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Monday, 3/15/10 - Final day
of racing at the PUMA 2010 International Moth World Championships
hosted a clean 10 knots of breeze and minimal sea conditions. Bora Gulari
dominated the mark roundings with local sailor Chris Graham challenging
the top 6. Ricky Tagg also made it into the top 10 however Bora, Dalton
Bergan and Brad Funk took the top 3 spots.
The final race of the championship sponsors by Sailingbits was a
high octane spectacle with winds increasing across the course from 9 -
12 knots. These conditions favored the heavier competitors with all
boats crossing the start line cleanly.
Arnaud P and Bora challenged Simon Payne for the top spot finally
resulting in AMac taking the lead on the final downwind leg scoring the
bullet he needed to take the overall second spot.
Simon Payne's 5th position did not affect his dominance over the
fleet winning by a clear 9 points. The ecstatic British sailor flew his
national flag to the awaiting media to celebrate taking the
International Moth World Championship 2010 title.
Final thought of the day from Jake Dewey, Head of Sailing Division
PUMA - " Exciting finish with it coming down to the last race to decide
the top 3. What a great day"
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Monday, 3/15/10 - The America's Cup trophy is returning to New Zealand, where it will be on display for public viewing during the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in Auckland.
The Cup, which was won one month ago by the American team BMW ORACLE Racing, has been residing in its new home at the Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco. It is scheduled to arrive in Auckland on Tuesday, March 16th.
This will be a homecoming of sorts for the America's Cup, which spent nearly eight years in the trophy room at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron following Team New Zealand's victory in 1995.
The skipper of that team, Russell Coutts, is the CEO of BMW ORACLE Racing.
"It's appropriate that we bring the trophy to Auckland this week," Coutts said. "Most of the America's Cup community is in town, including Mascalzone Latino, the team for our Challenger of Record, racing in the Louis Vuitton Trophy. So although we weren't able to compete in this regatta, we wanted to support the event.
"We've been here for a few days already, consulting with the teams about the next edition of the America's Cup. Bringing the Cup back to New Zealand now, during this regatta, will help to get everyone excited and focused on what happens next."
The Louis Vuitton Trophy events are the result of a partnership between Louis Vuitton and the World Sailing Teams Association, designed to provide regular, high-level match race regattas in large and complex racing yachts.
"It's great to have BMW ORACLE Racing, one of the founding members of the WSTA, showing their support for the other teams by bringing the 'Auld Mug' back to New Zealand," said Bruno Troublé, spokesperson for the WSTA.
"By supporting this event, BMW ORACLE Racing is also paying tribute to Louis Vuitton, which has contributed to growing the America's Cup so much over the last 27 years, all the while respecting its values, tradition and history.
"While the details of the next edition of the Cup are being worked out, the Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas are a great proving ground for the teams."
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Monday, 3/15/10 - Off the coast of Cape Verde, Groupama 3 is powering back into contention in relation to her virtual rival Orange 2 as the Franck Cammas team tries to be the fastest boat to sail around the world. They have made up nearly 200 miles in the past 24 hours and the deficit should diminish still further over the coming hours. On her 43rd day at sea, Orange 2 was the slowest she'd been along the entire course.
The Doldrums were virtually non-existent last night, though Franck Cammas was rather wary of approaching the zone at dusk. Ultimately, not only was there little to worry about, but it turns out the tradewinds are well established in the NE and the fifteen knots or so of breeze is enabling the giant trimaran to make an average speed close to, and even at times greater than thirty knots. At around this same time five years ago, Orange skipper Bruno Peyron and his crew were so tangled up in a ridge of high pressure that they only covered 180 miles on the 43rd day.
End of the week?
"We're envisaging an arrival this coming weekend," said Cammas. "We set out from Brest with a narrow weather window and it was at the back of our minds that it was possible the attempt would come to nothing at Cape Finisterre. As such we're very happy to have got this far, still within the timing and still full of hope. We've managed to remain concentrated on our pace, on preserving the boat and with a pretty decent course in relation to the weather conditions we've experienced. The results are positive, even though it's not over yet. Groupama 3 is a boat which really goes well in the light airs and into the wind, which is something we've been able to make use of, as much in the descent and the ascent of the South Atlantic. We really believe we can do it!"
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Monday, 3/15/10 - The United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi, has been included in the 2011-12 race route. A racing team from Abu Dhabi will also be on the start line in Alicante, Spain in the autumn of next year. Read full story here.
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Monday, 3/15/10 - The bright orange beast was lowered into the water under the expert eye of Hubert Desjoyeaux who built the carbon racing machine at CDK Technologies. A healthy crowd of enthusiasts lined the dock to watch PRB take to the water, including sailing stars Sam Davis and Jean Le Cam. Read more here.
