Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2024 i Yachting World

I’m sure we all have one – whether it be furtive notes scribbled in the back of a notebook (perhaps to avoid awkward questions that usually start with ‘How much…?!’), or a printed-out-spreadsheet-slash-Post-it Notes megalith, proudly pinned up centre stage, complete with highlighter pen markings to motivate progress. I’m talking, of course, about the jobs list. There’s no such thing as a boat without one – though how detailed yours gets is down to personal levels of perfectionism, budget, and patience. Tara Getty spent over seven years waiting to sail his S&S yawl Baruna, finally completing an exceptional, detailed, no expense spared, refit this year – see page 84 for our exclusive look on board at the stunning results. As I walked the pontoons of Las Palmas last month I…

I don’t see it as cheating and I’ve been surprised at just how openly disappointed some of my friends have been with my recent change in behaviour. But frankly, I don’t care. The ability to go out and ride 20-30 miles around green lanes and off-road without having to worry about steep inclines or soft, difficult terrain has opened up some superb local areas that I never knew were there. In addition, my wife and I now cycle at the same pace which has brought an end to decades of frustration on both sides. So, it’s simple, I’m an e-bike convert. Aside from the practical advantages of pedal power on two wheels I’ve also been impressed by the technical aspects that provide assistance rather than straightforward power. As I keep…

Integrity set sail from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, on 1 June bound for Alaska via Greenland and Arctic Canada. It was a Thursday. With naval superstitions rife among the crew and the trouble of folklore’s HMS Friday, there was no option to delay. Having misdiagnosed one of several narrow channel entrances passing between two low lying islands and out onto the sea, we almost encountered the sea bed within a mile of departure port. Running aground on mud is not too bad, rocks tend to have a more serious impact. Having overseen various sailing mishaps and therefore accustomed as I am to general embarrassment and small scale humiliation, a call for help so close to the start would have been a little difficult to wear with grace. But the misadventure was…

We’re close-hauled in 7-10 knots of true wind, making 6-6.5 knots of boat speed, with the helm beautifully balanced and only a degree or two of weather helm. A gentle ease of the hydraulic backstay in the lulls gives more depth to the sail shape, while a few pumps depowers the rig in the puffs. It’s a scenario that’s instantly familiar to many thousands of X-Yacht owners over the years. But this isn’t the first beat of a short round the cans race. Instead, we’re on a comfortable serious bluewater cruiser that weighs almost 15 tonnes and has impressive stowage and payload. The Xc47 is a pivotal model for the Danish yard in a slimmed-down range of long distance cruisers. It’s also the first all-new boat without input from co-founder…

TEMO 450 Pros ■ Noise, smell and mess free ■ Remarkably intuitive ■ Light and portable ■ Ease in shoal waters/beaching ■ Enjoyable novelty factor Cons ■ Expensive and needs multiple extras too ■ Don’t want to leave unattended ■ Power worries when in use – running out and recharging Durability unproven Price: €1,590 Rating ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ temofrance.com or marinecomponents.co.uk If you haven’t yet tried the Temo 450, imagine a sculling oar with a propeller on the end, writes Toby Hodges. It’s an innovative small electric engine which provides ‘electric paddling’, says its French makers. Weighing only 4.9kg, it’s very portable and can easily be removed to charge or stow. Within the aluminium shaft is a brushless 450W motor and a battery which gives you around 45…

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‘A nail-biting finish beat the previous ARC record by an hour’ PAUL TETLOW NOMINATES RAMBLER 88 Rambler 88 was designed as a giant slayer. After the loss of his Rambler 100, owner George David asked designer Juan Kouyoumdjian to create a boat that was capable of taking on 100-footers, and Rambler 88 features radical elements, including rudders with teeth or ‘tubercles’ on the trailing edge. Rambler 88 scored a series of line honours wins, first in multiple Rolex Middle Sea, RORC 600 and Rolex Fastnet Races. But in 2016 they took on a different fleet, in the race division of the ARC rally. “George David’s team delivered a nail-biting finish in ARC 2016 to break the previous ARC record by an hour, and the record still stands at 8 days,…

Storms disrupt Transat Jacques Vabre The 2023 transatlantic Transat Jacques Vabre faced a uniquely disrupted start for the 100 double-handed teams, due to a series of low pressure systems in the North Atlantic. The race, which has four fleets for Ultim trimarans, IMOCA 60s, Ocean 50 trimarans and Class 40s, was due to depart Le Havre, France, on 29 October, with the four classes set courses of varying lengths to arrive in Martinique at approximately the same time. However, a series of deepening lows, one of which developed to form Storm Ciaran, led to organisers holding three of the four fleets in France. In spectacular, gale-force conditions, the Class 40s and Ocean 50s initially started at the scheduled time, but sailed only as far as Lorient, where they waited for…

The Global Solo Challenge, a new concept of solo around the world race which sees skippers depart on different days according to the relative speeds of their yachts, has 14 skippers chasing each other around the world, with four to start. The first to depart, Welshman Dafydd Hughes in his S&S 34, reached the Southern Ocean in early October and passed Cape Leeuwin, south of Australia, on 22 November. However, it’s the fourth boat to start – Philippe Delamare’s Actual 46 Mowgli – that is currently lying 2nd and theoretically forecast to take the lead. The course is a traditional westabout, via the three Great Capes, and the winner will be the boat that finishes ‘first past the post’. At the time of going to press, 10 boats were in…

