Friday 30 August 2013

Dick Newick, multihull design pioneer across the bar

Multihull designer and luminary Dick Newick has passed away.  Dick brought a special flair to multihulls with his seaworthy craft and their organic forms and graceful design.  A cheerful smile and a strong intellect rounded out an individual with a special gift.  Just a few of Dick's better known designs are the "Atlantic" proa Cheers and the trimarans Moxie, Rogue Wave, Third Turtle and Ocean Surfer.  He was active till the end and attended the Golden Oldies Trophy event in May along with Marc Van Petegham, James Wharram and Hanneke Boon. 



Dick Newick third from left, Photo courtesy Stephane

An excellent article by Steven Callahan traces many of Dick's achievements in multihull design
http://www.stevencallahan.net/images/proboat/newick-dec2010.pdf 

Red Bull Youth America's Cup update, John Navas video of practice races 1 & 2


F-22 trimaran production update, close to splashdown

Ian Farrier has updated his F-22 production blog.  The recent updates show the trimaran on the trailer with mast up and sails hoisted.

read the latest update to the blog here:

http://www.f-boat.com/pages/News4/FM-Factory2013.html

F-22 trimaran mast up and sails hoisted, photo courtesy Farrier Marine

Thursday 29 August 2013

F40 trimaran Agir, what has happened to her?

Well the news is good for the former Biscuits Cantreau 4 trimaran it's being rebuilt by it's new owner at Lloyd Stevenson boatworks in New Zealand.  It will be great to see this beast out on the water again.

Agir in the background awaiting some attention, photo courtesy Team Vodafone Sailing

Wednesday 28 August 2013

Hamilton Island Race Week 2013, final results for the multihull division.

The Hamilton Island Race Week series results below:

http://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2013/ahirw/series/multi/SGrp14.htm

 

The individual race results are listed on the following link:

http://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2013/ahirw/series/multi/series.htm

Red Bull Youth America's Cup, Racing starts on September 1st, 2013

From the following article on americascup.com

http://www.americascup.com/en/news/3/news/17697/countdown-is-on-to-the-red-bull-youth-americas-cup

The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup starts in less than a week and the 10 national youth teams are into their final preparations on San Francisco Bay.

The event runs from September 1-4, with four days of fleet racing off the America’s Cup Village at Marina Green.

On Saturday, August 31, there is a final day of practice with Speed Trials incorporated in the final training session – a spectator favourite.

“If I had to sum up the situation, I would say that this is a fantastic race course, with great boats and that our rivals are going to be tough,” said Antoine Lauriot-Prévost, the helmsman for the French entry, Next World Energy. “But we have a wonderful team here and everyone is focused.”

read more here

Kurt Hughes updated trikala 19 design, more details emerge of manufacturer and pricing

This production version is now known as the chs-x19 trimaran to be sold through http://www.charlotteharborsails.com/

http://3hulls.com/index.php/chs-x19-trimaran.html

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Extreme Sailing Series, Leigh McMillan and the Wave/Muscat team claim victory in the Cardiff event

From the following article on the Extreme Sailing Series website:

http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/the-wave-muscat-clinch-victory-in-cardiff-before-the-biggest-crowds-the-ser#.UhxYkchAp8Q

- Cardiff delivers a master class in Stadium Racing with the biggest crowds the Series has ever witnessed, in excess of 120,000 people - watch the highlight video here
- Tense double-points final race decider with four boats gunning for the podium.
- McMillan claims third consecutive Act win – his fourth this year – to regain the lead on overall Series leaderboard.
- Danish duo SAP Extreme Sailing Team hold off the onslaught from Red Bull Sailing Team to secure their third podium position in 2013.
- Cardiff in brief - A quick fire lowdown on the highlights of an unforgettable Act in Cardiff Bay. Read more here.

In excess of 120,000 people, the biggest crowds the Extreme Sailing Series™ has ever witnessed in its seven-year history, crammed around Cardiff Bay over the four days of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Cardiff presented by Land Rover to witness the battle of the Bay first hand. Leigh McMillan’s team were unflappable on the final day, winning three of the seven races and the Omani team will walk away from Wales as champions – and with it regaining an advantage on the overall Series leaderboard. However, despite winning on Welsh waters, McMillan is preparing for the battle for the 2013 Series championship to go all the way to the end of the line: “We're not any more confident after this win, we've got a lot of work on our hands. It's going to be a huge fight all the way to Brazil.”

Multi50 update, promo video for the upcoming Trophee Prince de Bretagne, 30th of August to 1st September 2013


Trophée Prince de Bretagne - Côtes d'Armor 2012 : Une journée à rebondissement from Prince de Bretagne Mer on Vimeo.

Monday 26 August 2013

America's Cup update, Sail Racing Magazine on the Emirates Team New Zealand winning the Louis Vuitton Cup and progressing to confront Oracle Team USA for the America's Cup

From the following article on the Sail Racing Magazine website:

Fog and light winds no deterrent as ETNZ close out Louis Vuitton Cup series.
 