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Monday, 3/15/10 - Menacing black clouds hung over the Waitemata Harbour at the start of day six of racing at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta today and settled over host team Emirates Team New Zealand while allowing a ray of sunshine for the struggling French sailing team.
Strong and gusty southwest winds forced a cancellation to the day's competition but not before previously unbeaten Emirates went down in defeat to France's seventh-placed ALEPH. Read more here. Photo Paul Todd.
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MOVING PICTURES
Monday, 3/15/10 - Check out this great highlight reel of day 5 of the Louie Vuitton Trophy.
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MOVING PICTURES
Monday, 3/15/10 - Here's Moth Worlds champion Simon Payne interviewed by Mr. Clean from Sailing Anarchy. He hadn't yet won at the time of the interview, but very insightful stuff.
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Monday, 3/15/10 - For all you Boardheads and 'Used to Be' Boardheads out there, here is a cool Neil Pryde windsurfing video with world champion Antoine Albeau, Finian Maynard and Micah Buzianis making sailboarding look easy. Watch the speed and check out the sail/rig designs of today's modern slalom sailboard. It just may wet your beak to get on the water again
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Friday, 3/12/10 - Two Hobie Trifoilers have entered the April 24th 2010 race in the developmental class to try and break the 69-mile short course record of 6 hours 7 minutes and 36 seconds set by Randy Reynolds in his R33 catamaran, CAT ATTACK II. Co-founder of the event Bob Long, had this to say about the entries:
"I have friends racing their Catalina 30's, I'm seeing multihulls and sleds on the entry list and now I can say Hydrofoils! - I am excited at the response from sailors of all kinds that want to be part of this race."
So who are these intrepid sailors testing their skill and sailing craft? They are Jamey Wagner of Santa Barbara and Dan Ketterman from Oceanside, co-designer of the Hobie TriFoiler with his brother Greg. When asked how fast do you think you can sail the 69 mile short course from Newport Beach to San Diego, Dan responded:
"It all depends how much wind and what time it starts to blow. I pray for a minimum of 10 mph at the start, which for a 70 mile course as the crow flies, it will take only 3.5 hours to finish. I know that I can do two times wind speed in this range, so I can theoretically go 20 mph. The wind angle also makes a big difference, a true wind from the West will create a beam reach, however this boat creates so much apparent wind, it is very similar to an iceboat, I will have the sheets in completely tight as if beating to weather."
When asked, what is like to sail a Hobie TriFoiler? Dan further commented,
"One way to explain the sensation is to relate the experience to a race car. Imagine being given the keys to a NASCAR race car and you have a closed track to drive it on. The sensation is a feeling of guilt, because it shouldn't be so easy, but it is. Given ample wind strength a Hobie TriFoiler can zip across the water at 35 mph."
Beginning on Saturday, April 24th, 2010, the second annual Border Run, run by XS RACING and South Shore Yacht Club will start hundreds of sailors from Newport Beach, to the Coronado Islands and finish in San Diego to party at the Kona Kai Resort that is set on San Diego Bay at the tip of Shelter Island. For first timers and smaller boats a short course option allows a more direct route to San Diego. To help novice and seasoned sailors alike, a race tactic and safety seminar for all upcoming southbound races will be held on March 31 at SSYC at 7 p.m. For more information about the race or to enter a boat in the developmental class go to The Border Run or call 800-366-8584.
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Friday, 3/12/10 - On Thursday, the opening day of the Auckland International Boat Show, Sail-World's America's Cup Editor, Richard Gladwell spoke with James Spithill on the Sail-World stand close to the Halsey Street entrance. In this second part of a two part interview, we cover the management of BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison's leadership style, the gains from the technology used and more...Click here for the full interview. Photo Gilles Martin-Raget.
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Friday, 3/12/10 - At 15°S, Groupama 3 is 900 miles from the switch of hemispheres, but the sun is at its zenith as the crew approach the boreal spring. The Doldrums, it too stretched across the equator, is already in the sights of navigator Stan Honey and the onshore router Sylvain Mondon. As such the trimaran can now set a direct course for this point at 32°W. To keep track of Groupama 3 as they try and become the fastest boat to circle the globe, click here.
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Friday, 3/12/10 - Faced with forecasts of strong south-westerly winds, organizers canceled Day Four Louis Vuitton Trophy racing in Auckland on Friday. The decision was made on Thursday night. Read more here. Photo Paul Todd/outsideimages.co.nz.
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Friday, 3/12/10 - After sustaining a fracture to his right leg on the tenth day of Race 7, Piers Dudin, Skipper of Hull & Humber has been safely medevaced by the Japanese Coastguard. The 50 metre rescue vessel is now motoring towards Japan where it will rendezvous with a larger vessel which has a helicopter that will airlift the skipper to the city of Sendai, approximately two hours north of Tokyo. Read the rest here.
