formerly Scuttlebutt Europe 2021-22 1 Contents Pages 3 – 9 Seahorse Magazine 3 Why Seahorse 4 Display (Rates and Copy Dates) 5 Technical Briefing 6 Directory 7 Brokerage 8 Race Calendar 9 New Boats Enhanced Entry Page 10 “Planet Sail” On Course show Page 11 Sailing Anarchy Page 12 EuroSail News Page 13 Yacht Racing Life Page 14 Seahorse Website Graeme Beeson – Advertising Manager Tel: +44 (0)1590 671899 Email: [email protected] Skype: graemebeeson 2 Why Seahorse? Massive Authority and Influence 17,000 circulation 27% SUBS 4% APP Seahorse is written by the finest minds 14% ROW & RETAIL DIGITAL PRINT and biggest names of the performance 5,000 22% UK 28% IRC sailing world. 4,000 EUROPE 12% USA 3,000 International Exclusive Importance Political Our writers are industry pro's ahead of and Reach Recognition 2,000 journalists - ensuring Seahorse is the EUROPE A UK S UK 1,000 EUROPE U 14% RORC last word in authority and influence. ROW A A S ROW UK S ROW U 0 U ROW EUROPE IRC ORC RORC SUBS & APP 52% EUROPE (Ex UK) 27% ORC Seahorse is written assuming a high RETAIL SUBS level of sailing knowledge from it's The only sailing magazine, written Recognised by the RORC, IRC & from no national perspective, entirely ORC all of whom subscribe all readership - targetting owners and dedicated to sailboat racing. An their members and certificate afterguard on performance sailing boats. approach reflected by a completely holders to Seahorse as a benefit international reach adopt and adapt this important information into their design work. Now their role has become more complex and has evolved into a performance consulting service that can become an added value to North customers, whether working directly in a grand prix environment or benefitting indirectly from how those innovations may become adopted through the broader fleet. Take for example a customer who has an interest in building a new 65ft boat that will race primarily inshore on day races, with the occasional short offshore race. He and his project manager and naval architect would derive great benefits by meeting with the North Design Services team at the very outset of the project to collaborate on how ALEXIS COURCOUX to help efficiently transform ideas to who can then reach out to the expectations and then on to realities broader North group of experts to get even before lines are drawn. help when needed in a collaborative (Using) the right tools ‘We first need to understand some style that Lowell encouraged in the basic parameters in the design of the early days and is very much in the boat,’ says North’s head of design DNA of the company. And with that and engineering, JB Braun, ‘like group also now including sparmakers righting moment, centre of effort in and riggers at Southern Spars and for the job the sailplan, and whether a fixed or Future Fibres, that reach goes very rotating mast is planned. Then, with deep indeed into the knowledge base. our rig design software, we can start ‘This communication across the the design iteration process. With our group has made huge progress in After three decades of development and investment, the North Design experience and from being involved the last few years,’ says NZL-based at an early stage, we can not only veteran sail designer Mickey Ickert. Suite is able to produce reliably fast sails, that keep their shape, leading provide answers, but also help shape ‘We’re getting really good at having adopt and adapt this important the way in modern sailmaking tools the relevant questions that arise to In the most successful teams in this and an open string of communication information into their design work. help the client define their goals. This intensely numerous other classes and events among team members and a stream Now their role has become more complex and has evolved into a The legendary figures in the history investment in these tools, and we Above: one engineering and design. becomes a real partnership, whose competitive is an important core strength, since of valuable info from both the design performance consulting service that of sailmaking made their reputations can marvel at the astounding of the main Likewise, for offwind sails, what mission is to deliver performance in classes like all members of the team can benefit and sales forces.’ reasons why the Figaro 3 can become an added value to North by having a keen eye for recognising computational power available to started as a catalogue of flying line with the definition of the project. (top) and from the contributions made to the The importance of this process customers, whether working directly what they knew from experience to be reliably produce not just fast shapes North Sails’ shapes tested in the Twisted Flow Working through this is where we knowledge base. The value of these cannot be overstated - teams in the logo is seen TP52 (above), in a grand prix environment or fast shapes. Their methods to achieve out of the box, but sails that remain on the sails Wind Tunnel at the University of can help clients explore options in it can be very are not just at the front end of new Grand Prix arena have dedicated benefitting indirectly from how those this were mostly variations of the long fast as well. The software in the of so many Auckland two decades ago has the available design space since we hard to find projects, but insightful debriefs held professional sail trimmers who innovations may become adopted process of trial and error, where North Design Suite not only models of the world’s become a simulation program called have tremendous experience and a a winning during and after projects are collect and manage the settings through the broader fleet. proven fast shapes were first sail shapes in detail for production fastest and the Virtual Wind Tunnel, which is huge knowledge base from many edge in complete are also vitally important. and performance data, so North has Take for example a customer who finest boats performance. has an interest in building a new recognised and then catalogued for purposes, but these shapes are the used to observe laminar and different fields.’ This is where Imagine, for example, all that North developed the protocols and tools to later reproduction. Some were more product of a complex process where is the firm’s turbulent flow of offwind sails as With this approach the team at learned from their experience in two best digest their valuable input. 65ft boat that will race primarily decades-long North Sails inshore on day races, with the MARTINEZ STUDIO/52 SUPER SERIES rigorous than others at this process, everything that affects that sail while a tool, to better understand flying North are also able to assist clients experience multiple cycles of the Volvo Ocean Having been both a sailmaker and (Using) the right tools commitment occasional short offshore race. He implying that the trade of sailmaking in use is now also modelled within to using shapes and how they change competing in a contrasting situation and huge Race, the numerous course records pro sailor for decades himself, North and his project manager and naval knowledge was more art than science. North’s Flow and Membrain rigorous through varying wind conditions. like the TP 52s – the 52SuperSeries set by Comanche and other first-to- Sails president Ken Read says he’s architect would derive great benefits base can With an engineering background, programs: stiffness of the mast and science and Flying shapes can now be coupled formats are fixed and the boats and finish programmes, the Imoca 60s impressed with what the design by meeting with the North Design engineering deliver big Lowell North was a pioneer half a rigging, sheet tensions and sheeting with North’s own Velocity Prediction class rules are highly evolved and dividends to and other trans-oceanic classes, group has developed with their tools, Services team at the very outset in sailmaking, of the project to collaborate on how ALEXIS COURCOUX for the job century ago in developing this angles, luff tension, leech tension, Program (VPP) to model their effect extremely tight. The best teams on its clients. and how that is put to use in every such as the new HELIX approach to coupled with to help efficiently transform ideas to who can then reach out to the process with more rigour and detail etc. can be characterised as the sail its pioneering on boatspeed. And to refine this even the best boats therefore make a By combining new sail built to race offshore? designing and building the next than his peers and embracing the is virtually brought through a broad further, North has also been at work winning edge in performance very cutting-edge Not to mention the America’s Cup, generation of performance sails. expectations and then on to realities broader North group of experts to get embrace of even before lines are drawn. help when needed in a collaborative important role that complex range of wind angles and speeds. complex for some time with support from the difficult to find, so this pushes sail design which is pushing toward the next The use of Load Sharing Technology After three decades of development and investment, the North Design ‘We first need to understand some style that Lowell encouraged in the computational tools were to have in And the advent of bespoke fibre computing Sailing Yacht Research Foundation everyone to their limits looking for software generation of sails in an attempt to to produce a new generation of self- (Using) the right tools basic parameters in the design of the early days and is very much in the tools such as simulations Suite is able to produce reliably fast sails, that keep their shape, leading transforming ideas developed about sailcloth construction for upwind (SYRF) on a comprehensive some incremental advantage.