GB win Red Bull Youth America’s Cup05/07/2017Save articleWhile 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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Electronics partnership for INEOS TEAM UK04/03/2019Save articleB&G has partnered with Britain’s entry to the America’s Cup, INEOS TEAM UK, supporting the fleet of boats with electronic instruments.B&G has partnered with INEOS TEAM UKIn addition, B&G will develop new technology and data streams to support the British challenge.“We are excited to announce our partnership with INEOS TEAM UK, as they prepare to win the Americas Cup,” said Simon Conder, B&G marketing director. “B&G has been at the cutting edge of sailing innovation for over 50 years.“Our racing heritage gives us an unrivalled platform for developing new technology and we are delighted to not only support INEOS TEAM UK with our current range of products, but also to work with the team to drive further innovative developments which will continue to help all levels of sailors using our electronics in the future.”Sir Ben Ainslie, skipper and team principal INEOS TEAM UK, added: “On the water we need the best equipment to allow us to perform at the optimum level, knowing that we have the support and products of a British brand with a heritage of delivering award winning and cutting-edge sailing innovation is a big performance enhancer for the campaign.”

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NEWSNew America’s Cup yachtBy Rebecca Strong18/07/2022Save articleExcitement is building across the racing world with the imminent arrival in Auckland of the first new America’s Cup yacht.The AC40’s build will be used in One Design mode for both the Women’s and Youth events along with being a test bed for the works teams.The AC40 under construction at the Emirates Team New Zealand’s yard Photo: Emirates Team New Zealand“We didn’t hold back on the design, we took the IP of Te Rehutai [the Cup winning boat from AC36] and translated it into the best 40-footer we could create,” said Dan Bernasconi, chief designer of Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ).Strict parametersWhilst the boats can be adapted following the Women’s and Youth events there are strict parameters and cost reduction measures such as a maximum of four custom foil wings and four custom flaps.Ten custom jibs and four mainsails are permitted and teams will also be allowed to build a single custom mast in addition to the two-piece supplied as standard.The hull, foil arms, rudders, mechatronics, hydraulics, and programmable logic controllers have all come from ETNZ’s design teams with the foil arms and rudders being created at ETNZ’s build facility in Auckland. The boomless, double-skinned sails have been designed in collaboration with North Sails whilst the two-piece masts have been crafted by Southern Spars in Avondale, Auckland.Down below, the auto-pilot controls the ride height only and can be manipulated, holding the wing at a certain set point below the water. If the teams want to change the pitch angle or trim differently for conditions, then there needs to be manual intervention. The top speed will be 40 knots plus.One big consideration for the AC40 global circuit is its ease of transportation. Each one will be transported on a custom flat rack which can carry the whole boat and all appendages to save on shipping costs and increase transportation efficiencies.

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NEWS5,000 boats dismantled18/07/2022Save articleThe Association for Eco-Responsible Pleasure Craft – APER – has dismantled more than 5,000 since it was set up three years’ ago.SHOW FULLSCREENThere are 26 boat dismantling centres around France. Photo credit APERThe figures released by the French organisation, which is financed by boat builders, approved dismantling centres, administrations, local authorities and marinas, show 33% of the boats were motorboats, around 32% were small sport sailboats – both monohulls and multihulls and just over 29% were monohull sailboats.The figures include the dismantling of more than 1,100 boats that have been collected from sailing clubs since a partnership was signed with the French Sailing Federation in 2020, with APER undertaking to finance the transport and processing of old school boats.“The wrecks, dilapidated hulls and scattered sucker boats on our banks and shores, our gardens, our marinas, are not inevitable,” said Jean-Paul Chapeleau président de l’APER.“Get rid of, deconstruct, recycle and recovering pleasure boats at the end of their life, this is the mission that APER has set itself, under the impetus of the Federation of nautical industries.”The organisation works to help boatbuilders and owners from the concept and design including choice of materials through to production and then the end of life of the boat.The organisation covers boats from 2.5m to 24m that are registered in France. There are 26 dismantling centres across the country.TopicsAPERBoatbuildingIndustry News

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INDUSTRY NEWSA sustainable alternative to carbon fibre?13/07/2022Save articleA consortium of science and industry has created what it calls a sustainable alternative to virgin carbon fibre.SHOW FULLSCREENSource: GREENBOATSThe textile uses recovered carbon fibres from non-woven fabrics with lower mechanical properties and significantly higher resin absorptionzoom inzoom outThe textile developed by GREENBOATS, Swiss-CMT and the Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials, uses recovered carbon fibres from non-woven fabrics with lower mechanical properties and significantly higher resin absorption. “There are areas of application where carbon fibres are simply vastly superior to other materials hence the need to look at comparable alternatives,” said Paul Riesen, head of R&D at GREENBOATS.Natural fibresBio-based natural fibres are the core business of GREENBOATS and it has already manufactured entire sailing yachts, cabins for wind turbines, or parts for the aerospace industry from flax and other natural materials. But the recycling of materials of fossil origin has always been on the agenda.Easy processing has been key to the textile’s development. Paul Riesen said that the recycled textile is very easy to cut and drape and is suitable for a wide variety of processing methods.A special prepreg, that has been impregnated with the newly developed bio-based solid resin, is also being used.The PrePreg, which can be stored without refrigeration, only contains as much resin as is necessary and requires a minimum of auxiliary materials, which greatly reduces CO2 footprint.The MarineCare project – ’Sustainable composite materials made of recycled carbon fibres and bio-based powder resin for maritime applications” is carried out as part of the European funding program ’Eurostars’ and the German partners are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. TopicsBoatbuildingcarbon fibreGreenboatsRecyclingsailing yachts

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Great Britain SailGP Grand Prix – Plymouth30-31 July 2022Once again this summer, adrenaline is set to be pumping throughout Plymouth Sound when SailGP hosts its Great Britain Sail Grand Prix.The sport’s best athletes return to British waters on 30-31 July, when nine teams will go head-to-head racing identical hydrofoiling F50 catamarans at speeds exceeding 60 mph.This is the third event in the global championship’s calendar, following opening events in Bermuda and Chicago. The event is held in partnership with Plymouth City Council.Discount for RYA MembersTickets are available now at SailGP.com/Plymouth and RYA members can take advantage of an exclusive 15% discount on all on-shore tickets – log in to get your discount code.    