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MOVING PICTURES
Friday, 3/12/10 - With the announcement from Border Run organizers that two TriFoilers have signed up to go after the elapsed time records on the 69 mile long ocean race, some may wonder, can the TriFoiler handle rough water?
With most Trifoiler videos showing the boat blazing along over 30 mph in flat water, we were happy to find this footage of the TriFoiler in rough water comparing itself to the Rave hydrofoil.
The best footage is at the end when Dan Ketterman is screaming though some decent size waves. It will be interesting to see how these futuristic hydrofoils fair against conventional multihulls and high performance monohulls in ocean conditions.
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Friday, 3/12/10 - Check out Sailing Anarchy's highlight reel from the 2010 Puma Moth World Championships. This is not your aunty's Lido 14.
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Friday, 3/12/10 - Nostalgic for America's Cup 32? Check out Team NZ beat Britain's TeamOrigin on Day 3 of the Louis Vuitton Trophy competition. No racing today.
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Thursday, 3/11/10 - Whitewater on the deck, whitecaps on the Waitemata and warning whistles on the onboard overload alarms characterized the high tempo sailing action today at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta.
After three days of competition, Emirates Team New Zealand representing the host Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is undefeated with three wins while three teams each have a 2-1 record. They are the German/French team All4One, the Swedish team Artemis and Azzurra from Italy.
Racing moved closer to the city front today as the southwester funneled down the harbour, with puffs into the low 20-knot range as the day wore on. The weather mark was between the container wharves and the Devonport Dockyard.
Tipped as the highlight match of the day, the opening race between Emirates and Britain's TEAMORIGIN came to a sudden end at the first leeward gate as a late tactical call on the British boat escalated into a firedrill that left spinnaker and jib draped over the foredeck and a broken spinnaker pole over the side.
Ben Ainslie at TEAMORIGIN's wheel led at the end of the first beat after a fierce nine-tack duel up the short 1.2-mile weather leg in a puffy and shifty 13-16 knot southwesterly breeze. ETNZ was right on the British boat's heels, just 14 seconds astern and began slowly clawing back the distance.
They came into the leeward mark with the Kiwis bow to stern with TEAMORIGIN and British hopes evaporated as Ainslie issued new last-minute orders.
"It was a bit of mess," Ainslie said. "Things change very quickly at the bottom, but a big shift made us change the call and there wasn't enough time for the guys to react."
Barker had to sail around the hapless British boat. "It was all go coming into the bottom mark," he said. "We have confidence in our crew work. If we get behind we're able to keep the pressure on and keep fighting hard. Today it worked well. They made a mistake. Ignoring what happened, if they had been able to get around the mark it would have been an interesting race. We had made a big gain and it would have been some tough racing. They are sailing well."
Photo Paul Todd/outsideimages.co.nz | Louis Vuitton Trophy, Auckland - New Zealand
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Thursday, 3/11/10 - Skipper of Hull & Humber, Piers Dudin, has sustained an open fracture to his right leg after a fall on the tenth day of Race 7 to San Francisco in the Clipper Round the World Race. The incident was immediately reported to Falmouth Coastguard and is now in the hands of the Japanese Coastguard who are coordinating the medevac.
Piers was on deck at the time of the incident which was reported to the race office at 0935 GMT. The crew reacted quickly and after seeking medical advice through Falmouth Coastguard they applied a leg splint to the injury and administered painkillers. Hull & Humber was situated 400 nautical miles east of Japan at the time of the incident.
The crew onboard Hull & Humber are experienced offshore racers having completed an intensive pre-race Clipper training program; the round the world crew members onboard now have more than 18,000 miles of ocean racing experience.
As a precautionary measure, two of the Clipper 68s also competing in Clipper 09-10, Spirit of Australia and Cape Breton Island, were instructed to rendezvous with Hull & Humber in case they could be of assistance. Cape Breton Island has since resumed racing and Spirit of Australia is currently shadowing Hull & Humber as both boats make their way west towards Japan. Over the next 24 to 36 hours a decision will be made on whether the skipper will be evacuated by helicopter or boat, depending on conditions and range. Spirit of Australia, crew member Joan Clancy, an A&E consultant doctor, is standing by to provide medical advice if required.
At 1340GMT the Japanese Coastguard dispatched a rescue boat with a doctor onboard to rendezvous with Hull & Humber.
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Thursday, 3/11/10 - British sailor Simon Payne moved into pole position following day three of racing at the PUMA Moth World Championship in Dubai, UAE. Photo ThMartinez/Sea&Co. ISAF has got the story.
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