HASLAR MARINA REDEVELOPMENT APPLICATION

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16 Apr 2018

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A new powerboat centre forms a key part of a planning application submitted by Dean & Reddyhoff Marinas for Haslar Marina

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A new powerboat centre, team base for Alex Thomson Racing and marina extension are part of plans by Dean & Reddyhoff Marinas for its Gosport-based Haslar Marina, within Portsmouth Harbour.

Detailed in the recently submitted planning application, the powerboat centre will include an upgraded public slipway with pontoon for launching and recovering powerboats, a specialist repair and service centre providing boatyard and engineering services, a sales centre hub for new and used boat sales, engines, spares, accessories and technical advice, a new public waterfront footpath to connect with the Gosport Waterfront Trail and 28 parking spaces.

Michael Prideaux, MD at Dean & Reddyhoff, commented: “In order for us to remain fit for the future, it is critical that this hugely exciting development gets given the go ahead. If it is, it will secure the future for Haslar Marina for the next 25 years and beyond.”

Alex Thomson base

The proposed development also includes a new team base for British solo offshore sailor, Alex Thomson. This would secure Gosport as the team’s headquarters for its upcoming Vendee Globe 2020 campaign and the foreseeable future. The base will include a boat shed, offices, training facilities and a visitor gallery.

Other redevelopment proposals include a new clubhouse and the creation of a new wave screen and marina extension, which would see the addition of 50 new deepwater berths for larger boats and new wave break pontoons.

If planning permission is granted, it is anticipated building work could start towards the end of this year.

via Boating Business | Haslar Marina redevelopment application.

Yacht owners can now schedule survey work at Penzance Dry Dock

Cornwall-based Penzance Dry Dock is now available to the European yachting market for survey work following the establishment of a joint venture between the dock and YachtProjects International Llc.

The venture is expected to enable yacht owners to undertake annual, five and 10-year survey work cost-effectively at Penzance Dry Dock, which is part of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group and provide engineering services for both marine and land based projects throughout the UK. It can take vessels up to 75m and boasts a wet berth as well as modern and functional fabrication and workshop space.

Economical repair

Pippa Nicholas, owner and technical director of Florida-based YachtProjects International, which also has offices in Hampshire, said: “Our niche client owns a slightly older classic, motor or sail yacht. These vessels are where the Penzance Dry Dock skills in steel repair, propellers, shafts, rudders, stabilisers, underwater valve service and replacement come into play.

“Thus we can fix price work simply because the haul out cost does not have to cover overhead not associated directly with the task at hand.”

Ms Nicholas added that the project will also bring new investment and jobs to the local area.

YachtProjects International undertakes refit and repair project management and offer servicing work globally, Sister company, Procom365 Llc, designs, supplies, installs and manages onboard ship communication systems including satellite hardware and airtime, onboard networks and remote management of all services and mandatory communication needs.

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Exposure Lights is supporting Figaro sailor Alan Roberts as he prepares for La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro Race

Exposure Lights is to support Alan Roberts for his 2018 campaign to race in the La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro Race, which starts in August.

This will be the fifth time Alan has taken part in the race, having started racing in Optimists in Mallorca aged ten.

“We are really excited to be involved with Alan’s Figaro campaign,” said Exposure’s brand manager Tom Harrop. “His solo offshore career so far is impressive with the amount he has been able to achieve. As a British manufacturer, we are really keen to help young British talent in their quest for success.”

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Land Rover BAR’s Tim Carter completed a solo 24-hour grind-athon for Sport Relief

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Land Rover BAR has completed its Sport Relief challenge, a 24-hour grind-athon and 12-hour disco spin-athon hosted at the team HQ in Portsmouth.

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More than 60 team members supported Tim with a 24-hour relay across two grinders while four Royal Navy rugby players took on the 24-hour challenge in grinding shifts on a fourth grinding machine.

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Dirk Agter (left) and Viktor van Savooyen, co-founders of Yacht-Match

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Hamble Point Yacht Charters’ Solent base has become the first approved UK location for a new global agency which promises an innovative way for yacht owners to maximise their charter income.

Sweden-based Yacht-Match aims to facilitate the relationship between potential yacht owners and charter operators and offers potential yacht buyers independent, professional advice, direct-from-manufacturer pricing on new yachts and a deal with a yacht charter company in their favoured location before they commit to the purchase.

Dirk Agter, co-founder of Yacht-Match, alongside Viktor van Savooyen, commented: “After 30 years as a broker, I set up Yacht-Match as I believe this format offers a truly unique and fantastic option for people who want to own a yacht but would like charters to help subsidise the running costs.”

