. The floors were replaced with an aluminium space-frame and new bulkheads of ply over foam were installed, along with a new composite deck and cockpit. She raced in the 1985 Sydney-Hobart race, finishing 60th on corrected time.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizCNOxcjOuvq7h_vUhlAaytwSsf0_5zUnvcbN_RU3S4eT3LUBpxPfaZrGF-DsfifetqxUzW7fMasxKbXKrJ58z8wADuvpFbREFwfwUZM7tRp6OYrm0x-ikVrbdFlvvW7tVoDFKjYvE7s-9dyqLUeYDLQuAK-jsTe1NgX9ABe0mIufR7wTmu5QiwGI8Q/s960/WP%201986%20KC%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="960" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizCNOxcjOuvq7h_vUhlAaytwSsf0_5zUnvcbN_RU3S4eT3LUBpxPfaZrGF-DsfifetqxUzW7fMasxKbXKrJ58z8wADuvpFbREFwfwUZM7tRp6OYrm0x-ikVrbdFlvvW7tVoDFKjYvE7s-9dyqLUeYDLQuAK-jsTe1NgX9ABe0mIufR7wTmu5QiwGI8Q/w640-h566/WP%201986%20KC%20cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>- the poster yacht for the 1986 Kenwood Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Having missed the 1984 Clipper Cup series, <i>Windward Passage</i> was back for the 1986 edition, now re-named the Kenwood Cup, although the only other Maxi to sail that year was <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/01/sorcery-mull-maxi.html" target="_blank">Sorcery</a></i>. <i>Sorcery</i> beat <i>Windward Passage</i> in the Molokai Race by 12 minutes, but it was much closer in the series finale, the 775-mile Round the State race, with<i> Sorcery</i> edging out <i>Passage</i> by just under 2 minutes and taking overall honours in Class A (<i>Passage </i>was third, behind <i>Marishiten</i>, a Nelson-Pugh 62-footer). She then raced in the 1986 Sydney-Hobart, finishing 15th on corrected time.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_o2hcXIaB5J1qB-hikoX2vxNuTha4tUZ4BvfctQBoJ4BwHYlLvDokWPyU3SRTBVC8qXfCj1QbOO7vETN_ebok6-Z8sepwQduPFtiPuZkI4Kne3REhdzrmv51n1rj0IS9Ed2WQrGSDLpkKVl7nySAQJQuqAWViD9akC_Kv4yn_PJeONG9BMuPnYRVerA/s960/WP%201986%20CC_S%20Green_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="657" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_o2hcXIaB5J1qB-hikoX2vxNuTha4tUZ4BvfctQBoJ4BwHYlLvDokWPyU3SRTBVC8qXfCj1QbOO7vETN_ebok6-Z8sepwQduPFtiPuZkI4Kne3REhdzrmv51n1rj0IS9Ed2WQrGSDLpkKVl7nySAQJQuqAWViD9akC_Kv4yn_PJeONG9BMuPnYRVerA/w438-h640/WP%201986%20CC_S%20Green_fb.jpg" width="438" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage</i> in power reaching conditions during the 1986 Kenwood Cup (photo <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Sharon Green Ultimate Sailing</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwTMba0aMgfXzvw2FKneIBlV3pGvarku9VCrqUdCPHDRvT34fx4QpHpQNVRq8dxqj_lbEOcmGGmqtcr8DFomlyGUig07MOMPX4WXPUKb1f8PQ6dy4ToPBSQH-MlBYswW-ldBkd_9RAomCC2bBkHzqtos09ab4Z0waW9FYRFGYepQzkr6odST3hCKwaQ/s960/WP%201986%20KC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwTMba0aMgfXzvw2FKneIBlV3pGvarku9VCrqUdCPHDRvT34fx4QpHpQNVRq8dxqj_lbEOcmGGmqtcr8DFomlyGUig07MOMPX4WXPUKb1f8PQ6dy4ToPBSQH-MlBYswW-ldBkd_9RAomCC2bBkHzqtos09ab4Z0waW9FYRFGYepQzkr6odST3hCKwaQ/w480-h640/WP%201986%20KC.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Above and below, images of <i>Windward Passage </i>during the 1986 Kenwood Cup (photos Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20ihXOMJRIsO6a3LSOyH_mQ0OFcGUkank9jJFUJqzuKeg-CVXxsTmxRsPnLPOkDWGdMn80ZIp9rbMj7YWH0ArluGlw-oBL5WrLeKmITCdQg2Em85vENoZq3DiJHyvbk_VB4lQXNfkELIll6zEHAXVe3AKEptvTcLlGdAFZ9dwvKo2-mvt63NB_D4S9g/s2048/WP%201986_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="2048" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20ihXOMJRIsO6a3LSOyH_mQ0OFcGUkank9jJFUJqzuKeg-CVXxsTmxRsPnLPOkDWGdMn80ZIp9rbMj7YWH0ArluGlw-oBL5WrLeKmITCdQg2Em85vENoZq3DiJHyvbk_VB4lQXNfkELIll6zEHAXVe3AKEptvTcLlGdAFZ9dwvKo2-mvt63NB_D4S9g/w640-h560/WP%201986_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Muir then commissioned a new boat, a fractional maxi designed by German Frers, named <i>Windward Passage 2</i>. He campaigned both yachts in 1989, including the Sydney-Newcastle race.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91kJNhNRwb_ye9Vt0f2ig79JuH1oimJuslWS03oHmOUz2ZJCAmTHgd2os9oRthaM9JXEUN3AhnMlbNK2CydJdsfdOIG9T9_2OoeuaiMUbLkU7vFcP4ofLEUC4F8dMs1lUwNAt3k4qMZ9lT4w1sllG3qBD_QC_y0WPqmZ-4oF4tsSxDAs6BFaaJjDtTg/s1802/WP%201988%20Newcastle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1802" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91kJNhNRwb_ye9Vt0f2ig79JuH1oimJuslWS03oHmOUz2ZJCAmTHgd2os9oRthaM9JXEUN3AhnMlbNK2CydJdsfdOIG9T9_2OoeuaiMUbLkU7vFcP4ofLEUC4F8dMs1lUwNAt3k4qMZ9lT4w1sllG3qBD_QC_y0WPqmZ-4oF4tsSxDAs6BFaaJjDtTg/w640-h428/WP%201988%20Newcastle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>and <i>Windward Passage 2 </i>at the end of the Sydney-Newcastle Race in 1988</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Peterson designed further modifications for the boat after she was retired from racing by Muir, with a shorter rig and shoal keel, along with interior and deck modifications. It appears she had a second life as a charter yacht in the early 1990s, and she has undergone further upgrades and modernisation and is now looking as good as ever, and being sailed from Newport Beach, California.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XmTMOLwB3pJtOydaWJP3i_5l67ny_uATvZuZh-Rm4E9O7uenRZtzI0nvAWazKrVD4jaE_St0NLrBdCMxws_GWqmHgePPgSxF4XZl2Qx7Ljc1zcA60EFzFim5bD8DegCAlTxt-rTT9zK0hoCWoGRibH-wm3ExaaBxHEgUVWsikL6g008WZncIBiF9Nw/s1890/WP%202022%20April_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1890" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XmTMOLwB3pJtOydaWJP3i_5l67ny_uATvZuZh-Rm4E9O7uenRZtzI0nvAWazKrVD4jaE_St0NLrBdCMxws_GWqmHgePPgSxF4XZl2Qx7Ljc1zcA60EFzFim5bD8DegCAlTxt-rTT9zK0hoCWoGRibH-wm3ExaaBxHEgUVWsikL6g008WZncIBiF9Nw/w640-h428/WP%202022%20April_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windward Passage </i>looks to be in fine form in these photographs (Facebook) from 2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDelm8i6j-zfjrGJCk9ta3T_j6isdCGfkLqSLIJiA3VavNv09yn9LxcIt9Rh4VQWuGlkjkeWP0FI0-Pi8pNsslaoxHYJWRIaTmTjPeWoQnWmfelY_el_WqpXEUcZCLX0srq-rpDaB5TIxL3BjXL-SzwY_293lX6JbOoVQUwERUnsfwaHfH9esjDTGiYA/s2048/WP%202022_June_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDelm8i6j-zfjrGJCk9ta3T_j6isdCGfkLqSLIJiA3VavNv09yn9LxcIt9Rh4VQWuGlkjkeWP0FI0-Pi8pNsslaoxHYJWRIaTmTjPeWoQnWmfelY_el_WqpXEUcZCLX0srq-rpDaB5TIxL3BjXL-SzwY_293lX6JbOoVQUwERUnsfwaHfH9esjDTGiYA/w640-h480/WP%202022_June_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iNRJgEqLor8ztxyLvBwR_ZFn52JvDjGJzdrDVOJKqUWfmgx2i7mQwGhKsSyjSXwWt--52pAEghQE9QWmfaZw8VIDkSIbRoaac4wEhuyBhTV1FJhQypgatn6F--xbcOZmeSjuzBN22Xrx5lnnx3fSGLlrgKNL-kygeSnGuh5Jq1hubVXDD6lQuGxZCQ/s1999/WP%202022_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="1999" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iNRJgEqLor8ztxyLvBwR_ZFn52JvDjGJzdrDVOJKqUWfmgx2i7mQwGhKsSyjSXwWt--52pAEghQE9QWmfaZw8VIDkSIbRoaac4wEhuyBhTV1FJhQypgatn6F--xbcOZmeSjuzBN22Xrx5lnnx3fSGLlrgKNL-kygeSnGuh5Jq1hubVXDD6lQuGxZCQ/w640-h502/WP%202022_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A new book about <i>Windward Passage</i> ('<i>Windward Passage - A Maxi-yacht in her Sixth Decade</i>', by Randall Peffer) is now available <a href="https://www.woodenboatstore.com/products/windward-passage-1" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Article updated January 2024</span></i></div><div><br /></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-7591600436826547592022-11-26T22:32:00.014-08:002023-07-14T19:05:54.927-07:00Juno V (Farr 50)<span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmG6iJjLJXlDLCYlftFzTQgLxnSTAHEARTXo9Z1xV1vmUqbA715EgS2Yk6rjsyapH6ecY4yjmNj8RoQEQuLFj-_j4JDnVqr6zj3xLcd2R3-8sg9tNW9_5hU-A4SS5bL5rlYUJ_dY4OG6nZaXhAhB-6YFxSQ9pK9ow_LYHHPuiiUzxToWQuJEhGRB40UQ/s994/Juno%20V_1991.PNG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="994" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmG6iJjLJXlDLCYlftFzTQgLxnSTAHEARTXo9Z1xV1vmUqbA715EgS2Yk6rjsyapH6ecY4yjmNj8RoQEQuLFj-_j4JDnVqr6zj3xLcd2R3-8sg9tNW9_5hU-A4SS5bL5rlYUJ_dY4OG6nZaXhAhB-6YFxSQ9pK9ow_LYHHPuiiUzxToWQuJEhGRB40UQ/w640-h444/Juno%20V_1991.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>racing in the first 1991 50-Foot World Cup race at Key West (photo stitched together from a North Sails advertisement from the period)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno V</i> was English sailor Mike Peacock’s follow on yacht from his 1987 One Tonner <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/07/juno-humphreys-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Juno III</a></i>, and 1989 Two Tonner <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/06/juno-iv-castro-44.html"><i>Juno IV</i></a>. She was designed by Bruce Farr to compete in the highly competitive 50-foot circuit and the 1991 World Cup, and with a view towards filling the big-boat slot for Britain in the 1991 Admiral's Cup. <i>Juno V</i> was Farr design #224m, being a derivative of near sistership designs <a href="http://www.farrdesign.com/224.html" target="_blank">#224</a> <i>Mandrake</i> and <i>Springbok</i>. While her dimensions are not published, a comparison of design #224 to the earlier generation <a href="http://www.farrdesign.com/203.html" target="_blank">#203</a> <i>Carat</i> shows slightly less overall length (49.6ft) and more beam and a little more displacement. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRIyp09UibHwtwd0S37XyLivPq9wfwToWJpjSD41Wt_elrfXWY3nyVOwSy_pvdhbyphSOWrNvzCkxUTWC_pCjcrIIZZ94DV8g5Wbyys1ABHXPiGd5UnoHIuWyVi4NYjUySJ-LFdNnzEIJjQA19TJrEhXX0ZKBZfYZ0W4Mk2zD67HeWfQ7WobEHhf7sQ/s1245/juno%20admiral%20cup%201991%20p8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1245" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRIyp09UibHwtwd0S37XyLivPq9wfwToWJpjSD41Wt_elrfXWY3nyVOwSy_pvdhbyphSOWrNvzCkxUTWC_pCjcrIIZZ94DV8g5Wbyys1ABHXPiGd5UnoHIuWyVi4NYjUySJ-LFdNnzEIJjQA19TJrEhXX0ZKBZfYZ0W4Mk2zD67HeWfQ7WobEHhf7sQ/w640-h382/juno%20admiral%20cup%201991%20p8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>in Cowes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno V</i> was built by Green Marine, all in carbon fibre with foam and honeycomb core in the hull and an all honeycomb core in the deck. Because she was built to race in the Admiral’s Cup, and would have to cope with the conditions that might be encountered in the Channel Race and Fastnet Race, she was built a little more heavily than the circuit-only Fifties, including carrying a stronger (and heavier) mast.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmyAMuTdTZGyFZagLlf2r60B69gOPwte-QlVkP26Z697drV5FkYW0u_2tpLTYvXl93KjlH4d7eqJqhK-s5zDo0d7MRLEMVdV-gkXaNFnYMzZruU04hPjUOAjDUCGB-ALEGJ40yohAUHOz_xPI1scH_XinzRTdPNn_BcovxS3Mrqj0-SV6kZirEaGHXg/s1276/Juno%20V%201991%20picture%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1276" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmyAMuTdTZGyFZagLlf2r60B69gOPwte-QlVkP26Z697drV5FkYW0u_2tpLTYvXl93KjlH4d7eqJqhK-s5zDo0d7MRLEMVdV-gkXaNFnYMzZruU04hPjUOAjDUCGB-ALEGJ40yohAUHOz_xPI1scH_XinzRTdPNn_BcovxS3Mrqj0-SV6kZirEaGHXg/w640-h460/Juno%20V%201991%20picture%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>working up in early trials in Cowes (photo shockwave40 blog)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno V</i> was sailed for the first time in the Solent in November 1990 (flying North working sails and Sobstad spinnakers) so that builder Bill Green could take care of any last-minute modifications before the boat was shipped to Miami for the World Cup Florida regattas in early 1991, including Key West, which featured a very competitive fleet of 15 boats.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqBfeaT7gw_cenrozL1xL6eDr1HyV0ZoGqudyV8zJdQVxUnRcp0RuRaLykxI8-JDTyFcaJSSHtc00jyltXabL_JhXwt0_4TZBXyMgoVS2GWJsj7b9e3xfd_J3CblU25pRJ9KKXhjBkqUBz1qBRKhUI3y98T4Z2jskz0WMsGk2gCSLFr4Hs_90Naq5vJSd/s558/Juno%20V_Yachting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="558" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqBfeaT7gw_cenrozL1xL6eDr1HyV0ZoGqudyV8zJdQVxUnRcp0RuRaLykxI8-JDTyFcaJSSHtc00jyltXabL_JhXwt0_4TZBXyMgoVS2GWJsj7b9e3xfd_J3CblU25pRJ9KKXhjBkqUBz1qBRKhUI3y98T4Z2jskz0WMsGk2gCSLFr4Hs_90Naq5vJSd/w640-h426/Juno%20V_Yachting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V</i> in the thick of the action during the Key West regatta, 1991 (photo Yachting magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFvdQTookIw3DA_FEP9caxTQJHlabpAxDE3Mb5BEd4yAphYgTyf2m9K8uPlRNVJSm-NQCCm11M03lJ5XtTfAzgEglKnJ3sE-nGqiV1Klxvvi4ByHHYzkWfAPNLW0GJBh9wWDh0fdmfLhdE-PLsU5Jr3J25XaYDzLjCYNHramT47ypgA8qYMkVXFdKHA/s783/Juno%20V_Key%20West%201991.png" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="629" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFvdQTookIw3DA_FEP9caxTQJHlabpAxDE3Mb5BEd4yAphYgTyf2m9K8uPlRNVJSm-NQCCm11M03lJ5XtTfAzgEglKnJ3sE-nGqiV1Klxvvi4ByHHYzkWfAPNLW0GJBh9wWDh0fdmfLhdE-PLsU5Jr3J25XaYDzLjCYNHramT47ypgA8qYMkVXFdKHA/w514-h640/Juno%20V_Key%20West%201991.png" width="514" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>on her way to winning Key West, January 1991 (photo Seahorse)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjtls8z-0FrKF3atUnPc8QDbHgpM7ZTu5qv_BedwGgIhAeFbeGRFZbjgxN0M2C4qMiL1e3Q1Elu7oAhnlEZ8ILsGBgHsHC6rWZLfWQO8CAvg_Oe-X_M_0RqmVEukqke065J329cNucBNY8P6Hpltyqb3nyTViyzTYWx_O42h2S0NV5d4iGeRjVpSDkg/s1274/Juno%20V_1991.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1274" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjtls8z-0FrKF3atUnPc8QDbHgpM7ZTu5qv_BedwGgIhAeFbeGRFZbjgxN0M2C4qMiL1e3Q1Elu7oAhnlEZ8ILsGBgHsHC6rWZLfWQO8CAvg_Oe-X_M_0RqmVEukqke065J329cNucBNY8P6Hpltyqb3nyTViyzTYWx_O42h2S0NV5d4iGeRjVpSDkg/w640-h392/Juno%20V_1991.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>approaching Cowes Marina, possibly just prior to or during the 1991 Admiral's Cup (photo shockwave40 blog)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After a poor first race (10th) at Key West, <i>Juno V</i> put her mark on the series from Day 3, winning the first two races of the day. Although she finished the regatta with two ninths, the series was notable for the lack of dominance by any one boat, and she took out the event, just 2.25 points ahead of <i>Heaven Can Wait</i> and <i>Champosa VII</i>. She was lucky in the last race to just avoid a pile up at the first windward mark between <i>Carat</i>, <i>Capricorno</i> and <i>Windquest</i>, dipping just to leeward of the wreckage and then shoot the weather mark and continue racing. <i>Juno V</i> also benefited from improved reliability against the likes of <i>Fujimo</i> and <i>Champosa VII</i> who had encountered difficulties in the windier and warm-up races.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6862TO5lP4augkHhN6x7cBt3J5aFYv1HcTCnIyhgPgRe8spw-tBrbbmnqGI9-k1_R4Hi80DTNpHufNutTYIDj944a6viYmocgSZIIFHv8QLu8CU18HiQt8x4X65Q1HzuPWkJmCFeGTAq9pjNSuOgcwAX-M2uT814uTW7xhyQT2YjvzxpXWZR-u5G5Jg/s1251/juno%20admirals%20cup%201991%20p1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1251" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6862TO5lP4augkHhN6x7cBt3J5aFYv1HcTCnIyhgPgRe8spw-tBrbbmnqGI9-k1_R4Hi80DTNpHufNutTYIDj944a6viYmocgSZIIFHv8QLu8CU18HiQt8x4X65Q1HzuPWkJmCFeGTAq9pjNSuOgcwAX-M2uT814uTW7xhyQT2YjvzxpXWZR-u5G5Jg/w640-h468/juno%20admirals%20cup%201991%20p1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>during the 1991 Admiral's Cup, above and below (photo shockwave40 blog)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrT8SsURhl3JSb4NSp3HYeaN21_rRunT5UmOh-f32csarloFIf1vYcfuO_viFAafwiihcpfKkJbD2RUE1F9pwf4rJ4Sn1xIKVMjhqN_31ykmqQ_bcprXq4jNjJmpujVf2emxMFOQbX2bfM4t_ddzrmHfDaxqN6H7GckqXeWAAKgqPglaNTVeEzxV_g1Q/s1280/Juno%20V%20-%20AC%201991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1280" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrT8SsURhl3JSb4NSp3HYeaN21_rRunT5UmOh-f32csarloFIf1vYcfuO_viFAafwiihcpfKkJbD2RUE1F9pwf4rJ4Sn1xIKVMjhqN_31ykmqQ_bcprXq4jNjJmpujVf2emxMFOQbX2bfM4t_ddzrmHfDaxqN6H7GckqXeWAAKgqPglaNTVeEzxV_g1Q/w640-h302/Juno%20V%20-%20AC%201991.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">For the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/05/admirals-cup-1991.html" target="_blank">1991 Admiral’s Cup</a>, <i>Juno V</i> was joined by the Farr Two Tonner <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/05/wings-of-oracle-farr-two-tonner.html" target="_blank">Wings of Oracle</a></i> and the Dubois One Tonner <i>Port Pendennis</i>. The Official History of the Admiral’s Cup notes that “Britain’s team served as an indication of how fast the pool of Admiral’s Cup boats was slipping away. Only Mike Peacock’s new Farr 50, <i>Juno V</i>, was the old style of yacht: owned by a private individual and sailed by pretty much a Corinthian amateur crew, headed in this instance by Mike McIntyre".</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPTDWZMfIPektCvsBXzCdtVMnLG20WjiV0D9oMbPA-Ae0U7vHtVzmTCd3PG_XguJQJdEJYPw-zKA1bkHU7P3adVU6fUZEJ54sIcrH99RQ5NzCqWt0-oPe4du7McXVatjy8XZk2Ga5jk1k2tSZhJEaYwwDyqCvXqlbvDcS1OimLdFcj1QSETI0atdQyg/s1024/Will%20and%20Juno.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="1024" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPTDWZMfIPektCvsBXzCdtVMnLG20WjiV0D9oMbPA-Ae0U7vHtVzmTCd3PG_XguJQJdEJYPw-zKA1bkHU7P3adVU6fUZEJ54sIcrH99RQ5NzCqWt0-oPe4du7McXVatjy8XZk2Ga5jk1k2tSZhJEaYwwDyqCvXqlbvDcS1OimLdFcj1QSETI0atdQyg/w640-h336/Will%20and%20Juno.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>(right) ahead of<i> Will </i>during the 1991 Admiral's Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Unable to repeat her 50-Foot circuit form, <i>Juno V</i> finished fifth of the eight 50-Footers, with placings of 2/6/3/4/2/7, and while <i>Port Pendinnis</i> sailed strongly in the One Tonner division, <i>Wings of Oracle</i> was less impressive and the team finished fourth overall.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ag0JgYqM4KDWivBogW331_NN_ts6rEoqa5yQTtaL6xpE-qOvdB1OKQiSq2baBrq7Im3VHxR-K2haR2cNnH_wzssqF0mgEoZl43EM7g0gcZnzQy-G0iJpPjM_zrxsAWgomauOL3Wos2eNbcAkqeUiSemqrQCkuQ-B4RroYqaNmD_i2Apz34kyhzKPEA/s757/Juno%20derek%20stroud%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="589" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ag0JgYqM4KDWivBogW331_NN_ts6rEoqa5yQTtaL6xpE-qOvdB1OKQiSq2baBrq7Im3VHxR-K2haR2cNnH_wzssqF0mgEoZl43EM7g0gcZnzQy-G0iJpPjM_zrxsAWgomauOL3Wos2eNbcAkqeUiSemqrQCkuQ-B4RroYqaNmD_i2Apz34kyhzKPEA/w498-h640/Juno%20derek%20stroud%201.jpg" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno V </i>during the 1991 Admiral's Cup (photo Derek Stroud)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The 1991 World Cup concluded with a regatta in Miura, Japan, in early November 1991. <i>Juno V</i> didn’t make the podium in this series, but did enough to finish second in the overall World Cup standings, just 4.5 points behind <i>Abracadabra</i>.</span><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0prS7KB-a0Q0UW8xNCgSL2FSOz4dDXtYg1tGfxIVh1vzB4lNkraJN1Ie6-9NTjWrqemRkESdZrE25WZHlF9oYXPlyYLhOb8Mv2LilZbQ8ej1-LkwKh51ZmZfj74Oj0YIhRmKPGJxYH8LDI_Llh2RYCTTpW286PCNLBaJZKLe8C1ZVKWkOd3jIRC6Ow/s1850/Fifties_Lymington%201993.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1850" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0prS7KB-a0Q0UW8xNCgSL2FSOz4dDXtYg1tGfxIVh1vzB4lNkraJN1Ie6-9NTjWrqemRkESdZrE25WZHlF9oYXPlyYLhOb8Mv2LilZbQ8ej1-LkwKh51ZmZfj74Oj0YIhRmKPGJxYH8LDI_Llh2RYCTTpW286PCNLBaJZKLe8C1ZVKWkOd3jIRC6Ow/w640-h388/Fifties_Lymington%201993.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Indulgence </i>(dark blue hull) during a Lymington Regatta ahead of the 1993 Admiral's Cup (photo Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno V</i> was later bought by Graham Walker and became the latest (and eighth) <i>Indulgence</i>, and Walker then took it upon himself to line up two team-mates for the 1993 Admiral’s Cup – no small task as by this time IOR racing was all but dead save for a few pockets of interest: the One Ton circuit and 50-Foot World Cup. Walker’s ‘chef d’equipe’ Peter Morton secured <i>GBE International</i> (ex-<i>Port Pendennis</i>) and <i>Provezza Source</i> (ex-<i>Unibank</i>) from Turkey. The problem was, however, that the British took control of these two boats only days before the Admiral’s Cup started. <i>Indulgence</i> did not get into her stride until half way through the series, her original skipper Eddie Warden Owen being replaced by Chris Law, who had flown in from Australia just three days before the first race. Indeed she saved her best for the last race, leading the 50-Foot fleet home in the Fastnet, crossing the line just two lengths ahead of Syd Fischer’s <i>Ragamuffin</i> (Australia), with France’s <i>Corum Saphir</i> a further few lengths behind. But the perils of bringing together a last-minute team to race at Admiral's Cup level were clearly apparent, with the team finishing a lowly sixth overall.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJVM_GjO7FwJ3Ok2HsjeAgd9ZZ2Dns27ysJbOrudGJ21UdIB4lCBJSTWfAJzFJZkfkI2AXHhLI3H7vTgj59LBPSQEMbj4j_65NsjdORMPov3b8a7mvtXtw7S6oOPdsIAoJT7TCg0IvDk_wxIIaX4f9xH7PW6vrLoDYixZIeeiw7Z8pbcN6yFgQIoNQg/s1280/Indulgence%2050.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJVM_GjO7FwJ3Ok2HsjeAgd9ZZ2Dns27ysJbOrudGJ21UdIB4lCBJSTWfAJzFJZkfkI2AXHhLI3H7vTgj59LBPSQEMbj4j_65NsjdORMPov3b8a7mvtXtw7S6oOPdsIAoJT7TCg0IvDk_wxIIaX4f9xH7PW6vrLoDYixZIeeiw7Z8pbcN6yFgQIoNQg/w640-h426/Indulgence%2050.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3rIGjH5l17uWREdCmoHR8l_mEb8Gb-55uWtzTkLC8LWBQ9884TSdmXZEaEqXLekBc6dRO-S6o7W75dH0aTUh-EIauomzADnzfxu07T3BOQk7bzwgDsPN9diEb4TwlcXzqlUuEcGIA0DNtOS89Uv66FteLn1kuFLQmaOe8dwvM5MM_7nXkg_LmHZF8g/s351/segelevent1.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="351" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3rIGjH5l17uWREdCmoHR8l_mEb8Gb-55uWtzTkLC8LWBQ9884TSdmXZEaEqXLekBc6dRO-S6o7W75dH0aTUh-EIauomzADnzfxu07T3BOQk7bzwgDsPN9diEb4TwlcXzqlUuEcGIA0DNtOS89Uv66FteLn1kuFLQmaOe8dwvM5MM_7nXkg_LmHZF8g/w640-h422/segelevent1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The history of <i>Indulgence</i> through the 1992 and final 1993 year of the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-international-50-foot-class-part-4.html" target="_blank">50-Foot</a> World Cup and the following years are not known, but she later became <i>Manado</i>, racing as a charter vessel in Sweden (photos above). She is now looking a bit worse for wear, at least below the waterline, and has recently been surveyed by Lars Klingstrom, of <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/11/featured-yacht-flirt-of-paget.html" target="_blank">Flirt of Paget</a></i> fame, and some of his photographs are shown below. </span></div></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsMYMT779xQLIWvDtN95PVcJlWyPNMUyBHiaS-Q_iQHsh5nINCEufl5pn9Q3OkwdLRGkGaeKQ0xZlfOBcO-m1_vqz2G4JgFJo3twH5kL-XOzL5fPzNvLm_V2dlTpvnNDMLzs6fAB21OQvXybC7L4gxDeaO4A7UC81-r275zo6cLPokzzOpddyNW3Tow/s1668/Indulgence%2050_Nov%2022_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1668" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsMYMT779xQLIWvDtN95PVcJlWyPNMUyBHiaS-Q_iQHsh5nINCEufl5pn9Q3OkwdLRGkGaeKQ0xZlfOBcO-m1_vqz2G4JgFJo3twH5kL-XOzL5fPzNvLm_V2dlTpvnNDMLzs6fAB21OQvXybC7L4gxDeaO4A7UC81-r275zo6cLPokzzOpddyNW3Tow/w640-h332/Indulgence%2050_Nov%2022_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The topsides still retain a high gloss finish (above and below) (photos Lars Klingstrom)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gKVPq-NWmWvHdhsK6LvRyDBbLhDvUZUgA9pTMXaBAw7Hn3IvnxTLsXMeb3Q9r_RjUDSAH_c8E-rEcllMZ6tmdLtN35h8o44p4Sa1-SXIEukk65atCBtMAAc0B3Mhl-k3ASddyKgQ_DyNDI2r5yAqEmBjwrISi4WF-1aQ9O0DzuYF3ocTLw7-pr3dgQ/s3398/IMG_5738.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2570" data-original-width="3398" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gKVPq-NWmWvHdhsK6LvRyDBbLhDvUZUgA9pTMXaBAw7Hn3IvnxTLsXMeb3Q9r_RjUDSAH_c8E-rEcllMZ6tmdLtN35h8o44p4Sa1-SXIEukk65atCBtMAAc0B3Mhl-k3ASddyKgQ_DyNDI2r5yAqEmBjwrISi4WF-1aQ9O0DzuYF3ocTLw7-pr3dgQ/w640-h484/IMG_5738.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OPSl_rl8sGzJnaaTWlASyt_IGz_mtz_FIKILRkGDZMLgl_zpquCy-4IvYxUk2t4wLN9-BZcG3752ZO_7xu2fF5096eM1WjUqyf9kFUEncIG9lelrSVNnWM_MqPAjXw9U9RQ83TGSn9ip0sh6WZjgxJPVZp9v0_VFXoMAheww-fU-76cv2GguGLIa8w/s4032/IMG_5777.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OPSl_rl8sGzJnaaTWlASyt_IGz_mtz_FIKILRkGDZMLgl_zpquCy-4IvYxUk2t4wLN9-BZcG3752ZO_7xu2fF5096eM1WjUqyf9kFUEncIG9lelrSVNnWM_MqPAjXw9U9RQ83TGSn9ip0sh6WZjgxJPVZp9v0_VFXoMAheww-fU-76cv2GguGLIa8w/w640-h480/IMG_5777.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">View aft, though the companionway towards the navigation station and aft pipe berths (photo Lars Klingstrom)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6c5DUZGnb3IFGKHoBV8RE71OrVi1oJaX8lswgWBJ-1U5Cfk0WS60jmCn-1Z_XkM36Q732z2fXxZdE4ATkxCpslKsQmFkb5YPkt8TrsIugFSJ5ji8mSALEV7EbSjmdgiAGjhb-JV9m9toq5o9MuyXHqe4asHdGzWvOl5hIPq_SwXAhOTB1xkRsTa8pA/s4032/IMG_5782.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6c5DUZGnb3IFGKHoBV8RE71OrVi1oJaX8lswgWBJ-1U5Cfk0WS60jmCn-1Z_XkM36Q732z2fXxZdE4ATkxCpslKsQmFkb5YPkt8TrsIugFSJ5ji8mSALEV7EbSjmdgiAGjhb-JV9m9toq5o9MuyXHqe4asHdGzWvOl5hIPq_SwXAhOTB1xkRsTa8pA/w640-h480/IMG_5782.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The navigation station above the engine, with the primary winch couplings close above</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> (photo Lars Klingstrom)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-46880259349480723972022-10-07T00:48:00.053-07:002022-10-13T21:32:42.428-07:00Fastnet Rock 1987<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This gallery of photographs were taken during the 1987 Fastnet Race by Michael Mac Sweeney, most of which feature the iconic Fastnet Rock, the turning mark for the race which sits just off the southern coast of Ireland. The Fastnet Race formed part of the famous Admiral's Cup event, which was won by the New Zealand team in <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/02/featured-photos-1987-admirals-cup.html" target="_blank">1987</a>, spearheaded by the top individual boat in the series <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/06/propaganda-farr-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Propaganda</a></i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uqWbyTeYw4g_6aupwel6ayJVz5mkhOWcHbuY3gMPuoAvTQkDxSP4NzTAFbNbUyqoyLqgJolgmdj793DdmZMKw4I_rCkQOcxi-keqYopLAMe2DUdtMwp4QRonXKyT-1lWpeNi7PwQ-M--JxW-Fwu0PacElQFbiYbBudsC-S4NR-kIWbXiayry6etfsA/s2048/AC87_Fastnet_Full%20Pelt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="2048" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uqWbyTeYw4g_6aupwel6ayJVz5mkhOWcHbuY3gMPuoAvTQkDxSP4NzTAFbNbUyqoyLqgJolgmdj793DdmZMKw4I_rCkQOcxi-keqYopLAMe2DUdtMwp4QRonXKyT-1lWpeNi7PwQ-M--JxW-Fwu0PacElQFbiYbBudsC-S4NR-kIWbXiayry6etfsA/w640-h440/AC87_Fastnet_Full%20Pelt.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2016/06/full-pelt-dubois-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Irish Independent/Full Pelt</a></i>, winner of the Fastnet Race after sailing a fast rhumb-line course to the Rock </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(photo Michael Mac Sweeney)<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RiujCwzM5qiUiXirI1ZkdeDBfsc-Jmzv2nK-6aMJAv_DaVN6DjFtry9JHIHm1tCP2otUq2Do6N8ya_o2pogMQq5Et-6yB9mITAgjXASXMMTqtIKrsOaK1g5nTJjaUsyasqDsYQXTI7zYk1G4lDWfWwyTES_VurVM5bovoMwqdeYN8zpTHfcW2Dlb5w/s1821/AC87_Fastnet_Propaganda_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="1821" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RiujCwzM5qiUiXirI1ZkdeDBfsc-Jmzv2nK-6aMJAv_DaVN6DjFtry9JHIHm1tCP2otUq2Do6N8ya_o2pogMQq5Et-6yB9mITAgjXASXMMTqtIKrsOaK1g5nTJjaUsyasqDsYQXTI7zYk1G4lDWfWwyTES_VurVM5bovoMwqdeYN8zpTHfcW2Dlb5w/w640-h442/AC87_Fastnet_Propaganda_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Propaganda, </i><span style="font-family: arial;">finished in fourth place in the Fastnet (photo Michael Mac Sweeney)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZf8JQB6FdqJ-v1DEokAIXV8xt-TOahVedD37lCjx5HzQIhXAgsAMJv4R03e9JUzoOB5xK8d-Uzi8XVvpid02nPe8DvMOSGaBIcZO5A4R31nssg0lx7aSihwrZAJXJc0tfA5uCq8G6GBSorcrOYoHEyXlTobMqkKLBWp0cpZmXUBiORGgrRX00KDsHGQ/s2048/AC87_Fastnet_Indulgence_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1395" data-original-width="2048" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZf8JQB6FdqJ-v1DEokAIXV8xt-TOahVedD37lCjx5HzQIhXAgsAMJv4R03e9JUzoOB5xK8d-Uzi8XVvpid02nPe8DvMOSGaBIcZO5A4R31nssg0lx7aSihwrZAJXJc0tfA5uCq8G6GBSorcrOYoHEyXlTobMqkKLBWp0cpZmXUBiORGgrRX00KDsHGQ/w640-h436/AC87_Fastnet_Indulgence_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Andrieu-designed Two Tonner </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Indulgence</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, part of the second placed British team, finished in 25th place (photo Michael Mac Sweeney)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGIcwuzjSTOZlZBPPJWEDYdhEbvpdxw8pu6SBFwVDBeK1FWVPLtewrWQX9YSrBlu39yp3tVokyEc_WRGZFHqmzSU9klWV6Wq3DDPYhZA9bWalbRT87kSzOG5qVDaLF02HhTq8D1XkVy3qjZYmT0xMJrDTWmloOWM_MqVjj54pw0NSZej9AHVlwQYDSQ/s1872/AC87_Fastnet_Insatiable.