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Yacht World 5 Tonner Boat for Sale

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• Location: Lymington
• LOA: 24'6" (7.47m)
• Beam: 7' 8'' (2.34m)
• Draft: 1.37
• ID no.: 04429
• Engine Make: Volvo Penta
• Horsepower: 20hp
• Drive Type: Shaft drive
• Fuel Type: 0

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I bought the Mary A in about 1994 when she was lying in Hall’s Boatyard in Walton on the Naze.  She was built in The Royal Navy Dockyard in Alexandria in Egypt in 1947.   She used to race in Malta where she was registered as a British Ship and was then transported overland to Essex where she sailed until I bought her.

I have sailed her the whole length of the European coast from Harlingen in The Netherlands to Corunna in Spain.  I have also sailed her the length of the British coastline from The Orford River on the East Coast to Mull in Scotland returning to the South Coast via Northern Ireland, the East Coast of Ireland round as far as Cork and then The Scillies.

I attach two photographs, one of the Mary A on the right racing another Yachting World Five Tonner called Joelle and one of the Mary A manoeuvring before a race in one of the early Cowes Classics.

'Mary A' was built to Robert Clark’s design.   I can send you some plans published in Yachting World in the 1940s if you think that would be usefully added to the listing.V

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May A sleeps three in two saloon berths and one port aft quarter berths. Reasonable galley area and heads.

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Twin burner stove Man overboard recovery system U shaped life buoy Warps and fenders Tohatsu Out board Steering compass and ligth Electric bilge pump Nasa depth VHF radio Hot water Solid fuel cabin heater

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Yachting world 5 tonner designed by robert clark.

I like Robert Clarks designs. The Metacentric rule did produce well balanced boats. I don't every remember seeing a Clarke design that had the bulges and hull distortions that were the result of the early RORC and IOR rules.

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• Thread starter alwchester
• Start date 21 Jul 2006
• 21 Jul 2006

I'm contemplating - verb chosen to reflect how tentative I am at this point! - acquiring a neglected YM 5 tonner and having her professionally re-fitted. I should be grateful for any information about the class, including experiences of anyone who has owned or sailed one. I've seen the information on http://www.ybw.com/cb/tonner.html and the description in Dayton's. AW  

I don't know the boat at all but are those measurements right?  

• 22 Jul 2006

Dayton's and the Classic Boat Class Notes give more or less the same, Dayton's gives her an extra 1" beam (7'10") and waterline length of 20'11." I've been on board a couple of examples, tho' not sailed in one. They certainly have the 6' headroom and feel bigger inside than they look outside! AW  

For a picture: Woodenships have just sold one, a bermudan cutter - http://woodenships.free.fr/fiches%20bateaux%20bermudien/bb-zania.html  

Joliette is also a Robert Clark design. She's a fast, seaworthy and very well balanced design. I don't know the YW 5 Tonner, but I'm sure that you could expect similar attributes from this designer. So, certainly worth contemplating if you can acquire your project at the right price, as a professional refit will probably not be cheap / economic given market values.  

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I remember doing the Yachtmaster theory course some 14 years or so ago at the Nottage at Wivenhoe, and during one tea break the youngest member was talking about a channel crossing, comments were made about his boat laying on its ear the moment the wind started, but that once you got used to that she was fine, one of the others then commented that he had had a YM 5 tonner which was identical to that, turned out the same boat and owners many years apart. On the positive side it transpired she had served many sea miles, and ridden out more gales and storms that I would like to think of, all agreed a superb sea boat.  

• 23 Jul 2006

Thanks for this confirmation that she sails on her ear, the slackness of the bilges certainly suggested it. 40+ years ago I owned a "tender" yacht, a 20,' long keel yawl on the Humber which went through the waves rather than over and and liked to lean a long way away from the wind; on balance I think that's what I prefer, a softer if wetter ride. How's Joliette in this respect? I came across this account of a circumnavigation in a YW 5 Tonner: http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/books/circumna/ci_35.htm  

• 24 Jul 2006

Joliette will hold her sail up well in a good blow and will clock over 9 knots to windward if I let her have her head, which I don't often to avoid the stresses and the resulting breakages / expense! (The genoa once ripped a section of genoa car track right out of the deck in a F5/6). So, I know try to reef early, particularly as I like to sail alone / short-handed, and avoid too much green stuff coming down the deck.  

