AND ANOTHER THING . . .

Don Mcintyre, the Australian sailor behind the Golden Globe 2018, and champion of the amateur adventurer, is launching a Classmini 5.80 design, a series of Transat Races in 2021 and 2023, and a Mini Globe Race round the world through the Panama Canal in 2024. See Classmini580.com

Good news that young French sailor Guirec Soudée has been given a major cruising award (page 8), but what about his companion, Monique? Surely this inspiring lady also deserves a feather in her cap for her adv-hen-tures?

With the Olympics in Tokyo approaching, the International Olympic Committee is contingency planning for a worsening of the coronavirus outbreak in Japan. Apparently, Long Beach California and Weymouth are being discussed as alternatives for the sailing events.