Sail-World New Zealand: February 24, 2013
Welcome to Sail-World.com's New Zealand newsletter for February 24, 2013
The JJ Giltinan Trophy for 18ft skiffs has finished in Sydney Harbour, with two sensational days - the first when sailing was cancelled in Race 6, because of
conditions that were considered over the top for sailing - an average of 27kts with gusts being recorded at 40kts.
Sure you can race 18fters in such conditions - but we bow to the judgement of officials on the water, who despite what
the sailing rules say, do take the legal liability if there is a serious incident. Even if there is just an official
investigation, the time, effort and worry involved, just isn't worth it. The sailors can walk away, the officials can't.
Today, the final Race 7 was sailed, in conditions that were still boisterous, but less so than on Saturday.
Eight boats elected not to race.
Gotta Love It 7 sailed a very controlled race, keeping the pressure on her rivals, winning the race from C-Tech of New
Zealand, and took her fifth JJ Giltinan Trophy win.
We have coverage of Race 7 and the cancellation of Race 6.
On Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, the Harken International Youth series has been underway since Thursday.
In this edition of Sail-World.com's newsletter we carry reports of the final three days, plus videos of each day's
racing. The event was won by a crew from RNZYS. Great to see a womens crew reach the top four in the regatta. They were
one of several womens crews competing in the regatta which attracted a fleet of 14 crews from four countries.
Over the same period Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club has being running the 2013 Port Nicholson Regatta, one of a number of events being staged in Wellington in February.
Top honours and centrepiece of the regatta, have gone to the two 52fters competing in the regatta - Kia Kaha and
Georgia, with the latter top scoring.
We have reports and images from each day of the regatta.
Team Australia, sailing an ORMA 60 trimaran, (sdimilar to TeamVodafoneSailing) has just posted a Sydney to Hobart time of less than 30
hours, that is some 12 hours faster than the previous record held by the 100ft supermaxi Wild Oats XI. We have reports
on this new record in this edition.
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Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
NZ Editor
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Frank Quealey and Sail-World,
Gotta Love It 7's Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage and Peter Harris became the 2013 champions when the took out Race 7 of the
Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Following yesterday's wipe out in Race 6 of
the championship it all came down to today's final race in a strong North-East wind with Gotta Love It 7 and Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel level on a net 8 poin... [more]
RPNYC Events,
After three superb days of sailing in the Port Nicholson Regatta on Wellington Harbour the 2013 New Zealand IRC and PHRF
keelboat champions have been crowned. Georgia took a clean sweep of the A Division winning both the IRC and A Division
PHRF national titles while Real Deal won the B Division PHRF national title.... [more]
Amber Roberts,
Scott Barnes and his team of Jackson MacFarlane, Rawiri Geddes and Michael Boucher representing the Royal New Zealand
Yacht Squadron win the Harken Youth International Match Racing Championship 2013! Barnes beat Adam Middleton (RPNYC) 2
nil in this afternoon's final. Barnes took the first race by 36 seconds, and in the second Middleton came back on the
second beat. The wind was shifty and Midd... [more]
Brian Trubovich,
Over a weekend of somewhat testing conditions in the Northern Leading region, David Woods and his team on boat 2001 took
out a very close contest. Nine boats took part and many of those teams enjoyed the opportunity to do well in a race,
given the variable nature of the wind direction and speed,... [more]
Lisa Ratcliff/Farr 40 media,
Aberdeen Asset Management Australian Farr 40 Championship 2013. Quick responses, crew handling and keeping the mast
pointing towards the sky in the gusty NNE winds on a wild and woolly Sydney Harbour were key ingredients on the final
day of the John Calvert-Jones Trophy to decide the Australian Farr 40 champion for the 2012-13 season.... [more]
Richard Gladwell,
A strong breeze is forecast for the final race of the 64th JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship being sailed on Sydney
Harbour, at 3.00pm. PredictWind is showing a breeze at increasing through the day to an 18kts average at the race start
time of 3.00pm - less than yesterday and which should be sailable.... [more]
Danielle Wright,
The North Shore's beloved OKI 24-Hour Race will this year be from 2pm Saturday March 9 until 2pm Sunday March 10.
