Scuttlebutt Europe #2176 - 13 September
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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 Minoprio Wins Race Of His Life At Danish Open
Finals day in Bornholm played host to some of the most exciting and extraordinary racing of the year, which included a dead-heat in the petit final, a Mirsky fightback from 2-0 down in the semis and plenty of controversy. The victory boosted Minoprio's chance of retaining his title, moving him up to second in the standings cutting Matthieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing The pair matched each other blow for blow in the first to 3 point contest and after four matches the scores stood evenly matched at 2-2. Mirsky had already proved himself to be the comeback king having overturned a 2-0 deficit against Richard in the semis. He looked set to do it again when he bounced back from 2-1 down to lead Minoprio in the deciding race, but Minoprio showed all the steel and skill that saw him win the Tour last year to hold his nerve and reel in and pass Mirsky on the second beat. Minoprio's victory was his second of the year having won Match Race Germany in May and cut Mathieu Richard's Tour lead with the Frenchman suffering a horror morning, going into meltdown to throw away a 2-0 overnight lead in the semis to lose 3-2 to Torvar Mirsky. Danish Open 2010 Final Result Semi-final Results Overall Result of the Danish Open 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour Standings Beluga Sailing Team And Patent 3 New ORCi World Champions Racing today was on the Flensburger Foerde once again, and in perfect 9-14 knot conditions with enough shifts, puffs and lulls to make for very interesting tactical sailing. With 19 and 30 boats on the starting lines of the Alpha and Beta Divisions, respectively, and short 5.9-mile courses, once again the race tracks were crowded and those that had good starts, astute tactics, and flawless crew work were rewarded. Even the smallest mistakes were punished brutally by the tight fleets bunched up closely on these short courses. Richard Vojta's GS42R Bohemian Express (CZE) tactician Christian Binder gloomily predicted yesterday that they had no chance to defeat Christian Plump's Rodman 42 Beluga Sailing Team (GER), believing their teamwork was not up to the task. But proving its never over until its over, the team went out and did what Binder thought was impossible: they won both races while the German team fell into the pack, vaulting them ahead into what they thought was the winner's circle and their first World Championship crown. But in an impressive act of sportsmanship in response to an earlier protest involving a controversial grounding incident that occurred on Thursday's long offshore race, Bohemia Express elected to retire from that race. Since offshore races cannot be discarded under ORC rules, the resulting increase in points moved them off the podium and into 4th place and elevated Beluga into the lead, with Veolia (GER), a local-based IMX 40 owned by Sven Christensen and T. Bastiansen, finishing with silver medals, and the Doctrina team's Salona 42R All 4 One (CRO) earning bronze medals. In contrast, the patent 3's win in Division Beta was decidedly less controversial, with the team leading from start to finish and winning outright all but one of the six inshore races, allowing them to finish with last than half the points of her Division Beta runner-up, local-based Johann Friedrichsen's near-sistership X-332 Chinook (GER), while AD Boats' Salona 37 Salona (NED) took the bronze medals. www.fsc.de/regatten/orci-worlds-2010 Maxi Finale
Today was the fifth racing day and after yesterday's light air the trusty Porto Cervo breeze was back on form as the first signal sounded at 11.30 a.m. in 15 to 20 knots of breeze from 350°. The Mini Maxi fleet completed two windward-leeward courses today to bring them to their maximum of nine scheduled races. Andy Soriano's Alegre had dominated throughout the week and looked to be a sure bet for the title of World Champion but Zennstrom's Ran with Tommaso Chieffi on tactics stole in with two bullets in today's windward-leewards to take overall victory just two points ahead of Alegre. This surprise turnaround is even more incredible when one considers that Ran retired from yesterday's race after running into rocks off Spargi and was repaired overnight. Neville Crichton's Shockwave (NZL) took third and second place respectively in today's races to lay claim to third place overall. Among the boats in the Mini Maxi fleet classified as "Cruising" Brian Benjamin's Aegir (GBR) took first place - ahead of Alessandro Rombelli's Stig (ITA) - and was awarded a Rolex timepiece. The YCCS Race Committee set a 35 nautical-mile course for the remaining divisions which took them due west to the Golfo delle Saline before doubling back around the southernmost tip of Caprera island and north to leave Monaci island to starboard. The fleet then had a long downwind run to Mortorio, after rounding Mortorio and Soffi the Maxis headed for the finish off Porto Cervo. Igor Simcic's Esimit Europa 2, skippered by Flavio Favini, was so well placed in the Racing & Racing Cruising division that her overall victory was assured at the conclusion of yesterday's race and she was able to afford the luxury of not racing today. Corrected time victory in the division today went to Highland Fling (GBR) ahead of Singularity (GBR) who also placed second and third respectively behind Simcic in the overall classification. www.yccs.it Ocean Safety Expands Their Interest in the RNLI's Ambassador Scheme For further information on Ocean Safety products, liferaft servicing and their links to the RNLI with the Ambassador Scheme, please visit Ocean Safety's stand at the PSP Southampton Boat Show from 12th - 21st September at stand GO56 in the Ocean Hall. 5.5 World Championship Norwegian Kristian Nergard and his crew take the second place and the third place goes to Finnish sailor Kenneth Thelen. Andreas Christiansen (GER) wins in the Evolution division and Alfredo Delli (ITA) in the Classic division. Final top ten: 1. Flavio Marazzi / Andrew Palfrey / Christof Wilke, SUI, 13 points Full results: The Future of the America's Cup That move into multihulls, according to all the briefing and expectations, is expected to continue, along with a programme of races over the next three or four years, the possibility of split venues for eliminations and final challenge, and a competitor forum