Sail-World NZ: February 13, 2013 - First sail for new AC72
Sail-World New Zealand: February 13,
2013
Welcome to
Sail-World.com's New Zealand newsletter for February 13,
2013
Emirates Team New Zealand had their first sail in the first second generation AC72 to be launched in this the year of the America's Cup.
Sail-World was on the water briefly to see the AC72b have her first sail, and check out the differences from the now-decommissioned platform.
That is effectively what has happened, rather than a new boat being launched. The foils and wingsail have been jumped over from one platform to the other, and the development continues.
Although we saw her first go upwind, we did not remain to see her foiling later in the day. Our overall impression was of a yacht that was going through the air making less drag. The narrowness of the new hulls is quite apparent. Missing was the under platform pod designed to tidy up the airflow.
Maybe the most significant item was the new foil, with a curved flipper like end.
Tuesday was a very light day in the Hauraki Gulf and to be foiling in a 72ft catamaran weighting seven tonnes (that is the weight that has to be lifted by the single foil) in those conditions is a significant achievement indeed. Whether it was faster foiling than sailing in displacement mode will be something the team will be looking to learn over the next nine weeks.
In San Francisco, the two-boating continues between Oracle Team USA and Artemis Racing. Although we get treated to selected still images, there has been no video of any substance, and certainly nothing like we have seen previously from Emirates Team NZ showing sustained and continuous foiling.
Staying with things America's Cup, a third New Zealand team has been announced to trial for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup. With only two teams allowed to go forward from any one country, one of the trial teams will be eliminated. But the fact that New Zealand can mount three teams in the series is a good indicator of the sailing talent available.
We have full details in this edition, and reveal the make-up of the new crew.
This weekend the unofficial World 18ft Skiff Championship the JJ Giltinan Trophy, gets underway in Sydney, and runs through to the following Sunday. Seven New Zealand crews are making the trip across the Tasman to the home of 18ft skiffs - which are very much part of the Australian culture.
32 crews from around the world will contest the event, with several of the New Zealand crews in with a real shot at one of the top places. Two new boats will travel from New Zealand.
We have a preview of the event and the New Zealand crew profiles in this edition of sail-World.com's newsletter. Stay tuned to our website sail-world.com for daily reports.
With the addition the new Mixed Multihull event at the 2016 Olympics, a key question will be just who will step up to the mark in this new class, plus who will compete as Mixed (male and female) crews, and how they will shake out for weight and role in the boat.
The chosen boat, the Nacra 17 is not experiencing the easiest of transitions from trial selection to Olympic boat - with mast issues forcing the issuance of aluminum masts and other issues. Nacras have several boats around the Nacra 17, one of which held its own worlds, ealier this month. Two New Zealand Mixed crews competed in the Open fleet, with Brett Sellers and Vicky Francis finishing as top Mixed crew in the World event.
Finally, congratulation to Ralph Robert on becoming just the fifth New Zealander to be awarded a Gold Medal for service by the International Sailing Federation. Long time International Judge and Umpire, and now Volvo Ocean Race Director, Jack Lloyd, was awarded a Silver medal for services well rendered.
not for the faint-hearted - JJ Giltinan 18ft
Skiff Championship Frank Quealey /Australian 18 Footers
League
Good sailing!
Richard
Gladwell
NZ Editor
sailworldnzl@gmail.com
America's Cup: First day of sailing for
Emirates Team NZ's new AC72
Chris Cameron,
Emirates Team NZ's photographer, Chris
Cameron was on the water today for the first sail of the
team's second generation AC72, launched on February 4,
2013... [more]
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America's Cup: A good first day on the
Hauraki Gulf for new AC72
Richard Gladwell,
Sail-World' s Richard Gladwell was on the
water today for the first sail of the team's second
generation AC72, launched on February 4, 2013.... [more]
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New Zealand's 18' Skiff Team for the J.J.
