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Time to catch breath

Yannick Bestaven on Maitre Coq wins the Vendee Globe 2020-21 © Jean-Marie Liot / Alea As if it weren t an already extraordinary time, the start of 2021 has been an incredible one for sailing. The Vendée Globe finish has been simply sensational and the PRADA Cup racing between INEOS TEAM UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli kept us all on the edge of our seats. From the point of view of reporting on the racing, having many of the major events happen in the middle of the night on UK time has been challenging. The irony of feeling jet lagged while in lockdown isn t lost on me.

30 knots in a 40-footer

MW40OF - New Foiling Offshore Sailboat Concept © Wilson / Marquinez Naval Architecture Lower attrition than normal cannot disguise the fact the Vendée Globe has been utterly captivating. Extremely close racing with what seems like daily lead changes have been key to it all. Another irrefutable fact in the whole thing is just how much the Vendée and the America s Cup have been sought out and read across the Sail-World and YachtsandYachting.com group. Foiling, and the pace increase on offer, have been pretty hypnotic. Yet it is when applied to the venerable monohull that we have seen a kind of carnivorous appetite, and it is for this reason that items like, I feel the need. and then, Speed = Smile on the Dial, have had terrific readership.

Speed = Smile on the Dial

Early rendering of the foiling mini-maxi, Flying Nikka © Mills Design So Flying Nikka, the MW40OF Offshore 40 footer, then I feel the need., and David Henshall s The Greed for Speed are unequivocally all about this very subject. Of course, there are also two events in play at the present, the Vendée Globe and America s Cup, which continue to captivate us all, right around the globe. Now apart from their incredibly high readership, all of these articles and events share another common element. Foiling. No longer a mere buzzword, it forms the central space inside nearly all of the karate sessions (the sweeping majority of which are virtual at present BTW) that are going on around the globe right now.

I feel the need

Q.E.D. really - static draft is significant, but righting arm, well. © Vlad Murnikov It would have to be one of the most oft quoted lines from the movies, and finishes with. The need for speed! (As well as that big high five.) Now it is no stretch to discover that we have used an aviation-based theme here. It is a direct and consequential result of the chase for higher numbers, whether that is plain boat speed, or 24-hour nautical mile disposal, because the aero package becomes more and more important at these elevated speeds. Of course, the faster you go, the more the water takes on the form of concrete. That can be nice to roll over with the cushioning afforded by tyres and suspension, but a bit ugly either smacking straight into it from above, or appearing more like a distraught icebreaker when trying in vain to go through an ice shelf, only to get locked in for the season.

All hail the new Chief of the Village

The new CF 520 - first one finished April 2021 © Carkeek Design Which village, you ask? Well that would be the one of the TeePees, and the very new CF 520 could well be the one adorned with the huge plumage. Now we won t have to wait too long to find out, either, because the first one will be out sailing next (Northern Hemisphere) Spring. From Gen I to V, and then all the derivations under IRC, Pac52, and so on, the sweet spot seemed to be 52 feet, fixed keels, lighter and lighter displacement until we got into the sevens, 270m2 bags, max beam to transom with all of her 15 crew perched there under pre-social distancing rules, and the aft pedestal linked into the primaries. Giddy up, indeed!

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