to air the views and wishes of all the potential challengers. But the design rule for multihulls should be tight enough to allow close boat on boat racing rather than a boffin-driven drag race for speed. What will not be announced is the venue as complex negotiations continue with a problematical San Francsico, Italy, home of the challenger of record, Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino, Valencia, which has an existing, purpose-built harbour, though a problem for tall-rig multihulls, with Portugal and the Middle East also in veiled background contention. A decision is scheduled before 31 December. Stuart Alexander's full article at: Seahorse October 2010 Equipping the troops - Part 1 Champion Photo Finnish: A Superb Collection Of Finn Images And Stories How did Robert Deaves get into OKs and Finns? "Alistair [Robert's brother] and I both started sailing OKs at Waldringfield SC on the River Deben near Ipswich [England] (where we were brought up) in about 1984/5. Waldringfield had one of the largest fleets of OKs in the country at the time and we found something about the class very attractive. It became almost a lifestyle choice after a while. I can't imagine wanting to sailing anything else," said Deaves. "For me the same thing happened with Finns, though we were the only Finns on the river. We both bought Finns in 1989 and Alistair sailed them until about 1998. Alistair went to New Zealand in 1994 for the OK Worlds in Napier. He stayed for six months, and has since spent more time there, than here [England]. He has currently been there full time since 2002 and runs a small boat repair and restoration business, as well as finishing and selling the new Icebreaker OKs. "In 1993 I became the editor of the British Finn Association newsletter, with no experience in publishing and no idea of how I was going to do it - just needing a challenge. This led to becoming secretary of the BFA from 1995 to 2003, led to becoming editor of Finnfare in 1997 and I have now published three books on the back of it (the first was FINNatics in 1999). Photo FINNish is available to purchase through the International Finn Association. Please see their website finnclass.org for full details. Full article by Anne Hinton at sailracewin.com Global Ocean Race Launches a Unique Youth Sailing Programme
Since the finish of the first GOR in July last year, Hall and the Global Vision team have been gathering support to run the GVST and develop the charity. "We contacted RS Sailing last autumn as the RS Vision dinghy seemed the perfect tool for the job and they embraced the programme with enthusiasm," says Hall. The Global Vision Sailing Trust will be shipping a fleet of RS Vision dinghies to each stopover in the 2011-12 race. With the hardware in place, the GOR Race Director approached the highly-successful online yacht racing company, Virtual Regatta, as a revenue source for the Trust's initial funding. "The popularity and reach of Virtual Regatta is enormous and this online sailing game is becoming an integral and profitable component in offshore and round the world racing events," says Hall. "All our income from the Global Ocean Race Virtual Regatta game will go directly to the Global Vision Sailing Trust," he confirms. "We are also searching for support and involvement from international corporations and local businesses in each stopover who wish to become part of the Global Vision Sailing Trust. Philanthropic donations will also be welcomed." The GOR organisers are purchasing and donating the very first RS Vision dinghy in the GVST fleet and a promotional programme for the charity is already planned. For further details of the charity and opportunities of involvement with the Global Vision Sailing Trust, please contact Piers Williams via No New Boat For Sam
How are your projects moving along? How are you preparing for this? So what boat are you looking at for the 2012 Vendee? Derek Hatfield Secures Title Sponsor The title sponsorship is the last piece in the puzzle for Derek, who purchased Rich Wilson's proven Eco 60 Great American III in March and has since notched up more than 10,000 miles at sea in preparation for the gruelling solo race. Derek's Eco 60 Spirit of Canada will now be renamed Active House and will display the Active House Alliance's livery on the yacht's hulls, decks and sails. Active House is a vision of buildings that give more than they take. It proposes a target framework for how to design and renovate buildings that contribute positively to human health and well-being by focusing on the indoor and outdoor environment and the use of renewable energy. Active House is also a network that facilitates experience sharing in the building trades and prepares the way for propagation of a new international sustainable building standard. In training for the gruelling solo ocean race Derek has sailed more than 10,000 miles on Active House including the delivery of the yacht from France to Canada and two return voyages from his home port of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to Bermuda. Derek also took line honours in the 350-mile Route Halifax Saint-Pierre race, setting a new course record in the process. www.velux5oceans.com Featured Brokerage Designed by Andre Mauric and built by Querre Palliard, this vessel is the sister ship to the winner of the half tonne cup in 1973 and fore-runner of the hugely popular first 30. Recently restored in 2003 and continuously improved, with items such as modern diesel engine,upgraded boom and vang and full hlyard jammers/ self tailing winches, she is a very well maintained boat. She has a full set of external instruments with well-equipped, internal navigation station. Her tasteful, tidy interior of 4 berths in a single cabin and basic amenities, including new hob, make her ideal racing yacht or fun, short term cruiser. She has a most comprehensive sail wardrobe, a full cover and staggeringly successful racing record. Brokerage through AAA Marine (Cowes) Ltd.: Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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Canada's top ocean racer Derek Hatfield is heading full speed for the Velux 5 Oceans start line after securing a title sponsor for his campaign. For the forthcoming race the 57-year-old solo sailor will be sponsored by Active House, a global alliance of companies, research institutions and other organisations promoting sustainable buildings.
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