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SCUTTLEBUTT 3185 - Monday, September 27, 2010Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors,providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus. Website: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/scuttbutt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sailingscuttlebutt RSS: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/rss/index.xml Today's sponsors: Quantum Sails and Morris Yachts TINGLEY WINS WORLDS Hoorn, the Netherlands (September 25, 2010) - 2008 Paralympic Gold Medalist Paul Tingley (CAN) won the 2010 2.4mR World Championship, overcoming a 82 boat field of disabled and able-bodied sailors during the five day event. Paul never won a race but his consistency secured him the title. From day one he was never out of the first two in the overall standings. The final race on the last day of the championship promised to be an interesting day with four sailors still with a chance to win the championship. Leading the overall standings was Hans Asklund from Sweden with 46 points, followed Canadian Paul Tingley on 47 points, and Sweden’s Stellen Berlin 4 points behind Paul on 51. Canada’s Bruce Millar was in 4th place on 57 points, and with Britain’s Helena Lucas in his sight at 66 points, he couldn’t finish worse than fifth overall. Paul had secured a top four finish - it was just a matter of which trophy he would get. The forecast was for 14 to 18 knots from a North/West direction. At 9 am in the morning there was only 6 to 8 knots on the race course and a blue sky. Paul decided to change sails to his favorite medium wind jib. First start is at 11 am and the final sail choice will be made at 10:40. Some clouds are moving over the race course and the winds becomes gusty, with 15/16 knots out of 315. The water is still quite flat compared to the chop from the previous days. After a great start second boat from the pin, Paul works the shifty breeze to round the weather mark in fourth. On the downwind leg Paul was the first to gybe to move into third. At the bottom gate, Paul split from the lead two boats to take the opposite gate. At this stage, Paul is in a winning position. At the second top mark Paul had slipped back to fourth where he remained for the rest of the race to be crowned the new world champion! -- Full report: http://www.sailing.ca/features/2010_24_world_championships/ ISAF WOMEN’S MATCH RACE WORLDS Newport, RI (September 25, 2010) - If Lucy Macgregor and her British team felt pressure this morning in her semifinals match against France’s Claire Leroy, it was nothing compared to the emotions she felt coming from behind to win her first match racing world championship today at New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court. The finals of the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship played out better than anyone could have scripted. Macgregor defeated two-time world champion Leroy then faced the American team led by Sally Barkow, also a two-time world champion. Barkow led the British team 2-1 by consistently gaining the advantage to the right side of the course as the lead changed almost each leg. The final two races Barkow was able to pull even but Macgregor was just a little faster and crisper on the beats. In the fourth race, the British team passed Barkow while giving the Americans a penalty they could not overcome. “We were gaining all the time,” said a beaming Macgregor with her teammates Annie Lush, Kate Macgregor and Mary Rook. “We just wanted to keep it close.” And close it was. But it was the final start that predicted gold for the British. “The time on distance was hard, and we were on our back foot the whole prestart,” said Kate Macgregor, Lucy’s sister. “With the current going upwind we just made it.” Macgregor’s team, coached by World Match Race Tour winner Ian Williams, won the right side that paid so well for the Americans and kept the slimmest of leads all the way around the course. For Barkow, though her team of Elizabeth Kratzig, Alana O’Reilly and Suzy Leech, did not win, their second place qualifies them for the top level of funding for the US Sailing Team Alpha Graphics in 2011. They join only one other team in the U.S. with this distinction, Paige Railey in the Laser Radial. -- Read on: http://nyyc.org/archives_public/article_924/ Final Results (top 8 of 20) 1. Lucy Mcgregor, GBR 2. Sally Barkow, USA 3. Nicky Souter, AUS 4. Claire Leroy, FRA 5. Genny Tulloch, USA 