Para sailing: where next?

Olympic gold medallist Helena Lucas on the journey for Paralympic reinstatement

With Paralympic sailing missing out Tokyo 2020, the RYA is on a mission to continue to support sailors and increase racing at Sailability, Sailing and High Performance Clubs.

As part of the support, the RYA has been offering a number of travel grants and coaching at key 2.4mR events this year, including the Para World Sailing Championships held in June at Kiel.

Paralympic gold medallist Helena Lucas, who retired post-Rio, coached the three British 2.4mR boats in Kiel and was impressed by the spectacle. With over 80 boat from 39 nations, the sailors certainly made an impact.

“It was an amazing turnout, both in the Hansa and 2.4mR class. I was really impressed by the quality of the fleet. Everyone was there, Rio Paralympic gold and silver medallists, world champions… All the names were there so it was a really top quality fleet and a really good display on the part of the sailors getting to Kiel and making that effort. It was great to have a representative from the IPC who could see the fantastic turnout and effort involved,” explained Lucas.

“I absolutely loved coaching, I thoroughly enjoyed the Worlds and it was really interesting to sit on the other side of the fence and watch all my major rivals. I’ve never had the opportunity to that before!

“The new Hansa class is helping the emerging nations get on the startline and to come to a World Championships. At the moment, that’s what it’s all about in order to get the Paralympics reinstated for 2024 – one of the key facts for the IPC is the number of nations taking part so I think the Hansa might help give that opportunity.”

With World Sailing and the RYA offering grants, Helena urges sailors to approach World Sailing for advice and support as well engaging in events. Commenting on her own Paralympic 2.4mR experience, Helena believes the activity is very much still there.

“I’m probably slightly biased, but the 2.4mR is a brilliant class, there are loads of events taking place in the UK and internationally. The class has such an able-bodied following too, and it when you get in the boat it’s a level playing field.

“Hopefully when discussions start in 2018 for 2024 inclusion, Paralympic sailing can make a positive impression and revive itself. There are lots of really enthusiastic and passionate people who want to make it happen,” concluded Lucas.

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Creative Clementine scoops new-look Marlow award

Laser Radial sailor Clementine Thompson has been selected as the first winner of the new look Marlow Ropes British Sailing Team Quarterly Award after creating a video that demonstrated her passion for the sport and commitment to excellence.

Marlow Ropes has supported the British Sailing Team for nearly 20 years through the award given to an up and coming sailor on the Olympic Pathway. Many top competitors, including Hannah Mills, Giles Scott and Nick Thompson have benefited from this award over the years putting the 20-year-old from Guernsey in good company.

In order to bring the award up to date this year, for the first time sailors were asked to nominate themselves for the award by making a short video explaining how they matched up against the team’s core values over the previous three months.

Seven videos were received from the Team’s Podium Potential Pathway group this quarter and the quality was extremely high, but Clementine stood out after nominating herself in a poem documenting the highs and lows of life as a professional sailor and her determination to succeed.

Marlow Ropes Managing Director Jon Mitchell said:

“The quality of the entries was really excellent! But it had to be Clementine in my view. She produced a really great video in all respects – not only does she describe the physical and mental commitment to racing, but also the emotional highs and lows she has (and will continue to) experience, plus it rhymes!

“She should be congratulated on a video that should also inspire other sailors!”

Clementine, who joined the British Sailing Team’s Podium Potential Pathway group in 2016 will receive £2500 worth of rope to help towards her campaign.

“Thank you so much to Marlow for presenting me with their quarterly award! I hope with my video that I can give people a snapshot of the life of a professional sailor with all its ups and downs.

“Now I can stock up on rope and keep my boat in excellent condition. It’s really exciting to win this award and I can’t wait to upgrade my lines. I’m very grateful for the support.”

As well as supporting up-and-coming sailors, Marlow Ropes are also the official supplier to the British Sailing Team thanks to its industry-renowned reputation for producing products tried, tested and trusted in the world’s harshest environments.

For further information on Marlow Ropes including the latest products and technical information visit www.marlowropes.com.