Thick fog across most of the race course and the lightest flukiest winds so far in the competition did not slow down the Kiwi crew on the Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 today as they dismissed the Italian Luna Rossa syndicate with a massive win in the eighth race of the Louis Vuitton Cup Final.

If anything, the margin of advantage for the Kiwis was even greater in the 12-14 knot conditions which prevailed for most of the race. Both teams flew gennakers on the first downwind leg and ETNZ immediately began to pull away, sailing three to four knots better VMG angles than Luna Rossa. Upwind too they didn't put a foot wrong and by the time they turned at the top mark for the last time they were more than three minutes ahead.

Dean Barker's boys turned on the style on the final reach to the finish, tearing across the finish line at 40 knots to the obvious delight of the crowds of spectators at the Pier 27 America's Cup Race Village.

read more here

America's Cup update, Emirates Team New Zealand vs Luna Rossa races 8 & 9 of the Louis Vuitton Cup


Saturday 24 August 2013

Extreme Sailing Series update, videos of racing on day 2,3 and 4 of Cardiff event (Act 6)

These will become live as the days of racing are completed:





America's Cup update, Pete Melvin of Morelli and Melvin on his involvement in the Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 catamaran program

From the following article in the New Zealand Herald by Paul Lewis

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11113513

If Team New Zealand manage to bring the America's Cup back to Auckland, one of the little-known heroes will be an American and a former Oracle team member.

It's not overstating matters to suggest that designer Pete Melvin is the father of the AC72s, the blisteringly fast catamarans of the 34th America's Cup.

Even more surprisingly, Melvin - a sailing coach for Oracle racing before becoming a multi-hull design guru - is the man who played a major role in designing the wingsail for the giant 90ft trimaran, known as BOR 90; the yacht which won the Cup for Oracle in 2010 in a deed of gift showdown against Alinghi's giant catamaran.

read more here

America's Cup update, Sail Racing magazine video interviews with Max Sirena of Luna Rossa and Dean Barker of Emirates Team New Zealand after Race 6 of the Louis Vuitton Cup


Post race IV Max Sirena LV Race 6 from Sail Racing Magazine on Vimeo.



Post race IV Dean Barker LV Race 6 from Sail Racing Magazine on Vimeo.

America's Cup update, Louis Vuitton Cup Luna Rossa vs Emirates Team New Zealand race 6


Extreme Sailing Series update, Race report on day 1 of Cardiff event (Act 6)

From the following article on the Extreme Sailing Series website:

http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/small-breeze-calls-for-big-tactics-on-day-one-of-act-6-cardiff-presented-by#.UhfFpMhAp8Q

- Swiss dominate on opening day with 2013 newcomers Realteam staking an early claim and circuit veterans Alinghi in second.
- Swapping the tide for turf – Extreme 40 skippers rub shoulders with British and Irish Lions heroes Leigh Halfpenny and Alex Cuthbert.
- Big breeze on the horizon for tomorrow – tune in LIVE from 1600 BST on the official website. Watch the preview here.

Quashing all fears of a shut down in Cardiff Bay on the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Cardiff hosted by the Cardiff Harbour festival, the light airs that looked set to characterise the day's racing revved up to a playful breeze across the bay just in time for three all important points scoring races – perhaps spurred on by a wind dance from Red Bull Sailing Teams trimmer Matthew Adams. Out on the course the Swiss dominated, with 2013 newcomers Realteam leading the Act after day one and circuit veterans Alinghi exercising their new weapon and Olympic champion Anna Tunnicliffe, putting them in second. Never far from the podium top spot, Leigh McMillan’s The Wave, Muscat wait in the wings in third as day one of racing concludes. To wrap up the opening days proceedings, the Extreme Sailing Series skippers tonight joined British and Irish lions heroes and two of international rugby’s best-known stars, Leigh halfpenny and Alex Cuthbert at the Cardiff Blues home ground to see for themselves what the Welsh do best.

read more here
Racing light airs in Cardiff (Act 6), photo courtesy Extreme Sailing Series


Friday 23 August 2013

America's Cup update, Oracle Team USA get to know Jimmy Spithill, Ben Ainslie, Kinley Fowler and Brian Macinnes








Extreme Sailing Series 2013, Cardiff event (Act 6) kicks off on the 23rd August 1400BST

From the following article on the Extreme Sailing Series website:

http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/battle-drums-sound-across-cardiff-bay-ahead-of-act-6-cardiff-presented-by-l#.UhaTDchAp8R

The towering masts of the Extreme Sailing Series™ fleet dominated the Cardiff Bay skyline today, as eight Extreme 40s took to the water for one final shake down ahead of Act 6, Cardiff hosted by Cardiff Harbour Festival. Gliding round the Bay under bright skies and tactically demanding light airs, today’s series of short preview races came as a final chance for the circuits new faces and old hands to sharpen their swords and polish up their armor ahead of the battle of Cardiff Bay, kicking off on Friday 23rd August at 1400 BST.