• 25 Jul 2006

When you asked about the measurements I didn't think to re-check the Classic Boat page, didn't realise they'd jumbled them!  

Robert Clark designs had an unparalleled record in the old OSTAR. First 1960 Second 1964 First 1968 Fourth 1972 It does suggest a designer whose yachts went to windward rather well.  

I love all boats - including Robert Clark designs: eg ...Ortac (his second design I think, a lovely 50 ft sloop - see "Racing, Cruising and Design 1937", Uffa Fox) or Favona (1953 Fastnet Winner)... or the YW Five Tonner... lovely!  

There was a 3 or 4 page article in PBO in Sep 99 about the Yachting World 5-ton: it's available through the archive (under the "used boat" category, and make sure you put a hyphen in, otherwise the search engine won't recognise it). As I remember, it compared 2 boats, one was very original, right down to the Bullnose Morris petrol engine; the other had been continuously updated to get the best performance - both owners obviously thoroughly enjoyed owning them, and wouldn't swap them for anything larger. Cracking little boats.  

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I was talking to a man restoring a RC YW 5-tonner in Arisaig last week. Having a bit of a problem with the rudder pintle. Looks a lovely shaped yacht and should sail well. My parents own a RC 32' sloop - Lassiette - and have owned her since 1972. Not a lot of space compared to modern yachts, but the resuilt is greater sailability. Donald  

• 18 Aug 2006

Thank you for this. I've tracked down the articles and I'll order them.  

I should have a survey report and refit/restoration costings during the next week/ten days; I'm expecting the decision about whether or not to take her on will be difficult! It would be helpful to talk to the owner who is restoring one at Arisaig; the West Coast of Scotland is my intended base. Would you be able to put me in touch with him? Alan  

Alan Sorry we were on holiday in those parts in August. We had popped into Arisaig for diesel and this guy was working on the YW 5-tonner and we stopped to chat as we passed. You will probably get a response from Arisaig Marine Good Luck Donald  

• 29 Sep 2006

I don't own a 5 tonner, but I do own Favona and I can honestly say that I've never been on a better sailing boat. I've been mostly on classic woodenboats &, while some were bigger and some prettier, I've not sailed on the boat I would trade Favona for. She does heel early, but I was once hit square on the beam, main and genoa up, by a known 70 knot squall and she would go no further than her toe rail. I guess, at that point, she was dumping wind off the top of her sails. Under 3 reefs & a storm jib, with the toe rail in the water, she steers with 2 fingers and a thumb on the tiller. I have never been beat to windward. Of course, like most winners, she won the Fastnet on corrected time, but her elapsed time back from the rock was faster than Bloodhound, among many others. I am willing to believe that there were other designers as good as Clark, but I can't imagine any better.  

Thank you for the replies to my original posting, I enjoyed reading them. Here's a follow-up: I decided that the likely cost of restoration (I guessed £10,000 minimum) wasn't affordable, particularly since I was/am in the middle of an extensive house renovation. I told the seller/owner this, offering any help I might be able to give in finding a purchaser who would take her on. His reply astonished me; he offered to gift me the yacht on the understanding that it was my intention to restore her. In the face of this I thought the least I could do was to pay for a thorough condition report and detailed costing from a wooden boat builder: the result, £16000 plus £4000 for contingencies. A lot of money but a reasonable price for a skilled and careful restoration (the boat builder has a high reputation and I've seen some of his work) but I still couldn't afford it. I did fall for this yacht (you guessed?) and was loth to leave her looking sad and neglected and slowly deteriorating on the waterside. Serendipity came to the rescue; in the course of a conversation about a yacht I thought I could afford, I mentioned the YW 5-tonner and discoverd I was talking to a former and enthusiastic owner of one who was also a wooden boat builder. After deliberating for some days, he agreed to accept the yacht as a gift and put her in a corner of his yard and have her worked on as and when. The yachts owner agreed and the 5-tonner is now under cover in a highly reputable yard. I'm confident that she will be restored and - surprise! - some time soon I shall start talking to the yard-owner about how much he might want for her when she's complete. AW  

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I own the Bombay 5 tonner mentioned in the article If I can be of help just e-mail me Regards Tony  

I have registered hull no. 29 'Valfreya', built in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. She is still in Tasmania and I have owned her for 2 years and am presently in a major refit from the bulb up. I am the the 3rd owner and have her history. I have extensive photos of the refit if anyone has the need and would love to see some of other examples. Maybe Valfreya is the only one on this side of the globe. Cheers.  