6. Ekaterina Skudina, RUS 7. Renee Groeneveld, NED 8. Katie Spithill, AUS Event website: http://nyyc.org/ISAFWOMENS/ QUANTUM SAILS POWER U.S. ENTRY IN VELUX 5 OCEANS RACE In less than three weeks, the Velux 5 Oceans race will begin in La Rochelle, France. At the starting line will be Brad Van Liew on Le Pingouin, the lone U.S. entry. Citing the need for a high level of reliability and performance, Van Liew specified Quantum Fusion M membrane sails. The Carbon/Twaron sails were developed with Quantum’s iQ Technology and feature an offshore finishing package with specially engineered details for round-the-world sailing. Having just crossed the Atlantic, Van Liew says, “The new sails are awesome and the nicest I have owned.” Follow Van Liew’s progress and learn more about Fusion M sails at http://www.quantumsails.com HEARTBROKEN Olympic gold medalist Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), ranked fifth in the world of women’s match racing, fell far short of her goal to win the ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship, finishing a disappointing 9th in the field of 20. Here is her report: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To be honest, I don't even know how to start this blog. I'm laying here in tears because we didn't do it today. We lost our knockout 1-2 to Ekaterina Skudina from Russia. After being behind in the final race, we had a chance to pass within our grasp in the last race, but couldn't quite get it and again we were beaten by a boat length at the finish line. We're heartbroken with the outcome. We came here wanting to do well, but it just wasn't meant to be this time. Of our six losses over the series, we can pin point in each race, one instance where we lost it. This, I suppose in the overall picture, is a good thing because we can learn from each instance. However, at the moment, it's hard to think about them because they are so fresh in our minds and we keep having the "if we only did this" thoughts. But as they say, shoulda woulda coulda! We have learned so much from our experiences, but also are very excited with where we are with our learning of the game. We were very strong in all of the areas on which we had been focusing. What it comes down to now, is a game of inches and precision. I guess this loss will just add fuel to the fire. We are crushed, but will come back and prove that we can do it and win in London 2012. We have planned out a great winter training schedule to keep us on track for that goal.Now that I'm near the end of the blog, I feel a bit better. It's never easy not accomplishing your goals, but in the long run it makes you stronger and helps fuel the fire to achieve the ultimate goal. -- Full report: http://tinyurl.com/24zyvgp Competitor blogs: Julie Bossard (FRA): http://www.windupsailing.blogspot.com Claire Leroy (FRA): http://www.mermaidsailingteam.blogspot.com/ Lucy Macgregor (GBR): http://www.matchracegirls.com/ Samantha Osborne (NZL): http://www.silversailsracing.com/ Genny Tulloch (USA): http://getsailing.org/ Anna Tunnicliffe (USA): http://www.annatunnicliffe.com/ MELGES 32 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP San Francisco, CA (September 25, 2010) - Twenty-six year old Luca Lalli on B-Lin Sailing (ITA) is the 2010 Melges 32 World Championship, overcoming John Porter on Full Throttle (USA) in the final race to clinch the title. Aboard Lalli's Melges 32 was tactician Lorenzo Bressani, Flavio Favini, Federico Michetti, Carlo Zermini, Luca Faravelli, Lorenzo Del Rio and Stefano Nicolussi. Sailing with Porter was Jonathan McKee, Andy Burdick, Fritz Lanzinger, Vincent Porter, Corbett Porter, Matthew Woodsworth, and Kelly McKenna. In stark contrast to the first two days of the Melges 32 World Championship, where ‘crash ‘n burn’ was a notable mode of sailing in the 20+ knot winds, the final two days of the championship saw winds frequently in the single digits. With only one race remaining, Porter had the title in hand with a three-point advantage over Lalli. As the race committee scrambled to fire off the second race of the day, prior to the 2:30 p.m. cut-off, teams were just as anxious to get in one more heat. The breeze was still light and fickle, lots of sunshine and flat seas prevailed as they went into almost immediate sequence once the line was set, Z-flag in effect. As the fleet approached the line, the first start resulted in a general recall with a Z-flag penalty applied to Porter to seal his