Making their racing debut at one of the highlight events in the Extreme Sailing Series calendar, ChinaSpirit used the day’s practice racing as an opportunity to ‘iron out the final creases’ as the team’s Kiwi skipper Phil Robertson explained: “It was great to get out on the water today ahead of the main event, we’re getting better and better as a team and we’re in a good place going into tomorrow’s racing. We’ve started at the bottom, but we’re ready to work out way up. ChinaSpirit are a brand new Chinese team and we’re thrilled to be here in Cardiff.”

Read more here

Extreme 40's racing in Porto, photo courtesy Extreme Sailing Series

Multi50 update, Trophee Prince de Bretagne 2013 to be held 30th August to 1st September


From the following article on princedebretagne-mer.com

The original article (in French) linked below:

http://www.princedebretagne-mer.com/trophee-prince-de-bretagne/actualites/307-trophee-multi50-prince-de-bretagne-cotes-d-armor

The rough bing translate:

30th August to 1st September 2013

Sport, entertainment, and many usability are the ingredients together for the trophy Multi50 Prince de Bretagne - Côtes d'Armor, whose 5th edition will take place on Friday 30 August to Sunday September 1 in Saint-Quay-Portrieux. The port costarmoricain and its plan of water poised to take all their trappings of nautical Stadium. They welcome this year thirteen trimarans of 50 feet, ready to do battle, both for issues of competition, for the pleasure of the public expected many to this annual event on the coast of Goelo, combining sportsmanship festivities on land and sea.
 
Event supported with seamless fidelity by the producers of the terroir of Goëlo Trégor, trophy Multi50 Prince de Bretagne - Côtes d'Armor today meets a growing success. Each year, his recipe works inevitably for the pleasure of the sailors, in a hurry to cross the railway and the bows, as that of the audience invited to the first boxes to not miss anything from the show on the water offered by the superb trimarans.


2013: a record of participations

For the 2013 edition, 13 crews - a record-, meet present and guarantee to compete for order and the honours of the podium to the end of the series of regattas orchestrated by the departmental Committee of sailing of the Côtes d'Armor. But it will also count with many outsiders and fans expected to mingle with the party which promises already a lot of surprises, twists, and beautiful images.

"It's still very impressive to see these multihulls, which many will participate in next to the road of the rum 2014, operate closer to the coast in a true friendly spirit." This trophy offers since its original visibility beautiful offshore race. "And for us, producers Breton, it is important to support this discipline, and to invite the general public to its discovery", details Gilbert Brouder, president of UCPT (Union des coopératives Paimpol and Tréguier), organizer of this event in maritime, festive and popular.


Live racing
It is in this spirit of Exchange and sharing that producers are preparing to welcome visitors to follow these spectacular regattas, both aboard headings available at lower cost passengers *, that since the bleachers installed at the end of the dike (quai Gourvelot), where they will be commented online by Serge Herbin, great specialist of the ocean race. In the immediate vicinity of the field of play, the public can also meet the skippers and their teammates on their return to the port, or even admire the latest multihulls from the ultimate series, the Maxi80 Prince of Brittany led by Lionel Lemonchois. If this beautiful bird of offshore will not participate in the competition reserved 50 feet, he will demonstrate by its presence and its outputs on the water, strong connection unites Breton producers windsurfing competition.

On the village, open from 11: 00 to 19: 00 from Friday to Sunday, animations fight full to promote the trades of the sea and the Earth. Fishermen, farmers and artisans of this region renowned for the quality of its vegetable productions on the edge of strike answer the call for more presentations and tastings. Crates and baskets by the local company manufacturing Samson, the scallop, produced star of this edition cooked 2013 in all its States, it is a poster mouth-watering, full of new surprises and new flavors that promises to decline this 5th trophy Multi50 Prince de Bretagne - Côtes d'Armor. Not to be missed in this beautiful late summer sun on the coast of Goëlo...



Vessels registered
-Actual (Yves Le Blevec)
-Arkema Region Aquitaine (Lalou Roucayrol)
-Biscuiterie de Saint-Brieuc (Pascal Quintin)
-Delirium (Carlan Joris)
-˜windowâ-Cardinal (Erwan Le Roux)
-Kid (Pierre-Antoine)
-Master Jacques (Loïc Fequet)
-Notrepharma.com (Jean-François Lilti)
-Nootka (Gilles Buekenhout)
PiR2-Port de Fécamp (Etienne Hochede)
-Green Ray (Alain Delhumeau)
-Rennes Métropole Saint-Malo agglomération (Gilles Lamiré)
-Victorinox (Dany Monnier)

* Out to sea with the stars of the 7 Islands
Departures from 11: 00 to 16: 00 Saturday and Sunday
Duration: 45 minutes
On-site ticket: €3, free for less than 10 years

 

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Sail Racing Magazine talk to Glenn Ashby wing trimmer about the nosedive in Race 2 of the Louis Vuitton Cup

From the following entry on the excellent Sail Racing Magazine

http://www.sailracingmagazine.com/editors-blog/glenn-ashby-explains-the-emirates-team-new-zealand-nosedive

The most heart stopping moment of the 34th America's Cup action so far was the huge bear way crash which saw the Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 nosedive at the windward mark race two. (In case you have been living up a mountain with no internet or left the planet temporarily in the last few days the video clip is at the end of this article).