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Sold – 25ft. YACHTING WORLD FIVE-TONNER BERMUDIAN SLOOP, built 1952 – Professionally restored – Lying: South Coast

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HISTORY & DESCRIPTION:

The Yachting World 5-tonner was the product of a competition staged by the magazine for architects to devise a family cruising yacht. Plans were made available widely and yachts were built around the British Isles and abroad. The plans offered three rigs, gaff cutter, bermudian cutter and sloop. Yachts were usually built with a short cabin, stopped short of the keel-stepped mast. ELIZABETH JANE is an unusual example of the class, built with a long coachroof that runs forward of the forehatch, with the mast stepped on the coachroof. Only one other example, launched as AVIL in this style has been located, built the year before at the same yard, Thomas Skinner & Co near Dublin.

ELIZABETH JANE is a good example of the Yachting World 5-tonner class by the renowned designer Robert Clark. The long keeled hull is mahogany, carvel planked on steam bent oak timbers, copper fastened. The hull is painted cream, with blue antifoul. Cabin and cockpit coamings are of varnished mahogany. Decks are painted blue-grey with a grey coachroof.

An extensive refit was completed over several years to 2012, and she was sailed for one season prior to being laid up ashore in 2014.

Hull structure

Stem and apron Sawn oak.

Keel structure Keel of oak or elm.

Deadwoods aft Deadwoods aft of oak or elm.

Stern post and knee Probably oak.

Transom Mahogany.

Rudder Probably elm. Rudder is supported by mild steel straps and steel dowels. Trailing edge reinstated in oak after removal of previous self-steering trim tab. Gudgeons and pintles of mild steel.

Planking Mahogany planking, carvel laid. New lengths have been scarfed into the mid-sections of three planks each side above the garboards (2004), where affected by fastenings to previous iron straps (see Floors below).

Paint finishes to topsides were removed entirely in 1995. Paint finishes below waterline were removed entirely in 2010.

Hull fastenings Copper nails through timbers, with silicon bronze screws to hood ends. Screws have been doubled up below waterline (1989).

Bronze screws to hardwood floors. Copper nails through laminated oak floors. Steel bolts through iron strap floors.

Centreline fastenings of bronze and mild steel.

Caulking Cotton with red lead putty below waterline and white lead putty above waterline.

Timbers Steamed oak timbers. Timbers have been doubled amidships in way of the bilge stringers, in the forepeak, and in the tuck aft. Some timbers had been affected by steel bolts through iron straps (see Floors below), and had new sections scarfed in (2007).

Framing Timbers in way of the mast are of larger scantling.

Floors Sawn hardwood floors at mast and forward. Sawn oak and iroko floors aft. Wrought iron strap floors in way of mast and forward. Five laminated oak floors fitted through mid-sections (2007), replacing previous wrought iron straps.

Ballast Cast iron ballast keel, 1.9 tons approx.

Keel fastenings Bolts are of wrought iron, hot dip galvanised. Record of keel bolt renewal as in following table (the vessel has been laid up ashore from 2002 to 2011, and from 2014 to 2018).

1974 1979 1986 1994 2014 No 1 Forward X X No 2 X X X No 3 Mast X X No 4 X X X No 5 X X No 6 X X No 7 X X No 8 X X X No 9 Under engine X X No 10 X X

Note: The new galvanised keel bolt no 8 will need to be inserted when the vessel is lifted ready for launch. All washers, plates and grommets are to hand, with the bolt ready for coating in black tar at insertion.

Bulkheads Pairs of plywood bulkheads at mast. Solid mahogany bulkheads at galley and chart area also provide structural support. Plywood bulkhead below bridge deck. Solid mahogany cabin bulkhead.

Breasthook Oak, through fastened to stem.

Stringers Pine, through fastened with copper.

Beamshelves Pine, through fastened with copper.

Clamps Pine, fitted below beam-shelves in way of chainplates.

