Scuttlebutt Europe #2114 - 16 June
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Brought to you by Boats.com Europe, Yachtworld.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 PRB Wins Vuelta Espana a Vela Stage 2
France's past Vendee Globe winner Vincent Riou, sailing with Jean Le Cam and crew on the new PRB reaped the benefit of one, small favourable wind shift to take the winning gun and the overall lead of the Vuelta Espana a Vela. At 01:04.12hrs (local time) PRB lead near her near sister-ship Safran across the finish line with the leg 1 winner only one minute and 59 seconds later, with Spain's Movistar of Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez only 1 minute and 13 seconds behind the IMOCA world champion Guillemot. Behind the top three the Santander pair Pachi Rivero and Tono Piris on W Hotels Nova Bocana crossed the finish line in fourth at 02:01:51hrs, 57 minutes after PRB while Estrella Damm of Pepe Ribes and Alex Pella again got the better of Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella on GAES Centros Auditivo, who took sixth. The British skipper again rued a small crewing error when they were ahead of the Barcelona team which cost them time and distance. The local team on Central Lechera Asturiana, still in their early stages with their IMOCA Open 60 which was formerly Ecover 2, could not profit any more from their hard work than the seventh place they took, whilst Jaume Mumbru and Cali Sanmarti on Pakea with Unai Basurko, completed the stage in eighth place. The next leg departs Wednesday the 16th of June. Gijon to Sanxenxo, 220 nautical miles. Second leg results, Santander-Gijon, 110 miles 1. PRB, Vincent Riou (FRA) Arrival 01:04:12h Vuelta a Espana a Vela, General Standings Position, Boat, Skippers, Nationality, Final points (Leg 1, Leg 2 ) Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Race Third Leg
Just ahead of all of them is the Dazcat 10 trimaran Paradox, skippered by Britons Will Claxton and Matt Gill. Second place multihull is the catamaran Drama Queen skippered by Simon Baker, whose Cornwall-based company Multimarine Composites built Drama Queen, and Dan Fellows. Simon's company also built Paradox which was co-owned by Simon and his brother Matt Baker. Paradox finished first in its class in the 2006 SRBI with Matt and Rob Husbands aboard, so Simon is keen to equal his younger brother's result. With 200 miles or so to go, and with the leaders making 12 - 14 knots, the first competitors are expected to start arriving at the next compulsory stopover in Lerwick at around 6:00 tomorrow (Wednesday 16 June). * From Marco Nannini: We have pressed on giving the all in, at some point Phesheya, still north of us and in a strategically better place was clocking up the miles faster than we could and our lead was seriously under threat. The wind was hitting 20 knots for the first times and 20 was the number Paul and I had agreed upon as to when we would change the big masthead spinnaker called A2 to the smaller fractional A6 more suited for the strong winds we were facing. We've all been there, the racing, when the red mist gets to you and you dont change down chasing that extra margin... we stayed on the big A2 kite as the wind progressively built up, at some stage we had steady 25 knots true, the top gust I saw while helming was 29 knots... the sailing has been exhilarating, I set my new top speed on the boat at 19.03 knots in reasonably flat waters (more is possible with waves). Alex Bennett on Fujifilm has also been our worry since Saint Kilda as he was tracking along very fast. At this stage i'd say we are equally distant from Muckle Flagga, although we should have a slight advantage at being north of him, the wind is turning clockwise pushing our courses further south until we'll both have to gybe... The fast sailing of today will certainly remain as a vivid memory of this race, absolutely fantastic! -- www.marconannini.com Coutts Quarter Ton Cup - Day 2
PRO Bob Milner and his team were on a mission and had forewarned the competitors of their intention to run four races today to catch up the schedule following the abandonment of yesterday's attempted third race. Good to their word they laid on three windward leeward races in the Hill Head area of the central Solent followed by a final round the cans race taking the competitors back to finish off Cowes. With six races completed it's been snakes and ladders on the leader board and with the discard still to kick in (it comes into play after seven races) there's still plenty more climbing and sliding to come on Wednesday's final day. Peter Morton sailing the 1976 Farr designed Anchor Challenge with bowman Jason Carrington, pitman Kelvin Rawlings, trimmer John Newnham and tactician Stuart Childerley has jumped into a 1.5 point lead thanks to an outstanding day with a 1, 3.5, 1, 1 scoreline. Lying in second place on 17 points having added 3, 1, 3, 2 to their score is Darren Marston and Olly Ophaus's 1990 Gonzalez design Cote with tactician Dave Lenz, trimmer Rob Dyer and pitman Chris Cooper (Darren helms and Olly does the