September 2018  
~ This year we celebrate Hydrovane's 50th year anniversary! ~

   
   GOLDEN GLOBE RACE 2018
Windvanes Matter. 
Are you watching??  The 2018 Golden Globe Race is a remarkable race of endurance, tactic, and seamanship.   Key fact is that it's a 'retro race', so only technology available at the original Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968  can be used. For example, windvanes for steering. 

That being said, we spectators can participate in modern ways... Check out the yellowbrick livetracker, overlay with windy, read the skipper's tweets or listen to weekly calls, and watch Race Organizer Don McIntyre's fascinating commentary videos.  It makes for a very exciting 'low-tech' race! 

So far, unfortunately, the only gear failures that have forced race retirement are failures of the self steering windvanes. One facebook comment from last week described the race as "WINDVANE HELL". No doubt the race is putting windvane self steering in the spotlight for this type of extreme offshore adventuring.

The drama will continue as the accomplished Skippers, their boats, and of course, their only companions... their windvanes, continue their journey in the Southern Ocean. 


SKIPPER
BOAT TYPE
WINDVANE TYPE
WINDVANE STATUS
1
Jean Luc Van Den Heede
Rustler 36 Hydrovane (part Sp) OK
2 Mark Slats Rustler 36 Aries OK
3 Gregor McGuckin Biscay 36 Hydrovane OK
4 Abhilash Tomy Suhaili Replica Windpilot (Sp) OK - Issue, fixed
5 Uku Randmaa Rustler 36 Hydrovane OK
6 Susie Goodall Rustler 36  Monitor OK
7 Istvan Kopar  Tradewind 35 Windpilot (Sp) Issues - set up?
8 Tapio Lehtinen Gaia 36 Windpilot  OK
9 Igor Zaretskiy Endurance 35 Windpilot (Sp) OK
10 Mark Sinclair (soon C) Lello 34 Aries OK
C Loic Lepage Nicholson 32 Hydrovane  OK
R Francesco Cappelletti Endurance 35 Beaufort Lynx Broken Welds
R Are Wiig OE 32 Monitor Broken Couplings
R Philippe Peche Rustler 36 Beaufort Lynx Broken Welds
R Antoine Cousot Biscay 36 Windpilot (Sp) Issues
R Nabil Amra Biscay 36 Beaufort Lynx Broken Welds
R Kevin Farebrother  Tradewind 35 Hydrovane (part Sp) OK
R Ertan Beskardes  Rustler 36 Hydrovane OK

Leaderboard @ Sep 13, 2018, C - Chichester Class, R - Retired, Sp - Sponsored unit 
   
FEATURED VLOG: 
"No BS, Just Sailing"
SY Tessie, Contessa 35
Erik Aanderaa
The North Sea in Winter? Erik is there! 

" I make videos when I'm out sailing my boat - a Contessa 35, "Tessie", alone on the open oceans outside my town, Haugesund, situated on the west coast of Norway. 
"

   
FALL / WINTER BOAT SHOWS 2018

SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW
September 14 - 23, 2018
Stand J327

See John & Karen, Will & Sarah.

We are pleased to offer Hydrovane's ticket code EPTO18JKM7 for you to  save £12 per ticket   

US SAILBOAT SHOW
October 4 - 8, 2018
Booth A21

Will it be flooding from torrential rainfall or swelteringly  hot? Doesn't matter - we always have fun at this show! Sarah & Will look forward to seeing you in Annapolis. 

TICKETS
PARIS NAUTIC
December 8 - 16, 2018
Hall 2.1

Nous avons hâte d'exposer au Salon Nautique International de Paris! Will & Sarah seront là... essayant notre meilleur en français!

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