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="1872" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGIcwuzjSTOZlZBPPJWEDYdhEbvpdxw8pu6SBFwVDBeK1FWVPLtewrWQX9YSrBlu39yp3tVokyEc_WRGZFHqmzSU9klWV6Wq3DDPYhZA9bWalbRT87kSzOG5qVDaLF02HhTq8D1XkVy3qjZYmT0xMJrDTWmloOWM_MqVjj54pw0NSZej9AHVlwQYDSQ/w640-h416/AC87_Fastnet_Insatiable.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The 45-foot US yacht <i>Insatiable </i>designed by Nelson-Marek, finished 31st (photo Michael Mac Sweeney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEGC0zZFR7QtEF4YDSYjNoS8apW7agIrPLCJyllVYwYQW-1dw-s5T9oz1ghZj0WYbpGccHDWnvTSQR06V23j7-3Ws21sKEZ1IVSkCAWyoEs8gaNJ3DpSON68p5seYyGlUSLes-Ey4SAYNH0g5c21Ra-Z9iR7svZL3AF8PjXOz_yFUeBvLYrURNuZhMg/s1997/AC87_Fastnet_Mandrake%20Krizia.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="1997" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEGC0zZFR7QtEF4YDSYjNoS8apW7agIrPLCJyllVYwYQW-1dw-s5T9oz1ghZj0WYbpGccHDWnvTSQR06V23j7-3Ws21sKEZ1IVSkCAWyoEs8gaNJ3DpSON68p5seYyGlUSLes-Ey4SAYNH0g5c21Ra-Z9iR7svZL3AF8PjXOz_yFUeBvLYrURNuZhMg/w640-h430/AC87_Fastnet_Mandrake%20Krizia.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Briand-designed Two-Tonner <i>Mandrake-Krizia</i>, sailing for Italy, finished 28th (photo Michael Mac Sweeney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeHea21Q_jm4C4aitvjvX8zYT93SXbPa359TOwMox1z5RUMePlF1UbniVYqoJwGM4j7XszDHCOLSu3GKJEwTapx1D9dQPLyy8Rs4YUXr9qhysXO2r31SAHiky2p35GFV6YLopHGjTEVqJqXtFTbLWqiVDNUYdh4tZto_DEUsVtrSSA6uJvvSERiXhXw/s1987/AC87_Fastnet_Turkish%20Delight.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1987" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeHea21Q_jm4C4aitvjvX8zYT93SXbPa359TOwMox1z5RUMePlF1UbniVYqoJwGM4j7XszDHCOLSu3GKJEwTapx1D9dQPLyy8Rs4YUXr9qhysXO2r31SAHiky2p35GFV6YLopHGjTEVqJqXtFTbLWqiVDNUYdh4tZto_DEUsVtrSSA6uJvvSERiXhXw/w640-h422/AC87_Fastnet_Turkish%20Delight.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Turkish Delight</i>, a Castro-designed Two Tonner, sailing for Ireland, finished 23rd (photo Michael Mac Sweeney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A6AcTNC7tORNvvcNflTsLQ_tMgYqsigMdGmvmnL4Y0bxQodxtZahdVkdMnYaoqRj8ebSdh4KfRAlw-rfC74eL-IjuPV1VALT_9kM5xCiLiI4Vn5lMWQTySb18NZadCZFPLdZ9W2LkSucbCni3jhKOCNndIZGx18Lm2FxqUJ2qbe16fAlaO1pfu7Iqw/s689/AC87_Fastnet_Jameson%20Whiskey_post-rounding.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A6AcTNC7tORNvvcNflTsLQ_tMgYqsigMdGmvmnL4Y0bxQodxtZahdVkdMnYaoqRj8ebSdh4KfRAlw-rfC74eL-IjuPV1VALT_9kM5xCiLiI4Vn5lMWQTySb18NZadCZFPLdZ9W2LkSucbCni3jhKOCNndIZGx18Lm2FxqUJ2qbe16fAlaO1pfu7Iqw/w446-h640/AC87_Fastnet_Jameson%20Whiskey_post-rounding.jpg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Irish entrant <i>Jameson Whiskey</i>, a sistership to <i>Full Pelt </i>and also sailing for Ireland<i>,</i> seen here heading back upwind after rounding Fastnet Rock, finished 13th (photo Michael Mac Sweeney)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrelF2uLgcLItS1D-cisUgi6PacCx90iXlmNIPQpt9IEdgZiiN6lIM5mtavhNwBLodF1lPQTp72asw7PcxpzkLj3lwuwfDtly8jpsYvMeqtfk_aHww8kuFezqNnXE8j5CIGPNatPaJ2C69y19G0xdjE8bimiG4JPW2jgwfbtkMcHOxDUtwhykACSLpw/s1551/AC87_Fastnet_Swan%20Premium%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1551" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrelF2uLgcLItS1D-cisUgi6PacCx90iXlmNIPQpt9IEdgZiiN6lIM5mtavhNwBLodF1lPQTp72asw7PcxpzkLj3lwuwfDtly8jpsYvMeqtfk_aHww8kuFezqNnXE8j5CIGPNatPaJ2C69y19G0xdjE8bimiG4JPW2jgwfbtkMcHOxDUtwhykACSLpw/w640-h462/AC87_Fastnet_Swan%20Premium%20II.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Australia's <i>Swan Premium II </i>(Farr One Tonner) finished 16th (photo Michael Mac Sweeney) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJJPWzJ1dLlJyw_uvAXxWmzLCLlLf_1Uec7VTm-ATq2IWUoo_bFrScnkP6asaTJa8YKDsoPIHd4iH20wWgS5dTV2KAy2NousRIxUyI8wz5wB8_sXI3DfFmJ_6BbVZMbYaXVDyFpVgmqZ7mJWWoz8sY4sdid800CCOhozfKC7KEbrHpaRvJHF4b2Yt8g/s1636/AC87_Fastnet_I-Punkt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1636" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJJPWzJ1dLlJyw_uvAXxWmzLCLlLf_1Uec7VTm-ATq2IWUoo_bFrScnkP6asaTJa8YKDsoPIHd4iH20wWgS5dTV2KAy2NousRIxUyI8wz5wB8_sXI3DfFmJ_6BbVZMbYaXVDyFpVgmqZ7mJWWoz8sY4sdid800CCOhozfKC7KEbrHpaRvJHF4b2Yt8g/w640-h390/AC87_Fastnet_I-Punkt.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/08/i-punkt-admirals-cup-1985-and-1987.html" target="_blank">I-Punkt</a></i>, finished 33rd </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(photo Michael Mac Sweeney) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-24461716887843957372022-09-30T14:44:00.008-07:002023-07-15T20:52:56.906-07:00Maxi Worlds 1990<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This post features another great selection of photographs by Sharon Green (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a><span style="font-family: arial;">) of the action during the second stage of the 1990 Maxi Worlds, held in Maimi in late October 1990. The photos feature the increasingly dominant <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/07/matador2.html" target="_blank">Matador 2</a> </i>(launched in the previous spring and which would go on to win the 1990 Worlds overall following the third stage of the series in St Thomas), <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/03/longobarda-farr-maxi.html" target="_blank">Longobarda</a>, Passage </i>(the ex-<i>Windward Passage 2</i>) and <i>Vanitas </i>(the ex-<i>Il Moro di Venezia III</i>)<i>.</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSJfmgRi-eJqDYRenQdAsFXoubyhh9CWrlXGhnUKIBgKIRF5Yf7V1fQS4BZKOqAxvgGOR-pKifg0MSXEzWYcw2R5Ne4juKD74s2u8BMIsQxY5botYhX-l6gyTwKGCPat8mNtDVc3GzM82su5F5VzANvd2Q4a_XefDqgXhTyko7vYxuJYMEgFg0aJDgg/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSJfmgRi-eJqDYRenQdAsFXoubyhh9CWrlXGhnUKIBgKIRF5Yf7V1fQS4BZKOqAxvgGOR-pKifg0MSXEzWYcw2R5Ne4juKD74s2u8BMIsQxY5botYhX-l6gyTwKGCPat8mNtDVc3GzM82su5F5VzANvd2Q4a_XefDqgXhTyko7vYxuJYMEgFg0aJDgg/w640-h430/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Vanitas </i>ahead of <i>Longobarda</i>, <i>Matador 2 </i>and <i>Passage</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA_ORF4wYZ_fvQvmkA226VfXxEfCUC2bgChwjbRZCBxcHKw5S5BE_R-yozX06yEZaJI5abXbIrpALfTIwXjQFLGp2TTJbjzaXdDDq7miZUg0vlKrJ_ugTlKpeaM9TWcw3n_UYcfAnhXzaxtWN8F531Ma60PVUmoWwk92WHSWSrJPsMWpND2s4c2qwqg/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2048" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA_ORF4wYZ_fvQvmkA226VfXxEfCUC2bgChwjbRZCBxcHKw5S5BE_R-yozX06yEZaJI5abXbIrpALfTIwXjQFLGp2TTJbjzaXdDDq7miZUg0vlKrJ_ugTlKpeaM9TWcw3n_UYcfAnhXzaxtWN8F531Ma60PVUmoWwk92WHSWSrJPsMWpND2s4c2qwqg/w640-h450/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Vanitas </i>leads <i>Longobarda</i>, <i>Matador 2 </i>and <i>Passage </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHk5yWFXaYOztOLW0T1MrmqMSqsT5o9I8SA0Y8CmcQ39pHkzhGIeXPJM42kL4rFOL-1eKGgEzNN9EeB1hWdbxGPSVkSoBt1UBXN00URctUP-mYM13rDeCwPrIIPg1LEiaxjy9nrYHACchuodAYmEu-DFp_j8Zf8Z7Pc1Itr_3Lxy31XvtP5OZu-WuXvg/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1827" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHk5yWFXaYOztOLW0T1MrmqMSqsT5o9I8SA0Y8CmcQ39pHkzhGIeXPJM42kL4rFOL-1eKGgEzNN9EeB1hWdbxGPSVkSoBt1UBXN00URctUP-mYM13rDeCwPrIIPg1LEiaxjy9nrYHACchuodAYmEu-DFp_j8Zf8Z7Pc1Itr_3Lxy31XvtP5OZu-WuXvg/w570-h640/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(10).jpg" width="570" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador 2 -</i> the longest and heaviest Maxi in the fleet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87GE8BZPfrzUvnueUAGhHFqJvS_OGx_HcaIqYGvCP10TJIje_gTGuvdpHMHVaE81exXAWx9cETBhrWpMRsB6E-uuR7auFcDfKDqnECF15pc_UoDiAmEHxUG7GOTtg3qDYWwB0Eow_j48BFn6BYQX48YaVqWYf11ZLiujPye80eGghLqy_tGnAy59HbQ/s1730/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1406" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87GE8BZPfrzUvnueUAGhHFqJvS_OGx_HcaIqYGvCP10TJIje_gTGuvdpHMHVaE81exXAWx9cETBhrWpMRsB6E-uuR7auFcDfKDqnECF15pc_UoDiAmEHxUG7GOTtg3qDYWwB0Eow_j48BFn6BYQX48YaVqWYf11ZLiujPye80eGghLqy_tGnAy59HbQ/w520-h640/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(12).jpg" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Vanitas </i>leads <i>Passage </i>(left) and <i>Longobarda </i>(right)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo2pY7g0BT0Pmkp7bUHLqIHmjXoSulDo_eoviMqq0eAocoBmKH2MOsM6qZ3-yjFtgrAy4yYZDcnb_lmBHd_UGfV49q1yGtabL2ORvOWI5b0Bu2BvdS7Cd6LOEDAMHLHbmK-TknsUnFzOllomzHwr0gzpKWmxZwwV9TKIFbMb-_GE1Du2kaz1I8Wbr8g/s2030/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2030" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo2pY7g0BT0Pmkp7bUHLqIHmjXoSulDo_eoviMqq0eAocoBmKH2MOsM6qZ3-yjFtgrAy4yYZDcnb_lmBHd_UGfV49q1yGtabL2ORvOWI5b0Bu2BvdS7Cd6LOEDAMHLHbmK-TknsUnFzOllomzHwr0gzpKWmxZwwV9TKIFbMb-_GE1Du2kaz1I8Wbr8g/w640-h484/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(11).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Longobarda</i>, suffered from breakages on the first day of racing, including blowing out her mainsail clew</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFJuLLD182addaiuvMXMkBhRfVBMdDMIreJdAkKeGszgqbCaza4K6qA8u4bh1WPcZ5e0-eKuy6AZJFloqcQVi5-EmIDUZxhkHQWnITWRM00P_g78rbU4DB5Va1wa4tC7V3bzAWiVTGEdExBE93DyGD99fypV97FnO6ir5mmwQT9MUvCjT8gb5w56IRQ/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFJuLLD182addaiuvMXMkBhRfVBMdDMIreJdAkKeGszgqbCaza4K6qA8u4bh1WPcZ5e0-eKuy6AZJFloqcQVi5-EmIDUZxhkHQWnITWRM00P_g78rbU4DB5Va1wa4tC7V3bzAWiVTGEdExBE93DyGD99fypV97FnO6ir5mmwQT9MUvCjT8gb5w56IRQ/w640-h430/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(8).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Passage</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8iFYna_JLnRkhBt6armlpjErjRdnVbORTSK6YbCJRsWTCl8Nux_UVeLLWCrA7mmAWVDicnp8vMIxxYH7OP5RiL8_FqIfgf6Ml0TLrNbKI9x_x1b_3kgbyx9EImmsXlDMzBdBkrCOLomYuVYypWxH7H4QAw55MFhOKjrBTA8cK6Mw34n9m9NglTG2YA/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="2048" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8iFYna_JLnRkhBt6armlpjErjRdnVbORTSK6YbCJRsWTCl8Nux_UVeLLWCrA7mmAWVDicnp8vMIxxYH7OP5RiL8_FqIfgf6Ml0TLrNbKI9x_x1b_3kgbyx9EImmsXlDMzBdBkrCOLomYuVYypWxH7H4QAw55MFhOKjrBTA8cK6Mw34n9m9NglTG2YA/w640-h440/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(16).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Matador 2</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidj0UxghIj66JbG_OkSQfovh9tdxHxhcXw44xgUEiqvzvMpftzxi--eL2JzIQCN5aqlWxAcAZehyoQ2OA3pvNnmDiNMbDfZzvyCU_hYdUyHkWkJZcY64uUxRf6VgYMokcHBhTq_DW5NLrMD4tSCrcEvzeqY4Se1Ja37j_2KPLijZqsyfwITEw3YRYlOg/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidj0UxghIj66JbG_OkSQfovh9tdxHxhcXw44xgUEiqvzvMpftzxi--eL2JzIQCN5aqlWxAcAZehyoQ2OA3pvNnmDiNMbDfZzvyCU_hYdUyHkWkJZcY64uUxRf6VgYMokcHBhTq_DW5NLrMD4tSCrcEvzeqY4Se1Ja37j_2KPLijZqsyfwITEw3YRYlOg/w640-h418/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(17).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Longobarda</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov0nTAhWvXlUG544SImRlQoxRTvTl_Q-FUGBXGTVM3gzXDF1gJBTtox1gJEIArDnCH7KIKS3mE4UyOYEH35IMDSRfuWWDsppfjfCpowTtzsKpSj8NhnOE4sMMmlRpZzhZgBPJtT8ve0NdVfj8Q8QPKDC8IwlFFcsHPOKbsC9CdkpvDS1w2Vz82izV5Q/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov0nTAhWvXlUG544SImRlQoxRTvTl_Q-FUGBXGTVM3gzXDF1gJBTtox1gJEIArDnCH7KIKS3mE4UyOYEH35IMDSRfuWWDsppfjfCpowTtzsKpSj8NhnOE4sMMmlRpZzhZgBPJtT8ve0NdVfj8Q8QPKDC8IwlFFcsHPOKbsC9CdkpvDS1w2Vz82izV5Q/w640-h412/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Vanitas</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRsWcsg2wDdJrdgtnIZpWWc9Sfo4qcgTypJkObCozo1qYhO5zJ2W0jXKXgjg5ECgHK1qK0cGDVuKiCAM1DMx8eTC0iDj7uDLifO6YgI3bDAb_sAPDewAi6K7vgDeedYHeZkzenaPQxpTC30VcVeaoUVznbYaLH5wUIopU1j7dDg911UxWFwHbINdhOw/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1379" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRsWcsg2wDdJrdgtnIZpWWc9Sfo4qcgTypJkObCozo1qYhO5zJ2W0jXKXgjg5ECgHK1qK0cGDVuKiCAM1DMx8eTC0iDj7uDLifO6YgI3bDAb_sAPDewAi6K7vgDeedYHeZkzenaPQxpTC30VcVeaoUVznbYaLH5wUIopU1j7dDg911UxWFwHbINdhOw/w430-h640/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(15).jpg" width="430" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador 2 </i>chases <i>Longobarda </i>and <i>Vanitas </i>around a gybe mark</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS3D6FhCEhch9MZT2jNMl0EP3alntehroI1rSuTyrzRyebDtQXXD4O130PPKgaGKviaib2ecDXU4l6F0E1Ojl_keHFy6CHaXSh0wDZ3VGNdQdvW62EECupNyjXaJ9gN98XMbjbPwJK8B1DJPsS-upFviov2L9brI1SCedhhMXRmt79EhY1vr1tNpJ_w/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="2048" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS3D6FhCEhch9MZT2jNMl0EP3alntehroI1rSuTyrzRyebDtQXXD4O130PPKgaGKviaib2ecDXU4l6F0E1Ojl_keHFy6CHaXSh0wDZ3VGNdQdvW62EECupNyjXaJ9gN98XMbjbPwJK8B1DJPsS-upFviov2L9brI1SCedhhMXRmt79EhY1vr1tNpJ_w/w640-h398/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(9).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Big boats, big gear and big crews - <i>Vanitas </i>seen here running ahead of <i>Longobarda </i>and <i>Matador 2</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCYBqoksaA3WEfK7GLFIE-FJt1tH-5EcYJcHSD2HtSnNUZlsKB4sOFEi2aOuITmFD18KhgOQyti2ZxfmVlGbYYTSG48sljekCMLcADkp6PAagIskF98yUhJf6RfWlKQjyGaLupT972u33Pp9XHrTW-XVbgG2RPIaM1aPXJ_woj3RJi_dggyF6-GqEDg/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(18).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCYBqoksaA3WEfK7GLFIE-FJt1tH-5EcYJcHSD2HtSnNUZlsKB4sOFEi2aOuITmFD18KhgOQyti2ZxfmVlGbYYTSG48sljekCMLcADkp6PAagIskF98yUhJf6RfWlKQjyGaLupT972u33Pp9XHrTW-XVbgG2RPIaM1aPXJ_woj3RJi_dggyF6-GqEDg/w640-h460/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(18).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador 2 </i>on a downwind run with <i>Longobarda </i>just behind</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ftUC3TzYUTXT2lk_uD4bTiclAJBDlIX9PE64c75_iDH_OKlS6WAjjBR79LFq6prHqGz1egQkz3PpRZZjuYSLSDIT0L1QWuEDATxU8XfKgRImB2vbP6i5gLHuL192ztRty0_DB3FD5XFuiyyNXI1n1-vub6IQ9BVpM8hu65AkDRV5eY6GZ59T9-_oYg/s2048/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ftUC3TzYUTXT2lk_uD4bTiclAJBDlIX9PE64c75_iDH_OKlS6WAjjBR79LFq6prHqGz1egQkz3PpRZZjuYSLSDIT0L1QWuEDATxU8XfKgRImB2vbP6i5gLHuL192ztRty0_DB3FD5XFuiyyNXI1n1-vub6IQ9BVpM8hu65AkDRV5eY6GZ59T9-_oYg/w640-h432/Maxi%20Worlds%201990_S%20Green%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Vanitas</i><i> </i>leads <i>Passage </i>on a reaching leg</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-7629152556449421762022-06-24T21:30:00.047-07:002023-05-04T21:13:41.498-07:00Juno IV (Castro 44)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4Ho1AaIqzvL5r0IWxUopW57QER4d6sRi2BMoIClnURtROMrARhUc1PBHfHRzjSotqx20dvAfRvrCTRhH-N4u3uY2PgxI-hsrstqzfvoRYBhKQ63wsaemOyoqDlfV-1ytlzCbPrCe5CMJXtVyHpoV4Jtk4nCs3VBVOtIOAWsHT17v6dd6SQl1xuN_0w/s1332/Juno%20IV_4%20Seahorse.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1332" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4Ho1AaIqzvL5r0IWxUopW57QER4d6sRi2BMoIClnURtROMrARhUc1PBHfHRzjSotqx20dvAfRvrCTRhH-N4u3uY2PgxI-hsrstqzfvoRYBhKQ63wsaemOyoqDlfV-1ytlzCbPrCe5CMJXtVyHpoV4Jtk4nCs3VBVOtIOAWsHT17v6dd6SQl1xuN_0w/w640-h382/Juno%20IV_4%20Seahorse.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>prior to the 1989 Admiral's Cup (photo Seahorse)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno IV</i> is a 44-footer designed by Tony Castro for Mike Peacock to seek selection for the British team in the 1989 Admiral’s Cup. It was one of the earliest all-carbon race yachts, with the structural design developed by the Castro design team, and was built by Killian Bushe in England.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7gGQvi79p3koTnR9wWCu0DoIz7p9581-5qMuA18FXg3NPuzw9kExpjvbPPkwDkj_WRREjI8004LhKMeJd8i_RoHCO7KpJuyelngo1-ZUV-mfMWaHCbHk_gXJ5wcDKaaconMyteqXDLG7FK-gV0vjSK_eNg7SSorMxx4xJyuhfG2gl6dzPgxBZwRhEg/s1032/Juno%20IV_Riggarna%20ad_Ludlow.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1032" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7gGQvi79p3koTnR9wWCu0DoIz7p9581-5qMuA18FXg3NPuzw9kExpjvbPPkwDkj_WRREjI8004LhKMeJd8i_RoHCO7KpJuyelngo1-ZUV-mfMWaHCbHk_gXJ5wcDKaaconMyteqXDLG7FK-gV0vjSK_eNg7SSorMxx4xJyuhfG2gl6dzPgxBZwRhEg/w640-h408/Juno%20IV_Riggarna%20ad_Ludlow.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV</i> sails upwind in light airs (Riggarna Rigging advertisement)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Peacock had commissioned the earlier One-Tonner <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/07/juno-humphreys-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Juno</a></i> for the 1987 Admiral’s Cup, and as part of the second-placed British team and had finished 9th in the individual standings. He was drawn to a mid-size yacht for 1989 because it was a vacant slot for the British team, with Alan Gray’s 50-footer <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/02/jamarella-farr-50.html" target="_blank">Jamarella</a> </i>looking likely to gain the big-boat position, and because Graham Walker already had a well-advanced plan to try to win the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/03/one-ton-cup-1989.html" target="_blank">1989 One Ton Cup</a>, and the One Ton position on the team, with his new <i>Indulgence</i>. Changes to the Time Modification Factor (TMF) for 1989 would benefit bigger boats, but they would still need to perform well.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3LBdKQVjiQovlg1H4V0y0U24k8TXoIgX87Xl5yUru7LpwdQ0i_NiQAnjWQOkKbXW8wjKDINGaQRnfRtqzkyMQqTwsVTvhOFYfCdXLzUa3ZIpOJIWRkN-9R394pqV0I3IuMHA5wADvLkFSYwNQBwIbh9utp0m7wwv40tCVtxVRgl4IyZwpFU3qH7Tmg/s1738/Juno%20IV%20fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1738" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3LBdKQVjiQovlg1H4V0y0U24k8TXoIgX87Xl5yUru7LpwdQ0i_NiQAnjWQOkKbXW8wjKDINGaQRnfRtqzkyMQqTwsVTvhOFYfCdXLzUa3ZIpOJIWRkN-9R394pqV0I3IuMHA5wADvLkFSYwNQBwIbh9utp0m7wwv40tCVtxVRgl4IyZwpFU3qH7Tmg/w640-h352/Juno%20IV%20fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>- note curved genoa tracks (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">After a late launch, early racing indicated that <i>Juno IV</i> was too stiff, although this yielded good results in a breeze. This lead to a series of keel changes, reducing the boat’s stability and rating, but also affecting her speed. In the pre-Admiral’s Cup analysis, Seahorse magazine noted that <i>Juno IV</i> had trialed different sails from three lofts but was still performing below expectations.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeMYg_1QMSHaHhmlV87Z_WEmYGxLZmOX58L92VtlN9FJOjGPzGqc979dwsBoutq_YYtprbqZVRPKYYWpNO5Aj4jUWQwtseveJiLF-fomsC-AgDMkACc2CjeWI4ZNz13p-DjoAtCfihn0DqoylRKfW7h_GfsmrTwG-dzp-Pl6679saZ8tCJG8QmIWgNw/s906/Juno%201989%20Lymington%20Marina_shockwave.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="906" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeMYg_1QMSHaHhmlV87Z_WEmYGxLZmOX58L92VtlN9FJOjGPzGqc979dwsBoutq_YYtprbqZVRPKYYWpNO5Aj4jUWQwtseveJiLF-fomsC-AgDMkACc2CjeWI4ZNz13p-DjoAtCfihn0DqoylRKfW7h_GfsmrTwG-dzp-Pl6679saZ8tCJG8QmIWgNw/w400-h385/Juno%201989%20Lymington%20Marina_shockwave.jpg" width="400" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A view of<i> Juno IV</i>'s underwater shape, at Lymington Marina (photo Shockwave40 blog<i>)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The selection of the British team proved to be controversial. The team selectors, headed by Harold Cudmore, decided to send boats to Kiel Week, the last part of the German and Dutch trials, to measure them against the opposition. <i>Jamarella</i> generally proved her case, but <i>Hitchhiker II</i>, the ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2016/03/jamarella-farr-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Jamarella</a></i> (One Ton) was making a claim for either of <i>Juno IV</i> or <i>Indulgence</i>’s berth. Despite a poor result in Kiel Week, where <i>Juno IV</i> finished last of the serious contenders for a team place and appeared off the pace against the German 34-raters, the selectors decided there was sufficient time to re-adjust all of <i>Juno IV</i>’s parameters to give her more speed. <i>Indulgence</i> was selected because of her results in Naples, but as only a single One Tonner was sought, the nod went against <i>Hitchhiker II</i> in preference to <i>Juno IV</i>.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVofj5h5E3unxlO-A07gAFeZ7QMPzPhUAg_msi1Sd29OMLKCxMWaZgLZAEGWbu3UQVn7suqHPh8d2puKgYt15ccbGdy8RVDGEnIshNQYpC_PfJwrRzHKWdJC7j651pciRBIIdrSCPBYRONEVF4xbzIyi9EiKxl2fFhsUhbI6vgLZ_zt3N66PvnOK65g/s1331/Juno%20IV_3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1331" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVofj5h5E3unxlO-A07gAFeZ7QMPzPhUAg_msi1Sd29OMLKCxMWaZgLZAEGWbu3UQVn7suqHPh8d2puKgYt15ccbGdy8RVDGEnIshNQYpC_PfJwrRzHKWdJC7j651pciRBIIdrSCPBYRONEVF4xbzIyi9EiKxl2fFhsUhbI6vgLZ_zt3N66PvnOK65g/w640-h388/Juno%20IV_3.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>in light air downwind conditions </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Said Cudmore at the time, “the third boat was a difficult choice and the selectors were in a quandary, as the bigger boats were proving to be more success with the new TMFs. Within the mid-size category, <i>Juno</i>’s performance had been disappointing. <i>Hitchhiker</i> was a proven boat with a proven owner…<i>Juno </i> was in extreme rating mode, more similar to the Kiwi boats, which was wrong for Kiel and wrong for the Admiral’s Cup. Whether in correct rating mode she would be more competitive was unknown. Size was the deciding factor, and <i>Juno</i> was selected”.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eOaXX1iWmMLS5s0V_oxeY4rH8HgAHMBX2nh3kvRZflRyVIWfzvlFTA3FZWD3enCq0LUZyoooNGkfnb7HoBxlB0_Asn21SsdzwXEQjVvlzV7grpdlLnhM_n6RdRwH47PDUOEFRjurp_6IAF6PipFj8B17shuTRd0rMzH5H_inxSwFOwUAIbmyta8z4A/s2048/Juno%20IV_Ludlow_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eOaXX1iWmMLS5s0V_oxeY4rH8HgAHMBX2nh3kvRZflRyVIWfzvlFTA3FZWD3enCq0LUZyoooNGkfnb7HoBxlB0_Asn21SsdzwXEQjVvlzV7grpdlLnhM_n6RdRwH47PDUOEFRjurp_6IAF6PipFj8B17shuTRd0rMzH5H_inxSwFOwUAIbmyta8z4A/w640-h426/Juno%20IV_Ludlow_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>(photo Peter Ludlow)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">With only a month left to tune the British boats, Castro planned a longer, lower boom for <i>Juno IV</i> to increase her sail area by 5 percent, which was combined with the removal of 200kg of internal ballast (to reduce stability and the CGF measurement of the IOR) and further bow down trim to offset the consequent rating increase of sail area changes. This lead to a final rating of 35.17ft for the Admiral's Cup, while the <i>Juno IV </i>team also settled on a North Sails wardrobe, with the boat skippered by Mike McIntyre, a 1988 Star class gold medallist.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_FN9WwZFgC4YDh7lG0pN2yvqeugPlUK6-BwvtYjv2HK6_0KeTeJ7m_wCbyPbhrCxeO-eBBid-a4FwAfpPa_zfwTXXEUV6U0Pahtd6x1pe3YZtJO-7bVjoD08MAPRl58VvRO3ez53J2bBHvH8EspKNaFqRGJfMicwsrJYFcyFNB_grxLOKUo6k0EHbw/s1660/Juno%20IV%20fb_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1660" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_FN9WwZFgC4YDh7lG0pN2yvqeugPlUK6-BwvtYjv2HK6_0KeTeJ7m_wCbyPbhrCxeO-eBBid-a4FwAfpPa_zfwTXXEUV6U0Pahtd6x1pe3YZtJO-7bVjoD08MAPRl58VvRO3ez53J2bBHvH8EspKNaFqRGJfMicwsrJYFcyFNB_grxLOKUo6k0EHbw/w640-h328/Juno%20IV%20fb_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>(photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Observers remained skeptical that <i>Juno IV</i> was the best choice and Seahorse opined before the series that “something special needs to happen if Juno is to find the speed of the German team, and unless she does, this boat will be the weak link in the British team”.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3rOOJLJOtFGKZj7mIhV70nG_7CazjbMgpQ6DZdqpTMLIUxzPwOk4bE9mHtvxAe__61IOE6GQkyH1dQshQLrjXEF5fRzZRbwj8uuvsrS5eHfQYQcFzvY4fPCCXq8OL5ETA5wpJyu0x8tUtuiBAd4UhlcL7uAy50vqvSQ0jp2vbVfPj1LViHKfXlaG0A/s1280/Juno%201989%20leaving%20Lymington.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3rOOJLJOtFGKZj7mIhV70nG_7CazjbMgpQ6DZdqpTMLIUxzPwOk4bE9mHtvxAe__61IOE6GQkyH1dQshQLrjXEF5fRzZRbwj8uuvsrS5eHfQYQcFzvY4fPCCXq8OL5ETA5wpJyu0x8tUtuiBAd4UhlcL7uAy50vqvSQ0jp2vbVfPj1LViHKfXlaG0A/w640-h480/Juno%201989%20leaving%20Lymington.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>seen here leaving Lymington Marina (photo Shockwave40 blog)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The results of the initial stages of the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/10/admirals-cup-1989.html" target="_blank">1989 Admiral's Cup</a> suggested these concerns were well placed, with <i>Jamarella</i>’s first and <i>Indulgence</i>’s third in the first race being let down somewhat by <i>Juno IV</i>’s lowly 26th, after she was boxed in at the start and was never able to properly recover.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VQmd8d2RAqTHnNYRFcN07licT3G3CJQc6S1kViM_hqzLPK0cD1u7n7DsoZwnL4QRnBj-RGOJifDJYlKyeb_2cI5HMyUloiectJ9khzakegxn9b7SRaLZFO5QrQtkL6NmjrJtTKoGfVkk2-7y_6PY6moLOYWaLK7ey3t6KiiB_LLA4SgTMeH3E4E_eA/s1280/Juno%20IV%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1280" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VQmd8d2RAqTHnNYRFcN07licT3G3CJQc6S1kViM_hqzLPK0cD1u7n7DsoZwnL4QRnBj-RGOJifDJYlKyeb_2cI5HMyUloiectJ9khzakegxn9b7SRaLZFO5QrQtkL6NmjrJtTKoGfVkk2-7y_6PY6moLOYWaLK7ey3t6KiiB_LLA4SgTMeH3E4E_eA/w640-h448/Juno%20IV%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Juno IV</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno IV </i>was 24th in the Channel Race, although fortunately this was enough when combined with <i>Jamarella</i>’s third and <i>Indulgence</i>’s seventh, for the British team to move into the series lead.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0YB2Tuj4yels-eZPR43dScFyoLydPocHlk8X_7lqDxdJoRg16l16qDkxWvTG1QADVFH6-dhrVGpQBN4xvRSM4sUb33hwv7t03ZQmbu_95YAFJgWJ342EjQmpkThAaDEHMMuPCuQzByrN9qCQxWRe4_u0P_H68ocxj0APmCBS5cpYuwq-si8rGvVK4Q/s880/k89%20ju1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="880" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0YB2Tuj4yels-eZPR43dScFyoLydPocHlk8X_7lqDxdJoRg16l16qDkxWvTG1QADVFH6-dhrVGpQBN4xvRSM4sUb33hwv7t03ZQmbu_95YAFJgWJ342EjQmpkThAaDEHMMuPCuQzByrN9qCQxWRe4_u0P_H68ocxj0APmCBS5cpYuwq-si8rGvVK4Q/w640-h394/k89%20ju1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>in the midst of (possibly) Admiral's Cup trials action, with <i>Jamarella </i>(K-180) visible to windward (photo Bateaux magazine, Histoiredeshalfs website)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQmEcoxKEB0cAyWfA89wb_4FBq6z3lFsdOHg9DKSFKyjyCZP_jymBe3gv-J2RDq9mR6-x5yUet3nkncdqwnk73gm1w_eh9LCTBHXSeETGMBIr06u_zPjXhiQMaKnqyHZwQfzV1SkCTXFNNmO2Ntkcu08gj4dSn8LejIZI4EQiIfMJkqVsd8l9ruF3-Q/s800/Juno%20IV_F%20Pace_MM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="800" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQmEcoxKEB0cAyWfA89wb_4FBq6z3lFsdOHg9DKSFKyjyCZP_jymBe3gv-J2RDq9mR6-x5yUet3nkncdqwnk73gm1w_eh9LCTBHXSeETGMBIr06u_zPjXhiQMaKnqyHZwQfzV1SkCTXFNNmO2Ntkcu08gj4dSn8LejIZI4EQiIfMJkqVsd8l9ruF3-Q/w640-h396/Juno%20IV_F%20Pace_MM.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>during the 1989 Admiral's Cup (photo Auckland Maritime Museum)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The team then put in a dominant display in the third race, the second inshore, with <i>Juno IV</i> improving strongly to finish 11th. This was a good result considering the time lost on the last run, where she had tried to shake off <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/10/librah-farr-44.html" target="_blank">Librah</a></i> with a gybe set but managed to tangle the main boom in a running backstay. The resulting broach led to a torn spinnaker which had to be replaced.