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Mills and McIntyre seal World Championship silver

Written by RYA | 17 July 2017

470 World Championship medal for British Sailing Team

Following on from their victory at the World Cup Final in Santander last month, Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre secured World Championship silver in Thessaloniki, Greece, this week (10-15 July).

A three bullet opening day saw Mills and McIntyre take an early lead, but a challenging week for the pair at only their second regatta together, saw them slip into the silver medal spot on day two and into the medal race finale.

With a 16-point gap to overcome if the pair were to snatch the World title from Polish leaders Agnieszka Skrzypulec and Irmina Mrozek Gliszczynska, it was always going to be a hard fought battle to top the podium. Despite finishing second in the medal race and narrowing the point deficit, it would prove an impossible feat with Mills and McIntyre settling for second.

Whilst Olympic Champion Mills is no stranger to 470 World Championship success having secured gold in 2012 and silver in 2015, for McIntyre this is first World Championship medal.

McIntyre reflected on the week: “It’s really cool. I feel a bit bittersweet – it’s amazing to have medalled at a Worlds but at the same time I really felt like we had it in us to win and we didn’t quite pull it off.

“A few things didn’t quite go our way and we didn’t quite sail well enough but I guess that’s why we love sailing, isn’t it?”

The week was one of learning, continued Mills: “Definitely the intricacies of the close, light wind, tight racing are not quite there yet – you make one tiny error in terms of positioning and you can get punished very, very hard, which happened a couple of times this week in different scenarios.

“But that’s all cool, it’s part of the game isn’t it when you take a break for nine months? What you can and can’t get away with in terms of where you can put the boat [in the light wind racing] you forget a little bit!”

Mills, who has been training in the 49er FX this year, and McIntyre having only trained together briefly are considering their next steps.

“It’s wicked [to medal] considering how little we’ve done together. I’m really excited. Hannah isn’t quite sure what she wants to do yet but I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to sail with her and win two medals with her,” explained McIntyre. “It’s been amazing, and I’ll take the learning forward from this event and improve as a sailor and a 470 crew.”

Mills added: “It was a really cool week and I’m really happy for Eilidh – her first World Championship medal and hopefully the first of many.

“I’m taking things as they come. I’m under no illusion that this is my best option for sure right now. Eilidh is a fantastic sailor and I’m sure we’d be a really, really strong and dominating partnership.

“But I’m also quite aware of myself, and I’m not ready to commit fully to the 470 yet. It still feels a bit too soon since Rio and everything with Sas, and so I think for me to do some other sailing still is going to be really beneficial for the next cycle. I’ll keep it fresh this year.”

British Sailing Team’s 470 crew Elliot Willis who was forced to take a break from sailing in order to undergo cancer treatment, was back out in action coaching Mills and McIntyre.

Mills commented: “Elliot’s awesome. It’s so nice he’s back to his normal self. He’s not quite out of the woods yet but he’s back to his normal self which is great to see, and obviously he’s an awesome person to have out on the water with you. He’s been through it all and has a whole heap of knowledge to dump on us.”

Teammates Amy Seabright and Anna Carpenter also made the medal race cut with four top five results. Crossing the final race in fifth saw the pair wrap up their regatta eighth overall to secure the duo’s best ever World Championship finish.

“A great result also for Amy and Anna – they’ve been training super hard and were awesome with us out in Rio before the Games. It’s super nice to see them coming along and hopefully we can continue the British tradition and work together and try and create something dominating again for Tokyo,” teammate Mills added.

Podium Potential sailors Jess Lavery and Flora Stewart finished 20th at their first World Championships together. Meanwhile Martin Wrigley and James Taylor finished 32nd in the Men’s division and will now aim for the 470 Junior Europeans in Italy next month.

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Spanish navigator Joan Vila returns to the Volvo Ocean Race with MAPFRE

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Joan Vila, one of the best navigators in the world, will return to the Volvo Ocean Race with MAPFRE in 2017-18, some 15 years after becoming the first Spanish sailor to win the coveted trophy (full story below)

Joan Vila, one of the best navigators in the world, will return to the Volvo Ocean Race with MAPFRE in 2017-18, some 15 years after becoming the first Spanish sailor to win the coveted trophy.