So what exactly went wrong on the Kiwi boat to trigger such a spectacular nose dive that it thew the majority of the crew into a tangled heap and flicked two of them unceremoniously into San Francisco Bay.

To find out from one who would know for sure, we got Emirates Team New Zealand wing trimmer Glenn Ashby to talk us through it.

First we asked Glenn to explain what he is doing to the massive wing sail when the boat goes around the windward mark.

read more here

And a video of the nosedive:

l'hydroptere.ch and the Hydros team claim the Blue Ribbon record on Lake Geneva

The Hydros team's persistence has paid off with them claiming the Blue Ribbon Record (Ruben Bleu) on Lake Geneva.  Despite a rudder breakage they have managed to improve on the current record which is held by a Decision 35 catamaran by 8 minutes.

http://www.hydros.ch/actualites/247-hydros-bat-le-record-du-ruban-bleu-a-bord-de-l-hydroptere-ch

And here is the rough google translate.

Hydros beats the record of the Blue Ribbon on board the Hydrofoil. Ch

 Hydros beat this afternoon Leman Ruban Bleu record on the route Geneva (Port Black) - Le Bouveret - Geneva 4:45 (subject to approval of the Cercle de la Voile Société Nautique de Genève).

Geneva, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. - The flying boat Hydrofoil the PS led by Daniel Schmäh just beat the record for the Blue Ribbon between the Port and the Black Bouveret, the theoretical distance of 66.5 nautical miles (123 km). It improves by eight minutes the time set by Philippe Cardis in Decision 35 in 2007.

"We had great wind conditions today," says Daniel Schmäh, skipper of the Hydrofoil. C. "The wind held the top lake, which is quite rare and has been lacking in recent attempts. We broke a rudder on the back, but have decided to continue because we were in a good timing. We have learned from many banks saw the wind direction, which is the more extended distance. "

Sustained by Lombard Odier & Cie team was not his first test since he had already made ​​several attempts to break the record this year, without success. Winning valid for three years of technological development this record, the Hydrofoil. Hp and is the third ship to join the winners of the Blue Ribbon.

Crew of Hydrofoil ch Tuesday, August 20, 2013:. Schmäh Daniel (skipper), Antoine Anceau Yves Courvoisier, Stéphane Dyen, William Coyon

© Loris von Siebenthal / Hydros

Monday 19 August 2013

Prince de Bretagne Maxi 80, Interview with Lionel Lemanchois on Voiles et voiliers goes into more detail on the mast canting system

The Voiles et Voiliers interview (in French) is here:

http://www.voilesetvoiliers.com/course-regate/route-du-rhum-2014-lionel-lemonchois-explique-son-nouveau-greement/

I found that Google or Bing translate did a tolerable job.

and a video of the Prince de Bretagne maxi in action during the 2013 Fastnet Race.

America's Cup update, Ray Davies of ETNZ on the aftermath of the AC72 catamaran hydraulic failure in Race 2 of the Louis Vuitton Cup

 
Ray Davies Interview Louis Vuitton Cup Day Two from Sail Racing Magazine on Vimeo.

America's Cup news, Louis Vuitton Cup final race 2 and 3 Emirates Team New Zealand vs Luna Rossa



Race 3 has been postponed due to wind strength increasing beyond the acceptable limit

Sunday 18 August 2013

America's Cup update, Emirates Team New Zealand gets first point in the Louis Vuitton Cup but not without drama

From the following article on americascup.com submitted by Sean McNeill

http://www.americascup.com/en/news/3/news/17349/emirates-team-new-zealand-survives-nosedive-wins-first-race-of-louis-vuitton-cup-final

The 30th anniversary Louis Vuitton Cup Final got off to a boisterous start today with Emirates Team New Zealand opening a 1-0 lead over Luna Rossa Challenge.

On a windy day on San Francisco Bay, Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa both wrestled with equipment problems, each suffered in different fashion. The difference was that Luna Rossa’s problem inhibited the crew’s ability to race, while the Kiwis’ problem scared the living daylights out of them.

Luna Rossa had a daggerboard problem before the race that ultimately scuttled the crew’s race after the first mark rounding. The team had refined the daggerboard and its lifting post last week.

read more here

America's Cup World series update, Measurement committee report on Team Oracle USA and BAR AC45 catamaran weight discrepancies

From the following article submitted to Sail-World by Richard Gladwell:

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Gladwells-Line:-Measurement-Committee-clarifies-report-to-Jury/113305

The often bizarre world of the America's Cup took a new twist today with the release of two new reports form the International Jury.