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfHX8AQe7MzzAhetPqqX27jLqm0PNJqwNHeJqObm7hhSb4Xc5vAZ5-B16ADqTgpV9WgwPPn1EWLnVtK7sb8Ydb3TU6NGkHNi6ebcso5PfY1_-AYCYiqxwH-IDdVlTcl2AKlPxuxgKlJ-oUe4RngHN6dcRQ48jE504Q17aB19TjrBZ9f2KkZ0ZnfvWxg/s1179/Juno%20IV%20fb_3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="1179" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfHX8AQe7MzzAhetPqqX27jLqm0PNJqwNHeJqObm7hhSb4Xc5vAZ5-B16ADqTgpV9WgwPPn1EWLnVtK7sb8Ydb3TU6NGkHNi6ebcso5PfY1_-AYCYiqxwH-IDdVlTcl2AKlPxuxgKlJ-oUe4RngHN6dcRQ48jE504Q17aB19TjrBZ9f2KkZ0ZnfvWxg/w640-h640/Juno%20IV%20fb_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV</i> sails downwind during the 1989 Admiral's Cup (although is sailing with an inshore mainsail without reefing patches) (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The third inshore was less impressive, with <i>Juno IV</i> finishing 21st, although this was better than <i>Indulgence</i>’s uncharacteristic 27th. <i>Jamarella</i>’s third, however, kept the team in first position in the overall standings.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwLA2V8Rmz18QdFZFFANclltBbMDlMkhK0wOF7BDiAUjTSfqKxMgWt0ZWCgfAUb01YBaFL8ChBdnFfx-wcVSYPi34RfNn9Nz0GGt6NUVXMIi2JWoXzZitu1zsGVXsl1TELf8Er6x_NIcepxBtOzE8KrYlGxHc24qxPaMW05_Jzc2Qdc_c7fiZd69NEw/s986/k89%20ju2.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="986" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwLA2V8Rmz18QdFZFFANclltBbMDlMkhK0wOF7BDiAUjTSfqKxMgWt0ZWCgfAUb01YBaFL8ChBdnFfx-wcVSYPi34RfNn9Nz0GGt6NUVXMIi2JWoXzZitu1zsGVXsl1TELf8Er6x_NIcepxBtOzE8KrYlGxHc24qxPaMW05_Jzc2Qdc_c7fiZd69NEw/w640-h328/k89%20ju2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>powers along upwind (photo Bateaux magazine, Histoiredeshalfs website)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno IV</i> went on to finish 11th in the fourth inshore and 12th in the Fastnet Race, to finish the series in 13th place overall, and this was enough to help Britain to overall Cup victory after their second place in 1987 (<i>Jamarella</i> was the top individual yacht and <i>Indulgence</i> was 11th).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno IV</i> went on to race in the 1989 Southern Cross Cup as part of the British team, with owner Peacock leading the UK challenge for the Cup which they won. She then competed in the 1990 Sardinia Cup, finishing second (either individually or as part of the British team) and was winner of the 1990 Setimana Del Boque, also in Sardinia.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCI7BiP5WhMW2Hw4EnUwJt1tk22c1A3QbIY1mYIFuk2ANx1EU72paNMfaF7FMnrpeI-zx7m3NZ_PjBh2UpQ-74vBh05_FgeeK3FSBvqXZA5yx9wjkRMkHLiX5q_CvPf4aYavJOiMpCs4su8G2FzCRGsBFu80xZVqaTfhqz598ufcrnoFT2slM8jVniA/s1243/Juno%201989%20picture%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1243" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCI7BiP5WhMW2Hw4EnUwJt1tk22c1A3QbIY1mYIFuk2ANx1EU72paNMfaF7FMnrpeI-zx7m3NZ_PjBh2UpQ-74vBh05_FgeeK3FSBvqXZA5yx9wjkRMkHLiX5q_CvPf4aYavJOiMpCs4su8G2FzCRGsBFu80xZVqaTfhqz598ufcrnoFT2slM8jVniA/w640-h396/Juno%201989%20picture%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>arriving at Lymington Marina (photo Shockwave40 blog)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEfWqwRLNT1OUEyz25mWlNeCjhHGAlx3omrl81uBHCiNoOHZTHEq0nYD7UHQ-7a3jdGHwPcKp24M1nM64Thf2XWIlif3ACXu7JGw7psC3FkOWX9eS746OrOysF1GxxR_uI52d_0mXMiwZJOnjQl3HN2LeZzbzFnqw7Hao5_0rN8xqd1b59xlupMnvxg/s1578/Bimblegumbie_1991_2.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1578" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEfWqwRLNT1OUEyz25mWlNeCjhHGAlx3omrl81uBHCiNoOHZTHEq0nYD7UHQ-7a3jdGHwPcKp24M1nM64Thf2XWIlif3ACXu7JGw7psC3FkOWX9eS746OrOysF1GxxR_uI52d_0mXMiwZJOnjQl3HN2LeZzbzFnqw7Hao5_0rN8xqd1b59xlupMnvxg/w640-h406/Bimblegumbie_1991_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>as Australian entry in the 1991 Admiral's Cup <i>Bimblegumbie </i>(and photo below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1991<i> Juno IV</i> filled the Two-Tonner slot in the Australian team for that year's <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/05/admirals-cup-1991.html" target="_blank">Admiral's Cup</a> as <i>Bimblegumbie</i>, but finished seventh of the eight Two Tonners, although she collected more points than her team-mates <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2021/08/admirals-cup-1991-part-2.html" target="_blank">Cyclone</a></i>, the team 50-footer, and <i>Shardana II</i>, the One Tonner. The Australian team finished last overall.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavEsLB_EwuLzD0j4wLIpJMGgxolJy4PIM13alO6j0XbUOZDLjBYe-n2DEkkPrSjAX7OFQpU8jP19aGjeqozo0BYtIXs_TiiGv_k_bkcFt7mBxFDFHoDMVDHdPUmJf9BHewXV-JE9FCc7IZLTwfuyPkMV4WYQhBrB3zovQFvbk6t9gqVfnsbTujbcP7g/s1115/Bimblegumbie_1991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1115" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavEsLB_EwuLzD0j4wLIpJMGgxolJy4PIM13alO6j0XbUOZDLjBYe-n2DEkkPrSjAX7OFQpU8jP19aGjeqozo0BYtIXs_TiiGv_k_bkcFt7mBxFDFHoDMVDHdPUmJf9BHewXV-JE9FCc7IZLTwfuyPkMV4WYQhBrB3zovQFvbk6t9gqVfnsbTujbcP7g/w640-h488/Bimblegumbie_1991.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Juno IV</i> was converted in the early 1990’s in private ownership to a cruiser/racer specification with easier deck gear to allow her to be easily sailed two-handed. In 2013 she was sold to another private owner who put her back into the racing circuit after 14 years and entered in the Round the Island 2014. Despite the lack of wind around the Needles, she was able to keep moving and won two trophies, the Field Barnacle (line honours) and the Renaissance Trophy.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46xjJ39KSfxWT87wbyPEfOb-ys_vF6dTOiUI_6f9wANIsMNQEiuKUVqf9qLxAWeV75kr3uXGxZTUZeceNl3XNK2wLyxL8VlFINOMvhPf-vF3gS2OctdL8aP8Jau2dz6iqXKxxj-v7iX26-V9eNMCyjRBKTCK3ERmGW9wHtKwXFqEvL0On8U1Sl5GBeQ/s2000/Juno%20IV-Racing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46xjJ39KSfxWT87wbyPEfOb-ys_vF6dTOiUI_6f9wANIsMNQEiuKUVqf9qLxAWeV75kr3uXGxZTUZeceNl3XNK2wLyxL8VlFINOMvhPf-vF3gS2OctdL8aP8Jau2dz6iqXKxxj-v7iX26-V9eNMCyjRBKTCK3ERmGW9wHtKwXFqEvL0On8U1Sl5GBeQ/w640-h384/Juno%20IV-Racing.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Juno IV </i>in more recent times (photo Challenge Yachting)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><i>Juno IV</i> was then re-established as a true racer. Further investment and improvements followed and she was entered in the Round the Island Race in 2015. Conditions were perfect for this classic racer and again the <i>Juno IV</i> team won the Field Barnacle trophy. The original aluminium mast was replaced with a carbon-fibre version in 2019, but it is understood that the boat is now being used purely as a cruising yacht and is based in Scotland.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Article updated May 2023</i></span></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-44603590484918496862022-04-17T21:11:00.010-07:002023-01-04T20:07:14.125-08:00Kenwood Cup 1988<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5poMbGtIg-ydNicvpCiJSlbEyne9FdaMiVn1_YiKOOIKHp0XwF8EBoJeN3t2U_dz9Rzu65AU3zXb9JafEjX70RieAIQ-2rAeRT4huVxt5qCRzntUAQw8dBcb_IBRPQxNfxhz9LSdohcHbeDlEJLr6sCjzZWujkmH-Y8IDu9qkhJN3vdv73rywIewCw/s1915/Maxis.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1915" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5poMbGtIg-ydNicvpCiJSlbEyne9FdaMiVn1_YiKOOIKHp0XwF8EBoJeN3t2U_dz9Rzu65AU3zXb9JafEjX70RieAIQ-2rAeRT4huVxt5qCRzntUAQw8dBcb_IBRPQxNfxhz9LSdohcHbeDlEJLr6sCjzZWujkmH-Y8IDu9qkhJN3vdv73rywIewCw/w640-h430/Maxis.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Maxis on the charge in reaching conditions off Hawaii - <i>Sorcery </i>leads <i>Il Moro di Venezia</i>, <i>Ondine VII </i>and <i>Matador</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This post features a selection of great photographs by Sharon Green (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a><span style="font-family: arial;">) that capture some of the action during the 1988 Kenwood Cup held in Hawaii. A total of 45 yachts entered the regatta, which was the sixth biennial sailing of the Hawaii International Ocean Racing Series. Competitors came from Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The series was a combination of the Maxi World Championship, the Champagne Mumm World Cup and the Kenwood Cup, all rolled into a single event. Given its status, the regatta featured the biggest fleet of Maxis ever assembled in the Pacific, and included <i>Congere</i>, <i>Emeraude</i>, <i>Il Moro di Venezia</i>, <i>Kialoa, Matador</i>, <i>Ondine VII</i>, <i>Ragamuffin</i>, <i>Sovereign</i>, <i>Windward Passage II</i> and <i>Winterhawk </i>(ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/ceramco-new-zealand-farr-68.html" target="_blank">Ceramco New Zealand</a></i>). It was also the first series in which a team from the United Kingdom would compete in the Cup, consisting of the yachts <i>Indulgence VI</i>, <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/07/juno-humphreys-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Juno</a> </i>and <i>Yeoman XXVII.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJr3fW-q7E53DUwSneQY9FaL6EWySF7IksocGNVPr7kfF-7mEQYzmtr3mPdrTBkUBcTOLw6tMBih633XlfgNkpPJltb4gvOiKRZMR7ZnNd3-sKRfvIn4avMAGnQGfh-dtKM0HTXl9BpFRNTsUvycYPPvEkxppyDh-HLQF3PqmOI9IrfV8PAFwJXQ9DQ/s1967/Ondine%20VII.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1967" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJr3fW-q7E53DUwSneQY9FaL6EWySF7IksocGNVPr7kfF-7mEQYzmtr3mPdrTBkUBcTOLw6tMBih633XlfgNkpPJltb4gvOiKRZMR7ZnNd3-sKRfvIn4avMAGnQGfh-dtKM0HTXl9BpFRNTsUvycYPPvEkxppyDh-HLQF3PqmOI9IrfV8PAFwJXQ9DQ/w640-h422/Ondine%20VII.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Action aboard Maxi yacht <i>Ondine VII</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Olympic triangle races again proved to be the most exciting part of the series as the steady tradewinds in the 20-knot range assured excellent racing conditions. Unfortunately <i>Kialoa </i>was dismasted during practice and was unable to compete agains the stellar fleet assembled in Hawaii. The two new fractionally-rigged Maxis, <i>Il Moro di Venezia </i>and <i>Windward Passage II</i> were clearly faster than their older masthead rigged rivals. It was, however, the smaller yachts that lead the fleet on handicap as Irv Loube's One Tonner <i>Bravura </i>(US)<i> </i>sailed to three first places in the Olympic triangle races to win the Hawaii Silver Jubilee Trophy. The Australian One Tonner <i>Sagacious V</i> was hot on his heels with two second paces, but fell off the pace in the third triangle race.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixCjruJxOjwyTPFrgoYRNZcQp_EwcPI6g62C_KkKBfwZeTX2MLniqz0dR1HaAU1RfxJX5mV0Dr-PQDI8km0c2oBYwvoJ-WVkWSRnVFMJ0gdT3LyGpMdp_6rOyhaDe9ZYpA3DtiOs6H9GagtyFgP2sJSO8R9GIaMkMLblDLp5ZHkIe-on3kYDC6EVSug/s960/Bravura%20OT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="642" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixCjruJxOjwyTPFrgoYRNZcQp_EwcPI6g62C_KkKBfwZeTX2MLniqz0dR1HaAU1RfxJX5mV0Dr-PQDI8km0c2oBYwvoJ-WVkWSRnVFMJ0gdT3LyGpMdp_6rOyhaDe9ZYpA3DtiOs6H9GagtyFgP2sJSO8R9GIaMkMLblDLp5ZHkIe-on3kYDC6EVSug/w428-h640/Bravura%20OT.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Bravura </i>le</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">ads her One Ton rivals around a wing mark during one of the Olympic triangle races<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">No records were set in the Molokai Race due to the prevalence of light winds resulting from a tropical disturbance south of Hawaii. The race started in moderate trade winds of 10-12 knots which would drop to five knots by the morning. <i>Windward Passage II </i>was leading the fleet by 15 minutes at the turning mark and although she then sailed into a hole just before the finish line, she managed to protect their line honours position by just two minutes from <i>Sorcery. </i>The smaller yachts were left becalmed off Molokai's North Shore and the overall winner on corrected time was <i>Jubilation</i>, from Santa Barbara, while <i>Bravura</i> faltered with an 11th place to fall behind <i>Sagacious V </i>by five points in the top individual yacht standings. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJdnijL4m208F5beaeqEzH2PuMAvzGZljIgO6plNJpRTjRYXuM-QhnnLWTJhSnQuXQcvEVcUoYhUUGMyCllR9UF5robWYW4G8yQwfOsSs7d6MozS0M305allQUho1SDPZ8-ug9AsMEAtBtekGZIVM5YlFKEUX5m2yqBIpK8YTbZ-kEwWh_aQ5jmjeOg/s1959/One%20Tonners%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1959" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJdnijL4m208F5beaeqEzH2PuMAvzGZljIgO6plNJpRTjRYXuM-QhnnLWTJhSnQuXQcvEVcUoYhUUGMyCllR9UF5robWYW4G8yQwfOsSs7d6MozS0M305allQUho1SDPZ8-ug9AsMEAtBtekGZIVM5YlFKEUX5m2yqBIpK8YTbZ-kEwWh_aQ5jmjeOg/w640-h420/One%20Tonners%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A close start amongst the One Tonners, with (amongst others obscured) <i>Once a Jolly Swagman </i>leading <i>Sagacious V</i>, <i>Seikaiha</i>, <i>Kaitaro IV</i>, <i>Ultimate Challenge</i>, <i>General Hospital</i>, <i>Bravura </i>and <i>Black Jack</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Around the State Race was also sailed in lighter than normal winds which again meant that no records would be set. <i>Windward Passage II </i>continued to show her impressive form as she lead the fleet around the course finishing over six hours ahead of the Australian Maxi <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/10/sovereign-pedrick-maxi.html" target="_blank">Sovereign</a>. S</i><i>agacious V</i> relinquished her hold on the overall honours after retiring with rigging problems. <i>Bravura </i>put in an excellent performance by finishing second behind Chicago yacht <i>Insatiable</i>, and secured </span><span style="font-family: arial;">overall individual honours and the King Kamehameha Trophy.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROMmlqIPEP_SmfcsRctPmCF46m1Cn4XrAMFguh5YDj4PSFzbM53AIfdmrvjkzSMrL8KB-to9ZZpwvlJIVCRy3rG-kmpAFo_Lq-DiLDiV2OkQJURAB2xSQsTZiZ5g6mnD3HwyQVePh_5lUyMMcHqsp8XUiylS8w6e202H297NHTYbgCAgbpcr2ix3ZHw/s1914/Insatiable.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1914" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROMmlqIPEP_SmfcsRctPmCF46m1Cn4XrAMFguh5YDj4PSFzbM53AIfdmrvjkzSMrL8KB-to9ZZpwvlJIVCRy3rG-kmpAFo_Lq-DiLDiV2OkQJURAB2xSQsTZiZ5g6mnD3HwyQVePh_5lUyMMcHqsp8XUiylS8w6e202H297NHTYbgCAgbpcr2ix3ZHw/w640-h430/Insatiable.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Insatiable </i>(fifth overall and first overall in Class D)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the team competition for the Kenwood Cup, the Australia Red Team of <i>Great News</i>, <i>Sagacious V </i>and <i>The Esanda Way</i>, and the USA Red Team of <i>Bravura</i>, <i>Champosa V</i> and <i>Insatiable </i>established their early dominance for the coveted trophy. However it was the Australia Red Team that were finally able to narrowly win the Cup by just five points.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYr3P7KwZZfyiRoldErXVpRscjZHb2MDL9DTwk1fQoHFuf_x1zK-67ASdVIK3NSb1Zr6hJfUzYg3wz14_gXOKgu5H_K1P-h9onbKyfqK8fi8PBhoi6GsboRZDBgRVCKFDJn6Uu6qvxyL62E-npkF6THcSCr_HG9NAZRRWNiBvbc3WiNTXJa1AL_uRtA/s1972/Sagacious%20V%20(2).jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1972" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYr3P7KwZZfyiRoldErXVpRscjZHb2MDL9DTwk1fQoHFuf_x1zK-67ASdVIK3NSb1Zr6hJfUzYg3wz14_gXOKgu5H_K1P-h9onbKyfqK8fi8PBhoi6GsboRZDBgRVCKFDJn6Uu6qvxyL62E-npkF6THcSCr_HG9NAZRRWNiBvbc3WiNTXJa1AL_uRtA/w640-h408/Sagacious%20V%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sagacious V </i>(ninth overall and second overall in Class E)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vcx_aqyru9Wt2WTAR-M5e4W90-NqxaICGWi5-y7mgSkEw-jEeEfMSktte_MD0eGph4Z_XX2AzboD3RuxrJW0aYDnyw-taLVIgzNHEYr2GmCHUhQl9dZHGNcJBniPMirvziBrIaDUPYR8LbeR_7rdD9co6mFYyFuPO8vjgcTuZS0EFzCrIXWvopfesg/s1933/Matador%20and%20Ondine.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1933" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vcx_aqyru9Wt2WTAR-M5e4W90-NqxaICGWi5-y7mgSkEw-jEeEfMSktte_MD0eGph4Z_XX2AzboD3RuxrJW0aYDnyw-taLVIgzNHEYr2GmCHUhQl9dZHGNcJBniPMirvziBrIaDUPYR8LbeR_7rdD9co6mFYyFuPO8vjgcTuZS0EFzCrIXWvopfesg/w640-h432/Matador%20and%20Ondine.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador </i>(13th overall and second in Class A) to leeward of <i>Ondine VII</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzk2W9ww_wrTWP22VijiNth2zCV4I5m9kIbyP6vwmPvvbGGnblxLTLoDS4nDPXySo5VQ1bWtXrUdIemgz-qoP18oJ-SaxBT4ii17BdVSHyv75cRfdJn_naRpI8VSMI468Fv3My206b3r-j2M7Js6x9aC_kaxW75ed63894Jr1fW9f1-RQlS_Ccr1uhQ/s1954/Yeoman%20XXVII.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1954" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzk2W9ww_wrTWP22VijiNth2zCV4I5m9kIbyP6vwmPvvbGGnblxLTLoDS4nDPXySo5VQ1bWtXrUdIemgz-qoP18oJ-SaxBT4ii17BdVSHyv75cRfdJn_naRpI8VSMI468Fv3My206b3r-j2M7Js6x9aC_kaxW75ed63894Jr1fW9f1-RQlS_Ccr1uhQ/w640-h434/Yeoman%20XXVII.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Yeoman XXVII </i>(29th overall and fourth in Class C) rounds a leeward mark</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbDvxOZRzaHtkcrYrjfCP1kQP0xV039Wfhh2hc0ZH1o8zoYWQEoL8C4b__HeUBhxe9u1ZVDxOzJHa4AI76118wBPbCfZMlInjRjo4Oj7ZL9UJI8M4t0Exm9owRq-xY8fBOvqkYTE_epJmuSplLDLh_rqnq6Jz2leIAXvv9OAYY0rW2gHQaT06ehCbag/s1907/Jubilation.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1907" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbDvxOZRzaHtkcrYrjfCP1kQP0xV039Wfhh2hc0ZH1o8zoYWQEoL8C4b__HeUBhxe9u1ZVDxOzJHa4AI76118wBPbCfZMlInjRjo4Oj7ZL9UJI8M4t0Exm9owRq-xY8fBOvqkYTE_epJmuSplLDLh_rqnq6Jz2leIAXvv9OAYY0rW2gHQaT06ehCbag/w640-h444/Jubilation.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Jubilation </i>(second yacht overall and first in Class C)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq_UJX5n0RgmS2pH5ZX9jPsMrmIszhKETYVBHf-vfhYQGM_fX2hpOuSgcRXZJCb0Rk6WL4fykGfl-OduQZkm4bvCjnyHJOA6GoVI-d0sEz3aKeEWGQ4ytHYl4SuU8GgpWjllHBY-xoCtdaiAj3n45ZiCiEaV7lI_BzgoLHpCyNqhLwl-7PxidG6c5Iw/s1952/Champosa%20V.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1952" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq_UJX5n0RgmS2pH5ZX9jPsMrmIszhKETYVBHf-vfhYQGM_fX2hpOuSgcRXZJCb0Rk6WL4fykGfl-OduQZkm4bvCjnyHJOA6GoVI-d0sEz3aKeEWGQ4ytHYl4SuU8GgpWjllHBY-xoCtdaiAj3n45ZiCiEaV7lI_BzgoLHpCyNqhLwl-7PxidG6c5Iw/w640-h430/Champosa%20V.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Champosa V </i>(17th overall and third in Class C)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqjVc-dph0OsR-RYEkihYguwRyQzIPwxLRzTi-2kZG6Jkrxoob4a4gXR23Jl3voRGtuQ1RUwwV2QXlJIglhJhHl7Yo_bM07tCgsdfMWJTFkU5X58lefG0dgwzMoGGRELzCmGQfz0hrxN8UlKDzxoFYUuREzlCs6XnoFSMaN-RGeu6Yjk3adUzDEeM6g/s960/Emeraude.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="679" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqjVc-dph0OsR-RYEkihYguwRyQzIPwxLRzTi-2kZG6Jkrxoob4a4gXR23Jl3voRGtuQ1RUwwV2QXlJIglhJhHl7Yo_bM07tCgsdfMWJTFkU5X58lefG0dgwzMoGGRELzCmGQfz0hrxN8UlKDzxoFYUuREzlCs6XnoFSMaN-RGeu6Yjk3adUzDEeM6g/w452-h640/Emeraude.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">French 'mini' Maxi <i>Emeraude </i>(30th overall and eighth in Class A)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofjBdYRKG7E3PWSLhz_H-CrHRFmQM215DuKKwZeAmw6t438-HWqk4htCwg3HOICps4qTiPrxafFLxIREjiZ1Rga3t7c0pUKQAkHfjlCaosEUaYA93Ijmie5FBr-IABSLd6MlzGiF5F6c9gDoB-MYKg6XQOnx8k07dthokiiROKDDama4jaLg5XP5NYQ/s1760/Mimi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1760" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgofjBdYRKG7E3PWSLhz_H-CrHRFmQM215DuKKwZeAmw6t438-HWqk4htCwg3HOICps4qTiPrxafFLxIREjiZ1Rga3t7c0pUKQAkHfjlCaosEUaYA93Ijmie5FBr-IABSLd6MlzGiF5F6c9gDoB-MYKg6XQOnx8k07dthokiiROKDDama4jaLg5XP5NYQ/w640-h438/Mimi.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Japanese Farr 43 <i>Mimi </i>(ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-new-zealand-farr-43s.html" target="_blank">Equity</a></i>) (13th in Class E and 27th overall)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAADFP2zoECk70VMYwp_gqrk9EfQfHV3g32wwxLFW7Mh5yefvBXpjWmRCINXyR2hzWEp6_Y21wAHt9OLleo1RcPCm4VnODhdj5W26p4Ysef9eqKj0NKATXWkgdWrHh7eq-MoBfobEx-y4DhCrW4KkAJ9F63-3qy8XS7zTf-1hV1fyoRh2zrd8iSJd4aA/s960/Sorcery.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="691" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAADFP2zoECk70VMYwp_gqrk9EfQfHV3g32wwxLFW7Mh5yefvBXpjWmRCINXyR2hzWEp6_Y21wAHt9OLleo1RcPCm4VnODhdj5W26p4Ysef9eqKj0NKATXWkgdWrHh7eq-MoBfobEx-y4DhCrW4KkAJ9F63-3qy8XS7zTf-1hV1fyoRh2zrd8iSJd4aA/w460-h640/Sorcery.jpg" width="460" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Sorcery </i>(18th overall and fourth in Class A)<i> </i>to leeward of <i>Matador</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiN3COvUI8NFoNnM8AcxO4vrrclvTuNGgNKrLsy6jNj44E6PNfH0eyQWPV5hWLlFlBPRGTjdx9cXy3M0p2ai7SnUru6yWdRYZ2nmtN_NDTOl47I_lUhxcDhNR7IFgTWEDXkqHDGha_Vj6gPvqdQb-cuL8I9rQ8ZGTSFZEGKnxcFOAT2p4fawZEjs9YYw/s1805/Victoria.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1805" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiN3COvUI8NFoNnM8AcxO4vrrclvTuNGgNKrLsy6jNj44E6PNfH0eyQWPV5hWLlFlBPRGTjdx9cXy3M0p2ai7SnUru6yWdRYZ2nmtN_NDTOl47I_lUhxcDhNR7IFgTWEDXkqHDGha_Vj6gPvqdQb-cuL8I9rQ8ZGTSFZEGKnxcFOAT2p4fawZEjs9YYw/w640-h384/Victoria.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Japanese One Tonner <i>Victoria </i>(seventh in Class E and 14th overall)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY8W-eCbttr7dl-hQvS8TN6KkRNUIlE1FpCsqO5-j1L3PV_AyMy8MkzZiX7A-uzFS1x-gw8ftP9Y21ANbipHrf8YMx8kvaokJa-6beaa4zuLS8iTI_atiAPShz4652OAlnsP3VWuU7mDthvfdnqLu2v1L6md18M-gwfTFKJes1jpym-LIYfBtOoaMYA/s1909/Insatiable%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1909" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY8W-eCbttr7dl-hQvS8TN6KkRNUIlE1FpCsqO5-j1L3PV_AyMy8MkzZiX7A-uzFS1x-gw8ftP9Y21ANbipHrf8YMx8kvaokJa-6beaa4zuLS8iTI_atiAPShz4652OAlnsP3VWuU7mDthvfdnqLu2v1L6md18M-gwfTFKJes1jpym-LIYfBtOoaMYA/w640-h442/Insatiable%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A happy looking crew aboard <i>Insatiable</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83GjF7eRilddEJNz4vkxuD6WvgveAyNMz0Vw2hY3E9TxP_97mKwBRISLHuq0VXna7xi8HvkVXXT2d1gRJhxeg6aWi6FexLeBzzw5aEy2_4D5xlT57I-CE2p_EP1QcPCtg_7nFs2QH6mezZDbZjV7-aJrXhKDpGCXwNwb38yFlPkiKp6ZoVZz5xo487A/s960/Black%20Jack.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="635" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83GjF7eRilddEJNz4vkxuD6WvgveAyNMz0Vw2hY3E9TxP_97mKwBRISLHuq0VXna7xi8HvkVXXT2d1gRJhxeg6aWi6FexLeBzzw5aEy2_4D5xlT57I-CE2p_EP1QcPCtg_7nFs2QH6mezZDbZjV7-aJrXhKDpGCXwNwb38yFlPkiKp6ZoVZz5xo487A/w424-h640/Black%20Jack.jpg" width="424" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Brazilian One Tonner <i>Black Jack </i>(ninth in Class E and 20th overall)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGgdowkwePOTmx5PtMiss5vyqBa9OHI46khVUCr3hf9jSpqi5xVsOdjWOq7sSs7BZ2pgGN0fCSaXgKIRu_edyGXy-1zyV-ZTKoTQLbqNGs2MMIfo3Lg1UJFj6fZEKhdjImuENpOPR14AHENYGzTpvSUezlL48CxdNJrIcEjl7UuzNzVdYeKy3rZPpIQ/s1906/Ondine%20VII_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1906" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGgdowkwePOTmx5PtMiss5vyqBa9OHI46khVUCr3hf9jSpqi5xVsOdjWOq7sSs7BZ2pgGN0fCSaXgKIRu_edyGXy-1zyV-ZTKoTQLbqNGs2MMIfo3Lg1UJFj6fZEKhdjImuENpOPR14AHENYGzTpvSUezlL48CxdNJrIcEjl7UuzNzVdYeKy3rZPpIQ/w640-h430/Ondine%20VII_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ondine VII</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-53617549112538012952022-02-12T19:04:00.024-08:002023-09-03T22:23:33.224-07:00Lady Be (Frers 45)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Lady Be</i> was the first of the production Beneteau 456, after Beneteau decided they needed a fast offshore yacht in their production range. She was designed by German Frers and, although supposedly a production yacht, the hull was constructed in Kevlar and carbon-fibre/foam sandwich with a stripped out interior. She was 13.8m (45.3ft) long, with a beam of 4.2m and displacement of 9,225kg, and carried a rating of 35.4ft.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-SKS9e4jqA8l2jBd9F2w2F4hSg7dCL4XT7tvbiC_qSGnbZSpOECBRrW_3v9UyJT9ox6w6_qnQR3vwi9cU-97srPU1dYA8ER9sjw1IROv_Es_BfSLKs7v5utdpOUiYCZWFMY1EigXgveT-VMjL8oOhUN1GfUx_fvnZ-r4L13jpUbhinjcyN-TFEC4bwQ=s720" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-SKS9e4jqA8l2jBd9F2w2F4hSg7dCL4XT7tvbiC_qSGnbZSpOECBRrW_3v9UyJT9ox6w6_qnQR3vwi9cU-97srPU1dYA8ER9sjw1IROv_Es_BfSLKs7v5utdpOUiYCZWFMY1EigXgveT-VMjL8oOhUN1GfUx_fvnZ-r4L13jpUbhinjcyN-TFEC4bwQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>in hard reaching conditions (photo Facebook)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Eric Duchemin was recruited by Beneteau to campaign </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Lady Be</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> for the French Admiral's Cup trials and just failed to gain a place. However, she came under the eye of Peter Blake, who was looking for a yacht to charter for the hastily prepared New Zealand Admiral's Cup team where she would join Neville Crichton's Frers 43 </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/02/shockwave-frers-43.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a>. </i><span style="font-family: arial;">Crichton had initially planned his boat for a New Zealand team, but when no other boats came forth for selection, he campaigned </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Shockwave </i><span style="font-family: arial;">in the Australian trials. Despite her dominance of that series, however, <i>Shockwave </i>was not </span><span style="font-family: arial;">selected and Crichton found himself with a hot boat in need of team-mates. He managed to goad the New Zealand sailing fraternity into action, and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Ian Gibbs joined the fray by chartering <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/swuzzlebubble-iv-holland-41.html" target="_blank">Swuzzlebubble IV</a></i>, the former <i>Epiglass New Zealand</i> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Wee Willie Winkie</i><span style="font-family: arial;">), a Holland 40 and near sistership to his earlier </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/12/swuzzlebubble-iii-holland-40.html" target="_blank">Swuzzlebubble III</a> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">which was top individual yacht in the 1981 Admiral's Cup.</span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvnUAkXZqvfPtk4Wph9hRC3SEgAJfdkPQmNSC_ZZjKsPcIHbkavhjrwLQHwY0CRcdAcVXsll-CvchT4uxUuiiKmBnxs55SzwOlE1mIzQqwKax_BJ4Ov1863axuZbOBTldpItOq0k5yIWlKIXGosaxZQTzppgUMCbab3QBfL1CeQPobQKbEjPQNx13wQQ=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1024" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvnUAkXZqvfPtk4Wph9hRC3SEgAJfdkPQmNSC_ZZjKsPcIHbkavhjrwLQHwY0CRcdAcVXsll-CvchT4uxUuiiKmBnxs55SzwOlE1mIzQqwKax_BJ4Ov1863axuZbOBTldpItOq0k5yIWlKIXGosaxZQTzppgUMCbab3QBfL1CeQPobQKbEjPQNx13wQQ=w640-h390" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>rounds a windward mark during the second race of the 1983 Admiral's Cup, just ahead of US yacht <i>Locura</i></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Blake thought that <i>Lady Be </i>could be made competitive for the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/admirals-cup-1983.html" target="_blank">Admiral's Cup</a>, particularly if Duchemin stayed on, and chartered the French yacht. Following unremarkable 16th place in the first race </span><span style="font-family: arial;">of the series (where <i>Shockwave </i>finished last after incurring a 23 place penalty)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, Blake proved his point in the second race when, in a reasonable breeze in the Solent, <i>Shockwave </i>and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Lady Be</i><i style="font-family: arial;"> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">had a great race together to finish third and fourth respectively. That was as good as it got however, as lighter winds in the two ocean races put the bigger boats like them out of the running. The Channel Race was a small boat benefit, and <i>Lady Be </i>finished in 41st place, with <i>Shockwave </i>not much better in 32nd. In better conditions in the fourth race, <i>Lady Be </i>finished 17th and then 16th in the Fastnet race finale, to finish as 19th yacht overall, with the New Zealand team taking sixth place.