Scuttlebutt Europe #2577 - 25 April
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At 8am, all the sailors were ready to hit the water for their races scheduled at 9am. With the end of the qualification ending tonight, priority was given to the classes sailing in groups. Stars, Sonars and 49ers sailed only one race, while Finns, 2.4mR and Skud stayed ashore. All other classes were able to complete their two scheduled races. With similar conditions as the first two days the results didn't change much. At the end of the day, all classes sailing in groups were able to complete their qualification stages. Tomorrow will be the first day of finals. The Women Match racing will conclude their round robins. Sailing will start at 8.30 am for the Women Match racing and 11am for the other classes. Top three by class: RS:X Men after 6 races, 1 discard RS:X Women after 6 races, 1 discard Laser after 6 races, 1 discard Laser Radial after 6 races, 1 discard Finn after 4 races, no discard 49er after 5 races, 1 discard 470 Men after 6 races, 1 discard 470 Women after 6 races, 1 discard Star after 4 races, no discard Women's Match Racing: See sof.ffvoile.net/results/mr.htm 2.4 Metre after 4 races, no discard Sonar after 4 races, no discard Skud after 4 races, no discard A Light-Wind Barrier In the past 24 hours, Conrad Colman and Scott Cavanough on Cessna Citation have kept heading west as the pursuing pack thunder north making a more direct course to the Leg 4 finish in Charleston, South Carolina. Since Monday afternoon, Colman and Cavanough have advanced 172 miles towards the finish line, while in second place, 266 miles south-east of Cessna Citation at 15:00 GMT on Tuesday, Marco Nannini and Sergio Frattaruolo on Financial Crisis have covered 226 miles towards Charleston. On Tuesday afternoon, Financial Crisis was averaging 9.6 knots knots and the Italian-Slovak duo are edging into the same weather pattern as Colman and Cavanough, but until late on Monday night, Nannini and Frattaruolo were making some of the best speeds in the fleet. Tactics are becoming more complicated for the final miles of Leg 4 as areas of light wind evolve ahead of the fleet. Scott Cavanough provides a brief synopsis: "The last 1,000 miles will be interesting as we have a couple of high pressure systems to cross and a very tactical final few days," he predicts. "So, should be fun!" GOR leaderboard 15:00 GMT 24/4/12: 1. Cessna Citation DTF Clipper Race 10: Oakland To Panama With the current weather conditions dictating the fleet's course, it will be interesting to see if it will be the yachts that have taken the in-shore course or the off-shore course, that will benefit for a better position on the leader board overall. The Race Viewer on the Clipper Race website shows the teams are rapidly approaching the start gate for the Ocean Sprint. The tight racing shows how closely matched these teams are after eight months of their 40,000-mile circumnavigation and it will make this Ocean Sprint an interesting one. All of the teams have the chance to pick up a bonus point for the shortest elapsed time between the latitude 17.5 degrees north and 16 degrees north - approximately 90 miles. With less than 20 miles to enter the Ocean Sprint and keen to maintain its current position, Gold Coast Australia has had a busy 24 hours of wildlife spotting in the placid surrounding ocean. Skipper Richard Hewson, explains, "An amazing day in and around Gold Coast Australia today with more wildlife than Australia Zoo. Whilst for the majority of the day we sat becalmed in the Pacific Ocean off the Mexican coast, in between puffs of wind we were entertained by Mother Nature who put on a spectacular show. "Three turtle species were identified today, including one rare leather back turtle and another turtle with a brown boobie hitching on its shell. "The most spectacular of all shows was put on by two different pods of what we believe to be Pygmy Killer Whales. The first pod swam to the boat and surrounded us, jumping, breaching and playing. They were quite inquisitive of Gold Coast Australia and swam with us for over an hour. As we cheered for an encore, another pod approached that was even bigger than the first and really put on a show for us. I got some fantastic footage of these beautiful creatures and felt honoured to have witnessed such a performance. The first teams are expected to reach Panama between 9 and 10 May. Positions at 0900 UTC, Tuesday 24 April 2012 1. Gold Coast Australia, 1571nm to leg finsh Support and Locate a Man Overboard Combining the two innovative products is a massive step towards improving survival prospects. The Jonbuoy does its job by supporting the MOB in a cradle like position in its inflatable support structure, while the R10, the first personal AIS transmitter of its kind, provides high precision GPS information, bearing and range, relayed to the vessel's AIS system updated every 60 seconds. The R10 SRS is professionally fitted to the Jonbuoy so that when the Jonbuoy