Opening up market

The company aims to enable people who have previously been put off by the high cost of yacht ownership to easily identify the likely charter revenue and factor this in to their decision making.

Yacht owners who purchase their yacht through Yacht-Match will have the possibility to use some of their ‘Owners Weeks’ to sail other yachts within the global network, giving owners the opportunity to explore new and distant sailing areas, as well as sailing their own yacht.

Yacht-Match has now developed partnerships with over 30 worldwide locations, including Cuba, the Caribbean and Mediterranean.

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VOR CREWMEMBER WAS NOT CLIPPED ON

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29 Mar 2018

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John Fisher was knocked overboard during an accidental gybe. Photo credit: Konrad Frost/Volvo Ocean Race

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John Fisher, the crewmember who was lost at sea while taking part in the Volvo Ocean Race was not clipped on it has emerged.

The incident took place on March 26 on board SHK/Scallywag who was racing in Leg 7 of the race from Auckland to Itajai, Brazil, approximately 1,400 nautical miles west of Cape Horn.

The wind was 35-45 knots with 4m to 5m seas with showers reducing the visibility. It was 15 minutes before sunrise.

“This is the worst situation you can imagine happening to your team,” said SHK/Scallywag team manager Tim Newton.

VOR Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari, added: “It’s made us all realise how vulnerable we are down here, how hostile the environment is down here and how quickly things can go bad and how we’ve all lost a friend. That’s affected everyone quite deeply.”

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In its initial debrief, the team explained how they were sailing with a reef in the mainsail and the J2 jib.

SHK/Scallywag surfed down a large wave which lead to an accidental crash gybe.

Mr Fisher was in the cockpit and had unclipped his tether to move forward to tidy up a sheet.

As the mainsail swung across the boat in the gybe, the mainsheet system caught him and knocked him off the boat. He was believed to be unconscious from the blow before hitting the water.

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He was wearing a survival suit with a wetsuit hood and gloves and a lifejacket and both the JON buoy and horseshoe buoy were thrown off the back of the boat to mark the position.

But by the time the boat was under control and had motor sailed back to the position, neither Mr Fisher nor the buoys could be found.

A search and rescue operation was carried out for several hours however, with the weather conditions deteriorating, the search was abandoned.

The team is currently heading towards Chile which is the closest landfall.

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Jean-Luc van den Heede (72) sailing his Rustler 36 MATMUT. The Frenchman has completed 5 circumnavigations already and is a favourite to win the 2018 Golden Globe Race.

This re-enactment of the first ever solo round the world race that took place in 1968/69 is scheduled to leave from Les Sables d’Olonne on the west coast of France on July 1 this year. A total of 23 boats from 14 countries are expected to be on the start line, all of them vying to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who won the first race, and legendary French sailor Bernard Moitessier. The latter was favourite to win, before deciding not to turn left at Cape Horn towards the finish, but to continue west to Tahiti instead.

Robin Knox-Johnston on board Suhali on his return to Falmouth in 1969

When the nine sailors left Falmouth between June 1 and October 31, 1968 it was not known whether it was actually possible for one person alone to sail around the globe without stopping. Two years earlier Sir Francis Chichester had completed a solo circumnavigation, but with a stop of almost two months in Sydney, during which he was able to refit the boat and replenish fresh provisions.

In 1969 Knox-Johnston was the only finisher, while the pressure of preparation and racing resulted in Donald Crowhurst losing his life at sea, as Peter Nichols detailed in his book A Voyage for Madmen. Crowhurst’s story is also the subject of a newly released film, The Mercy. With the race sponsored by the Sunday Times newspaper there was a huge prize fund of £5,000 – in those days enough to buy a house – which Knox-Johnston gave to Crowhurst’s widow.

The fleet will gather during a festival at Falmouth in early June, before then heading to Les Sables d’Olonne for the start on July 1.

Competitors in the Golden Globe re-enactment race are limited to use the same style of yachts and equipment that were available to competitors in that first race. It’s therefore restricted to long keel production boats between 32-36ft (9.75-10.97m) designed before to 1988. It also means sailing with no modern technology – even music must be on old-school cassette tape. The yachts will be tracked by satellite 24/7, but competitors will not be able to interrogate this information unless an emergency arises, when skippers can break open a sealed box containing a GPS and satellite phone.

The start is predicted to be a bigger event than the start of the Vendee Globe race that sees around a million people visit the French port in the two weeks leading up to the race.

