Sailing World on Water May 05.23 Holcim in Rio, Antigua, Charleston, Port Stephens, Luna Rossa PP

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days.
After being dismasted, the Holcim-PRB team came up with a plan to sail the boat to Rio, under jury rig, where they hoped to fit a spare mast and rejoin the race. The logistics and timings behind this operation were complicated.

It seems the latest plan is not to do Leg 4 to Newport and get a new mast delivered to there, so that they can do the double point, Leg 5, from Newport across the Atlantic. This way they could possibly still lead the race on points.

This is your weekly Sailing global highlights show, the World on Water, May 05, 2023.

In the Caribbean the Sailing action is on the Antigua Sailing Week. The 54th edition of Antigua Sailing Week, set off with the spectacular curtain raiser, the Peters & May, Round Antigua Race. Five days of red-hot racing followed for Antigua Sailing Week, with legendary shoreside celebrations and daily prize givings. Antigua Sailing Week is a melting pot of nations; boats from 18 countries are competing at the 54th edition.

“This Alpen Cup in Torbole is a great event. This year they had 17 boats from 10 countries worldwide including Australia and The Bahamas.” It was a record entry in the history of the event.

Aspire has won the 5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circolo Vela Torbole after two more races were held last Saturday in light winds. Artemis did just enough to hang onto second overall while Shaolin moved up to third.

British Sailing coach, Jon Emmett talks to Australian Tokyo Olympian, Mara Stransky, who finished second in the Medal Race to improve her position from seventh to fifth overall in the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France.

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Charleston Race Week emerged from humble beginnings as a small, local championship event, to become the largest keelboat regatta in the Western Hemisphere, that draws many of sailing’s elite from around North America and the world. This iconic annual event, is held each April in one of the world’s most desirable travel destinations, Charleston, South Carolina, and has returned this year for its 26th edition. We have two reports.

Port Stephens is north of Sydney in Australia, and it sits on a beautiful bay, that is twice the size of Sydney Harbour. The Sail Port Stephens regatta saw crews on the 108 boats enjoy flawless conditions, perfectly aligned to the scenic offshore courses, set by Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson.

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli continued their relentless drive for perfection last Thursday on their fourth straight session this week in near-perfect conditions out on the Bay of Cagliari, and were joined on their imaginary racecourse by competition in the form of 1800 horsepower hanging off the back of their Chase Boat, to give the team some pressure or ‘interference’ as Francesco Bruni called it later.