is deployed from its container - an easy operation since it inflates automatically - the system is ready for use and the R10 automatically starts transmitting. The Ocean Safety Mk V Jonbouy R10 system really does give the best chance of recovery in a man overboard situation. First Showing For Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup Triallists Three races on Saturday in 10-18 knots of wind and two races on Sunday starting in 12 knots and increasing to 22 were sailed on perfect windward-leeward courses. The Commodores' Cup fleet were split into two classes, but started together to replicate what they would experience in this years Brewin Dolphin Commodore's Cup with all boats on one start line, whereas in previous years the classes have been split into three with separate starts. Winner of the CC2 fleet and the most consistent of all the triallists was Jim Macgregor in his Elan 410, Premier Flair. "It was a great weekend's practice and a good opportunity to test our speed against our opposition in the upcoming Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup trials," said Jim who is father to Lucy and Kate Macgregor, part of Team GBR's Women's Match Racing team going to the London Olympics. "Congratulations must go to Warsash Sailing Club for this initiative. We had great competition from Mike West in Eaujet and Nicholas Gaumont-Prat in Philosophie IV and it was good to start with the big Ker 40s, Keronimo and Magnum". The two Ker 40s came out on top in CC1 with Jonathan Goring in Keronimo first ahead of Andrew Pearce's Magnum III. It was windy enough for the Ker 40 to get up and plane downwind and these two speed machines had a great match race all weekend. On Saturday, the CC1 and CC2 classes were started together and raced the same course and also scored together to give the teams an indication of the overall result. Mike West's Eaujet was the best with a 1, 2, 6 just 1½ points ahead of Neil Kipling's J/122 Joopster with a 2.5, 5, 3 and Keronimo third with an 8, 3, 2. The Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup trials officially start with the RORC's Morgan Cup offshore race on the 5th May followed by the Vice Admiral's Cup on the 18th to 20th May. Baltic Sprint Cup Cancelled Unfortunately this has not happened in the case of the 2012 event. Therefore the Baltic Sprint Cup 2012 will not take place. The NRV however remains committed to the promotion of world-class international events for offshore boats both in and outside the Baltic and has begun to plan a new Baltic Sprint Cup in 2014. It is likely that this will have fewer but longer legs than those in the programme for 2012. Our long-term plan includes the celebration of the NRV's 150th anniversary in 2018 with a Trans Atlantic race for which we shall shortly be inviting entries especially from the Baltic rim. We look forward to publishing more information soon. Alexander Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein Henning Rocholl Spinnaker Tales All four talented sailors 'learnt the ropes' sailing their snub-nose Sabot dinghies against wind and current to be now presently regarded among the best young one-design sailors in the tactically demanding Olympic Laser class. Ryan Palk who races under the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club burgee is a valued member of the Australian Sailing Squad while his good mate and training partner Klade Hauschildt and the teenage Mitchell and Madison Kennedy have all represented Australia in major International regattas. When time permits Ryan Palk revels in the opportunity to further refine his boat handling skills with extensive training sessions on the Noosa River with boat on boat match racing against Klade Hauschildt. They have both proved to be evenly matched with the honours decided by which skipper is the first select the advantage line from the prevailing wind. These mate against mate tactical jousting sessions have provided both Palk and Hauschildt with the skill and confidence to concentrate on producing their best individual speed and tactical strategy in fleet racing. Both skippers have the personal ambition set on being selected to represent Australia at a future Olympic regatta in a class which is presently dominated by New South Wales helmsman and multiple World championship Gold Medallist Tom Slingsby. As expected Tom Slingsby became a unanimous choice to compete at the London Olympics while his New South Wales training partners Tom Burton and Ashley Brunning and the Queensland duo of Ryan Palk and Klade Hauschildt continue with the personal physical grind to keep their Olympic selection prospects open for 2016. Mitchell and Madison Kennedy who were in their fathers cheer squad when he won the Laser Radial Masters World championship bronze medal behind New Zealand's Mark Orams and Queensland team mate Greg Adams in March have focused their career training to be race ready for competition in the World Radial Youth and open championships on