In fact, only one of the reports was new - that of a clarification from the Chairman of the Measurement Committee - on some points made earlier in his report to the International Jury concerning the taking out of class of three AC45 catamarans managed by Oracle Team USA.

The situation was discovered by boatbuilders from America's Cup Management, when they were assembling and equalising the AC45's to be used for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup Series.

Initially the report from the Chief Measurer has it that three forward kingposts (supporting struts under the mast and sprit of the AC45's) were found to be overweight, and had weight added to them by Oracle Team USA.

read more here

Farrier F-22 production trimaran update, more on trailer and sails

Ian Farrier has updated his work log on the production version of the F-22 trimaran.  This update shows the innovative trailer that is being put together specifically for the F-22 in more detail and some photos of the sails under construction at Doyle's Auckland, NZ loft.

http://www.f-boat.com/pages/News4/FM-Factory2013.html



America's Cup update, Louis Vuitton Challenger series finals race 1 & 2 Emirates Team New Zealand vs Luna Rossa


Friday 16 August 2013

Airlie Beach Race Week 2013, Final results for multihulls in Divisions 1,2,3 and PHS

The multihull extract from the following article on the Airlie Beach Race Week website:

http://www.airlieraceweek.com/sailing/news/2013/more-breeze-and-new-winners-on-final-day

Multihulls

In the 2013 Australian National Multihull Championship the top place getters in each division were in OMR Division 1, Chris Williams’s Morticia with a clean sweep of six races.
OMR Division 2 was won by Andrew Stransky and his family on Fantasia who finished on six points.

In OMR Division 3, it was a very close contest with Tony Richardson’s Pocahontas coming out in front with 10 points, just on ahead of Mike Willcocks’s Hot Option.
The PHS Multihull Division won by Clare and Wayne Kirby’s Clear Horizons.

Multihull national measurer, Mike Hodges, reported the OMR Division 1 winner, the Sea Cart 30 Morticia, blitzed every race. “I know during the week that some of the guys have been on the internet looking to see if they can buy one.
“The boat did the Brisbane to Gladstone race this year and everybody was expecting big things of it, but it didn’t perform. But at the same time the guys hadn’t had it very long and they didn’t have any experience of it. That’s six months ago. Since then they have sailed it regularly, tuned it up and optimised it to the OMR rule and now they have a boat that is an absolute master blaster.
“Everybody seems perfectly happy with the location for the nationals. It’s a great place to have a national championships. I would be surprised if the Australian multihull championships don’t come back to Airlie Beach within the next two to three years,” Hodges said.

The final results below for OMR Division 1,2,3 and PHS below:

Multihulls OMR Div 1: Series Scores | Whitsunday Sailing Club  Multihulls OMR Div 1: Series Scores
 
key to abbreviations at bottom of page.

Series Results [OMR Div 1] for Division 1 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
 
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   3002 MORTICIA Chris Williams RMYC 5.0 3002 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [1.0]
2 2.0S 565 SPIRIT Jason Gard CIYS 17.0 565 [7.0] 2.0 5.0 2.0 3.0 5.0
3   297 WILPARINA 11 Robert Remilton GRYC 17.0 GR297 5.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 [8.0]
4   888N INDIAN CHIEF Darren Drew RMYC 21.0 N888 4.0 4.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 [10.0]
5   36N MALICE Malcolm Richardson PD 23.0 N36 2.0 6.0 8.0 [11.0] 5.0 2.0
6   95 HOT VINDALOO Julian Griffiths NYRC 29.0 MK95 3.0 [10.0] 6.0 9.0 4.0 7.0
7   2 APC MAD MAX George Owen MYCV 30.0 V2 [13.0F] 8.0 3.0 4.0 12.0 3.0
8   100 BOX OFFICE Keith Glover RQYS 33.0 AUS100 6.0 9.0 7.0 [10.0] 7.0 4.0
9   103 MOVE IT David Turton MYC 37.0 AUS103 8.0 7.0 10.0 6.0 [11.0] 6.0
10   532 CARBON CREDIT Peter Hawker RSAYS 38.0 SA532 9.0 5.0 9.0 7.0 8.0 [11.0]
11   311 RUM RAIDER Scott Millar WSC 47.0 M311 10.0 11.0 [11.0] 8.0 9.0 9.0
12   W1010 WILD THING Keith Roberts WSC 57.0 W1010 11.0 12.0 [13.0S] 12.0 10.0 12.0  



(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Multihulls OMR Div 2: Series Scores
 
key to abbreviations at bottom of page.

