Sail-World.com's New Zealand newsletter for 26 January 2011
Sail-World New Zealand:
26 January
2011
Miami OCR 2011 - not well patronised
by Antipodean crews Ingrid Abery © Copyright
Welcome
to Sail-World.com's New Zealand newsletter for 26 January
2011
A steady torrent of America's Cup news continues to flood across our desk, with the announcement this morning of the dates for the 34th America's Cup, which will - as outlined in earlier documents from San Francisco - be sailed in September 2013.
The Louis Vuitton Cup will start mid-July.
Another potential team ALL4One - a combined Franco-German effort has announced that they will build a TP52 for this year's Audi MedCup circuit. The circuit while apparently set to suffer from a lack of interest at the end of last year's event - has gained a new lease of life and will be bigger than ever.
ALL4One were one of the steady campaigners in the Louis Vuitton Trophy series, and quite where this move to monohulls places the team in regards to the 2013 America's Cup remains to be seen.
Putting the cat out for the night - AC45 and wingsail trials a mooring in Viaduct Harbour Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com
In this edition we feature an extract from former ISAF President's book entitled 'The Pope of Sailing'. The piece we have reprinted is on Bungy McRae, from Rotorua, who crewed for Ron Watson in the 1958 Prince of Wales Cup at Cowes England. Henderson relates how this Kiwi coped, or didn't in the rarefied atmosphere and protocols of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
The 2011 Laser Nationals have concluded in a nail-biter for for competitors and officials, we have a short report and the results in this edition of Sail-World. Also in this edition is a concluding report on the Zephyr Nationals sailed in picturesque Akaroa Harbour.
Hooligan - Audi Victoria Week 2011 - King of the Docklands Andrea Francolini / Audi ©
Bay of Islands Sailing Week has concluded, one of the features of the event was an excellent gallery of images both of the racing fleet, but also the superb venue for the regatta. In this edition of Sail-World we feature two galleries from the regatta, and will be publishing another couple on www.sail-world.com in the coming days.
We also feature a report on the Flying Fifteen Nationals, sailed as part of the Bay of Islands Sailing Week - which was won for the seventh time by a South Island crew.
Flying Fifteen Nationals - Bay of Islands Sailing Week 2011 Christine Webb
Our commentary on the AC45 - and extending that experience into the 34th America's Cup has attracted much international comment. In this edition we feature the start of a mailbag on the issue - based on the AC45 experience, rather than commentators and readers being judged on whether they were, are or could have been perceived to been in the multihull or monohull camp - and their views coloured accordingly.
174th Australia Day Regatta 2010 Howard Wright /IMAGE Professional Photography
As we have noted before while there are some upsides and potential with a multihull America's Cup, there are significant downsides in terms of the impact on existing teams. Maybe in the near future we will revisit that topic. Entries close in just over two months, and at this stage many of the established America's Cup players are yet to declare their hands.
"You've got the pole too high!" Murray Jones give his son Matthew Jones (crew) and James Turner some aerial coaching as they both were training in the same area of Hauraki gulf. Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com
Thanks to our contributors for their help and input, we're here to help sailing, and help those who wish to help themselves. A special thanks to those who have contributed to this edition.
Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
NZ
Editor
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NZ
Laser Nationals decided on a countback
NZ Laser
Assoc and Sail-World,
2008 Olympic representative,
Andrew Murdoch has won the 2011 New Zealand National Laser
Championships, sailed at Torbay. Two day's racing were lost
due to inclement weather, resulting in the regatta being
shortened to just eight races, allowing one discard. Murdoch
won the title on a countback from Wellington's top
performing Josh Junior.... [more]
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Images of
Bay of Islands Sailing Week: The Multihulls
Christine Webb,
Bay of Islands Sailing Week
is over for another year. Here we present the second of
several galleries of images from regatta photographer,
Christine Webb, covering the sailing action - this one of
the Multihulls... [more]
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America's
Cup: Louis Vuitton Cup & America's Cup Match dates confirmed
Jane Eagleson and Sail-World,
The 2013 race
dates for the Louis Vuitton Cup and America's Cup Match
(Finals) have been confirmed by Regatta Director Iain
Murray. The Louis Vuitton Cup will be conducted on 13 July
– 1 September 2013, subject to the final number of
Challengers and the precise format of the racing to be
determined by the Challengers and Regatta Director.... [more]
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America's
Cup - USA 17 headed to San Francisco
Oracle
Racing,
The giant trimaran that won the 33rd America's
Cup for Larry Ellison's Oracle Racing team is heading home
to San Francisco. She was launched in Anacortes, WA, in
August 2008, and after initial testing there moved to San
Diego, CA, for a further period of training before being
moved to Valencia for the 33rd Cup Match last February....
