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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com Williams Crowned Four-Time World Champion
Williams has equalled the record of Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing, who had earlier this week announced his intention to retire after this event. William's opponent, Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team, came through the Qualifying stage in second and chose to face his fierce rival instead of several other, lower ranked options. Hansen held a superior head-to-head record against his British challenger in the knockout stages of the previous seven Tour events in 2012 but may not have accounted for the strength of Williams at the biggest event of the year. The World Championship defining match started well for the Swede as he recovered from an unforced error in the prestart by making the most of a big left shift in the first upwind. Having cleared his penalty on the second leg, Hansen maintained a six boat length lead to win the first match. The errors continued for Hansen in the second match as he failed to enter the prestart area correctly resulting in a penalty. That was compounded by a second infringement, when he touched the top mark which forced him to take an immediate penalty turn. Unable to recover in that match, and losing out in the third, left him 2-1 down, with Williams on World Championship point, and seemingly not feeling the pressure of the occasion. Williams led throughout the fourth and final match, although numerous spirited challenges by Hansen kept things close all the way to the finish line. Alpari World Match Racing Tour - Final Leaderboard: Wildcard Canfield Wins Monsoon Cup Ian Williams, who claimed his record-equalling fourth ISAF Match Racing World Championship in the Quarter Final, had to settle for third place after defeating Peter Gilmour in the Petit Final. Canfield - skipper of USone, who also won the penultimate Tour event, the Argo Group Gold Cup, said: "This win is the best we have achieved in our careers so far and the guys I'm sailing with, Hayden Goodrick, Mike Rehe, Dan Morris and Rob Dawson did a fantastic job here today. We're the second US Virgin Islanders to win this after Peter Holmberg in 2006. The Petit Final was, perhaps fittingly, contested by joint ISAF Match Racing World Championship record holders Ian Williams and Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing. Williams has been in fine form all season, finishing in the top three in six of the seven Tour events that his GAC Pindar team has competed in. He continued that form against Gilmour, completing a 2-0 victory to secure third place in the Monsoon Cup. Rewatch the action at new.livestream.com/WorldMRT/mc-pf-f Highlight shows from the season's seven previous events are available to watch at www.youtube.com/worldmrt Monsoon Cup - Final Result: Monsoon Cup - Petit Final Result: Monsoon Cup - Final Standings: An Absorbing Interest. The America's Cup - A History This beautifully designed book charts the history of sailing's most enigmatic and greatest prize. In two volumes it covers the drama, boat design, personalities and sheer fascination of the America's Cup, from 1851 in Cowes to 2003 in Auckland. It is illustrated with photographs, cartoons, paintings and figures and can rightly claim to be the definitive history. The work contains full records of all races and is made up of 32 Chapters - one for each of the 31 challenges and one for the race around the Isle of Wight in 1851 for the One Hundred Pound Cup, presented by the Royal Yacht Squadron as a prize for the regatta. "This is the Bible of the America's Cup." Bruno Troublé - Louis Vuitton View sample pages: www.southatlanticpublishing.com/aai_sample.htm Purchase online at southatlanticpublishing.com Leigh Mcmillan Does The Double
Coming into the Act, Leigh McMillan, Ed Smyth, Hannah Mills, Peter Greenhalgh and Hashim Al Rashidi were the hot favourites to win the Series - with three Act wins already under their belts they just had to play it safe and finish sixth or above which they did in emphatic style. In his first year on the Series, Morgan Larson and his Oman Air team have proved themselves a force to be reckoned with, with Act wins in Muscat, Oman and Cardiff UK. A fifth place in the final race today was enough for the Omani team to finish third in Rio and second place on the overall leaderboard - making it an Omani double for 2012. The sixth year of the Extreme Sailing Series closes after 209 races staged across 7 venues and 11 months of global touring this year. The 2013 Series begins in Muscat, Oman on the 5th March with 8 teams (6 returning and 2 new) set to fight for ultimate victory. After 4 years in the Extreme Sailing Series the French 'boys in blue' on Groupe Edmond de Rothschild are one team who will not be on the start line in 2013, choosing to focus their efforts on their offshore programme. The 2013 venues and dates will be announced before the end of the year, with eight venues, across three continents Act 8, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil standings after Day 4, 30 races 1. The Wave, Muscat (OMA), Leigh McMillan, Ed Smyth, Pete Greenhalgh, Hannah Mills, Hashim Al Rashdi, 192.2 points Extreme Sailing Series 2012 Overall Series Results 1. The Wave, Muscat, 76.5 points Groupama out of 20-14-2014 Volvo Ocean Race A change in priorities for the French insurance company, announced on Friday in Paris, means it will be focusing on other opportunities after Franck Cammas guided the team to a debut win in 2011-12. Knut Frostad, CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race, said: "Groupama have kept us in touch with the situation and naturally we are sorry that they will not be returning to defend their title in 2014-15. However, we are seeing really encouraging interest in the Race from other potential teams around the world, including France, and are very confident that the fleet for the next edition will be stronger than ever before." France was one of the biggest successes of the 2011-12 Race in terms of media figures with only China providing more viewers on television. Top publications Le Figaro and Ouest France featured the Race, on average, at least once a day throughout the near nine-month duration of the event and French websites provided more coverage than in any other market. Transat Jacques Vabre 2013 Says Jacques Rosio president of the Transat Jacques Vabre association: "Cartagena (Colombia), Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), Puerto Limon (Costa Rica), Itajaí (Brazil), for 20 years the Transat Jacques Vabre has been bringing the competitors on discovery routes to South American ports. "The 2013 edition is dynamic and innovative. Itajaí, in Brazil, shows just how open we have been over the course of these 20 years." Situated in the state of Santa Catalina in the south of Brazil, Itajaí is a major fishing harbour and Brazil's second in terms of exports. In September each year, the town hosts one of the main Brazilian popular music festivals. For 20 years, Le Havre has hosted the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, "The Transat Jacques Vabre is a major event for our city. For centuries we can rightfully claim to be a maritime city. The people from Le Havre especially hold this race close to their hearts and there is more and more support for the event from the public. In 2011, we welcomed 300,000 visitors to the village and in 2013, we will make every effort to ensure that the 20th anniversary of the Transat Jacques Vabre will be unforgettable for everyone,", said Philippe Edouard, Mayor of Le Havre and deputy for Seine-Maritime. Three classes will be on the start line: IMOCA 60, Class40, Class Multi 50 The Notice of Race is available at: www.transat-jacques-vabre.com Seahorse January 2012 Update World news Design - Stiffer, faster, but every bit as glorious A subscription to Seahorse makes a great gift and it's easy to give. You get a huge discount off of the regular subscription price for delivery anywhere in the world and we provide you with a gift card. Seahorse Discount Voucher Saving £16 / €25 / 24USD on the regular subscription price of Seahorse magazine. Claim your saving here: Running The Rhumblines It's a long journey just to get to Sydney and her crew are aware that they face an even more demanding test of character when the former Volvo Globe race sloop Merit sets sail in what is already regarded as the toughest 628 n/ml race on the international ocean racing calendar. Merit which was unanimously awarded first place in Performance Handicap in 2008 when her crew exercised outstanding seamanship to save the crew off the sinking yacht Georgia would welcome a moderate to fresh spinnaker sailing or two sail reaching wind forecast to blow in on Boxing Day morning. Her crew suffered some personal torment from the weather forecast last year finishing 11th in line honours and 13th overall in the Performance Handicap class. Naturally her joint owners Leo Rodriguez and Ian Bishop would appreciate the chance for Merit to show her class with the sails particularly her spinnaker emblazoned with -I would rather to sailing in the Whitsundays- being stretched at the seams with a brute speed sailing breeze. Unfortunately they apart from some speculation have no idea what the weather conditions will be when they tension the sails and head south on another challenge against the wind tormented Tasman Sea. They will also face a formidable challenge to be the first Volvo 60 to fasten their mooring lines to Hobart's historical Constitution Dock. Merit is one of three former Around the World race yachts entered for the Rolex Sydney Hobart along with the Simonas Steponavicius skippered Lithuanian sloop Ambersail and the Andrew Wenham helmed New South Wales Volvo 60 Southern Excellence. All three have the potential to stage their own private match race while the Bob Oatley owned and Mark Richards helmed Wild Oats X1, the Syd Fischer skippered Ragamuffin Loyal, the recently modified Grant Wharington helmed Wild Thing, Peter Millard's aging maxi Lahana, Matt Allen's Ichi Ban and Peter Harburg's super fast maxi chaser Black Jack skippered by Mark Bradford remain favoured to do battle for the line honours trophy. -- Ian Grant ARC 2012 - 40 Foot Boat Is First Arrival After 12 Day Crossing Once across the line and sails down, the entire crew dived into the warm Caribbean water to celebrate their success, to the delight of those cheering from the spectator boats alongside. Skippered by Christof Petter, Vaquita, had a crew of leading Austrian sailors aboard, including Andreas Hanakamp, former Team Russia Volvo Ocean Race skipper and two time Olympic star. The yacht sailed an extreme northerly route from Gran Canaria, clocking speeds of up to 25 knots during the crossing. This is the team's third consecutive year racing in the ARC, each time favouring the northerly passage, and each time paying off. Vaquita has not only crossed the finish line first, but has done so in style, with the next arrival, Swan 80' Berenice approximately 20 hours behind. This does not mean that Vaquita is guaranteed to win overall on corrected time, as she holds the highest handicap in the RORC IRC Racing Division. Meanwhile., the cruisers, which make up the majority of the ARC fleet are getting some very mixed weather on the rhumb line route where the wind has be rather contrary ... too much at the beginning and now not enough! Logs in week one were full of tales of watches spent wearing foul-weather jackets, cold nights and rain; lots of rain. Kiwi Gold Medallists To Campaign Again Gold medallists in the Women's 470, Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie declared their intention to get back in the boat and do it all again at a sponsor function hosted by Apollo Projects in Christchurch last Thursday. With a flurry of engagements, public appearances, club visits and Awards ceremonies since standing on the podium in Weymouth, Aleh and Powrie have taken their time to consider what comes next. Getting in behind Team Jolly's next campaign, Apollo Projects Group CEO Paul Lloyd has this to say, "Becoming part of the Team Jolly crew has been a real thrill for our company and all our team." "Apollo has also introduced and secured four other financial sponsors, a vehicle sponsor and a boat sponsor for Team Jolly. The new level of support now obtained will ensure all decisions can be made based on what is needed to stay at the top and not what they can afford." -- Jodie Bakewell-White Yachting New Zealand: www.yachtingnz.org.nz Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Alistair Skinner: I have to smile at all the explanations of what is or isn't navigating. It is quite clear that the AC protocol put the exclusion zone in for obvious reasons and if an AC boat approaches then the 'spy-boat' should shift out of the way as just sitting there is definitely not in the 'spirit' of the rules. If Oracle get away with this then it wold just prove that the waters of San Francisco Bay is not the only home advantage Oracle enjoy. I agree completely with Dave Arnold in that once you have untied from the dock or weighed anchor at "Point A" then until you tie up or drop anchor at "Point B" you are in fact en-route from one to the other and "navigating" even if your speed may occasionally be zero. But then again, as they have proved in the past larry and the boys have some pretty shrewd lawyers on the team. * From John Crebbin: I would agree with David Arnold, unless they were what is known in this part of the world (Dublin) as "cute hoors" and declared themselves, with appropriate shapes, to be "not under command". Dubious and unlikely! Featured Brokerage Grand Soleil 43 h as a fast hull that would be quick in a wide variety of conditions, while providing safety in all weather conditions, a true bluewater racer/cruiser. The interior layout is focused on an expansive saloon; the galley is to port and is linear, providing enormous space for a U shaped couch, center table, and two more settees on the centerline. 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Scuttlebutt Europe #2736 - 11 December
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New Vendee And Solo Monohull Record* The youngest skipper in the race who, remarkably, is a rookie to solo sailing in the Southern Ocean has set a set a truly electric pace - consistently at a level which none of his rivals have matched - to send the 24 hours solo monohull distance record soaring to a seemingly stratospheric 545.3 miles over the 24 hours to 1500hrs UTC this afternoon. By 0800hrs UTC this morning 29 years old Gabart had already bettered the recent mark of rival Jean-Pierre Dick, set only ten days ago at a yet to be ratified 502.9 mm when he made 515.6 miles. This new best 24 hours distance, riding at the front of a generous low in a good sized, orderly swell reflects an average speed of 22.3 kts and also surpasses easily the two handed record of Dick and Loick Peyron at 506.333 nm set in the last Barcelona World Race. For a solo ocean racer on a 60 footer, 30 days into a non stop, no outside assistance three month race, the distance even compares impressively against the outright crewed monohull record of 596.6 miles set in the 2008-9 Volvo Ocean Race by Ericsson, and is only 21 miles shy of the best 24 hour run on the last Volvo Ocean Race. "I can't really explain why I'm going so fast in the same weather conditions as the others… Maybe my sail settings are different from Armel's. I'm sailing at 22-26 knots, and it should be like that for several more hours. It's very noisy but you get used to it, same for how much the boat shakes. These things become familiar conditions, the norm." reported Gabart . "The autopilot is just fine, the boat is perfectly balanced, so I'm not even worrying about that. That's what allows us to sail fast and effortlessly." While the leading group are well established on their low pressure ride which will stay with them for some days to come, it is more complex now for the trio Mike Golding, Jean Le Cam and Dominque Wavre who have high pressure and lighter winds chasing them, forcing open their separation to the pacemakers. *All new record speeds need to be ratified by the World Speed Sailing Records Council Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Four 100-foot Maxi yachts - Ragamuffin-Loyal, Wild Oats XI, Wild Thing and Lahana - look likely to form a breakaway group at the head of the competition, with old adversaries preparing to lock horns. Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI has won line honours five times and is the current race record-holder, having set the standard of 1 day, 18 hours, 40 minutes and 10 seconds in 2005. Conditions in the intervening years have proved frustrating, denying a serious tilt at this benchmark time. Last year, Investec Loyal beat Wild Oats XI to the finish line by a mere three minutes, eight seconds; racing this year as Ragamuffin-Loyal, under the leadership of the legendary Syd Fischer, she once again poses the biggest threat to Wild Oats. Fischer is set to compete in the race for a 44th time and his crew will benefit from the shrewdness and expertise of one of Australia's great yachtsmen, twice a line honours winner (in 1988 and 1990), and an overall race winner in 1992. The Tattersall's Cup, awarded to the overall race winner, remains the coveted prize, and all 80 boats start with a theoretical chance of victory. The conditions, teamwork, skill and an element of luck will all help determine the eventual result. Since Rolex began its sponsorship of the event in 2002, all but one overall race winner have come from the 40-65ft range, where the majority of the fleet lies. Defending champion Loki, on the back of another successful season, is seeking to become the first boat to defend the overall title since 1965. The race start, as is tradition, will take place on 26 December at 13:00 local time. G.L. Watson - The Art and Science of Yacht Design Designing four challengers to bring the America's Cup home might be a lifetime's work for mere mortals, but during the Golden Age of yachting G.L. Watson became widely recognised as the greatest all-round designer. From racing cutters and schooners heavy with clouds of canvas, via pro-bono pioneering work on lifeboats, to sumptuous steam yachts - the super yachts of their day - and America's Cup challengers, Watson's adage: straight is the line of duty, curved is the line of beauty... was consistently evident. Perhaps uniquely, the book also describes the emergence of the modern independent designer, of any discipline. Watson's career spanned a seminal period of transition from instinctive and evolutionary craft work to the application of disciplined technological innovation, using new materials and tank testing. It's a passionate combination of knowledgeable sleuthing, high production values, sheer good looks and a rattling good yarn. 496 pages, over 300 images, €89 including worldwide shipping. Wight Vodka Favourite Yachting Bar: Let The Voting Begin! Previous winners have set the bar very high: 2009: Peter Cafe Sport in the Azores Alas, it's a hard job for the team at Wight Vodka and Scuttlebutt Europe, but in the end, we have narrowed the list down to the Top Ten based on the sheer volume of submissions as well as the quality and passion of your entries. Without further adieu, here are your Favourite Yachting Bars for 2012! Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Hong Kong VOTE!! www.scuttlebutteurope.com/sailors-bars.html Sally Barkow Victorious In St. Thomas In what proved the final match of the Finals, Barkow lead at the start and stretched her advantage to eight boat lengths by the windward mark. She lengthened her frontrunner position into a commanding 10 to 12 boat lengths by the finish even though her team battled through a kink in the spinnaker that cost them a few seconds in boat speed in the last downwind run. This four-day Grade 2 match race was sailed in Inter-Club (IC)-24s. Forty-nine flights or 135 races were sailed in total. The St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) and the Virgin Islands Sailing Association (VISA) are organizing authorities for the CAMR, namesake for the late Carlos Aguilar, who was an avid sailor and match racer. Final Results: 1. Sally Barkow, USA From Carol Bareuther in Sail-World.com: Event site: www.carlosmatchrace.com COLREGS and Culture Guillemot joins an elite group of other prosecuted sailors over the years who flouted the regs at Dover: Angus Primrose; Grant Dalton; and Antoine Koch. There seems to be a difference of perspective on the importance of collision regulations. I say this because I see a connection between the long-running Guillemot saga and the more recent protest brouhaha in the Vendee Globe over boats that entered the TSS off Cape Finisterre. That resulted in much vitriol being poured on poor Alex Thomson, who raised the protest, on the French website while the English version was, by contrast, all reasoned acceptance and even praise that Thomson was sticking by the rules of the race and of the collision regulations. So please anyone French correct me if I'm wrong, but the division of responses makes me think perhaps the English are more content to accept the letter of the law and the French somewhat more inclined to think of it as 'guidance'. Elaine Bunting's full blog post at Lose Weight By Part Exchanging to Ocean Safety Ultralite Ocean Safety is able to offer trade-ins of old liferafts and lifejackets to raceboats helping to upgrade to better lighter equipment. This is a great time to cast off weight and recycle your old equipment at the same time. The Ocean Safety Ultralite Liferaft not only saves vital weight as part of the critical specification required by a serious racing yacht but is also low profile so as to be in no one's way. Housed in a carbon fibre casing it doesn't detract from the yacht's aesthetics either. Contact pwhite@oceansafety.com for more information. Big Air for Final Day at Sail Melbourne ISAF IRO, Athanasios Papantoniou (Sulis), said whilst out on the water, "The conditions for this event were fantastic, as they allowed for the sailors to have a mix of light and heavy weather sailing, so something for everyone. Everyone got something that they would enjoy. The medal racing today could not be better - warm, windy and a fairly flat sea. A really good championship!" The ISAF World Cup, which is part of Sail Melbourne has finished for 2012. Well done to sailors, support staff, the Sandringham Yacht Club, volunteers and race management for a great event. Final top three, Olympic Classes at Sail Melbourne: Laser Laser Radial Finn 470 Men 470 Women 49er 49erFX Crunch Day for Sailing Olympic Funding During the London Games, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that sport funding would be maintained for Rio 2016. UK Sport, the body that distributes money to the Olympic and Paralympic sports, is set to receive £125m per year. The level of funding from the National Lottery will be an estimated £87m per year, with around £40m coming from the Government. Given the recent tight Autmn Budget statement it is not known if the government will be able to keep this promise of no cuts to elite sport funding. Sailing received £23.39m in the four years leading up to the London Olympics, up from £22.29m in the four years leading up to the 2008 Beijing Games. -- Gerald New, full article in Sailweb: For Kito De Pavant, One Adventure Ends and a New One Begins Damaged on the forward port side, the monohull will be repatriated by truck to France early next year and then repaired before taking to the sea in spring. After an eight-year partnership with Bel, the program was to stop after the Vendee Globe and it will end as of June 2013. In the meantime, the skipper will return to the helm of his boat to sail and race, as is his wish. Kito is already getting down to organizing this program, and he is also looking for new sponsors to continue racing. Since 2005, Bel and Kito have shared a remarkable and highly-remarked adventure. The 60 foot monohull has sailed more than 100,000 miles since it was launched in 2007, i.e. the equivalent of four round-the-worlds. Flying the Bel colors in Figaro racing, the skipper also won the Transat Ag2r, Solo Mediterranee and obtained three places in the top 10 of the Solitaire Le Figaro, including a podium. The skipper from Languedoc has always been driven by the desire to assist young sailors in their training, convinced of the wonderful potential of sailing and watersports in a maritime region such as his own. This approach led him to start the Mediterranean Training Centre in 2003. This past Friday the skipper was at the Nautic boat show in Paris, Porte de Versailles, to meet the public, journalists and the first sponsors to have shown interest and this with the intention of writing a new page in the story of this sailor with so much to share. Mike Balmforth 'Only a thorough grounding in Dickens' London could have prepared me,' he wrote. 'Yes, there was an electric light and telephones. 'But one felt they had not been there long!' In those days the office was in Clements Inn, overlooking the Law Courts in The Strand. Maurice Griffiths had just retired after 40 years as editor, to be succeeded by Des Sleightholme. The rest of the 'crew' in those days included Murlo Primrose (in accounts), later to become Mrs Angus Primrose, and Brian Pilcher, later to become a well-known marine PR man. Mike wrote many cruising articles for YM over the years, as well as being our Scottish correspondent for the Around the Coast news section. He worked for seven editors. In recent years Mike endured a quadruple heart by-pass and suffered from a debilitating kidney malfunction that required overnight hospitalisation and dialysis every 48 hours. He had to sell his yacht, Greenheart, a Dawn 39, but despite his incapacitating condition, he remained a wonderful example of total dedication to a cause - Scottish sailing. Mike is survived by his wife Alison, sons Des and Robin, both of whom sail, and three grandchildren. His funeral will be held at 3pm on Thursday, December 13 at Greenock Crematorium and there will be a gathering afterwards at the Royal Gourock Yacht Club. Featured Brokerage ORION is one of a pair of very special yachts, designed by AN Michel who is famous in France and president of the French Yacht Design Academy. As far as can be ascertained, he built two of these yachts: one for himself and another for his son. Launched in 1990, ORION sailed around the world and was then used for sail training and made several transatlantic crossings before being purchased by the present owner. Orion was lifted for cleaning in January 2009 following the oil spill in Gibraltar bay. A Lloyds surveyor (Neil Wilkinson) was again asked to check the hull under the waterline while out, and all was well. Another full report was not deemed essential at the time, but can be obtained if necessary to avoid another lift for inspection. Brokerage through Interyachting Ltd.: www.yachtworld.com/interyachting/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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Alex Thomson Hits Object, Has To Make Rudder Repairs Thomson holds fifth place, 160 miles behind the leader Francois Gabart this morning, and is back making 18-19 kts after 24 hours of enforced slow down whilst he effected the rudder repairs. He reports that he is now down to only one working hydrogenrator - his primary source for generating electrical power. Racing an older generation design Thomson has earned enormous respect for his ability to stay in the leading pack of newer IMOCA Open 60's throughout the first month of racing. On Saturday he was lying in third place. His team comment: "The hydro generators are the primary power supply on board and with only one of them working Alex now has to conserve his power by limiting the use of electronics on board. This will unfortunately mean a reduction in his communications, including communication with family back at home. The remaining hydro is working but only usable on one tack and will charge the batteries when the conditions allow, but it will restrict the amount of power available." After yesterday's manic Monday when 24 hour distance records tumbled seemingly at will, the two Vendee Globe leaders passed the Amsterdam gate early this morning just eight miles apart. Francois Gabart on Macif lead the way, passing closest to the 'mark' at 0142hrs UTC with Armel Le Cleac'h some eight miles to to the east on Banque Populaire some 17 minutes later. Meanwhile Spain's Javier Sanso on Acciona 100% EcoPowered is closing on the Crozet gate, whilst the three solo skippers who are in closest pursuit of the leaders should also pass the Amsterdam gate over the course of today. Top Ten Rankings as of Tuesday 11 December 2012, 20h00 (FR) 1. MACIF, Francois Gabart World Yacht Racing Forum Most of today's sessions focused on sponsorship, and were aimed at bettering the relationship between sailors, events or teams and their commercial backers. "Sailing sponsorship, and sponsorship in general, should be envisioned in a long term perspective", said Sven Osterberg, General Manager, Volvo Event Management Sweden. "And it is essential to plan a long time ahead; at least 1 - 2 years." "The market is changing", insisted Mark Turner, Executive Chairman, OC Sport. "Today's potential is in the so called emerging countries; India, China, Brasil... In fact we should rather call them fast growing countries; we are the ones stagnating. In order to guarantee the success of projects in those new markets, we must ensure that new talent emerges. Today's crewmembers will be tomorrow's stars. It will take time but it is essential to develop tomorrow's talents." Some interesting sessions focused on the revenue streams that can be generated through the sport of sailing. Media visibility, public participation and brand activation are amongst the obvious answers, whilst TV doesn't seem to be. "All sports struggle to sell TV rights, and sailing is virtually impossible to sell", commented Dominique Curchod (Curchod Communications). "The revenue therefore lies in a free distribution, and the visibility associated to it." "The sailing industry has an obsession with television", added Richard Moore, CEO, Capitalize. "Does sailing have a strong appeal to a wide audience on TV? The answer is no." Many of today's speakers highlighted the fact that the sport needs more creativity to appeal to a wider audience. New media and social networks are at the heart of the sports development; they will be discussed during tomorrow's sessions. Eileen Ramsay - The Queen Of Yachting Photography But Eileen established herself as one of the greatest yachting photographers of her time, taking famous portraits of sailing icons like Francis Chichester and Eric Tabarly, Olympians, including Rodney Pattisson and Keith Musto, and historic pictures from the first Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic (OSTAR) Races. Her unique archive records the explosive growth in dinghy and offshore sailing during post-war years, and includes pictures of the first Enterprises, Mirrors, Ospreys, Optimists and the first America's Cup 12 metres Sceptre and Evaine. Eileen, now into her 90s can remember just about every photograph she has taken and relate an anecdote or story about each one. Many of these memories are also recorded in the book. Eileen Ramsay - the Queen of Yachting Photography, is a spectacular celebration of a pioneering photographer and a fascinating time in yachting history. 160 pages, 123 classic pictures. £25 + postage & packing southatlanticpublishing.com/er_intro.htm Lord Nelson has Crossed the Equator and Made Landfall in Brazil
The Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST)'s tall ship Lord Nelson was built to sail anywhere in the world by a mixed crew of disabled and able-bodied people, but until the close of 2012, had never before ventured beyond European and North Atlantic waters. Now the ship is on her way to becoming the first disability-accessible tall ship to sail around the world. Lord Nelson set off from the UK on 21st October and recently made landfall in Recife, Brazil. Next stop is Rio de Janeiro, the host city of the Olympics and Paralympics 2016. Alexandra Rickham, Paralympic sailing bronze medallist and Vice-Patron of the JST, waved off the ship and her crew in Southampton and will be in Rio to welcome them to Brazil. There is enormous interest in the Paralympic movement in Brazil and Alexandra's participation in Lord Nelson's Rio programme will be key to attracting interest from the press and others. Alexandra's role in Rio will be to raise awareness of the JST's work with disabled people and help spread its ethos to a much wider audience in Rio and beyond. Lord Nelson will welcome a new crew in Rio who will have the opportunity to see Copacabana's famous New Year's Eve fireworks before setting sail for Tristan da Cunha and Cape Town. Take a virtual tour of Lord Nelson: www.vp360.co.uk/Lord_Nelson EUROSAF 2013 Events Calendar All the event NORs will be available in the coming weeks at www.eurosaf.org There will also be a new website dedicated to the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup, details of which will be announced soon. -- John Friend, Secretary General, EUROSAF Dun Laoghaire May Bid for Volvo Ocean Race Stopover Despite attracting nearly one million spectators to the City of the Tribes and brining tens of millions of euro into the local economy, Galway is not expected to bid for the next edition of the race in 2014-2015, with race organisers Let's Do It Global citing the need to concentrate on paying off its outstanding debts to suppliers. That decision paves the way for Dun Laoghaire to table its own bid for the round-the-world yacht race in 2016, after Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council passed a motion to enter consultations with Failte Ireland. With both Failte Ireland and the Government potentially stepping up €5 million of the expected €8 million total cost, Dun Laoghaire's hosting of a VOR stopover would be predicated on raising the remaining €3 million. Councillor John Bailey, who proposed the motion, told the Evening Herald in June: "We need to bring the 2016 race to Dun Laoghaire. It's too late to apply for 2014, but we could make it a great success in 2016." Wight Vodka Favourite Yachting Bar Voting Is Open