bow). Currently in third place on 34 points, but looking forward to the completion of race seven and the instigation of the discard,as they are counting a 16th place thanks to a Z flag penalty, is John Greenwood and his crew of tactician David Howlett, Andy McClelland, Brett Aarons and Dan Gottz sailing Rob Gray's 1990 Vrolick design Aquila. Alongside the Z-flag their other scores today were 2, 2, 2, 11 which moved them nicely up from last night's sixth overall. The regatta concludes tomorrow and with good winds forecast and plenty more races to come (the NOR allows for up to 12 races) we can expect a nail biting finish. Full results are available from www.rcyc.co.uk Seahorse July 2010 Similar but (very) different Update World news If you haven't subscribed to Seahorse already we're keen to help you attend to that! - Please use the following promotional link and enjoy the hefty Scuttlebutt Europe discount... and it gets even better for 2 and 3 year subscriptions... Giraglia Rolex Cup Overnight leaders in the inshore series became overall winners once racing was curtailed for the day. Even though the severity of the conditions had ameliorated by lunchtime, it was not sufficient to encourage the idea of fair and competitive racing. Inshore Class standings were confirmed as follows: Udo Schutz's STP 65 Container (GER) in IMA, Gilles Argeilles' Brenta 55 Imagine (GER) in IRC A, Jonty & Vicky Layfield's Swan 44 Sleeper in IRC B and Ciro Casanova's X-382 Brancaleone in ORC B. The inshore victors will be added to the 2010 Giraglia Rolex Cup honour roll that, this year, began with a 58 nm feeder race from San Remo to Saint-Tropez held overnight on 11 and 12 June. In this prologue contest, Andreas Faerber's J-122 Nikita (ITA) held off Alberto Franchella's Comet 45 I. Nova (ITA) by 5 minutes on handicap to win IRC A. Whilst in ORC B, Giovanni Melioli's First 33.7 Keonda II (ITA) had a substantial 24 minute margin over Brancaleone. With the prospect of a storm tonight, the prize giving for the racing to date planned for this evening has been rescheduled for San Remo. The forecast weather for Wednesday suggests an improvement in the general situation. The wind will swing round to the south overnight and fill in at between 10 - 15 knots by midday, the scheduled start time for the distance race. Alfa Romeo II holds the Giraglia Rolex Cup offshore race record of 18 hours 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Strictly, speaking the fastest time over the 241 nm course between Saint-Tropez and San Remo is held by Riviera di Rimini, which in 1998 covered the distance in 24 hours 21 minutes 47 seconds. www.giragliarolexcup.com Tonnerre Does It Again On Friday evening the 18 boats of the East Coast Race fleet gathered at the Branklet buoy, where the River Crouch and the River Roach meet, for the start in light winds of 8 knots coming from an Easterly direction. After a clear start the fleet faced a beat out of the Crouch with Tonnerre soon in the lead. The route was a 97 mile course that took them north around Long Sand and the Galloper banks before heading to Ostend. The conditions proved trying with only a few of the larger boats getting past Long Sand Head before the tide turned. One of the fleet motored in when it became apparent that otherwise they would miss their lunch booking and another was forced to give up after getting entangled in some discarded fishnet. The winner overall was Tonnerre of Breskens 3, continuing its successes in the Cervantes Trophy and Myth of Malham races. In all six yachts retired and the final finishers didn't complete the course until after midnight Belgian time. Extensive works are being carried out at the entrance to Ostend and one yacht ran aground, after finishing in the dark, on the rocks being dumped to build a new mole. Speedy assistance from an Ostend port support vessel got the yacht off the obstruction. No one was injured and after inspection the yacht has been able to rejoin the EAORA fleet on its week of racing in Belgium and Holland. Belle Mente and RAN Tied in Onion Patch after Stage One Racing On Saturday Hap Fauth's Belle Mente took the lead on Saturday in the 22-boat fleet. Ran, the JV72 sailed by Niklas Zennstrom which has won the Fastnet and Sydney-Hobart races, came second for the day only twenty-one seconds per mile behind the leader. Vanquish, the former Belle Mente (STP65) owned by the US Merchant Marine Academy and co-skippered for the series by Bermudian Buddy Rego and Russell Lucus of New Jersey was third. Sunday racing was delayed until almost 3:00PM, the starting-time limit for the day, but the IRC and Onion Patch sailors did manage to get in one race to complete the Onion Patch schedule. Ran took first place in that race by nine seconds per mile over Belle Mente. They were followed by the US Naval Academy's TP52 Invictus. Overall provisional results after Stage One put Belle Mente 1-2 and Ran 2-1 in a tie with three points each. Sforzando, a Kerr 55 sailed by Clayton Deutsch, sits in third following consistent fourth place finishes in both races Stage Two of the Onion