Innholdsfortegnelse for Oct-2018 i Yachting Monthly

The future of sailing will be shaped by people, not technology. We’re all familiar with pay-as-you-go mobile phones and most of us have monthly contracts for almost everything – music and films are on subscription, cars are leased and houses rented. Meanwhile, yachts are still sold outright, at full price and up front, before potential sailors are hit with mooring fees, insurance, club membership costs and the rest. For a pastime that promises freedom and adventure, that’s an awful lot of commitment required before you can cast off. Of course, for those of us already hopelessly hooked on getting afloat, it’s a price worth paying. In a world of near-infinite choice and instant gratification, however, those deciding how to spend their precious free time and hard-earned cash probably have five…

Send us your questions in less than 200 words by email yachtingmonthly@ti-media.com or by post Yachting Monthly, TI Media, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7BF More sailing, less motoring LETTER OF THE MONTH I prefer helping with long-distance trips, so have been on many more flotilla than bareboat sailing holidays. But I’ve just returned from a week in Croatia and am wondering if I’ve had a ‘lightbulb’ moment! Flotilla sailing has always had a set route and I suppose that has conditioned me. It means that when I’m on a bareboat holiday I look at the area, choose interesting destinations and go for them. We did the same this year around the islands off Split. To get where we wanted in the time available often involved…

SPECIFICATIONS MAKE Bavaria MODEL C45 PRICE FROM £237,960 inc VAT DESIGNER Cossutti Yacht Design BUILDER Bavaria Yachts Bavaria has, in the past, tried to reduce the cost of building boats and streamline manufacture, sometimes at the expense of quality. Thankfully those days appear to be gone – its new C45 feels like a real step up. She’s available in three varieties: the Holiday, ideal for those wanting to charter out their boat or keep things basic, the Ambition is more sailing orientated with a clear cockpit and options for a deeper keel and carbon-fibre rig or the Style, tested here, designed with the owner, space and comfort in mind. The C45 has, however, had to weather something of a storm; shortly after its launch at this year’s boot Düsseldorf, Bavaria…

DIRECT DRIVE SYSTEMS Wind vane steering linked to a secondary rudder is the most inherently simple of the mechanical self-steering systems, but relies on a much more powerful transmission of force between a large-surface-area wind vane and the system’s own independent rudder. This has the advantage of ensuring a back up steering method is already on board but also requires a heavy-duty installation to bear the load and strain that will be exerted. One of the most popular models is the Hydrovane, which is now available in several different sizes and shapes depending on the boat it is being installed on. The size and shape of the fabric-covered windvane is directly proportional to the size of yacht, and has been installed successfully on yachts in excess of 50ft in length,…

Once you’re there, you’ll quickly want to slip below the surface and see the world beneath Like its larger neighbours Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, Isla de Lobos (Seal Island) is dusty and barren. A miniature island barely separated from Fuerteventura’s mainland, the anchorage itself sits in the El Rio channel out of the prevailing winds and under the watchful gaze of Montaña de la Caldera. The exquisite nature of this anchorage is not the land surrounding it however, but the clear waters beneath. The anchorage is deceptively small as the bay itself is mainly a dangerously shallow reef. Anchor north-west of the pier in 6-10m with excellent sandy holding; the water is so clear that it’s easy to see from the boat where the sand ends and the reef begins. The…

PILOTAGE Approaching Cowes from the west, restrictions apply north of the line between Gurnard buoy and Prince Consort buoy, where there is a Precautionary Area for large commercial vessels. Be aware of strong cross currents up to 3 knots in the Outer Fairway. The main entrance into the Inner Harbour is marked by the No. 1 Q.G and No. 2 Q.R buoys. Col. Reg. 9 – Navigation in Narrow Channels – applies. The channel is well-marked with lit port-hand buoys as far as the Red Funnel car ferry terminal in East Cowes. If coming from the east, keep 200m north of Old Castle Point leaving Shrape Beacon to port. Go north of the swinging moorings and the Cowes breakwater before turning to port into the Inner Fairway. Alternatively, use the…