Tonight's featured bar: Navi Bar, Glucksburg, Sweden Some of the submissions received: * The owners are very friendly and spontaneous. Open for customer's life stories and new drinks to be created. The opening hours can vary so that the bar is suddenly open for the whole night if there are many people willing to stay. Furthermore, the supplied pizzas and Tarte Flambee are awesome! * They have drinks called starboard and portside in green and red. The owners are very nice and fulfill every desire. The atmosphere is great. Cast your vote at scuttlebutteurope.com/sailors-bars.html Artemis Offshore Academy Squad Start Winter Training Joining the squad for the first two weeks of training will be Artemis Offshore Academy graduates Cherry and Bomby, both of whom trained at the CEM before competing in the 2012 Solitaire du Figaro. Both Bomby and Cherry are now working on developing their own solo Figaro campaigns, with an aim to start training in January 2013, in preparation for the Solitaire du Figaro on the 2nd June. As well as the Artemis graduates, the 2013 Academy Figarists will train alongside new kid on the block, Irish Figaro sailor and Solitaire du Figaro competitor David Kenefick, experienced Figaro sailors Jean-Pierre Nichol, Laurent Pelcuer, Xavier Macaire, Christopher Pratt, Gwenael Gbick and 2012/13 Vendee Globe skipper Kito de Pavant after he was forced to retire from the early stages of the race due to an unfortunate collision with a fishing trawler. www.artemisoffshoreacademy.com Spinnaker Tales The injury which occurred away from the water during his personal fitness program meant that he would be restricted and virtually become a 'passenger' alongside skipper and master tactician Glenn Bourke and the talented Sunshine Coast bowman Greg MacAllansmith. All three sailors who finished fourth overall in the 2011 World championship held in England have since made a clean sweep of all major regatta trophies including the Australian championship on Hobart's River Derwent and the SB 20 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week series. These results confirmed the Glenn Bourke, Rod Jones and Greg MacAllansmith Club Marine racing teams ranking as a front line contender to end the domination by the English fleet who have won the past four World championships. However while Rod Jones who introduced this exciting One-Design sport boat class to the Australian sailing scene has stepped aside with his sheet-hand role filled by former champion New South Wales Laser sailor and Americas Cup crew member Andrew York. The exceptionally talented Andrew York while being unfamiliar with the demands of SB20 fleet racing has spread his experience over a number of classes and will quickly adapt to 'learning the ropes' for skipper Glenn Bourke to race Club Marine in the fast lane. However class racing history at the World championship level places England's Geoff Carveth as the pre-regatta favourite. He has won two of the four SB 20 World championships all of which were decided at Northern Hemisphere venues. How Geoff Carveth and crew will adjust to racing in a warm tropical climate and sailing on an unfamiliar tactical 'play ground' laced with swift flowing current and short white crested waves will be revealed when the battle lines are drawn for the proposed 18 race 6 day regatta starting on Friday December 14th with the 2012 champion crowned after the final race on Thursday December 20th. While England's Geoff Carveth and the Australian class champion Glenn Bourke remain as the pre-championship favourites they will need to be on the pace to protect their reputations against an impressive list of top line crews including former Olympian Ian Brown and his One Design racing team including London Olympic Gold Medallist Malcolm Page and Noosa Laser sailor Klade Hauschildt. This trio along with Rodion Luka who has escaped from the freezing winter in Ukraine to enjoy some sun drenched racing in the Whitsunday Islands have the tactical skill to attract respect but the tactical demand for racing on unfamiliar waters in possibly strong trade winds should favour the Glenn Bourke skippered Club Marine who has an enviable undefeated record in racing over the physical and mentally demanding Hamilton Island race track. -- Ian Grant ISA Statement on Peter O'leary The ISA notes that the facts found present a vastly different picture than the story portrayed on the eve of O'Leary's opening race of the London 2012 Olympics with team-mate David Burrows at Weymouth. While the report clearly shows that O'Leary made a mistake which he freely admitted, it is clear that the rule concerned was a recent development unknown to many athletes, not just O'Leary. While he had been a competitor in the event on which he placed a bet, the report states that this was done on the day of the race for which he had not qualified. Therefore he was not in a position to affect the outcome of the competition which is the purpose of the ban on betting by athletes. 'O'Leary and Burrows placed tenth overall in Weymouth. Their form prior to this indicated at the very least fifth was attainable. They regularly placed higher than the eventual Gold medallists. The effect of this malicious campaign achieved someone's aim.' stated James O'Callaghan, ISA Olympic Performance Director. The IOC report did not refer to the manner in which this matter was brought into the public arena except to state that it arose from an anonymous email. The motive and timing of this matter, some four years after it occurred has left many unanswered questions. The ISA regrets that these questions have never been properly probed prior to, during or since this summer's Olympics. The full report can be read here (PDF): Smoken' Down Derwent
The temperature in Hobart peaked at 33 degrees, the north to north-westerly wind averaged 25 knots, gusting to more than 30 knots and more as it funnelled down the river below the Tasman Bridge. The wooden mast of the 77 year old Derwent class yacht Gnome broke under the pressure, but Derek Adams and his crew quickly recovered the broken rig and sails and were towed ashore by the Bellerive Yacht Club patrol boat. The gusty wind saw some spectacular broaches under spinnaker, including the Farr 40 War Games, skippered by Wayne Banks-Smith, and the sports boat Ellusive (Roly Huddlestone). Ellusive was forced to retire after a mid-river broach as she planed downwind. The strong breeze contributed to some last day changes in the final pointscores for the Combined Clubs pre-Christmas harbour series. The Farr 40 and Group 1 series results were predictable and unchanged after today's racing, with the Farr 40s sailing three races and Group 2 two windward/leeward races. Stephen Boyes' Wired did not win a race today but won the pre-Christmas series comfortably with a net 16 points after discarding two of today's results, a 5th and a DNC. Voodoo Chile, with Lloyd Clark on the helm, won all three races today, the closest being race two in which she beat War Games (Wayne Banks-Smith) by 17 seconds. Group 1 ended with three different winners of each of the three handicap categories after two final windward/leeward races today. The J35 Mem, skippered by Paul Boutchard, finished with a 2nd and a 4th to win the PHS category with a net 15 points, ahead of Don Calvert's Castro 40, Intrigue, on 22 points and Darren Clark's Farr 1104, Invincible, on 28 points. Intrigue had a 1st and a 2nd today. Under AMS scoring, Invincible maintained her dominance with a 1st and a 2nd today, taking the series with a net 12 points. Intrigue placed second overall on 19 points, also recording a final day 1st and 2nd place for 19 points while Sally Rattle's Archie took third place with 29 points. Intrigue, which took line honours in both Group 1 races, notched up a 1st and a 2nd on IRC corrected time to win that category with a net 12 points. The Combined Clubs post-Christmas harbour series will start on Saturday, 12 January 2013. -- Peter Campbell Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Jean-Louis Fabry: As Mrs Bunting asks for some frenchman to answer her on the TSS problem, I would like to point out that races passing Land's End or the Fastnet rock should be abandoned if boats should follow TSS regulations. Round the Scillies, there are three TSS. With a southwesterly wind, I doubt many competitors of the Fastnet race or Round Britain race will not sail a direct route from Runnel Stone to the Fastnet, or on the return from the Fastnet to Bishop rock. Either they are infringing rule 10 (b) (i) and (iii) - "proceed in the general direction of the traffic flow"; or " join or leave the lane at the termination of the lane" - or rule 10 (c) -"cross on a heading as nearly as practicable at right angles"; and this happens east of the Scillies, south of the Fastnet and north west of the Scillies ! 300 boats three times for the Fastnet race = 900 infringements. And nobody says anything except a few protests on the last race for the NW Scillies TSS which were dismissed - the protestor was crossing at 100° under genoa when the protestee was crossing at 110° under spinnaker. A racing boat should only be penalized in its race only if the authority which has implemented that rule or regulation prosecutes the infringing boat and wins its case. Some years ago, on a Quebec - St-Malo race, a competitor approached an oil rig and the petrol authorities (I don't remember its name) started prosecuting the boat; it was then discovered that this oil rig had moved position without informing the maritime authorities ! No prosecution was carried on against the competitor. The coastguards acted well against Safran. Featured Brokerage Launched in August 2012 this exceptionally well specified example has all the fitted extras you could wish for. Amongst others, these include, Air conditioning, generator, water maker, dishwasher, washing machine, ice maker, extra large owners shower, crew cabin, Bose entertainment system, widescreen televisions, Hall spars carbon V boom, dinghy garage, North performance sails and much much more. Brokerage through Ancasta International Boat Sales: www.yachtworld.com/ancasta/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at uk.yachtworld.com The Last Word |
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Kurt Arrigo Wins Yacht Racing Image Of The Year Award
"The weather had been bad all day, but the sun suddenly came out for a short while. We were leaving the area but I asked the pilot of the helicopter to fly back briefly over the leading boat; that's when I took this photograph. I am absolutely thrilled to receive such a prestigious award. It is a great honour for me" said Arrigo. The final choice was made by five members of the Jury. Shirley Robertson,double Olympic Gold medallist, said that "the quality of this years' finalists really is extraordinarily high; each photograph tells a story of an exceptional year in our sport. I loved them all". According to Christian Fevrier, a legend of yacht racing photography, "the reflection at twilights in the hull was interesting. But the importance of the crew creates a second point of interest. It's a great shot, that would have been impossible to do twenty years ago with the films of very low speed we used then." -- Bernard Schopfer Yacht Racing Image of the Year 2012 - the five finalists:
1. Kurt Arrigo, winner of the Yacht Racing Image of the Year 2012 www.yachtracingimageoftheyear.com
UON SB20 World Championships at Hamilton Island
Up to three races have been scheduled daily through to the deciding day, Thursday December 20. Monday 17th is a planned layday, designed to give competitors, particularly the Europeans who have come from their winter, a well-earned break from the comparative sauna-like conditions and the relentless trophy hunt. Contenders include current SB20 European champions, Russian Oleg Zherebtsov and his helm Rodion Luka (Raketa), and former class world champions Geoff Carveth (WKD) and Jerry Hill (sportsboatworld.com), both UK based. Australia's hopes are riding on a number of proven and hungry countrymen, including Victoria's Chris Dare (Flirtatious), Tasmania's Nick Rogers (Karabos) and Hamilton Island's CEO Glenn Bourke (Club Marine), who fared well in last weekend's non-pointscore pre-worlds "We sailed really well on Saturday to win three of the four races then on Sunday Rodion pulled out his big guns and started playing hardball, he was very impressive," said Bourke, who has teamed up with Andrew York on the main and Mooloolaba's Greg Macallansmith on the bow. Bourke believes that since last year's UK worlds the calibre of the SB20 fleet has lifted. "The top four or five are sailing incredibly in really well-prepared boats. It's going to be pretty tough". Over 35 years of sailing, Nick Rogers has won seven international regattas and 24 Australian championships. Of the 42 SB20 crews, three will be skippered by women including Russian Olympic 470 and Yngling sailor, Anna Basalkina, Great Britain's Sarah Allen (Sailboat Deliveries), part of the winning crew at the 2008 world title, and Australia's Paris Stowell and her crew of West Australian Aboriginal high school girls on Squalo Bianco. Countries represented include: Australia, Great Britain, United Arab Emirates, Italy, France, Russia, Ukraine, Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland. Results will be available daily at worlds2012.lasersb3.com and www.hamiltonisland.com.au/sb20-worlds-2012/
Baby Oats Rolls Rivals In Solas Big Boat Challenge
On a day the biggest and most expensive yachts in the country come out to play ahead of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart, it was a smaller and older one crewed by a group of mates that raced off with the main honours. While Mark Richards and his team claimed line honours on the 100-footer Wild Oats XI, it was the smaller Wild Oats X, nicknamed "Baby Oats", that raced away with the coveted overall victory. It was an unexpected win for the 66-footer. It had only been decided six days ago that Wild Oats X would compete and it was raced round a 14 nautical mile course by a group of men who usually confine their sailing to the much smaller but definitely wetter 18-foot skiffs. Access all Areas. $1 for the first 28 days. Only $2.95 a week thereafter. Learn more. "We threw it together with 14 of our mates and sailed together for 30 minutes yesterday," said America's Cup sailor Troy Tindall, who skippered the nine-year-old yacht alongside his father-in-law Sandy Oatley. From the Herald Sun: www.heraldsun.com.au Event site: www.cyca.com.au/racing/solas-big-boat-challenge/ Full results: www.cyca.com.au/results/
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ISAF World Rankings
Top three by class:
Men's 470
Women's 470
Laser
Laser Radial
49erFX
49er
Finn
Men's RS:X
Women's RS:X The Nacra17 is set to be introduced into the ISAF Sailing World Cup for the first time throughout the 2012-2013 series and will appear on the rankings following each regatta.
Events included in these final rankings for 2012: Complete rankings at www.sailing.org/rankings
Musket Cove Named as Destination for RNZYS Ocean Race
The race, which commences on 1 June 2013, will start off Westhaven Marina in Auckland, New Zealand, and finish at the Musket Cove Island Resort & Marina in Fiji. The race is 1,150 miles long, and includes a cruising rally that will start when the conditions are right, in the week prior to the race start. Musket Cove was selected because it is the gateway to Fiji's cruising waters, it offers the convenience of a well equipped marina, and it is a beautiful location that can be combined with a holiday. A Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions, and Expression of Interest form is available on the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron website, www.rnzys.org.nz , or by calling Melanie Benton on 09 360 3800. The race is supported by Manson Anchors and Pindar. -- Zoe Hawkins
Ben Ainslie Criticises ISAF's Lack Of Consistency
"How can windsurfers be told to go and buy kitesurfs one day, only to be reinstated two months later. In addition, a Class shouldn't be selected for just one Olympic cycle; it is wrong. Those are examples that make our sport look weak. The problem lies in the decision process." The sport of sailing is changing fast, and debates at the forum focusing on yacht clubs and venues were a good illustration of the evolution the sport is going through. Debates on the use of social media, and the new broadcast technologies used by the America's Cup also highlighted the changes the sport is going through. "Francois Gabart, who leads the Vendee Globe, is only 29 years old and he sends three times more media than all his competitors", observed Mark Turner, Executive Chairman, OC Sport. "It doesn't stop him from being competitive. The others will have to learn!" -- Gerald New in Sail-Web:
Sailing Legends - The Story of the World's Greatest Ocean Race
The Whitbread Round the World Race - now the Volvo Ocean Race - spans 40 years, ten races and more than 300,000 miles across the most inhospitable seas. From gentlemanly competition in yachts designed more for graceful living than screaming around Cape Horn, the race has progressed to purpose built craft with few creature comforts, crewed by fanatical, professionals. Millions have been spent, legends created and six men have died. No one takes the race lightly and no one tells the story better than journalists, Bob Fisher and Barry Pickthall who have been there for every race from the first in 1973. They mark the anecdotes, highlight all the major stories, and provide biographies of sailing's greatest names from the first handicap and line honour winners, Ramon Carlin and Sir Chay Blyth, to double winner Conny van Rietschoten, French legend Eric Tabarly, those great New Zealand rivals Sir Peter Blake and Grant Dalton, through to the latter day Volvo race winners. They also detail the awesome advances in design and construction that make today's yachts formidably tough, surfing greyhounds capable of hitting 40knots + and sustaining 600 mile daily runs. The book also lists every crewmember to have taken part. 176 pages. 128 colour pictures and illustrations.
By Bob Fisher and Barry Pickthall - Endeavour Books Order online: www.southatlanticpublishing.com/sl_intro.htm
Olympic Sailor Andrew Lewis Set To Sail From Tobago To Trinidad
The 23 year old sailor is staging what he calls the Wind Energy Challenge, attempting to create history as the first person to make the journey in a 14 ft Laser Sail boat. Lewis sets sail from Pigeon Point, Tobago at around 9:30 and will be trailed by a team from the Trinidad & Tobago Coast Guard. He will navigate his way across the waters in hopes of reaching the shores of Maracas Bay at around 2:30pm. The entire distance is estimated to be about 50 miles. Lewis added, "One of my main objectives is to increase the profile of sailing in Trinidad and Tobago. I believe that events such as this one will help in doing so." www.facebook.com/pages/Andrew-Lewis/
Weymouth And Portland to Host 2016 Vintage Yachting Games
Held every four years, it is expected to attract more than 650 athletes, competing in up to 14 classes. Rudy den Outer, Chairman of Vintage Yachting Games, said WPNSA had been chosen "due to excellent predicted sailing conditions during the summer and the experienced experts of the race committee". He said: "The Vintage yachting classes are very much looking forward to celebrating over 90 years of Olympic sailing experience at the same location of the latest Olympic sailing event." The event features all the former Olympic sailing classes after their discontinuation in the Games. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20694840
Why Regulate?
The opinion came from the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) during a lecture to a UK university, and began acknowledging that the maritime environment is a risky place and that, last year, 112 people died in maritime accidents within the UK search and rescue region. Sir Alan Massey, Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), has apparently been discussing the role of the Agency in ensuring effective rules, regulations and behaviours are in place to keep lives, ships and the maritime environment as safe as possible. In a speech to the RNLI's Annual Lecture at the University of Southampton last night, Sir Alan said: 'We know there has to be a balance between being governed by strict rules on the one hand and being steered by good practice, rational standards and common sense on the other. The trick is to get that balance right.' For those sailing in UK waters, HM Coastguard's Voluntary Safety Identification Scheme - CG66 - is free to register and is a useful safeguard. In an emergency, the Coastguard will have vital information on you and your boat. More information can be found on their website: www.dft.gov.uk/mca/ -- Joanne Rawlings in Sail-World.com: www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=104567
Jang-Yeon Moon
A lifelong sailor and Korean Sailing Federation Training Director and Regional Race Officer, Jang-Yeon passed away after a sudden heart attack. Jang-Yeon's work with ISAF began in 1997 when he was appointed an International Judge. Three years later he became involved the Regional Games Committee where he sat until 2004. Jang-Yeon was instrumental in bringing the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships to Busan, Korea in 2005 and brought his experience from the 2002 Asian Games Sailing Competition, where he served as regatta coordinator, to another successful edition of the Youth Worlds. Four years after the 2005 ISAF Youth Worlds Jang-Yeon was back on the Regional Games Committee where he sat until recently at the 2012 ISAF Annual Conference in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. ISAF extends our sincere sympathy and condolences to his wife, son and daughter. www.sailing.org/news/33696.php
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* From Mike O'Hagan: re: World Yacht Racing Forum. So most of the first day's discussion revolved around sponsorship. So where does yachting come in this forum? Second, third or anywhere? It is good to see the priority that this forum holds in first place. At least we all know now what the Forum stands for. I will follow with interest to see if any of the 3,452,754 non-sponsored yacht owners/racing crews receive a look in. Regards from a non-sponsored ex- foredeck hand.
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It is with great sadness ISAF reports that Jang-Yeon Moon (KOR), a former ISAF Council Member and International Judge, has died.
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2739 - 14 December
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A Slowdown In The Indian Ocean That the boat was offered most of the bubbly is in part tribute to the fact that it is his evergreen 1998 built Finot-Conq design's fourth successive passage of the Great Cape in a Vendee Globe, finishing the last three editions successfully in the hands of Thomas Coville, Sebastien Josse and Arnaud Boissières. Though he has had his small problems to deal with in recent days, Di Benedetto remarked that his boat in perfect shape, ready to take on the remaining two great Capes. With his transit of Good Hope all 13 Vendee Globe competitors are now in the Indian Ocean. They might now all be in the same ocean but today it is becoming increasingly clear that several of the groups which have been largely intact, the leading triumvirate included, are disintegrating. There is little that the skippers can do, especially when they are tackled from behind by a weather system which brings them light winds. Of the leading group, first victims to fall from fast rolling low pressure were Alex Thomson, then Bernard Stamm who now are more than 310 miles behind the leader. Mike Golding's split from his French rival Jean Le Cam is looking increasingly costly and, for the British skipper on his fourth Vendee Globe, very frustrating. Caught in a low pressure trough, he was hopeful that there might be breeze to get him out of the 'ditch' by this evening but Gamesa was making just 3kts this afternoon while Le Cam now sixth was still making 11kts. Top Tenn Rankings as of Thursday 13 December 2012, 20h00 (FR) 1. MACIF, Francois Gabart Kiwi Spirit Departs Bermuda For Antigua
"In 24-hours we covered 238 miles, averaging 10 knots," said Paris. "My fastest sail ever! At one point we reached 27.1 knots. This boat is just awesome!" As dawn came to Bermuda this morning, Stanley Paris and his crew of 3 released the lines and headed out to sea once again, headed for Antigua. This time, esteemed yachtsman Cabot Lyman, owner of Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company, is aboard. It is the first time that Lyman will sail Kiwi Spirit offshore since his team in Thomaston, Maine poured thousands of hours into the planning and construction of the yacht. Paris will train for the next twelve months aboard Kiwi Spirit readying himself for the circumnavigation. He intends to compete in a variety of racing events, including the Caribbean 600, Charleston to Bermuda, Bermuda 1-2, and Marblehead to Halifax regatta, in addition to deliveries and other sail training. Paris aims to best the benchmark set by Dodge Morgan in 1986 when he sailed the cruising yacht American Promise around the world from Bermuda to Bermuda in 150 days. www.stanleyparis.com Career Opportunity at Henri Lloyd Job Description Key responsibilities include: - Developing/managing a portfolio of new & established accounts to ensure renewals & increased orders. Key requirements for this role: - The ability to identify & generate new sales opportunities - Full, clean Driving licence Rolex Swan Cup - Caribbean The regatta is open to all Swan yachts built by the Finnish shipyard and is based on the concept of the highly successful Rolex Swan Cup, which has been held biennially in Porto Cervo since 1980. The YCCS regatta course in Virgin Gorda, where the islands and islets of the surrounding archipelago are used as natural buoys, provides a stunning backdrop for the racing. Nautor's Swan Chairman, Leonardo Ferragamo: "The Rolex Swan Cup has for many years proven to be an incredibly successful formula and we look forward to expanding our partnership with both Rolex and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in the BVI. Swan owners have a longstanding tradition of cruising and racing in the Caribbean and we look forward to welcoming new and old friends alike to Virgin Gorda in 2013." Further details including the Notice of Race will be available shortly on www.yccs.com and www.nautorswan.com A Tribute To Joe Adams Rob Fisher's Helsal III will sail the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's annual race with decals on each side of its hull in tribute to the man responsible not only for designing three of the Fisher family's four Helsals, but the highly successful Australian marque of Adams 10s and 12s. The 81-year-old Adams was murdered at his home in Baguio City in the Philippines in October. Adams spent most of his life in Sydney before moving to Port Macquarie and then to the Philippines, where he eventually sold his design business and retired. In 1972 Rob's father, Sydney surgeon Tony Fisher, was attracted to the idea of a ferro-cement yacht to replace his boat Derwent Hunter. He figured he wouldn't have to worry about woodworm or osmosis with a concrete hull. To Tony's mind, there seemed to be a lot of positives, despite the prevailing view that concrete yachts would never be up to racing. He engaged Bob Miller, later to be known as Ben Lexcen, to design a racing boat capable of taking line honours in the Sydney-Hobart. Joe Adams was working with Miller at the time. "Bob teamed up with Alan Bond in preparation for the 1974 Southern Cross America's Cup campaign, so Joe took over the design work of Helsal," Rob Fisher recounts. The first Helsal, named after Tony's wife Helen and daughter Sally, was launched in April 1973 and went on to take line honours in that year's Sydney-Hobart race in a little over three days. It has always been referred to since as "the Flying Footpath". * The team at Ragamuffin Loyal are pleased to say that the assessment of damage to the 100 footer's rigging, sustained on Wednesday evening, is a positive one and repairs are underway. The repairs should be complete within the next few days, and all are looking forward to being on the start line for the Rolex Sydney Hobart on Boxing Day and are disappointed to be missing this weekend's CYCA Trophy Passage Series. The 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet currently stands at 78 yachts, following the withdrawal of Victoire (Darryl Hodgkinson's Beneteau 45) and Terra Firma (Nicholas Bartels' Cookson 50). ARC: Fastest Ever? Happily, it has been so speedy that the 194 crews who took advantage of the option to start two days later from Las Palmas made up for all that lost time - or more. The wait gave them strong north-easterlies and a turbo boost for the first few days and many skippers arriving here are reporting that they never saw less than 20 knots of true wind all the way. Even those who took the traditional southerly route and spent a day or two working their way through a trough with light winds in mid-Atlantic have had a quick crossing... ... It has also been suggested to me that the improvement in performance of autopilots is having an effect. On dark, moonless nights and in light winds they generally steer better than most helmsmen; even professional sailors I spoke to admitted this. We're seeing the same thing going on in the Vendee Globe, of course, where daily runs up to 540 miles are being done under pilot as solo sailor blast almost as quickly as the fully crewed (and bigger) boats in the Volvo Ocean Race. This is an interesting theory, and there's more to be said about the top end pilots - but more of that in the February issue of Yachting World. If you're planning an ocean passage or an ARC crossing, dare I suggest you shouldn't miss that? -- Elaine Bunting, her full blog post at www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/ * Editror: About that February issue? Subscriptions on special offer at www.magazinesdirect.com Wight Vodka Favourite Yachting Bar