fate. -- Final day report: http://www.melges32.com/?p=news&id=678 Final Results (Top 10 of 32; 10 races - 1 discard) (Skipper/Tactician, boat name; scores) 1. Luca Lalli/Lorenzo Bressani, B-lin Sailing; [15]-6-1-8-8-2-7-4-9-3= 48 2. John Porter/Jonathan McKee,Full Throttle;3-[23]-10-4-4-11-4-2-4-17/ZFP=59 3. Jeff Ecklund/Harry Melges III, STAR; 6-[19]-9-13-1-8-1-10-5-10= 63 4. Andy Lovell/Johnny Lovell, Rougarou; 2-4-3-25-13-6-8-6-1-[31]= 68 5. Steve Howe/Morgan Larson, Warpath; [33/DSQ]-9-17-5-12-1-11-7-13-2= 77 6. Alex Jackson/Rob Greenhalgh, Leenabarca; 10-5-4-21-6-5-[24]-21-8-1= 81 7. Doug Douglas/Russell Coutts, Goombay Smash;13-1-14-1-[25]-9-9-16-20-4= 87 8. Joe Woods/Paul Goodison, Red; 7-20-5-9-10-[33/DNF]-6-8-11-5-6-17= 88 9. Pieter Taselaar/Jeremy Wilmot, Bliksem; [23]-12-2-14-2-13-16-22-11-5= 97 10. Yukihiro Ishida/Tony Rey, Yasha Samurai;4-21-11-16-11-[24]-17-5-2-12= 99 Complete results: http://tinyurl.com/2010-M32-Worlds Complete crew lists: http://www.melges32.com/?p=news&id=672 Sailgroove videos: http://tinyurl.com/2010-M32-Worlds-video Kattack GPS tracking: http://tinyurl.com/Kattack-M32-Worlds EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND REPEATS Cagliari, Italy (September 25, 2010) - Just as they did last year Emirates Team New Zealand clinched their second successive TP52 Audi MedCup Circuit win with two racing days of the 2010 season to spare. After Thursday’s coastal race the supreme Kiwis under skipper-helm Dean Barker had built themselves an unbeatable lead and in the end, after today’s one final blustery race in a Mistral of more than 28 knots off Cagliari, Sardinia the champions rounded out their second victorious season to finish 48.5 points ahead of Quantum Racing (USA) who finish runners-up, as they also did last season.. Alberto Roemmers’ Matador (ARG), the current world champions skippered by Guillermo Parada (ARG), comprehensively won the Region of Sardinia Trophy, the fifth and final regatta of the Audi MedCup Circuit season, finishing 12.5 points ahead of Jochen Schuemann’s Franco-German crew on Audi A1 powered by All4ONE. The Kiwi 2010 champions, become the first team ever in the six year history of the circuit to win back-to-back MedCup Circuit champion titles. They won the top regatta trophy in Cascais, were fourth in Marseille, second in Barcelona, triumphed in Murcia and finished third on countback here in Cagliari. -- Read on: http://www.medcup.org/news/?id=4139 Region of Sardinia Trophy - Final results: 1. Matador (ARG), 2+8+2+1+5+1+1,5+5= 25,5 points 2. Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE (FRA/GER), 5+1+5+6+3+11(DNF)+6+1= 38 3. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), 8+2+1+10+2+3+9+3= 38 4. Synergy (RUS), 6+5+3+4+1+5+7,5+7= 38,5 5. Quantum Racing (USA), 9+3+7+2+6+4+3+6= 40 6. TeamOrigin (GBR), 7+4+4+8+4+2+10,5+2= 41,5 7. Bribón (ESP), 1+9+8+3+8+3(RDG)+8(RDG)+5,3(RDG)= 45,3 8. Artemis (SWE), 3+6+10+5+9+8+4,5+4= 49,5 9. Cristabella (GBR), 4+10+6+9+7+6+12+8= 62 10. Luna Rossa (ITA), 10+7+9+7+10+7+13,5+9= 74,5 11. Bigamist (POR), 12+12+12+12+12+12+18+12= 102 (DNC) Audi MedCup Circuit - Final results 1. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), 31,5+31+35+35,5+38= 171 points 2. Quantum Racing (USA), 59,5+22,5+44+53,5+40= 219,5 3. Matador (ARG), 60+27+67+45+25,5= 224,5 4. TeamOrigin (GBR), 59,5+31+63+46,5+41,5= 241,5 5. Artemis (SWE), 57+53+33+64+49,5= 256,5 6. Synergy (RUS), 64+35,5+73+68,5+38,5= 279,5 7. Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE (FRA/GER), 51,5+29,5+84+78+38= 281 8. Bribón (ESP), 88+41+58+70+45,3= 296,5 9. Cristabella (GBR), 65+43,5+62+85,5+62= 318 10. Luna Rossa (ITA), 77,5+44,5+73+69+74,5= 338,5 11. Bigamist 7 (POR), 88+78+70+78,5+102= 416,5 MedCup photos and video: http://www.medcup.org/gallery/ 2011 UPDATE: For the 2011 Audi MedCup season, the new Soto 40 (S40) will join the TP52 fleet on the circuit. At least eight of these one design grand prix racers are confirmed as entrants next season including three South American teams, two Spanish teams and one French team. The Soto 40, designed by Javier Soto Acebal to meet the demand for an exciting, fast and technically advanced 40 footer, is 12.3 metres (40 feet) long with a 3.75 metres (12.3 feet) beam, draws 2.6 metres (8.5 feet) and displaces 4200kgs (9259 pounds). Built in Argentina by M Boats, the first S40 was launched in 2008, with 10 boats presently competing in South America. By the start of the 2011 season 20 boats will have been built. -- Full