One of the most decorated sailors on the planet, Vila joins MAPFRE having last competed as part of a victorious Illbruck Challenge campaign in 2001-02. Since then, he has gone on to win three America’s Cups. He has also competed in the Olympic Games – and 2017-18 will mark his fifth Volvo Ocean Race appearance.

Vila will link up with the Spanish team, skippered by Olympic champion Xabi Fernández, as navigator – responsible for ensuring the consistent best positioning of the boat to take maximum advantage of the wind and current, and getting the team from point to point as fast as possible.

“This is the best crewed race than any offshore sailor can take part in, so you always keep an eye on it,” admitted Vila, as he joined up with MAPFRE at their team base in Sanxenxo, Spain.

“Unfortunately the last few years I haven’t had a chance to take part, as it coincided with other projects, but I always wanted to. I’m delighted that the opportunity has appeared for me again now, and with a team like MAPFRE,” he added.

Vila’s skills as navigator were highly sought-after, and he admits that he had the chance to appear on the start line wearing a different coloured shirt, but turned it down.

“I had conversations with another team as well as MAPFRE, but when I spoke to Xabi and the people involved in the team, I saw the chance to be part of an excellent crew, and didn’t hesitate.”

Vila brings an undeniable amount of experience from other competitions, but a lot has changed in the Volvo Ocean Race sine he last took part in 2001-02 with German campaign Illbruck, and before that with Fortuna Extra Lights, Galicia-Pescanova and Chessie Racing.

There have been huge developments in terms of meteorology and navigational technology, but also the boat itself – the One Design Volvo Ocean 65.

Following his first sail with his new teammates in Sanxenxo, Vila commented: “what I noticed most was how well geared everything is, and how well it all works.”

The announcement comes hot on the heels of MAPFRE’s signing of another America’s Cup champion, Kiwi Blair Tuke – and team CEO Pedro Campos expressed his delight at the way the squad is coming together.

“It’s a pleasure and a great source of pride for MAPFRE to announce the signing of Joan Vila, who, in my opinion, is the best navigator in the world. I have known Joan for many years, and it has always been my dream to have him on our team. Finally that dream has come true. I want to thank him for his trust in us, for joining MAPFRE, and I am sure he will help us achieve a great deal of success.”

Over the next few weeks, as the team continues their preparation in Galicia, further signings will be announced.

MAPFRE join six other teams on the start line for the 2017-18 edition: team AkzoNobel (Simeon Tienpont/NED), Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag (David Witt, AUS), Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED), Vestas 11th Hour Racing (Charlie Enright/USA), Turn the Tide on Plastic (Dee Caffari/GBR) and Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA).

The fleet will depart Alicante, Spain on 22 October 2017 and race 45,000 nautical miles whilst taking in a further 10 stops around the planet including Lisbon, Cape Town, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Auckland, Itajaí, Newport, Cardiff and Gothenburg, before a big finish in The Hague in summer 2018.

via Spanish navigator Joan Vila returns to the Volvo Ocean Race with MAPFRE| Volvo Ocean Race.

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Cheeki Rafiki safety fail conviction

17 Jul 2017

The capsized Cheeki Rafiki being examined by divers

A yacht company director has been convicted of failing to ensure the safety of stricken vessel Cheeki Rafiki, which was found capsized with four men missing in May 2014.

Douglas Innes and his company, Stormforce Coaching, were found guilty of failing to operate the 12m long yacht in a safe manner contrary to the Merchant Shipping Act, a court heard.

Mr Innes will face a retrial over the deaths of the four men after a jury at Winchester crown court were unable to reach verdicts on manslaughter charges.

The Cheeki Rafiki had been returning to Southampton from Antigua Sailing Week when it capsized, after losing its keel 700 miles off Nova Scotia, it is believed.

Stormforce Coaching employees, Andrew Bridge and James Male, plus Steve Warren and Paul Goslin were sailing the vessel, which Mr Innes had been responsible for, when they reported a problem on board. However, according to evidence declared during the trial, Mr Innes did not respond, only calling the coastguard when he was contacted a second time.

He then reportedly emailed the crew suggesting they check the bolts of the keel.