Tonight's featured bar is one of your humble narrator's favourites... but there is a twist to the story. There are really two bars, and I favour the one less travelled. The main terrace bar at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has seen thousands upon thousands of sailors, including a few thousand Opti sailors who don't get the sample the famed Dark 'N Stormy... yet. But there's also a small interior bar just off the cloakroom (which is nearly always jammed with sailor's bags, particularly in bad weather). Stepping into it feels like stepping into the days of Britain's colonial empire. Lots of old cedar, burgees everywhere, it could be a club bar in Burma in the 30s, Hong Kong in the 50s. It's timeless. It's best enjoyed, frankly, on a blustery and rainy day when you can look out the windows, across the terrace to Hamilton Harbour and drink fine Rum. Dress is casual soaking wet foulies on the best days and nights there. The barkeeps are friendly and the drinks are strong. Perfect. Soldini and Maserati in NYC Soldini, who became a sporting hero in his home country after winning the 1998 Around Alone singlehanded race, is banking on strong winds to arrive from Canada for the start of the record attempt, as well as a split in the Azores high pressure system to enable him and his crew to set a new record time on the 13,225 mile passage from New York to San Francisco, via Cape Horn. As he waits and watches the weather models, Soldini has put the crew of Maserati (formerly the Volvo Open 70, Ericsson 3) on standby to leave some time around the 19th December. The Maserati crew are aiming to smash the existing record of 57 days, 3 hours and 2 minutes from New York to San Francisco, set by France's Yves Parlier aboard the monohull Aquitaine Innovations back in 1998. -- Justin Chisholm gcaptain.com/praying-13000-miles-stormy-weather/ Fine Art Classic Boat Prints Each edition within the Classic Boat range is limited to 100 numbered prints, individually produced using the Giclee fine art printing system. This matches high quality archival standard inks with selected 300gsm fine art photo rag textured paper to produce outstanding black & white and colour images. Limited edition prints are supplied unframed and deliverd in art tubes. We also offer a mounting and framing service, but due to the irregular size of many of these prints, prices have to be quoted individually and orders can ony be taken over the telephone or via e-mail. Subjects include - America's Cup Available from 10x8 to 60x40 ins. Contact: Phone (UK) 44 (0)1243 555561 Order online: pictures.classicboat.co.uk Industry News ------------------------------------------ The World Cruising Club will introduce show visitors to the practicalities of ocean sailing at the London Boat Show 2013 held from 12th - 20th January. Visitors can climb aboard two yachts that have completed the ARC and see how to prepare a boat for ocean sailing. Former ARC skippers will be on hand to explain what life is really like to be an offshore sailor. Two free one-hour Bluewater Cruisers Question Time sessions held on Saturday 12th and Saturday 19th January at 14:00 hosted by a panel of experienced cruisers and industry experts. A must for anyone considering an Atlantic crossing or offshore cruising, the Bluewater Cruisers Question Time sessions will cover all aspects of life at sea including great boat gear, cruising essentials, sailing with family, and choosing a boat. Sign up free at www.worldcruising.com/training ------------------------------------------ Dubois Yachts has announced that Matthew Fisher has joined the company. Operating in the Mediterranean and UK head office, Fisher has a wealth of experience with over 20 years in the industry and the company anticipate that he will be a "valued asset" in the sales and marketing of Dubois yachts. Fisher will be working closely with managing director, Toby Walker, on the expansion of the brokerage business into other pedigree designs. ------------------------------------------ Lewmar has announced a new supply agreement with the Beneteau Group, which will see its steering system installed on 5 different models. Jeanneau's Sun Odyssey 30i and 33i yachts, together with the Beneteau Oceanis 31, 34 and 37 will be fitted with a custom single pedestal design featuring integrated wire sheaves for quick and easy installation. ------------------------------------------ Stena has signed a new 5-year agreemen as title sponsor for Stena Match Cup on Marstrand Stena will continue as title sponsor of Stena Match Cup Sweden. Ever since the start 18 years ago, the event has been one of the highlights on the Swedish West Coast. Today, Swedish Match Cup is one of Sweden's largest public sports events and continues to grow in both sporting and media terms. It is one of several races in the match racing world cup, Alpari World Match Racing Tour and many of sailing's biggest names have participated since the start in 1994. Stena has been the title sponsor since 2010 and has now decided to make along-term commitment to the event. A total of 115,000 visitors on Marstrand during the week of the competition watched the Swede Bjorn Hansen sail to victory. ------------------------------------------ North Sails announced today that Volvo Ocean Race skipper and veteran sailmaker Ken Read will return to North Sails in the role of president in early January, 2013. Read will take over for current president Gary Weisman, who has served at the helm of the world's largest sailmaker for 16 years, and who plans to retire within the next 4 months. "Gary has done an absolutely fantastic job and he will be missed dearly by not only me, but all North Sails employees who have gotten to know him so well during his 39-year career at North," said North Technology Group CEO Tom Whidden. "Gary plans to stay involved with the company in the short-term and he and Kenny will work closely to make the transition as seamless as possible." Read started working for North Sails in 1996, yet has taken four sabbaticals to participate in some of sailing's elite events. He was the CEO of PUMA Ocean Racing and skippered PUMA's Mar Mostro during the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) and il mostro in the 2008-09 edition of what is known as the "world's toughest sailboat race." Prior to the Volvo Race, Read skippered two America's Cup teams for Dennis Conner on Stars & Stripes in 2000 and 2003. Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Alistair Skinner: Every sport needs its elite, and as the name suggests - that costs. Without money (sponsorship) there would none, that's Not One of the top sailing events that we either enjoy to watch OR enjoy to play in ourselves. Whether it is the Volvo Ocean Race, the eXtreme Series, Cowes Week or most club regattas some corporate (of varying sizes)will have put their hand in their pocket so we can have fun while their name gets exposure to social classes A,B &C1. 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Golding Down But Back Up Again It was an even more frightening moment on reflection for Golding as he was keenly aware that it was almost four years to the day and probably only 300 miles away from where he dismasted in the last Vendee Globe. "There was certainly a point where I thought, 'Here we go again, please, not another Christmas in Perth'," Golding said. "But I am reasonably sorted now, I am not going to go mad. I just have to consolidate with the boat a bit and accept that I wont have my best day. Otherwise there is the propensity to get right into that downwards spiral and that's when bad things start to happen." "I'm back on course now. The Code Zero is a bit of a mess with all the sheets inside it. I'm in repair mode now and have to sit and stitch the cover back on the furler line. I have not had a chance to really inspect the line, but I am certainly hoping the damage is only to the cover and none of the core is gone. That would make life difficult. "I am a bit out of sequence now [behind in his sail change pattern to match the wind forecast] so I need to get to the Solent and two reefs and just not go mad. The main thing is I am now down to the line of Jean Le Cam, so I need to consolidate now. "When all this was going on I had the flashback to four years ago. It is so dangerous now because you have 20kts and are lulled into a false sense of security and then suddenly there is a big 35kts gust." Golding, in seventh place, has slipped back to 170 miles behind Jean Le Cam (SynerCiel) and 1,700 behind the leader, but he was back to over 17 knots by midday. * Overnight from Saturday to Sunday, the West Pacific ice gate, located almost in the centre of ocean between New Zealand and Cape Horn, was moved to 180 miles to the north. It is now on a latitude of 49 degrees south, instead of 52 degrees. Like previous changes it was driven by the presence of icebergs towards Cape Horn. The Vendee Globe race office, Richard Silvani from Meteo France, and CLS, (the body responsible, among other things, for identifying icebergs along the route of the Vendee Globe), gather satellite photos of the oceans. Their goal: to assess the position of the drifting ice and avoid the skippers crossing a white minefield, if necessary by changing the position of safety gates. They must warn the skippers at least two gates before any changes, so their routing strategy is not so affected That was the reason for this latest change, with the race leaders three thousand miles from the West Pacific gate. It was moved three degrees north - forcing the skippers north as they must pass through one end of it - after icebergs were identified at 54 degrees south, the road the sailors would potentially have gone down. The leader Francois Gabart (Macif) and Armel Le Cleac'h (Banque Populaire) are passing south of Australia at 53 degrees south at the moment. Rankings as of Monday 17 December 2012, 05h00 (FR) 1. MACIF, Francois Gabart, 12830.1 nm to finish Russians Hold While Young Guns Close The Gap
In a first-class display of tactics and crew work, sailing wunderkind Ben Saxton and his Great Britain team closed the gap on the clubhouse leader with a bullet in today's only race. Saxton's Bango Powered by SLAM is now seven points off the leading Team Russia. Australia's Glenn Bourke and his Club Marine crew have held onto third overall but lost their grip on the countback that had them on equal points with Saxton at the close of racing yesterday. "There were a couple of opportunities we didn't grab with both hands but in the light airs we are not unhappy with our sixth today," said Bourke, the CEO of Hamilton Island. Ian Brown's One Design Sailing has moved into fifth overall. Dual Olympic gold medallist Malcolm Page, who is on the mainsheet, said "Conditions today were fickle. When you got it wrong you paid big. There's a lot to play for, and a lot to lose." Tomorrow is the one and only layday for the SB20 sportsboat fleet contesting their world title. Racing will resume on Tuesday and conclude on Thursday, December 20. Top five after 5 races: 1. Team Russia, Rodion Luka, RUS, 16 points Results at worlds2012.sb20class.com and www.hamiltonisland.com.au/sb20-worlds-2012/ Key West Is Calling! Enter now and save late fees and last minute scrambles. Quantum Key West 2013 is sure to be a great week for all. Entries and details: www.premiere-racing.com EFG Bank Becomes Title Sponsor for Sailing Arabia The Tour The 2013 'Sailing Arabia - The Tour' has a new title sponsor from the financial services sector. EFG International Bank will get naming rights for the event which visits several key centers in the region. EFG International will also participate directly in the race with its team EFG Bank Monaco, named to reflect the "EFG Bank Sailing Academy" partnership with the Monaco Yacht Club, and pointing to the bank's business presence in 30 locations around the world. Starting in Bahrain on 10 February and finishing in Oman's capital city Muscat on 25 February, EFG Bank Sailing Arabia - the Tour 2013 is expected to attract a good sized fleet. From YachtRacing.biz: Event site (English and Arabic): www.sailingarabiathetour.com Return To Southern Ocean for 'Cannonball' Guo Guo set sail from Qingdao in his Class 40 boat on November 18 and the first Chinese sailor to take part in the Volvo Ocean Race has just sailed east of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. His 21,600-mile journey should take him around Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope before he reaches the Indian Ocean. He is expected back in Qingdao some 125 days after his start. Guo Chuan trained for two years to learn how to handle alone his 13-meter boat - a different approach from the Green Dragon entry led by Ian Walker in 2008-09. An aircraft controller by trade, he made the career move into sailing at the age of 33. Now aged 47, he is still three months away from the finish line but declares he is very confident. WSSR Rules 2013 New items for 2013 are printed in red. Perhaps of interest to intenting offshore record competitors, is the introduction of the new "doublehanded category" - see rule 20.b. This reflects the interest and increasing incidence of doublehanded offshore races. John Reed 39270 - The Official Pictorial Record of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011 - 12 From intense racing to the high emotion of life onboard and the festive atmosphere of the race villages, this magnificent fleet captured the imagination of millions through the media. 39270 provides the ultimate hard-copy keepsake of this global spectacle. Published for an international audience with text translations in English, Spanish, French and Chinese, this book documents one of the all-time great adventures by compiling the very best photography from all angles of this global event, to tell a visual story more vividly than every before. 39270 - the official pictorial record of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011 - 12 Available from www.southatlanticpublishing.com Running The Rhumblines The combination of warm temperatures and a reliable sailing breeze blowing across Pioneer Bay provides the Whitsunday Sailing Club's Tropical shirt sailors with a welcome escape from the 'summer blues'. However the wind failed to reach a peak gust of 8 knots when the competitive fleet faced the start for the first race of the Edge's Boat Yard aggregate point series on a near windless Pioneer Bay. It is rare for the crews to race in a soft and tactically testing breeze; however they were forced to bring their light wind skills out to play. As to be expected the race proved to be a supreme test of concentration to produce the required all angle sailing speed to outsail their respective corrected handicaps. Some mastered the challenge while others including the Craig Piccinelli skippered Wobbly Boot which recorded a runaway win in the Edge's Boat Yard yacht of the year for 2012 finished eighth 15 minutes and 25 seconds astern of corrected handicap winner the John Galloway skippered Queensland Marine Services. Skipper John Galloway and crew did no harm to their respected reputation when they became locked into a duel with the higher handicapped Swan 45 Tulip (Bernie Van't Hof), and the Charles Wallis helmed Murray, Burns and Dovell designed Reignition. The Tulip crew progressively secured a firm grip of the line honours by selecting the best options from the breeze that blew over the deck and her owner skipper remained confident of steering the sloop to a rare line and handicap win after they handed the fleet a light wind sailing lesson with a runaway 7 minute 8 second line honours win over Reignition. As the seconds ticked away it seemed that the Tulip crew had outpaced their 1.180 time correction factor but the Queensland Marine Services crew spoilt the post race celebrations for the Tulip crew when they managed to record the faster corrected course time with 2 seconds to spare leaving skipper Bernie Van't Hof to hold the second best handicap result 1 minute 2 seconds ahead of Reignition. -- Ian Grant Submit Your Recipe to the Boats.Com Holiday Cheer Cocktail Guide In some parts of the world, the holidays are chilly. In others, the boating season is full speed ahead. Wherever you're located at this time of year, we want to know what you like to put in your glass at the end of the day, whether the resulting liquid is high-test or virgin state. What is your favorite? Among our editorial team, an informal poll suggests rum, vodka, and beer are preferred ingredients, but by no means the only ones. Checking in with two of the bars in the running for the 2012 Wight Vodka Favourite Yachting Bar, we noted that the Original Painkiller is the specialty drink at The Soggy Dollar on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. And the Gladstone's "Queen" Mary, reputed to be "As majestic as the ship herself" is at Gladstone's in Long Beach, California. Submit your recipe here: And VOTE for the 2012 Wight Vodka Favourite Yacht Bar here: Read more: blog.boats.com * Editor: At press time the top three bars are: Sint Maarten Yacht Club With a total of 2312 votes cast so far, and 10 days to go... 18ft Skiffs NSW Championship, Race 2
Provisional results at this time have Lumix (Jonathan Whitty, James Hozack, Aron Everett) as winner of Race 2 in the NSW title, Fisher & Paykel (Gary Phillips, Ewan Duckworth and Tim Baraclough), winner of Race 8 of the AEG 3-Buoys Challenge and Pure Blonde (Tom Clout, Rob Bell and Matt Wark) the overall winner of the 3-Buoys Challenge. Aside from the provisional results, the rest of the day was something to rember as we were treated to the most unusual finish anyone could remember. While the day in Sydney started out with brilliant sunshine and a nice Nor'Easter, things deteriorated to a point where the race was delayed due to a lack of wind. The fleet finally got away in a light Nor'Easter but a variety of wind pressures and directions kept all teams on their toes over the first two laps of the course. Just when things looked normal and reigning Giltinan champion Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage and Peter Harris) held a 1m50s at the final windward mark, nobody could have foreseen what was still to come. As the champion Gotta Love It 7 team raced under spinnaker to the wind mark off Shark Island, the wind dropped while the rest of the fleet came down to join '7', which was 'parked' near the buoy. With just the final short spinnaker run to the finish off Double Bay, there were 10 boats all in a single line Lumix, featuring a radical new wing mast, and Mojo Wine (James Dorron, Ricky Bridges and Mike McKensey) were the first to pick up the new breeze and resulted in Lumix taking the honours by 18s. A video coverage of the race can be seen on www.18footerstv.com There will now be a three weeks break from racing. The season will resume on 13 January with Race 1 of the Australian Championship. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League www.18footers.com.au International Rolex Regatta The event features IRC and CSA (Caribbean Sailing Association) handicap racing, as well as one-design racing, in a beautiful setting. The distance race from Cowpet Bay to Charlotte Amalie Harbour and back showcases the coastline and offers competitors a great view of St. Thomas' beautiful capital. NOR and other information at www.rolexcupregatta.com/index2.php Desmond Scott To Lead Cruising Association Mr Scott has been an active member of the CA for the past 15 years and has also served on Council, a number of CA committees and has been a Vice President of the Cruising Association on two occasions. Living in Somerset he sails his Rival 32 from London and keeps a 44 ft motor cruiser in the south of France. According to a CA spokeswomen : 'He believes the sea is in his blood and joined the Association in 1997 when he gave up ocean yacht racing to become a cruising sailor.' Judith Grimwade stands alongside Desmond as the Association's Vice President and new Chair of Council. Ms Grimwade joined the CA in 1986 and with her husband Mark, has been cruising the coast of Western France for 10 years. Their sailing base is Rochefort-sur-mer. Yachting Monthly: www.yachtingmonthly.com Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Michael Brown: It is not often that I agree with Mike O'Hagan but on the subject of sponsorship I am with him wholeheartedly. You only have to read the "blurb" about the Yacht Racing Forum to realise that "they" think they run the world of Yacht Racing, where is the representation of the over 3 million amateurs? Sponsorship of events great but individuals & their yachts no. Let the professionals have their own World Match Racing, Vendee Globe, Volvo/Whitbread & America's Cup, although the latter two were, in my opinion, much better when one took part as an amateur. In my experience when both are in the same crew the professionals remain arrogant in spite of frequently being carried by the amateurs & I have yet to meet one who will buy his owner dinner for the privilege of being allowed to sail on the yacht. * From Tom White: Sponsorship allows a group of self-serving individuals - known as "professionals" to make a living. The trickledown effect of professional sailors and their "advances" to general sailing does not advance sailing except in their own minds. Boats are faster not safer is the 1st thing that comes to my mind. Keels falling off, rigs falling or failing - sails last for 3 races. I have been sailing competitively for 45 years (self-financed) and have yet to want or have the desire to purchase the next generation anything. BS I say - "professionals" are a bunch of self-serving pigs at the corporate money trough - taking far more FROM sailing than what they give back - and I dare say "ruining sailing". Who about getting attention - "the professional" wants it - I do not or even care. Featured Brokerage GOR Race winner, up for sale post large refit and new paint job. Yacht will be sold absolutely ready for another lap. Brokerage through Berthon International: www.yachtworld.com/berthon/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2741 - 18 December
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Wild Oats Xi.... Three Changes for Sydney Hobart
All three changes have been designed to improve Wild Oats XI's speed in light winds, and to provide an even better opportunity for her to break her race record time of 1 day, 18 hours, 40 mins, 10 seconds, which the 30-metre long supermaxi set in 2005. The improvements have come as a consequence of the big boat missing line honours in last year's 628 nautical mile Hobart race by a mere three minutes after sailing for two days, 6 hours and 17 minutes. Two of the changes have been made to the underwater configuration, and the third to Wild Oats XI's sail inventory. Keel Winglets: The most interesting change underwater is to the keel where winglets have been added to the aft end of the yacht's 12-tonne lead ballast bulb. Retractable Bow Centreboard: After watching his yacht miss line honours in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart race, octogenarian Bob Oatley was convinced that one of the primary reasons for the yacht lacking speed in light winds was the drag caused by the two daggerboards which were fitted just prior to that race - and he was right. After extensive testing back in Sydney, and three months of hull surgery, Wild Oats XI was relaunched carrying the same daggerboards, but with another retractable centreboard fitted on the centreline three metres aft of the bow. Code Zero Headsail: If there was one thing missing in Wild Oats XI's sail arsenal last year it was the very latest and largest possible Code Zero light-weather headsail - but that will not be the case this year. Bob Oatley has had made especially for this year's race a headsail of gargantuan proportions - 535 square metres Full article by Rob Mundle at rolexsydneyhobart.com
C-Class Cats
The United States - "The Cogito Project" The standard bearer of American C-Class sailing since 1996 Steve Clark's team has USA 105 "Aethon" fully functional while USA 104 "Cogito" is moving toward the water. Canada - "Team Canada" Fred Eaton's squad, having sold CAN 4 "Alpha" to France still has the defending champion CAN 6 "Canaan" fully functional and prepared for Falmouth. Switzerland - "Hydros" The swiss team is currently in the midst of two builds, one of which will be a foiler built using L'Hydroptere technology. Italy - "Challenge Italia" Roberto Grippi's group based in Palermo, Sicily intend to build four platforms with the first hitting the water in January and the second in March. At least two of the Italian boats will be sailed in Falmouth, one by Luna Rossa's Francesca Bruni, with a third possibly sailed by another Italian group that are high on enthusiasm but currently low on funding. Roberto Grippi's group based in Palermo, Sicily intend to build four platforms with the first hitting the water in January and the second in March. At least two of the Italian boats will be sailed in Falmouth, one by Luna Rossa's Francesca Bruni, with a third possibly sailed by another Italian group that are high on enthusiasm but currently low on funding. France - "Challenge France" - Sponsored by ABM Manutention Benjamin Muyl's program Challenge France has been sailing "Patient Lady VI" for the past two summers and are pursuing sponsorship for their next generation C-Class build. France - "Franck Cammas Racing" - Frank Cammas Racing has acquired CAN 6 "Alpha" from the Canadians and plans to race in both Quiberon and Falmouth France - "Mer Agitee" - Michel Desjoyeaux's squad has also announced it's entry into the class. England - "Team Invictus" - The longest standing C-Class team outside of the United States, the British are currently having their new wing constructed at a Portuguese shop in Cascais in exchange for their wing design. More at clarksail.com
An Absorbing Interest. The America's Cup - A History
This beautifully designed book charts the history of sailing's most enigmatic and greatest prize. In two volumes it covers the drama, boat design, personalities and sheer fascination of the America's Cup, from 1851 in Cowes to 2003 in Auckland. It is illustrated with photographs, cartoons, paintings and figures and can rightly claim to be the definitive history. The work contains full records of all races and is made up of 32 Chapters - one for each of the 31 challenges and one for the race around the Isle of Wight in 1851 for the One Hundred Pound Cup, presented by the Royal Yacht Squadron as a prize for the regatta. "This is the Bible of the America's Cup." Bruno Troublé - Louis Vuitton View sample pages: www.southatlanticpublishing.com/aai_sample.htm Purchase online at southatlanticpublishing.com
Broken Booms
More often than not, however, boom breakages are the result of an accidental gybe or of a badly led preventer, one taken, say, from mid-boom or to midships. Even when the boom is correctly prevented by a line from the boom end to the bow and back to the cockpit (ideally using a braid on braid line so there's a bit of give in it and led to a winch so it can be released quickly if the boom end dips in the water), the strain of a boom slamming or of battens gybing violently can cause damage. But not all boom breakages are as a result of a gybe... the boom of Ian and Annie Darby's X-55 Jus' Do It V cracked with a bang while Annie was on watch on night and sailing along in 22 knots of wind, nothing untoward happening. Another boom breakage that seemed to have no single cause was on Triumph, Swedish sailor Börje Toresson's Baltic 64. Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race skipper Magnus Olsson was sailing on board and reported that the boom had given way for no particular reason. Maybe fatigue? The yacht is 17 years old.
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No More Testing
Rules for the 34th America's Cup allow on 30 sailing days for the first boat between July 2012 and the end of January 2013. The shore crew has started to decommission the yacht while the team concentrates on finishing Boat 2. Winch drums and some hardware will be removed from the yacht and fitted to Boat 2. Boat 1 will be refitted in the near future and held in reserve, to be commissioned quickly in the event it's needed. Components for the new boat are being built at Auckland companies Cookson Boats and Southern Spars. The second wing is being assembled now at the team's Viaduct Harbour base. Hulls, beams and other parts of the platform will be delivered to the base early in January for a launch in early February. Managing director Grant Dalton said the team was fortunate to be able to complete the sailing programme in good time, giving plenty of time to commission Boat 2. "We never considered sailing both boats together because of the logistics and cost involved." He said the team would gain many of the benefits by race training with another boat through the arrangement with Luna Rossa. -- Warren Douglas
RNLI Awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award
The charity, which relies on volunteers to carry out its lifesaving work and who form 95% of its workforce, is one of just 60 organisations to receive this one-off award. The category was added to the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in order to mark the Diamond Jubilee and Olympic year. In a nomination submitted by long-term RNLI supporters, actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane, the charity's volunteers were described as 'what is 'Great' about Britain.' The Spalls went on to say: 'They are an inspiration, and have our eternal gratitude and respect.' The RNLI is a charity funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions, of which is invested in training, equipment and lifeboat station running costs. Among the hundreds of people and organisations that help raise money for the RNLI, the Lifeboat Fund - a Civil Service charity - is the largest single contributor to the RNLI and has been generously supporting the Institution's lifesaving work since 1866. Anyone interested in volunteering for the RNLI can find out more at www.rnli.org.uk/volunteer
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Despite an extra six months to improve the data there are still many places where the reports say "it is not known" when referring to biological or human activity, data on which the restrictions are based. Widespread stakeholder concerns are acknowledged. Part of Canvey will see a ban on powered craft. Banning of mooring is widespread and racing marks will be banned in some areas. A mooring ban at Bembridge is to be offset by the placing of 10 Studland Bay-type ecomoorings, needing to raise £271,000 per year profit from users for maintenance costs. The QHM across at Portsmouth has been able to resist the call for the Royal Navy's anchorage to be moved. Where use is assumed to be light, it is considered that few people will be disadvantaged by a ban rather than the damage is negligible. No account is taken of reducing the "pressures caused by human activities" in one place increasing them elsewhere or of environmental implications of extra travel involved.
Full report in Boating Business: -------------------------------------- Cruising World magazine in the US has announced the Oyster 625 as the winner of the 2013 Boat of The Year Award for Best Bluewater Cruiser. The announcement was made on Friday 7 December 2012 at the 20th Annual Boat of the Year awards. An independent panel of experts, who inspected and tested 24 nominated boats following the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis earlier this year, made their decisions based on extensive dockside inspections and sea trials of the all the yachts in contention. The stunning Oyster 625 certainly turned the heads of the judges who unanimously voted to honour the 625 with the special award of Best Bluewater Cruiser. The Oyster 625 is on show at the London and Dusseldorf Boat Shows. -------------------------------------- Franck Cammas was voted Sailor of the Year 2012 at the Paris Boat Show and the beautiful region of Brittany, are unquestionably the two great stars of the day. "This title comes as recognition so it's a real pleasure to receive it, particularly given how very difficult it is to judge sailors who have invested so much in so many different areas of the sport, whether it be the Olympic Games or ocean racing, in crewed or singlehanded configuration. To participate in the crewed round the world with stopovers was a bit of a childhood dream. I was delighted to secure this victory after nine months of extraordinary human adventure and the success enjoyed by the Volvo Ocean Race. It was a daring gamble by Groupama to enable us to bring all the ingredients together to achieve this, both sporting and technological, in an event which still isn't widely followed in France. Right now, we're heading for fresh horizons, the Tour de France à la Voile, the Little America's Cup and the new mixed Olympic multihull, and I also intend to participate in the 35th America's Cup. It's the right moment to go for it… All of that is very exciting and I have the same thirst for discovery that I had when I got involved in the Volvo Ocean Race." -------------------------------------- Diesel engine manufacturer Yanmar has chosen Peter Aarsen as VP of Yanmar Europe BV. Effective January 1, 2013, Aarsen will share all management responsibilities with Yanmar president Geert Jan Mantel. With an engineering background and experience in the automotive industry, Aarsen joined the Yanmar engineering department in 2007 and held several jobs until he became president of Yanmar Marine International. In addition to his new role, Aarsen will also retain his position as president of Yanmar Marine International. Headquartered in Japan, Yanmar has a global workforce of over 15,000 and a sales network operating in more than 130 countries. In Europe, the firm employs around 600 people and generates annual sales of around €800m. IBI News: https://plus.ibinews.com/article/0ZKpvCCorWA/2012/12/17/new_vp_at_yanmar_europe/?nsl=ZAQ8pqgmqV5s -------------------------------------- Garmin's board of directors has appointed Clifton Pemble to the position of president and CEO. He succeeds Garmin's co-founder, Dr. Min Kao, who will become executive chairman. Pemble, who joined Garmin in 1989 as one of its first engineers, has been the company's president and chief operating office since October 2007. He has sat on the board of directors since August 2004. Kao will serve as chairman of the board of directors, while providing ongoing support for the company's strategic planning and business development processes. Kao and Gary Burrell founded Garmin in 1989. The company has since delivered more than 100m navigation products. -------------------------------------- The Icom family, through its distributor Icom France, is Official Technical Partner to the Vendee Globe. Icom France was chosen to be the events Official Radio Communication technical partner in 2008 by the Vendée Globe organisation. Icom radio equipment provides the communication required to ensure a smooth start and finish as well as information for sailors. Among the equipment supplied to the event include the IC-M71 VHF Marine Transceiver, IC-M91D Buoyant VHF/DSC Handheld with GPS , IC-M423 Fixed Mount VHF/DSC Transceiver and MA-500TR Class B AIS Transponder. -------------------------------------- America's Cup has announced that Clear Channel Media and Entertainment San Francisco will be the official radio partner for the 2013 America's Cup. Clear Channel San Francisco AM News/Talk radio stations, KKSF and KNEW, will become the flagship stations for America's Cup coverage with information and updates throughout the year. In addition, Clear Channel San Francisco's five FM stations will promote the many lifestyle events that are part of the America's Cup experience. The exclusive sponsorship allows America's Cup to capitalize on Clear Channel's on-air and digital platforms including iHeartRadio, Clear Channel's industry leading digital radio service, to promote and educate consumers about the 2013 America's Cup. Locally, more than half of San Francisco Bay area residents listen to at least one Clear Channel San Francisco radio station every week and nearly 10 percent of residents listen via iHeartRadio or station websites. -------------------------------------- New Zealand-based Southern Spars will supply the complete rig package - mast, boom and rigging - for the One Design Volvo Ocean 65 that will contest the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race. For the 2014-15 and 2017-18 races, Southern Spars will supply a high modulus mast, high modulus racing box boom and a full EC6 bundled carbon fibre rod rigging package with deflected backstays for the new 65-foot One Design boats. Southern Spars signed the cooperation contract with the UK-based Green Marine, who are leading the consortium of four boatyards building the new high-performance racing yacht, designed by Far Yacht Design in the United States. Work has already begun and the company will ship the first two masts to England in April 2013 - around 18 months before the start of the 2014-15 race. -------------------------------------- The MTA Dinner and awards in association with Boating Business takes place on Tuesday 15 January 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel close to the West Entrance of ExCeL during the London Boat Show. Tickets are available to all BMF members and show exhibitors at £45pp, which includes a welcome drink, a delicious three course meal, wine and entertainment. The evening commences between 19:30-20:00, with the Marine Industry Awards being presented during the dinner. Please submit your votes for the winners of the Marine Retailer of the Year Award and the Marine Trades Personality of the Year Award to the MTA secretary, providing the name and your reason for the nomination. And submit any late nominations for the BB Awards: Young Businessperson of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Website of the Year, the BB Environment Award and the BB Lifetime Achievement Award, to Peter Nash at pnash@boatingbusiness.com
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* From Dawn Riley: I am sorry but I do take great offense at the name calling and the content of the two letters published in this morning's Scuttlebutt Europe. At Oakcliff Sailing we train people to be professionals in the marine industry. We train them to be good citizens and to respect their fellow sailors both the ones who need to work to be able to sail and the ones who have enough funding to be able to fund the programs. BECAUSE they will be professionals they should be the first one to the boat and the last one to leave. We teach that it is a privilege to be able to go sailing as much as we do. Where did we get this underlying message for our training center? From myself and my fellow professional sailors who always try to perform and behave at the next level and to be able share our passion. PS: To be clear and as I said on stage at the WYRF my definition of being professional from a financial stand point is that you are able to sail and still make enough to eat.
