Sailing World on Water April 28.23 Nico Hurt Malizia, Magic Capsize, Con Cup, Etchells, Charleston

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days.
There’s been another crew accident on Boris Herrmanns’ Team Malizia boat, in the Ocean Race. Nico lunven, their navigator, went on deck on night one, and as the boat luffed, the headsail sheets whipped him in the face, leaving him like he’d been 15 rounds with Mike Tyson. Happily for Nico he was back on the job after the medical experienced Malizia crew, attended to his wounds. All OK!

This is your Sailing Weekly Global Highlights show, the World on Water, for April 28, 2023.

This week the U S Sailing scene comes to life with many of our reports. Firstly, the New York Yacht Clubs’ America Magic, their AC 40, joined the huge AC 40 Capsize Club. Once again the Recon Video team was not on the spot to capture the event.

The group of international match racing sailors were absolutely swamped by local super captain, Chris Pool and his crew. Hosted by the long beach yacht club, Pool sailed the full series without losing one match. A super demonstration of power match racing in this years’ Congressional Cup.

Race Day 1 of Charleston Race Week, got off to a rousing start with ideal conditions delivering an action-packed opening day. Southeasterly winds ranging from 6 to 11 knots, enabled organizers to complete four races for all of the inshore courses. Meanwhile, offshore race committee chairmen Bruce Bingman and Ray Redness were able to give all the pursuit classes relatively long races.

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John Sommi skippered Veracity to overall victory in the AON 2023 Etchells World Championships. Will Ryan trimmed the jib and Beccy Anderson worked the bough as the New York entry posted a low score of 50 points, 10 better than runner-up Steve Benjamin and the Tons of Steel team.

With a 1st, 3rd, and a discard on day 3, Casey Imeneo of Australia sits in 4th place overall at the French Olympic Week 2023 as we move into the final series of the Ilca 6 Class. Casey Imeneo handled the conditions best of the Australians, before racing was cancelled for the rest of the day.