Beams Main beams are of oak, with pine half beams to side decks. Laminated hardwood beams formed under mast. Coachroof beams of oak.

Carlins Main carlins of oak. Coachroof carlins of mahogany.

Mast support/partners Deck stepped mast is support on four hardwood posts, forming struts between laminated beams and wood floors, stiffened by ply bulkheads.

Knees Wrought iron hanging and lodging knees support decks and coachroof at mast. Hardwood hanging knees support coachroof. Oak hanging knees forward and aft. Oak quarter knees.

Tie-rods Bronze tie-rods are fitted under side decks.

Blocking Adequate blocking is provided under deck fittings.

Decks, coachroof, cockpit

Deck construction Decks are of ply, with glass-fibre cloth covering.

Coachroof Formed of t&g pine planking, with glass-fibre cloth covering. Covering boards to margins are of mahogany, varnished, with beadings to hold edges of glass cloth.

Cabin trunking Mahogany trunking, run in single boards with cockpit coaming.

Corner posts Mahogany corner posts fitted to forward corners. Teak corner post fitted to aft corners.

Cockpit Cockpit was rebuilt in 1994, with ply and teak on iroko framing. Bridge deck is of ply, with glass-fibre and epoxy covering. Benches to port and starboard in varnished solid teak, lockers under. The cockpit sole is of ply, with a glass-fibre and epoxy covering. The well is fitted with a ply hatch on iroko gutters with piped drainage to the bilge.

Lazarette Access to aft locker with varnished teak door.

Hatches, companionways Main hatch of ply, on Tufnol slides, with ply and mahogany garage. Two washboards are of solid mahogany, reinforced by mild steel dowel rods. Forehatch is of ply on mahogany frame, with double coaming design, hinging forward.

Lights and ventilators Three fixed glass lights are rebated into each cabin side, with bronze frames. Small circular light fitted to washboard. Stainless steel tannoy vents fitted to forehatch and above the toilet. Bronze mushroom vent fitted to aft deck.

Anchors and cables Bower anchor, 20lb CQR, with 20 fathoms of 5/16” chain. Kedge anchor, fisherman type, with warp.

Samson post Oak post, unvarnished, fitted through deck down to the stem. Deck seal formed with glass cloth and epoxy.

Mast step Galvanised steel mast step, bolted to main beams.

Stemhead fitting/bow rollers Mild steel stemhead fitting with chain and rope rollers, re-galvanised 1995.

Chainplates Three pairs of shroud chainplates in galvanised mild steel, fitted internally, with signs of superficial rusting. Plates bolted through the hull, and with lower ends bolted through the bilge stringer.

Sheet tracks/horses Stainless steel sheet tracks, secured to toerails. Galvanised mainsheet horse, bolted through after deck.

Cleats Mooring cleats are of teak, unvarnished, securely mounted to deck. Sheet cleats are of mahogany, varnished and mounted on cockpit coamings.

Fairleads Galvanised cast steel fairleads let into toerail, pair forward, pair aft. Pair of closed galvanised fairleads fitted over transom.

Grabrails Mahogany grabrails secured to coachroof covering boards.

Pulpit Galvanised mild steel, with plate for navigation light, bolted to foredeck on teak pads. New 2011.

Pushpit Galvanised mild steel, carrying backstay connections, with plate for navigation light, bolted to after deck on teak pads, and with straps bolted through the transom. New 2011.

Stanchions Four pairs of galvanised mild steel stanchions. Galvanised mild steel feet are bolted to side decks with teak pads. Two white pvc covered guardwires, 4mm stainless steel, secured by lanyards. Stanchions, feet and wires all-new 2011.

Toerails and scuppers Toerail is formed as a doubling plank of iroko at the sheerline (1995) iroko with scuppers at cockpit. Iroko rubbing bands are screwed to the toerail/doubler.

Tiller Oak, well varnished, with stainless steel cotter pin.

Winches Simpson Lawrence bronze sheet winches, mounted on teak plinths at cockpit coamings.

Deck fillers Bronze filler for water, to port forward. Bronze filler for diesel, to starboard aft.