Attending a recent festival I stumbled upon one of the most enthusiastic feel-good crowds I’ve ever been part of. Before I knew it I was roped in. An hour of foot stomping, dancing and singing to the Old Time Sailors sea shanty band was the perfect, albeit very surprising, start to the weekend. Up until then, I’d never been a huge fan of sea shanties. They felt a bit too ‘pirate’ for me. All those ‘Aarrghs!’ and drunken sailors references, ‘Shave his bellies with a rusty razor’. Isn’t it a bit cliché? The shanty tradition has always felt like very male territory. Yes, I’m a woman and as much a sailor as anyone. But a song lamenting the day one has to go to sea because, ‘me money was all…

There are very few ‘firsts’ left in the world of sailing, but one such remaining barrier could be smashed when the Arkea Ultim Challenge Brest sets off from north-west France on 7 January 2024. Since the Sunday Times Golden Globe in 1968/69 – the ‘impossible feat’ – there have been all manner of non-stop laps of the planet, from fully crewed Jules Verne Trophy and solo records, to races such as the single-handed Vendée Globe, and The Race in 2000 for fully crewed maxi-multihulls. This January sees a new pinnacle-of-pinnacles event: the first solo, non-stop, round the world race in Ultim trimarans. Six brave French skippers on their 100ft multihulls are entered. The advancement in human endeavour and technology in this cutting edge area of sailing has been extraordinary. Thirty…

Every autumn the pontoons of Las Palmas are a hive of activity, as hundreds of yachts prepare to cross the Atlantic with the ARC and ARC+ rallies. Over its 38-year history, the ARC has seen thousands of sailors pass through Las Palmas, and an entire network has grown up around the port and city to support the World Cruising Club community, as well as dozens of suppliers and services who set up base in Gran Canaria for a few weeks to help prepare the fleet. But if you’re planning to cross from the famous transatlantic jump-off point, what are the key things to get checked off your jobs list before you arrive in Gran Canaria, and what is best done in Las Palmas? Shortly before this year’s ARC rally we…

Being able to sit in a ‘thin’ lane upwind and make gains on boats around you is a skill worth working on. TP52 helmsman and Olympic gold medallist Šime Fantela explains how to Andy Rice. When you’re competing in a big fleet, it’s not the winning races that marks out the great from the good. It’s the ability to bounce back from bad positions and find a way through the fleet into the top 10. One of the key skills is the ability to survive in thin lanes when there are boats tight to windward and to leeward of you. It’s what all of us have to do out of a busy start line, but lane-holding is a great skill for further up the race track too when you’re trying…

Luke Berry and co-skipper Antoine Joubert were competing in the Transat Jacques Vabre on the Ocean 50 trimaran Le Rire Médecin-Lamotte when the boat dismasted and lost its port float. In an extraordinary effort, assisted by French salvage expert Adrien Hardy, Berry and Joubert were able to save not only the boat, but all its parts. After being towed to Spain they then sailed home to St Malo under jury rig, on just one float: proa-style. The incident happened hours after the Ocean 50 fleet restarted the Transat Jacques Vabre from Lorient on 6 November, racing in 25-30 knots and 5m waves. “At the start, everybody was quite conservative,” Berry told YW. “We were very conservative – we had two reefs and the J3, nearly the smallest amount of sail.…

ON SALE 11 JANUARY Cruising off the beaten track There are well sailed routes around the world, but for cruisers seeking to go where few yachts dare, how do you best prepare? Catherine Lawson, who’s been a liveaboard for 20 years, has expert advice on getting ready for total self-sufficiency. Gear of the Year The annual DAME Awards at marine trade show METS celebrate the most innovative new products designed to make sailing simpler, easier and safer. We take a closer look at some of the standout design solutions new on the market. Sailing like Vikings Andy Schell crosses the Atlantic the Viking way, from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland, across to Greenland and Iceland – and is surprised how accessible following the paths of ancient Nordic navigators really is. Ocean…

I awoke to the violent motion that comes with an angry squall in the night. Jumping out of my passage berth I rushed into the darkness and pulled on my harness, which was already tethered to the jackline. The portside rail was completely awash, forcing me to reach into the sea to find the winch and release the jib sheet to shorten the headsail. Next I fought to tie in the second reef, as the squall didn’t seem to be in a hurry to pass on. After shortening all sail, I collapsed in the cockpit, soaking wet and exhausted. I was alone, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and had to remind myself that I’d chosen this life. The next morning, Triteia sailed fast and smooth across a comfortable…

ACTUAL ULTIM 3 Launched 2015 Design VPLP Built CDK Technologies-Multiplast LOA 30m Beam 22m Mast 35m Displacement 14.5t Formerly Gabart’s Macif, on which he set the current solo record in 2017 along with a slew of race victories (including the Transat Jacques Vabre and The Transat). A major refit in 2018 with new appendages boosted the boat’s foiling capabilities, and it was sold to Team Actual in 2021. One of the first maxi multihulls to have a cockpit that was enclosed fore and aft, it is also one of the lightest in the fleet. Skipper: Anthony Marchand, 38. Won a Figaro campaign scholarship and spent 10 years in the elite solo offshore class before racing in the ORMA 60 multihulls, the Volvo Ocean Race, and on the IMOCA Prysmian Group.…

Baruna is a 1938 S&S yawl that was relaunched this summer by owner Tara Getty after a seven-and-a-half-year restoration to return her to as close to original as possible. Designed by Olin Stephens in 1938, at 72ft LOA Baruna was at the top of the size limit permitted by the Cruising Club of America (CCA) to race offshore. The year of its launch, Baruna took part in and won the biennial 635-mile Newport Bermuda offshore race, creating a storm of publicity on both sides of the Atlantic. Olin was the navigator, and Baruna got in eight hours ahead of the next boat. Seven years previously Olin and his brother, Rod, with their crew had won the 1931 Transatlantic Race, as well as that year’s Fastnet in their revolutionary new 52ft…