[more]
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Audi
Victoria Week images by Teri Dodds
Teri Dodds
images,
Photographer Teri Dodds has been out and about
capturing all the action at Audi Victoria Week. Here is a
selection of her images from the past week.... [more]
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Barcelona
World Race - Gaes Centros Auditivos race update
Jo Uffendell,
Barcelona World Race -
Despite concerns from British skipper Dee Caffari that GAES
Centros Auditivos may yet be plagued by lighter winds later
tomorrow, the all female duo continue their battle to stay
with the middle pack as they head towards the roaring
forties.... [more]
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Rolex
Baltic Week - King Harald V of Norway at the starting line
Andreas Kling,
Rolex Baltic Week - The
Metre yachts and Flensburg Fjord have always had a very
special relationship, and next year it will reach new
heights at the eighth Rolex Baltic Week, when both the Robbe
& Berking 12-Metre World Championship and the Eights' world
cup will be held here.... [more]
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Audi
Victoria Week - King of the Docklands images by Andrea
Francolini
Sail-World.com,
Audi Victoria
Week - King of the Docklands images from 21 January 2011 by
Andrea Francolini, more at www.afrancolini.com... [more]
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Barcelona
World Race - Virbac-Paprec resist the attack of Foncia
Barcelona World Race,
Virbac-Paprec 3 and
Foncia are riding the leading edge of the low pressure's
front and should manage to stay with it, making around 18-20
knots and we should maybe see them gybe later this afternoon
or this evening to line up for the SW'lies as the front
passes over them.... [more]
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Book
Extract: 'The Pope of Sailing' - Bungy McRae at the RYS,
Cowes
Paul Henderson,
Former ISAF President
and Int 14 sailor, Paul Henderson represented Canada in the
1958 Prince of Wales Trophy, sailed in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Bungy McRae was one of the New Zealand team at that regatta.
In this extract from his excellent book 'The Pope of
Sailing', Henderson outlines his relationship with McRae,
who hailed from from Rotorua... [more]
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Audi
Victoria Week - Pacemaker claims the J24 prize
Di Pearson,
David Suda and his Pacemaker
crew proved too good for all the Sandringham Yacht Club
entries they faced in the J24 competition at Audi Victoria
Week. Suda, who has been at Audi Victoria Week for the past
eight years, said today, 'we'll definitely be back and we'll
be encouraging a few more J's to come.'... [more]
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Sail-World Mailbag: Will the Cat cut
the Mustard?
Sail-World Readers,
Sail-World
readers comment on the recent commentary piece on the AC45
and use of catamarans in the 34th America's Cup... [more]
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story
Superyacht dismasted off Guadeloupe
in light airs
Richard Gladwell,
Sail-World
has been advised that the 44m superyacht Salperton was
dismasted on Saturday, 22 January 2011, whilst sailing off
Guadeloupe with mainsail and blade in light conditions.
Nobody was hurt and the yacht made port safely.... [more]
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Seventh
win Makes Goodmanson & Rowlands most successful in NZ F15
Nats
Sandra Williams,
Aaron Goodmanson and
Alister Rowlands of Charteris Bay Yacht Club, sailing
Fortune 3739, won their seventh National title at the 2011
Flying Fifteen Nationals making them the most successful
combination in New Zealand Flying Fifteen nationals.... [more]
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Miami OCR
2011 images by Ingrid Abery
Ingrid Abery
images,
Day one action images from the Miami OCR by
photographer Ingrid Abery.... [more]
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America's
Cup legends get together for Australia Day on River Derwent
Peter Campbell,
Two America's Cup legends
of the 1970s, the famous yacht Gretel II and her 1977
skipper Gordon Ingate, will compete in the Royal Yacht Club
of Tasmania's Australia Day Green Island Race tomorrow...
[more]
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UAE
hopefuls vie for spot in Abu Dhabi VOR crew
Eugene Harnan, The National,
One is a
former Olympian. Another is descended from pearl divers. And
the third candidate for an open spot on the Abu Dhabi boat
in the Volvo Ocean Race has sailing in his blood. This
Thursday, one of three Emiratis - Adil Khalid, 22, Abdul
Aziz Abdulla, 27, and Butti Al Muhairi, 26 -will be named as
the first Arab to take part in the world's most gruelling
sailing race.... [more]
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Miami OCR
2011 day one - Double win for Giles Scott
Robert Deaves,
Sailed under warm cloudy
skies and in a shifty but useful 10-15 knot breeze, Giles
Scott took the first race after a delayed start from Railey
and Brendan Casey (AUS) and was going fast enough around the
course to take the second race from Ben Ainslie (GBR) and
Railey to end the day on a perfect score.... [more]
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Ready for
the Australia Day Regatta? Howard Wright images from 2010
Peter Campbell and Howard Wright images,
Howard Wright, IMAGE Professional Photography, presents
a gallery of images captured at the 174th Australia Day
Regatta 2010.... [more]
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Audi
MedCup 2011 - All4One new TP52 to be built by McConaghy,
Sydney
Audi MedCup Circuit,
Audi MedCup
Circuit Franco-German team, managed by Jochen Schmann,
becomes 'Audi Sailing Team powered by All4One', following a
new three-year agreement reached with title partner Audi.