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2742 - 19 December
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Two Miles Between Leaders But the mystery is why Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac-Paprec 3) has slowed so much. Dick, in third, 391 miles behind, has a 25-knot westerly wind but was averaging just 9.7 knots in the last four hours - and 7.7 knots in the last hour - as he heads towards the East Australia gate. Meanwhile, Bernard Stamm (Cheminees Poujoulat) continued to average the fastest in the fleet - 18.4 knots in the last four hours - and closed to within 17-miles of fourth-placed Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss). Further west, Mike Golding (Gamesa) is still the unlucky one, slowed by a windless ridge and averaging just 10.8 knots, as Jean Le Cam (SynerCiel), 225 miles ahead and Dominique Wavre (Mirabaud) Javier Sanso (Acciona 100% EcoPowered), close on him. Sanso, averaging the second fastest in the fleet in the last four hours, with 17.4 knots, has also closed to within 96 miles of Wavre. Whitsundays Turn On The Wind at the UON SB20 World Championships
The 42 international crews contesting their world title in the 20-foot sportsboats set off from the marina at 9.30am this morning, most towed to the course area in the light winds. Nearly five frustrating hours later after the race committee twice moved the racetrack further east chasing steady wind, the first race of the day got underway in a building NNE breeze. Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson finally settled on Chance Bay off Whitsunday Island and that's where the magic began. After three days of light air the adrenaline was pumping and the spray was flying as the Whitsundays turned put on its best face for the visitors, up to 18 knots of breeze, white caps and sunshine galore. Team Russia's grip on the pointscore top spot is tightening, their eighth and fourth enough to keep the wolves at bay for another day. After tomorrow's scheduled race 8 a discard will come into play. Glenn Bourke, Andrew York and Greg Macallansmith's Club Marine has moved into second on the overall pointscore after seven races, eight points from the Russian masters and just one ahead of Carveth, a previous SB20 world champion. Tomorrow's forecast is for NNE winds 5-10 knots tending ENE 10-15 knots in the afternoon. -- Katie Ashworth Results at worlds2012.sb20class.com and www.hamiltonisland.com.au/sb20-worlds-2012/ Rolex Sydney Hobart Fleet Update Ragamuffin-Loyal's mast is ready to be re-stepped today and Syd Fischer plans full crew training for Thursday and Friday, as his renowned navigator, Andrew 'Capey' Cape arrives from Europe in time to jump on board. The team, naturally, is heartened at the yacht's progress and looking forward to at least two days of long hours on the 100ft super maxi. Seven Network will be providing race updates from 26-29 December CYCA TV is a dedicated You Tube TV station where you will find the films of past Sydney Hobart Yacht Races including a silent film of the very first race in 1945. www.youtube.com/user/CYCATV/videos Finistere, Robert Thomas' Davidson 50 from Western Australia, has arrived in Sydney late last night, after sailing the boat all the way from Perth over the past week. The crew experienced gales and huge seas below Western Australia's Cape Leeuwin on the south-westerly tip of Australia. Key West Is Calling! Enter now and save late fees and last minute scrambles. Quantum Key West 2013 is sure to be a great week for all. Entries and details: www.premiere-racing.com 510 Places In One Year November was a busy month for the 19-year-old after he took gold at the New Caledonia Match Race and the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championships. Sandwiched in between both of the ISAF Grade 3 victories was a sixth place at the New Zealand Match Racing Championships. Steele has brought a winning mentality to his match racing career after he picked up gold at the 2007 Optimist World Championships in Sardinia, Italy and then the 2010 Splash Worlds in Auckland, New Zealand. Runner-up to Steele at the 2007 Optimist Worlds Benjamin Grez (CHI) went on the Olympic pathway through to London 2012 where he represented Chile in the Men's 470. However unlike many of his foes at the 2007 Opti Worlds, Steele focused on match racing. ISAF: www.sailing.org/news/33675.php Musikhin Takes Kingdom Regatta Match Race Title Facing former champion Mati Sepp (EST) in the final, the Musikhin pulled off one of his best performances in the championship to capture a well-earned 3-2 win in a best-of-five title decider. Competing in J24 boats, World #26 Musikhim faced a tough challenge in Sepp, who is ranked two places higher than the Russian. Musikhin made it to the final beating Ebrahim Abdulla sailing on home waters, while Sepp edged last year's champion Andrea Arbozov (RUS) The championship, organised for the 10th consecutive year, got underway with 12 teams from eight countries taking part. Other teams in the fray were Oman (2) who introduced an all-women's crew, as well as the Tunisia, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait. ISAF: www.sailing.org/news/33731.php Wight Vodka Favourite Yachting Bar The King & Queen Pub is located in the heart of the yachting world in Hamble's cobbled High Street. It is open all the hours God sends (subject to licensing law) for friendly service, real ales and a range of good home made food. In the summer you can sit in the garden out in the sun and in the winter you can enjoy a real log fire. The pub even has a self-service launderette so you come down and have a beer whilst doing your washing. Where else in the world is that possible? Some reader comments: "Has been the best yachtie pub for years. No one else touches it...." "Great food, great atmosphere, great staff. A bar you will always return to." "Major respect to the great Jan for competently running & maintaining a superb pub. A perfect atmosphere is consistently held, mostly and specifically by appropriately manned staff, super music and a professional smart bar area. Pubs like this are definitely what Sundays are made of!" Recipes and information at wightvodka.com Vote for your favourite bar at www.scuttlebutteurope.com/sailors-bars.html French Mini 6.50 "Classiques" Tour Championship The French Sailing Federation, represented by its Vice President Henry Bacchini, has decorated the six skippers of the podiums of the first French Mini Championship. Prototypes podium: Series (production boats) podium: In 2013, the championship will named "Championnat de France Promotion Course au Large en Solitaire - Mini 6.50". 2013 qualifying races for the Championship: - Pornichet Select 6.50 starting April 20, from Pornichet. San Fernando Race
Around 30 boats will compete under IRC or performance handicaps, with the Racing fleet doing their upmost to smash the record of 49h 55m 12s set by Hong Kong sailor Sam Chan in 2001. The race not only gives sailors and opportunity to enjoy a highly tactical race over the Easter break, but has a serious purpose, supporting a local children's home through the San Fernando Foundation. Fundraising events including a Dinner and Charity Auction will take place in the lead up to the race start, with the Foundation hoping to exceed the record of HK$525,000 raised in parallel with the 2011 San Fernando Race. The Notice of Race and Entry Form are now available on the event website Funding Boost Britain's sailors won more medals than any other nation at London 2012 but Ben Ainslie's fourth gold medal represented their only gold success, compared to four at Beijing in 2008, two in Athens and three in Sydney. The Weymouth haul was eclipsed by the success of both Australia who won three golds and Spain with two and for the first time since Sydney 2001, Britain was knocked off its perch as the leading nation in Olympic sailing. But this funding boost will give Britain the chance to get back on top. -- Kate Laven in The Telegraph RYA Response to UK Sport Funding Announcement for Sailing "Sailing's Olympic award of £24,515,072, as announced by UK Sport today, is broadly welcomed and will enable us to start implementing our plans for the Rio cycle, off the back of having successfully delivered another five medals at the Olympic Games this summer to remain one of Great Britain's most consistently high-performing Olympic sports. "Especially pleasing is the substantial increase in funding to our Paralympic programme for this cycle. After coming home from Beijing empty-handed for the third successive Games, the whole team worked tremendously hard to put that right for London, resulting in a gold and a bronze from two out of the three competing classes. We're delighted that these efforts have been recognised by UK Sport, and will allow us to build and develop our talent pathway to hopefully continue that success towards Rio and beyond. "We're grateful to UK Sport for their continued confidence in the RYA's World Class Programme, and look forward to the clarity and opportunity that these awards now provide us with in our planning for Rio 2016 and 2020." Spinnaker Tales
They recall her triple triumph of seven years ago when the Mark Richards helmed Wild Oats X1 power sailed over the 628 nautical mile course with an average speed of 14.72 knots to win the race overall while also setting the present 1 day 18 hour 40 minute 20 second record. Some have been caught up in the hype which claims Wild Oats X1 now has the potential to re-write the record following the alterations to her underwater appendages and new additions to her sail wardrobe. But for this to fall into place her crew will be forced to live on the critical edge between distinction and disaster for Wild Oats X1 to have the opportunity to race over every nautical mile of the storm tormented Tasman Sea with a super fast time to eclipse the 2005 record. Talk around the Sydney waterfront earlier this week has focused on Wild Oats X1, both her skipper and crew of experienced ocean racing sailors including female navigator Adrienne Calahan are well prepared but they will need a favourable spinnaker sailing and wave surfing forecast to be locked in place to hand her major rivals Wild Thing (Grant Wharington), and last year's line honours champion Ragamuffin Loyal (Syd Fischer) a lesson in super fast ocean racing. An ideal Northerly wind forecast prevailed at Green Cape (entrance to Bass Strait) earlier this week but a question remains with this breeze blowing with increased velocity when the fleet leaders set their course for Green Cape and the other important Tasmanian coastal points of Eddystone Pt, Bicheno and Tasman Island following what promises to be another spectacular start on Boxing Day. Before this recent upgrade the high performance Wild Oats X1 crew expressed their heavy wind ocean racing skills to smash the Sydney to Gold Coast record. They completed the 384 nautical mile course with a remarkable 17.4 knot average, 2.7knots faster than their record smashing run over the Rolex Sydney Hobart 'torture track' which indicates she has the potential to be a short priced line honours favourite. However they will not need a head wind to sneak out from The Great Southern Ocean which will thwart any chance for Wild Oats X1 to remain on track to beat her 2005 record. While intense interest remains with her maxi class match race for line honours with rivals Wild Thing, Ragamuffin Loyal, Lahana and the smaller maxi chasers Ichi Ban and Queensland's Black Jack the Wild Oats X1 believe they are better prepared to make a clean sweep of the Line and corrected handicap trophies. But that will be determined on what nature provides with the angle and wind velocity combined with a wave surfing seaway which no one can accurately predict to blow this year. -- Ian Grant Big Fleets for International Cadet Championship
Entries for the World Championship have reached 49 boats for the main event while an additional 36 are entered for the promotional event, exceeding entries for any recent Southern Hemisphere World championships. Entries have been received from Great Britain (9 boats), 7 Germany (7), Belgium (6), The Netherlands (5), The Argentine (5), Poland (1), The Ukraine (1) and Australia (14). The nationals is classed as an "open" event and has entries from Great Britain and Ukraine, although international entries are not eligible to win the Australian title. The top 14 Australian boats will make up the team to represent their country in the Cadet Class World Championship, commencing on 28 December 2012 and running through to the 4 January 2013. The world championship has only been held in Hobart twice since the class was established in 1948 but SBSC past Commodore Paul Burnell twice the title sailing overseas. -- Jill Abel / Peter Campbell www.cadet2012.yachting.org.au Featured Brokerage The largest X-Yacht ever built! She is a real record breaker and the fastest Danish boat. The boat is built in Carbon-epoxy sandwich. The new owner should expect to be first in any event that she enters , she needs 10 - 14 crew when raced hard and min. 3 people to go day sailing. She had a complete refit in 2009. Brokerage through Bach Yachting International: www.yachtworld.com/bachyachting/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2744 - 21 December
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The Great Escape The two did not hesitate as they crossed the Campbell Plateau, with the big rough seas caused by the vertiginous shelf on its western boundary. Le Cleac'h spoke of hand steering through an area where the human touch is more responsive than even these modern autopilots. Le Cleac'h maintained the slenderest of leads - just 2.2 miles - at the 1500hrs UTC ranking. "We could see each other (Gabart) in the fog," Le Cleac'h said. "I wanted to talk to him on the VHF, it didn't work, but, no, I'm not mad at him or anything. I'm definitely keeping an eye on him, though." Denis Horeau, the race director for four of the seven editions (the first in 1989 and the last three since 2004-05), cannot remember anything like it. "Never," he says. "There are two reasons, firstly the gates have changed the strategy and the second is that they are very similar sailors in the boats that have both been made by Michael Desjoyeaux (the only two-time winner of the race). They are getting the same weather files and they have the same conditions so it is natural they are in the same place." Top Ten Rankings as of Thursday 20 December 2012, 20h00 (FR) 1. MACIF, François Gabart, 11438.4 nm to finish Hat Trick for Geoff Carveth It was the closest finish at any SB20 worlds with Carveth's British WKD team, Glenn Bourke's Australian entry, Club Marine, and Rodion Luka's Team Russia all wrapping up their series tied on 41 points after six days and 12 races. A countback was needed to separate the ultimate victor from second and third. Hamilton Island CEO Glenn Bourke almost added another world title to his belt. "I have the utmost respect for the two guys we tied with," said Bourke. "It's testament to Geoff's talent and their crew work that they kept working their way out of deep positions, particularly in the last six races". Winds were easterly and shifty for the final day of competition at 7-9 knots for the first race and up to 14 knots for the decider. Denis Thompson pulled his black flag out again in race 11 after three general recalls due to wind shifts and antsy crews. On the fourth attempt the fleet got away cleanly. Three SB20s were pinged and individually recalled in the final race 12. A countback separated first and second, Team Russia and Club Marine, with WKD, a mere three points off the frontrunners heading into today's final two sprints. The tension on the dock this morning was palpable with a world title riding on the final act for the three contenders, and points still to be claimed for those with their sights on the minor placings. The SB20 class will hold their 2013 World Championship in Hyeres in the south of France next September. Top ten final places 1. WKD, Geoff Carveth , GBR, 41 points Results at worlds2012.sb20class.com and www.hamiltonisland.com.au/sb20-worlds-2012/ Ec6 Bundled Carbon Rod Rigging Is Proving Itself Once Again In The Toughest Race On Earth! EC6 cables are constructed from a bundle of small diameter carbon fiber rods - even if "a single twig breaks, the bundle of twigs is strong". In record and boat breaking conditions you need to ensure your rigging is up for job; EC6 provides you with that supreme confidence. For more information on EC6 rigging please visit www.southernspars.com or email info@southernspars.com for a quote. Return Of Swan 42, Resurgence Of Melges 24 The return of the Swan 42 as a one-design class and the resurgence of the Melges 24 fleet are among many highlights of Quantum Key West 2013. The Event Organizer and officials with title sponsor Quantum Sail Design Group see those two success stories as further indication the popular winter regatta has weathered the storm. The Swan 42 made its Key West debut in 2007 when renowned Hong Kong sailor Makoto Uematsu captured first place in IRC 3 class aboard his brand new Esmeralda. A whopping 12 Swan 42s were on the starting line the following year with Andy Fisher and his Bandit team winning a hotly contested regatta. Swan 42 remained a one-design class in 2009 when Jon Halbert sailed Vitesse to victory, but the past three years have seen just one or two of the beautiful club racers competing under the IRC rule. A strong group of seven Swan 42 sloops are currently registered with two-time United States national champions Philip Lotz (Arethusa) and Ken Colburn (Apparition) already tabbed as the boats to beat. Fisher is back with Bandit while Halbert will sail Vitesse at Key West for the sixth straight year. A similar theme has been sounded within the Melges 24 class, which will be the second-largest at Quantum Key West 2013 with no less than 22 boats. That marks a significant increase from last year and is due in part to a grass roots effort by class leaders working closely with Premiere Racing. Other positive developments surrounding the 2013 edition of Quantum Key West include the debut of the J/70 class, which will be the largest with a whopping 37 of the popular new sport boats. Organizers are also excited about the growth of the High Performance class, which will feature intriguing new designs like the Carkeek 40, Farr 400, GP 42 and Lutra 42. This will be their first class start in Key West with the 8 boats being scored under the HP Rule. -- Bill Wagner Wight Vodka Favourite Yachting Bar Voting continues until midnight December 27th... While you ponder your choice... linger over this festive holiday drink: - Take your best champagne flute, run it under cold water and place it into a freezer for the moment. Cast your vote at www.scuttlebutteurope.com/sailors-bars.html Oracle Believed to be on Wrong Side of Spying Decision Sail-World's information is that the US team have been found in breech of the Surveillance provisions of the Protocol. In the incident complained of by the Italian Challenger, Oracle Team USA's spy boat was stopped some distance from Luna Rossa's AC72, and took photos from close range as Luna Rossa sailed towards them. Evidence produced by the Italians showed that the US team's spy boat was 105metres from the Italian catamaran - around half the distance permitted under the Protocol, unless permission had been given - which had not occurred in this case. If correct, the implications of the finding could be quite serious, as this is one of the first in America's Cup history where an actual team member has been caught in the act of spying on another team - usually it has been third parties such as divers etc who have been seen or apprehended. -- Richard Gladwell in Sail-World.com Safran's Broken Keel: Results Of The Investigation The specialists analyzed the break in the keel's fin by microscopic observations to determine the failure mode. Samples were also taken from the metal to check if its characteristics matched the values used for strength calculations. At the same time, other experts calculated the loads experienced by the keel, based on observations of the break, and compared them to the standard loads used as a basis for its design. The investigation was able to exclude the possibility of a break due to a collision with an "unidentified floating object". It also noted that there were no metallurgical defects, and that the welds showed no anomalies that could explain the break. The investigation shows that the break was due to damage caused by metal fatigue, engendered by repeated shocks from contact with waves. There are no indications of a high-frequency vibration phenomenon. GAES Palamos Christmas Race With two races sailed in the Finn class the leader is Spanish sailor Alex Muscat followed by Ukrainian sailor Andril Gusenko and Briton George Harry in third place overall. French team Julie D'Ortolli and Noé Delpech lead the 49er standings after the two races sailed. The Spanish Paz brothers sit in second place closely followed by Spanish youth sailor Diego Botin with crew Yago López. The 49erFX brings Denmark to the top of the leader board Ida Marie Baad and Marie Thusgaard followed by Johanna Sommarlund and Sofie Düring from Sweden. In Laser Standard Polish sailor Jonasz Stelmaszy leads the fleet with a fifth and two third places after the opening day. Norwegian sailor Mathias Mollat is second with just one point difference and third place overall is Poland's Piasecki. Great Britain's Alison Young leads the Laser Radial fleet followed by Celine Therese Herud from Norway by just two points and Alizée Gadel (FRA) is in third. In the Laser, Sweden's Marcus Magnusso occupies top spot followed by Polish competitor Adrian Raczkowski in second place and Spanish sailor Borja Mas in third place overall. Poland's Agnieszca Skrzypulec and Natalia Wojcik lead the Women's 470 fleet and Kevin Pepponet and Julien Lebrun (FRA) have the advantage in the men's fleet. Full results: www.christmasrace.org German Frers - A Passion For Design It charts a family design heritage spanning 3 generations that has been responsible for the launching of more than 10,000 boats from dinghies to day keelboats, distinctive cruisers to successful racers, powerboats and superyachts. Early chapters chart six generations of family history: How one ship owned by a Frers ancestor, was escorting a pirated Portuguese frigate back across the Atlantic in 1820, took formal possession of what are now known as the Falklands, an act that remains is central to Argentine claims over the Malvinas Islands today; the influence that revolutionary Che Guevara, a first cousin, had on the current generation, and German Frers apprenticeship with the best designers - his Father, and the New York masters Olin and Rod Stephens. During the 50's and 60's when the design skills of German Frers Snr. were at their zenith, good yacht design was very much down to intuition and experience. This book shows how those traditional skills continue to hold true, but are now mixed with the very precise demands of structural analysis, aerodynamics, computer wizardry and hi-tech engineering. 'A Passion for Design' also highlights the rise of Frers Snr.' first son German in the world of IOR and Maxi yacht racing during the 70's and '80's, his involvement in three America's Cup campaigns and his pioneering work in developing performance oriented cruisers and superyachts. Now, German (Mani) Frers Jnr. the third generation, is adding to this reputation, having worked with his Father on some of the most prestigious projects from Dr Jim Clark's 155ft Hyperion and Prada boss Patrizio Bertelli's 105ft Ulisse, to a variety of successful Open class racers and on his own account, Sweden's Victory America's Cup challenger. "Flipping Book" excerpt: Written by Barry Pickthall Order from: South Atlantic Publishing. www.southatlanticpublishing.com Launchings
----------------------------------------- Beneteau's new cruising yacht the Oceanis 55 premiered at the Salon Nautique de Paris on 7th December 2012. The new model combines clean modern lines and contemporary style with the quality and comfort for which Beneteau is known. The interior is meant to be bright thanks to the many openings, and the generous volumes of each space. -----------------------------------------
The owner, a Dutch entrepreneur, had his ship designed by Kees van de Stadt from Satellite Yacht Design according to his own wishes and requirements. "Leeloo" has a striking, chic appearance; the hull is dark-brown metallic, and the metallic superstructure is champagne-coloured. The hatches, designed in collaboration with the owner, are in a flush position in chocolate-coloured Esthec, a composite deck cover. The anchor, the anchor attachment and the furler are below deck. All the lines run from the mast below deck to the cockpit. All this gives the deck a very neat look. And what about the name "Leeloo"? Cult fans will probably recognise it from the film "Fifth Element", in which "Leeloo" is the fifth element which complements the primal elements of earth, fire, air and water. -----------------------------------------
A sailing yacht designed to add a new element to the experience of performance cruising. Instead of a hull providing a strong sense of enclosure it instead allows unparalleled views of the external and underwater environments. The main load bearing elements are constructed from a carbon monocoque space frame, much like that of a modern motorbike, whilst the hull skin are to be developed using lighter construction methods. Not Sailing But Very Cool This year, NASA published a breathtaking photo of a planetary nebula called NGC-5189, located some 3,000 light years away in the constellation Musca (the fly). Nebulas like the one shown here are formed by dying stars - ones like our own Sun except that have run out of fuel and are ejecting their outer layers, which become superheated by the remaining stellar material and billow outward as clouds of gas, turning into beautiful patterns and shapes. The nebula pictured, NGC-5189, is said to resemble a "glass-blown ornament," according to NASA, hence it being featured as this year's holiday favorite. Featured Brokerage A rare opportunity to purchase an effectivley new Arcona 430, she has been lightlty used since new and only sailed around the Solent. Very highly specified and comes with upgraded cream Alcantara fabric making her feel light and more contempary. Full suit of Quantum sails, main and genoa in carbon/technora double taffeta, Coda O with a Karver furler and spinnakers. The 0.6oz has never been used. She is very well set up and this Arcona 430 makes for a wonderfully quick passage making yacht with great comfort below. Viewing is highly recomended. Brokerage through Nicolle Associates: Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word Your humble narrator has big plans for a big vat of Eggnog and will be back on Boxing Day... Happy Holidays to all... |
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Race Record Time Still A Possibility
His belief is reinforced by yachting meteorologist Roger Badham, whose latest forecast has the leading yacht arriving in Hobart on record pace. Crewman Steve Jarvin, who is going for a record 11th line honours in the Hobart, has written the '07.40.09 Friday' inside his weather beaten sailing cap. That's the time by which Wild Oats XI needs to finish should she lead the fleet into Hobart and also claim a race record. To claim line honours Wild Oats XI, which is owned by winemaker Bob Oatley, must beat three other big boats: last year's line honours winner, Ragamuffin Loyal, skippered by Syd Fischer; the heavily revamped Wild Thing (Grant Wharington), and Lahana (Peter Millard and John Honan). The Wild Oats XI crew is hoping an addition to their sail inventory, a huge 525-square-metre Code Zero headsail, will be a powerful weapon in the light winds that will prevail during the transition stage off the NSW South Coast, and if it is then it could provide a winning break. The first yacht home needs to average 15 knots to establish a new mark. Considering that Wild Oats XI is capable of 12 knots sailing upwind, and should sail at twice that speed across Bass Strait, then on paper a record time for this year's line honours yacht is distinctly possible. -- Rob Mundle
Le Cleac'h Steals the Christmas Lead
There will be little time to celebrate Christmas aboard Armel Le Cleac'h's Banque Populaire or François Gabart's Macif today, nor indeed will there be any more or any less than the usual goodwill evident between the two leading rivals, but the two top skippers were once again very close during last night. Le Cleac'h was consistently faster, nearly two knots quicker than Gabart overnight, between the 2000hrs and 0500hrs (French time) rankings. As they cross the western mark of the Pacific West gate, 1800 miles east of Dunedin and with 2860 miles to Cape Horn, Le Cleac'h has his nose in front again. They look set to spend Christmas Day in close company, fast reaching in 25kts of SW'ly winds. When yesterday they were separated by 20 miles of lateral distance last night it was reduced to just a couple of miles at times. If third placed Jean-Pierre Dick has a significant margin to close on the leading duo, just over one day behind at current express speeds, the French skipper of Virbac-Paprec 3, who is spending his fifth Christmas at sea, has cut 50 miles from that margin during Christmas Eve, building the best 24hrs run of the Vendee Globe fleet at 423 miles. Top Ten Rankings as of Tuesday 25 December 2012, 20h00 (FR)
1. Banque Populaire, Armel Le Cleac´h, 9570.7 nm to finish
Wight Vodka Favourite Yachting Bar
A virtual tie at present between Navi Bar, Glucksburg Germany and the Sint Maarten Yacht Club. Just NINE votes separate the two after a total of over 3200 votes. In third place is The King and Queen of Hamble UK. The winner will be announced on 31st December and, similar to years past, the crew from Wight Vodka will be placing calls to the winning bars on New Year's Eve to congratulate them! Vote at www.scuttlebutteurope.com/sailors-bars.html
White Dolphin Wins Panerai Transat Classique
Under an unsettled sky, a mixture of sunshine and squalls, the big white yawl appeared on the horizon with all sail set. Her powerful bows, garlanded with a fine wave, were almost surfing over the swell. As she passed the Panerai buoy, the only route mark since the Canaries, the crew began to celebrate their victory with smoke flares billowing from the foredeck of their White Dolphin. Pascal, the owner, Yann, the skipper, Fred, Nicolas, Arnaud, Jean-Fabrice and Jordan were revelling in the moment. The committee boats soon met up to welcome them and pay tribute to their achievement. After an ultimate tack to drop her sails, White Dolphin entered the port of Bridgetown where a fantastic reception awaited her from the thousands of Barbadians standing on the quays. At 19:34 hours Red Hackle, sailing in the Rally category, crossed the finishing line of the Panerai Transat Classique 2012 before joining White Dolphin in the port of Bridgetown. Guy, Jacques, Olivier, Antoine and Fabrice received a touching ovation as they passed under the bridge to gain the Inner Basin at the heart of the town. In addition to her successful run in the race, the German Frers design made a wonderful crossing under the guidance of circumnavigator Jacques Caraes. www.transatclassique.com/Panerai.html
NACRA 17 Orders Pile-Up
The first ships are delivered, and the potential Olympic teams make their first experiences. Among them are the Austrians Thomas Zajac, 49er sailors and Tornado World Championship runner-up and 420 youth world champion Tanja Frank ex. -- Gerald New * The International Sailing Federation reports the following communication from Nacra Racing: Due to quality issues with the upper section of the carbon mast, decision has been taken to suspend delivery of the Nacra 17 with the carbon mast. The Nacra17 will be delivered with an alloy mast until further notice. This mast section is similar to that of the Nacra F16 and F18. All teams which have already taken delivery of the Nacra 17 will receive an alloy mast and fittings to retrofit their boat. We expect that delivery of the carbon mast will resume as soon as we are 100% convinced about the solution. All alloy masts in the marketplace will be swapped back to carbon masts. Instructions will follow. Above actions has been discussed and agreed with both ISAF and NACRA 17 class association. In the process of finding the limits sailing with the curved daggerboards equipped Nacra 17, various teams have been sailing in conditions above 25 knots of wind accompanied with big waves thus huge loads on the boat during sailing and capsizing. Although expected and taken into account in the design and test phase we found that some teams discovered cracks in their mast above the hound below the top of the mast. ISAF: www.sailing.org/news/33759.php
VOR NOR Allows One Extra Crew Member for In-Port Races
The document underlines the Volvo Ocean Race's commitment to broadening the platform for entry by allowing extra crew members for all-female and mixed teams and mandating the use of at least two Under-30s crewmembers on each team. The Notice of Race for the 12th edition of the world's leading offshore sailing event, which is being issued just over five and a half months after the end of the 2011-12 Race, includes the following stipulations:
- Each team will be able to name 1 extra crew member for the in-port races, subject to certain restrictions The decision to bring in one extra crew members for In-Port Races came after race management concluded a team of eight sailors would find it too difficult to perform the necessary sail changes and manoeuvres to guide the powerful One Design 65-foot boats around tight inshore courses. The full document can be viewed at: www.volvooceanrace.com/en/noticeboard.html
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Palamos Christmas Race
The FX and Women's 470 were the next to start but the wind dropped and the races had to be abandoned in both classes. The fleets waited afloat and finally the Race Committee decided to cancel the day's racing as there were no signs of wind. With no races sailed in all other classes, the leaderboard remained the same:
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Laser Radial boys
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420 Full results: www.christmasrace.org
A Full House for the Yorkshire Dales Brass Monkey
Event organiser Keith Escritt said: "It's a pity we can't make the lake bigger, but 120 is all we reckon can fit comfortably on the water and ashore. So we're asking if anyone who has entered but reckons they won't be able to make it on the day, to let us know in advance so we can pass their spot on to another boat." Just three days after comes the third event in the Series, the Grafham Grand Prix. Entries are growing by the day but to secure a spot, competitors should book their spot at: www.sailjuiceseries.com, the event website managed by SailRacer. The GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series kicked off a month ago with the Draycote Dash where 90 boats competed across the two days. Peter Nelson won at Draycote in his RS600 singlehander, and so leads the Series after the first of a total of six events across the winter. With seven different classes represented in the top 10, early indications from the Draycote Dash suggest the Great Lakes handicapping system is producing very even racing for a big variety of different classes. Top Six after one event of the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series:
1. RS600, Peter Nelson
Full list of scores after one event of the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series here:
Running The Rhumblines
Leading the way will be the former Volvo Around the World race challenger the Leo Rodriguez skippered Merit while an equally enthusiastic group of much younger Whitsunday sailors will test their endurance and tactical sailing talent in Australian dinghy championship regattas on the cooler and calmer courses on the River Derwent. The Merit crew are encouraged by the slug fest forecast of strong winds and the typical flesh and fabric testing seas whipped into a supreme torture test of human and hull torture for the annual Bass Strait bash to Hobart. They have the distinction of winning the Performance Handicap class blue ribbon before and while they normally prefer to race in T-shirts and shorts will be rugged up in their storm weather suits before they can step ashore onto Tasmania's historical Constitution Dock to enjoy a warm shower and hopefully celebrate another top result with cold local brewed beer. A strong fleet of Optimist sailors headed by school girl skipper Eva Lorenz have some important time to continue with their pre-championship preparations on Pioneer Bay before they line up to contest the Australian Optimist series in Hobart from January 6-13. Their Club coach the former Australian Optimist class Bronze medallist Klaus Lorenz who has now focused his career on the international 420 dinghy will also be in Tasmania competing in the Australian championship followed by the important OAMP Insurance National Youth championship and selection trials for the World Youth team. Klaus despite racing and training alone with his crew on the familiar waters of Pioneer Bay has progressively shown the required boat speed to match his Interstate rivals in the 2012 Australian 420 series over the Sandy Bay course on the River Derwent from December 28 to January 4. He has the respect of his rivals and remains as the skipper who has the determination to become the first North Queenslander to set a career path on winning selection as the 420 class representative in the Australian Youth Team. However while Klaus Lorenz has personally developed his skill from endless hours of practice the time has come for the teenage 420 sailor to produce the results against Australia's best when the sails are tensioned in Hobart. -- Ian Grant
Governor's Cup Race - Battling Winds off the South African Coast
After a near perfect start from False Bay Yacht Club on Saturday, and a tricky and tactical first couple of days, the 19-strong fleet is beginning to settle into life at sea off the Western coast of South Africa. Most of the fleet have experienced light airs generally from the south-west (from zero to 11kts) over the last 24 hours but the forecast shows more wind expected, which should improve overall progress of the race towards St Helena, particularly for those nearer the coast of Africa. The crew aboard Unwind - Niels and Margret Hendrik's Simonis Voogd 501 design - advised Cape Town Radio yesterday of their retirement due to rudder problems. They arrived at Yachtport, Saldanha Bay yesterday afternoon but they intend to resume their voyage to St Helena once the steering problem is fixed. According to this morning's tracker, Kevin Ward's Elan Impression 434, Canace, sponsored by Nampak Bevcan's CAN DO!, is currently leading the fleet - on the water. Skippered by Kevin Ward and crewed by a team of six between the ages of 52 and 70, Canace is now in a favourable position to really gain a further advantage on the fleet, she will be hoping that the winds fill in from the South. However, she is currently stuck in an area of high pressure, which could affect her position if the likes of Rob Newman's Du Toit catamaran - Compromise - one of the early race leaders, maintains her current consistent speed. -- Sue Pelling www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=104986
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Rolex Sydney Hobart Start
Mark Richards and Wild Oats XI looked to be in no mood to be interrupted in her bid to claim a sixth line honours, blasting off the line and showing Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin Loyala clean pair of heels before popping out of the Heads comfortably in the lead. An interesting night lies ahead. The decision how far to head out to sea was the first conundrum facing the crews. So far the bulk of yachts appear firm in the belief that staying inshore, and inside the rhumb line will pay better. Only, one or two boats have shown a determination to head offshore for any length of time.