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLolNXcO3icbH1BvjlWbisvFx8ZWcHa3JqE2_S2G5Y7PG1dVh--fbSlQgwoE59c84k14Wjb8X7XzeajNFaMklGS13RucAwihBqHca8blj5kIRtoU6I8swKMmWxi4xyGSNODLI2Ry5xG-xk-x1IwzEPq0oDMmdskcPaMFaV5N5bUxL19dGEIYac8m-KIYw1/s1000/AC83_Lady%20Be%20and%20Almagores_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLolNXcO3icbH1BvjlWbisvFx8ZWcHa3JqE2_S2G5Y7PG1dVh--fbSlQgwoE59c84k14Wjb8X7XzeajNFaMklGS13RucAwihBqHca8blj5kIRtoU6I8swKMmWxi4xyGSNODLI2Ry5xG-xk-x1IwzEPq0oDMmdskcPaMFaV5N5bUxL19dGEIYac8m-KIYw1/w640-h428/AC83_Lady%20Be%20and%20Almagores_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>seen here during the 1983 Admiral's Cup, trying to outrun the smaller yacht <i>Almagores </i>(Peterson 43), which finished second on individual points and was part of the second placed Italian team (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoXGIlXLN7TIkWrmGZmgIHQg-MWJHFTINQ-hvlUcQ9K2QuRsKmv8cVbJNOiyVb_QBMAYOzZcr5hbBQ0asMuA0bJrh0qliyZe0UPvLARmk5rdq-G5px0QHJDbmuK4hIYTJlDrpPA0QAJT9LAVbctC6n5VbEA5Zdjug3cH-mRiJfqOlu9MAMJwulSGelSA=s720" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoXGIlXLN7TIkWrmGZmgIHQg-MWJHFTINQ-hvlUcQ9K2QuRsKmv8cVbJNOiyVb_QBMAYOzZcr5hbBQ0asMuA0bJrh0qliyZe0UPvLARmk5rdq-G5px0QHJDbmuK4hIYTJlDrpPA0QAJT9LAVbctC6n5VbEA5Zdjug3cH-mRiJfqOlu9MAMJwulSGelSA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>powers upwind under full main and no.3 genoa (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYECMvkypAIH6N8LdNVx9uVwtanav_pPVlVgvPpazU4QZclA9JJMdsGRskfOPEuZDqB0Fm0kLPwDZGibnIhTlmTUNeBpx7ZKdWbctngOi0AJyHs2WkK9LXUICCjnya-mocvwmha8EPwUHYyRItGGu17BmNrotk6Iwqv6Nbb60hPMuOM3CggTsXYRBWLg=s500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="500" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYECMvkypAIH6N8LdNVx9uVwtanav_pPVlVgvPpazU4QZclA9JJMdsGRskfOPEuZDqB0Fm0kLPwDZGibnIhTlmTUNeBpx7ZKdWbctngOi0AJyHs2WkK9LXUICCjnya-mocvwmha8EPwUHYyRItGGu17BmNrotk6Iwqv6Nbb60hPMuOM3CggTsXYRBWLg=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>to windward to team-mate <i>Shockwave </i>at the start of the second race in the 1983 Admiral's Cup (photo Johnathan Eastland | Ajax)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcq-lGs9o2wGTsTGfnlxpr7HwA35kpYqEqIZNjiFlof17x_5ia9jKfx9Fy6zWminyfB-OTSU9DO5SitCBXLU6FxdvY3rxRSwmmtihPaAGuBfk7chr-fq19oFDfkR478V-OC5jk1Fkl5VBJA4X0GCGAg7Umdj381OFbe22XrKBfodSax48tmv-uosTusQ=s5810" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4235" data-original-width="5810" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcq-lGs9o2wGTsTGfnlxpr7HwA35kpYqEqIZNjiFlof17x_5ia9jKfx9Fy6zWminyfB-OTSU9DO5SitCBXLU6FxdvY3rxRSwmmtihPaAGuBfk7chr-fq19oFDfkR478V-OC5jk1Fkl5VBJA4X0GCGAg7Umdj381OFbe22XrKBfodSax48tmv-uosTusQ=w640-h466" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>leads <i>Scarlett O'Hara </i>downwind during the second race of the 1983 SORC (photo Alan Sefton | NZ Yachting)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The following sequence of photos are of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Lady Be </i><span style="font-family: arial;">taken by Larry Moran </span><span style="font-family: arial;">on the long downwind leg of the St Petersburg to Ft Lauderdale race during the 1984 SORC. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Lady Be </i><span style="font-family: arial;">was sailed by Francois Chalain and</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> finished in 3rd place in Class C (and 14th overall) </span><span style="font-family: arial;">with division placings of 8/2/2/1/9/8.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCW1K4_E_AGZ4baqKURHOJaBuKtE8v5Hucf7fNx34KVs1z3YFu7TFTnCSTg9JIXKY4nP2lHYTLf01EMCqzOCKmkxPIlb0Ge9zr6t1hZJ7Q4BovhSdeOWuNAKPSXxjy6ZLJVmnnAdLgIjZi92SRwzoqCwwfSdg3mC3yuqFExSupznvfw2KGsK-ocZBZOQ=s792" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="791" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCW1K4_E_AGZ4baqKURHOJaBuKtE8v5Hucf7fNx34KVs1z3YFu7TFTnCSTg9JIXKY4nP2lHYTLf01EMCqzOCKmkxPIlb0Ge9zr6t1hZJ7Q4BovhSdeOWuNAKPSXxjy6ZLJVmnnAdLgIjZi92SRwzoqCwwfSdg3mC3yuqFExSupznvfw2KGsK-ocZBZOQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Lady Be </i><span style="font-family: arial;">during the St Petersburg to Ft Lauderdale race during the 1984 SORC</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(photo Larry Moran)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlcp4MPceA0wmAstO1aXx0pWET3HahW7YJCR3WwF_wJ-bqqC3Gb4U4K4Y-T4UERhqZ2ZFjizictvt3JhJvkriCqyj4QaWMoerB7KisxjotVbN4T7aESEHh5OGaTpVFAvWBDHD4sMVn2_UDv8BlDFJ7791f2ifdkEQznQllcfHrWB4Y6XmxgqGwOjkPRA=s708" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="708" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlcp4MPceA0wmAstO1aXx0pWET3HahW7YJCR3WwF_wJ-bqqC3Gb4U4K4Y-T4UERhqZ2ZFjizictvt3JhJvkriCqyj4QaWMoerB7KisxjotVbN4T7aESEHh5OGaTpVFAvWBDHD4sMVn2_UDv8BlDFJ7791f2ifdkEQznQllcfHrWB4Y6XmxgqGwOjkPRA=w640-h632" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>on her way to second place in the St Petersburg to Ft Lauderdale race<i> </i>(photo Larry Moran)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3yvnpKFnfg51UjGiYaIxPysq5PBMiWN6avr_YZXSm-H48wXnlAO9g4QFiDqdjoIUijHURbc3-lKUjNTnwMN772Dm34CBwirKUu_yvYUW-3ZOWyefBPm59p2nzfBreJJmBQE1LvDrZjtFrq5pJTHqDFPgjhXjvxjZ8eFl4_NFmgHboeiC6S90t6IuhgQ=s867" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="826" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3yvnpKFnfg51UjGiYaIxPysq5PBMiWN6avr_YZXSm-H48wXnlAO9g4QFiDqdjoIUijHURbc3-lKUjNTnwMN772Dm34CBwirKUu_yvYUW-3ZOWyefBPm59p2nzfBreJJmBQE1LvDrZjtFrq5pJTHqDFPgjhXjvxjZ8eFl4_NFmgHboeiC6S90t6IuhgQ=w610-h640" width="610" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Lady Be </i><span style="font-family: arial;">with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Bravura </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Secret Love </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(overall winner of Class C) </span><span style="font-family: arial;">following (photo Larry Moran)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJRiYT2zSFKH_6xRzY0iVrNkW-08Ke6UgOMODXzyPl0VlBE6pWYvhiRTgE9JECE9OKI64c3666owLpU0vvNjnBi6JRBCIBYx28xAwH0L_s2RvR-Z8eELXEEfcw1StzPDBF4b9wWDTcr_8d4mZfaAWw7xGeKU3pd9-AI2YsjbxrE7gKg193-KBzHcI5YA=s837" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="785" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJRiYT2zSFKH_6xRzY0iVrNkW-08Ke6UgOMODXzyPl0VlBE6pWYvhiRTgE9JECE9OKI64c3666owLpU0vvNjnBi6JRBCIBYx28xAwH0L_s2RvR-Z8eELXEEfcw1StzPDBF4b9wWDTcr_8d4mZfaAWw7xGeKU3pd9-AI2YsjbxrE7gKg193-KBzHcI5YA=w600-h640" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>with <i>Bravura </i>and <i>Secret Love </i>following, and <i>Invictus </i>out to the left (photo Larry Moran)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYq9dNRvCwasfOtc4VsmQbJuh0oae5zfLIb0gLSL2NL-QaqTTww0Ug5jK2tGucCF7WOOem_eXCjon-b_3Od-NOvRAcKcsaN8PtjvoZtBF3-pcq-FIYPo-p60WTvTv7dtlzPoxeXTC_u7DxY4_m5Ro4hqLPaNVJVIQRmx2s4orTjfh9LpV_pfqVMwzBPQ=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="802" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYq9dNRvCwasfOtc4VsmQbJuh0oae5zfLIb0gLSL2NL-QaqTTww0Ug5jK2tGucCF7WOOem_eXCjon-b_3Od-NOvRAcKcsaN8PtjvoZtBF3-pcq-FIYPo-p60WTvTv7dtlzPoxeXTC_u7DxY4_m5Ro4hqLPaNVJVIQRmx2s4orTjfh9LpV_pfqVMwzBPQ=w570-h640" width="570" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lady Be </i>with <i>Bravura </i>and <i>Secret Love </i>following (photo Larry Moran)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">It is understood that <i>Lady Be </i>was sold to Russell Hoyt in Newport, R.I. and renamed <i>Destination </i>where she was actively raced on the US east coast. In 2009</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> she took part in the ARC 2009 race under the ownership of </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Jurgen Dobbelaer and with </span><span style="font-family: arial;">her original name of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Lady Be</i><span style="font-family: arial;">. Unfortunately she had to abandon the race due to leaks in the rudder post. She was transported to Muiden in the Netherlands in 2010 and is in service as a charter yacht for day trips on the IJsselmeer (as of 2016).<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Article updated September 2023</i></span></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-41964942894368865132022-02-05T19:56:00.009-08:002023-10-08T00:14:15.402-07:00Anticipation (Lexcen 50)<span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anticipation</i> was a 50-foot Ben Lexcen design, commissioned by Don St Clair Brown who was widely regarded as the Father of New Zealand yachting. Don had sailed several Flying Dutchman and Dragon class yachts and a Tornado, before eventually building <i>Anticipation </i>(in aluminium) in 1975 where he left his greatest mark on New Zealand's ocean racing scene. <i>Anticipation</i> was of moderate displacement for the period and masthead rigged, and with her distinctive broad yellow stripe she was a feature of the New Zealand keelboat scene for many years, and Don campaigned her in most of the major Pacific ocean races including the Clipper Cup and Sydney-Hobart as well as local New Zealand regattas.</span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSoSpneS4ycy0FKGL8kPekCCW5E0XhkUkGjXyTolcMBFo6lsBN_mc0PT3YLUXvcDZuO-XnJ4_zlGQDCndjz-QpHHr5-yTemrecwm8kDFgyAhYRvP-BimvOb448iV56PQNWwfX4ILdVmmnbyN6zn2ncZXGhz5ViVNpnUJwYP-NmtA0iQl9NAH30Q6pwPg=s2145" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="2145" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSoSpneS4ycy0FKGL8kPekCCW5E0XhkUkGjXyTolcMBFo6lsBN_mc0PT3YLUXvcDZuO-XnJ4_zlGQDCndjz-QpHHr5-yTemrecwm8kDFgyAhYRvP-BimvOb448iV56PQNWwfX4ILdVmmnbyN6zn2ncZXGhz5ViVNpnUJwYP-NmtA0iQl9NAH30Q6pwPg=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A</span></i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>nticipation </i>in her early days</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><i style="font-family: arial;">Anticipation</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, with her original rating of about 40.3ft IOR</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> was a strong performer in the New Zealand 'B' team in the first Clipper Cup in 1978, alongside </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Lovelace </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(Farr One Tonner)</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Inca</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, an S&S 46 footer</span><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLHBRPfEIhK6OgQhklzmBivLDaYcCT-oA7JIUU0zpyyh7dufcKvPFZ9ETAC9uaU0M25dEEWmc_yuY5S1AzW5joDsiO0z7F6vZaoKUA5HpwvxHgbdAr20iTaK1w-Bd4PHo5-ma7TvuGlDpmMCFyc4OzglyNQM8A2ILJsKXFHLbx_zX3vAYnBA0eJHFxOw=s1046" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1046" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLHBRPfEIhK6OgQhklzmBivLDaYcCT-oA7JIUU0zpyyh7dufcKvPFZ9ETAC9uaU0M25dEEWmc_yuY5S1AzW5joDsiO0z7F6vZaoKUA5HpwvxHgbdAr20iTaK1w-Bd4PHo5-ma7TvuGlDpmMCFyc4OzglyNQM8A2ILJsKXFHLbx_zX3vAYnBA0eJHFxOw=w640-h462" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anticipation </i>during a local Auckland race in 1979 (photo Maritime Museum)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6oOWuVwRRyxS0cametWmR0Rse0GHR5gBt8d5JoaOcNm0GZQcfN_GDsbpsWktc-km-agfcfKCenU7tGLs7BOIujx83i7yG8AUCGlqcM9MxsPnql3J0nLsZHhEZXPQQrYBn3mhn_iwu4cWa3x0LXIbWqr2gHKhOfci94jxCx9ncHvXwC_l21OIOPJlTxQ=s586" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="435" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6oOWuVwRRyxS0cametWmR0Rse0GHR5gBt8d5JoaOcNm0GZQcfN_GDsbpsWktc-km-agfcfKCenU7tGLs7BOIujx83i7yG8AUCGlqcM9MxsPnql3J0nLsZHhEZXPQQrYBn3mhn_iwu4cWa3x0LXIbWqr2gHKhOfci94jxCx9ncHvXwC_l21OIOPJlTxQ=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">During the 1979 Southern Cross Cup trials</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMiIDv5CCUFDKgyc9uVlg6fe_DhTx1nQSDCQylKeJlFBGpqLebzi-_lwGOO_NhXKZGGOhcdfkPYhpjCEoeOlDJNOjI8ekNKBTUxDz_YW8lZnPfyOTw7lCgkX8IamUC_QKbHcOVViX-0-IbLtM40gDYlksULAe8Fst63UPQmlAX5pSfYLp4NDkZ5Qnh_w=s1200" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1200" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMiIDv5CCUFDKgyc9uVlg6fe_DhTx1nQSDCQylKeJlFBGpqLebzi-_lwGOO_NhXKZGGOhcdfkPYhpjCEoeOlDJNOjI8ekNKBTUxDz_YW8lZnPfyOTw7lCgkX8IamUC_QKbHcOVViX-0-IbLtM40gDYlksULAe8Fst63UPQmlAX5pSfYLp4NDkZ5Qnh_w=w640-h422" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anticipation </i>at the start of the 1979 Auckland to Suva race (photo Maritime Museum)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">With the benefit of an age allowance, she again sailed strongly in <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/06/clipper-cup-1980.html" target="_blank">1980</a>, even though winds were lighter than ideal for her, with results of 5/2/5 in the first three races to initially lead such famous new yachts as </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Challenge</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ragamuffin</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/12/shockwave-davidson-46.html" target="_blank">Shockwave</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjic2ZonZyuJrVm0cZ-H226peuiyYQiMySDPtX371W8GPCesjjIm1NEQKHTAcskmaQ8YXWY50Zr4rMhOBkEfss0-ar-pDUnw24e0oYzyDqRJ6GyDNk7--MUVc5Em4U-Veoar6u6WO7Y5LH0WRYW1UPJ2H5GkwEmvuyt5MgaC4377M9E53qE7pn5xy-cIg=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjic2ZonZyuJrVm0cZ-H226peuiyYQiMySDPtX371W8GPCesjjIm1NEQKHTAcskmaQ8YXWY50Zr4rMhOBkEfss0-ar-pDUnw24e0oYzyDqRJ6GyDNk7--MUVc5Em4U-Veoar6u6WO7Y5LH0WRYW1UPJ2H5GkwEmvuyt5MgaC4377M9E53qE7pn5xy-cIg=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anticipation </i>during the 1980 Clipper Cup (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF0m_l-SnH_qBEWJd2Ut-hd64rCaqgrknNXqQGyfK0fF2Y8_F_8rP3x2IFghEo1OiIUag5p8dcQuqMB_bVZDyV719Y73u2_eBgQ9R2F1RRzUseQ3Es573aftL6Bw2UOKGURzefMToCLDYKCrruKbNvrnQrcpIiAlNLrJcGqffTts9rl1pDDJ5iv-gjrQ=s3174" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3174" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF0m_l-SnH_qBEWJd2Ut-hd64rCaqgrknNXqQGyfK0fF2Y8_F_8rP3x2IFghEo1OiIUag5p8dcQuqMB_bVZDyV719Y73u2_eBgQ9R2F1RRzUseQ3Es573aftL6Bw2UOKGURzefMToCLDYKCrruKbNvrnQrcpIiAlNLrJcGqffTts9rl1pDDJ5iv-gjrQ=w514-h640" width="514" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anticipation </i>with spinnaker and blooper in excellent trim (possibly during the 1980 Clipper Cup)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Although now seven years old, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Anticipation </i><span style="font-family: arial;">finished in fifth place in the New Zealand trials for the 1982 Clipper Cup, now with a lower 38.5ft rating, and formed</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> part of the New Zealand 'Red' team (alongside </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Bad Habits </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Solara</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). The 'Red' team finished in sixth place (ahead of the smaller yachts making up the 'Green' team in 9th), where she finished 17th overall with placings of 20/21/18/27/18.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh02w1-eB1_mCJk9Lw4RX-deFgmKmqQ0hlSqoNmTJ0Jsj1rxypEOLrFXF6xF-s-O-ls-IpGH4IRJTpXxf0bAKSHC6EcrrUjWRdQc9U9IgFevK20sRFxchLY737vNRQhyQfwAVnNNBco8-khJ6vQTVyCYZRQnlBj1r0v7mIv3JznxDe1VSmVP2OX17jcw=s1915" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1915" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh02w1-eB1_mCJk9Lw4RX-deFgmKmqQ0hlSqoNmTJ0Jsj1rxypEOLrFXF6xF-s-O-ls-IpGH4IRJTpXxf0bAKSHC6EcrrUjWRdQc9U9IgFevK20sRFxchLY737vNRQhyQfwAVnNNBco8-khJ6vQTVyCYZRQnlBj1r0v7mIv3JznxDe1VSmVP2OX17jcw=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Powering along upwind during the 1982 Clipper Cup (photo John Malitte | Sea Spray)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Anticipation again made the running in 1984, further benefiting from the IOR age allowance with a rating of 37.9ft, and was part of the seventh-placed New Zealand 'B' team (with <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/08/black-sheep-lidgard-51.html" target="_blank">Black Sheep</a> </i>and <i>Blast Furnace</i>). She outperformed both of her team-mates to finish 18th overall.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsHdbbHXRPQlRCgj-mfHHoX5LjB6WM-rT7rwBa4_kOuz6zz_-CD4rNQB8eIFUw1jU9si7czoRBGUy7G-_39fMi2dEBtKBOsLzphqfN_s8sIWTwImq2fPymF9LC9kZ3UjYfIAzcmo6nP3OxBXwDk8y-eRDif7tJ7ENP0bc_BQ51ArrhK__izxNTLhYoRGP/s1000/CC84_Anticipation_Molokai_Uhl_fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsHdbbHXRPQlRCgj-mfHHoX5LjB6WM-rT7rwBa4_kOuz6zz_-CD4rNQB8eIFUw1jU9si7czoRBGUy7G-_39fMi2dEBtKBOsLzphqfN_s8sIWTwImq2fPymF9LC9kZ3UjYfIAzcmo6nP3OxBXwDk8y-eRDif7tJ7ENP0bc_BQ51ArrhK__izxNTLhYoRGP/w640-h430/CC84_Anticipation_Molokai_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anticipation </i>off Molokai during the 1984 Clipper Cup (photo Phil Uhl)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9OHi4L0XB1PurgAkb9uhsPf0jCTU3yyrn9EGRUJgNnSXhWXD7u0e2-F6bGjQSL2pdLvF4t26ZRXhkkIm5PxYQL5WQiZhs4SoPyVRCNxCgO09YospQUt2Thlw9LCWDOty_FNGinbYOADkLrxVRGry-kmKRfet_PuPGSf5q3qSKFsQJGNeZ1jGE5gbb_g=s960" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9OHi4L0XB1PurgAkb9uhsPf0jCTU3yyrn9EGRUJgNnSXhWXD7u0e2-F6bGjQSL2pdLvF4t26ZRXhkkIm5PxYQL5WQiZhs4SoPyVRCNxCgO09YospQUt2Thlw9LCWDOty_FNGinbYOADkLrxVRGry-kmKRfet_PuPGSf5q3qSKFsQJGNeZ1jGE5gbb_g=w391-h400" width="391" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Charging along downwind, possibly during the 1984 Clipper Cup (photo Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">While Don owned and continued to race </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Anticipation</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> until his death in 2008 (at 94), he also commissioned </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Thunderbird</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, a <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-new-zealand-farr-43s.html" target="_blank">Farr 43</a>, in 1984 in which he sailed in the 1985 Southern Cross Cup and went on to win the 1986 Kenwood Cup (the former Clipper Cup) alongside </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Equity</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/05/exador-farr-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Exador</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 11pt;"></span><p></p></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqo3Kd7HnlQsNxa2f6irlhamy70YTB1hppmiZ-WxBGpgqSJslPqNXGrzhOdWCZr9coqZosTR5r20Yj57cvBpwGsAlkW_vlVY0VUiKKEmb3msnVrjinsyab8lIL3mBitJ5mzYjXHg9-H5pilvRxVHeRyVbUxp7alWxIzvoD_SlJ8rxqq7QTgD7mKrXmqA=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqo3Kd7HnlQsNxa2f6irlhamy70YTB1hppmiZ-WxBGpgqSJslPqNXGrzhOdWCZr9coqZosTR5r20Yj57cvBpwGsAlkW_vlVY0VUiKKEmb3msnVrjinsyab8lIL3mBitJ5mzYjXHg9-H5pilvRxVHeRyVbUxp7alWxIzvoD_SlJ8rxqq7QTgD7mKrXmqA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anticipation </i>soon after the start of the 2006 Coastal Classic race (photo Richard Gladwell | <a href="https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Father-of-New-Zealand-Yachting-passes-on/-51807?source=google" target="_blank">Sail World</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRl43nuqIyyniNFxCDgytTvckdREPtRlHF4qP7Mi4NWcDBtmJUurJJ9_Cf5Ie4SA9RGhVrpLcKHfc5Kjm780FBbXWwMS4qeQ8ai5K3RtZlnh2wOQE5gF5cMR7qodiLloT_DYoUYQ7fqzVQuBw4Jg1_8JAwNfxD4P-7K47gJCxyIfj8tm-n2J3FgaOwYg=s931" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="931" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRl43nuqIyyniNFxCDgytTvckdREPtRlHF4qP7Mi4NWcDBtmJUurJJ9_Cf5Ie4SA9RGhVrpLcKHfc5Kjm780FBbXWwMS4qeQ8ai5K3RtZlnh2wOQE5gF5cMR7qodiLloT_DYoUYQ7fqzVQuBw4Jg1_8JAwNfxD4P-7K47gJCxyIfj8tm-n2J3FgaOwYg=w640-h526" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anticipation </i>competing in an Australian regatta, date unknown</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anticipation </i>is sadly now languishing as a houseboat of sorts in Mooloolaba, Australia (photo below from 2022, Facebook).</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS_G7qAOonTCvYOD-28eEP7SOJuxx3ch-1Ilov9MTcCsPgRQV2sXMpAaxCY2qXzeCa39wWcOkyfGcXDBmUUcdw6L043C2PcyYS52I7OMz1kbHiRzREF-l5syzO-apYvoMuQV8cWHiy3kGfro-yb_1C89wptALuCvknYERXgPFaJ5lLVC4FjhEWJ-b7ZQ=s1983" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1983" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS_G7qAOonTCvYOD-28eEP7SOJuxx3ch-1Ilov9MTcCsPgRQV2sXMpAaxCY2qXzeCa39wWcOkyfGcXDBmUUcdw6L043C2PcyYS52I7OMz1kbHiRzREF-l5syzO-apYvoMuQV8cWHiy3kGfro-yb_1C89wptALuCvknYERXgPFaJ5lLVC4FjhEWJ-b7ZQ=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-83282807344880333992021-11-12T15:46:00.076-08:002022-04-17T21:17:34.859-07:001981 New Zealand Admiral's Cup trials <p><span style="font-family: arial;">This post features photographs taken from slides that form part of the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Auckland's </span><a href="https://collection.maritimemuseum.co.nz/objects?query=1981+Admiral%27s+Cup+trials" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Maritime Museum</a><span style="font-family: arial;">'s online collection.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> These photographs are from the 1981 New Zealand Admiral's Cup trials, that were contested by eight yachts over a course of observation races in March 1981 followed by a selection trials series proper. The trials were won by </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/12/swuzzlebubble-iii-holland-40.html" target="_blank">Swuzzlebubble III</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, a Holland-designed 40-footer, and she was joined in the New Zealand team by near sistership </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/swuzzlebubble-iv-holland-41.html" target="_blank">Epiglass New Zealand</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, renamed </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Wee Willie Winkie </i><span style="font-family: arial;">for the Admiral's Cup itself to avoid Rule 26 (sponsorship) complications, and </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/11/inca-s-46.html" target="_blank">Marac</a></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, a fractionally-rigged S&S 46-footer, later re-named </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Inca</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> for the same reason. Other contenders in the series were </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/02/feltex-roperunner-farr-40.html" target="_blank">Feltex Roperunner</a> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(a Farr designed 40 footer for Don Lidgard), </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/11/featured-yacht-flirt-of-paget.html" target="_blank">Spritzer</a> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(a masthead Holland 40), </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Monique </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(a masthead Holland 42-footer),</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Ngaruru </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(S&S 46, sistership to </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Marac/Inca). </i><span style="font-family: arial;">Digby Taylor also used the series as a warm-up regatta for his Whitbread entry, the Davidson 50-footer</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Outward Bound. </i><span style="font-family: arial;">While</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Swuzzlebubble III </i><span style="font-family: arial;">went on to be the top individual yacht in the Admiral's Cup that year, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Wee Willie Winkie </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Inca </i><span style="font-family: arial;">could only manage 26th and 42nd respectively, and the</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">New Zealand finished in sixth place overall.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oQE3m68vCJw/YY2l4G-vffI/AAAAAAAALhE/7848oMXpUscnS0wB2-AroiQqiKjmUUA0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s777/Epiglass%2Band%2BSpritzer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="777" height="562" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oQE3m68vCJw/YY2l4G-vffI/AAAAAAAALhE/7848oMXpUscnS0wB2-AroiQqiKjmUUA0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h562/Epiglass%2Band%2BSpritzer.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Epiglass New Zealand</i> to weather of <i>Spritzer,</i><i> </i>soon after the start of one of the trial races in easterly conditions on the Auckland Harbour</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u9U_9SoHlM4/YY2mB4_NlPI/AAAAAAAALhI/L0ZDP4bt_SwRarlqWAbyestNcIk2mmoawCLcBGAsYHQ/s835/Marac%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="783" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u9U_9SoHlM4/YY2mB4_NlPI/AAAAAAAALhI/L0ZDP4bt_SwRarlqWAbyestNcIk2mmoawCLcBGAsYHQ/w600-h640/Marac%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Evan Julian's S&S 46-footer <i>Marac</i> (rating 34.5ft IOR) crosses <i>Epiglass New Zealand </i>and <i>Feltex Roperunner </i>(4499)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmG_YjEAULM/YY78HmJbACI/AAAAAAAALis/8k0o6SGTxD0BeqX7UprVUfQd14wqcsqmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s767/Start.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="767" height="402" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmG_YjEAULM/YY78HmJbACI/AAAAAAAALis/8k0o6SGTxD0BeqX7UprVUfQd14wqcsqmwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h402/Start.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ngaruru </i>(4513) leads <i>Monique </i>(3325), <i>Spritzer</i> (4490)<i> </i>and <i>Swuzzlebubble III </i>(4466)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R6cEm6nyfbs/YY2mPzeOhAI/AAAAAAAALhQ/cPKRneG1PEsKREThXc6CRf3Ne9Q1oHeBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Epiglass%2BNZ%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R6cEm6nyfbs/YY2mPzeOhAI/AAAAAAAALhQ/cPKRneG1PEsKREThXc6CRf3Ne9Q1oHeBQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Epiglass%2BNZ%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Epiglass New Zealand </i>(30.6ft IOR)<i> </i>skippered by Stu Brentnall - note the hard turn in the sheer between the maximum beam point and the stern, as a way of maximising crew leverage between these two measurement points</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NaAOQ-aj5Ps/YY2maLuY2_I/AAAAAAAALhY/C5osU9lImyMO8XRlMc_23qS4vd3HyFFfACLcBGAsYHQ/s776/Swuzzlebubble%2BIII.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="776" height="412" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NaAOQ-aj5Ps/YY2maLuY2_I/AAAAAAAALhY/C5osU9lImyMO8XRlMc_23qS4vd3HyFFfACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h412/Swuzzlebubble%2BIII.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ian Gibbs' <i>Swuzzlebubble III </i>(30.2ft IOR) sails past Islington Bay towards the Motuihe Channel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-28vAr3dY06I/YY2mpfp5s2I/AAAAAAAALhg/nTGwAluyM0QXKzGKWvsfPos6zegHNaS_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s835/Swuzzlebubble%2BIII%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-28vAr3dY06I/YY2mpfp5s2I/AAAAAAAALhg/nTGwAluyM0QXKzGKWvsfPos6zegHNaS_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w552-h640/Swuzzlebubble%2BIII%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Swuzzlebubble III </i>sails into the Motuihe Channel in perfect easterly conditions</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-68FNBPE46oU/YY72DZcpcPI/AAAAAAAALhs/XrOwVWZDCaIXQ48XrtjUSfIJTd1FlUrpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Marac%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-68FNBPE46oU/YY72DZcpcPI/AAAAAAAALhs/XrOwVWZDCaIXQ48XrtjUSfIJTd1FlUrpgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/Marac%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Marac </i>sails back into Auckland Harbour</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-drrlviG_VzM/YY75YNZXHYI/AAAAAAAALiE/mKTCOY12lRI5Afscid4qYObnt45nt3h-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s820/Roperunner%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-drrlviG_VzM/YY75YNZXHYI/AAAAAAAALiE/mKTCOY12lRI5Afscid4qYObnt45nt3h-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w562-h640/Roperunner%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="562" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Feltex Roperunner</i>, the lowest rating boat in the series (30.1ft IOR),<i> </i>runs downwind through the Motuihe Channel back into Auckland Harbour</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PljFk3R9ekw/YY75_FuE-WI/AAAAAAAALiM/uanK6W1SoWcOMCsujdKwXwGQqLaldNbYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s844/Spritzer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="762" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PljFk3R9ekw/YY75_FuE-WI/AAAAAAAALiM/uanK6W1SoWcOMCsujdKwXwGQqLaldNbYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w578-h640/Spritzer.jpg" width="578" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Spritzer </i>sailing past Motuihe Island <i>- </i>a similar design to <i>Epiglass New Zealand </i>and <i>Swuzzlebubble III </i>but masthead rigged (30.2ft IOR). She competed in the Admiral's Cup for Bermuda as <i>Flirt of Paget.