Series Results [OMR Div 2] for Division 2 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
 
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   641 FANTASIA Andrew Stransky MYCQ 6.0   1.0 [3.0] 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
2   315 RHYTHMIC Philip Day MYCQ 9.0   2.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 [3.0] 2.0
3   7548 OVERDRIVE Rupert King WSC 17.0   5.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 [6.0]
4   61 BULLETPROOF Scott Gralow MCYC 18.0   3.0 [7.0] 5.0 2.0 5.0 3.0
5   M340 WILD SPIRIT Laban Rixon CCYC 24.0   [7.0] 4.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 4.0
6   1093 COOL CHANGE Bob Critchley MYC 25.0   6.0 5.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 [7.0]
7   BOW7 MCMOGGY Alasdair Noble APYC 29.0   4.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 [7.0] 5.0
8   1480 RENAISSANCE Michael Hodges MYCQ 45.0   9.0C 9.0C 9.0S 9.0C 9.0C [9.0C]


(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Multihulls OMR Div 3: Series Scores
 
key to abbreviations at bottom of page.
 
Series Results [OMR Div 3] for Division 3 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   10P POCAHONTAS Tony Richardson HBBCYS 10.0   2.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 [7.0] 1.0
2   047 HOT OPTION Mike Willcocks LCSC 11.0   [5.0] 3.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.0
3   193 FIFTY FIFTY Geoff Floyd MYCV 16.0   [7.0] 4.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 5.0
4   126 MIDNIGHT RAIN Bill Ferguson BIYC 17.0   3.0 5.0 1.0 4.0 [5.0] 4.0
5   3 COCO LOCO Garry Scott QCYC 18.0   4.0 1.0 6.0 [6.0] 4.0 3.0
6   339 QUICK SKIPS Peter Millar WSC 23.0   1.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 [7.0]
7   198 AQUILO II Geoff Smith LCSC 29.0   6.0 7.0 7.0 [8.0F] 3.0 6.0


(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Multihulls PHS: Series Scores
 
key to abbreviations at bottom of page.
 
Series Results [OMR DivPHS] up to Race 5
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   BOW1 CLEAR HORIZONS Clare & Wayne Kirby SYC 7.0   2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
2   11W ZIPPY Bernie McErlane WSC 8.0   1.0 2.0 2.0T 2.0 1.0


(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)
 

GC32 catamaran update, videos of racing at Aberden Asset Cowes Week.








Farrier F-22 production trimaran update, more on the trailer and assembly of Hull #1

Ian Farrier has posted another update on the production  F-22 trimaran.  In the latest update we see the assembled trailer and more finishing touches being added to Hull #1.

http://www.f-boat.com/pages/News4/FM-Factory2013.html

The assembled F-22 trailer with composite insert, photo courtesy Farrier Marine

America's Cup update, Emirates Team New Zealand article and the Louis Vuitton Challenger Series press conference video

From the following article on the Emirates Team New Zealand website:
 
 
The Louis Vuitton Cup challengers’ series final gets underway in San Francisco on Saturday.
Emirates Team New Zealand meets old rival Luna Rossa in a best of 13 match – the team to win seven races first will win the cup.
 
Luna Rossa has had more race preparation, having beaten Artemis a 4-0 in the semi-finals round last weekend. Dean Barker and crew have not raced since the end of the round robin which gave them a ticket straight to final.
 
The New Zealand boat has been in the shed for modifications and the team  has not sailed a great deal, although recent practice sessions have been very pleasing to skipper Dean Barker

read more here

and a video of the Louis Vuitton finals press conference with Dean Barker of Emirates Team New Zealand and Max Sirena of Luna Rossa:



Red Bull Youth America's Cup update, American Team "The Force" on the opportunity presented by the regatta

From the following article by the editor of Sailing Scuttlebutt
 
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2013/08/15/rbyac-we-still-pinch-ourselves-to-realize-that-this-is-happening/
 
RBYAC: “We still pinch ourselves to realize that this is happening”
 
Published on August 15th, 2013 | by Editor (Sailing Scuttlebutt)

San Francisco, CA (August 15, 2013) – This week marks the final phase of the American Youth Sailing Force’s eighteen month campaign to win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup (RBYAC).
The Force is sailing their newly commissioned AC45 catamaran in the official training sessions taking place from August 12 to August 28. They are sparring with nine other Youth teams who are vying to win the RBYAC that takes place Sept. 1 to 4 on San Francisco’s City Front.

read more here

America's Cup update, Dean Barker of Emirates Team New Zealand on the teams progress with their AC72 catamaran

From the following article on the excellent Sail Racing World magazine:

Dean Barker: Huge performance gains still on the table but upwind foiling unlikely to be one of them.
 

Spend even a little time watching the three teams left in the 34th America's Cup and right now and it's easy to forget just how difficult these boats actually are. Long gone are the stumbling baby steps we saw all the syndicates making as they tried to master their 72 feet flying catamarans. Now, dare I say it, they almost make it look easy.  

Emirates Team New Zealand look the slickest of any of the crews and according to their helmsman Dean Barker the apparent effortless ease with which they tear around the bay has come from practising their manoeuvres over and over and over again.

"It's not by chance that you and the crew improve and you can sail the boat at a much higher level," Barker told me. "Through repetition of manoeuvres and everything else you build up your confidence in your ability to perform them."