Electrics external Deck gland for mast lights. Connector for VHF aerial. Deck glands at pulpit and pushpit. All cables run inside mast or deck fittings. Accommodation

General layout The main cabin offers standing headroom, with the galley and chart station aft on either side of the companionway. Settee berths are fitted to port and starboard. Locker space along with some shelving is offered through the main cabin and at the galley. The generous chart table is half-Admiralty size (with chart stowage under).

Four structural bulkheads separate the main cabin from the forepeak, and hinged solid mahogany doors form the heads cabin enclosure.

The forecabin has a berth to port with locker compartments below. When the forecabin was rebuilt in ply and mahogany in 1992 a starboard berth was converted to additional hanging and sail stowage The anchor locker is forward.

Construction of furniture The interior accommodation structure is largely of solid mahogany boards, with mahogany joinery construction used for the unit fronts and chart area. Ply is used for galley surfaces and divisions.

Soles The cabin sole is of painted ply with removable panels giving access to all parts of the bilge.

Engine Beta Marine BD662. three-cylinder diesel, 17hp, installed 1994, ser no 476651. Hurth HBW35 gearbox, ser no 27-10551B. Full professional overhaul in 2012. Engine used approximately 300 hrs.

Engine beds Steel angles are set on top of oak engine beds, with iroko intercostals secured by steel brackets. Flexible engine mounts bolted down to bronze pocketed heads in oak beds.

Fuel tanks and hoses Stainless steel fuel tank, under starboard cockpit locker (1994). Filler hose from deck above.

Fuel filters and lines Flow and return fuel lines in copper, with armoured flexible tails to engine. AST filter with glass bowl.

Shaft and coupling Stainless steel shaft, 1” diameter, with R&D coupling.

Stern-gland and bearings Stuart Turner stern-gland, with a remote greasing tube, fitted to bronze stern-tube (1994).

Propeller Two-bladed bronze propeller, 13”x8” (1994).

Anodic protection Bullet anode fitted to starboard of hull aft. No connection yet made to stern-gear. Pair of anodes fitted to either side of rudder straps.

Engine skin fittings and hoses Bronze hull fitting, with bronze ball valve and bronze strainer above.

Exhaust installation Vetus hose, with Vetus waterlock at low point, and bronze shut off valve in lazarette.

Anti-syphon valve Vetus anti syphon valve, with permanent breather pipe discharging through the transom.

Batteries 2012 engine starting and separate services batteries. Interconnectors for isolation.

Electrics internal Control panel and fuse box, constructed in teak under bridge deck. All wiring renewed 2012. LED cabin and chart lighting, including night light. Traditional electric saloon light.

Bilges and limber holes Bilges are clear and with good limbering in sawn and laminated floors.

Bilge pumps and hoses Whale diaphragm pump, fitted to cockpit. Second Whale bronze lift pump, fitted below adjacent to the companionway.

Cockpit drains, skin fittings Cockpit drains to the bilge. The cockpit might be made self-draining by connection of the pipes through the hull with appropriate fittings.

Cooker Neptune 2 burner and grill stainless cooker. Not operational at this time (see below re-gas locker).

Gas installation The gas locker needs to be completed in the starboard cockpit locker.

WC, skin fittings and hoses Jabsco WC installed 2013 and hoses fitted at this time. Inlet and outlet valves are bronze by Blake, overhauled and fitted with new bronze bolts. Inlet valve fitted with bronze strainer externally. Outlet fitted with bronze discharge plate (2010).

Water tanks and hoses Galvanised mild steel tanks to port and starboard under saloon bunks. Copper filler pipe. Flexible connection hoses, new 2011.

Sinks, pumps and taps, skin fittings Whale water pump fitted over GRP sink unit. Sink drain is pumped to a bronze outlet just under toerail.

Navigation/communication Husun VHF fitted at chart area. Garmin GPS, not kept on board.

Depth and transducer Nasa Clipper depth sounder, with display mounted in teak box at chart area. Space for electronic log, not fitted at this time.

Compasses Sestrel steering compass, normally mounted above main hatch, is of some age but serviceable.

Navigation lights Aqua Signal 41 bicolour and sternlights, 2011.

Fire protection 2kg ABC dry powder fire extinguisher 2013.

Harnesses, lines, jackstays Pair of buff multiplait jackstays, secured to galvanised eyebolts on coachroof.

Life float Mounted on pushpit.

Flares Coastal flare pack 2013.