Patch Series, the Newport Bermuda Race, starts Friday June 18th in Newport. The classic ocean race is organized by the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. -- Talbot Wilson The Onion Patch results, photos, news Notice of Series and much more are posted at www.onionpatchseries.com Yachtsman Loses Spleen In Superyacht Accident The 45m Salperton IV, about a year old and owned by Barry Houghton, was taking part in the first race of the Loro Piana regatta in Sardinia when the accident happened in the notorious 'bomb alley', a narrow stretch of water off Porto Cervo which provides exciting sailing conditions through a rock strewn channel. Skipper Andy Green told Yachting World that Salperton was recording 30 to 34 knots of true wind speed at the masthead and that they were beating towards the finish in close company with Charles Dunstone's Hamilton 11. They had full main and blade jib up when they had to duck Hamilton as she came towards them on starboard. "Normally bomb alley feels quite wide but in this 45m yacht is suddenly feels smaller," said Andy Green who said they cleared Hamilton's stern by about 10m. "We were under complete control," he said but as they hardened up to resume their course the jib sheet parted. Mark Goodwin was on the weather side of the yacht when the weather sheet flogged as the half-trimmed blade jib flogged violently. Catching Goodwin round the waist the sheet hurled him against the boom vang. He broke six ribs and damaged his spleen. "I can not praise the crew enough for dealing with the situation in an exemplary manner," said Andy Green who immediately dropped the sails and started motoring to Porto Cervo half an hour away. www.yachtingworld.com/supersail/ Half Ton Royal Temple Commodore's Cup 2 Belgium, 1 French & 1 British Teams entered totaling 12 half tonners already. If you are available and want to join a team contact Bert Janssen or The event will be held on the final three days of Ramsgate Week 2010; 19-20-21 August. The half tonners will race as part of the regatta in IRC Class 3, as well as in team races for the Half Ton Royal Temple Commodore's Cup. The event is named as such after the Commodore of RTYC bought a 1924 trophy previously awarded in Ramsgate and named 'The Royal Temple Commodores Cup'. There will be no restrictions to the number of teams, but all entries must hold a current IRC certificate. The three-boat teams must consist of two Classic 'one off' Half Tonners and one classic production Half Tonner, as follows: - 1 Classic Half Tonner one off with TCC above 0.950 The event will be held every two years during Ramsgate Week, in even years. In uneven years the halftonners sail their traditional Half Ton Classics Cup. The date for 2011, which will be held at a UK venue, is yet to be decided. 
Get A Deal On The Racing Rules! To order the Rules DVD or learn more about it, go to: www.LearnTheRacingRules.com Monsoon Cup Audit Shows Outstanding Return On Investment
Three extensive, independent audits were carried out by Brand Advantage, Boulder Creek International and MSC Technology Centre to evaluate the benefits this unique match racing competition, awarded with 'special event status' by the International Sailing Federation, has brought to Malaysia. The Monsoon Cup is the ideal sporting platform to introduce the World to Terengganu, Malaysia and has boosted revenue in the local economy. Analysis of the results concluded that Stage 10 of the 2009 World Match Racing Tour delivered an overall KPI achievement of 97.5% and the Event Media and Brand Value to Malaysia was valued at RM 538,833,381 (USD 164,806,049). This produces an incredible 26 point multiple on the overall Return on Investment. This figure incorporates a print media value of RM 24,367,767 (USD 7,453,056) and an international broadcast media value of a staggering RM 270,658, 458 (USD 82,782,828) as well as an estimated visitor expenditure of RM 7,083,992 (USD 2,166,689). The audit results also include a range of tangible and intangible benefits measured by an exclusive proprietary economic model specifically designed to value an event's rights and benefits. The ISAF World Match Racing Tour is now looking ahead to the 2010 Monsoon Cup, 30 November - 5 December. www.wmrt.com Honours For The Marine Industry he 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours brought a CBE for Rod Carr, outgoing chief executive of the RYA. Mr Carr was honoured with an OBE in 2005 and now becomes a CBE for his services to sailing. MBEs went to Geoff Holt for his services to disabled sailing and to Harry Arnold for his services to the Inland Waterways. OBEs went to Robert Hill, MD of Chemring Marine, for his services to the marine industry, fisherman Paul White for voluntary services to Hasting coastguard and John Green for voluntary services to Helford River Children's Sailing Trust. Featured Brokerage Sail inventory: Brokerage through K-Yachting: www.yachtworld.com/k-yachting/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at uk.yachtworld.com The Last Word |
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