The Louis Vuitton Final race schedule pitches the Kiwis against Luna Rossa twice each race day and ETNZ have been putting in some long days on the water recently, primarily Barker said to practise switching gears from the lighter morning winds to the stronger afternoon breezes.  

read more here

Thursday 15 August 2013

Airlie Beach Race Week (2013) update, Chris Williams Seacart 30 Morticia unbeatable on points in OMR division 1

This multihull extract from the following article on ABRW website:

http://www.airlieraceweek.com/sailing/news/2013/tough-day-sailing-office-division-leader

Multihulls

In OMR Division 1, Morticia’s Chris Williams called the race “painful”, but who is he to complain when his team had just won their fifth straight race.  They sailed the Sea Cart 30 beautifully through the glass-outs and the soft offshore northerly, sailing through the monohulls and well ahead of Mal Richardson’s Malice and George Owen’s APC Mad Max.

Overall this places Morticia in an unbeatable top position with five points. The battle tomorrow will then be between Jason Gard’s Spirit and Robert Remilton’s Wilparnia II, as long as both sail well the Pioneer Bay course.

In OMR Division 2, handicap honours went again to Philip Day’s Rhythmic. The division is still being led by Andrew Stransky’s Fantasia on eight points, then Rhythmic on 10 points with Rupert King’s Overdrive on 18 points.

OMR Division 3 was won today by Gary Scott’s Coco Loco. The overall lead is with Mike Willcocks’s Hot Option on 11 points, followed by Tony Richardson’s Pocahontas on 15 points and Geoff Floyd’s Fifty Fifty on 16 points.

All these three divisions will be able to discard their worst result after tomorrow’s race.
In the PHS Multihull Division, the overall lead is still held by Clare and Wayne Kirby’s Clear Horizons.

read more here

2013 Rolex Fastnet Race, short video with some observations by Spindrift Racing crew on the race


America's Cup update, Oracle Team USA get to know grinders Joe Spooner and Matthew Mason




2013 French Weta trimaran nationals, video of the event


Wednesday 14 August 2013

Airlie Beach Race Week update, Race 3 and cumulative scores for Multihull division 1,2,3 and PHS

Multihulls OMR Div 1: Race 3 Results | Whitsunday Sailing Club
Division 1 OMR Div 1 results Start : 11:05
Place Sail No Boat Name From Elapsd AHC Cor'd T Skipper Score Fin Tim
1 3002 MORTICIA RMYC 03:02:49 1.002 03:03:11 Chris Williams 1.0 14:07:49
2 565 SPIRIT CIYS 03:22:58 0.970 03:16:53 Jason Gard 2.0 14:27:58
3 297 WILPARINA 11 GRYC 03:51:53 0.898 03:28:14 Robert Remilton 3.0 14:56:53
4 2 APC MAD MAX MYCV 03:16:06 1.075 03:30:48 George Owen 4.0 14:21:06
5 888N INDIAN CHIEF RMYC 03:41:55 0.954 03:31:42 Darren Drew 5.0 14:46:55
6 103 MOVE IT MYC 03:31:15 1.006 03:32:31 David Turton 6.0 14:36:15
7 532 CARBON CREDIT RSAYS 03:46:00 0.980 03:41:29 Peter Hawker 7.0 14:51:00
8 311 RUM RAIDER WSC 04:11:32 0.885 03:42:36 Scott Millar 8.0 15:16:32
9 95 HOT VINDALOO NYRC 04:06:41 0.908 03:43:59 Julian Griffiths 9.0 15:11:41
10 100 BOX OFFICE RQYS 03:46:48 1.038 03:55:25 Keith Glover 10.0 14:51:48
11 36N MALICE PD 03:50:57 1.079 04:09:12 Malcolm Richardson 11.0 14:55:57
12 W1010 WILD THING WSC 04:24:15 0.952 04:11:34 Keith Roberts 12.0 15:29:15

Cumulative series results OMR division 1

Multihulls OMR Div 1: Series Scores

Series Results [OMR Div 1] for Division 1 up to Race 3
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   3002 MORTICIA Chris Williams RMYC 3.0 3002 1.0 1.0 1.0
2   565 SPIRIT Jason Gard CIYS 10.0 565 2.0 3.0 5.0
3   297 WILPARINA 11 Robert Remilton GRYC 13.0 GR297 3.0 2.0 8.0
4   36N MALICE Malcolm Richardson PD 18.0 N36 11.0 5.0 2.0
5   2 APC MAD MAX George Owen MYCV 19.0 V2 4.0 12.0 3.0
6   95 HOT VINDALOO Julian Griffiths NYRC 20.0 MK95 9.0 4.0 7.0
7 4.0S 100 BOX OFFICE Keith Glover RQYS 21.0 AUS100 10.0 7.0 4.0
8   888N INDIAN CHIEF Darren Drew RMYC 21.0 N888 5.0 6.0 10.0
9   103 MOVE IT David Turton MYC 23.0 AUS103 6.0 11.0 6.0
10 7.0S 532 CARBON CREDIT Peter Hawker RSAYS 26.0 SA532 7.0 8.0 11.0
11   311 RUM RAIDER Scott Millar WSC 26.0 M311 8.0 9.0 9.0
12   W1010 WILD THING Keith Roberts WSC 34.0 W1010 12.0 10.0 12.0