</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-paA5OT2oA50/YY72PvDFVVI/AAAAAAAALhw/sL-4UL9ke188CRp6waj24f9Msu95FpIJACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Epiglass%2BNZ%2B%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-paA5OT2oA50/YY72PvDFVVI/AAAAAAAALhw/sL-4UL9ke188CRp6waj24f9Msu95FpIJACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h400/Epiglass%2BNZ%2B%25284%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Epiglass New Zealand</i> sails downwind past Rangitoto Island with <i>Sprizter</i> to windward and <i>Feltex Roperunner</i> astern</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SVjNE2IrH6o/YY76svMJunI/AAAAAAAALiU/4Ma_bzA3pIcgiLTWXbis6tJVljIypjabACLcBGAsYHQ/s679/Spritzer%2Band%2BEpiglass%2BNZ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="679" height="438" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SVjNE2IrH6o/YY76svMJunI/AAAAAAAALiU/4Ma_bzA3pIcgiLTWXbis6tJVljIypjabACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h438/Spritzer%2Band%2BEpiglass%2BNZ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Spritzer </i>and <i>Epiglass New Zealand </i>head out into the Hauraki Gulf</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBdjjtI7C34/YY761UHCpvI/AAAAAAAALiY/EbxHj9ENQ6AjLT37Hikfgn_iCvQsALCrACLcBGAsYHQ/s975/Epiglass%2BNZ%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBdjjtI7C34/YY761UHCpvI/AAAAAAAALiY/EbxHj9ENQ6AjLT37Hikfgn_iCvQsALCrACLcBGAsYHQ/w492-h640/Epiglass%2BNZ%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="492" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Epiglass New Zealand </i>sails past Gannet Rock </span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DHpCQsFOmQg/YY77rlyMz_I/AAAAAAAALik/vhdRNWgRlSIuB5a2_UOGZx4fmMa35ODawCLcBGAsYHQ/s1155/Roperunner%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1155" height="436" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DHpCQsFOmQg/YY77rlyMz_I/AAAAAAAALik/vhdRNWgRlSIuB5a2_UOGZx4fmMa35ODawCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h436/Roperunner%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Feltex Roperunner </i>sails past Motuihe Island and out into the Hauraki Gulf in a fresh south-westerly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-66271312368624336032021-10-30T23:49:00.091-07:002023-11-05T22:10:27.519-08:00Kenwood Cup 1986<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This post features a selection of great photographs by Sharon Green (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/" target="_blank">Ultimate Sailing</a>) that capture some of the action during the 1986 Kenwood Cup held in Hawaii. The 1986 edition of this famous regatta was the first with Kenwood as the new sponsor, with the event becoming the Kenwood Cup Hawaii International Ocean Racing Series, and the Waikiki Yacht Club turned over the helm for managing the event to the newly formed Royal Hawaiian Ocean Racing Club.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iNP_As-GzJI/YX42pMOredI/AAAAAAAALe4/mQRgLjw7_ks9Lv8o7Myw8ZEG3aQcTD82ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/125031632_3284431478272382_5064683370906389997_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iNP_As-GzJI/YX42pMOredI/AAAAAAAALe4/mQRgLjw7_ks9Lv8o7Myw8ZEG3aQcTD82ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/125031632_3284431478272382_5064683370906389997_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Startline action in the 50-footer division, with Australia's <i>Great Expectations</i> just to windward and ahead of US yacht <i>Springbok<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A total of 48 yachts entered the regatta, from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Tahiti and the United States. The 1987 America's Cup had reduced the number of available offshore crew and the general downturn in IOR racing contributed to the decreased number of entries. With only two Maxis, the 50-footers in Class B would prove to be the most competitive fleet and included Dennis Conner and his crew from <i>Stars & Stripes </i>aboard the Frers 50 <i>Springbok.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPoyAZUD-2Y/YX42vbGJbrI/AAAAAAAALe8/FObixZiExoI8rYVjXFQFgPWP4y7gtxmaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/124986736_3284432664938930_4895106366782178230_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPoyAZUD-2Y/YX42vbGJbrI/AAAAAAAALe8/FObixZiExoI8rYVjXFQFgPWP4y7gtxmaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/124986736_3284432664938930_4895106366782178230_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The One Tonners approach a leeward mark<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An adjustment to the time allowance system provided a boost to the smaller yachts and the 40 and 43 footers had a field day on the Olympic triangle races off Waikiki, which became a three-way battle between the three New Zealand yachts <i>Equity</i>, <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/05/exador-farr-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Exador</a> </i>and <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/03/mad-max-davidson-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Mad Max</a>. Exador </i>emerged the winner of the Hawaii Silver Jubilee Trophy with the other three tied only four points behind. It was a fitting return for <i>Exador </i>after the disappointment of her dismasting in the 1984 series during the Around the State Race.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BqlpxO60BeU/YX4207WrLcI/AAAAAAAALfA/dbgNfLuoAjsvj2eXFRnlXGQtIMiq7DEhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/125029821_3284432584938938_4458413672841386763_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BqlpxO60BeU/YX4207WrLcI/AAAAAAAALfA/dbgNfLuoAjsvj2eXFRnlXGQtIMiq7DEhQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/125029821_3284432584938938_4458413672841386763_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Australia's <i>Great Expectations</i>, a Farr 50-footer<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The line honours victors for the Molokai Race was of no surprise as the big red Maxi <i>Sorcery</i> easily beat her rival <i>Windward Passage </i>by 12 minutes. However the main contest was among the One Tonners who were all vying for the corrected time win. In the final tally One Tonners took the top four places with <i>Exador </i>leading <i>Mad Max, General Hospital </i>and <i>Sagacious V.</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BePKHcu432w/YX42_87Bf6I/AAAAAAAALfI/qDxPU790sQQ3LJhrnGy2fJKVzIoiGJtxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/125093300_3284430348272495_728003689165525834_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1397" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BePKHcu432w/YX42_87Bf6I/AAAAAAAALfI/qDxPU790sQQ3LJhrnGy2fJKVzIoiGJtxQCLcBGAsYHQ/w436-h640/125093300_3284430348272495_728003689165525834_o.jpg" width="436" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Japanese yacht <i>Rariko </i>(Kanto design rating 34.5ft) flying a blooper, although these were much less popular by 1986<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the Around the State Race, <i>Sorcery </i>and <i>Windward Passage </i>match-raced for 775 miles, with <i>Sorcery </i>winning by just 1 minute 55 seconds. The Japanese 50-footer <i>Zero </i>easily won on corrected time after sticking to the rhumbline course on the long trek from Niihau to South Point.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZHYIrSprso/YX43QCyOb1I/AAAAAAAALfY/aes7KYFEDrIZq1dqpeL9Aac5yftRc0ifQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Blade%2BRunner%2Band%2BTomahawk.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZHYIrSprso/YX43QCyOb1I/AAAAAAAALfY/aes7KYFEDrIZq1dqpeL9Aac5yftRc0ifQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/Blade%2BRunner%2Band%2BTomahawk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Blade Runner </i>(first overall in Class B)<i> </i>chases <i>Tomahawk </i>(ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2018/02/margaret-rintoul-iii-frers-50.html" target="_blank">Margaret Rintoul III</a></i>)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The top overall yacht and winner of the King Kamehameha Trophy was <i>Crazy Horse </i>who beat <i>Sleeper </i>by two points. The New Zealand team of <i>Equity, Exador </i>and <i>Thunderbird </i>turned in a strong performance to be the top team overall and winners of the Kenwood Cup on its first presentation.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DsIh_I1-_fk/YX43dfGpFJI/AAAAAAAALfk/I6kQVfOupmw8czzDOY56xGFB_feVjGRhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Jubilation.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DsIh_I1-_fk/YX43dfGpFJI/AAAAAAAALfk/I6kQVfOupmw8czzDOY56xGFB_feVjGRhgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h482/Jubilation.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">US yacht<i> Jubilation </i>(third overall in Class B)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhS79BciVbo/YX43WuueWgI/AAAAAAAALfg/4bur8jCyVngF5O-RYo1B5r7gdwucLOfhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Mad%2BMax.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhS79BciVbo/YX43WuueWgI/AAAAAAAALfg/4bur8jCyVngF5O-RYo1B5r7gdwucLOfhwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h394/Mad%2BMax.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The New Zealand Davidson 40 One Tonner <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/03/mad-max-davidson-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Mad Max</a> </i>(second overall in Class D)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-NEGRFe4rY/YX43mmSDvEI/AAAAAAAALfs/sLroVxLc7YQtF0CKMONBMi2M2t2QQXXxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Checkmate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-NEGRFe4rY/YX43mmSDvEI/AAAAAAAALfs/sLroVxLc7YQtF0CKMONBMi2M2t2QQXXxgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/Checkmate.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">US yacht <i>Checkmate</i>, a Peterson 55 (ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2018/05/bullfrog-peterson-55.html" target="_blank">Bullfrog</a></i>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-52HmeATFOHg/YX43513EWJI/AAAAAAAALgA/HErp5ES1t_wIlAMSU3BgB5SlJ69jQsiCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Springbok.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-52HmeATFOHg/YX43513EWJI/AAAAAAAALgA/HErp5ES1t_wIlAMSU3BgB5SlJ69jQsiCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h438/Springbok.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">US yacht <i>Springbok</i>, a Frers 50-footer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wVfnUJOOMLE/YX43wd16GII/AAAAAAAALf0/gN-8-wqUyo07eFeAQILIQcv0FS387snyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Thunderbird.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wVfnUJOOMLE/YX43wd16GII/AAAAAAAALf0/gN-8-wqUyo07eFeAQILIQcv0FS387snyQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/Thunderbird.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-new-zealand-farr-43s.html" target="_blank">Thunderbird</a> (</i>a Farr 43), part of the winning New Zealand team</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYxKAWednzo/YX431D5AMoI/AAAAAAAALf4/JB5y1ESi63gemd7FwQVyFfEDpxhyi1GqACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Crazy%2BHorse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1374" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYxKAWednzo/YX431D5AMoI/AAAAAAAALf4/JB5y1ESi63gemd7FwQVyFfEDpxhyi1GqACLcBGAsYHQ/w430-h640/Crazy%2BHorse.jpg" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Crazy Horse</i>, top yacht overall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rHWAf-Q19KI/YX43-ilvJiI/AAAAAAAALgE/3v5qTXxcqMEWniJkT3WVcrF5_fT79f-HgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Springbok2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="2048" height="422" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rHWAf-Q19KI/YX43-ilvJiI/AAAAAAAALgE/3v5qTXxcqMEWniJkT3WVcrF5_fT79f-HgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h422/Springbok2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Springbok </i>rounds a leeward mark</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-61119154139299856262021-10-06T23:28:00.014-07:002022-09-30T18:21:37.289-07:00Laurie Davidson (1926 - 2021)<span style="font-family: arial;">New Zealand and the wider sailing world lost one of its great yacht designing talents, Laurie Davidson, this week (4 October 2021). Davidson was a major force in leading edge IOR design in the 1970s and 80s, starting off with his breakthrough Quarter Tonner <i>Fun</i> before going on to find further international success with winning designs in Half Ton, Three-Quarter Ton and One Ton world championships in the 1970s and was a key part of New Zealand's success in international yacht design through into the 1980s and 1990s. He will of course be best remembered for his breakthrough designs for Team New Zealand in their successful 1995 America's Cup challenge and 2000 defence, but created fast and beautiful looking yachts across the whole design spectrum. </span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F6I_vUfq0Qg/YV5YOOz1VQI/AAAAAAAALUg/iYi1G-aos7M7r0XdxANzVogcdv5Lj3urQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/Fun%2BQTC%2B76.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1440" height="414" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F6I_vUfq0Qg/YV5YOOz1VQI/AAAAAAAALUg/iYi1G-aos7M7r0XdxANzVogcdv5Lj3urQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h414/Fun%2BQTC%2B76.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/10/featured-yacht-fun.html" target="_blank">Fun</a> - </i>fifth at the 1976 Quarter Ton Cup in Corpus Christi (and fifth again in Helsinki in 1977)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A tribute article can be found on the Yachting New Zealand website </span><a href="https://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/tributes-flow-top-designer-laurie-davidson" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">here</a>, <span style="font-family: arial;">and so</span><span style="font-family: arial;">me of his famous designs from the IOR era are presented in the gallery below.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3p4KyDkvRng/YV5cR2cI8NI/AAAAAAAALWU/zg_LNyOKeXUZY-f73WIBJIiHpQBxhJ2OwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Waverider%2BHTC%2B1978%2BRBsailing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1590" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3p4KyDkvRng/YV5cR2cI8NI/AAAAAAAALWU/zg_LNyOKeXUZY-f73WIBJIiHpQBxhJ2OwCLcBGAsYHQ/w496-h640/Waverider%2BHTC%2B1978%2BRBsailing.jpg" width="496" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/waverider-davidson-half-tonner.html" target="_blank">Waverider</a></i> - fourth in the Half Ton Cup in 1977 but went on to win in 1978 and 1979</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-50JOL0WBPzM/YV5ZIpfFuOI/AAAAAAAALVI/M0VNqZZkRTsFoFxC1gWu4LI0N8XJ2MNcQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1453/Pendragon_SA_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1453" height="446" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-50JOL0WBPzM/YV5ZIpfFuOI/AAAAAAAALVI/M0VNqZZkRTsFoFxC1gWu4LI0N8XJ2MNcQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h446/Pendragon_SA_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Laurie inspecting the hull of <i>Pendragon </i>at the 1978 Three-Quarter Ton Cup in 1978 (photo Doug Wardrop)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ig9JlRr4y78/YV5ciQb6xBI/AAAAAAAALWc/S4VcIgc3LFk98xGdHdl31909WReZI-YiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s718/Pendragon%2B1978%2BTQTC_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="718" height="310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ig9JlRr4y78/YV5ciQb6xBI/AAAAAAAALWc/S4VcIgc3LFk98xGdHdl31909WReZI-YiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h310/Pendragon%2B1978%2BTQTC_.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/pendragon-davidson-34.html" target="_blank">Pendragon</a> </i>on her way to winning the 1978 Three Quarter Ton Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ssGtPcayoJU/YV5ZAR0t9eI/AAAAAAAALVA/o94WkyXt_wwjMgpec5STOg-Mf5_RBbEyACLcBGAsYHQ/s877/Pendragon%2BOTC%2B79_2%2BP%2BMello.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="877" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ssGtPcayoJU/YV5ZAR0t9eI/AAAAAAAALVA/o94WkyXt_wwjMgpec5STOg-Mf5_RBbEyACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Pendragon%2BOTC%2B79_2%2BP%2BMello.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Laurie seen here checking in with the crew of Pendragon following her conversion to a One Tonner and winning the 1979 One Ton Cup (photo Paul Mello)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ssGtPcayoJU/YV5ZAR0t9eI/AAAAAAAALVA/o94WkyXt_wwjMgpec5STOg-Mf5_RBbEyACLcBGAsYHQ/s877/Pendragon%2BOTC%2B79_2%2BP%2BMello.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GgFXBWzqMY/YV5Yu5Y8QrI/AAAAAAAALU0/8iyIlpX2i8Ay53xCKLbwfOVPFOPMWKdrACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Pendragon%2B1979%2BNAs%2BPMello.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1024" height="436" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GgFXBWzqMY/YV5Yu5Y8QrI/AAAAAAAALU0/8iyIlpX2i8Ay53xCKLbwfOVPFOPMWKdrACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h436/Pendragon%2B1979%2BNAs%2BPMello.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Pendragon</i> winning the 1979 One Ton Cup (photo Paul Mello)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GgFXBWzqMY/YV5Yu5Y8QrI/AAAAAAAALU0/8iyIlpX2i8Ay53xCKLbwfOVPFOPMWKdrACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Pendragon%2B1979%2BNAs%2BPMello.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ0VGan5n0I/YV5ZTN6e2MI/AAAAAAAALVQ/wieF96FwZ7U4odVNiZsGFE-Njf1TzK3rQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Shockwave.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1024" height="468" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZ0VGan5n0I/YV5ZTN6e2MI/AAAAAAAALVQ/wieF96FwZ7U4odVNiZsGFE-Njf1TzK3rQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h468/Shockwave.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Stu Brentnall's 46-footer <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/12/shockwave-davidson-46.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Shockwave</a> at the 1980 Clipper Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hudyKZX7Cm8/YV5sFS_VnoI/AAAAAAAALXA/frUCN5mJxuAGJNny3y5QMHo6PRPkuTSqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1506/Hellaby%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1506" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hudyKZX7Cm8/YV5sFS_VnoI/AAAAAAAALXA/frUCN5mJxuAGJNny3y5QMHo6PRPkuTSqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Hellaby%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Quarter Tonner <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2016/02/hellaby-davidson-quarter-tonner.html" target="_blank"><i>Hellaby</i>,</a> racing at the 1980 Quarter Ton Cup in Auckland</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IvJo_uT2HrQ/YV5ZZzEgZRI/AAAAAAAALVY/gQ7UOafT07QW8zR_dwOca4TdXK3ycAdMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Southern%2BRaider_Clipper%2BCup%2B82.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1024" height="414" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IvJo_uT2HrQ/YV5ZZzEgZRI/AAAAAAAALVY/gQ7UOafT07QW8zR_dwOca4TdXK3ycAdMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h414/Southern%2BRaider_Clipper%2BCup%2B82.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The 38-foot <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/11/southern-raider.html" target="_blank">Southern Raider</a> </i>at the 1982 Clipper Cup (photo John Malitte)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JZhsAWp71sw/YV5lI-o_YtI/AAAAAAAALW0/EWNc9W1CPusI6Gcy_K31rdXqc0NAdiHDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Jumpin%2BJack%2BFlash_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JZhsAWp71sw/YV5lI-o_YtI/AAAAAAAALW0/EWNc9W1CPusI6Gcy_K31rdXqc0NAdiHDQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Jumpin%2BJack%2BFlash_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Graeme Woodroffe's 50-footer <i>Jumpin' Jack Flash - </i>although not designed to the IOR (and carrying a high 48.3ft rating), she was </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">New Zealand's top yacht in the 1982 Clipper Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-apy4OT5Ye1g/YV5Z_H1B6pI/AAAAAAAALVs/zz0iHuRtUWszysWFpSyjdwIHJxwkIZw-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Outward%2BBound_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1024" height="416" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-apy4OT5Ye1g/YV5Z_H1B6pI/AAAAAAAALVs/zz0iHuRtUWszysWFpSyjdwIHJxwkIZw-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h416/Outward%2BBound_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Digby Taylor's 51-foot Whitbread yacht <i>Outward Bound </i>during the 1981 New Zealand Admiral's Cup selection trials</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-apy4OT5Ye1g/YV5Z_H1B6pI/AAAAAAAALVs/zz0iHuRtUWszysWFpSyjdwIHJxwkIZw-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Outward%2BBound_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JhGEg6pbNw/YV5aIMn2r4I/AAAAAAAALV0/JCgcATUrb6UpckO36N-xeZJK6_ZlmC3VwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Great%2BFun_Hawaii.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JhGEg6pbNw/YV5aIMn2r4I/AAAAAAAALV0/JCgcATUrb6UpckO36N-xeZJK6_ZlmC3VwCLcBGAsYHQ/w442-h640/Great%2BFun_Hawaii.jpg" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Bernard Clay's 50-foot <i>Great Fun </i>during the 1982 Clipper Cup </span>(<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">photo</span> <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">/Facebook</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g_raRKnRMxo/YV5gEBy6VyI/AAAAAAAALWk/YcydLmXraL8-eHvikSw8MZKg-wuEz-7JgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1127/Szechwan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1127" height="594" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g_raRKnRMxo/YV5gEBy6VyI/AAAAAAAALWk/YcydLmXraL8-eHvikSw8MZKg-wuEz-7JgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h594/Szechwan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Australian 39-footer <i>Szechwan </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-og_0Bg-yxew/YV5aY-xtKaI/AAAAAAAALV8/BJPpNaSt1b8V9cttpTFqNp3uqcVDdJ2YQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Canterbury%2B1985.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2048" height="386" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-og_0Bg-yxew/YV5aY-xtKaI/AAAAAAAALV8/BJPpNaSt1b8V9cttpTFqNp3uqcVDdJ2YQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h386/Canterbury%2B1985.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The One Tonner <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/10/canterbury-davidson-40.html" target="_blank">Canterbury Export</a></i> formed part of the New Zealand team for the 1985 Admiral's Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wq85wlqlTZY/YV5a0S2i-vI/AAAAAAAALWE/zwT98RcA-IQL_pJljpnVdEKeosAEw0f8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1010/Pendragon%2BOT%2Bfb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1010" height="446" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wq85wlqlTZY/YV5a0S2i-vI/AAAAAAAALWE/zwT98RcA-IQL_pJljpnVdEKeosAEw0f8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h446/Pendragon%2BOT%2Bfb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The 44-footer<i> Pendragon II </i>(1981)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rWu1QNniT3k/YV5Zqg4RuHI/AAAAAAAALVg/mKAO0rUuvYU8H8hYXccS5PAL2inXs50wQCLcBGAsYHQ/s759/Mad%2BMax%2B06_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="759" height="344" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rWu1QNniT3k/YV5Zqg4RuHI/AAAAAAAALVg/mKAO0rUuvYU8H8hYXccS5PAL2inXs50wQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h344/Mad%2BMax%2B06_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/03/mad-max-davidson-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Mad Max</a></i> (also known as <i>Goldcorp</i>) seen here during the 1985 Southern Cross Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-1lk_uMf5c/YV5hGVrYm0I/AAAAAAAALWs/mczhvDKB638lRwD7L--Pz4DNESxMtZmAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Swuzzlebubble%2BVIII_2%2BRBsailing.jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1024" height="412" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c-1lk_uMf5c/YV5hGVrYm0I/AAAAAAAALWs/mczhvDKB638lRwD7L--Pz4DNESxMtZmAgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h412/Swuzzlebubble%2BVIII_2%2BRBsailing.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">One Tonner<i> <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/02/swuzzlebubble-viii-davidson-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Swuzzlebubble VIII</a> </i>(ex-<i>Beyond Thunderdome</i>)<i> </i>at the start of the ill-fated 1994 Sydney to Hobart yacht race</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-63242128514287450392021-10-01T14:27:00.315-07:002024-01-14T12:08:25.822-08:00Will (Farr 50)<span style="font-family: arial;">The sad sight of the yacht <i>Will</i> languishing on a mooring in Auckland has spurred me to look into its history, alongside its other namesakes<i>,</i> all Farr-designed IOR 50-footers that were owned and campaigned by Japanese yachtsman Ryuoji Oda during the heyday of the 50-foot class in the late 1980s and early 1990s.</span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GK6BC6WmeNg/YUbGY-ydaBI/AAAAAAAALNI/VnJEyjbmKr08AlIjmDSE5TZnD8cormAHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2078/Will%2BAC%2B1989.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="2078" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GK6BC6WmeNg/YUbGY-ydaBI/AAAAAAAALNI/VnJEyjbmKr08AlIjmDSE5TZnD8cormAHgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h304/Will%2BAC%2B1989.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>sailing upwind during the 1989 Admiral's Cup on her way to second place overall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">As discussed in earlier articles (Part 1 begins <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-international-50-foot-class-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>), the World Cup events for the 50-foot class had evolved by the late 1980s to a focus on short-course inshore racing. However, the Fifties still had an offshore purpose, and their fortunes in mixed fleet ocean racing received a boost for the 1989 Admiral's Cup when the Royal Ocean Racing Club resolved to reduce the previous dominance of the One Tonners. This was done by changing the time multiplication factor (TMF) curve in favour of the Fifties, to reduce the points loading for the offshore races and by adding a fourth (and long) inshore race. These moves coincided with the continued evolution and performance gains of the 50-foot class in response to the increasing competition within its World Cup circuit. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aNpE7cNuxjc/YU_tLf4ZUuI/AAAAAAAALPk/26fWn1jvKC8sjBVL4pJiXvIRoxBWEN-pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s647/Will_sailplan.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="442" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aNpE7cNuxjc/YU_tLf4ZUuI/AAAAAAAALPk/26fWn1jvKC8sjBVL4pJiXvIRoxBWEN-pwCLcBGAsYHQ/w438-h640/Will_sailplan.PNG" width="438" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The sailplan for design #203, on which <i>Will</i> was based (Farr Yacht Design)<i> </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The first </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Will</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (Design # 203) was built at Cookson Yachts in Auckland from the same female mould as Farr's other 50-footers of that time, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Carat</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> (#203), <i>Windquest </i>(#206, for Richard DeVos) and <i>Springbok</i>. <i>Will </i>(sail number J-4001) sported a deep blue hull finish and flew Diamond sails on Sparcraft spars, and rated very close to the maximum for the Admiral's Cup and 50-foot class at 40.03ft. Although</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> she was probably initially commissioned by Oda for the 50-footer circuit, the changes to the format for the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/10/admirals-cup-1989.html" target="_blank">1989 Admiral's Cup</a> made her a primary candidate for the Japanese team, where she was joined by the One Tonner <i>Arecan Bay </i>and the 1985 vintage Two Tonner <i>Turkish Delight</i>, both of which were campaigned by the Nippon Challenge America's Cup syndicate.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JBz7lvp1nmw/YUbGgG8ELdI/AAAAAAAALNQ/UaSqKcWsyh0s3dBezyBwC6Ski303_OMLACLcBGAsYHQ/s1231/Will_1989.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1231" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JBz7lvp1nmw/YUbGgG8ELdI/AAAAAAAALNQ/UaSqKcWsyh0s3dBezyBwC6Ski303_OMLACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Will_1989.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>seen moored here at the Hamble River during the 1989 Admiral's Cup (photo s<a href="https://shockwave40.blogspot.com/search?q=Will" target="_blank">hockwave blog</a>)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As was predicted by some, the 1989 Admiral's Cup did indeed become the year of the Fifties, with the new breed of these Admiral's Cup 'maxis' having line and handicap wins in five of the six races, and they took four of the top five places overall. Alan Gray's 50-footer <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/02/jamarella-farr-50.html" target="_blank">Jamarella</a></i> (Farr design #213), led the charge for the British team to be top individual performer in the 42-boat fleet (from 14 nations), and spearheaded Britain's first Cup win since 1981. <i>Will </i>was second overall (with placings of 8/1/4/6/4/5). <i>Arecan Bay </i>and <i>Turkish Delight </i>finished down in the standings at 27th and 34th respectively, but thanks to <i>Will</i>'s performance the Japanese team finished a respectable seventh overall (of 14 teams).</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmHfRmpAIVvpQ0Yd7BN6Fv8RibsawQaxjC8-bG-WInwWBigOY55u8XNzvYyyC6RsjaUJ3W54HIA8jpp9vYi7LTsc3eWcLXd8vHz-D8DAai8F4JXT6HUhPioqVRWXrgbJoZY0PpRyYrMnEyvmMMM6F0We24og7-xZw8HAcqGU545PgzN-2Rv0H_AOGvug=s833" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="833" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmHfRmpAIVvpQ0Yd7BN6Fv8RibsawQaxjC8-bG-WInwWBigOY55u8XNzvYyyC6RsjaUJ3W54HIA8jpp9vYi7LTsc3eWcLXd8vHz-D8DAai8F4JXT6HUhPioqVRWXrgbJoZY0PpRyYrMnEyvmMMM6F0We24og7-xZw8HAcqGU545PgzN-2Rv0H_AOGvug=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Will </i><span style="font-family: arial;">approaching a windward mark during the 1989 Admiral's Cup</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-txLM8oyUAhQ/YUbK6w5H-UI/AAAAAAAALOI/H3_LvcSagewyWcE9Nv_kHbT9SSdaZ0_AwCLcBGAsYHQ/s366/Will%2BAC89.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="366" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-txLM8oyUAhQ/YUbK6w5H-UI/AAAAAAAALOI/H3_LvcSagewyWcE9Nv_kHbT9SSdaZ0_AwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/Will%2BAC89.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>sails upwind during the 1989 Admiral's Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After the 1989 Admiral’s Cup the Fifties gathered again in Newport Rhode Island for the sixth and final event in the 1989 World Cup. This was won convincingly by</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> Windquest</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Will </i><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Jamarella</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, which had been shipped over from England after the Admiral’s Cup, taking second and third.</span></div></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N2kW_1veTYc/YU_uRS40Z6I/AAAAAAAALPs/1TjK-0zBhj4I59SRLlQOLG63qOEeY-KfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1407/Will_hull.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="1407" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N2kW_1veTYc/YU_uRS40Z6I/AAAAAAAALPs/1TjK-0zBhj4I59SRLlQOLG63qOEeY-KfgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h150/Will_hull.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Interior profile view (Farr Yacht Design)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 1990 World Cup for the International 50-Foot Yacht Association (IFYA) got underway with a one-off series in Japan, in November 1989 – a notable <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-international-50-foot-class-part-3.html" target="_blank">series</a> for the fact that Mark Morita, the Japanese owner of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Champosa V</i><span style="font-family: arial;">, underwrote the shipping costs of all the yachts, containers and crews to the tune of an estimated $5m - half of which was raised from seven major Japanese corporations under the aegis of the International 50-Foot Yacht Association of Japan, which Morita formed.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7tmHxk5YJic/YUbLELhz1JI/AAAAAAAALOM/OmV4iiEcMfQKS8b-HcusHijjF4vHHSq4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Japan%2BRegatta_Will.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1024" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7tmHxk5YJic/YUbLELhz1JI/AAAAAAAALOM/OmV4iiEcMfQKS8b-HcusHijjF4vHHSq4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h424/Japan%2BRegatta_Will.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>in fresh conditions during the second race of the November 1989 50-foot series in Japan</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">While the event was notable for the impressive size of the fleet (the largest to ever compete in an IFYA event), the conditions in Miura, a commercial fishing village in Sagami Bay south of Yokohama (close to the 2021 Olympic sailing venue), were less so. Conditions were cold and the winds swung between very heavy and very light, and the race committee barely got in the minimum four (out of seven scheduled) races to constitute a series. The second race was in the very upper limit for the fragile Fifties, sailed in breezes that reached a steady 39 knots. <i>Windquest</i> took out the honours again (helmed by Terry Neilson and John Bertrand), while <i>Will</i>, after a second place in the light air last race, took second place overall.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLusOZ0KPAc/YXTbA7MEFSI/AAAAAAAALaM/P5qJzSBl-18l8lZ2BdCg8-gDeqGVpN6LACLcBGAsYHQ/s1715/E%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="1715" height="452" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLusOZ0KPAc/YXTbA7MEFSI/AAAAAAAALaM/P5qJzSBl-18l8lZ2BdCg8-gDeqGVpN6LACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h452/E%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Andelstanken </i>leads <i>Will </i>and <i>Windquest </i>on a blustery run in Sagami Bay</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4LRP_S0XKbg/YVd8RjoPdII/AAAAAAAALRA/wyUJ-qTEmxAGl15WqqVpNWq-OQBHY7CKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1991%2BWorld%2BCup_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4LRP_S0XKbg/YVd8RjoPdII/AAAAAAAALRA/wyUJ-qTEmxAGl15WqqVpNWq-OQBHY7CKgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/1991%2BWorld%2BCup_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>in a strong position during a IFYA World Cup event in Key West in 1991, to windward of <i>Carat</i>, <i>Container</i>, <i>Windquest </i>(US-42450), <i>Mandrake</i>, <i>Heaven Can Wait</i>, <i>Promotion </i>and <i>Springbok </i>(photo Sailing World)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmALiePQYh0/YUbLTrC-BUI/AAAAAAAALOU/fGlNxbuOYJQohH5q8a-kmHfgSbHJ2gIAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1942/IOR%2B50%2BKWRW%2B89_3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="1942" height="406" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmALiePQYh0/YUbLTrC-BUI/AAAAAAAALOU/fGlNxbuOYJQohH5q8a-kmHfgSbHJ2gIAgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h406/IOR%2B50%2BKWRW%2B89_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>can be seen here behind <i>Springbok</i> and <i>Carat</i> during a Key West Race Week (photo Sharon Green/Ultimate Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eQK2o11rOYQ/YVjGmZAZNTI/AAAAAAAALRI/eLS0q40Bfe8Spcu74CMNB6Nm1GlOWIJDACLcBGAsYHQ/s1171/1991%2B07%2BRegate%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1171" height="368" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eQK2o11rOYQ/YVjGmZAZNTI/AAAAAAAALRI/eLS0q40Bfe8Spcu74CMNB6Nm1GlOWIJDACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h368/1991%2B07%2BRegate%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>seen here in a 1991 International Regatta, rounding a leeward mark behind <i>Champosa</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXsybyaYQw4/YXTb5e_YmJI/AAAAAAAALaU/TYCrzNQ0y_EU7IZwsMHv0BFu9PBy3fmLACLcBGAsYHQ/s1006/1990_Container_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1006" height="488" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXsybyaYQw4/YXTb5e_YmJI/AAAAAAAALaU/TYCrzNQ0y_EU7IZwsMHv0BFu9PBy3fmLACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h488/1990_Container_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windquest </i>follows <i>Container </i>around a mark during the Tortola World Cup series in 1990, with <i>Container </i>going on to win and <i>Windquest </i>finishing fifth</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Will </i>raced in the 1990 Kenwood Cup (by then with a rating of 40.27ft), alongside a new smaller sister, the One Tonner <i>Will, Jr. </i>The series attracted several other 50-footers, including <i>Cyclone</i>, <i>Heaven Can Wait </i>and team-mate <i>Tiger. </i>In the windy final race, the 390-mile Kaula Race, <i>Will </i>finished with only 2 feet of her rudder blade intact and had continued to race so as to gain the vital team points for finishing, and this helped the Japan Blue Team of <i>Swing </i>(ex-<i>Librah</i>), <i>Tiger </i>and <i>Will </i>to win the 1990 Kenwood Cup, beating the Australian team by 17 points.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1gtZ9QyoKspw2etVMbNSEX2XbrHMQNd6sZb29J3bWa2oq_W-yyQa6rWGY9OtKttA39b5SP8ej5GJ6P-l8lXbba_-qwejY3G-aF0fKHEJ_dA4Qp5fPS40RyO6woXSC8xpTtK4WODi2ecxM-On9yrd8cM-bpAS8995oRackoxXCwbhl0AVyfCt6WVmlg/s705/Will%20and%20Cyclone_KC90_Offshore%20Mag.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="705" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1gtZ9QyoKspw2etVMbNSEX2XbrHMQNd6sZb29J3bWa2oq_W-yyQa6rWGY9OtKttA39b5SP8ej5GJ6P-l8lXbba_-qwejY3G-aF0fKHEJ_dA4Qp5fPS40RyO6woXSC8xpTtK4WODi2ecxM-On9yrd8cM-bpAS8995oRackoxXCwbhl0AVyfCt6WVmlg/w640-h538/Will%20and%20Cyclone_KC90_Offshore%20Mag.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>(left) and <i>Cyclone </i>during the 1990 Kenwood Cup (photo Offshore Magazine | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Oda then commissioned a new boat, the second <i>Will </i>(hereafter </span><i style="font-family: arial;">"Will 91") </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Design #260) was a development of Farr's earlier 50-foot designs, and the Farr website design </span><a href="http://www.farrdesign.com/260.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">notes</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> outline the philosophy behind the new boat:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Design 260 has a higher sail area to wetted surface ratio and lower drag keel and rudder arrangements. She has significantly higher stability and lower displacement. The deeper keel will give a large performance improvement in stronger upwind conditions and without any loss downwind, particularly as refinements in keel shape improve downwind speed.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">To illustrate these changes, it can be seen from the published specifications that <i>Will 91 </i>had a keel depth of 2.99m and displacement of 11,570kg, compared to the earlier generation, typified by <i>Carat</i>, with 2.81m and 11,836kg. Further changes included alterations to</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> the deck layout and geometry to reflect efforts to improve crew work and efficiency, and was longer and more open. The mainsheet was moved aft in line with the boom end, behind the helmsman, and the large diameter wheel was placed further forward than usual. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LLZOLkyYwOY/YU_yfh8ECCI/AAAAAAAALP0/pP78nL_CCCsxzfN4ZlnwIduvTLVzTmpPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s774/Will%2B91%2Bprofile.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="774" height="248" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LLZOLkyYwOY/YU_yfh8ECCI/AAAAAAAALP0/pP78nL_CCCsxzfN4ZlnwIduvTLVzTmpPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h248/Will%2B91%2Bprofile.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will 91 </i>(Design #260) profile view (Farr Yacht Design)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">These latter features were a noticeable difference from the earlier tiller steered <i>Will</i>, which had her mainsheet further forward and in front of the helmsman. The stern on <i>Will 91</i> was also of a slightly different design, with the end of the transom being cut off to a more upright angle in the area of the backstay attachment points. Both yachts had the usual narrow cutaway along the aft-most part of the deck, a device that was used to move the measurement point of the transom and After Girth Station to a position further forward and aligned with the corresponding bustle at the rudder skeg position.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PXhdwI5RGb4/YUbHcs9srsI/AAAAAAAALNo/aXf-b8_JlhMOvOqIeJp28HHIFVY3n5s7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1272/Will%2B1991%2Bpicture%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1272" height="410" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PXhdwI5RGb4/YUbHcs9srsI/AAAAAAAALNo/aXf-b8_JlhMOvOqIeJp28HHIFVY3n5s7gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h410/Will%2B1991%2Bpicture%2B1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will 91</i> at the Admiral's Cup 1991 (photo shockwave blog)<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Construction of the $700,000 yacht was specified to include use of pre-preg intermediate modulus carbon fibre fabrics over Nomex honeycomb cores for improved stiffness without any increase in weight. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Tim Jeffery's 'Official History of the Admiral's Cup' (1994) comments that <i>Will 91</i>, built by McConaghy Boats, "</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>was being marked down in the chronicles of yachting as the finest and the last big IOR racing yacht outside of the maxis for the 1993-94 Whitbread Race</i>". Of her construction, he notes that she</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">"<i>was one of the very first yachts to be built from T800 carbon fibre. This made her no lighter but some 25 per cent stronger for an added material cost of some $50,000. The gain those dollars bought was a stiffer structure, allowing 16-17,000lb to be loaded on the running backstay - instead of the normal 12,000lb found on a 50-footer - to produce a straighter headstay for better upwind pointing</i>". </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iSecbTQWehg/YUbG3YsOTtI/AAAAAAAALNc/V0cH2XMPyAohUB0hv6_lZ17mdYdjIf6HgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1622/241178519_6109589799083459_6078631109981102563_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="1040" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iSecbTQWehg/YUbG3YsOTtI/AAAAAAAALNc/V0cH2XMPyAohUB0hv6_lZ17mdYdjIf6HgCLcBGAsYHQ/w410-h640/241178519_6109589799083459_6078631109981102563_n.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will 91 </i>during the 1991 Admiral's Cup<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Will 91</i>'s carbon construction went beyond just the hull however. Jeffery goes on to say that "<i>Will was <u>the</u> carbon fibre boat. Seemingly everything was made from the black, magic material, the winch grinding pedestal, the steering wheel, the stern light bracket, the mast collar, the guy blocks, the companionway ladder, the bunk frames..</i>.", and that "</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>even the kitchen sink was made from carbon. Not that it was ever going to be used</i>". But as the boat was a fixed price contract, it was just as easy for McConaghy to build the items in carbon as to buy them in. It was suggested, however, that things had perhaps gone too far when McConaghy even built the fuel tank in carbon fibre.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-scf10G_mHwM/YUbGprk8TWI/AAAAAAAALNU/7pZ_VQqzNTsUCqOXPnPGuTJ-cg0VdEG0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Will_1991.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-scf10G_mHwM/YUbGprk8TWI/AAAAAAAALNU/7pZ_VQqzNTsUCqOXPnPGuTJ-cg0VdEG0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Will_1991.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will 91 </i>seen here sailing back to Cowes after finishing a race during the 1991 Admiral's Cup (photo shockwave blog)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YA4OwVmcRH4/YVD6qoNP1AI/AAAAAAAALQU/zMmb9UUaZ1sN28YkSe3wxQhKGCyNEvukwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1642/Admiral%2527s%2BCup%2B1991%2Bstart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1642" height="366" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YA4OwVmcRH4/YVD6qoNP1AI/AAAAAAAALQU/zMmb9UUaZ1sN28YkSe3wxQhKGCyNEvukwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h366/Admiral%2527s%2BCup%2B1991%2Bstart.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will 91 </i>can be seen here, second from left (to leeward of <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/container-richelpugh-50.html" target="_blank">Container</a></i>) during the 1991 Admiral's Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sg1kCTVtgzs/YVjHArqKRxI/AAAAAAAALRQ/uWjDgIhexaEBMoIdJ1egTf0RIDqsvkolACLcBGAsYHQ/s1174/1991%2B09%2BRegate%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="1174" height="410" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sg1kCTVtgzs/YVjHArqKRxI/AAAAAAAALRQ/uWjDgIhexaEBMoIdJ1egTf0RIDqsvkolACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h410/1991%2B09%2BRegate%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will 91 </i>crosses ahead of <i>Corum Saphir </i>during the 1991 Admiral's Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aC-YNmT7-r0/YVjHkjXSDtI/AAAAAAAALRY/g0-oOVSUQck3XwkWInjQtHdQwWPcyNDlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1050/1991%2B10%2BBateaux%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="1050" height="92" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aC-YNmT7-r0/YVjHkjXSDtI/AAAAAAAALRY/g0-oOVSUQck3XwkWInjQtHdQwWPcyNDlgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h92/1991%2B10%2BBateaux%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">IOR measurements of some of the IOR Fifties at the 1991 Admiral's Cup, showing <i>Will 91 </i>to be in the shorter (L and LOA) and lighter (DSPL) end of the (narrow) range, with less sail area (Bateaux magazine)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><i style="font-family: arial;">Will 91</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was once again the star performer for the Japanese team in the </span><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/05/admirals-cup-1991.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">1991 Admiral's Cup</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, with placings of 3/2/5/1/4 culminating with </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a close second place in the Fastnet, after chasing down the French 50-footer </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Corum Saphir</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> in the closing stages, and finishing second overall (to </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Corum Saphir</i><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> in the 50-footer division (a class scoring system was used in the 1991 regatta). <i>Will 91</i>'s effort was however not backed up by her team mates </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Carino </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(Two Tonner) </span><span style="font-family: arial;">and </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Spica </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(One Tonner)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, with </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Carino </i><span style="font-family: arial;">losing her rig in the second inshore race and </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/03/spica-japanese-one-tonner.html" target="_blank">Spica</a> </i><span style="font-family: arial;">failing to fire in the One Ton division, and Japan finished a disappointingly seventh of eight teams.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQwjliMBFnw/YVaNdqqEXXI/AAAAAAAALQw/rqb2z7Zbhacj-kSga_4-3ulwbM-EE7-bgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1850/Lymington%2BRegatta%2B1993.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1850" height="388" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQwjliMBFnw/YVaNdqqEXXI/AAAAAAAALQw/rqb2z7Zbhacj-kSga_4-3ulwbM-EE7-bgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h388/Lymington%2BRegatta%2B1993.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ragamuffin </i>(ex-<i>Will 91</i>) leads a fleet of Fifties at a regatta prior to the 1993 Admiral's Cup (photo Sharon Green/Ultimate Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnEcuHReRuA/YUbLcOf1eRI/AAAAAAAALOc/MZzeqmjGHf80dax8ISKGYRkHMqMK81T6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s727/AC%2B93_1%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="727" height="370" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnEcuHReRuA/YUbLcOf1eRI/AAAAAAAALOc/MZzeqmjGHf80dax8ISKGYRkHMqMK81T6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h370/AC%2B93_1%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ragamuffin </i>(ex-<i>Will 91</i>) in power reaching mode during the 1993 Admiral's Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Meanwhile, both <i>Will </i>and <i>Windquest </i>competed in the Key West World Cup regatta in 1991, finishing 12th and 13th overall respectively. <i>Windquest</i>'s overall result was not helped by a calamitous top-mark rounding in the last race. She and <i>Carat</i> approached the mark on port, but <i>Carat</i> was to leeward and tacked first below the starboard tack bunch, hoping to lay the top mark, and also hoping that <i>Windquest </i>would be able to duck her stern. <i>Windquest</i> left her tack as late as possible such that <i>Carat</i> was unable to clear <i>Windquest</i>'s<i> </i>stern and hit her transom, locking the two boats together and wheeling <i>Windquest</i> back onto port. <i>Capricorno</i> (ex-<i>Corum Saphir</i>) meanwhile was left with nowhere to go and ran into both boats, with the combined effect of the collision and enormous rig tension resulting in her bow being torn off. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6-Cgr3XTeU/YXTg-W61oLI/AAAAAAAALac/fJDU9Z6paV0mH3gGqxogziDOwyYlyHlSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s3578/img510%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="3578" height="158" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6-Cgr3XTeU/YXTg-W61oLI/AAAAAAAALac/fJDU9Z6paV0mH3gGqxogziDOwyYlyHlSwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h158/img510%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Will 91 </i>was then bought by British sailing interests<i> </i>(sporting the sail number GBR-4681, possibly as Graham Walker's interim <i>Indulgence </i>before he bought <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2022/11/juno-v-farr-50.html" target="_blank">Juno V</a></i>) before being acquired by Syd Fischer, the famous Australian yachtsman who has campaigned numerous champion offshore yachts, and she became the latest </span><span style="font-family: arial;">boat to be awarded the famous</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-international-50-foot-class-part-4.html" target="_blank">Ragamuffin</a> </i>name. She formed part of the Australian Admiral's Cup team for 1993, and exceeded her earlier impressive form in 1991 to be</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> the stand-out 50-footer in the 1993 series and finish as the top points scorer overall. This effort was almost enough to allow the Australian team to lift the Cup for what turned out to be its final edition, but the loss of <i>Great News II</i> (the former <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/05/wings-of-oracle-farr-two-tonner.html" target="_blank">Wings of Oracle</a></i>) in the Fastnet race finale and team-mate <i>Ninja </i>(ex-<i>Spica</i>) not able to make up the difference saw Australia lose out to Germany by the narrowest of margins (0.25 points). </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqDjkXCJNVA/YUbHyiIY0kI/AAAAAAAALNw/k-kn1l64dMkwf1w-s_35T5Lid3VbwGgjACLcBGAsYHQ/s948/Ragamuffin_ex%2BWill.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="948" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqDjkXCJNVA/YUbHyiIY0kI/AAAAAAAALNw/k-kn1l64dMkwf1w-s_35T5Lid3VbwGgjACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/Ragamuffin_ex%2BWill.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ragamuffin (ex-Will 91)</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The original </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Will </i><span style="font-family: arial;">was also bought by Fischer and both yachts were campaigned in what I believe was the 1992 Kenwood Cup, as seen in the images above and below. By this time it appears that there had been some changes to both boats, with the former </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Will 91 </i><span style="font-family: arial;">now sporting the same deep blue colour scheme, and from the above photograph, which looks like </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Will 91 </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><span style="font-family: arial;">due to the placement of the mainsheet and wheel), the lower part of the transom has been lengthened to match the angle of the rest of the transom. In the photograph below both yachts are rounding a weather mark at the same time, but suggests that <i>Windquest </i>has become the latest <i>Will </i>as she now sports <i>Windquest</i>'s sail number and has the same rigging details (perhaps Oda, having sold his previous <i>Will</i>'s, wanted to keep racing in the 50-foot circuit so had created a third <i>Will</i>)<i>. </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;">This sail number remains on the bow of the current</span><i style="font-family: arial;"> </i><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Will</i> as seen in the photographs at the end of this article. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJ0P3op2-TA/YUbH3vUz0lI/AAAAAAAALN0/OBqmrIxCrgMSKSfI42zY38ptp60sHKHigCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Ragamuffin%2Band%2BWill_KC.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJ0P3op2-TA/YUbH3vUz0lI/AAAAAAAALN0/OBqmrIxCrgMSKSfI42zY38ptp60sHKHigCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Ragamuffin%2Band%2BWill_KC.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ragamuffin </i>(left) and<i> Will </i>rounding a mark during the 1992 Kenwood Cup</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUmGxDsxW0q_pj5igpOCHbqQgfXjgPO27rsHmlp1T-qVh3wAgyrY7FCx2uQBvXhJ-DCDx0i-Z7tuE4dT2eOII5AO5KCedclr5DGbKJgAtSpUf9n9iwCfK_WHVG0IQ95NH-Y9OuW7GWGmqckHNeNAxRIyRPn8kcsKklK4T94fW_kfSy1vXyEDBJaZyfA/s594/Will_Diamond%20Head_KC92_Uhl_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="525" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUmGxDsxW0q_pj5igpOCHbqQgfXjgPO27rsHmlp1T-qVh3wAgyrY7FCx2uQBvXhJ-DCDx0i-Z7tuE4dT2eOII5AO5KCedclr5DGbKJgAtSpUf9n9iwCfK_WHVG0IQ95NH-Y9OuW7GWGmqckHNeNAxRIyRPn8kcsKklK4T94fW_kfSy1vXyEDBJaZyfA/w566-h640/Will_Diamond%20Head_KC92_Uhl_fb.jpg" width="566" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will </i>off Diamond Head during the 1992 Kenwood Cup (photo <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Phil Uhl</a> | Facebook)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">From here the history of the <i>Will </i>boats becomes even more uncertain, but it</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> is
