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Rob Brown OAM reached out to me but a few weeks ago. Dangerous thing that, for it got me to thinking. As I pondered this, and reviewed that, I reached out to another great pal in Bill Macartney, to assess what I had been pondering.

Even a club with such a successful history of national champions at the top of the Optimist fleet as the Royal Lymington YC must focus on bringing young talent into the fleet. With this in mind it teamed up with IOCA to stage a new event in the calendar.

On Tuesday, June 16th, at 4:22:53 AM, the IMOCA MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the finish line of the Vendée Arctique after 3,219.86 nautical miles of an intense race between Les Sables d’Olonne and the Arctic Circle.

Ambrogio Beccaria, the incredible “comeback”! By crossing the line, this Tuesday June 16 at 03:07, the skipper of Allagrande Mapei wins after 8 days 14 hours 05 minutes 50 seconds of competition.

WiSH Sailing Club held a Challenger Open during the weekend 13-14 June. Sailors arriving on Friday viewed Scotsmans Flash with some trepidation as vicious 30kt plus gusts blasted across the water. The forecast for Saturday was better but not much.

Fifteen knots form the West promised good sailing conditions on Saturday, with five Redwings and four One-Designs coming to the start line laid a little east of Under Tyne.

Emirates Team New Zealand wrapped up their winter test block on the Hauraki Gulf, on Monday, spending a valuable sailing day testing in light winds for just three hours.

While maxi yacht racing is often extremely close, for this year’s Loro Piana Giraglia inshore and coastal races, two clear leaders have already emerged after four races.

Racing at the 73rd Loro Piana Giraglia continued today with a superb third day of inshore competition in Saint-Tropez.

Hosted by the Royal Tay Yacht Club over the weekend 13th/14th June the fleet of 10 entries was reduced to 9 before the first race. First casualty of the forecast gale.