report: http://www.medcup.org/news/soto-40-joins-for-the-2011-circuit_4091 SEE MORRIS YACHTS IN GREENWICH AND ANNAPOLIS! Morris Yachts will be showing the M29, M36 and M42 at this coming weekend’s Delamar Yacht Showcase. Benefit evening Friday ($60) and docks are open Saturday and Sunday ($15). Eric, Wythe and Prent then pile into a rental car and head to Annapolis for the United States Sailboat Show, Oct. 7-11. Look for our big green MY tent on the docks manned by Chris Murray, Service Manager and James Allen, Brokerage Yacht Sales. This year’s fleet on the docks includes the M29, M42 Revelation and Morris 42 Rejoice! For more information on both events go to: http://www.morrisyachts.com/event/2010/10 SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE News that the next America’s Cup would be held in 2013 rather than 2014, came as a bolt from the blue said Grant Simmer who as CEO of Team Origin is trying to establish whether a competitive campaign, likely to cost up to £100 million, is feasible. So there are still many boxes to be ticked before Team Origin founder Sir Keith Mills can push the button on a British challenge, explained Simmer who joined in June after spending ten years with Alinghi. Among the surprises for Team Origin: “They had told us it would be 2014 - they gave us 95 per cent assurance it would be 2014,” said Simmer.” Staging the Cup a year earlier in 2013 has many ramifications especially for Team Origin skipper Ben Ainslie and his afterguard Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson whose London Olympic campaigns in 2012 have now been thrown into doubt “The new AC45 also took us by surprise.” Plans for the new AC45 catamaran, which will be introduced as racing and development tools next year for a new circuit before the larger AC72s are rolled out for the Cup, have been well received but serious questions remain over supply. “We thought the AC45 was going to be supplied equipment but recently we discovered that when you enter the America’s Cup, you have to place an order for one,” Simmer explained. “You can share design information between teams up until April 2012 by which time you will have designed your first and second boat. It means teams can partner up and design each others boats….so there can be three teams with just one designer which is very unusual for the Cup.” Team Origin is now on the hunt for a partner to save on costs and speed up the design and development process, Simmer added. “You are only allowed to build two boats so if we partner with another team, we can effectively build four boats, which will be beneficial particularly in the development of the wingsails. “We would not do it to be part of the show. We want to win and we need to feel that BMW Oracle want people involved who have those ambitions. Sometimes we get the impression they are happy to have people who will be part of the event but with no aspirations of winning it. There will be meetings next week with the guys in the new event management team and we will have to form an opinion.” Excerpts from complete story here: http://tinyurl.com/Telegraph-092610 LATE (BUT HOPEFULLY WORTH THE WAIT): A wind of enthusiasm about the possibility for San Francisco to host the 34th America’s Cup hasn’t proved to be enough to push The City to meet a deadline imposed by the race organizers. San Francisco was asked to put together an official bid to host the event, and have it approved by the Board of Supervisors by the end of September. That deadline won’t be met because The City is still negotiating with the team over some sticky issues. Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://tinyurl.com/SFE-092610 SAILING SHORTS * Rochester, NY (September 26, 2010) - Adam Burns from Youngstown Yacht Club, sailing with co-owner and wife Lori Burns and crew James Barnash, John Goller and Jason Suitor won the 2010 Melges 24 North American Championship, from Alan Field of Los Angeles, sailing with Steve Hunt, John Hayes, Erik Shampain and Sarah Curran, while Henry Filter of Annapolis, sailing with Ben Cesare, Ian Coleman and Todd Hiller took third place. Burns also claimed the 2010 Melges 24 North American Corinthian Championship title, making him the first sailor ever to win both Corinthian and Overall Trophies at an International Melges 24 continental championship. -- Full report: http://www.melges24.com/?p=news/&id=2386&SID=oru2crtlb8cammss74nr27h2i5 * Sheboygan, WI (September 26, 2010) - The men’s Sonar