understood that the original <i>Will</i> lost her outer hull skin in the 1993 Sydney to Hobart race,
100 miles east of Flinders Island and retired to Ulladulla. She became <i>Ragamuffin 95</i> which was a new 50-foot IMS hull using <i>Will</i>’s deck, and which was
launched in September 1995. Initially it retained the inline spreaders but
these were later converted to swept spreaders. <i>Will 91</i> later became <i>Ragamuffin 97</i>, with
a new IMS 49 hull under the <i>Will 91</i> deck, and did the 1997 Admiral’s Cup (held under
IRC) and was then sold to Italy.</span><span> </span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J37VFsqOa_A/YU_0K3faGqI/AAAAAAAALP8/JwuH4SLel7QXT50UtpyDluFP9sWWDa5rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Ragamuffin_ex%2BWill%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="600" height="370" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J37VFsqOa_A/YU_0K3faGqI/AAAAAAAALP8/JwuH4SLel7QXT50UtpyDluFP9sWWDa5rgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h370/Ragamuffin_ex%2BWill%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ragamuffin </i>during the start of the 1994 Sydney to Hobart race</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5RNiGtG24cA/YVDdOHKycHI/AAAAAAAALQM/2qFG_sB_7gU0BeZjAV_-cnoTtN46VlMXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s529/Rags%2BS2H%2B2001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="529" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5RNiGtG24cA/YVDdOHKycHI/AAAAAAAALQM/2qFG_sB_7gU0BeZjAV_-cnoTtN46VlMXgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Rags%2BS2H%2B2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Ragamuffin 97 </i>(I think)<i> </i>after the 2001 Sydney to Hobart race with the ex-<i>Will 91</i> deck</span></td></tr></tbody></table>The third<i> Will</i>, the ex-<i>Windquest</i>, had some basic cruising amenities added down below, and arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, along with <i>Champosa</i>, in about 1995. <i>Will</i> was raced in Auckland by Eric Henry for the next seven or so years, and at some point a bulb was added to the keel for additional stability. Following her sale to a new owner she was later moved onto a mooring in the Tamaki River in Auckland, and now looks very forlorn, with her mainsail having been left on the boom (uncovered), and slowly gathering more and more moss on deck, and extensive marine growth on her hull. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">She was hauled by the local marina operator some 15 years ago to clean her hull, and they pump water from her every so often. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It is understood that the bulb has also parted company from the keel, and the interior (including batteries and engine) have been affected by water ingress, although the leather seating is apparently in good condition. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u6m46b32LNk/YU_7fzuy1nI/AAAAAAAALQE/8Gu7mLPBMY0GBhnSRICXJCM9i6iBt3pPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s903/Will_IOR%2B50.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="903" height="458" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u6m46b32LNk/YU_7fzuy1nI/AAAAAAAALQE/8Gu7mLPBMY0GBhnSRICXJCM9i6iBt3pPgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h458/Will_IOR%2B50.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Stern view of <i>Will </i>as seen in 2018</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My estimation is that this is the original <i>Windquest </i>(sistership to <i>Will</i>), primarily due to the sail number on her bow and the similarity of details to <i>Windquest </i>in terms of mainsheet traveller and deck compass positions, steering wheel details, pushpit design, exhaust outlet location, engine throttle placement and the winch arrangement etc (see deck image of <i>Windquest </i>below). </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S-mQrt93wqs/YWuj-FGku0I/AAAAAAAALZk/ijGZ6VG4U4g35GDtrDfoTq9Uz7sf745IgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1014/Japan%2BRegatta_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="858" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S-mQrt93wqs/YWuj-FGku0I/AAAAAAAALZk/ijGZ6VG4U4g35GDtrDfoTq9Uz7sf745IgCLcBGAsYHQ/w542-h640/Japan%2BRegatta_2.jpg" width="542" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Windquest </i>deck detail (from the Japan 1989 regatta)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If anyone has additional information that clarifies the history of the <i>Will </i>yachts, and the more recent history of <i>Will / Windquest</i>, please leave a comment below, or use the email address above.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V9k7D1i5JEw/YUbGGVsLfJI/AAAAAAAALNA/f_pXRdaLBfYcI3IcKQXXgMRJQoDEx-9_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s4807/Will%2B20191020%2B%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3205" data-original-width="4807" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V9k7D1i5JEw/YUbGGVsLfJI/AAAAAAAALNA/f_pXRdaLBfYcI3IcKQXXgMRJQoDEx-9_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Will%2B20191020%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will</i> as seen in 2019 on the Tamaki River in Auckland</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iJCCs19n9Ps/YUbGMzl7_TI/AAAAAAAALNE/MOy75akV7SIWo2gvdedlXXZtVs2OIqMYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s4515/Will%2B20191020%2B%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="4515" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iJCCs19n9Ps/YUbGMzl7_TI/AAAAAAAALNE/MOy75akV7SIWo2gvdedlXXZtVs2OIqMYgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Will%2B20191020%2B%25283%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will</i><span> as seen in 2019 on the Tamaki River in Auckland (note <i>Windquest </i>sail number on the bow)</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4qrlwVqM7k/YW0ZF8fgRLI/AAAAAAAALZw/Y1gYzi9NJW0b5HfOeQXhnoFsoaIIvWrIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2050/P1070268%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2050" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4qrlwVqM7k/YW0ZF8fgRLI/AAAAAAAALZw/Y1gYzi9NJW0b5HfOeQXhnoFsoaIIvWrIwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/P1070268%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Will</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> still languishes on her mooring in 2021</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XGZiJHZ64iQ/YaQkDgojU4I/AAAAAAAALkw/keN0e5vspkI0Aemq4lPQGVJAjgpJ5RWDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Will_Andrew%2BWalker_fb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XGZiJHZ64iQ/YaQkDgojU4I/AAAAAAAALkw/keN0e5vspkI0Aemq4lPQGVJAjgpJ5RWDgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Will_Andrew%2BWalker_fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Another recent photograph (November 2021) posted on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/459489185082355/" target="_blank">here</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Acknowledgements: Thanks to histoiredeshalfs for finding some of the images and details for this article.</i></div><div><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><br /></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><i>Article updated January 2023</i></span></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-35086095388996672022021-09-10T21:51:00.056-07:002023-11-18T15:28:46.407-08:00Steinlager 2 <div><span style="font-family: arial;">This article is a tribute to the mighty <i>Steinlager 2 </i>(or <i>Big Red</i> as she became known), Sir Peter Blake's all-conquering Maxi ketch that won the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zFQaWi8Y16A/YS3gmiNC-8I/AAAAAAAALKQ/bG2jn8Spf1Mu6CtlR59xXtcoXdSIn0bCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Steinlager%2B2_9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zFQaWi8Y16A/YS3gmiNC-8I/AAAAAAAALKQ/bG2jn8Spf1Mu6CtlR59xXtcoXdSIn0bCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h342/Steinlager%2B2_9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Blake had been involved in all previous Whitbread races, including as skipper of <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/ceramco-new-zealand-farr-68.html" target="_blank">Ceramco New Zealand</a></i> (1981-82) and <i>Lion New Zealand</i> (1985-86). </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to race course changes for the 1989/90 edition of the Whitbread, a different kind of yacht was called for due to the expected increase in downwind and reaching conditions. Farr Yacht Design was commissioned to design <i>Steinlager 2 - </i>and she would be initially modelled on the base design developed by the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Farr office</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> for the 1989-90 class of Maxis, which were to be an evolution of Farr's earlier yachts such as <i>UBS Switzerland</i> and <i>NZI Enterprise</i>. Development of the base design followe</span><span style="font-family: arial;">d tank testing of hull concepts at the Wolfson Unit, the costs of which were shared between four Maxi syndicates (the process embarked upon by the Farr office is detailed <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">here</a>).</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A10VzrNeRrA/YS3g1MkIjzI/AAAAAAAALKU/q_fnb4BwmnwYMwYe3CLR-_CDEURXDo9RQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1333/Steinlager%2B2_7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1333" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A10VzrNeRrA/YS3g1MkIjzI/AAAAAAAALKU/q_fnb4BwmnwYMwYe3CLR-_CDEURXDo9RQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/Steinlager%2B2_7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Those four designs were then developed to suit the different needs of each syndicate to create <i>Steinlager 2</i> (Farr design no.190), <i>Fisher & Paykel</i> (another New Zealand entry, skippered by Grant Dalton, design no.191), Roger Nilson's <i>The Card</i> (no.195) and Pierre Felmann's <i>Merit</i> (no.183). </span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RtFwYxrI0jQ/YThEfSPTKAI/AAAAAAAALK8/_O-YTXHcDYMjScRp1Lbd6LJQZoZjHuIkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s656/1989%2B02%2BCauL%2BW%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="503" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RtFwYxrI0jQ/YThEfSPTKAI/AAAAAAAALK8/_O-YTXHcDYMjScRp1Lbd6LJQZoZjHuIkwCLcBGAsYHQ/w490-h640/1989%2B02%2BCauL%2BW%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="490" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>in profile (<i>Course au Large</i>, Histoiredeshalfs <a href="http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/Wsteinlager.htm" target="_blank">website</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">It was initially intended that they would all be sloop rigged but, as this race would include more downwind sailing than the previous races, three syndicate heads, Blake, Dalton and Nilson, asked Farr to investigate the relative speed potential of a ketch. Farr’s research, using 'Fast Yacht' software and a Velocity Prediction Programme, revealed that a ketch had potential to get around the Whitbread course more quickly. The ketch rig also yielded rating benefits on two fronts. Firstly, the IOR treated a ketch rig as old-fashioned and inefficient, with the mizzen being rated less than the mainsail, a benefit that increased with greater distance between the two masts. It also only measured the mizzen, and not the mizzen staysail. Secondly, these benefits were further enhanced when calculated under the Mk IIIA version of the IOR, a rule amendment that was developed to penalise lighter displacement yachts (and where Farr yachts were particularly targeted) in the late 1970s. The reduction in measured or rated sail area could then be transferred to hull length.</span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7-gl94X2rs/YThHHFtOGqI/AAAAAAAALLM/P-YxeZjADVcQlMeErl_FV6d-cgOTwafggCLcBGAsYHQ/s824/1990%2B01%2BR%25C3%25A9gate%2B%25281%2529stein.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="824" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7-gl94X2rs/YThHHFtOGqI/AAAAAAAALLM/P-YxeZjADVcQlMeErl_FV6d-cgOTwafggCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/1990%2B01%2BR%25C3%25A9gate%2B%25281%2529stein.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Although designed for downwind conditions, <i>Steinlager 2</i> was a very capable yacht upwind too. Note the fore-and-aft spreader on the mizzen to provide support for the narrowly angled outer mizzen forestay (photo Histoiredeshalfs website)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial;">The Farr office delivered a design to the Blake campaign that looked very similar to Dalton's <i>Fisher & Paykel</i> (<i>F&P</i>), a mast-head ketch. Blake</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> went one stage further by suggesting that a fractional ketch could be even faster, based on his experience of his father's ketch yacht, and so he persuaded a reluctant Farr to run his models again based on this new concept. The VPP result was encouraging, but even more gains were made on the rating side of things. The fractional rig provided an even lower rated sail area, but the Mk IIIA equation provided additional benefits through increased length and displacement, and so in the end <i>Steinlager 2</i> became longer and heavier than her sisters, for the same 70.0ft rating (the maximum allowable for the Whitbread and IOR races generally). She also sported a bulb keel - such a feature would normally be a rating disadvantage as the IOR tended to penalise stability (to a minimum point), but perhaps such a penalty was deemed worth it given the length and sail area gains made elsewhere under the rule.</span><p></p></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-siR-OY5nveQ/YThH9kg9--I/AAAAAAAALLU/air96dKMqOgSvX8RX49OXwidQanHsW4EACLcBGAsYHQ/s620/Steinlager_6204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="620" height="404" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-siR-OY5nveQ/YThH9kg9--I/AAAAAAAALLU/air96dKMqOgSvX8RX49OXwidQanHsW4EACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h404/Steinlager_6204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>slips along in reaching mode flying a huge mizzen staysail that was effectively 'free' sail area under the IOR</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So <i>Steinlager 2</i> was a big Maxi, at 25.5m long (nearly 84ft) and 35,177kg displacement, half a metre longer and more than 3,200kg heavier than <i>F&P</i>. However, it's worth noting that she was not as big as the fastest inshore Maxi at the time, Bill Koch's 26m-long <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2023/07/matador2.html" target="_blank">Matador 2</a></i>, which was 25% heavier at 45,350kg, and <i>Steinlager 2</i>'s offshore-orientation meant that she was also significantly lighter than Farr's inshore Maxi of the same era, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><i>Longobarda</i></a> (39,450kg). In addition, and despite the cloud of sail she was able to carry when reaching and downwind, and thanks to the quirks of the Mk IIIA formula, she also had a much lower rated sail area, at 288m2, compared to <i>Matador 2</i>'s 325m2. </span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yDNacU_PQps/YSxufoJL8JI/AAAAAAAALJM/aSCig4z7KE40WvgdX_sVQrvAm3j2-RKKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Steinlager%2B2_build.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="2048" height="406" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yDNacU_PQps/YSxufoJL8JI/AAAAAAAALJM/aSCig4z7KE40WvgdX_sVQrvAm3j2-RKKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h406/Steinlager%2B2_build.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>under construction<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Blake's earlier boat, <i>Steinlager 1</i>, a trimaran designed and built to win the 2-handed Round Australia race, established the materials and techniques that would be used by Southern Pacific Boatyard to construct <i>Steinlager 2</i>, with the general construction approach for all four Farr Maxi's being "carbon/Kevlar composite with Nomex and PVC foam core used selectively for various effects in weight (relative to cost), stiffness, strength and overload failure mode". However, despite the success of that earlier project, the first version of <i>Steinlager 2</i>'s pre-preg composite hull was found to have serious delamination due to a resin problem which meant the entire hull had to be disposed of. Fortunately the sponsors continued to back Blake's ambitions and a new hull was built with all materials verified by SP Systems. </span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1SCWMvYp7kY/YSxve4ecTBI/AAAAAAAALJg/ESvHKh3FFFsyRqoF6EH35XfurQycQ-kjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w598-h640/Steinlager%2B2_5.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Steinlager 2</i> and <i>Fisher & Paykel</i> work up in Auckland (above and below)</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFKUP21ajz0/YSxvWV1CJkI/AAAAAAAALJc/CaHvtRBr9f4zZSStVKqxEnkWC60Ou4SrwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h350/Steinlager%2B2_3.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1Y86s-P9og5RQtqgZg2svbJdJiFm6b-1-uHBa8dZ4GMGAAPIPgj0Zo5-4JAkt21PFDZqa0UpyOzN5vA6rkawq2zh6Lxmo8bLgz4HisvjFLdDVUyNBmji8OQlQ8WYXdfoVvlSnp9j_eoVX6oDUSKG13Y3z8j_GOAZrcM_YC3MaVOUdaFPA3wQRaU6pA/s800/Steinlager_MM_S%20Kelly.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="800" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1Y86s-P9og5RQtqgZg2svbJdJiFm6b-1-uHBa8dZ4GMGAAPIPgj0Zo5-4JAkt21PFDZqa0UpyOzN5vA6rkawq2zh6Lxmo8bLgz4HisvjFLdDVUyNBmji8OQlQ8WYXdfoVvlSnp9j_eoVX6oDUSKG13Y3z8j_GOAZrcM_YC3MaVOUdaFPA3wQRaU6pA/w640-h428/Steinlager_MM_S%20Kelly.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>follows <i>F&P </i>in early trials (photo Shane Kelly | Auckland Maritime Museum)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After launching, <i>Steinlager 2</i> and <i>F&P</i> began an informal two-boat testing programme in New Zealand, with <i>F&P</i> edging out <i>Steinlager 2 </i>narrowly in the 100-mile Noel Angus Memorial Race, before they were both shipped to England.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jp_FfF_wfqE/YSxuo3udFDI/AAAAAAAALJQ/SxSFC1AsPRsYbyF6r_aOCY5NxCYyhwypQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Steinlager_England%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="2048" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jp_FfF_wfqE/YSxuo3udFDI/AAAAAAAALJQ/SxSFC1AsPRsYbyF6r_aOCY5NxCYyhwypQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h398/Steinlager_England%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>is loaded aboard a ship in Auckland bound for the Tilbury docks in England</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QH-cqH2Waoc/YT0glNu4tSI/AAAAAAAALMY/MnvV5YDO-igX3VH-AWEGVONDqAdLxv_UgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1901/Fastnet%2Bstart_Steinlager%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1901" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QH-cqH2Waoc/YT0glNu4tSI/AAAAAAAALMY/MnvV5YDO-igX3VH-AWEGVONDqAdLxv_UgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Fastnet%2Bstart_Steinlager%2B2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>beating out of the Solent after the start of the 1989 Fastnet race (photo Derek Stroud)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Both New Zealand yachts contested the <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2021/08/1989-fastnet-race-start.html" target="_blank">1989 Fastnet Race</a> in England, with this classic offshore race providing a useful 'warm-up' for the big race. </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Steinlager 2</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> proved to be very fast downwind and she took line honours, just over three minutes ahead of <i>F&P</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;">, providing an important confirmation of her design concept. </span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cmBx0shgNCI/YS3f--RTNKI/AAAAAAAALJ8/9zKoDUqmC60by_hpQlrOWK4xx57Ijti1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1867/Steinlager%2B2_4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1867" height="328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cmBx0shgNCI/YS3f--RTNKI/AAAAAAAALJ8/9zKoDUqmC60by_hpQlrOWK4xx57Ijti1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h328/Steinlager%2B2_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>five-sail reaching after the Whitbread start</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SgDixMii3WU/YThGeY4UfKI/AAAAAAAALLE/0txrCnNYBJUgWZlCFME05WCWPHaMDwY7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s953/2002%2B01%2BVV%2BStein.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="953" height="436" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SgDixMii3WU/YThGeY4UfKI/AAAAAAAALLE/0txrCnNYBJUgWZlCFME05WCWPHaMDwY7gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h436/2002%2B01%2BVV%2BStein.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>five-sail reaching out of the Solent and past the Needles (photo Seahorse/Histoiredeshalfs website)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">As readers will know, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Steinlager 2</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> went on to take victory in all six legs of the Whitbread against a fleet of 14 maxis, with a total elapsed time of 128 days 9 hours, well ahead of second-placed </span><i style="font-family: arial;">F&P'</i><span style="font-family: arial;">s 129 days 21 hours.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lY_T8jTL6XY/YS3fs1A0TwI/AAAAAAAALJ0/Nqus-JvhtJ0hQufTk_3UDW0Tk2pH6oaiACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Steinlager%2B2_14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1934" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lY_T8jTL6XY/YS3fs1A0TwI/AAAAAAAALJ0/Nqus-JvhtJ0hQufTk_3UDW0Tk2pH6oaiACLcBGAsYHQ/w604-h640/Steinlager%2B2_14.jpg" width="604" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>finishing the 1989-90 Whitbread</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">After the race finished <i>Steinlager 2</i> remained in the northern hemisphere for 20 years, under three different owners. She was variously known as <i>Safilo</i> and <i>Barracuda</i> before Swiss sailor Stefan Detjen bought her in 2003. He restored her original name and distinctive original livery, sailing her in six Atlantic crossings (including a Huelva to La Gomera race record), three Middle Sea Races and various Mediterranean regattas. She also took part in some Whitbread reunion races, including the Volvo Legends regatta in Alicante in 2011.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TOXMBhT6CnA/YThJVqWbUrI/AAAAAAAALLs/q_raRIaB9VQ2lzxSiKKNAiCeByJugjXswCLcBGAsYHQ/s625/1990%2B11%2BBx%2BWsafilo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="625" height="324" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TOXMBhT6CnA/YThJVqWbUrI/AAAAAAAALLs/q_raRIaB9VQ2lzxSiKKNAiCeByJugjXswCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h324/1990%2B11%2BBx%2BWsafilo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Sailing as <i>Safilo </i>(ITA-12222) (photos Histoiredeshalfs website)<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiExEOzzlBUHfG7g2I6RnIPnV06k7Yw8fcGf7dDsGBDyNxV7YEr0XCf-yY1pfKl7-Zc0eFWsXorHwWQWYfhJGlJKUt72Xs6CvEewffTxo7-v6vsCMXC2uwelbkTLwKPGaRMFr2MKPl8eskFXRpGjVs-2YjFheWLWR9PfaYBEhM2mKHoyPvbJKfNdamCw/s1000/Safilo_St%20Tropez_Uhl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiExEOzzlBUHfG7g2I6RnIPnV06k7Yw8fcGf7dDsGBDyNxV7YEr0XCf-yY1pfKl7-Zc0eFWsXorHwWQWYfhJGlJKUt72Xs6CvEewffTxo7-v6vsCMXC2uwelbkTLwKPGaRMFr2MKPl8eskFXRpGjVs-2YjFheWLWR9PfaYBEhM2mKHoyPvbJKfNdamCw/w640-h428/Safilo_St%20Tropez_Uhl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Safilo </i>sailing in St Tropez (photo Phil Uhl | <a href="https://www.uhlstudioshawaii.com/" target="_blank">Uhl Studios</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ktxr8LMgN4c/YThJvhNcXyI/AAAAAAAALL0/T5LJXIvpywYOFIgvA0POrS-i9Be2k10lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s988/Safilo%2BBx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ktxr8LMgN4c/YThJvhNcXyI/AAAAAAAALL0/T5LJXIvpywYOFIgvA0POrS-i9Be2k10lwCLcBGAsYHQ/w448-h640/Safilo%2BBx.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROn_W8uEmmY/YThL5IJmiKI/AAAAAAAALME/y_Fa65Hzw9Q1p3p-QrtpEQ-1qpp1qoOFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/Steinlager%2B2_13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="500" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROn_W8uEmmY/YThL5IJmiKI/AAAAAAAALME/y_Fa65Hzw9Q1p3p-QrtpEQ-1qpp1qoOFwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/Steinlager%2B2_13.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>back to her original livery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The New Zealand Sailing Trust had been established in 2008 to purchase <i>Lion New Zealand</i> – Blake's Ron Holland -designed yacht which he had taken to second place in elapsed time in the 1985/86 Whitbread – so as to provide sail training experiences for young New Zealanders. There was a growing feeling that <i>Steinlager 2</i> should also be returned to New Zealand and the following year the opportunity to purchase her arose, so the Trust immediately did so. She was then sailed back to Auckland via the Panama Canal. After an extensive refit, <i>Steinlager 2</i> was relaunched in November 2013 to take up her new role. Since then, she has participated in various races such as the Coastal Classic and Auckland to Suva, but with a focus on taking New Zealand schoolchildren on voyages all over the Hauraki Gulf.</span></div><div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hH1tteiw5xA/YThKToJwXSI/AAAAAAAALL8/WNm0hmz3vGMYYbYfs7vjx5665FTckLGZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s579/Stein%2B14%2BNZI.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="465" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hH1tteiw5xA/YThKToJwXSI/AAAAAAAALL8/WNm0hmz3vGMYYbYfs7vjx5665FTckLGZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w514-h640/Stein%2B14%2BNZI.jpg" width="514" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>during the 2014 Coastal Classic race (photo Histoiredeshalfs website)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7PvGi_ERubs/YSxvyJf6TbI/AAAAAAAALJs/lSN9WzM_k-sBgft4DR95JYw-8Gg_DZl_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20160203_124243.