Beneteau’s Oceanis Clipper 343 replaced the 331 and featured a completely new hull and deck. She has a single skin hull with balsa-cored deck and coachroof, plus a bonded-in, structural inner moulding for additional strength. The interior is bright and spacious, thanks to numerous portlights, a white deck head and 1.98m headroom. The curved saloon seating is comfortable for dining, but not ideally suited for use as a berth. While there is some stowage under the seating and a few small cave lockers behind the seat backs, stowage would be limited for a family. The galley is well-appointed with good stowage and sensibly utilised space, while the nav station faces aft. A choice of two or three cabins were offered, the former giving an enormous 2m x 2m aft double…

If you have a news story to share, contact News Editor Katy Stickland Email Katy.Stickland@timeinc.com Tel 01252 555 166 A Savage world circumnavigation East coast sailor John Savage is making his final preparations ahead of a four year solo circumnavigation around the world. The ex-army Captain, who has not undertaken any long solo passages before, sought advice from Golden Globe skipper Susie Goodall and Dutch sailor Laura Dekker, who in 2011 at the age of 16 became the youngest person to sail alone around the globe. ‘I met up with Susie prior to her Golden Globe start and picked her brains. After a long chat and seeing her boat, I learnt that good seamanship can take you a long way and preparation is key. After looking at Laura’s approach to…

‘How did you get into sailing?’ is a question with an often assumed answer. The recent film dramatisation of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons, a halcyon day’s tale of adventure under sail, couldn’t have distilled the raw appeal much better to children. It did little, however, to give an impression that it is an accessible sport to any non-sailing parents. Two reports were commissioned to investigate the state of the UK marine leisure market. The first British Marine: Futures, compiled last year by Liz Rushall, looked at the state of play within UK sailing. The second report, Segmentation and Barriers to Boating, by market research company Arkenford, looked at why people were not taking up, or were stopping sailing. Combined, they give the most in-depth appraisal to date of the…

If there’s one place that mechanical self-steering fandom bordered on the evangelical this year, it was at the start of the Golden Globe Race. 50 years previously, Robin Knox-Johnston’s world first single-handed circumnavigation was steered by his own self-steering gear system until it failed near Australia. Restored to her former glory, Knox-Johnston’s Suhaili joined the parade; along with Indian competitor Abhilash Tommy’s replica yacht Thuriya, which sports a commercially made Windpilot servo-pendulum system. With this year’s revival competition using 1960’s technology and electronic wizardry strictly prohibited, mechanical self-steering systems are effectively the only option for competitors. Each has chosen carefully. Competitors in the race are using a variety of systems including Hydrovane, Aries, Monitor, Windpilot and Beaufort. Due to the nature of the boats competing being long keeled, they are…

We were running downwind, goosewinged along the Welsh coast, when all of a sudden we came to a grinding halt. A quick look over the side confirmed my fears – we had snagged on a lobster pot pick-up buoy and now there was 40-50m of polypropylene line laid across our bow. This was secured to the main seabed pot line which effectively created a 40m wide gate – and we’d just sailed into it. Our Moody 31 bilge keel had earlier been anchored in a safe spot taking in the view with mugs of tea a few hundred metres off a sandy beach, a few miles to our east. All four crew aboard were looking forward to moving along the coast to a second secluded anchorage for lunch, with the…

There was barely a breath of wind. The sun was already strong, even though we had just finished our first coffee of the day, and apart from the odd call of a seabird, it was quiet and restful. We had arrived in Newtown Creek the previous afternoon and were fortunate enough to find space in Clamerkin Lake. The estuary at Newtown provides excellent shelter and, as part of the Isle of Wight’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is a haven for nature. It wasn’t too long before we spotted the bright orange legs of a redshank scuttling along in the shallow water looking for its breakfast. Around us, the occupants of the other boats were beginning to stir. It looked set to be another gloriously sunny day on the Solent.…

Originally built by Kirie, the production of the Feeling range of cruising yachts was taken over in 1990 by Alliaura Marine (builder of Privilege catamarans). Feeling hulls are laid up using precise vacuum infusion techniques and are, thanks to their balsa cored topsides and decks, quite light. Reinforcement is only put where it is needed, rather than laying her up heavily all over. Sturdy wooden floor beams and longitudinal stringers are bonded to the hull to increase the hull’s rigidity, as are her bulkheads and furniture mouldings. There was a choice of interior layouts, with one or two double aft cabins. The former allowed room for a very large heads and a deep cockpit locker and was the most popular with blue water cruisers. Large windows and hatches, plus light-coloured…