The team have confirmed the build of a new TP52 in Sydney,
with which they aim to finish among the podium positions on
both the Audi MedCup Circuit and at TP52 World
Championship.... [more]
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Velux 5
Oceans: Chris Stanmore-Major arrives in Wellington
Velux 5 Oceans,
Chris Stanmore-Major known
as CSM, is the fourth and final skipper to complete the leg
from Cape Town in South Africa to Wellington. The third
sprint to Punta del Este in Uruguay starts on February 6....
[more]
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Audi
MedCup 2011 gets All4One sponsorship deal and new boat build
Audi MedCup Circuit,
Audi MedCup Circuit
Franco-German team, managed by Jochen Schmann, becomes
'Audi Sailing Team powered by All4One', following a new
three-year agreement reached with title partner Audi. The
team have confirmed the build of a new TP52 in Sydney, with
which they aim to finish among the podium positions on both
the Audi MedCup Circuit and at TP52 World Championship....
[more]
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Opti
sailors set World Record at Weymouth
Cailah
Leask,
Guinness World RecordTM set for the ‘Largest
Parade of Boats' with the International Optimist Class
Association. The record took place on July 25, 2010 within
the waters of Weymouth and Portland featuring over 300 young
Optimist sailors. Requirements to set the new world record
were extensive; requiring 300 plus people, all holding a
full licence for their boat to sail a set course.... [more]
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Britain's
Ian Williams in hunt for crack at third World Championship
World Match Racing Tour,
Britain's Ian
Williams of Team GAC Pindar will be in the fight for a third
Match Racing World Championship after it was confirmed today
that his application for a Tour Card to the ISAF World Match
Racing Tour (WMRT) has been confirmed.... [more]
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175th
Australia Day Regatta: Huge fleet of classic yachts turning
out
Peter Campbell,
More than 50 classic
wooden yachts, many gaff-rigged, and several built more than
a century ago, will grace the waters of Sydney Harbour to
commemorate the 175th Australia Day Regatta tomorrow,
Wednesday, 26 January 2011.... [more]
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Sir Chay
Blyth Supports Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta
Volvo Ocean Race Legends,
Sir Chay Blyth,
CBE, BEM, takes his place as Ambassador to the Volvo Ocean
Race Legends Regatta next to Lady Pippa Blake who has
already confirmed her support for this, the first ever
official reunion and regatta. Sir Chay is the second
Ambassador to be appointed to event, which takes place on
1-5 November in Alicante later this year.... [more]
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Images of
Bay of Islands Sailing Week: The Sportsboats
Christine Webb,
Bay of Islands Sailing Week
is over for another year. Here we present the first of
several galleries covering the sailing action - this one of
the Sportsboats... [more]
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New
Kiteboarding Competition Rules finalised
ISAF,
A new version of the Kiteboarding Competition Rules has
been finalised by the ISAF Racing Rules Working Party and is
available to view now.... [more]
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Audi
Victoria Week images by Howard Wright
Howard
Wright images,
Photographer Howard Wright/IMAGE
Professional Photography has sent this gallery of images
from Audi Victoria Week.... [more]
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Velux 5
Oceans - What a difference a day makes
Chris
Stanmore-Major,
The latest news from Chris
Stanmore-Major, who is 40nm from the finish of leg 2 of the
Velux 5 Oceans. The forecast indicates that conditions will
moderate in 24hrs but as it also says I should be making my
way to Wellignton in 30Kts I am somewhat sceptical.... [more]
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Tim
Snedden defends his Zephyr Nationals Title
Rob
Ebert,
Tim Snedden successfully defended his Zephyr
National Championship title with a one point margin from
Grant Beck, last year's runner up. Wellington's Phil
Williams was third, from Aucklander Craig Moss and local
sailor Matt Hannah in fourth spot.... [more]
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British
sailors out in force for Miami World Cup regatta
Lindsey Bell,
Britain's top Olympic and
Paralympic classes sailors have descended on Miami for the
first major event of 2011. There was a dramatic build up to
the event for Skandia Team GBR's Women's Match Racing World
Championship-winning team as crew Annie Lush was rushed to
hospital after falling 10ft to the ground from her Elliot 6m
boat while it was docked in the boat park.... [more]
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Historic
18 Foot Skiff Australian Championships Race 2 Video
Simon Brown,
Historic 18 Foot Skiff Racing
at its Very Best! 18 Foot Skiff Australian Championships
Race 2. From the Team at 18 Footers TV and the Sydney Flying
Squadron. Enjoy!... [more]
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Jules
Verne Trophy - Groupama encourages everyone to enjoy the
course
Groupama - Franck Cammas,
Jules
Verne Race - Contacted by telephone on Sunday morning, as
they were sailing offshore of the Portuguese coast aboard
the monohull Groupama 70... [more]
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Audi
Victoria Week - Andrea Francolini images
Andrea
Francolini images,
Photographer Andrea Francolini was
out and about capturing the action at Audi Victoria Week in
Geelong. We hope you enjoy this gallery of Andrea's images
from today's racing.... [more]
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Barcelona
World Race - Groupe Bels gains
Barcelona World
Race,
Showing the way to first gateway to the south,
Foncia remains in the lead of the Barcelona World Race as
the widespread slowdown across the fleet continues.... [more]
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story
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