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7PvGi_ERubs/YSxvyJf6TbI/AAAAAAAALJs/lSN9WzM_k-sBgft4DR95JYw-8Gg_DZl_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/20160203_124243.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>in her current berth at the Auckland Viaduct (photo RB Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0i-X4gkqFJ8/YTwtfU3o_dI/AAAAAAAALMQ/Iuhqic9-46EQv4cMCUVG2fmSdlPHcfdSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/KZ-2-Steinlager.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1024" height="384" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0i-X4gkqFJ8/YTwtfU3o_dI/AAAAAAAALMQ/Iuhqic9-46EQv4cMCUVG2fmSdlPHcfdSwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h384/KZ-2-Steinlager.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The half-hull version of <i>Steinlager 2</i> now adorns the eastern side of Auckland's Maritime Museum (photo RB Sailing)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">A half-hull version of <i>Steinlager 2 </i>was created for the Auckland Maritime Museum (photo above). It is understood that this was built from the original hull mould in 1992, which was cut in half to which five precise bulkheads were added to allow it to be fitted to the exterior Museum wall. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The fractional ketch concept was subsequently adopted through three new Farr Maxi's for the 1993-94 race, and taken to the extreme. Dalton's yacht, <i>New Zealand Endeavour</i>, which went on to win that race, is covered in this <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-zealand-endeavour-farr-maxi.html" target="_blank">article</a>.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxC__xjamOsvftNxlzc6YoEmb4Sjcfq6GzNyrjvwXDqE0lYOTgSGLX0mv0yzb0SN8H2WgH29Z8cQAFQcjWsyHYON1z0Ztr46nRIvwaitjSjxWMzQ0BPXZ5yNz2Z6vcxOs2hIqIRc3cTimEZZOyAnJlEIkwojc1BmGu37XPUaxFbSBTAEmInDziMNIGmGSU/s1022/Steinlager_11%20Nov%2020231111_RNZYS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1022" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxC__xjamOsvftNxlzc6YoEmb4Sjcfq6GzNyrjvwXDqE0lYOTgSGLX0mv0yzb0SN8H2WgH29Z8cQAFQcjWsyHYON1z0Ztr46nRIvwaitjSjxWMzQ0BPXZ5yNz2Z6vcxOs2hIqIRc3cTimEZZOyAnJlEIkwojc1BmGu37XPUaxFbSBTAEmInDziMNIGmGSU/w400-h370/Steinlager_11%20Nov%2020231111_RNZYS.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2 </i>in action during a Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron race on the Waitemata Harbour (photo Instagram November 2023)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><u>Sources:</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Sources for the content of this article include the Farr Yacht Design <a href="http://www.farrdesign.com/190.html" target="_blank">website</a>, <i>The Shape of Speed </i>(John Bevan-Smith, 1999), <i>Maxi - The Ultimate Sailing Experience </i>(Preben Nyeland, 1990), <i>Sea Spray</i> and <i>Seahorse </i>magazine<i> </i>(1990), <i>On Board Sir Peter Blake's Refitted Whitbread Champion</i><i> (</i>Yachting World, August 2019, view <a href="https://www.yachtingworld.com/extraordinary-boats/steinlager-2-peter-blake-boat-refit-whitbread-122544" target="_blank">here</a>), The New Zealand Sailing Trust (view <a href="https://www.nzsailingtrust.com/about-steinlager2" target="_blank">here</a>) and the </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Histoiredeshalfs <a href="http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/Whitbread%20Liste.htm" target="_blank">website</a></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; text-align: center;">.</span><p></p></div></div></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-76718919128431158402021-08-27T19:03:00.015-07:002022-07-23T20:33:18.460-07:00Admiral's Cup 1991 (Part 2)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a second set article on the 1991 edition of the Admiral's Cup (won by France), featuring photographs from Derek Stroud (recently transferred from his original slides). The first article can be seen <a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/05/admirals-cup-1991.html">here</a>.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ljeqhzKUWdU/YSmTKnKoLrI/AAAAAAAALGU/KPsyxrqvPxg-Mcfu3T5DY-dW7d4z4dCCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1836/Corum%2BDiamante_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1836" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ljeqhzKUWdU/YSmTKnKoLrI/AAAAAAAALGU/KPsyxrqvPxg-Mcfu3T5DY-dW7d4z4dCCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Corum%2BDiamante_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> <i>Corum Diamante </i>(</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">France)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y63faSzeQ_0/YSmTe0W_wVI/AAAAAAAALGc/bY3oH37mjYs4WyuHbXL638LyChmpTFcfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1843/Container.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1843" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y63faSzeQ_0/YSmTe0W_wVI/AAAAAAAALGc/bY3oH37mjYs4WyuHbXL638LyChmpTFcfwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Container.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/04/container-richelpugh-50.html" target="_blank">Container </a></i>(Germany)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8BKq5Yb6l54/YSmTo7yVCbI/AAAAAAAALGg/KQvl_iQPcp4uWljFRQTDqFIg0BIE3__VgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1843/Oracle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1843" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8BKq5Yb6l54/YSmTo7yVCbI/AAAAAAAALGg/KQvl_iQPcp4uWljFRQTDqFIg0BIE3__VgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Oracle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2017/05/wings-of-oracle-farr-two-tonner.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Wings of Oracle</a><i> </i>(Britain)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DyJXUh5p9d8/YSmTzp9Q81I/AAAAAAAALGo/34mY7sJFRMwGe0iD_r_gOzoRNwo5O23fACLcBGAsYHQ/s1888/Mandrake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="1260" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DyJXUh5p9d8/YSmTzp9Q81I/AAAAAAAALGo/34mY7sJFRMwGe0iD_r_gOzoRNwo5O23fACLcBGAsYHQ/w428-h640/Mandrake.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Mandrake </i>(Italy)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7AMYvJH7zho/YSmT6mBpzHI/AAAAAAAALGw/bv2MaAip0v8K_VkRcCvOZMCi3wPg_uNHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1890/Corum%2BSaphir.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1890" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7AMYvJH7zho/YSmT6mBpzHI/AAAAAAAALGw/bv2MaAip0v8K_VkRcCvOZMCi3wPg_uNHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Corum%2BSaphir.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Corum Saphir </i>(France)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eoBk4r7fxFY/YSmUItaBZ-I/AAAAAAAALG8/BFRO5S01UKMIRwPqb39vWp0ti_LidGV0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1843/Container_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1843" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eoBk4r7fxFY/YSmUItaBZ-I/AAAAAAAALG8/BFRO5S01UKMIRwPqb39vWp0ti_LidGV0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Container_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Container</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gqXe3KSmt9I/YSmUQ5kckyI/AAAAAAAALHE/FllvFCVMYJkFmijHeuI2a0wMHuRPb1xVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1818/Vibes%2Band%2BCyclone.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1818" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gqXe3KSmt9I/YSmUQ5kckyI/AAAAAAAALHE/FllvFCVMYJkFmijHeuI2a0wMHuRPb1xVQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Vibes%2Band%2BCyclone.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2012/10/featured-yacht-vibes.html" target="_blank">Vibes</a> </i>(USA) and <i>Cyclone </i>(Australia)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rn5e34hkIrQ/YSmVHrOJmcI/AAAAAAAALHo/3XR3wX2JSkMYXvIqSETdISp_L7DyRcLzACLcBGAsYHQ/s1888/Cyclone%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="1260" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rn5e34hkIrQ/YSmVHrOJmcI/AAAAAAAALHo/3XR3wX2JSkMYXvIqSETdISp_L7DyRcLzACLcBGAsYHQ/w428-h640/Cyclone%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i></i><i>Cyclone</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Jy7WGzh8bc/YSmUmfGarXI/AAAAAAAALHU/sjTiYBdBJioq_PLFbLcPn0xNxNcb6K8AQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1843/Port%2BPendennis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1843" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Jy7WGzh8bc/YSmUmfGarXI/AAAAAAAALHU/sjTiYBdBJioq_PLFbLcPn0xNxNcb6K8AQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Port%2BPendennis.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Port Pendennis </i>(Britain)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Jy7WGzh8bc/YSmUmfGarXI/AAAAAAAALHU/sjTiYBdBJioq_PLFbLcPn0xNxNcb6K8AQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1843/Port%2BPendennis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XXSbLhJ4-D4/YSmXcwWjnlI/AAAAAAAALH0/z-LORL0O14g58pZfA6wKKmmrPqLxJ3vJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1843/Oracle_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1843" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XXSbLhJ4-D4/YSmXcwWjnlI/AAAAAAAALH0/z-LORL0O14g58pZfA6wKKmmrPqLxJ3vJgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Oracle_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Wings of Oracle</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uHInj0_GEA/YSmVN87cCbI/AAAAAAAALHs/mNhDm1tWIvM97uOxM_5-4zoKLPsKBqymwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1890/Rubin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1890" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uHInj0_GEA/YSmVN87cCbI/AAAAAAAALHs/mNhDm1tWIvM97uOxM_5-4zoKLPsKBqymwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Rubin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Rubin</i> <i>XII </i>(Germany) leads <i>Corum Rubis </i>(France) and <i>Unibank </i>(Denmark)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
The video of the 1991 Admiral's Cup can be seen here:<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GqQeqYTC28U" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-33756331272068444782021-08-27T15:50:00.004-07:002021-09-11T14:35:40.885-07:001989 Fastnet Race start<p><span style="font-family: arial;">These photos (courtesy of Derek Stroud) are from the start of the 1989 Fastnet Race, featuring a number of the Maxi yachts that would go on to race in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race. The photos include an interesting couple of shots of Grant Dalton's Farr-designed masthead ketch <i>Fisher & Paykel</i>, showing quite efficient looking mainsails, particularly the mizzen. <i>Steinlager 2 </i>(also pictured) went on to take line honours in the race by just over 3 minutes from </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Fisher & Paykel</i><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pxi3mdpOWzI/YSh21cX3-OI/AAAAAAAALFc/ywteDNYxOW0eFhegUko3RxdZ4Za9n5_7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1670/Fastnet%2Bstart_F%2526P_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1670" height="464" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pxi3mdpOWzI/YSh21cX3-OI/AAAAAAAALFc/ywteDNYxOW0eFhegUko3RxdZ4Za9n5_7QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h464/Fastnet%2Bstart_F%2526P_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Fisher & Paykel </i>(above and below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcxx58CaOf4/YSh3pRX9ntI/AAAAAAAALGI/HDDL0dYUVVI2GGP_aCrRO5OrfcHF82AwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1893/Fastnet%2Bstart_F%2526P_3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="1262" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcxx58CaOf4/YSh3pRX9ntI/AAAAAAAALGI/HDDL0dYUVVI2GGP_aCrRO5OrfcHF82AwQCLcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/Fastnet%2Bstart_F%2526P_3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xb9EWYdw8Hg/YSh3JCC6t3I/AAAAAAAALFs/43okCS8ZeJkX-TvN3-LMJMsygUJloTmIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1875/Fastnet%2Bstart_Nirvana.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1875" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xb9EWYdw8Hg/YSh3JCC6t3I/AAAAAAAALFs/43okCS8ZeJkX-TvN3-LMJMsygUJloTmIQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Fastnet%2Bstart_Nirvana.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The Dave Pedrick designed <i>Nirvana</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dN7YhxNVZWA/YSh2uor_jMI/AAAAAAAALFY/Q4dv7grywyAWaiLC3QEi23OYlWxkunjqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1901/Fastnet%2Bstart_Steinlager%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1901" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dN7YhxNVZWA/YSh2uor_jMI/AAAAAAAALFY/Q4dv7grywyAWaiLC3QEi23OYlWxkunjqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Fastnet%2Bstart_Steinlager%2B2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Steinlager 2</i>, the eventual line honours winner of the race, and which would go on to win all six legs of the Whitbread race</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E-U2q0VJI2Y/YSh29mrcjWI/AAAAAAAALFg/7Hl9n7BCk2oeSiBirhjZRD0QoRHJeggjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1950/Fastnet%2Bstart_Congere.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1950" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E-U2q0VJI2Y/YSh29mrcjWI/AAAAAAAALFg/7Hl9n7BCk2oeSiBirhjZRD0QoRHJeggjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Fastnet%2Bstart_Congere.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Maxi yacht <i>Congere</i> <i>VI</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CWOna_Lh7UI/YSh3QohBNzI/AAAAAAAALF0/RsrRDIc_TLQjxrgBJP9WR5DBEQRSAAOewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1545/Fastnet%2Bstart_Merit%2Band%2BRothmans.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1545" height="470" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CWOna_Lh7UI/YSh3QohBNzI/AAAAAAAALF0/RsrRDIc_TLQjxrgBJP9WR5DBEQRSAAOewCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h470/Fastnet%2Bstart_Merit%2Band%2BRothmans.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Whitbread contenders <i>Rothmans </i>(left) and <i>Merit Cup</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jrr9xZiL6NM/YSh3Wm9hYoI/AAAAAAAALF4/fmPqDzQclqYfbD9lheiK1pBq_B63CyFvACLcBGAsYHQ/s1893/Fastnet%2Bstart_UBF.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1893" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jrr9xZiL6NM/YSh3Wm9hYoI/AAAAAAAALF4/fmPqDzQclqYfbD9lheiK1pBq_B63CyFvACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Fastnet%2Bstart_UBF.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">United Bank of Finland</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_XTSosUZvEg/YSh307udTII/AAAAAAAALGM/MHnijRdCKnk7-IiNtkT9I63ez4CgYNv9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1617/Fastnet%2Bstart_Nirvana_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_XTSosUZvEg/YSh307udTII/AAAAAAAALGM/MHnijRdCKnk7-IiNtkT9I63ez4CgYNv9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w514-h640/Fastnet%2Bstart_Nirvana_2.jpg" width="514" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Nirvana</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCSTcs61nsU/YSh3clt9NTI/AAAAAAAALGA/cuIz685OHqwrYEidhSFdRPGcV7ZOmHc3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1901/Fastnet%2Bstart_F%2526P_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1901" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCSTcs61nsU/YSh3clt9NTI/AAAAAAAALGA/cuIz685OHqwrYEidhSFdRPGcV7ZOmHc3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/Fastnet%2Bstart_F%2526P_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Fisher & Paykel</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7403467949549225733.post-31609076038171863382021-04-09T22:17:00.030-07:002022-07-07T13:40:18.988-07:00SORC 1985<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This article features some more great photographs from Sharon Green/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSailing/">Ultimate Sailing</a> from the 1985 SORC series, as well as commentary from a Seahorse article at the time. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CHQCrWLUr4w/YHEu5RVmXII/AAAAAAAAK3g/m7NK34uPAZQyxwdwaGCAKDf_ANkMLIt4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/High%2BRoler_Boca%2BGrande_St%2BPete_S%2BGreen%2Bfb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CHQCrWLUr4w/YHEu5RVmXII/AAAAAAAAK3g/m7NK34uPAZQyxwdwaGCAKDf_ANkMLIt4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/High%2BRoler_Boca%2BGrande_St%2BPete_S%2BGreen%2Bfb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>High Roler </i>during the Boca Grand-St Petersburg race</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The SORC was the premier offshore regatta in the US, and had begun to take on an international flavour, with the Germans attending in 1984 after their Admiral's Cup victory in 1983. They had arrived with <i>Outsider</i>, <i>Container</i>, <i>Pinta</i> and of course, <i>Diva </i>which was top individual yacht overall. For 1985 it was the turn of the Italians, who came in style following the 12m World Championships, with <i>Brava</i>, <i>Gemini</i>, <i>Almagores</i>, <i>Nitissima </i>and<i> Templar's C. Nitissima</i>, <i>Gemini</i>, and <i>Brava </i>all had class wins in individual races, whilst <i>Templar's C</i> took an overall win in the 150 mile Ocean Triangle. It was also the year that brought the early-launched Whitbread race contenders to Miami, and was also unique in that for the first time the US would not be selecting their Admiral's Cup team from the SORC results, which would be held later in Newport, Rhode Island (and limited to yachts rating no more than 33.5ft). </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sm0cF8-jxYk/YHEvSCen5tI/AAAAAAAAK3o/Z1DXMouR0BURAOE3YqWX9Fkw0W05gVFKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Matador%2Band%2BKialoa%2BIV.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sm0cF8-jxYk/YHEvSCen5tI/AAAAAAAAK3o/Z1DXMouR0BURAOE3YqWX9Fkw0W05gVFKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Matador%2Band%2BKialoa%2BIV.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Matador </i>crosses behind <i>Kialoa </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 75 boats that lined up for the 1985 SORC did not fail to impress with the high level of construction detail, finish, preparation, rigs and crew. Lightness and stiffness was pursued with high carbon fibre content for compressive and tensile strength, and US mast engineering prowess on show with chemically etched and milled rigs with hydraulic checkstays and rapid 'Farr' style tapers to a 3 inch diameter at the tip. Sails showed a myriad of construction techniques using the latest cloths, such as warp-inserted Kevlar laminates from Dimension and the use of Kevlar tapes to link major load areas without the need for two-plying. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TyjL0i62WI0/YHEupKjEFFI/AAAAAAAAK3Y/YdK-Bygioygb1oflce2g7v7ns8nXjRcKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Smiles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TyjL0i62WI0/YHEupKjEFFI/AAAAAAAAK3Y/YdK-Bygioygb1oflce2g7v7ns8nXjRcKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Smiles.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Smiles</i>, overall winner of the 1985 SORC</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Eight different designers were represented in the top ten, with Farr and the Faroux, Finot, Berret-designed Beneteau One Tonners having two of the top yachts apiece. Interestingly, even with all the competitive new custom boats hitting the water, production One Tonners took 1st, 2nd and 6th place, and One Tonners overall took out six of the top ten places, the other places by 42/43 footers. It had traditionally been the Europeans sailing the leading small boats, but this year the three US-sailed One Tonners - <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2015/04/smiles-j41-one-tonner.html">Smiles</a></i> a masthead J41, <i>Glory</i> a Beneteau 40 and <i>Total Eclipse</i> (ex-<i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/geronimo-farr-40.html">Geronimo</a></i>) a Farr - came out on top. In the 1984 series another J41, <i>Dazzler</i>, placed third overall, and in 1985 Charlie Scott demonstrated the good all-round ability of the J41 design to take the overall honours. The second-generation Beneteau One Tonners, <i>Glory </i>and <i>Fair Lady </i>(sixth) were 400kg lighter than the 1984 versions with a more hi-tech layup and greater attention to detail in construction of the ends to save weight. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vy5dXGzCz9Y/YHEviEpKXkI/AAAAAAAAK3w/MQ-eHVbIs-g6JTXdoZ0dn6bh2ex1zil7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Total%2BEclipse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vy5dXGzCz9Y/YHEviEpKXkI/AAAAAAAAK3w/MQ-eHVbIs-g6JTXdoZ0dn6bh2ex1zil7wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Total%2BEclipse.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Total Eclipse </i>rounds a leeward mark</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While Farr had only two designs in the fleet, they took third and fourth overall, and it was unlucky that <i>Total Eclipse</i>, the oldest boat in the fleet and skippered by sailmaker Bill Shore, did not win overall after posting 3/2/4, and then 2nd in the final race before a disappointng 52nd in the Ocean Triangle (race 4) after sailing too long in the Gulf Stream. The other Farr boat, the 43 foot <i><a href="https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2013/01/snake-oil-farr-43.html">Snake Oil</a></i>, was leading overall after four races with two class wins. But the final Miami-Nassau race, once again, turned out to be a small boat procession with the fleet results in exactly the reverse order of size. <i>Snake Oil</i>'s 42nd in that race pushed her down to third overall.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JllLg89ksr4/YHEvtS53GiI/AAAAAAAAK30/RukQSqv6RxAVLzDJ7D7Y17Xi1vA2SLssACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Chiquita%2BCarat%2BSnake%2BOil.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JllLg89ksr4/YHEvtS53GiI/AAAAAAAAK30/RukQSqv6RxAVLzDJ7D7Y17Xi1vA2SLssACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/Chiquita%2BCarat%2BSnake%2BOil.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Snake Oil </i>tacks away from Sweden's <i>Carat</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the best competition was in Class B, which was almost a Frers' one design class with <i>Morning Star</i>, <i>Nitissima</i>, <i>Fujimo</i>, <i>Tomahawk</i>, <i>Carat</i>, <i>Springbok</i> and <i>Jubilation </i>battling it out, and John Kolius on <i>Morning Star </i>eventually taking the class win.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WRootRnAPE8/YHEv_2fh2jI/AAAAAAAAK4A/W58yZmr9Njgbt5DeqxU-lMDaEiOXksH2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Springbok_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WRootRnAPE8/YHEv_2fh2jI/AAAAAAAAK4A/W58yZmr9Njgbt5DeqxU-lMDaEiOXksH2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Springbok_.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Springbok </i>crosses behind <i>Morning Star</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the Maxi fleet the Frers-designed <i>Boomerang </i>continued to dominate with five class wins although at times she was pushed by <i>Matador </i>(ex-<i>Huaso</i>). The challenge from the new Holland-designed maxi <i>Sassy </i>failed to materialise after she lost her rig in the Lipton Cup.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lRpelat1zg0/YHEwIYAFI2I/AAAAAAAAK4E/2PmktC6tNdE5yD6JlCt5IInwRLNs3DNCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Boomerang.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lRpelat1zg0/YHEwIYAFI2I/AAAAAAAAK4E/2PmktC6tNdE5yD6JlCt5IInwRLNs3DNCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Boomerang.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Overall winner of Class A, <i>Boomerang</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Sleeper</i>, a Nelson/Marek 42 skippered by Lowell North, took three wins in Class D, one of the most competitive classes, but finished second behind the Irwin 42 <i>Slick</i>. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--82R4fQvW00/YHEwPjTLsmI/AAAAAAAAK4I/z6Y4vphDaps7OTGBhLqTR8lHjUEq4AL7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Brooke%2BAnn.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--82R4fQvW00/YHEwPjTLsmI/AAAAAAAAK4I/z6Y4vphDaps7OTGBhLqTR8lHjUEq4AL7ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/Brooke%2BAnn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Brooke Ann</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hR4QnQ4oEPA/YHEwZU8tJeI/AAAAAAAAK4M/CIBQG_Sx9-YOY69FvO8PHZD1Qd9F8WcGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/High%2BRoler%2Bleading%2BSleeper.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hR4QnQ4oEPA/YHEwZU8tJeI/AAAAAAAAK4M/CIBQG_Sx9-YOY69FvO8PHZD1Qd9F8WcGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/High%2BRoler%2Bleading%2BSleeper.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>High Roler </i>leading <i>Sleeper </i>and <i>Razzle Dazzle</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XzE_vRMfw04/YHEwew-zz3I/AAAAAAAAK4Q/OUpJJFA9tGEqcQgiCG1SjSAacPqdnBGWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Innisfree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XzE_vRMfw04/YHEwew-zz3I/AAAAAAAAK4Q/OUpJJFA9tGEqcQgiCG1SjSAacPqdnBGWwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/Innisfree.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Innisfree</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qCKeJhymf3A/YHEwl0yJ2fI/AAAAAAAAK4Y/nockaTW_HOwc08t4xAAByj2noCdhyd9JQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Lobo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qCKeJhymf3A/YHEwl0yJ2fI/AAAAAAAAK4Y/nockaTW_HOwc08t4xAAByj2noCdhyd9JQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h434/Lobo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Lobo</i>, helmed by Dennis Conner, third in Class D and tenth overall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L5i_H2h_phc/YHEwtZSHOUI/AAAAAAAAK4g/2Nl7Mt4dVl8yugStTlFWmB2CXkiyCANSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Jubilation%2Band%2BCarat.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L5i_H2h_phc/YHEwtZSHOUI/AAAAAAAAK4g/2Nl7Mt4dVl8yugStTlFWmB2CXkiyCANSwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h430/Jubilation%2Band%2BCarat.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Jubilation </i>in startline action in Class B</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfPPf-41voU/YHEw1P-HdXI/AAAAAAAAK4o/sM_tVJZ1neQBWMVvHMSmt1mamX7i7fSxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Razzle%2Band%2BLobo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfPPf-41voU/YHEw1P-HdXI/AAAAAAAAK4o/sM_tVJZ1neQBWMVvHMSmt1mamX7i7fSxwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h432/Razzle%2Band%2BLobo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>Razzle Dazzle</i>, an Irwin 42, showing her interesting chined stern sections while rounding a weather mark just behind <i>Lobo</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6cxT3VPthFA/YHEw6J7Yj-I/AAAAAAAAK4w/XVIHPVsjekQO_qVrBnpbyzmp7RwV6igzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Startline.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6cxT3VPthFA/YHEw6J7Yj-I/AAAAAAAAK4w/XVIHPVsjekQO_qVrBnpbyzmp7RwV6igzgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/Startline.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Class D boats prepare for a start during the 1985 SORC</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>RB Sailing_nzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07318405969559611878noreply@blogger.com1