Giltinan Trophy
John Little,
Seven New Zealand 18' skiffs are to take on
the J.J. Giltinan Trophy starting this Saturday in Double
Bay, Sydney. The J.J.'s has such prestige that it is known
as the unofficial 18' skiff worlds and is sailed on the
Australian based fleet's home waters. The regatta is
contested from the 15-24th of February with an international
fleet of 30 boats.... [more]
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Regattas within Auckland Regatta make for
high impact racing
Zoe Hawkins,
The Auckland Regatta, is to take place from
22-24 March 2013. Now in its sixth year, the Auckland
Regatta is hosting not only the Pacific Keelboat Challenge,
but also four national championship events, and
approximately 14 different divisions.... [more]
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New champion found at the Noelex 25
Nationals in Wellington
Nikki Johnson,
Tristan Ornsby and crew sailing Visions have
won the 2013 Noelex 25 National Championships at Evans Bay
in Wellington on a count back from Nick Coultas and crew
sailing Outnumbered. Both boats sail out of Naval Point in
Lyttelton. Light to moderate winds on Day 1 and 2 of the
regatta saw five different winners in the first five
races.... [more]
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Matt Coutts wins 2013 Finn Nationals at
Takapuna
Richard Gladwell,
Matt Coutts won the 2013 Finn NZ National
Championships held at Takapuna, by a five point margin.
Second overall was double Olympic representative in the
Laser class, Andrew Murdoch, who has stepped up to the
Heavyweight Mens Singlehander. He tied on points with Josh
Junior, who won Sail Auckland last week.... [more]
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Ralph Roberts awarded Gold Medal by
International Sailing Federation
Sail-World,
The International Sailing Federation has
announced that Ralph Roberts (NZL) has been awarded a Gold
Medal by the World governing body in recognition of many
year's service to the ISAF and sport of sailing. A second
New Zealander, Jack Lloyd, a member of two Olympic Juries
and now Volvo Ocean Race Director, has been awarded a Silver
medal.... [more]
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New Zealand top Mixed crew at Nacra Infusion
Worlds
Sail-World,
The New Zealand crew of Brett Sellers and
Vicky Francis have finished as top Mixed crew in the Nacra
Infusion Worlds, sailed at Southport Yacht Club on
Australia's Gold Coast. They were sixth in the 21 boat
fleet. A second New Zealand crew, Miranda Powrie and Tomer
Simhony finised 10th in the regatta.... [more]
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Future talent on display as apprentices
showcase boatbuilding talents
Mike Rose,
The designing, boatbuilding and sailing
talents of New Zealand's future boatbuilders and other
marine trades will again be on display on Saturday, February
16, at the Marine Trades Challenge in Westhaven. The annual
Marine Trades Challenge is open to the public (there is no
entry fee) and traditionally attracts a big crowd to St
Mary's Bay Beach, off Westhaven Drive.... [more]
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Over 30 18ft skiff crews for JJ Giltinan
Championship 2013
Sail-world.com,
The JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship will
kick off the action Sunday on Sydney Harbour. With 32 of the
best 18ft Skiff Racing teams competing for the coveted
title, we can expect to see more of the same action we were
treated to in 2012. Here are some of Frank Quealey's shots
of last year's competition won by Gotta Love It 7....
[more]
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Collinson FX Market Commentary: February 13,
2013 - Markets rebound
Collinson FX,
Collinson FX Market Commentary: February 13,
2013 - Equity Markets rebounded to test the crucial 14,000
level on the Dow. The Dow has tested the 14,000 level over
the last few weeks cementing the importance, on a Technical
level, and making it a crucial top which mat lead to a surge
upwards if breached seriously. The KIWI trades strongly at
0.8415 after a 21% rise in House Sales... [more]
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SA State Optimist Championships - Alex
Higgins makes it three in a row
Emma Short,
Largs Bay provided an excellent venue for
the SA Optimist State Championships which were held in
conjunction with the third YSA Tri Series. Wayne Thompson
President of YSA, acting as Race Officer for the weekend,
ran 12 races ably assisted by the Largs volunteers. The
State Optimist Association were very impressed with the
professional level of organisation put into running this
event by Largs Bay... [more]
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Round the Island Race - Eclectic mix of
competitors
Peta Stuart-Hunt,
The JP Morgan Asset Management Round the
Island Race gets underway in Cowes, UK on Saturday 1st June
2013. The Race always attracts an eclectic mix of
competitors and boats and this year will be no exception;
hence the launch of raceforall the Twitter campaign launched