Leading five boats for Line Honours
1. Wild Oats XI, Robert Oatley * Wharington's Wild Thing is out... Earlier today, Grant Wharington and his Wild Thing crew had turned off their mobiles to conduct their pre-race briefing in silence. Here they were in familiar territory, with a lot of the old crew, a new aft section on the boat and a sail wardrobe that was virtually straight from the loft. On Wednesday, they had lodged their documentation regarding the now elapsed American Bureau of Shipping guidelines, as pertains to the design and construction of the 100 foot super maxi. At that time, they allege they had been told that they were cleared for racing, so it is no wonder that at around 0900hrs this morning they thought they were off to Hobart once more. An obviously devestated Wharington emerged from the Sailing Office inside the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) at about 1145hrs AEDT. The majority of the crew were also outside, in a sign of solidarity. His first comments were clearly taking aim at the Race Committee and Chairman, Tim Cox, in particular, 'We are absolutely devastated to be told at the eleventh hour that we are unable to race to Hobart. 'We are a bit stuck for words as to why this situation has happened. We have provided the documentation - I have got it in my hand. We were given approval on Wednesday saying that we were able to go, then it's subsequently withdrawn, so we are obviously devastated by the news', added Wharington. Asked if he still maintains that the documentation was up to scratch, Wharington replied very emphatically, 'Absolutely.' As to where the miscommunication came from, Wharington added, 'I think it is all in the wording. The requirement is that the design has to be signed off by a naval architect. The original design was done by a (now retired) Melbourne engineer (in 2005) and he claims to have not done the final design, so this is why we engaged a naval architect (Fred Barrett) to actually provide a report on the boat, which says that it was assessed and approved and the requirement under the race rules is that the design has to be done accordance with the American Bureau of Shipping Guidelines.' In essence, what this may well boil down to is that as Wild Thing's designer is now just short of 80 years of age and in all probability, is likely to be without further indemnity insurance, which is why he simply cannot sign off on his own work, whether he wanted to or not.
Stamm At Anchor, Le Cleac'h Leads Again
After being thwarted in the remote Auckland Islands first by the incessant rain which hampered the composite repair work required, and then having to move because of the threat of storms Stamm made the difficult choice to head north to seek more suitable shelter and better weather. The skipper is now anchored close to the secluded beach north of Dunedin's Tairoa Head and has light winds, partial sunshine with the threat of some light rain, but temperatures are in the 20's. In his third Vendee Globe campaign Stamm has yet to finish this ultimate solo round the world race and faces a very tough challenge to complete his repairs. His hydrogenerators have been broken for much of the race and the Swiss skipper needs them to be functioning if he is to carry on across the Pacific to Cape Horn. Since their passage into the Pacific Ocean leaders Armel Le Cleac'h (Banque Populaire) and Francois Gabart (MACIF) have been virtually inseperable but an opportunity for the twosome to part company in what could be a key stage of the race is emerging. Behind them Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac-Paprec 3) and Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) were slowed through the night but the chasing duo should get the chance to accelerate again today and reduce some of their deficit on the leaders. Top Ten Rankings as of Wednesday 26 December 2012, 20h00 (FR)
1. Banque Populaire, Armel Le Cleac´h, 9154.2 nm to finish
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WSSRC Celebrates 40 Years
It is somewhat ironic that the creation of the World Sailing Speed Record Council resulted from the boastful claim of a paint company. This outfit, which made a special soft graphite paint, announced that the C-Class catamaran Lady Helmsman, (which was indeed a very fast boat) had sailed at 30 knots. This so annoyed Bernard Hayman, editor of Yachting World that he demanded to know how this speed had been measured and was told that by sailing close to the promenade of Southend- on-Sea, the boat could be paced by a car. That was ridiculous, but inspired the magazine to propose a new event, devoted entirely to measured speed. The Royal Yachting Association agreed to organize it and after an extensive search Portland Harbour was selected as the best venue and, because of its geography, 500m was determined as the distance to be sailed. An excerpt from "A Short History of Timing" on the World Sailing Speed Record Council
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Junior Offshore Group
Roger Townsend, BNY Mellon Challenge Race Director commented: "The level of interest in the second Leg of the BNY Mellon Challenge from La Trinite to Cascais is already very encouraging, but I welcome being able to work with SORC to build entry levels for both races still further". Entry forms for both races will be available in January, but for further details please visit www.jog.org.uk and www.offshoresolo.com or to register your interest in competing, please contact roger.townsend@ntlworld.com
Spinnaker Tales
This prediction is based on the modest sailor's hard core Sydney to Hobart racing experience backed by a personal log book which records ten line honours victories. He will be going for his 11th first to finish title as a member of the 18 person Wild Oats X1 crew who will experience being drenched in spray as they chase down the record time of 1day 18 hours 40 minutes 10 seconds set in 2005. His passion about racing in the international acclaimed blue water classic is clearly evident with the figures 07-40-09 marked inside his wind and wave tormented sailing cap. That's the time which Wild Oats X1 needs to finish and having the chance of eclipsing her previous best triple trophy (Line Honours, race record, and corrected handicap) from seven years ago. Weather modules also suggest a record challenge but as all crews who have raced over the storm tormented Tasman Sea on numerous occasions understand that the record challenge relies on the wind direction and velocity that blows over the deck also the nature of the sea way will be a crucial factor. This is not the weather forecast which veteran Mooloolaba skipper Bob Robertson was expecting when he suggested his well raced sloop Lunchtime Legend deserved to be ranked among the top contenders to win the race overall. Unfortunately the fast race forecast suggests it will be all guts but no glory for the tenacious Sunshine Coast veteran and his Lunchtime Legend crew. However the forecast which is embedded with at least two crucial wind direction and velocity changes, the first expected within the initial 100 nautical miles slants the race for the fastest corrected handicap towards the longer waterline and larger sail carrying yachts. These conditions will propel the super maxi Wild Oats X1 and her serious challengers Wild Thing (Grant Wharington) and the line honours champion from 2011 the Syd Fischer skippered Ragamuffin Loyal onto a spray drenching ride. But a question mark hovers over their chance to log the required boat speed to outpace the smaller and equally well sailed maxi chasers Ichi Ban (Matt Allen), last year's overall winner Loki (Stephen Ainsworth) and the 2011 Qantaslink Brisbane to Gladstone champion the Mark Bradford skippered Black Jack. Brisbane's Black Jack has the race proven potential to become the first Queensland yacht to win the prestigious Rolex Sydney Hobart trophy but her crew who have capped an impressive season will need to be up to speed to roll over their rivals and record the fastest corrected handicap. -- Ian Grant
The Good Guys 2012 Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race
With only two-and-a-half hours to the start off Inspection Head on the Tamar River, owner/skipper David Ellis and his crew are attempting to repair a crack in the hull and set sail in pursuit of the fleet. Because of shipping movements out of Bell Bay, the start has been postponed from 11am to 11.45pm, leaving Ellis until 3.45pm to get to the start line as a late starter. "At the moment the tide is not high enough to get the boat out of the water, and then we will have limited time to satisfactorily repair the crack, which is near the rudder post," Ellis said at 9.30am. "We will do our best to get to the line and set sail in pursuit of the fleet, but things are not looking too good at the moment," he added. Penfold Audi Sport, an Archambault 31 from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria was being put back in the water at the Port Dalrymple Yacht Club slipway yesterday afternoon when it apparently tilted back in the cradle, damaging the its rudder. The rudder damage appeared minimal, but this morning crew members climbed inside the hull and discovered the crack near the rudder stock. Event site: l2h.com.au The progress of the fleet in The Good Guys Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race can be followed on Ocean Tracker: oceantracker.net?event=l2h2012
Italy Launches 2K Keelboat Team Racing
The clinic comprised two days on the water in glorious sunshine developing tactical skills and racing and theory sessions ashore in preparation for the start of the 2013 European Circuit. First event being in Monaco in March followed in May by the first Italian 2K Regatta at Anzio. The Dutch will be hosting the Eurosaf Championships in June at the Bataviahaven, followed by a series of events across the late summer and autumn in the British Isles. 2K which originates in Holland sees two teams of two boats each racing on the standard windward leeward match race course. Racing without spinnakers places massive emphasis on fast tactical racing for the crews. Using standard team race rules, which are virtually identical to fleet race rules allows any sailor to quickly move across the disciplines while on the course umpires settle disputes. The 2K formula uses a maximum gender rule to encourage participation by both men and women. The photo taken at the club house of Reale Circolo Canottieri Tevere Remo at Anzio also includes sailors from Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, Circolo Nautico Vela Argentario and the Rome Racing Team. -- Bruce Hebbert
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com Wild Oats Breaks Her 2005 Record
The time difference was a long one in terms of how the crew would have been feeling in those last 16 minutes of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 628 nautical mile race. At 5 am today,Wild Oats XI's 2005 record of one day, 18 hours, 40 minutes and 10 seconds seemed out of reach, but at about 7 am, her dashed hopes were revived, and as the minutes ticked by, her chances improved. Initially, skipper Mark Richards and his crew were a tantalisingly 40 minutes outside the record time and were expected to finish at about 8.30 am. However, as the clock ticked, the super maxi picked up speed to around 15 knots and her finish time was upgraded to 8.00 am, then 7.50 am, 7.36 am, 7.23am and 7.13 am with five nautical miles to go. The breeze eased. Richards ordered a bigger headsail to keep it moving, which ended with their record victory. It remains to be seen whetherWild Oats XIcan go all the way and take the treble (victory on corrected time as well as line honours and the race record). Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin-Loyal that was about 45 miles behind the line honours winner. "We'll be back next year," Richards said. Of navigator Adrienne Cahalan (who was aboard for the 2005 record) and co-navigator Tom Addis, Richards said: "They did a great job. It's a difficult job with meteorology to look at, all the updates and critical decisions to make." Richards also praised tactician Iain Murray, who has taken time out of his role as Regatta Director and CEO of the America's Cup Race Management (ACRM) organisation to return to sail the yacht again. -- Di Pearson * As dawn rises over the 68th edition on Thursday, odds are that the emotion of its owner and skipper, Grant Wharington, will still be high after the committee's decision on Wednesday - three hours before the start of the race - to disallow a start for super maxi Wild Thing, which was fancied to battle for line and handicap honours. Wharington is unlikely to quickly brush aside his bitterness in light of his accusation that there was an agenda behind the decision of race director Tim Cox and the committee to exclude his yacht. The reason given was for non-compliance with race rules that relate to the required paperwork for modifications undertaken, which include the boat being lengthened by two feet to 100 feet, and its stern widened. Wharington also branded the committee's invitation to sail in the fleet as a non-entry an ''insult'' and questioned the integrity of Cox, citing his role in the Wild Thing case and in past protests made by the committee against the then named Investec-Loyal after it won line honours last year and Wild Oats XI when it took first place for the fifth time in 2010. ''I don't know if there is any kind of conspiracy going on, but unfortunately this particular race director seems to be a serial offender of trying to get big boats out of the race,'' Wharington said, before he and his despondent crew returned Wild Thing to its mooring at Birkenhead Point, near Drummoyne. ''The documentation was supposed to be in on November 1. We keep getting reminded of that, but [on] November 1 the boat was still in the shed,'' he said. ''There [are] a lot of boats that don't hand their documentation in until the end.'' Can Two Become Three? Dick and Thomson are riding up on a fast moving low pressure system which will ultimately reach and rescue the two leaders from their light winds low pressure trough. Dick has had Virbac-Paprec 3 at 18 to 19 knots for much of Thursday whilst speedster Thomson has been quickest in the fleet averaging over 18 knots over the previous 24 hours. Both have recovered more than 100 miles on the leaders today so far, and their gains are expected to accumulate progressively over the next 24 hours. Whilst the two leaders are scarcely voicing concerns, the threat from both chasing skippers may not be immediate, but it certainly gives hope to Frenchman Dick and the Briton who, like Gabart ahead, has yet to round Cape Horn solo. The top two are still expected at the Cape on January 1st. * Bernard Stamm's team say the skipper of Cheminees Poujoulat is nearly ready to leave Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island and make his return to the Vendee Globe race course. Stamm anchored at two different locations off Dunedin, moving last night due to a change in wind, but also allowing him to try one of the repaired hydrogenerators. And since yesterday he has been fixing the second unit. "He's been trying be protected from wind and waves to work in the best possible conditions, even if everything is relative. In between times, waiting for resins to set he has been taking care of the smaller problems. He should go after daybreak local time, tonight is for us in Europe. " concludes Gautier Levisse. Bernard's team paid a warm tribute to Sophie Luther who lives locally who has helped with sending images and with local media contacts Seahorse February 2013 Update World news Seahorse build table - Maximum value A subscription to Seahorse makes a great gift and it's easy to give. You get a huge discount off of the regular subscription price for delivery anywhere in the world and we provide you with a gift card. Seahorse Discount Voucher Saving £16 / €25 / 24USD on the regular subscription price of Seahorse magazine. Claim your saving here: The Fork In The Road And Advantedge In Duel For Line Honours
All 35 yachts in the fleet have sailed through the notorious Banks Strait overnight and are now heading down the Tasmanian East Coast, but light winds have slowed them down this morning. At 6am today Gary Smith's The Fork in the Road, from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in Hobart, was 11 nautical miles north-east of Bicheno, with 147 nautical miles to sail, but making only 4 knots boatspeed. Less than a mile astern came Andrew Jones' AdvantEDGE, representing the Port Dalrymple Yacht Club at Beauty Point. She is making about the same speed. A surprise front runner is Royce Salter's Ramrod, a smaller boat from the Bellerive Yacht Club, which at this stage was only two miles astern of AdvantEDGE. In fact, the fleet is remarkably close together after 18 hours at sea following the start at Beauty Point in the Tamar River early yesterday afternoon. The bulk of the yachts are close inshore between Bicheno and St Marys. The last boat, Take 5, is abeam of Eddystone Point. Ahead of the fleet later today is the challenge of sailing through the Mercury Passage between elongated Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland near Orford. Well placed in the fleet are last year's overall winner, Masquerade, along with Ciao Baby, The Protagonist, Pisces and the Victorian yacht Penfold Audi Sport, which yesterday figured in a last-minute bid to make the start after being damaged while on a slipway on the eve of the race. The forecast for the east coast today is for 10-15 knot south to south-westerly winds, tending south-easterly this afternoon before easing overnight. As the L2H fleet nears Hobart tomorrow they will be facing fresher winds, with 15-25 knot westerlies in the morning. -- Peter Campbell Setley Cup and Seahorse Trophy
The Setley Cup is a New Forest area Boxing Day tradition that has been going many decades. The rules are simple; any model boat less than 66cm in length, up to 0.5 metres squared of sail and no stored power, radio control or moveable ballast. The boats are launched by children under 16. Two fleets race; the monohulls for the Setley Cup and multihulls for the Seahorse Trophy. Five races with one discard would decide the winners. Designs ranged from semi-professional carbon fibre hulls and rigs, to Christmas Day specials including turkey foil & wrapping paper sails, plastic bottle hulls and everything in-between. Twenty-three monohulls contested the Setley Cup, with 10 boats finishing 3 or more races - an excellent performance in the gusty conditions. Annabelle Hutchinson's 'Skittle Boat' dominated, notching up 3 wins to take the trophy by a comfortable margin from Sean Jardine's 'Planet' which was tied on points with George Dunsdon's 'Robber'. 24 multihulls entered, racing for the Seahorse Trophy, although conditions quickly decimated the fleet with a number turn-turtled and some crossing the flooded car-park, bewildering the New Forest ponies. Emma Bennett's 'Wild Cat' flew on starboard tack to take the trophy with 2 firsts and a 2nd. -- Mark Jardine Top Three Overall Results: Monohulls Multihulls From Yachts & Yachting: New York to San Francisco The Hard Way
...In the fuzzy math which is the record from NY to SF, Maserati's attempt which is currently on standby for the right weather window, she will soon depart on the 13,219 nm voyage when the forecast is right. The record for which they will be attempting is the WSSC's monohull record, set by Yves Parlier, not Gitana's overall/ multihull record. Soldini, who's resume includes 2 solo around the world voyages, (one of which included the rescue of Isabelle from her capsized boat in the Southern Ocean,) and 30 trans oceanic races, will be joined by an international all star crew including: Boris Herrmann, Ryan Breymaier, Sebastien Audigane, Carlos Hernadez, Jianghe Teng, Guido Broggi, Michele Sighel and Carlos Rossignoli We look forward to following this attempt and wish the team a safe and speedy trip! We'll be there to greet them, even if the mainstream media again fails to notice! -- Eric Simonson, a lot of history (and historical photos) in the full article, a must read: Follow Soldini and Maserati's attempt: Great Ball Of Fire at the Brass Monkey The 121 pre-entries to the event had been watching the forecast over the Christmas period with interest and trepidation as it fluctuated from a Force 6 - 8 early in the week to a gentle Force 2 on the eve of the event. With over 15 current or ex-National / International Champions in the fleet it was going to be a tough one to win - no matter what the conditions. Early arrivals were indeed welcomed by a gentle Force 2 as well as the aroma of bacon butties! At this stage it was looking like a light wind event, but there was a sting to come. The wind built minute by minute and was measured at a good F4. Overall, several boats had only completed one race but the worthy winner with two bullets was the Fireball of Tom Gillard and Simon Potts (Sheffield Viking). Second (for the second year running) was Tim Holden from Halifax in his Contender. In 3rd on the same points was Jack Wetherell (BeaverSC), and 4th were Martin Cooper / Nick Hunt in their RS400 from Scaling Dam making it a Yorkshire 1 - 2 - 3. Just a point back in 5th was Jonny McGovern / Sarah Williams in the first of the RS200s from port Dinorwic. They were followed by the Lasers of Henry Wetherell (Beaver) and the first of the Yorkshire Dales sailors, Hector Simpson. 8th were the 29er team of Curtis Mearns / Jamie Catchpole (LLSC) and 9th were Chris / Laura Pickles from Yorkshire Dales. Andy Tunnicliffe / Chris Robinson in a Merlin from RWYC rounded out the top ten. -- Keith Escritt, YDSC See overall results from the Brass Monkey here: The third event of the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series is just a couple of days away, the Grafham Grand Prix taking place on 30 December. With a forecast of a strong south-westerly, it looks set to be another challenging day on the water. Watch a video of the Brass Monkey here Peter Klock We of the Match Racing Association would like to pass on our deepest regrets and sympathy to Peter Klock's family and friends. Such an untimely passing. I first met Peter in Bermuda in 1991 when he came to look at the Gold Cup with the view of having GKSS host a similar event in Marstrand and of course the rest is history with the Swedish Match Race Cup going from strength to strength under Peter's guidance and is one of the top Match Racing events in the world. His continuing support of Match Racing and the Match Racing Association was unwavering. He was a great friend and just a wonderful person. We traveled the globe together supporting and promoting match race sailing and it was always a pleasure to be with him. Whether it was in meetings under sometime stressful discussions or out on the water or shore having fun, his smile and engaging personality was always there. Peter was to have joined us for the MRA's AGM at the Knickerboker Cup in September of this year but health issues prevented him from doing that and we were saddened to not have him with us. We will miss him greatly. -- Brian Billings Henry Strzelecki MBE Entering a partnership with Angus Lloyd in 1963 to form Henri-Lloyd Limited, he devoted the rest of his working life for the benefit of others. Those who wear his clothing today will respect the innovations he inspired from the hand-taping of the seams to prevent leakage to the development of non-corrosive nylon zips with the Swiss firm of Riri; and for personal safety, the inclusion of integrated harnesses that have saved many lives. It was in 1993 that the Henri-Lloyd business took a step to restore its founder's heritage when it established a factory in "Mr. Henri's" hometown of Brodnica. That gave him considerable satisfaction - gone were the overtones of communism in the restructuring Poland and he wanted to be part of it. In 1985, Henry Strzelecki was awarded the MBE for services to the clothing industry, and in both 1986 and 1987 Henri-Lloyd Limited received the Queen's Award for Export Achievement. Also in 1987, he was made Marine Personality of the Year by the Marine Trades Association. The Gold Cross of Merit was awarded to Henri by the President of Poland in 1990. The following year he received the Personality of the Year from the Sartorial Society for services to the British clothing industry, and the same year he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Marine Industries Association and the Royal Yachting Association. Recognition awards continued after his official retirement from Henri-Lloyd in 1996. That year he was awarded an honorary MA from the University of Salford and in 2009 the Joseph Conrad Award for Innovation and a Lifetime Award from Boating Business and the Marine Trade Association. Last year Henri received an honorary doctorate of technology from Manchester Metropolitan University for his outstanding contribution in the fields of clothing technology. He was due to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Yachting Journalists' Association in January; it will be presented posthumously. Henry Strzelecki, born 4th October 1925, died 26th December 2012 pre-deceased by his wife Sheila (d 1999), is survived by two sons, Paul and Martin, (the joint chief executives of Henri-Lloyd Limited) and a daughter, Diane, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Featured Brokerage The story of the Moonbeams began in 1858 with Moonbeam I &II. In 1902 Charles Plumtree Johnson, an eminent London lawyer, decided to go back to William Fife for the creation of his 3rd yacht taking into account his navigation projects as he wanted to race under the new RORC tonnage which included sailing ships with fitted-out interiors. Moonbeam III was launched in 1903, hull #491 to leave the Fife yard. Brokerage through Bernard Gallay Yacht Brokerage: www.yachtworld.com/bernard-gallay/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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Peter Klock has left us. He suffered from a brain tumor and passed away this past week surrounded by family and friends. The day before he passed he had a good day, had the opportunity to speak with all and take a dignified farewell. Peter was a great family man and a big part of the GKSS Yacht Club. -- Lennart Svantesson
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com Wild Oats Gets The Triple... Again
The win cements Wild Oats XI, owner Bob Oatley and skipper Mark Richards' place in history as the first to claim the treble; line honours, first overall and the race record - twice. Richards steered the yacht to the treble in 2005, but it came in easier style than this time around, when the record was on, then off and on again in the closing stages. He said today that laying his hands on the Tattersall's Cup (awarded to the overall winning yacht) was the ultimate achievement. "There's only a couple of boats competing for line honours, but the Tattersall's Cup - it's nearly the whole fleet - it's a big deal," he said. The yacht shaved 16 minutes and 58 seconds off her 2005 record when she crossed the finish line on Friday 28 December at 07.23.12 AEDT. Only one other yacht has ever won the trifecta; Captain John Illingworth's Rani in the inaugural race in 1945. This is Wild Oats' sixth line honours victory. Only one other yacht Morna, later re-named Kurrewa IV, has done better. She won line honours seven times, but never won the race outright. Richards is now setting his sights on equaling the record seven wins. "You get close to something like that and it becomes a real goal for us," he said. "I'm sure there'll be bigger and better boats out next year, so we'll just see what happens." -- Danielle McKay A Question Of Timing Presently Jean-Pierre Dick is probably going to be around 18-20 hours behind, maybe slightly more but that will be quite encouraging for the Virbac-Paprec skipper. By the same routings Alex Thomson is reckoned to be on a schedule which would have him three days behind and Jean Le Cam about 5 days behind the leader. These are of course theoretical routings based on weather files which are current but will change over coming days. Four years ago Michel Desjoyeaux passed with Roland Jourdain eight hours and 50 minutes behind. About two days behind them were Le Cleac'h and Vincent Riou who dismasted just after Cape Horn. Marc Guillemot, rounding fifth, was about seven days behind Desjoyeaux. At Cape Horn Brian Thompson was sixth and about 10 days behind. Rich Wilson was 21 days and 10 hours behind at Cape Horn and Austrian Norbert Sedlacek rounding eight days or so after the American Wilson. At present the leaders Banque Populaire and Macif are round about three days ahead of the record held by Michel Desjoyeaux. And so it is still looking like the winner might have a chance of breaking 80 days. Top Ten Rankings as of Sunday 30 December 2012, 20h00 (FR) 1. Banque Populaire, Armel Le Cleac'h, 7844.8 nm to finish Sint Maarten Yacht Club Wins Wight Vodka's Favourite Yachting Bar Contest This year's contest was again extremely tight between the winning bar and the runners up, including the Navi Bar in Glucksburg, Germany, The King & Queen in Hamble, GB, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the Bitter End Yacht Club in the BVI, the Pierview in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the Candy Store in Newport, Rhode Island, Gladstone's in Long Beach, California, and the Sailor's Inn in Gocek, Turkey. Ritu Manocha, owner of 50° North, the company behind Wight Vodka, said "This contest is just too much fun to run. Though we've never been to the Sint Maarten Yacht Club, it's definitely on our list of bars to visit. The team at Sint Maarten will receive a trophy and bottle of Wight to celebrate their win, as well as a few Wight Vodka regatta caps for their win. Many congratulations and let the party begin!" Ritu continued "We again asked participants to comment about their favourite bar. We received thousands of fantastic submissions, and our favourite entries this year include: - I was stung by a school of jellyfish and the bar tender brought me the best Pain Killer ever! About The Sint Maarten Yacht Club About 50° North Tack & Gybe Responsibly. 'Sir Ben' Heads Sailing Names Recognised In New Year Honours
'Sir Ben' claimed his fourth straight Olympic gold - and fifth Olympic medal in total - on the waters of Weymouth and Portland this summer, with this most prestigious honour now coming as fitting curtain call to his lucrative Olympic sailing career, which he called time on last month in order to focus on his America's Cup ambitions. British Sailing has more cause for celebration, with honours also going to Paralympic gold medallist Helena Lucas, and to Ainslie's coach David Howlett, who were both named as Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Lucas, 37, in September became the first Paralympic gold medallist for sailing since it became a full Paralympic programme sport in 2000, and notably did so as the only female among an otherwise all-male fleet in the 2.4mR class. David 'Sid' Howlett, 61, coached Ben Ainslie to his record-breaking fourth Olympic gold and sixth Finn World Championship title this summer, while his knowledge and experience has also contributed to a clutch of British Olympic sailing medals since 1988. Outside of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, there was also recognition for Malcolm Torry, who was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to sailing and to people with disabilities for his work through Carsington Sailability in Derbyshire. Soldini Begins New York to San Francisco Record Attempt Monday
Giovanni and his international crew will race their extreme 70-foot boat named "Maserati." She has been docked at Dennis Conner's North Cove in Battery Park City for over a month. Now, weather patterns have lined up and Giovanni has been given the green light to set sail on the record attempt. If all goes according to plan, Maserati will cast off from dock at 9 a.m. on Monday morning, December 31, 2012. She will raise her sails in the Hudson River, do a few maneuvers and cross the starting line around 10 a.m. The start of the record attempt will be clearly visible from the esplanade near North Cove in Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan. Giovanni will be joined by an international crew of 8 adventurers. They are: Ryan Breymeier from the US, Jianghe "Tiger" Teng from China, Sebastien Audigane from France, Boris Herrmann from Germany, Carlos Hernandez from Spain and Guido Broggi, Corrado Rossignoli & Michele Sighel from Italy. New York to San Francisco is the greatest sailing record in our country and arguably one of the best in the world. It is steeped in history. When gold was discovered in California in 1848, it set off a rush of people and goods trying to get to San Francisco as quickly as possible. This led to the development of a uniquely American vessel known as the "extreme clipper." She was primarily built for speed at the expense of cargo carrying capacity. Extreme clippers competed for money, fame and glory. Clippers which logged faster times were able to command higher prices for cargo. The most famous of all clippers was "Flying Cloud." The Captain was Josiah Perkins Creesy and his wife Eleanor served as the navigator. In 1854, Flying Cloud set the New York to San Francisco record at 89 days and 8 hours. This record stood untouched for over 130 years. The current record is held by Yves Parlier on "Aquitaine Innovations". He improved the mark to 57 days, 3 hours and 2 minutes. -- Michael Fortenbaugh, Manhattan Yacht Club Ocean Safety's Doors Open For Winter Servicing "We advise customers to get their equipment in to us as soon as they have laid up their boat for the season," comments Ocean Safety's Charlie Mill. "It's important to check that liferafts, lifejackets, fire fighting and man overboard equipment is all in date and in working order ready for the following season." Equipment can be delivered back to one of the three Ocean Safety approved service stations at our branches in Southampton Glasgow and Plymouth, or to any of our network of service agents across the UK. See website for location details. The company also offers free winter storage for safety equipment. During the liferaft service Ocean Safety also encourages people where possible to come in and familiarise themselves with their liferaft, however an appointment will be required. All of the branches also offer servicing for Survival Suits, EPIRBs, SARTs, Fire Safety Equipment and Man Overboard Systems. Ukrainian Sailors Set The Pace In Cadet Worlds