Nigel Lickley, QC for the prosecution, said the vessel, which had been grounded three times in three years, had an undetected fault with the bolts which held the keel to the hull.

Mr Lickley said it was discovered that some of the bolts had been broken ‘for some time’ before the yacht left the UK to start its journey in October 2013.

Jurors were also told the yacht had been given a ‘category two’ code, which meant it was only authorised to be used commercially up to 60 miles away from a ‘safe haven’ and the code certificate had expired shortly before the incident.

During the trial, it emerged the US Coastguard has called off its search for the vessel after two days, but resumed the operation following intervention by the British government, upon which the empty vessel was discovered with its lifeboat.

The bodies of the men have never been recovered.

via Boating Business | Cheeki Rafiki safety fail conviction.

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World’s largest aluminium yacht under construction

17 Jul 2017

Construction of the world’s largest aluminium yacht has started

Construction of an 81m / 266ft three-masted schooner has begun at the Royal Huisman’s facilities in Vollenhove, Netherlands.

The project, for an Asian client by the joint team of Royal Huisman, Dykstra Naval Architects, designer Mark Whiteley and Bart Kimman of Northrop & Johnson Asia is thought to be the world’s largest aluminium yacht.

Design work has taken a year to complete with Royal Huisman’s largest shipbuilding hall also upgraded as part of the preparations.

Now, the keel has been laid and the building frame for the main deck is under construction.

Features include a newly developed sliding Rondal door with individually operated moving glass panels between the cockpit and interior.

The flybridge steering stations give access to a hydraulically operated crow’s nest for a ride up the main mast and the deck design incorporates a recessed crew tender with the pocket suitable for use as a cockpit after launch. The design of the crew entrance on the foredeck ties in with the looks of the main deckhouse.

The hull has a hard chine and schooner rig is designed for good performance with sea kindliness, stability and comfort.

The carbon rig will be supported by carbon standing rigging. As Thys Nikkels of Dykstra Naval Architects explains, ‘the plumb bow, very long waterline, sleek hull and large sail area will give the yacht the required high speed and good performance’.

A model of the schooner will be on display at the Monaco Yacht Show, with the yacht due to be launched in 2020.

via Boating Business | World’s largest aluminium yacht under construction.

Vestas 11th Hour Racing unveil mixed crew with Race-winning pedigree for 2017-18

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Race-winning navigator Simon Fisher and hat-trick hunter Phil Harmer among crew chosen by co-founders Charlie Enright and Mark Towill

With exactly 100 days to go before the Volvo Ocean Race fleet departs Alicante to tackle 45,000 nautical miles around the world, Vestas 11th Hour Racing have unveiled their crew for the 2017-18 edition – and have built a mixed, ten-strong team featuring six nationalities and six previous Race wins.

The line-up features a wealth of experience, including Simon Fisher (GBR), who returns for his fifth Volvo Ocean Race appearance after lifting the trophy as the winning navigator with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing last time out.

He is joined by two-time winner Phil Harmer (AUS), who is hunting a Volvo Ocean Race hat-trick following successive victories in the last two editions, five-time sailor Damian Foxall (IRL), who scored a win in 2008-09 onboard Ericsson 4, and Race veteran Tony Mutter (NZL), who returns for a sixth lap of the planet, having gotten his hands on the trophy twice in the past.

“It’s amazing to be back in the Volvo Ocean Race with some old acquaintances as well as inspiring new talent,” revealed Fisher. “This time we’re focusing on performance, as well as a sponsorship with an important message, backed by two partners, Vestas and 11th Hour Racing, fully committed to making a positive change.

“It’s a privilege to be given the chance and the platform to share the message of sustainability and ocean health. I’ve dodged everything from telegraph poles to old fridge-freezers while at sea. We’ve got to act now, and as a group, this is what we aspire this campaign to be about”.

Tom Johnson (AUS), fresh from the America’s Cup as part of Team ORACLE USA, steps back onto a Volvo Ocean 65 after racing last edition onboard Team Vestas Wind – and Nick Dana (USA), who competed alongside Enright and Towill, returns to the Race for a second consecutive outing as a sailor.