fleet for the Mallory Trophy and the women’s Lightning fleet for the Adams Cup were decided today on Lake Michigan at the historic U.S. Men's and Women's Championships. Paul Wilson of the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club and Debbie Probst of the Wawasee Yacht Club prevailed on Sunday. These annual US SAILING Adult National Championships were hosted by the US Sailing Center of Sheboygan. The fleet saw the event begin on Thursday, but was halted on Friday due to high winds and seas. Racing resumed Saturday and concluded Sunday. -- Full report: http://media.ussailing.org/Latest_News/2010_USMWC_Final_Recap.htm * (September 26, 2010) - Canadian ocean racer Derek Hatfield arrived in VELUX 5 OCEANS home port La Rochelle (FRA) this morning after sailing more than 3,000 miles solo across the Atlantic. Derek’s arrival marks the end of a two-week voyage from Nova Scotia, Canada, on his Eco 60 Active House. The delivery to La Rochelle allowed Derek to put Active House, formerly solo sailor Rich Wilson’s Great America III, through its paces. During the 13-day North Atlantic crossing Active House was battered by storms bringing wind speeds of up to 45 miles per hour. The V5O race starts October 17th. -- Full story: http://tinyurl.com/V5O-092610 * Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 US Sailing Development Team (USSDT), the youth pipeline team supported by US SAILING’s Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC). Created in 2009, the USSDT is designed to provide an elite environment for young sailors, aged 13 years or older, to prepare for the highly competitive world of Olympic Sailing. -- Details: http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/News/2010/2011USSDTApp.htm * A New Zealand yachtsman has set a world record in solo sailing, completing the Northwest Passage across the top of Canada and Alaska in 12 days. Graeme Kendall entered Lancaster Sound on August 27th and exited Barrow Point on September 9th non-stop with regional authorities estimating his time could also be the fastest ever recorded overall. This world first is considered by some to be the 'Everest' of sailing and was one of the last major world sailing records to be tackled. -- http://tinyurl.com/2efwoqg SCUTTLEBUTT SAILING CALENDAR Events listed at http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/calendar GUEST COMMENTARY Scuttlebutt strongly encourages feedback from the Scuttlebutt community. Either submit comments by email or post them on the Forum. Submitted comments chosen to be published in the newsletter are limited to 250 words. Authors may have one published submission per subject, and should save their bashing and personal attacks for elsewhere. Email: editor@sailingscuttlebutt.com Forum: http://sailingscuttlebutt.com/forum * From Manfred C. Schreiber: Mike Esposito, you are so right (as usually) with your comment in Butt 3184 regarding us "...old folks, who needs them," viewing the AC. And I am calling Bruno Trouble and the people at Louis Vuitton. Please give us more! The boats and the action on the water are just right. And I am prepared to visit one of the next events and I can assure you that all my friends in the sailing community like to watch, yes inhale the action on the water as being presented by "you guys" in the best possible way. Thanks LV for sticking with it for so long! * From David Redfern, Kent, England: Regarding John Oliver and wind farms (Scuttlebutt 3184), the world's biggest offshore array was just officially opened off the coast where I live. I'm told they are spectacularly inefficient. But the biggest let-down is that I no longer see open sea, no matter which direction I look on my eastern bit of England. I can look out to the sea northwards, easterly and southwards. All I see are the flick, flick, flick of giant windmills. My sea has now become an industrial landscape. I hate it. * From Michael H. Koster: The Volvo Ocean Race can't start soon enough for me. In my book, this event tops the America's Cup. With the VOR event, all the action and drama is on the water and I'm sure that satellite feeds from the competitors will be better than the last race which was good in and of itself. See you next fall! CURMUDGEON’S OBSERVATION Country song title: “If the Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me.” Special thanks to Quantum Sails and Morris Yachts. Preferred supplier list: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/ssc/suppliers |
