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I have RACING never sailed at a level like this before. It is Manager Mark the first time I have beaten Robert Match racing series on a roll [Scheidt]. That is a nice feeling! He is a Robinson legend. I am very happy.” A thrilling climax to the 2018 RYA Match Racing season saw Pedro Trouche (27), who was crewing for Jorge Zarif (26) became Mark Lees take the title at the National Match Racing the first winners of the Star Sailors League aged under 40! The rom six Olympic medals Brazilians where unsurprisingly pleased to beat the national Championship Final. Lees, sailing with Toby Mumford, Toby in Beijing down to three Quality,sailing hero, Schiedt. accessible and engaging editorial has been the hallmark of Yachts TOWARDS in Rio, the British Sailing Yeabsley and Tom Forrester-Coles, took the national championship crown for the first time following a nail-biting Team is hoping to turn their £3000 contest at Queen Mary SC. “Sharks eating the fortunes around for the final amount raised barnacles (I think) so FGames in Tokyo in two year’s time. Meanwhile, another new and expanded RYA match racing for charity by MDL Marinas via a raffle didn’t need to 2017 saw a change at the helm for the season is already underway. It includes an increased number of British Sailing Team with the resignation opportunities for sailors of all levels to get involved, and entries swim…” are now open for the 2019 championship. & YachtingTapio Lehtinen is no doubt since its launch in 1947 and under the leadership of The Chelsea of long time RYA Olympic Manager glad of not having to swim Stephen ‘Sparky’ Park – now British This new season has already seen a double-header at amongst the sharks as he TOKYO Cycling’s Performance Director. During opposite ends of the country: the Moody Decking Schools participates in the Golden Globe Race. Sparky’s 20-year presence Britain topped Match Racing Championship at Weymouth, and Winter Match 20 the medal count in Sydney, Athens, Racing 1 at Port Edgar. Oliver Perkins led Royal Grammar “Our name is a Beijing, London, and Rio, a total haul School Guildford to victory against eight other teams in strong nod to Dennis of 23 Olympic and Paralympic medals. winds in Weymouth. At Port Edgar, Alison Morrish, one ofMagazine three Company, an award-winning publisher of 15 market-leading specialist Stepping into Sparky’s shoes is female helms, won all of her races, taking overall victory. years since the tragic Connor’s ‘Stars 1998 edition of the & Stripes’ 43-year-old Australian Mark Robinson, Sydney to Hobart Olympic Performance Manager, whose where six sailors campaigns that role is to steer the British Sailing Team lost their lives defined all- programme strategy and delivery. Ocean Race releases IMOCA rule American, America’s He’s supported by director of racing Details are slowly trickling in about the next VO65s and the main prize being fought for in instead of leaving from Portugal bound for titles,Cup Yachtsracing for & Yachting continues to expand with significant investment in Ian Walker MBE, who replaced edition of the crewed Ocean Race, previously modified IMOCA60s. The rules for crewed Alicante the prologue will leave from Marseilles. decades. We are the next the long-serving John Derbyshire known as the Volvo Ocean Race, due to start in IMOCAs in the race have now been agreed, The statement revealed that generation…” OBE, who retired in late 2017. a title sponsor such as Volvo is not currently 2021. An update at the Paris Boat Show with additions such as four fixed bunks to Stars & Stripes Team USA co-founder, Mike Buckley, outlines their e double role transition has revealed some further details; however, a great incorporate crew. anticipated – though presumably that may yet US-focussed America’s Cup team ethos as their AC36 Challenge is meant the British Sailing Team said deal of information is still to be confirmed. Organisers have also confirmed that the race change – and that while precise details of the accepted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. goodbye to 52 years of combined Race co-CEO’s, Richard Brisius and Johan will depart from Alicante, Spain as it has for many route are still to be confirmed, the race itself is production82 quality, more pages, new writers including Ben Saxton and Rob experience. But that’s not deterred number of entries Salén, have reaffirmed their commitment to a editions. There will also be a prologue leg this likely to have fewer stops and so be shorter than already signed up to “The schedule today was to get three Robinson, who himself brings a broad two-boat race with youth crews competing in time (as there was in the last edition) though the 2017-18 edition. Watch this space. the Transpac Race range of experience to the table. in July 2019 – the races in, so half the regatta in one day race record is 80 Robinson grew up racing Sabots, 420s and we had three really tricky ones. But then 470s and ski s through the 1990s, I managed to win the last race to squeeze as well as doing plenty of o shore sailing Kothe into theand lead and take out increased the regatta. distribution through strategic media partnerships with while working at the Cruising Yacht I’m pretty happy with how things went Club of Australia in Sydney. In 2000 he World Sailing signs climate act this week...” began racing Moths and was the Moth Rebels with a (new) cause World Sailing has added its voice to the 24th Conference of the Parties Australian Laser sailor, Matt Wearn gives an insight into the class world president from 2001 until to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by Following the successful set-up of the INEOS Rebels difficulties faced by the fleets at December’s Sail Melbourne, 2012 as the class moved to foiling. struggling to get racing in due to a week of inclement weather. presenting their Sustainability Agenda 2030 targets in Katowice, (previously the Land Rover BAR Youth Academy), focus is now A er a stint as ailand’s head coach, Poland at the meeting in December. switching to a new direction due, in part, to the lack of a Youthleading international sailing regattas, boat shows, yacht clubs and associations. he moved to Singapore rst as head World leaders at COP24 are preparing to implement the Paris America’s Cup for 2021. For next two years, the senior team will “There is a healthy mix of what I would coach, then as head of performance managing their national programme Agreement to limit the rise of global temperatures to 1.5°C above focus on upskilling a smaller group of Rebels who will become call the more traditional teams who have from Optimist to Olympic level pre-industrial levels and World Sailing has joined the International Olympic full-time sailing interns at INEOS Team UK from January 2019, done our race before, alongside those through two Olympics and two Asian Committee, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 and other sporting federations in with the aim to have them competing for Britain in the 36th €116m who have been more immersed in the Games.