For others, this will be their first round-the-world race. Denmark’s Olympic medallist Jena Mai Hansen joins Britain’s Hannah Diamond as one of two female sailors on board following successful trials during recent transatlantic trips from Lisbon, Portugal to Newport, USA.

“It was actually my first-ever full night at sea – an intimidating but amazing experience,” explained Hansen. “Helming a Volvo Ocean 65 boat in the middle of the Atlantic in pitch dark, in 40 knots, is without a doubt one of the craziest things I’ve ever done. I’m hungry for more and excited to be part of a skilled, international team. Bring it on!”

Between them, the crew have competed in the Volvo Ocean Race over 20 times – and skipper Charlie Enright says that he’s delighted with the preparations with just a few months remaining until the start line.

“We’ve taken our time to get this right, and we couldn’t ask for a better group of sailors,” he explained.

“There are 100 days left until the race kicks off, with some important team time along the way. I’m definitely satisfied that we’re in a good place and setting the team up with a solid chance of taking the crown.”

The team are currently preparing to travel to Gosport, UK, for pre-race activation and Leg Zero commitments, lining up against the other teams for the first time in the Round-the-Island race during Cowes week, followed by the Rolex Fastnet Race, and finishing up in Lisbon after sailing via St. Malo in mid-August.

Vestas 11th Hour Racing will be joined on the start line by Dongfeng Race Team (skippered by Charles Caudrelier), team AkzoNobel (Simeon Tienpont), MAPFRE (Xabi Fernández), Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag (David Witt), Turn the Tide on Plastic (Dee Caffari) and Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking). The race departs from Alicante on 22 October 2017.

The race takes in a total of 12 Host Cities around the world, finishing in The Hague at the end of June 2018.

Full Vestas 11th Hour Racing crew line up:

•             Nick Dana; USA; Boat Captain

•             Hannah Diamond; UK; Crew

•             Charlie Enright; USA; Skipper

•             Simon Fisher; UK; Navigator

•             Jena Mai Hansen; DK; Crew

•             Phil Harmer; AUS; Crew

•             Tom Johnson; AUS; Crew

•             Damian Foxall; IRE; Crew

•             Tony Mutter; NZL; Crew

•             Mark Towill; USA; Team Director

via Vestas 11th Hour Racing unveil mixed crew with Race-winning pedigree for 2017-18| Volvo Ocean Race.

Olympic champion Blair Tuke joins MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race

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New Zealand’s Blair Tuke is joining MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2017-18, and could become the first sailor in history to win the ‘Triple Crown’ of an Olympic gold medal, the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race (full story below)

27-year-old Tuke joins Xabi Fernández’s Spanish team

Tuke has won Olympic gold and America’s Cup in just 10 months

Volvo Ocean Race win would complete collection of sailing’s Big Three trophies

14 July – New Zealand’s Blair Tuke is joining MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2017-18, and could become the first sailor in history to win the ‘Triple Crown’ of an Olympic gold medal, the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race.

At the age of just 27, the Kiwi is already one of the most decorated sailors in the world – and joins the Spanish campaign fresh from New Zealand’s victory in the America’s Cup last month and an Olympic gold medal in 2016.

Tuke, who has also won four consecutive 49er World Championships and was named ISAF Sailor of the Year in 2015, links up with MAPFRE skipper Xabi Fernández to take on the ultimate test of a team in professional sport – a 45,000 nautical mile race around the planet.

“The idea of doing the Volvo Ocean Race is something I’ve been very excited about ever since I was a little kid. Everyone closest to me has known I’ve wanted to do this race for so long, even before I did the America’s Cup and the Olympics. I’m so happy to finally have the opportunity – and to do it with MAPFRE is something I’m really looking forward to,” said Tuke.

“I’ve raced with Xabi a lot in the 49ers and when the race came to Auckland in the 2014-15 edition, I went onboard MAPFRE for the In-Port Race and the start, so I’ve seen them in action close up. The team has a lot of really good guys on the boat and I think it’s a great opportunity for me. I’m really happy to be teaming up with MAPFRE.”

The race will be Tuke’s first competitive foray offshore, and with the One Design Volvo Ocean 65 boats set to race three times more Southern Ocean miles than in recent editions, it promises to be a steep learning curve.