Cover White winter tarpaulin by Brackenbury.

Dinghy/tender/outboard (these two items for sale separately) Bombard inflatable and Seagull outboard, in storage.

Spars and rigging

Masts (inc spreaders) Proctor gold anodised mast, with masthead rig and one pair spreaders. Mast reported fitted 1970

Booms Pine boom, well varnished, with bronze roller reefing gear.

Whisker/spinnaker poles Pine whisker pole, with bronze fittings.

Bowsprit Oak bowsprit, with galvanised rod bobstay.

Winches on masts Pair of bronze halyard winches.

Lights on masts Tricolour mounted at masthead. Steaming light needs renewal.

Standing rigging Stainless steel rigging of 1×19 6mm wire with swaged ends. Twin forestays, twin backstays, two pairs of lower shrouds and pair upper shrouds, all fitted new in 2011.

Bottlescrews, articulation, terminals etc Galvanised rigging screws, tested, fitted new 2011.

Running rigging Main halyard and topping lift in buff colour braid renewed 2011. Twin foresail halyards and spinnaker halyard in three-strand, age not known. Mainsheet, white multi-plait, 1992. Foresail sheets, age not known.

Sails Mainsail, Suffolk Sails, white terylene, 1992. Genoa, Jeckells, yellow terylene. No 1 jib, Jeckells, blue terylene, 1970. No 2 jib, Jeckells, blue terylene, 1970. Storm jib, white terylene, 1970, little used. Trysail, canvas, little used.

BROKERS NOTE:

A well maintained and presented classic cruising yacht, professionally restored in current ownership. An excellent Robert Clark design offering attractive and capable sailing performance. Offering superb value at a very reasonable guide price.

GUIDE: SOLD – July 2019

LYING: South Coast

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Ainslie wins Finn Gold Cup

• September 19, 2005

Ben Ainlsie wins the Finn Gold gold for the fourth time in a row

With a light northerly wind in the morning, the fleets set sail for the final race of the 2005 Finn Gold Cup. The temperature had dropped to 3 degrees overnight so those sailors who had only brought summer sailing gear found the day rather cold. In fact the Gold fleet sat around for over two hours before a race could be started. The wind changed from one minute to the next and was varying by over 70 degrees. So the race committee waited around in the cold air for it to stabilise.

Finally at just after 1300, the postponement came down and the fleet got underway. Series leader Ben Ainslie said: “In these conditions I was going to try to control Emilios [the only man who could beat him] from the start.” At the four minute signal, the two were locked together in their own match race. Ainslie succeeded in delaying Papathansaiou’s start, but picked up a penalty himself. “I wasn?t sure if our boats touched, but I did the turns anyway to make sure.”

The two boats started well behind the fleet with Papathanasiou banging the left hand corner in a bid to find a large enough shift to get him back to the front. Ainslie played the shifts and looked ahead half way up the beat when the wind died again and the race officer admitted defeat and abandoned racing. “It was a huge relief when they abandoned,” Ainslie admitted later. “With the wind we have had here this week anything could have happened.”

So Ainslie makes history in being the only sailor to win four Finn Gold Cups, and these in successive years. He won in Athens in 2002, Cadiz in 2003, Rio de Janeiro in 2004 and now Moscow in 2005. His coach David Howlett commented: “Ben’s outright professionalism is the key to his success.”

Ainslie concluded: “The organization is great, I liked the sailing centre but the race conditions were very difficult. I am very happy that I could cope with the wind and win.”

Second placed Papathansaiou scores his best Finn Gold Cup result to date, but is still looking for that world championship win that continues to elude him. Third placed Chris Cook (CAN) wins his first major championship medal after being one of the few sailors here to find any sort of consistency.

Meanwhile the silver fleet sailing on course two further down the lake – had just enough wind to start a race at 1130. The race was characterized by large shifts and flat patches and the left hand side was made more interesting on the third beat with the arrival of a cruise vessel trying to get down the lake. The lead changed several times and it was a surprised Alexey Lavros (RUS) who found himself leading the fleet. He eventually finished 4th with the lead finally going to Class President Balasz Hajdu (HUN) to lift him to third in the fleet. A good 3rd place from Edward Greig (GBR) lifted him to second in the silver fleet, while the ever consistent Giedrius Guzyz (LTU) posted a 6th to win the fleet by 13 points. Full credit must go to the slick race team who managed to change the marks for each and every leg of the race as the wind performed circles around them.