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Race 3 results OMR division 2
 
Division 2 OMR Div 2 results Start : 11:10
     
Place Sail No Boat Name From Elapsd AHC Cor'd T Skipper Score Fin Tim
1 641 FANTASIA MYCQ 03:00:17 0.825 02:28:44 Andrew Stransky 1.0 14:10:17
2 61 BULLETPROOF MCYC 02:53:11 0.885 02:33:16 Scott Gralow 2.0 14:03:11
3 315 RHYTHMIC MYCQ 03:30:00 0.740 02:35:24 Philip Day 3.0 14:40:00
4 M340 WILD SPIRIT CCYC 03:04:28 0.868 02:40:07 Laban Rixon 4.0 14:14:28
5 7548 OVERDRIVE WSC 03:49:13 0.747 02:51:14 Rupert King 5.0 14:59:13
6 1093 COOL CHANGE MYC 04:00:30 0.743 02:58:42 Bob Critchley 6.0 15:10:30
7 BOW7 MCMOGGY APYC 04:06:06 0.805 03:18:07 Alasdair Noble 7.0 15:16:06
DNC 1480 RENAISSANCE MYCQ   0.805   Michael Hodges 9.0  

Cumulative series OMR Division 2 results 
Multihulls OMR Div 2: Series Scores | Whitsunday Sailing Club
Series Results [OMR Div 2] for Division 2 up to Race 3
 
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   641 FANTASIA Andrew Stransky MYCQ 3.0   1.0 1.0 1.0
2   315 RHYTHMIC Philip Day MYCQ 8.0   3.0 3.0 2.0
3   61 BULLETPROOF Scott Gralow MCYC 10.0   2.0 5.0 3.0
4   7548 OVERDRIVE Rupert King WSC 13.0   5.0 2.0 6.0
5   M340 WILD SPIRIT Laban Rixon CCYC 14.0   4.0 6.0 4.0
6   1093 COOL CHANGE Bob Critchley MYC 17.0   6.0 4.0 7.0
7   BOW7 MCMOGGY Alasdair Noble APYC 19.0   7.0 7.0 5.0
8   1480 RENAISSANCE Michael Hodges MYCQ 27.0   9.0C 9.0C 9.0C


(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)
 
 Race 3 results OMR division 3

Division 3 OMR Div 3 results Start : 11:15
      
Place Sail No Boat Name From Elapsd AHC Cor'd T Skipper Score Fin Tim
1 193 FIFTY FIFTY MYCV 02:40:34 0.835 02:14:04 Geoff Floyd 1.0 13:55:34
2 10P POCAHONTAS HBBCYS 02:38:18 0.882 02:19:37 Tony Richardson 2.0 13:53:18
3 047 HOT OPTION LCSC 02:57:52 0.787 02:19:59 Mike Willcocks 3.0 14:12:52
4 126 MIDNIGHT RAIN BIYC 02:48:18 0.842 02:21:42 Bill Ferguson 4.0 14:03:18
5 339 QUICK SKIPS WSC 02:45:59 0.857 02:22:15 Peter Millar 5.0 14:00:59
6 3 COCO LOCO QCYC 03:20:16 0.783 02:36:48 Garry Scott 6.0 14:35:16
DNF 198 AQUILO II LCSC   0.754 &nbsp Geoff Smith 8.0  

Cumulative series results OMR Division 3 
Multihulls OMR Div 3: Series Scores | Whitsunday Sailing Club
Series Results [OMR Div 3] for Division 3 up to Race 3
 
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   047 HOT OPTION Mike Willcocks LCSC 6.0   3.0 1.0 2.0
2   193 FIFTY FIFTY Geoff Floyd MYCV 8.0   1.0 2.0 5.0
3   10P POCAHONTAS Tony Richardson HBBCYS 10.0   2.0 7.0 1.0
4 3.0S 3 COCO LOCO Garry Scott QCYC 13.0   6.0 4.0 3.0
5   126 MIDNIGHT RAIN Bill Ferguson BIYC 13.0   4.0 5.0 4.0
6   198 AQUILO II Geoff Smith LCSC 17.0   8.0F 3.0 6.0
7   339 QUICK SKIPS Peter Millar WSC 18.0   5.0 6.0 7.0


(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded) 
Multihulls PHS: Series Scores | Whitsunday Sailing Club
Cumulative Series Results [OMR Division PHS] up to Race 2
 
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Sail Num Race 2 Race 1
1 2R BOW1 CLEAR HORIZONS Clare & Wayne Kirby SYC 3.0 &nbsp 1.0 2.0
2 &nbsp 11W ZIPPY Bernie McErlane WSC 3.0 &nbsp 2.0 1.0


(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)