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NEWSHelly Hansen to sponsor Vendée Globe 2024By Rebecca Strong07/07/2022Save articleHelly Hansen has been named as official apparel sponsor of the Vendée Globe 2024.The global sailing brand will also provide clothing for two of the qualifying races – the Vendée Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne and the New York Vendée – Les Sables d’Olonne.Photo: Helly HansenMembers of the organisation, not least the pilots who ensure the safety of all participants, will be equipped with apparel supplied by Helly Hansen, which won the SAEM Vendée call for tenders from the Vendée Arctique to the Vendée Globe 2024.“The Vendée Globe is known as the Everest of the seas and is the most challenging round the world race for professional solo sailors,” said Michael Uhl, vice president of marketing and brand partnerships at Helly Hansen.“As a brand committed to helping people stay and feel alive even in the most challenging and harshest of conditions, we are honoured to partner with the race to provide their members with the highest level of protection both on and off the water.”Vendée ArctiqueThe 10th edition of the race will kick off on 10 November 2024 with a sporting field that looks set to break participation records. Competitors will have to earn their qualification during a course which begins with the Vendée Arctique, which started on 12 June 2022 from Les Sables d’Olonne.After five days of racing, the remaining skippers passed the Iceland Gate, the finish line of the second edition of the Vendée Arctique. However, owing to extremely tough weather conditions, the race was shortened.

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ailing charity raises £675K11/07/2022Save articleThe Jubilee Sailing Trust has raised £675K as part of its Covid Recovery Campaign. The target is to reach £1.2m by the end of September.SHOW FULLSCREENThe Jubilee Sailing Trust has raised more than 50% of its fundraising targetThe funds are required to pay the daily operational costs to allow the Trust’s tall ship Tenacious to continue sailing and delivering its mission, giving people of mixed abilities and circumstances the freedom to explore their ability and potential at sea.The Trust issued a warning earlier in 2022 stating that it was close to closure due to the financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.A series of fundraising targets were set, the first of which – £500K – was met in May.In a statement, CEO Patrick Fleming, said the charity has received incredible support and an unprecedented level of bookings for voyages through to the end of April 2023.“Our mission is committed to inclusion: bringing together the power of people of all ages and walks of life to share the experience of crewing a tall ship together, on equal terms,” he said. “Over the past 44 years, we have evidenced the power of our mission by providing voyages for more than 50,000 people.”And Patrick stated that the Trust is working with its trustees and external advisers to model different future financial and structural strategies, including looking at new methods and audiences to enhance its viability.This includes more ‘in-kind’ support, particularly related to the costs of running Tenacious to reduce its growing operating costs together with actively seeking further corporate sponsorship support.Discussions on the sale of Lord Nelson continue.TopicsIndustry NewsJSTSailing charitytall ship

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NEWSKeel failure results in capsize11/07/2022Save articleThe crew of the first Farr X2 have been rescued after the boat lost its keel on an overnight offshore qualifier.SHOW FULLSCREENThe keel on Nexba failed resulting in a capsizeNexba Racing, a new 30ft grand prix racer aimed at the short-handed market was sailing in a 100nm qualifier off the coast of New South Wales, Australia in a light to moderate breeze and 1-2m seas when the keel attachment failed resulting in the boat capsizing.The two female crew were rescued after spending 15 hours drifting.The 9.2-metre boat is the latest project from Farr Yacht Design. She was built in Singapore by XSP and launched in May.“We are very thankful that the two crew were safely recovered and for the swift action of the Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Brisbane for rescuing the sailors in very challenging conditions,” said Farr in a statement.“We take the safety of all the crews who sail on boats of our design very seriously and our design team is working with the builders, component suppliers and the composite structural engineers of to identify the root cause and to implement any necessary design, material or build process changes required to insure this cannot happen again.”And the boatbuilder said further information will be provided after a review of all available information has been carried out.At least eight Farr X2s have been sold.

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35 tonne rigging press moved to Europe10/05/2021Save articleWhat is believed to be the largest rod rigging head press in the world has arrived at BSI Group headquarters in Denmark, following a huge logistical operation.OYS’s rod rigging press has been transported to DenmarkThe press, originally built for OYS weighs more than 35 tonnes, stands 4m tall and runs on hydraulic pressure up to 600 bar. It has the ability to head standing rigging up to a break load of 1,600,000lb.The press was built to complete the rigging on the 70m Mirabella V in 2003 whose rod has a break load of 750,000lbs.Subsequent projects after Mirabella V include superyacht projects around the world.“Following the acquisition of OYS rigging into the BSI Group of companies at the end of 2020, it made good commercial sense to bring the press to Denmark,” said Morten Madsen, BSI Group CEO. “With the press here in Denmark we will continue to service OYS service agents and customers, and we can now increase the capabilities and our offering to BSI Rigging customers also.”TopicsAftermarketMasts, spars, sails & rigging

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