In recognition of the Golden Globe’s history, and to mark the 50th anniversary of Knox Johnston’s departure at the start of the 1968/9 race, there will also be a week of celebrations in Falmouth from June 9-14. This will finish with a parade of sail, with Knox Johnston on board Suhaili, plus other classic globe girdling yachts, including Moitessier’s Joshua and Chichester’s Gipsy Moth IV, together with the entire fleet of 2018 Golden Globe Race yachts.

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Fatality prompts lifeline safety warning

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An intact tether hook and one deformed after lateral loading. The boat was taking part in the Clipper Round the World Race when the incident occurred

The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch has issued a safety bulletin relating to the safety harness tethers that are used by almost all cruising yachts. The warning follows the failure of a harness line in a fatal man overboard incident in the Clipper Round the World Race in November last year.

The bulletin highlights details on the background and events leading up to the accident and a critical safety lesson in respect of the failed harness tether. A detailed report, that will analyse all other contributing factors to the incident, will be published at a later date, probably during the summer of 2018.

The incident occurred in daylight while the 70ft yacht was on passage from Cape Town, South Africa, to Melbourne, Australia. A crewmember who was clipped onto the jackstay was washed overboard. The hook at the end of the tether deformed and released, resulting in him becoming separated from the yacht. The casualty was subsequently recovered but sadly could not be resuscitated.

Tether hook trapped under deck cleat

A safety issue identified at an early stage of the investigation is that the hook on the end of tether had become caught under a deck cleat. This resulted in a sideways load loading that distorted the hook, causing it to open (see photo). The worrying point is that the tether and hook are of a conventional design and quality of build, certified under ISO12401, and of a type that is commonly used on yachts throughout the world.

Although these tethers can withstand loads of more than 1,000kg when loaded longitudinally, subsequent laboratory testing has shown they fail at a small fraction of that figure when loaded laterally.

“It is important that tether hooks remain clear of obstructions and are free to rotate to align the load longitudinally,” the report concludes. “To prevent the strength of a safety harness tether becoming compromised due to lateral loading on the tether hook, the method used to anchor the end of the tether to the vessel should be arranged to ensure that the tether hook cannot become entangled with deck fittings or other equipment.” It is understood that to achieve this the Clipper yachts have wrapped ropes around the horns of the foredeck mooring cleats.

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Nordic yard launches 505 Next Generation

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This model is a significant makeover of a quality Swedish serious cruiser from Najad that was first launched 10 years ago. While the well-proven hull remains the same, the deck and interior layouts have both been updated. Nevertheless, it retains the traditional values for which the Najad brand has been famous for decades.

As soon as you step on board it’s clear this is a very different proposition to a boat from one of the high-volume builders. It has a traditional centre cockpit arrangement with a single wheel – a set up that makes a lot of sense for long-distance sailing. It’s also bristling with sail controls, which makes it easy to keep the boat sailing efficiently in changing conditions – something that often becomes progressively harder as boats get larger.

This approach is also echoed in the twin headstays, one for a genoa and the other for a smaller non-overlapping jib. This arrangement makes for easy changes between light weather and reaching sails and an efficient smaller heavy weather jib. Unlike many newer designs the 505 retains a single rudder, a configuration that Najad likes as the foil is protected to a great degree behind the keel. The rudder shape has been updated to improve its efficiency.

Below decks two key factors are immediately obvious compared to the original design. Firstly, headroom has been increased throughout the boat by eight inches, without a corresponding raising of the coach roof. Secondly, the number of opening overhead hatches has been doubled from seven to fourteen, which significantly improves both the sense of natural light and ventilation. Care has also been taken to optimise stowage.

Accommodation layouts include a third Pullman style cabin, plus two double aft cabins in place of the standard large aft owner’s suite. The big forward cabin can be laid out as a twin, or with a large peninsula double berth. A large walk in closet/wardrobe can be specified in addition to the en suite heads/shower here. The galley is ideally positioned on the port side of the cockpit. It’s of an impressive size and very well appointed, with options including a dishwasher, induction cooker and larger fridge/freezer. This boat is also large enough for an impressive walk-in engine room and technical area that has been well laid out by Najad.

Length overall 15.30m

Length waterline 14.12m

Beam 4.61m

Draught (optional draught) 2.45m (2.10m)

Displacement 19,900kg

Ballast 6,500kg

Full battened mainsail 76sq m

Furling jib 60sq m

Code Zero 110sq m

Spinnaker 178sq m

Heavy staysail, jib 14sq m

Air draught 23.10 m

Fuel capacity 1,000 litres

Water capacity 850 litres

Holding tank 2 x 85 litres

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