The recently refitted Whitbread Round the World Race yacht, Maiden, will be one of the star attractions at this year’s Southampton Boat Show. The crew, led by skipper Susan Glenny, will be departing on 22 September from the show for a three-year world tour to promote girls’ education. The Bruce Farr-designed yacht underwent an extensive refurbishment after she was rescued from the Seychelles and brought back to the UK in April 2017. Maiden’s previous skipper Tracy Edwards, who made history when she led the first all-female crew in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race, will also be featuring at the show, hosting a live Question and Answer session at 1400 on 19 September. It will be held at the Seldén Mast stand (J213) and questions can be posted in…

Everyone knows that sailing, specifically yacht cruising, is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding pastimes that exist on this blue planet of ours. The sheer simplicity of being propelled across tracts of water by nothing more than a few zephyrs and arriving safely in an idyllic harbour, guided solely by your own navigation, is a miraculous experience. The essential qualities of sailing have changed little, but yachting as we know it in the UK is facing something of a crisis. Participation is declining, and the structures of clubs, associations, training schemes, manufacturers and dealers are all under threat as a result. Sailing isn’t about to disappear, but the tremendous work that has gone into building the sport from the ground up could be frittered away. Why does it matter?…

1 NEWTOWN CREEK A National Nature Reserve, Newtown Creek is one of the most tranquil anchorages this side of the Solent. The main one is at Clamerkin Lake. Make sure your anchor is properly set as the tide is quite strong. There are also a number of paid-for visitor moorings here, although the majority are in the estuary leading to Shalfleet. Explore the channels by dinghy. 2 SIR MAX AITKEN MUSEUM This former 18th Century sail loft on Cowes’ High Street houses Sir Max Aitken’s personal collection of nautical artefacts including the gaff from the Royal racing yacht, Britannia. Open May to September, Tuesday-Saturday. Appointments are available outside of these opening times. 01983 293800 3 TIFFINS OF COWES If overnighting at Cowes Yacht Haven, don’t breakfast aboard. Instead, head to…

Designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built at Alubat in Les Sable d’Olonne, aluminium Ovnis have a reputation as tough and stable blue water cruising yachts. Aluminium hulls exhibit a high strength-to-weight ratio and the absence of structural bulkheads means they’re easily customised. Eight full-length hull plates are hand-welded over a strong infrastructure of frames, stringers and floor beams. Ovnis all sport lifting keels, allowing them to sneak up shallow channels and take the ground safely. Most of the ballast is internal but the metal centreboard provides an additional 400kg. Below, it’s surprisingly roomy and the light oak woodwork, white deckheads and large portlights keep it bright and airy. The centreboard case forms the saloon table base while a hollow pole feeds the control lines up to the deck. The 2m-long straight…

PRICE £50,000-£70,000 YEAR 2010-2014 This injection-moulded, Marc Lombard design is a fast cruising yacht, which could be made even sportier by opting for the taller-rigged ‘Performance’ version. She’s quite a beamy boat, which means her accommodation is spacious and bright. She also has a long waterline, so is quick off the mark in either version. The cockpit is a decent size with a huge, deep locker and all the important controls are near the helm, which has wheel steering as standard. The helm seat opens allowing unrestricted access to the transom platform. Decks are clear of foot-stubbing clutter, with the genoa sheet tracks well inboard, and the foredeck has a good anchor locker with the windlass plinth below deck. In standard form she has a fairly conservative sail plan, but…

Email yachtingmonthly@ti-media.com Post Confessions, Yachting Monthly, TI Media, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7BF Send us your stories in less than 200 words What is that? Liza Dodds CONFESSION OF THE MONTH My husband and I were motoring our 38ft Hunter Legend from La Spezia to Elba overnight. Several nautical miles ahead of us we saw a huge lit-up structure. From behind it came another vessel, a bright white light above it. What was it doing? The lights were getting brighter and Mike insisted it was coming toward us, and fast. I rushed to the radio, only to discover that I’d turned it off earlier in the watch, as the white noise of another vessel had become annoying. I turned it on and straight away…