“I’m under no illusions as to the learning curve I’ve got in front of me – I know what it’s like to be out there and offshore, but to do it at this high level of a race is going to be new to me,” continued Tuke.

“The thought of racing into Auckland, and then leaving again for the Southern Ocean, is pretty exciting, but before I get there I have to do a lot of learning, and gain more experience in how to make these boats go fast.

“I’m excited for the challenge – I’ve loved being challenged in the past, and having to learn fast, and I’m really looking forward to this one.”

Securing his spot in the Volvo Ocean Race caps an unforgettable 12 months for Tuke, who scooped an Olympic gold in the 49er class at Rio 2016 alongside his long-term sailing partner Peter Burling.

The pair took first place with two races to spare, boasting a 43-point margin over their nearest challengers – the biggest gap in any sailing class since modern scoring began – to add to a silver medal achieved at London 2012.

Burling and Tuke then played an integral part in Emirates Team New Zealand successful America’s Cup campaign, winning them a second major trophy in less than a year.

“It’s awesome to see how the whole country gets behind the Volvo Ocean Race. It’s got the Kiwis’ hearts just because of the incredible history in the race. It’s a great time to be heading to there – the reception that we’ve just received with Emirates Team New Zealand shows just what top-level sailing means to people across the country.

“Seeing all the boats out there in the harbour as we took the Cup out and did a little tour was really cool, and it’s the kind of thing you only usually see when the Volvo Ocean Race comes into town, or when the Cup was in New Zealand last time. Sailing is very much on the map and it’s going to be an incredible Volvo Ocean Race stopover in 2018.”

Since 1973, winning the Volvo Ocean Race has been an obsession for the world’s best sailors, desperate to prove that they have what it takes to claim glory in the pinnacle of offshore sailing.

via Olympic champion Blair Tuke joins MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race| Volvo Ocean Race.

MAPFRE skipper Xabi, who also boasts an Olympic gold and silver medal, has spent the last decade chasing victory in the Volvo Ocean Race – and has packed his squad with highly-experienced and decorated sailors ahead of the 2017-18 edition. “Blair is a really exciting sailor for the team,” explained Fernández. “Nobody can doubt his talent, and I am absolutely convinced that he will be a really strong addition to the team as trimmer and helmsman.”“We first met Blair in 2010, when we raced against Peter Burling and Blair in the last World Championships we participated in. Then, in 2012, when we were in Auckland with the Volvo Ocean Race, we trained with them in a 49er on our rest days preparing for the London Olympic Games,” explained Fernández. “In 2014-15, he joined us on MAPFRE sailing in a ProAm, and on the start day he was our ‘jumper’ for the leg start – and he told us then that he wanted to one day take part in the Volvo Ocean Race.”Pedro Campos, CEO of the team, said: “It’s excellent news that Blair has joined us – there is no doubt that he is one of the great names of our sport at the moment. The fact that he has accepted our invitation to join the team make us proud and demonstrates the international prestige that MAPFRE holds across the world. If we could win this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, Blair would become the first sailor in history to achieve the ‘Triple Crown’: Olympic gold, the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race, which will generate strong international media coverage of our team.”MAPFRE will be joined on the start line by Dongfeng Race Team (skippered by Charles Caudrelier), team AkzoNobel (Simeon Tienpont), Vestas 11th Hour Racing (Charlie Enright), Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag (David Witt), Turn the Tide on Plastic (Dee Caffari) and Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking). The race departs from Alicante on 22 October 2017.The race takes in a total of 12 Host Cities around the world, finishing in The Hague at the end of June 2018.

via Olympic champion Blair Tuke joins MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race| Volvo Ocean Race.

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GB win Red Bull Youth America’s Cup

05 Jul 2017

While Sir Ben Ainslie and his team were unable to bring the Cup home, congratulations must go to the Land Rover BAR Academy that was crowned Red Bull Youth America’s Cup champions in the most dramatic of fashions, on the final day of racing on Bermuda’s Great Sound.

New Zealand and Switzerland rounded out the podium. A dozen national teams of six sailors aged 18 to 24 took part.

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