Brisbane's Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron courses in July. Madison who already has the career distinction of representing Australia at the Youth Olympic regatta in Singapore has continued to mature into one of Australia's most promising female Laser dinghy skippers. She remains on track to realise her career ambition to wear the prestigious Green and Gold sailing suit at a future Olympics in the Women's Laser Radial class. Older brother Mitchell winner of the 2011 Australian U19 Radial Laser championship has gained important sailing knowledge from the meal table discussions with father Mark to become a strong prospect when the sails are tensioned for the 2012 World championship medals on his favoured Waterloo Bay (Brisbane ) 'torture track'. Meanwhile both he and Madison will continue with their training and racing on the World title venue to again prove that sailors who gained their 'grass roots' on the Sunshine Coast estuaries can compete on the World stage. -- Ian Grant Slam Uk Announces Official Clothing Partnership for Cork Week 2012 SLAM UK will be attending Cork Week with a fully stocked store, offering the OFFICIAL Cork Week 2012 Merchandise, and the latest season of SLAM technical and fashion clothing. The first glimpses of the Cork Week 2012 Official Merchandise range can be viewed on the SLAM UK Facebook page or visit SLAM UK website. We look forward to welcoming you to the SLAM store during Cork Week 2012, it's going to be good craic! Ben Takes Up Big Class Yachting
The Big Class yacht Eleonora is an exact replica of the schooner Westward which was launched on March 31, 1910 as hull number 692 at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. She was arguably one of the most famous and best known racing schooners in the world. Eleonora was built at the Van der Graaf shipyard in Holland and was launched in March 2000. Since then, she has successfully participated in a number of classic sailing regattas and hosted on board a number of high profile guests during her charter activities. She was last seen in the Solent in July 2010 when she competed in the inaugural Westward Cup and she will be returning to compete in the 2012 Event just prior to the Round the Island Race. During the Round the Island Race, Ben will co-helm with Eleonora's owner, with the assistance of Eleonora's captain Mike McMillan. Sharing the 25- strong crew duties will be a number of J.P. Morgan Asset Management guests alongside guests of the owner. London Rowers in BBC Documentary 'Rowing The Arctic' Billy Gammon and Mark Delstanche, from Battersea joined veteran adventurer and explorer Jock Wishart from Kingston upon Thames on his Old Pulteney Row To The Pole expedition last summer. The whole endeavour was filmed for the BBC by crewman Mark Beaumont - and the result is a gripping documentary with extraordinary video filmed from the crew's perspective on the boat. The footage used in the documentary includes dramatic moments when the crew have a very close encounter with a hungry polar bear, get trapped in powerful, fast-moving ice and finally, have to resort to hauling their boat over sea ice for the last two miles of the expedition to reach the Pole. The expedition was the first, and may well prove to be the last human-powered boat to venture to the 1996 position of the Magnetic North Pole. Talking about the expedition Billy Gammon said: "Most experts had warned Jock that this voyage could not be done. That he was mad to attempt it. But with astonishing skill, some luck and a lot of hard work, we made it." Jock Wishart said: "I hope this documentary and the book, Furthest North, really helps people to understand what a seriously risky and tough challenge it was, but also what it tells us about the major changes that are occurring in the Arctic because of our changing climate. Simply, we should not have been able to row there, but we did!" To mark the broadcast and the publication of the story as a book titled FURTHEST NORTH, a series of short video clips have been produced of Billy Gammon and skipper Jock Wishart. They are available on www.frozenworldbooks.co.uk , at www.rowtothepole.com and on YouTube. Featured Brokerage High Quality and Keep it Simple - these have been the targets for the KIWI40FC Class 40 project from conception to fruition. Following our Keep it Simple concept throughout the structural design, the geometries, the details and ultimately the construction methodology we have arrived with the KIWI40FC - a reliable, stiff, safe, well-finished, fast and aesthetically pleasing Class40. To achieve this result, the correct vision and approach have been crucial from the outset with Farr Yacht Design fully involved in every element since we launched the design brief. Farr Yacht Design have enthusiastically provided the appropriate design solutions. Brokerage through Farr Yacht Sales: www.yachtworld.com/farr/ Complete listing details and seller contact information at The Last Word |
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