Sailors will once again be racing on Lake Pupuke with a Le Mans-style start, as they have done since the race began in
1967. There will also be a solo division, which means some sailors will sail through the night in a test of extreme
endurance. There will also be a sub-youth catego... [more]
Richard Gladwell,
Normal start time for Race 7 - 3.00pm. Organisers of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Trophy are running a great website which
features live tracking. Click on the links below to follow the live race tracking (all things willing). A video of the
Invitation race and Races 1 & 2 are available for viewing, other races will be posted on the Video channel www.jj18footerstv.com as they are
uploaded.... [more]
Bob Killick,
The 18ft Skiff JJ Giltinan International 2013 had to abandon Heat 6 due to gusty winds on Sydney Harbour. The East Coast
low moving along the NSW Coast put paid to Gary Linacre's patience yesterday.... [more]
RPNYC Events,
With the worst of the Southerly over in done with it was a case of the old saying 'You can't beat Wellington on a good
day' on day two of the 2013 Port Nicholson Regatta.... [more]
Amber Roberts,
Scott Barnes (RNZYS) stole the lead from his previous first equal place holder Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) after 4 impressive
wins today to take the top spot with 12 wins and only 1 loss at the completion of the Round Robin. Second overall
Gilmour added 2 more wins taking his total to 10 wins and 3 losses.... [more]
Frank Quealey,
All sailing on Sydney Harbour had been cancelled for the day, so officials of the Australian 18 Footers League left
their decision as long as possible before deciding whether to race. With Race 6 of the Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan
18ft Skiff Championship holding so much importance, they were always trying to 'make it happen'.... [more]
Lisa Ratcliff,
Sean Langman's radical 60-foot trimaran Team Australia took the Tasman Sea express lane and this evening smashed the
previous fastest time from Sydney to Hobart by a whopping 12 hours and a half hours.... [more]
Lisa Ramsperger,
The America's Cup World Series is headed to its final event before the big race in September. Tom Slingsby, one of the
biggest names in Olympic sailing, will take the helm for Oracle Team USA after serving as a tactician in the last two
years. The London Games gold medalist will skipper the team's entry into the spring regatta, which runs April 16-21 in
Naples, Italy.... [more]
Lisa Ratcliff,
A gale warning for Sydney closed waters has given Farr 40 crews contesting the John Calvert-Jones Trophy an unplanned
layday to make a lunch booking and catch up with friends.... [more]
Richard Gladwell,
A strong breeze is forecast for the penultimate race of the 64th JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship being sailed on
Sydney Harbour, at the later time of 4.00pm... [more]
Vendee Globe,
In the Vendee Globe, Alessandro Di Benedetto (FRA - ITA) on Team Plastique crossed the finish line at 15h 36 mn 30 s
(French Time). He finishes eleventh in the race. In completing his race 26d 00h 17min 50s after race winner Franois
Gabart, completed the course he ensures this seventh edition makes history with the shortest gap ever between the first
and last finishers.... [more]
Matt Carter,
The British Keelboat Academy, a joint keelboat racing initiative between the RYA and UKSA, is now ready for a busy
racing season following the conclusion of what has been an intense winter training programme at the UKSA headquarters in
Cowes, Isle of Wight.... [more]
Louay Habib,
At 0900 on day five of the RORC Caribbean 600, four yachts are still racing following a surge of arrivals last night and
early this morning. With all of the class winners now decided, there will be a fantastic atmosphere at tonight's RORC
Caribbean 600 Prize Giving, which will start at 1800 at Antigua Yacht Club.... [more]
Extreme Sailing Series,
The opening Act of the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series will commence in Muscat, Oman in just over one week's time where Team
Korea, the Korean America's Cup syndicate, skippered by Kiwi Peter Burling, Olympic silver medallist from London 2012,
will line up for their Extreme 40 debut.... [more]
Emma Slater,
Not one, not two, but eight of the UK's finest dinghy sailors will be heading to the RYA Dinghy Show 2013 over the
weekend of 02-03 March to share their top tips, answer your questions, sign autographs and much more.... [more]
Bob Killick,
Race 5 of the Winning Group JJ Giltinan International saw Rag & Famish Hotel make all the right decisions, both in the rigging park, and on the No. 3 SE race Course. With Rag opting
for its big rig, and both Gotta Luv it 7 and Thurlow Fisher Lawyers going with their small rigs Once on the start line
it was very clear that the big rigs were advantaged, especially on the downwind legs, and the two s... [more]
Amber Roberts,
Scott Barnes (RNZYS) and Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) still hold the lead with 8 wins each on day two of the RNZYS Harken Youth
International Match Racing Championships 2013. After another day of impressive close racing on the water, the duo hold a
two point advantage over the four next placed skippers all tied on 6 wins each.... [more]
RPNYC Events,
Wellington laid on its traditional welcome to racing yachts in the 2013 Port Nicholson Regatta. The regatta, which
doubles as the IRC and PHRF national championship, got underway with a stiff southerly gusting into the early 30kts
providing some entertaining and exhilarating sailing for competitors.... [more]
Lisa Ratcliff,
The leash was firmly on Team Australia when it began its Sydney to Hobart record attempt this morning from between
Sydney Heads, but once the giant trimaran made it through the worst of the nasty chop between Sydney Heads and hit open
water, the speed machine was given its head.... [more]
Irene Corosu,
The 12 teams hoping to qualify for September's main regatta will know on Monday whether their dreams have been realized.
Last week, six international teams were in San Francisco for the first qualifying session. This week, a second group of
six teams from Europe, South America and New Zealand is working to impress selectors at the grueling training
camp/selection series.... [more]
ENDS