However, Australian crews from Royal Geelong Yacht Club and the host club, Sandy Bay Sailing Club, also sailed impressively in the three races sailed today. Near perfect weather, in contrast to Sunday's galeforce winds, enabled principal race officer Nick Hutton to complete three races, with the late afternoon north-westerly breeze freshening to 18 knots. After three races in the Cadet Worlds, the two Ukrainian crews head the leaderboard with Izarov and Kalinchuck on 6 points, comfortably clear of Martynov and Merezhko on 13 points. Third in overall standings is the Geelong crew, Liam Robinson and Nathan Field, on 24 points followed by the first of the strong British team, Nicholas Sutton and Scarlett Anderson on 30 points. Two more Australian crews follow, Alice Endersbee and Eliza Davis on 33 points and Sam Abel and William Cooper on 36 points. -- Peter Campbell Running The Rhumblines The pair of talented young International 420 dinghy sailors racing under their proud WSC Burgee will be a long way from home as they make their bid for a top five finish in the Musto Australian championship hosted by the Derwent Sailing Squadron when the final is decided over the Sandy Bay course on Friday. Coping with the intense tactical fleet racing has not been a problem for the Lorenz and Scott who have sailed alone in the warm tropical environment on Pioneer Bay over recent months to be prepared to match the best crews in Australia for the honour of winning the 2012-2013 Musto Australian championship. It has been a challenging initiation however they have shown the determination and skill to crew their dinghy Rockstar to earn the respect from their rivals after recording an improving 11-7-3 for fifth place overall after the opening energy absorbing day 1 of the regatta. They are certainly well in the mix while Derwent River sailors Alec Bailey and Douglas Shephard has expressed the important advantage of local knowledge to become the nominated favourites after their convincing win in race three. However while the Alec Bailey helmed VMG has shown the potential to set the pace he remains under threat from a capable group of challengers including West Australian Lachlan Gilmour (Novo Rapid), New South Wales skipper Xavier Winston-Smith (Selden for Sailing) and the improving Whitsunday Sailing Club of Klaus Lorenz and James Scott in Rockstar. While they are targeting a top five place in this evenly contested Musto Australian championship regatta as the present priority Klaus Lorenz and James Scott have also focused their attention on gaining a major result in the OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championships to be raced later in January over the Royal Tasmania Yacht Squadron courses. Klaus will then remain in Hobart as the coach of the Whitsunday Optimist team when they line up for their five day Australian championship regatta from January 8 to 15. The former Optimist Australian championship Bronze Medallist who has coached the young team including his younger sister Eva and age champion Hamish Swain to achieve outstanding results at the state level believes they have the potential to retain their respected reputations when the sails are tensioned for the 2012-2013 Australian championship on Hobart's picturesque Sandy Bay. -- Ian Grant Gusts From Hell Fail To Deter 145 Boats at Grafham Grand Prix
The average wind strength might have been in the late teens to early 20s, but it was the severity of the gusts - up to 35 knots - that provided the real test. There were capsizes aplenty although, amazingly, no broken masts. The Grafham Grand Prix is the third of six events in the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series, and three days earlier at the Brass Monkey at Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club, Tom Gillard and Simon Potts had already demonstrated their mastery of 'strong and gusty' in their Fireball, winning both races that day. The Sheffield Vikings followed up with two more bullets at Grafham today, with the Fireball teams dominating the Medium Handicap Fleet. Runners-up were Dave Hall and Paul Constable who have been sailing together for more than 25 years, and in third were Richard Cornes/ James Goodfellow. Peter Nelson was best of the rest in his RS600, followed by a 505 and a gaggle of Merlin Rockets. For full results from the Grafham Grand Prix, go here: The next event in the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series takes place on Saturday, 12 January 2013, with the pursuit race classic near Heathrow Airport, the Bloody Mary. Goss Gets Under Way
Strong headwinds, heavy kayaks and a broken rudder combined with jet lag to make especially tough paddling for the pair as they made their way along the coast from their starting point at Devonport, Tasmania. Day one involved a delayed start as Pete's kayak came out of the shipping container with a broken rudder. But after a repair and a quick kip they set off for the first time, with a short 20 kilometre hop along the coast battling 30kph headwinds. With a second day's distance now under their belt, they are settling into a routine and have now completed about 55 kilometres. So far, the coastline is pretty civilised and overnight stops have involved a real bed and solid roof, but as the terrain gets more remote it will be nights under canvas for the team. Carrying all their camping kit and food has made the kayaks heavier to paddle than expected, although Pete says that they handle perfectly despite the extra load. So far the weather has been reasonably kind, but there is a long way to go before the intrepid duo complete the 1500 kilometre voyage. Follow the progress on the website petegoss.com, where there is a live tracker, pictures, video posts and blog updates. Featured Brokerage Shoal draft version of this popular cruiser from the Beneteau stable. 3 double cabin version with white hull, solid wood cockpit floor and cabin heating to extend your sailing season and increase comfort aboard. Shaft drive Yanmar 3YM30 diesel engine,electronic navigation aids including autopilot and electric windlass.Commissioned in the Spring of 2010 she spent two seasons on Lake Windermere before departing to Conwy Marina in North Wales. Brokerage through Maiden Marine: yachtworld.com/maidenmarine Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word Back For The Wednesday Issue |
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com Francois Gabart Has Rounded Cape Horn Racing in his first ever Vendee Globe Francois Gabart, the youngest skipper in the solo non stop around the world race, passed the longitude of Cape Horn this evening at 1820hrs UTC (1920hrs French time) setting a new record for the passage from the start line in Les Sables d'Olonne of 52 days 6 hours 18minutes. Gabart, 29, solo skipper of Macif, broke the existing record, which was set in January 2009 by his mentor Michel Desjoyeaux, by a significant margin, 4 days 8 hours and 50 mins. As he passed Cape Horn the young French skipper lead second placed Armel Le Cleác'h (Banque Populaire) by around 25 miles, approximately two hours. Michel Desjoyeaux, the only skipper to win the Vendee Globe twice, whose company manage Gabart's campaign, commented: " I exchanged text messages with Francois, very short messages. He told me the visibility was under two miles, he's sailing ahead of a (cold) front and approaching Cape Horn. So he has his hands full right now." " It is a very emotional moment, but I'm afraid he doesn't have time to enjoy it because the data collected by CLS shows there's ice all over the area. It's hard to tell exactly what type of ice blocks, growlers and icebergs there is but they definitely need to be out on the deck and visually check. You need to stand next to the helm, even if the autopilot is on, because you can grab the helm if necessary or work on the sails if you need to change the heading of the boat very quickly. Radars aren't enough because they can't detect smaller objects." Armel Le Cleac'h on Banque Populaire passed the longitude of Cape Horn at 1935hrs UTC (2035hrs French time) in second place. 1 hour and 15 minutes after Francois Gabart on Macif. Top Ten Rankings as of Tuesday 01 January 2013, 20h00 (FR) 1. MACIF, Francois Gabart, 7012.2 nm to finish ORC Announces 2013 Calendar Of Events In the coming year the most important event for ORC will be the 2013 ORCi World Championship, sanctioned by ISAF as the Offshore World Championship, which in 2013 will be held in Ancona, Italy over June 21-29. This event will feature a week-long mix of inshore and offshore racing on the Adriatic coast from the event venue based at Marina Dorica. As in the last two years, the number of entries is expected to exceed 100 boats, and even now there are already 28 entries from 7 countries on three continents. Another major event for ORC is the ORCi European Championship 2013 to be held in Sandhamn, Sweden over August 3-10 and hosted by the Royal Swedish YC (KSSS). This regatta will also have a mix of inshore and offshore racing conducted on the Baltic coast east of Stockholm in the beautiful Swedish Archipelago. There has been strong initial interest in this event as well, with 21 entries from 7 countries pre-registered from throughout Europe. Wharington Urges Sydney-Hobart Changes Wharington didn't want to comment much on Tuesday about whether he would consider taking any action over being prevented from racing. Advertisement "Nothing much happens between Christmas and the New Year other than sailing. We'll just look at our options over the next week or two and see where it leads us," Wharington said. Cruising Yacht Club of Australia commodore Howard Piggott said there was nothing to be resolved with Wharington. He remained upset he wasn't notified of any documentation shortcomings at the final Boxing Day briefing and was also puzzled at the breakdown in procedure that meant Ragamuffin Loyal wasn't recalled after the super maxi clearly broke the start. "It just seems like the race management has a lot of lessons there that they need to go and reflect on themselves and I think the thing needs to be tightened up in a lot of areas," Wharington told AAP. -- Adrian Warren and David Beniuk in The Age Full article: news.theage.com.au Never Say Never So why should the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race Yacht Race be any different? Well in truth it's not. There has been no shortage of skippers and crew who after many years of pulling on their sea boots on Boxing Day have declared it's time to consign their sailing gear to the wardrobe and spend time with their families during the festive season; only to appear on the start line rather sheepishly the following Boxing Day, or at best after a respectable break of a year or at most two. There are of course those who will give no hint that they are retiring; one year they will simply not show up. The legendary Tony 'Glarke' Cable - founder of the famous QLD (Quiet Little Drink) - who has just completed an astonishing 47 races to Hobart is probably one such. He doesn't believe in records. When asked in an interview by the Hobart Mercury yesterday if he thought he would get to 50 races he simply said 'It's not a goal. If you get to 50, someone will ask you to do 55, it's just relentless. It becomes crazy after a while. You wouldn't want to do a Hobart race to win any sort of a record, that's for sure.' But as to whether he would go to 50, Cable was sensibly evasive, 'It's a possibility I could do it,' he said. -- Crosbie Lorimer in Sail-World.com Seahorse February 2013 Next Rod Davis - Passion ORC column Design - Strictly practical A subscription to Seahorse makes a great gift and it's easy to give. You get a huge discount off of the regular subscription price for delivery anywhere in the world and we provide you with a gift card. Seahorse Discount Voucher Saving £16 / €25 / 24USD on the regular subscription price of Seahorse magazine. Claim your saving here: Titanic Belfast The history of RMS Titanic has been so mythologised the story seemed to me slightly unreal even though there's a very hands-on family connection: my grandfather was a caulker at Harland & Wolff and worked on the ship, his job being to cut clean heads on finished rivets and check that the steel plates were watertight. During his long, hard working life at the Belfast shipyard my grandfather helped build many of the big ships. The one he was proudest of was Titanic, the biggest ocean liner then ever built. To him, as to many of the shipyard men a century ago, it was indescribably luxurious and grand. When the news broke that she had sunk on her maiden voyage he said it was like hearing your own mother had died. Elaine Bunting, her full blog post at Exhibit: www.titanicbelfast.com/Home.aspx Spinnaker Tales His primary mission was to have another crack at the 628 nautical mile Rolex Sydney Hobart race hoping to better his career best result of third overall with his Farr 40 Queensland Maid. Both Bob Robertson and his team of experienced offshore sailors including experienced helmspersons Adam Brown, Mal White, Andrew Wiklund and Shannon Hart were in the box seat provisionally leading the fleet on overall handicap when they slogged into the solid southerly breeze during the first night. But the forecast arrival of the spinnaker sailing wind swung the race for handicap in favour of the speed sailing maxi's Wild Oats X1, Ragamuffin/Loyal, Lahana and the inform maxi chasers the inform 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart champion Loki and the 2011 QantasLink Brisbane-Gladstone race winner Black Jack. When the Mark Richards helmed Wild Oats X1 weathered Green Cape (the entrance to Bass Strait) she was on track to break her 1 day 18 hour 40 minute 10 second race record set in 2005. Wild Oats X1 left her line honours rivals struggling when she regularly logged speeds in excess of 25 knots as the crew enjoyed a 'sleigh ride' towards the notorious Storm Bay and the entrance to the River Derwent to further lay down their claim for a 'triple treat' line honours, race record and fastest corrected handicap time. It is now history that the outstanding Wild Oats X1 crew handed their 76 rivals another lesson while many veterans including the former Mooloolaba Yacht Club commodore Bob Robertson were again forced to nurse some wounded pride when Wild Oats X1, Loki (Stephen Ainsworth) and the Mark Bradford steered and Peter Harburg owned Black Jack were officially named as the top three corrected handicap performers. Unfortunately the change in wind direction and velocity ended the overall handicap challenge for Lunchtime Legend but their good start laid the foundation for them to hold a positive chance of winning their Division 3 class trophy overall. However when the veteran Queensland skipper stepped onto Constitution Dock for the 12th time there was a spring in his step even after spending a mentally and physically tormenting 3 days 23 hours 43 minute and 41 seconds at sea. His element of confidence was rewarded when Lunchtime Legend claimed a deserved handicap win in the highly competitive division three. "It was a tough race, the weather had a few tricks up its sleeve although we did enjoy a 12 hour period of perfect spinnaker sailing conditions". The veteran skipper said During the traditional post race celebrations he threw his salt encrusted sailing boots in a dockside dumpster and joyfully announced that was his last ocean race. Many of his close friends have heard the same story before and believe Lunchtime Legend will contest the 65th QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone race and the Mooloolaba 200 later this year. -- Ian Grant For The Record Record: World 10 Sq m/Windsurfer Division Comments: Antoine Albeau broke his own previous record on 7 occasions over 3 days of attempts. Record: World 10 Sq m/Windsurfer Division Women's Record Comments: Current record: Karin Yaggi. SUI, 41.25 kts in 2005 at Les Saintes Maries. Zara Davis broke the record on 4 occasions over 3 days of attempts. John Reed International Laser Australian Championships
With the west to south-westerly winds ranging from 5 to 30 knots, and more, during their five hours on the water to complete two races, the fittest sailors got the top results in all three Laser divisions, Standard Rigs, Radials and 4.7. The three fleets spent more than five hours on the water today, sailing in two races totalling nine nautical miles, as well as having to re-start several races because of general recalls. At least they have a lay day today because of the King of the Derwent keelboat race on the river. After eight races in the Standard Rig (Olympic class) division, Burton heads the leader board with a net 11 points after a third and a second place yesterday. On 15 points is another NSW sailor Ashley Brunning on 15 points who also had a second and a third. However, honours on the day went to Singapore sailor Colin Cheng with two wins, but he is still sixth overall. In the Laser Radial class, still being sailed in two fleets, world champion Tristan Brown from Western Australia had two firsts yesterday to hold a one point lead over Victorian Thomas Vincent who also won both races in his fleet. Heading the Laser 4.7 division is Australian champion Jack Felsenthal from Victoria continued to dominate the results, yesterday adding to more wins to his early five first places. -- Peter Campbell www.lasersdownunder.com/regattas/ UKFA Training Weekends On April 6/7 at Alton Water Reservoir, Ipswich, Mark Rushall will be giving a 'not to be missed' tactical training weekend. Camping will be available at the country park. Mark is the author of RYA Tactics, is an Olympic sailing coach and an International and National Champion in many dinghy and sports boat classes, including Larks, 1720 and Laser 5000. On June 15/16 at Castle Cove SC, Weymouth, Adam Bowers will be running two days of sea training. Adam Bowers is a former Fireball World Champion and RYA National Cadet coach and has run many training sessions for the Fireball Fleet. Full details of both weekends will appear shortly on the UKFA website, www.fireballsailing.org.uk where you can express your interest in attending. Don't delay as places will be limited! Lynn Watters He gave much to the sport and the sport gave back to him. He called a number of Royalty his friends, he was one of a select group of 400 invited guests (including the Queen Mother) who attended King Olaf's 80th birthday. Alex Watters From Paul Henderson Our lives really changed in 1970 when Montreal got named as host for the 1976 Olympic Games. There was only one Canadian on any International Yacht Racing Union committee and that was Paul Phelan. Beppe Croce, IYRU President, asked the CYA to send delegates to sit on standing committees. Lynn was appointed to the Racing Rules Committee . Lynn became Vice Chairman of the Racing Rules Committee under Gerald Stambrooke Sturgess and then in 1980 became Chairman of the most important IYRU Committee which dictates how all racing sailors in the World race, a position he held for 10 years. Lynn also served as Chairman of the Olympic Protest Committee during those years and upon retiring was honored by being awarded the IYRU Gold Medal and remained as Consultant to the Racing Rules Committee. It was not until Lynn retired did everyone realize what all he had done. Owning Plow and Watters Printing Ltd. he would personally set the type for the Racing Rule changes and get the books printed as his contribution. From Bruce Kirby But he wasn't just a regatta organizer. With two younger friends he led a Lightning Class campaign for years, scoring high throughout North America, but never quite winning the continental or World championships. Lynn directed operations from the middle, with Edward Botterell at the helm (later to become a prominent sailmaker) and Sicotte Hamilton on the foredeck. Lynn was the middle man, tactician, sail trimmer for two Olympic Dragon campaigns, in 1960 in Naples and 1964 in Tokyo. But his most important time on the world stage was as chairman of the IYRU Rules Committee, and we are all still sailing under the influence of Lynn Watters when we hit the starting line. Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Malcolm McKeag: While with everyone else I am delighted at Ben's knighthood it is very gratifying to see David Howlett honoured with an MBE. I believe I am correct in thinking that Sid is probably the most successful individual sailing coach not just in British sailing (in terms of Olympic medals, world and European titles) but in the world. Doubtless there will be someone better informed than I to correct me if I am wrong. Featured Brokerage Absolutley top drawer IRC rocketship. With all the inventory needed to collect trophies all over the globe. Brokerage through Berthon International: www.yachtworld.com/berthon/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2750 - 3 January
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com Jury Disqualifies Bernard Stamm From Vendee Globe * The veteran Swiss skipper, making his fourth attempt on the Vendee Globe title, was forced to make a pitstop in Auckland Islands south of New Zealand when both his hydrogenerators, which produce power for satellite communications, heating and radar, failed. He anchored in the bay then realised he was drifting towards a boat moored nearby, a Russian scientific ship Professeur Khoromov. Since it was an emergency situation, Stamm decided to moor to his IMOCA Open 60 to the boat thinking he would be exempt from any penalties. A member of the Russian crew then boarded the boat to help him recover the anchor and Stamm did not to ask him to leave until the mooring manoeuvre had been made safe. He continued racing and in accordance with race rules, reported the facts to Race HQ. But soon after, he was informed he had been protested by the Race Committee for breaching Vendee Globe rules that forbid outside assistance and 'material contact' with another boat, both of which are regarded as the fundamental to the ethos of the race. His case was heard by on Wednesday by the International Jury who disqualified him. He now has until Thursday to appeal the decision but must state his reasons with new information, which might be difficult to come up with while fending off ice bergs deep in the South Pacific some 2,000 miles from Cape Horn.-- Kate Laven in The Telegraph The Sailors' reactions are not with the jury... Dominique Wavre: Alex Thomson Mike Golding Jean-Pierre Dick Bernard Stamm has committed an infraction of the rules. I can understand he can be penalized for it, but not like that. Disqualification is really strong. It's unbelievable! It was case of force majeure, Bernard acted as a good sailor to secure his boat. Our projects require significant involvement, hard work from the sailor, the teams and the sponsors. Bernard is fighting every day against the elements. I think it will be fairer if he remains in the race with a penalty. I want the jury to reconsider its decision. Jean Le Cam: It is as if a man finds himself at the edge of the cliff, he may fall, there is someone who extends his hand and he should answer him: "Well, no, because it's the rules, so please don't help me" and he falls off the cliff! I'm desperate. If what happened to Bernard is not a case of force majeure so I do not know what it is. I sent an email to the jury this morning because we cannot make such a decisions. It is important to realize that in the future we can no longer provide assistance in cases of immediate danger, fearing the disqualification. Should we let our boat be wrecked? ISAF Racing and Equipment Rules of Sailing The apps allow the user to quickly find information about all aspects of the rules that govern the sport on the water and equipment. Both applications are available to buy now for £0.69 on the iTunes App Store. International Jury Dismisses Protest Against AC Event One part of the protest by Luna Rossa concerned the addition to the 2012-13 America's Cup World Series schedule of two regattas in the USA at the end of May. The International Jury found this part of the protest was not filed in time: The second part of the Luna Rossa application to the International Jury "requested that the Jury determine that the Venice regatta 'has not been properly cancelled.'" In its decision, the International Jury found, "The (Event Authority) is the body appointed under Protocol Article 4.2 with the power to select regatta Venues and deal with all the related contractual rights and obligations. The Jury will not interfere with whatever the contractual arrangements may be or have been for Venice at the request of a Competitor who is not a party to those arrangements and who has no knowledge of them other than that a regatta on certain dates was proposed to be held in Venice. The part of the Application that relates to the Venice regatta is accordingly dismissed." ...But Finds Oracle Guilty of Spying The International Jury for the 34th America's Cup said it found Oracle Team USA, the team owned by Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison, guilty of spying on a rival team. The Italian team, Luna Rossa, accused Oracle's team of being within 200 meters of the Italian boat during a training session last November. The jury said that as punishment Oracle's team returned 10 photos of the Italian boat, fined the team $15,200 and cut five days off the period in which it is allowed to train with its 72-foot catamaran. -- Eric Young, San Francisco Business Times www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/ Overseas Sailors Move Into Lead In Cadet Worlds
The 49 teenage crews left the beach early with PRO Nick Hutton planning three races this morning before the iconic King of the Derwent keelboat race starts at 2pm. The Cadets did not race on New Year's Day, but on Monday the Derwent again posed difficult decisions for the young sailors with many major wind shifts that proved costly for some competitors. However, the experienced sailors from the Ukraine, Great Britain and Argentina picked the shifts well. Australia's two top placed crews, Liam Robinson and Nathan Field from Royal Geelong Yacht Club in Victoria, and Charles Connor and Ethan Gailbraith from the Sandy Bay Sailing Club, are placed sixth and seventh overall. Ukrainians Danyil Martynov and Pavio Merezhko scored a fifth and first to give them a net 12 points after discarding their worst race to date. Their compatriots, Oleksandr Isarov and Andriy Kalinchuk, maintained their consistency with a second and a fourth to be on 15 points. Third overall are the British crew of Alex Corby and Robert Keen on 26 points after a fourth and a seventh yesterday -- Peter Campbell International 14 Australian Championship
Mark Kristic and Andrew Wilson lead the fleet till the third windward leg in a shifty 12 - 15knot Northerly that tested defending champs Brad Devine and Ian Furlong. "The boats going ok, we struggled at the start, there was a big shift up the first work and we weren't where we needed to be" said Devine after the race, allowing Kristic and Wilson a handy lead. Devine, still working out a new stiffer rig piled on the pressure until Kristic finally cracked losing precious boat lengths in a slow tack, giving Devine the lead. Top Five results race three: Overall results here: Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs
A cool 15 knot sou'east breeze and the scraps of swell from the nor'easters over the last couple of days combined to create confused seas, enough for many crews to be wearing wet weather gear and PFDs while crouched on the rail. It was a clean start for all but David Cutcliffe's Cruz Control, which was called over at the start and had to return for another go. The reach to Box Head on the Central Coast was a quick one, Paul O'Connell's Cole 35 Katinka from the CYCA bringing up the rear. With a downwind armchair ride predicted, the lightweight sleds have the advantage. As the afternoon wears on those crews will be gearing up for tonight's physical and mental battle for line and potentially handicap honours. At 1530 hours this afternoon Yacht Tracking had the frontrunners, Bill Wild's Wedgetail and Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin side by side and trading blows for first. Both were on record pace. Wedgetail's waterline length is holding the Queensland 55 footer in good stead for her first race back after the owner's self-imposed time out from blue water campaigning. -- Lisa Ratcliff Governor's Cup: Banjo Takes Line Honours Webb and van der Merwe arrived in Jamestown, St Helena to a hero's welcome after a 10-day downwind blast from the South African port of Simon's Town. The team aboard this superfast trimaran sailed a good, tactical race and were unstoppable. Eyes are now focussed on the second boat to arrive in St Helena. As the situations currently stands, Sandpiper 2 - Abri Erasmus/Paul Tanner's Simonis Voogd 42ft catamaran - is due to cross the finish line sometime today. However, at 0800 (UTC) she had just less than 90 miles to go and with lighter winds expected, it could be a late evening finish. In the Rally Monohull fleet Ivan Flodgren and the Swedish team aboard their Hallberg Rassey Rasmus 35 - Kuheli - have maintained the overnight lead ahead of JML Rotary Scout, a Tosca 39. The Swedes took the initial fleet lead in the early part of the race but JML Rotary Scout, co-skippered by Peter Bosch and Stephen Jennings and crewed by a group of Scouts from Cape Town and St Helena aged between 16-18 years old, took a turn at the front of the fleet two days ago, and are keen to repeat this performance in the next 24-hours. The Governor's Cup Race is a downwind 1,700 nautical mile ocean yacht race organised by False Bay Yacht Club, www.fbyc.co.za, and is now claimed to be an entry on many sailor's 'bucket list'. First held in 1996, the Governor's Cup Race is a bi-annual event starting from False Bay Yacht Club in the quaint naval town of Simon's Town, South Africa finishing in Jamestown, St Helena. New Kiteboard Course Racing Equipment Eligibility Kites Airush VXR V2: 8-10-13-16-17-18 Boards Aguera 69S NOT completed and therefore rejected are the following equipment registrations: Kites Crazyfly Sculp Boards Airush Sector One Design V2 We congratulate all builders that have made a tremendous effort to meet all requirements and we are very pleased that the new registration scheme has led to a situation where equipment is actually already available and used on the beaches around the world. The deadline for and eligibility date for the next registration cycle will be discussed at the upcoming IKA Annual General Meeting. The full list of eligible equipment can be found here: internationalkiteboarding.org Captain Tork Buckley Tork and I had been colleagues when I was working at The Superyacht Group (then known as The Yacht Report Group) from 2007 to 2010. He acted as a mentor to the younger journalists and was always on hand to impart technical insight and valuable advice. Tork also offered me support and encouragement when I was appointed as editor of Superyacht Business. When I first got to know him, Tork lived in Antibes and was a well known local character, popular among locals and the yachting industry. In 2009, whilst still working as a part time journalist, Tork founded Big Blue Consulting Ltd, which offered consulting to yards and clients on new construction build and refit specifications. It was at this time that Tork left his apartment in Antibes and moved to Thailand in order to cover South East Asia for The Superyacht Report. But beyond Tork's significant journalistic and professional achievements, he will be most remembered for his vibrant personality and unique take on life. Tork was something of a maverick who was not afraid to take risks. Tork will be missed by many all over the world. We have lost this inimitable and spirited character far too soon. Farewell old friend. -- Juliet Benning Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Steve Pyatt: With reference to Malcolm McKeag's comment in Scuttlebutt Europe #2748 - 2 January's item on 'Sid' Howlett, I don't know how many medals he coached but Grant Beck must be right up there with numerous medals of all colours from 1984 to his last gold in 2008 (seven Olympic medals - three gold, still there in 2012 but slipping to 7th), all in windsurfing. * From Richard Hughes: So agree with Malcolm McKeag... Sid is a gentleman, great friend and best sailing coach in the World full stop. * From Bruce Scott: re: Bernard Stamm's disqualification: Both Mike Golding and Alex Thomson have expressed their feelings on the matter. I left the following comment on the VG website: "The VG rules are correct and the jury's decision is correct; it does not leave room for a time penalty. A tough decision, a tough race. As rules are made for a fair race between skippers perhaps the only possibility of reinstating Bernard would be to poll (privately) the other skippers who are racing over the decision. If unanimously they agree to his reinstatement then so it should be." As Mike Golding said: "it doesn't feel right ......". Bernard Stamm has 24 hours to request the jury re-examine his case, as laid down in race rule 66, and will have to state his reasons with new information. However, I shouldn't think he has any new information to present which could change the decision The Race Committee also has the same possibility to reopen the case. The other competitors in the race also have the right to ask for redress within 6 hours of being informed of the decision, if they consider they are affected by the jury's decision. Perhaps if all the skippers still racing could voice their feelings to Race Committee? Do they have to be 'materially' affected? 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Scuttlebutt Europe #2751 - 4 January
