One Sailor , One Boat , One Ocean
Single-handed Transatlantic Race OSTAR 1976
Yves Anrys, Pawn of Nieuwpoort , The North Atlantic
Plymouth UK to Newport Rhode Island USA - 3.000 nautical miles
Five low pressure systems followed each
other one after the other, relentlessly generating an average
wind speed of 35 knots and a raging, chaotic, short, crossed sea
for over a week. The fleet were decimated.
Yves Anrys finished in 16th place overall out of 73 arrived (125 started) in 30 days 15 min 34 sec, placing him 8th of 52 in the J-class.In this legendary race 2 skippers were lost at sea in storms, several yachts sank, were dismasted, had steering failures,...
This web page is a tribute to Yves Anrys
Born in Antwerp Belgium,
on the 23rd of February 1946,
Merchand Navy Officer
(photo taken in Antwerp, December 2015)
Participation of 3 Belgian sailors
- Yves Anrys with 'Pawn of Nieuwpoort' - 30 ft
- Staf Versluys with 'Tyfoon V' - 34,5 ft
- Oscar Debra with 'Vanessa' - 43 ft
Yves Anrys in the newspapers
Record of achievements
1960 -> 1970 Sailing in OK Dinghy, Flying Dutchman, Snipe Class,
Finn Class,International regattas in Finn Class and Snipe Class
1965 -> 1972 National offshore regattas s.a. Delta race, Roscoprace, Light Vessel,
Ostend-Ramsgate, Breskens week
1967 1st RORC race : West Mersea-Zeebrugge on Mordicus
1967 -> 1985 RORC races : North Sea race, West Mersea-Breskens, Channel race,
Cowes-Dinard, Cowes-Santander, GiragliaRolex Cup, Sardinia
1971-1975-1977-1981 Admiral's Cup, and participated in 11 Fastnet races
1974 Finn Gold Cup in Brest, Half Ton Cup in La Rochelle,
One Ton Cup in Torquay
1976 OSTAR single-handed race
1977 Sydney Harbour race
1978 Round Britain race
1979 Transat en Double : Lorient-Bermuda-Lorient
1982 -> 1983 European Championship NACRA (catamaran)
1988 Antigua Week
1983 -> 1988 Cruises in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, North Atlantic and Baltic
1988 China Sea Race
1989 Solitaire du Figaro :
Perros-Guirec -> Dublin -> Lorient -> LaCoruña ->La Trinité
1990 -> 2000
Inventor and organizer Cataworld Formula 18 ,
regattas in Mauritius, Turkey, Thailand,
Caribbean, Corsica and Saint Tropez.
Video's Cataworld Cup
1997 King's Cup Thailand
March 1997 Ocean Passage Record - World Sailing Speed Record
Council Thailand Gulf 4h 8min 35sec
December 1997
Speed Record Andaman Sea 1997
Invited by the King of Thailand
March 1998 Record Round Mauritius 10h 14min
February 2002 Asean Championship in Pranburi Thailand on Platu (Beneteau 25)
with his sons Thierry and Didier.
May I thank Mr. Yves Anrys for the use of the information from his private archive.
Erwin Van Iseghem - December 2015