at the London Boat Show.... [more]
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Thurlow Fisher Lawyers emphatic
performance
Bob Killick,
JJ Giltinan 2013 - Thurlow Fisher Lawyers
emphatic performance in last Sunday's final scratch race
prior to the main event of the 18 footer racing season, will
see Michael Coxon, Dave O'Connor and Trent Barnabas firm
into Seve Jarvin's Gotta Luv it 7, the defending champions
from 2011and 12, to equal favourites... [more]
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Snedden wins fourth Zephyr National
title
Zephyr Assoc,
After four days of light and testing
conditions at Manly, north of Auckland, Tim Snedden become
the four time National Champion in the Zephyr class. Grant
Beck was only three points behind on Day 3 but two wins from
Snedden sealed the result from 53 other entries from all
over NZ.... [more]
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Red Bull Youth America's Cup: A late
opportunity opens for Kiwi crew
36 Below
Racing,
This week there was some fantastic news
presented to a talented group of young New Zealanders,
regarding a sailing opportunity to participate at a world
stage event. An 11th hour invitation from the Youth
America's Cup organisers was made to bring the 36 Below
Racing team to the qualifying trials being held at the San
Francisco venue beginning 18 February 2013.... [more]
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America's Cup: On the Hauraki Gulf for
ETNZ's new AC72 - More images
Richard
Gladwell,
Sail-World' s Richard Gladwell was on the
water today for the first sail of the team's second
generation AC72, launched on February 4, 2013. Here's the
second gallery of images of the 72ft catamran sailing for
the frist time in a light seabreeeze of less than
8kts.... [more]
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18 footers - J. J. Giltinan Championship
2013 - Defending the crown
Frank Quealey,
18 footers - The J. J. Giltinan Championship
2013 is about to get underway and the crew of Gotta Love It
7 team are tapping all possible options to get them ready
for their title defense starting on Sunday.... [more]
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Wow! That was the TP52 Southern Cross
Cup
John Curnow,
Honestly, how much fun has the inaugural
TP52 Southern Cross Cup been, and I have not even been
sailing it. True, some may have liked more wind and it was
certainly not as consistent as Melbourne's Port Phillip is
known for, but Race Management did manage to get all eight
races in, which in turn allows for the one drop from the
series scores.... [more]
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RORC Rating Office to auction GBR sail
number
Peta Stuart-Hunt,
The RORC Rating Office is offering sail
number GBR 1000 R for sale by auction, and will donate half
of the sale proceeds to Toe in the Water, the charity that
offers competitive sailing opportunities to injured
servicemen and women. This could make the most unusual and
unique of Valentine's Day gifts!... [more]
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NSW Water Police reveal new Naiads for their
Marine Command
Sail-World,
The NSW Police Marine Area Command has taken
delivery of their three new Naiad 9.5m vessels, built by
Naiad's east coast licensee, Yamba Welding and Engineering.
The boats are 9.5m stepped hull, with a hardtop cabin,
forward racking windows and foam fenders.... [more]
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Team Aqua make Scholarship Selection:
Michael Boucher
Sara Tucker,
Chris Bake's Team Aqua are the current RC 44
Champions and offered a position at the first event of 2013
to members of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Lion
Foundation Youth Training Programme.... [more]
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18ft Skiff NSW Championship 2013 - Lawyers
survive carnage
Frank Quealey,
The 18ft Skiff NSW Championship 2013 saw
brilliant sailing from the Thurlow Fisher Lawyers skiff team
of Michael Coxon, Trent Barnabas and David O'Connor, who
gave a wonderful exhibition on Sydney Harbour today when
they took out race four in an 18-25-knots South-East
wind.... [more]
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Youth America's Cup Selection Series -
Massive expectations
Irene Corosu,
The Red Bull Youth America's Cup Selection
Series provided on the first day an illustration of the
massive expectations on the youth teams who have congregated
in San Francisco for a shot at advancing to September's
regatta.... [more]
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TP52 women grinding smarter not
faster
Lisa Ratcliff,
The muscle factor comes into play in the TP
class, one of the reasons these hard core racing machines
are handled predominantly by men. At the inaugural TP52
Southern Cross Cup being held on Port Phillip in Victoria
this weekend there is a handful of women among the 100 crew
contesting the grand prix series opener.... [more]
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