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com Thomson's Relief at Cape Horn Though the skipper of Hugo Boss still has more than one quarter of the course to complete, and the ice strewn passage of the Cape in itself holds considerable danger through the next 24 hours, a successful release from the Pacific Ocean and into the Atlantic will also release many of the demons of past disappointments. Two failed previous Vendee Globe races and one solo Velux 5 Oceans - when he had to abandon his IMOCA Open 60 in the Indian Ocean - mean that this will be his first Cape Horn alone. That he is in an excellent fourth place in an older generation of design, still in touch with the podium whilst managing an acute on board power shortage is already an enduring endorsement of his skills as a solo sailor. Thomson has been in power saving mode since he broke a hydrogenerator on December 11th, but plans to speak to Vendee Globe LIVE after his passage. * Jean-Pierre Dick Horn crossed the Cape Horn last night, January 3rd at 4.02 TU. "The Cape Horn is magical and symbolic. You can only deserve it after a long journey in the shadows area. You feel like you are back into the light again. You put the indicator to the finish line. Even if there is ice, wind and sea, you feel something strong inside yourself. The South is usually a place of expression for me, but this time was frustrating. I'm happy to move on because the race is far from being over. Sailing back up the Atlantic will be very hard and intense. We are now in a new phase of the race and I'm getting into it more determined than ever." * More support for Bernard Stamm from the fleet: Reached by phone during the TF1 main news show, Francois Gabart sent a message to Bernard Stamm: "I fully support Bernard, it is difficult for him. Whatever the jury decision will be I think he will do everything I can to get back to the Sables d'Olonne and sailing up the channel where I am sure many people will cheer him up. I hope I will be back because he can count on me to be there when he arrives." Top Ten Rankings as of Thursday 03 January 2013, 20h00 (FR) 1. MACIF, Francois Gabart, 6552.1 nm to finish Stamm Requests Reopening Of His Case Elaine Bunting weighs in: What I wonder is exactly how small an act of assistance it would take to risk being thrown out of the race? Even if no-one had helped Stamm weigh anchor, presumably someone on board made fast the line from Stamm's boat. Does that count as well? The principle of no assistance is what makes the Vendee Globe the ultimate round the world race. But these small acts for the safety of a vessel, which make no advantage for a skipper, are a real conundrum and maybe should weighed up again. Set that beside the oddity that the rules allow any amount of technical information, photos, diagrams and documentation to be sent to skippers about how to make repairs. Sometimes they are talked through stage by stage by their shore teams. That's not as much, or more, a form of assistance? Stamm will probably appeal, and good luck to him. If he doesn't win, I hope he'll carry on racing, overhaul some of those in front, and be treated to a hero's welcome and a moral victory in Les Sables d'Olonne. www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/ * One of the stronger comments from readers on the Vendee Globe site (along with many who are amazed the the official site has stopped tracking Stamm): "Let us look at the facts: They get him for having "material contact with another ship". The way I have understood the facts found, Stamm was moored off the stern of the Professeur Khoromov. Ergo no material contact. Mooring is allowed according to NOR 3.2. That leaves the fact that a person not immediately repelled from Cheminees Poujoulat, due to Stamms evaluation of the situation, heaves a line to another person. Gotcha! Hmmmm...wait a minute. The guy on the foredeck of Cheminees Poujoulat was under his captains orders, as was the guy who received the line. Acting under orders constituted by maritime law. Bernhard Stamm did not throw the line to a outside person. He was briefly intruded upon by an action dictated by international maritime law. The jury can, with their hands firmly planted upon the rules declare Bernhard Stamm back in the race without even handing out a penalty." Another Record Broken - 30 Entries By End Of Year "We had 30 confirmed entries at the end of 2012 which is twice as many entries as we had the same time last year," confirmed RORC Racing Manager, Nick Elliott. "It is encouraging to see that the race has captured the imagination of all sizes of yachts with a significant number of entries from yachts less than 50ft as well as much larger yachts, including superyachts, which you would expect to see in the Caribbean. Antigua Yacht Club will be hosting the event once again and since our last race, the club has made many improvements to shore side facilities for yacht crews. All in all, the fifth edition of the race looks all set to be a fantastic event." Last year's Line Honours victory went to the magnificent 216ft carbon ketch Hetairos, in a time of 2 days 2 hours 39 minutes 32 seconds. Of the current confirmed entries for 2013, the 100ft Farr Maxi ICAP Leopard is the hot favourite to be the first monohull to finish the course. "We didn't compete last year because Leopard was undergoing a major refit," commented ICAP Leopard's owner, Mike Slade. "Even though we have added a couple of tons with a full interior, Leopard has lost none of her pace. In 2011, we completed the course quicker than Hetairos in 2012 and Leopard has just demolished the IMA Transatlantic Race record, which was set by Hetairos. We know that we are in fine form for the RORC Caribbean 600. George David's Rambler 100 holds the outright course record and that will be very tough to beat, but ICAP Leopard will be giving it their all, as always." Team NZ To Boycott Pre-Cup Regattas In what is certain to create further tension between Grant Dalton and Oracle chief executive Sir Russell Coutts, the mastermind behind the new-look event, the Kiwi team will instead concentrate on their AC72 programme. Three America's Cup World Series events, which are sailed in the scaled down AC45 catamarans, are scheduled for next year - one in Naples in April, and two in an as yet unconfirmed venue in the United States, believed to be New York. Emirates Team New Zealand have decided to bypass these events as Dalton believes they are an unnecessary distraction when they should be focusing on sailing their AC72. After launching their first AC72 in July, Team New Zealand's performances in the ACWS events dropped away as the team struggled to balance their testing and development programme in the AC72 with staying race-sharp in the smaller boat. Under the protocols governing the next America's Cup, Team New Zealand are required to take part in the pre-regattas but Dalton has a plan to circumvent the rules - he will send their youth team, led by Olympic silver medallist Peter Burling. Under the original plans for the America's Cup, the teams were only supposed to compete in the AC45s up until July this year, with the 2012-13 ACWS to be raced in the AC72s. But with only three teams signed to challenge Oracle for the Auld Mug, the field for the world series events would be significantly reduced, not to mention only one team - Team New Zealand - had launched their AC72 by August, and they weren't even close to being ready to race it at that time. By April, however, the teams should be ready to race their larger cats, but organisers have decided to stick with the AC45s. -- Dana Johannsen Oyster World Rally Starts 6th January
Alan Du Toit's brand new Oyster 575, Legend IV will be taking part, this is not the first time Jean and Alan Du Toit have sailed around the world but the Oyster World Rally will be a totally different experience for the South African couple. "This circumnavigation is a world apart from our trip back in the 80s. The support from Oyster to get the yacht ready has been exceptional and the information supplied is really useful. What we are really looking forward to is visiting some of the wonderful locations that we couldn't visit 25 years ago. Back then there were many places you couldn't enter legally on a South African passport and we had to sneak in and out of a few islands. This adventure is going to be much more comfortable and far better organised, which gives us great peace of mind." The Oyster World Rally will visit 31 destinations during the circumnavigation. After passing through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific. The Galapagos Islands, Marquesas, Tahiti, Bora Bora and Moorea are the first ports of call. From the Pacific the fleet will head to the Great Barrier Reef, round the top of Australia, partying in Bali and heading west for Cape Town for Christmas and on to Brazil for carnival, before joining up for a final grand party with the Oyster Caribbean Regatta in April 2014. The Oyster World Rally starts in Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua on Sunday 6 January 2013. For more information: www.oysteryachts.com Let's Dare To Be Radical Q: In mid-2012 you announced in Lorient the fundamental switch to a one-design boat model. Six months on, how confident are you that the Race made the right decision with this? A: I knew this was a bold decision but from the moment we made it, the reactions and feedback I have had from exciting potential teams, the sailors and in particular the sponsors, have been 100% positive. In fact the more we get into the project the more it makes sense. That said, the project is also complex and demanding on our organisation as we now have added a whole new dimension and area to our team. There is a lot more to it than what was obvious to us when we started. No one has ever created a true one-design class in high performance offshore racing before and I know why. It is not easy and it is a huge undertaking both financially and in terms of resources to make it all happen on time while working to the smallest possible tolerances. But we are on track to achieve a great result and I can't wait to see the first boat out of the yard in the end of June 2013... ... Sailing is a beautiful sport, it is dramatic, it is a something so unique and different that I'm confident there is a good place for it going forward. That said, it is also a conservative sport and we must dare to be radical to evolve. It's not enough today to compare yourself to any other sport. You really need to study what people do watch on their iPads or on their TVs and ask yourself what you need to bring yourselves to the fore. If sailing can make one big change in 2013 it would be to start working on how to tell its stories better for the fans watching. Full interview at www.volvooceanrace.com Porsche King Of The Derwent
In a thrilling finish at the end of a long and, at times, frustrating day, the ocean racing yacht The Fork in the Road got through the lead on the final leg to beat Voodoo Chile, one of Hobart's fastest harbour racing boats. However, on corrected time under IRC scoring, Voodoo Chile won the King of the Derwent by 63 seconds. With co-owner Lloyd Clark on the helm, the crew of Voodoo Chile sailed a brilliant race to lead almost throughout the 20 nautical mile, although the lead changed several time in a day of most frustrating breeze. Voodoo Chile's performance augers well for its prospects in the Aberdeen Asset Management Tasmanian championship for the Farr 40s to be sailed over the weekend when the local fleet of five boats are joined by four Farr 40s from Sydney, including top international performers Transfusion and Estate Master. The Porsche King of the Derwent was decided on IRC handicaps, with second and third places overall going two yachts that had contested the Melbourne to Hobart ocean race. Second overall went to Alan Trebilcock's Bandit, third to Wicked (Michael Welsh). The King of the Derwent attracted entries from all three ocean races that finished in Hobart, the Melbourne to Hobart, Sydney Hobart and Launceston Hobart. -- Peter Campbell 2012 RC44 Championship Tour eBook The publication celebrates the very best of the RC44 Championship Tour 2012. Stunning photography and video highlights capture the high performance one-design class, in what has to be, one of the most competitive seasons the fleet has ever seen. Young Tassie Women Collect Third Australian Mirror Nationals Just one point separated the Tasmanians, sailing Kamikazi, and the Victorians in Bob, going into today's windswept final race in Montrose Bay on the upper reaches of Hobart's River Derwent. At the end of the race, the margin was still one point. The Tasmanian crew, from Kingston Beach Sailing Club, south of Hobart, have been sailing a Mirror together for seven years and in that time have now won three National and six Tasmanian titles as well as finishing second all-women crew at the World championship in Albany, WA, two seasons ago. The Frank Buxton Trophy for best placed parent and child crew went to Anita Scott Murphy and Ben Cruse), the Veterans Trophy to (skipper over 45) to Simon and Sidona Barwood), the Norm Deane Masters Trophy to Ken Barnes and Alex Kingsley, the Junior (under 16 crew) Trophy for the West Australians Ethan Prieto-Low and James Stout) and the Youth Trophy to Max Davey and Joseph Thomson. -- Peter Campbell Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Eddie Mays: Bernard's disqualification is legally right, morally wrong and I believe not in the spirit of the Vendee Globe * From Michael Knox-Johnston: The decision by the international judges of the infringement by Bernard Stamm is overstated and unfair. The race officials will understand how dangerous this race can be and that the preservation of your yacht and safe sailing must be the prime reason for any skipper to take on this race. The decision has made this race even more dangerous and may well bring this race into disrepute, which would be a tragedy. I sincerely hope that common sense will prevail, god knows what Bernard Stamm is going through as he battles his way across the most difficult ocean in the world. I was in La Sable at the start on Suhaili, these are great yachtsmen, but decisions like this will encourage other sensible yachtsmen not to enter in the future. Bernard good luck , I am indeed very sorry that "the rules are rules culture" may well blight this race forever. Featured Brokerage Sailing Yacht X-Yachts X-50 SOIZIX Brokerage through Bernard Gallay Yacht Brokerage: Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2752 - 7 January
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The Jury Reopen The Case Of Bernard Stamm
"After receiving the written testimony of Professor Marine Khoromov, the jury decided to reopen the investigation of Case No. 4 under the sailing rule 66. This sets out that the Board may reopen a hearing when there has been a significant error, or when a new significant fact becomes available. The jury do not consider they made a mistake, but believe that this testimony offers a significant new fact. "
Vendee Globe Skippers Rally Around Bernard Stamm
Nobody is calling into question the international jury's neutrality and impartiality and the skippers have chosen to share their opinion on the matter as they believe that this should be taken into account in the final decision.
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Bernard Stamm Hits Unidentified Floating Object
Due to previous energy-related issues, he no longer has sufficient fuel onboard. Stamm informed his team he was shutting down all energy-consuming devices to conserve what little energy he had remaining for the autopilot. Stamm was 1060 miles away from Cape Horn at 7.30AM (French time). Cheminees Poujoulat Sailing Team are currently examining all available solutions, such as, finding a sheltered area where Stamm could consider re-fuelling as the current situation jeopardises the yacht's safety. * A little before 2PM on Sunday, the Cheminees Poujoulat skipper switched his communication devices back on to contact his team and tell them more about his situation. Bernard Stamm is currently sailing in a 35-to-40-knot wind and he will have to keep his central navigation unit turned off most of the time since only 5% of the the monuhull's main battery potential can be used. Stamm will switch it back on occasionally to send and receive news. He also said he was getting ready to start drawing on his safety water reserve and that he was still heading towards Cape Horn. Even though it is difficult for the Swiss sailor to have a precise idea of how fast he can expect to progress, the latest routing shows he could round Cape Horn on January 9 as the wind will slow him down on Sunday and Monday. At this point, stopping in a port for fuel has not been ruled out yet, but Bernard's team is also considering the possibility of getting fuel from one of the boats present in the area. Top Ten Rankings as of Monday 07 January 2013, 05h00 (FR)
1. MACIF, Francois Gabart, 5621.0 nm to finish * Editor: The event site has resumed placing and tracking of Stamm. One wonders if universal outrage and countless angry comments had anything to do with that change of heart...
First Entry 2013 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round The Island Race
Stuart, who is self-employed, married and with two young children, is entering the Race for the first time but has two crew members who have competed before. Julian Weyer Brown won the family class with his yacht Coral of Teignmouth in 2006 and Mathew Owen competed and finished last year helming Moon-Stream Early bird entries remain open until midnight on Feb 2nd when standard entry fees then apply through to midnight on May 11th. Final entry numbers for this year's Race, taking place on Saturday 1st June, are expected to be in the region of 1,700 with around 16,000 sailors competing across this massive fleet. The existing course records are:
- 3hrs 53mins and 05secs for a monohull, set by Mike Slade on ICAP Leopard in 2008
Back To Back Australian Championships in I14s
The final day racing for the Australian Championships here on Waterloo Bay has challenged the 26 strong International 14ft skiff fleet. Fickle conditions caused unusual pressure changes throughout the day. The ability to change rig setup efficiently on the water, from rake to tension, is what gives the i14 class a huge advantage in conditions like those on the bay today. The Australian i14 fleet will now look towards sending a team to the 2013 i14 World Championships in Toronto, Canada, later this year. -- Neil Patchett Top Five Overall Places 2012/2013 i14 Australian Titles:
1. Del Boca Vista, B. Devine and I. Furlong, AUS
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Ukrainian Upset But Still The Winners In Cadet Worlds
The Cadets, along with other dinghy classes running their championships on the river, started early, knowing that conditions would be unsailable later in the day. Fortunately, the managed to complete all races before the forecast gale force northeries swept down the river, bringing heatwave conditions to Tasmania's capital city. In fact, the winds against reached 38 knots, the temperature a record 41.3 degrees Celius. Race 11 saw a late but valiant effort by the Australians crews, although it seemed unlikely the Ukrainians could not lose first or second oval. As it turned out, the overnight leaders by two points from their fellow countrymen, UKR9855 (Danyil Martynov and Pavlo Merezhko) had an disappointing race and finished in 35th place. This left the door open and a 5th by UKR9855 took UKR9905 - Tasmania Devil, saw Oleksandr Izarov and Andriy Kalinchuk sail into the overall lead by 6 pts. Oleksandr and Andriy did not win won a race but their worst result was a seventh, consistency winning them the Championship The final top five standings for the 2012 International Cadet World Championships are:
1. Tasmania Devil - Oleksandr Izarov and Andriy Kalinchuk, UKR, 32 points The next World Championships will be held in Nieuwpoort, Belgium at the end of July 2013. -- Mariji Sasson/Peter Campbell
Fast Pace For World ARC
Since January last year the sailors in the World ARC fleet have sailed around 20,000 miles. But today they left Cape Town, turning the last corner of their circumnavigation to make their way back to the finish in Saint Lucia. A fleet of 18 yachts of the 22 in the World ARC circumnavigation set off in light winds on their leg to Salvador in Brazil (the remaining four boats are waiting for work to be complete before following). On the way will make a pitstop at the remote island of St Helena, some 1,700 miles away. The rally route is dictated by the different seasons along the way, but it makes the pace fairly brisk. At this point in the circumnavigation, gear, boats and people can feel a little tired and crews have spent almost two months in South Africa cruising and getting maintenance done. It has also allowed some time for reflection, and what I'm hearing from the rally sailors - as in all the world rallies I've covered before - is about the hard work from all involved that keeps it moving. Make no mistake, the round the world cruising dream is no easy ride. That can come as a surprise to anyone expecting the much talked of 'milk run'. -- Elaine Bunting in her Yachting World blog: www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/
Sailing Towards The Trade Winds
"Today we were stuck in light breeze - explains Giovanni - We knew from the start that we would find this high pressure area before entering the trade winds. Luckily, over the last hours the wind has been getting stronger: from tomorrow morning we expect steady winds of 20-25 knots for the next three days. Once we enter the trade winds we will be able to sail downwind towards the equator: it will be a complex part of the route. Aboard Maserati we are very happy also because today Guido Broggi caught two small tuna: we ate them in a lemon marinade, they were delicious!" The challenge to the New York-San Francisco record started December 31. They must break the record of 57 days, 3 hours and 2 minutes set in 1998 by Yves Parlier aboard Aquitaine Innovations.
Running The Rhumblines
The championship regarded as a stepping stone towards Olympic sailing in the 470 class was dominated by the tactically strong West Australian team with the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club crew of Lachlan Gilmour and Thomas Blaauw expressing their class to win the major medal with Novo Rapid. Lachlan son of Americas Cup and World match racing champion Peter Gilmour has the sailing pedigree but he still had to apply his personal skill with crew mate Thomas Blaauw to head off a strong challenge from their West Australian team mates who filled five of the top ten places. Strong fleet racing at the club level ultimately proved to be a decisive advantage for the talented West Australian duo in this tactically competitive one-design class. They made all of the small things count to finish the series with the deserved honour of winning the 12 race championship in a testing tactical racing environment on the River Derwent. This intense level of competition was another important learning curve for skipper Klaus Lorenz and James Scott besides being a relatively new team are a new team and forced to race and train alone on the warm waters of Pioneer Bay finished eighth overall in their dinghy Rockstar which was an impressive result. However near enough is never good enough with both sailors set to gain more valuable experience when they battle for honours in the important OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth championships over the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania courses this week. As expected skipper Lachlan Gilmour and crew mate Thomas Blaauw remain as the nominated favourites to win the series and selection to represent Australia at the World Youth championships later in the year while the Rockstar racing team will continue with their development program which promises to achieve recognition as a future star performer in the highly competitive class of 420 dinghy racing. -- Ian Grant
For The Record
Lested chronologically.
FRA - Antoine ALBEAU - 54. 05 kts
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Not Sailing... But Too Good Not To Share...
The ex-boyfriend was a keen fisherman and had entrusted her with his secret fishing spots, but after he fled to Australia with little notice, Angela Potter got revenge. Miss Potter was clearing out her garage when she found the GPS markings for fishing spots in the Bay of Plenty and many other areas of the North Island, so she auctioned them off on Trade Me last January and scored herself a whopping $3000. Miss Potter said she would never have sold the co-ordinates had it been an amicable breakup, however, the man packed his belongings into her suitcase, which had sentimental value, and fled the country. 'When he refused to return my suitcase that's when I sold his co-ordinates,' she said. 'I didn't list them to be vindictive. I listed them as a bit of a laugh.' -- Jenna Lynch in Sail-World.com
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* From Mike Greville: The unstinted expressions of opposition to Bernard Stamm's disqualification may weigh heavily on the Jury but they are faced with a task of applying a set of rules which appear to require zero tolerance in cases of outside assistance. In these particular circumstances this is on any view harsh, and seemingly regrettable not only for Stamm and his backers but also for the event and even more widely for the sport. With universal agreement from the other competitors, who would or could object to SAEM Vendee amending the NoR to afford the Jury some discretion to apply a lesser penalty in exceptional circumstances? * From Butch Dalrymple-Smith: Why did Grant Dalton go to the trouble of "announcing" his very logical and sensible decision not to send his "A Team" of sailors to the America's Cup World Series in AC45s? It could have been done discretely. While his decision is 100% correct, announcing it in a way to cause maximum discomfort to Sir Russell Coutts was perhaps less so. * From Malcolm van Rooyen: What can one say about the Bernard Stamm decision ? The decision once again highlights the how sailing is governed and run by those who no longer know what the front of the boat looks like or what ti takes to get to this level of competition. It is little wonder that so many keen sailors get frustrated with these beaurocrats and walk away from what is a fantastic sport and past-time. Maybe we should send each jury member and race organisors to the Southern Ocean on a boat single handed (should they recognise one) with a similar problem and say get out of this one without endangering anyone else. Its about time these organisations take off the blinkers and start acting in the interest of the sport before they destroy it.
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2753 - 8 January
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A Broken Strop and Power Problems
Javier Sanso (Acciona 100% EcoPowered) two days ago reported that he has only needed to use his hydro-generators three times since the start and is predominantly operating at 100% charge due to his extensive array of solar panelling. Questioned today on the Vendee Globe LIVE Mike Golding (Gamesa) responded with a pragmatic perspective. "I think you will see more boats using a combination of systems. The solar power is very good, but we have a little bit of both, the panels I am using are the same make as the ones that are on Acciona and they are custom, but they are extremely expensive. Acciona will not be a cheap boat to equip such a large array of panels. For sure, it is a solution now. It is strange because solar power was good for a time, but the panels were very inefficient, but the panels we have now are extremely effective." Said Golding. Then he dropped a bombshell, revelaing that he himself had been without functioning hydro-generators for around three weeks. "Well, I can't tell a lie. Ours aren't working either! I have two very good hydro generators that are working extremely well, but the little box of tricks that does the conversion has fried itself. To be honest, it nearly caused a fire. I nearly had a fire onboard, so I wasn't that impressed with that. The irony is that I have two very effective hydro-generators both fully attached to the boat, functioning correctly, but I can't use the power." * Stamm soldiers on... Cheminees Poujoulat is still studying every solution to supply some fuel to Bernard Stamm. However, it has been decided that it will be done after the Cape Horn. * Four years on... Today, four years ago, on the 58th day of racing a dramatic event occurred. January 6 at 2:40 am, VM materials, Jean Le Cam's Open 60 lost its keel bulb and capsized 200 miles from Cape Horn, not far from the current position of Jean Le Cam onboard SynerCiel. He waited patiently for endless hours in his survival suit in the hull of his upturned boat. At 3:21 p.m., Vincent Riou arrived on the scene and was able to contact Jean by throwing a packet of butter at his boat. At 19:00, he decided to leave his boat on his own. A chilling expedition in cold water of around 5 degress through a submerged exit hatch. Jean plunged into the cold, weightless in the water, then popped outside and clung to one of the boats rudders. It took four attempts before Riou managed to recover hime aboard PRB. During the rescue, the outriggers of PRB broke and Riou had to abandon the race after passing the Horn for the second time. Jean Le Cam is expected to round Cape Horn sometime tomorrow afternoon. Top Ten Rankings as of Monday 07 January 2013, 20h00 (FR)
1. MACIF, Francois Gabart, 5503.1 nm to finish
Fastest Fastnet Entries
Between 12:00 and 12:01, 20 boats had entered with Blondie, Henny Abbenhues' First 42s7, the first to enter only 7 seconds after entries opened. Within 10 minutes there were a total of 121 Rolex Fastnet Race entrants. Now, at 16:30, this has crept steadily higher to the current list of 235 boats. To place these numbers in context one must look back to 2011 when the limit of 300 boats was reached after 10 days of the entry system opening. This year it looks like the limit will be reached much earlier than in previous editions and the Royal Ocean Racing Club would encourage anybody considering a Fastnet campaign to get their entries in soon! For more information about the Royal Ocean Racing Club and the Rolex Fastnet Race, please visit www.rorc.org or fastnet.rorc.org
Private Navy Takes On Somali Pirates
As successful ship hijacking continues , the private navy, which is Britain's first in almost two centuries, has been set up to take on the Somali pirates who are terrorising a stretch of the Indian Ocean along the east coast of Africa. Anthony Sharp, chief executive, Typhon, told The Sunday Times: "They [Royal Navy, NATO and the European Union Naval Force] can't do the job because they haven't got the budget. Deploying a billion pound warship against six guys [pirates] with US$500 of kit is not a very good use of the asset." Funded by shipping firms, Typhon's fleet will include a 10,000 tonne mother ship and high speed armoured patrol boats which will be led by an ex-Royal Navy commodore and 240 former marines and sailors. Its fleet will sail under a sovereign flag, which gives their vessels the legal right to carry weapons into harbour.
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"I Think There Is A Chance To See More Capsizes"
On measuring up against the opposition (all teams with two boats) with his one-boat campaign: "We started a year after all the others, but we've already passed Artemis Racing and ORACLE TEAM USA, even if we started one year after them. I want to be honest, I feel pretty strong with our position, with where we are now. Looking what happened to the others, especially to Artemis and Oracle, could happen to us tomorrow. (But) what I'm saying is, look at Oracle – they never stopped from the last campaign. They had a two-boat campaign, but now they're down to a one-boat campaign. Yes, they probably fixed their first boat, but it's a compromised boat. They're not going to do the Cup in that boat. So in the end, I don't think they're going to sail more than us, they're probably going to sail way less than us. And Artemis, probably the same. They were supposed to launch in July... In the end, if you had to look at what we did, I think I'm honestly really happy. The doubt is that if we capsize, we're probably out of the game..." On racing on San Francisco Bay: "I think we have to see still what is going to happen next year. I think it is going to be really tricky to see (the AC72s) sailing on San Francisco Bay in those conditions. I think there is a chance to see a couple of more capsizes."