The Junior Finn World Championship was won by Ivan Klakovic Gaspic (CRO) in 18th place, beating defending champion Tapio Nirko (FIN) bu just 8 points. Third placed Norbert Wilandt (POL) finished in 38 place, 58 points behind Gaspic.

Interestingly, Ainslie is one of many America’s Cup sailors taking time out of their AC dayjobs to sail the Finn. In fact five of them have won races here. From 39, Rafael Trujillo (ESP), Andrew Simpson (GBR), Chris Brittle (GBR) and Antony Nossiter (AUS) have all won individual races. In addition, both Ainslie and Kevin Hall (USA) – who finished 20th – are with Emirates Team New Zealand.

Before the regatta, ISAF World Ranked No 1, Jonas Hogh-Christensen had commented, “Sailing against Ben is like biking against Lance, playing basket against Jordan, driving against Schumacher or playing golf against Tiger. More and more when you look good in a race you start looking around to see if Ben is close to you, if he is not, be ready to get a big shift not going your way. Ben is allready a legend in sailing and he will probably be the biggest ever. But bare in mind that legends get beaten. I think Ben looks unbeatable because he has the highest ground level in the world. The rest of us just have to turn it up a level or two, to beat him. If we didn’t think that he could be beaten we should start doing something else.”

Finally a big thank you to Moscow, Moscow Sailing School and the literally hundreds of helpers, staff and officials who have made this championship possible. While the sailors expected difficult sailing conditions, the magnitude of the welcome and the organisation took them completely by surprise. Moscow Sailing School have a first class facility here, and have excelled in running a fabulous regatta, to which the Finn Class has been honored to be invited.

Next year’s Finn Gold Cup in in the beautiful town of Split, in Croatia. Will Ainslie turn up and try to make it five in a row? Watch this space…

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The Gala Opening Ceremony of the 5th International exhibition Moscow Boat Show was held on March 20 in the lobby of the first pavilion Crocus Expo IEC. The trade fair has demonstrated once again to be the largest project in Russia exhibiting the best products in the yachting segment.

5th Moscow Boat Show

The Moscow Boat Show is the own Crocus Expo IEC project and is supported by Aston Martin Moscow, Burevestnik Group logistics department and the Yachting specialized magazine.

The exposition space increased up to 30 000 sq m and was accommodated in all 4 exhibition halls of the fairgrounds! 280 Russian (Arkhangelsk, Vyborg, Kazan, Kaluga, Republic of Karelia, Moscow and Moscow region, Nizhny Novgorod, Novorossiysk, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, St. Petersburg, Sverdlovsk region, Sochi, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen and Yaroslavl region) and foreign ( Denmark , Germany , Holland , Greece , Spain , Italy , Cyprus , China , Latvia , Poland , USA , Turkey , Ukraine, Finland , France , Montenegro and Croatia ) companies participated in the show.

Moscow Boat Show 2012

Arcady Zlotnikov, First Deputy Director Crocus Expo IEC, was traditionally the first to take the floor at the official opening ceremony. He greeted warmly exhibitors, guests and visitors of Moscow Boat Show. Nikolay Krjuchek, Deputy Chief of the State Inspection on Small size Vessels (GIMS) of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia, Georguiy Shaiduko,Acting President of the Russian Yachting Federation (VFPS), Olympic champion in Atlanta, and Ekaterina Grishechkina, Director of exhibition Moscow Boat Show also spoke at the ceremony.

The high-ranking guests noted dynamic development of the branch which well reasons the intensive growth of the exposition and appearance of rather unique articles.

The official opening ceremony of the Moscow Boat Show

The visitors for the first time had an opportunity to purchase 19-meter boats, private submarines, Jetlev-Flyers from MS Watersports and also rare yachts and boats.

The questions-and-answers session was organized for the journalists after the ceremony. Mass media representatives could communicate directly with organizers of the exhibition and top officials of the Russian yachting.

Please contact CharterWorld - the luxury yacht charter specialist - for more on superyacht news item "The Gala Opening Ceremony of the 5th Moscow Boat Show held on March 20".

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