Aberdeen Asset Management Farr 40 Tasmanian Championship
Sailing Transfusion, the former Farr 40 world champion from Sydney surfed to victory before an 18 knot seabreeze in the final race, with series leader Voodoo Chile, helmed by Hobart yachtsman Lloyd Clark, third across the line. Transfusion's win levelled the pointscore and it also gave the Sydney yacht the vital total of three wins to two by the Hobart boat. However, he was speaking in broader terms of the success of the Tasmanian championship which is part of the Eastern Seaboard Circuit of championship events for the Farr 40 class sponsored by Aberdeen Global Asset Management, which also sponsors the famous Cowes Week in England. Ironically, a second place in the last race by Tilford Auto Group, chartered for the regatta by Andrew Hunn, co-owner of Voodoo Chile, cost Lloyd Clark the Tasmanian championship win. A second place, rather than a third, would have given the title to Clark and Voodoo Chile. "Finishing second to a world champion on a countback and winning the Corinthian trophy was a great reward…we pushed the Transfusion team all the way in what has been a fantastic regatta," Clark said after the race. Final results, first five boats:
1. Transfusion (Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, RSYS, MHYC) 6-2-2-3-2-1, 14 points
Laser Australian Championships
The 23-year-old Western Australian won nine of the 11 races, finishing with the river again swept by strong northerly winds, gusting to 35 knots and bringing 40 degrees of extreme heat. Brown, a member of Perth's Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and the Fremantle Sailing Club, dominated the 71 boat Laser Radial throughout the regatta, run by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. In the qualifying series, in which the fleet was split, he had six wins and two seconds and yesterday he won all three gold fleet races to decide the final placegetters. World No 1 ranked Laser sailor Tom Burton, from Gosford Sailing Club in NSW, won the first two races today and with the Standard Rig title in his grasp, did not finish the final race as winds strengthened again to 30 knots and more. Burton finished with a net 13 points with second place overall going to another NSW sailor, Ashley Brunning on 19 points with Queenslander Ran Palk third on 31 points. First youth sailor was West Australian Matthew Wearn who has moved up the Olympic class Standard Rigs this season. In the Laser 4.7 class Victorian Jack Felsenthal continued the winning form he has shown at the Audi Showdown, Sail Melbourne and Sail Sydney, winning six of the 11 races for a net 14 points, 18 points clear of WA sailors Conor Nicholas and Christopher Charwood. -- Peter Campbell
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Sint Maarten Yacht Club
Every year, the club helps the entire island host the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, a mega event that brings together high-end racing boats of all sizes and as well as roughly 100 charter sailboats for a long weekend of "Serious Fun." The clubhouse is perched on the edge of the cut between the well-protected Simpson Bay Lagoon and Simpson Bay itself on the island's south side, where most of the racing starts or finishes. The open air bar, naturally, has a ringside seat to the array of megayachts that line up for the scheduled drawbridge openings...none more exciting than when the fleet of 200 boats heads to the starting line at the same time! Although the Yacht Club can't hold all 2500 sailors and 1000 support volunteers, its decks and docks can hold more than you might think as the club hosts parties on both nights of registration. As a result, I have no doubt that in this year's contest, the club's high profile, raised further by 30 years of sponsorship by Heineken, helped it earn votes from an international cast of sailors and thereby edge out the Navi Bar of Glucksburg, Germany. I should add that for the other 51 weeks of the year besides regatta week, the St. Maarten YC's location as the first dock on the right when entering Simpson Bay Lagoon is also a key to its No. 1 status. And if you stop in at the bar in 2013, you'll no doubt find evidence that Favorite Bar contest sponsor Wight Vodka has a rising profile as well. Look for the bottle with five code flags on it, spelling W-I-G-H-T. -- John Burnham * The club's Petra Gilders sent us a note: When we found out that the Sint Maarten Yacht Club had been nominated as a contestant for the Wight Vodka's Favourite Yachting Bar Award - we were absolutely delighted! The Bar and Restaurant is leased out to a third party - Brian LeBlanc, who is also locally elected as best bartender of St.Maarten. Naturally we work very closely together - and this nomination was a wonderful bonding of SMYC membership and the visiting yachtsmen and sailing lovers of our Bar & Restaurant to prove to the world that we indeed have the very best Yachting Bar! An emailed memo to our membership asking them to vote, and through our Facebook page, Sint Maarten Yacht Club, going viral kept the momentum and enthusiasm going. It was fun and exciting to keep tabs on the percentages the other Bars were getting - and seeing ourselves consistently in the lead - and it is with pride that we informed our membership that our Bar had won this award.
Mikey Clancy
The Dubliner, who was just 22 years of age, competed on the PWA World Windsurfing Tour and had just returned to the world windsurfing stage in 2012 after being sidelined for most of 2011 by a serious ankle injury. According to website Surfdock, Clancy was nominated by Outsider Magazine for their People of the Year Awards recognising his strong comeback, including a year-best 13th place at the Cold Hawaii Classic in Denmark last October - and this 25-foot monster wave he ripped off the Donegal coast last March. As recently as a week ago the young windsurfing talent shared his thoughts with windsurfing website Continent Seven on the year past and his hopes for 2013 on the waves. Afloat magazine: afloat.ie
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Scuttlebutt Europe #2754 - 9 January
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com ACEA Sets Aside East Coast Regatta The ACEA will no longer pursue plans to host a regatta in New York - the Event Authority had said that an east coast regatta might be on the list of AC World Series events for 2013. Barclay affirmed that Naples, Italy, remains on the calendar for April with the first of the three venue hosting payments having already been made. But, he reiterated the need to keep the organization focused on the final events in San Francisco, stating that the ACEA could not stage regattas where the costs were not fully recovered or where the commercial complications would erode the success of the summer events. "Our number one priority has to be the events scheduled for San Francisco this summer," Barclay said. In addition to the Louis Vuitton Cup (from July 4th to August 30th), he confirmed the dates for the first ever Red Bull Youth America's Cup (from September 1st to the 4th) and the America's Cup Finals (from September 7th to the 21st). The winner of the America's Cup will be the team who wins nine of a maximum 17 races. Fastnet Entry Limit Reached In 24 Hours Henny Abbenhues' First 42s7, Blondie was the first boat to enter, only 7 seconds after entries opened. Nick Elliott, RORC Racing Manager confirmed: "It's been an astonishing 24 hours with the 300 boat entry limit for the Rolex Fastnet Race being reached in record time. We are delighted that the race is so popular and that the places have once again been taken up faster than ever before." All is not necessarily lost for boats who have not been so quick off the mark to enter, as a waiting list can be joined at: http://remus.rorc.org. Past experience shows that approximately 10 to 15% of the boats entered do not go on to compete in the race, so it is very likely that places will become available. There is also a handy list of Frequently Asked Questions online: For more information about the Rolex Fastnet Race, please visit: fastnet.rorc.org From Portrush to Ballydehob
So the notion of the boats lasting well beyond the century wasn't on the agenda at all. But thanks to a mixture of an attractive design and the boat's main association being with a very particular port in a very peculiar place (let's face it, Howth is odd), the Seventeens have been kept going well beyond their natural life span. And every so often, one of them gets smothered with an almost unhealthy amount of cosseting. The latest one to be reborn is Deilginis, Number 11, delivered back to Howth on Thursday from master shipwright Rui Ferreira's workshop in Ballydehob in West Cork, sporting an exquisite new teak laid deck, and with much hidden but necessary work done down around the garboards and the keelbolts. Deilginis is one of the seven boats to the design built for members of Dublin Bay Sailing Club in 1907 by James Kelly of Portrush. J/80 UK National Championships / Inaugural J/70 UK National Championships The entry fee is £200 or £250 with berthing. To assist our owners and to help us with our planning, it is possible to pay a deposit of just £20 or £25 with berthing at this stage. As the championships will fall on the same weekend as Isle of Wight Festival, we are advising our customers to book their accommodation as soon as possible, and to transport crew to the island via their J/70 or J/80 as opposed to the ferries, which can become very stacked up during this period. To enter the UK National Championships and to view the Notice of Race, please visit the dedicated event website; events.sailracer.org/eventsites/ Illusion Class Christmas Cracker Downwind sailing was especially exciting and it was the giants in the class we mastered this skill best, 6'4" Bruce Huber, 6'8" Mark Downer and even taller Edmund Peel fought it out in front of the fleet with many others just goose winging it downwind under white sails only. Mark Downer however showed he is best in this kind of weather and took home the winner's trophy. Bruce Huber was second and Edmund Peel third. Due to favourable tidal pattern the Christmas Cracker was immediately followed with the Ice Breaker Trophy, the oldest this class has race for in its 30 year history. On Monday 31st December however the weather was so bad that racing was cancelled... a rarity for this class. Next event is the Piers January Jacket 12-13 January. -- Rudy Jurg Event videos: Christmas Cracker: Start of Race 2 Ice Breaker Race 1 Free iOS Application for 2013 WADA Prohibited List https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wada-prohibited-list WADA is responsible for updating the List every year and the 2013 version - approved by WADA's Executive Committee on September 26, 2012 - has been in effect since January 1. The 2013 List can also be accessed using other mobile devices via a mobile site: list.wada-ama.org Support Grows For Caribbean Christmas Sailing Rally With early entries confirmed and a substantial number of marine companies offering preferential treatment to participants, the timing and feel good factor of the Christmas Caribbean Rally is proving to be very popular. Each year, at the end of the European sailing season, approximately 2000 yachts cross the Atlantic, many heading for the heavenly Caribbean to escape the winter blues. The vast majority of yachts head off alone, whilst organised rallies offer safety in numbers. John Simpson has had an impressive career in retail management, holding senior positions with B&Q, W H Smith and British Bookshops & Stationers. However last year, John took a sabbatical and crossed the Atlantic in his own yacht and absolutely loved it, so much so that he decided to organize his own rally. "The Christmas Caribbean Rally will start from Marina Rubicon in Lanzarote. It has fantastic facilities and a really friendly atmosphere and the marina is fully supporting the rally. After crossing the Atlantic, the fleet will finish in Jolly Harbour, Antigua. We believe that Antigua is one of the most popular destinations to start the Caribbean adventure. The rally will leave Lanzarote on the 16th December and the main reason for this is that many people would love to cross the Atlantic during the holiday season. Leaving Lanzarote later has other advantages; it allows more preparation time after the European season and the Trade Winds tend to be more established by then. The Sailing Rallies team will be attending the London Boat Show on the 14th - 16th January, and Boot Dusseldorf 23rd - 24th January. If you are going please let them know. IRC 2013 Yearbook If your Club or company is interested in advertising in the 2014 Yearbook, for which the deadline will be in October 2013, you can find this year's details and costs here (PDF): Spinnaker Tales Australian high performance squad members Tom Burton (Gosford), Ashley Brunning (Sydney) and Noosa's Ryan Palk filled the top three places at the recent Australian championships in Hobart while Perth skipper Matthew Wearn won the Youth title from fellow West Australian Luke Elliott with Sunshine Coasts Mitchell Kennedy third. Tom Burton was clearly the star performer cleverly mastering the high scoring standard of tactical one design dinghy racing winning six of the eleven races with Ashley Brunning winning race four and recording six second places with Ryan Palk filling third in seven of the eleven race championship. All three exceptionally talented and super fit aquatic athletes will continue their personal duel to decide who will wear the famed Green and Gold sailing suit in Brazil. There is also an emergence of young talent who are displaying the potential to force their hand when the Olympic selection finals are decided. Sunshine Coast's Mitchell Kennedy was relatively happy with his Bronze Medal performance in the Australian Youth championship but he is the first to admit that his career while showing enormous promise is heading for a tough climb up the national rankings. However he is well prepared to meet the challenge and has the benefit of testing his technique and boat speed on the training track against the older and more experienced Noosa skippers Ryan Palk and Klade Hauschildt. The Australian championship proved to be another triumph for the Kennedy's with father Mark winning the Masters gold medal in Laser Radial class while daughter Madison finished second in the battle for the Youth women's title behind Queensland team mate Louise Evans. Australian Sailing Team member Ashley Stoddart capped a strong performance by the Queensland team when she helmed her Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron dinghy Diamond Standard to win Gold in the open female Radial class. Former Laser class skipper Jake Lilley has continued to do no harm in his chase for Olympic representative honours in the physically demanding Finn Class. Lilley racing in his first Australian championship has show the expected promise to hold second place behind London Olympian Brendan Casey. Naturally the more experienced Casey is favoured to win while Lilley has shown he is prepared for the hard slog to become a serious challenger when he gains the important experience from racing on the major international circuit later this year. -- Ian Grant Industry News As lightweight, high performance composite materials and components increasingly find their way into a growing array of industries, Gurit is implementing a unified global brand strategy. Previously not yet Gurit branded companies or market facing entities will now all feature Gurit as a defining element in their names. The biggest brand change will be seen in the worldwide marine markets where the combined SP-High Modulus brand will change to the global Gurit brand. This move not least reflects the fact that many of the market leading marine products are also increasingly being used in non-marine industrial markets and applications. ---------------------------------------------- Attendance at the 2013 Progressive Insurance New York Boat Show fell 19 per cent to 32,691, compared to 40,120 last year. The first NMMA boat show of 2013 ran one less day this year.Several exhibitors told national and local media during the show that activity was strong. The president of Boston Whaler told CNBC.com that January has been the strongest in the Brunswick brand's history. Some said that the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the region's boating communities would push new-boat sales higher this year. ---------------------------------------------- Quantum Sail Design Group (QSDG) in the US has acquired Dimension Polyant's sail-making facility in Sri Lanka for an undisclosed sum. The purchase is subject to Sri Lankan business regulations but is expected to be completed in the next three to six months. Founded in 1996 by a group of independent sail-makers, QSDG now has more than 60 sales and service outlets throughout the world. The company has its corporate headquarters in Traverse City, Michigan, and European headquarters in Barcelona, Spain. Quantum also has sail-making facilities in Malaysia, South Africa and the US. Dimension-Polyant is one of the world's leading sailcloth makers, with manufacturing plants in Europe, the US and Australia. IBI News: https://plus.ibinews.com ---------------------------------------------- Sweden's Volvo Penta has been chosen to provide the engines, drives and dynamic positioning systems for a new class of 14m (46ft) support vessels for the America's Cup. The new vessels are catamarans powered by twin Volvo Penta IPS450 drive systems with forward facing propellers. They were designed by Australian naval architects One2three and will feature Volvo Penta's dynamic positioning system, which allows a boat's position to be held automatically, keeping it within a very limited area using GPS coordinates. ---------------------------------------------- A lot has happened at Plastimo since the takeover by Alliance Marine in September 2012 : Settling IT and logistics issues, fine tuning the 2013 product portfolio and introducing it to the public and trade at Paris Boat Show, resuming the production of compasses and safety gear in the Lorient‐France factory, reinforcing the team from 58 to 80 staff members (110 including Rumania factory). Among urgent priorities, also came the settlement of European distribution to replace the former Navimo subsidiaries. Export activity accounts for 50 % of the total Plastimo business and the UK is one of the strategic markets for the French manufacturer. Plastimo President ‐also Alliance Marine President‐ Jean‐Paul Roche has announced the appointment of Bainbridge International as distributor for the UK. Says Jean‐Paul Roche ---------------------------------------------- Cowes-based hardware and personal protection specialists SPINLOCK will be sponsoring IRC in Great Britain and France from 1st January 2013. "Spinlock products are designed very much for the active sailor and all of our products are developed as a result of close relationships with sailors, ensuring that as the sport changes, our products change, meeting the growing demands of ultimately a more professional sport. This allows Spinlock to react with the latest developments in both deck hardware and personal protection, to get the most from your yacht and crew performance." To read the Spinlock IRC press release please see: www.rorcrating.com Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From Rees Martin: Having just bought a lovely Tumlare, am surprised there is no UK class association. Plenty of enthusiasm in Chicago, Australia, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Those interested, do contact me at rees.martin@btinternet.com I'll put up a website and set up links with our US and Australian colleagues. Toretumlaren welcome. Peter Gregson ( www.woodenships.co.uk ) has interested buyers There are at least two Classic Yacht Regattas in Solent and West Country who would jump at the opportunity to put on a start for the class. If anybody interested in buying one of these gems, do contact me; Adlard Coles, Uffa Fox and Ian Howlett can't be wrong!! Featured Brokerage A luxury like new, modern 53` with a lot of options. Sloop, flag blue hull from awlgrip. Owner version, never used as a charter boat. 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Scuttlebutt Europe #2755 - 10 January
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor@scuttlebutteurope.com Stamm's Sucessful Refuelling Operation... And Retirement From The Race * At 5.11PM UTC (6.11PM French time) Cheminees Poujoulat skipper Bernard Stamm notified the race Direction he is officially retiring from the 2012-2013 Vendee Globe. * Swiss sailor Dominique Wavre set a new record this morning onboard Mirabaud when he rounded Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of the American continent for the ninth time in competition. He left Les Sables d'Olonne in France on 10 November 2012 to race his fourth Vendee Globe solo round the world race and has been at sea for 60 days. Wavre is currently lying in seventh place, 300 nautical miles behind fifth placed Jean Le Cam with 7,000 miles to go to the finish. Dominique Wavre first rounded Cape Horn in 1981 during the Whitbread round the world race and he went on to race the next three events. He rounded the Horn again in 2000 and 2004 during the Vendee Globe, and then in 2007 and 2010 during the Barcelona World Race. -- Bernard Schopfer * Britain's Mike Golding OBE, on board Gamesa, celebrates becoming the first person in the world to race three times round Cape Horn in both directions - east to west and west to east. This rounding marks the British skipper's remarkable achievement of racing around the tip of South America for the sixth time. Golding's passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic today is his third time solo in a Vendee Globe, rounding west to east in 2001, 2005 and now 2013. And this time - which will probably be his last solo racing passage - the relief has been considerable. After taking something of a beating in the east Pacific Ocean over recent days, with stormy gusts to 45 knots and very big and confused seas, Golding has had to use all his experience to manage his IMOCA Open 60 Gamesa in the boat-breaking conditions. The proliferation of ice, which has drifted north on to the race track, made this his most stressful rounding yet. "I think there has probably been ice before, but we just did not know about it and went around blissfully unaware in years gone by. But now with the ice-tracking technology available to the race, we are all the more aware and it is much more stressful," Golding explained. Golding first rounded 20 years ago during the 1992-1993 British Steel Challenge. He rounded again when he set a new record in his solo east to west circumnavigation in 1993-1994 backed by Group 4. He returned again in 1996-1997 en route to winning the BT Global Challenge. Top Ten Rankings as of Thursday 10 January 2013, 05h00 (FR) 1. MACIF, Francois Gabart, 5009.1 nm to finish 52 Super Series At Quantum Key West Race Week The fleet in Key West will be composed of three American 52's and three European 52's. Owner Doug DeVos will be back on the helm of Quantum Racing with Ed Baird as skipper. Quantum Racing dominated the 52 Class at the Quantum Key West 2012 regatta last year winning six out of the ten races sailed and never finishing worse than second. There is a little change to the set up or the crew of the championship-winning Azzurra which races in the colours of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, 30 years after the first Azzurra team went to Newport to represent the YCCS at the America's Cup. Skipper-helm Guillermo Parada (ARG) will steer the boat in Key West with Vasco Vascotto on tactics. But the winning partnership between Vascotto and Francesco Bruni is unlikely to continue for the whole 2013 season as Bruni has ongoing America's Cup commitments. Volvo Ocean Race winning navigator Jules Salter (GBR) joins Class President Niklas Zennstrom's RAN crew for Key West. Tony Langley, the British owner-driver of Gladiator, is looking to improve the overall consistency through the season. After two podium finishes in 2012, it is an elusive regatta win which is one of the targets for the Gladiator team. They have a new hollow fin on their keel, allowing a little more draft and righting moment. Chris Larsen (USA) continues his sterling work as tactician. Ross Halcrow (NZL) joins the programme as trimmer and Anthony Nossiter (AUS) will serve as a grinder. Newcomers to the 52 Super Series, but not to Quantum Key West Race Week are the Botin Partners IRC-optimised Interlodge of Austin and Gwen Fragomen and the 2011 Botin Partners TP52 Rio of Manouch Moshayedi. Racing at Quantum Key West regatta for the 52 Super Series runs Monday to Friday with an itinerary of windward-leeward races scheduled. There is a trophy awarded to the overall winner of the US 52 Super Series which combines scores from Quantum Key West regatta and the 52 World Championships (Miami 5-9 March). Maserati Approaching The Equator The spirits on board are high, Maserati has already sailed 2750 miles (of the 13,225 separating New York from San Francisco) at an average speed of 14.5 knots. On board with Soldini Italians Guido Broggi, Corrado Rossignoli and Michele Sighel, French Sebastien Audigane, German Boris Herrmann, American Ryan Breymaier, Chinese Jianghe Teng said Tiger and Spaniard Carlos Hernandez. The crew is now really tight-knit: four people on deck at a time, shifts of four hours each, but staggered so that every two hours two new crew members are on watch. "The passage through the equator is complicated," Soldini explains. "Windless zones alternate with unpredictable storms. We hope to get by quickly so that we can continue south as soon as possible. The next gate will be Cape Horn. We will try to get there as fast as we can but it depends on what happens with the wind along the Brazilian coast. If we are lucky, the anticyclone of St. Helena will give us good close-hauled winds. After Rio de Janeiro small depressions and cold fronts will come up from the land, we will see once there how to face that. I think we will have to pass through the Isla de los Estados channel to reduce the upwind miles of the Cape Horn passage, then we will do our best to stay close to the Argentina coast." Maserati set sail on December 31st, 2012 from New York at 17:22 (Italian time) aiming to break the New York-San Francisco record, along the historic Golden Route (57 days 3 hours and 2 minutes is the time set by Yves Parlier aboard Aquitaine Innovations). Tracking and updates at www.maserati.soldini.it Seahorse February 2013 Update World news Seahorse build table - Maximum value A subscription to Seahorse makes a great gift and it's easy to give. You get a huge discount off of the regular subscription price for delivery anywhere in the world and we provide you with a gift card. Seahorse Discount Voucher Saving £16 / €25 / 24USD on the regular subscription price of Seahorse magazine. Claim your saving here: ORACLE Team USA Wing Arrives In San Francisco "The guys have done a fantastic job to get the wing built, and it will go together very quickly. You'll see it out on the water in early February," said ORACLE Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill. "We're really excited to get out there again, and from a sailing point of view, sort of reward those who put all of the work in to get the boat ready again." The wing was built at Core Builders Composites in Warkworth, New Zealand, and loaded onto a Hamburg Süd ship in Auckland that departed on December 23. The ship arrived to Ports America in Oakland Tuesday morning, January 8, where the wing was loaded onto a truck. With height and weight restrictions on the Bay Bridge, the truck traveled around the South Bay and back north to San Francisco. The timeline on the completion of the new wing was pushed up as a result of a capsize in October. The wing will be assembled and fitted into the repaired boat. Remaining repair work includes installing systems and painting, which will involve a 24-hour work schedule. Prince Philip Cup Dragon Australasian Championship
Despite the heat, races four and five were successfully sailed with matching hot competition. After five races, Akula (Matt Whitnall) has had four wins to lead the championship on 0 points after one discard, but he has had to sail exceptionally well to hold that position in a highly competitive fleet of Dragons from New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia. Sidewinder (Carl Ryves) is second overall while third overall is octogenarian international yachtsman Gordon Ingate, helming Whimsical. This year's Prince Philip Cup includes a number of wellknown yachting personalities in addition to the veteran Gordon Ingate, whose long career has included representing Australia at the Admira's Cup, America's Cup and Olympic Games. Marcus Blackmore is a successive TP 52 owner who has recently joined the Dragon Fleet. Sailing with Marcus is current world champion crew and CEO of Dragon boat builder Petticrow, Tim Tavinor, a former English Olympian in the Finn class. Sailing with Gordon Ingate is Australian Olympian David Giles while sailing with Geoff Totterill from WA is Australia II legend John Longley. Of course, Sidewinder's regular crew, Dick Sargeant, is an Olympic gold medal winner in 5.5's and two-time America's Cup crew. Carl Ryves and Dick Sargeant also represented Australia at the Mexico City Olympics, sailing a Flying Dutchman also named Sidewinder. -- Peter Campbell GBR Regional Cruiser/Racer Seminars The feedback received was extremely useful in helping the Rating Office understand owners and sailors concerns and priorities and some of the issues contributing to declining numbers of both certificate holders and also turnouts in racing events. The introduction of Limited Validity TCCs is part of our response to these findings. We also received a variety of comments about IRC itself, and about related issues including the type of courses being set by race officers and club/PY racing conducted in parallel. This was all discussed at the GBR IRC Owners' Association meeting in September and as a result the RORC Rating Office is organising a series of regional seminars to allow us to meet owners and discuss these issues face to face. Subject matter will include (but not be limited to!): Improving club racing turnouts. Seminars are booked between January and March in Poole, Blackwater (East Coast), Inverkip (Scotland), Hamble (Central South coast), Cardiff (South Wales) and the Channel Islands (date to be set). For dates, venues and times: Sea Shepherd Founder Accused of Scuppering Ady Gil The 62-year-old is being sued by the vessel's owner and namesake, Ady Gil who loaned the boat to the crew and cast of Whale Wars. A lawsuit was filed by Mr Gil on Monday at an LA court seeking $5million in damages from Mr Watson, who is a co-founder of Greenpeace and head of the Sea Shepherd Society. Mr Gil, a Los Angeles-based millionaire businessman, contends that the boat only had damage to the nose after it was rammed by Japanese fisherman in 2010 and could have been repaired. Gil donated $1 million to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which named the black trimaran - a three hulled craft - after him. Watson resigned from his role as head of the Sea Shepherd society this week. From Sail-World.com: Short Tacks For four days we will be practicing and learning on the water and in the class room, lead by professional sailor Christian Scherrer and Stephan Eder. In addition to the on-the-water training, the video analysis, and the theoretical part of the clinic, the social and culinary aspects will also be kept in mind. For more information go to bluboats.com ------------------------------------------ When is power rated as 'stored power'? With reference to IRC Rule 15 Manual Power, we sometimes get queries from owners who are not sure whether their system constitutes 'stored power' or not, for instance when the backstay tension can be pumped up by hand. As a simple rule of thumb: If you use a manual pump to produce the power, it is NOT stored power. If you press a button to produce the power, it IS stored power and must be declared. Remember that IRC distinguishes between stored power for the backstay only or for other running rigging such as sail sheeting. Stored power used only for mainsail halyards, or the reefing or furling of sails is excluded and need not be declared. Other halyards that use stored power must be declared as 'running rigging' ------------------------------------------ Plans are moving ahead for the Jolly Harbour Valentine's Regatta 2013 and the organisers can now confirm that the addition of a Rum Festival as part of the event will ensure as much fun will be had off the water as on it. Back out on the water the racing options are as varied as their party counterparts. Competitive keelboats can race in CSA classes; less serious racers, cruisers and boats that prefer individual starts can opt for pursuit races; classics will compete in a classic class; and a separate class of Laser Picos will compete alongside other dinghies off Jolly Harbour's south beach. The Notice of Race is now available on the website and online entries are open. A 20% discount on entry fees is being offered to all Antigua Yacht Club and Jolly Harbour Yacht Club members who enter and pay by January 14, 2013 ------------------------------------------ Middle Harbour Yacht Club will host the 8th edition of its popular Sydney Harbour Regatta in March and the Notice of Race is now available online at: http://www.shr.mhyc.com.au where prospective competitors can also now enter electronically. To be held on Saturday and Sunday 9-10 March, the regatta, which brings major racing to a close for the year in NSW, attracts entries from across NSW and from interstate, bringing together club racers, state, national and world champions, along with Olympians. This year, the regatta has attracted national and state championships. The Sydney 38 and Flying Tiger classes will all hold their national championships, while the Australian Sports Boat and Cavalier 28 classes will sail for their NSW Championship titles. Apart from those above, other One-Design classes taking part this year are: Melges 24, Melges 32, J24, Adams 10, Dragon, Etchells, Yngling, Super 30 and Young 88 boats. Featured Brokerage Lars Bergstrom and Sven Olof Ridder built for the Around Alone 1998/1999. Refitted in 2003 Brokerage through Windward Islands: www.yachtworld.com/windwardislands/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at uk.yachtworld.com The Last Word |
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