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SCUTTLEBUTT 2855 - Monday, June 1, 2009Scuttlebutt 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. Twitter updates: http://twitter.com/scuttbutt Today's sponsors are Annapolis Performance Sailing, Acura Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week, and LaserPerformance. BOSTON COLLEGE WINS TEAM RACE NATIONALS San Francisco, CA (May 31, 2009) - The Boston College Sailing Team has won the 2009 ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship, successfully defending the title won a year ago on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. The three days event was sailed in Flying Juniors at Treasure Island Sailing Center, hosted by California Maritime Academy and the University of California, Berkeley. The top 14 schools in the nation - as determined by their performance in one of the seven Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association conferences to which they belong - were split into two groups, with each group sailing a single round robin to advance their top four teams to the Gold round. The next stage was for the eight teams in the Gold round to sail two round robin schedules, wherein only BC, St. Mary’s, Georgetown and Yale advanced to the final round. Final standings: 1. Boston College 13-4 2. St. Mary’s 12-6 3. Georgetown 10-7 4. Yale 9-8 Complete results: http://tinyurl.com/09-Team-Race-Results The winning Boston College team was comprised of skippers Adam Roberts, Brian Kamilar, Tyler Sinks, Taylor Canfield, and Parker Dwyer, and the crews were Carrie Amarante, Andrew Schneider, Lauren Gillooly, Sandy Williams, Danny Bloomstine, Christian Manchester, and Evan Cooke. -- BC website: http://bceagles.cstv.com/sports/c-sail/mtt/bc-c-sail-mtt.html * The Gill Dinghy National Championship will be held June 1-3 at St. Francis Yacht Club. -- Event website: http://www.collegesailing.org/nas/spring09 SailGroove video: http://www.sailgroove.org/sc/icsa2009spring Kattack tracking: http://americanregatta.com/regattas/2009/icsa 2008-09 ISAF SAILING WORLD CUP Medemblik, Holland (May 31, 2009) Great Britain topped the country competition as the Medal Race brought the 2009 Delta Lloyd Regatta, event five of the 2008-09 ISAF Sailing World Cup, to a close. The event shocked and surprised many with several upsets amongst the favorites, surprises from the newcomers, equipment failures, broken masts and broken hearts. The goal for every leading competitor is to qualify for the Medal Race, which follows the open racing and provides a face-off for the top ten in one final non-discard race where the points are doubled. For the North American contingent, here are the competitors’ final placings for those that qualified for the Medal Race amid the 11 Olympic and Paralympic classes: 3. Women’s 470, Erin Maxwell/ Isabelle Kinsolving (USA) 4. Laser Radial, Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) 5. Laser Radial, Paige Railey (USA) 5. Finn, Zach Railey (USA) 5. Star, Andrew Campbell/ Brad Nichol (USA) 7. Star, Mark Mendelblatt/ Mark Strube (USA) 7. Laser, David Wright (CAN) (Did not reach the top ten in the RS:X (men and women) and 49er) Event website: http://www.deltalloydregatta.org/2009 * Erin Maxwell on their podium finish: "Before the regatta started, our goal was to finish in the top five, but we knew it was hard to do. Making it to the medal race, what we set out to do was to win the race. We started at the pin end and were in 4th place going around the first windward mark. After that, we managed to pass a boat on each beat of the race course and by the time we went around the last mark, we were in the lead and held it until we crossed the finish line. It was very exciting." The next international regatta for Maxwell and Isabelle Kinsolving will be their title defense at the 2009 World Championships in Denmark in August. * With five of seven events now completed in the 2008-09 ISAF Sailing World Cup series, American skippers Stu McNay (470 Men) and Anna Tunnliclife (Laser Radial) are leading the rankings in their respective classes. -- Scores: http://www.sailing.org/26582.php * The biggest Finn event of all time starts in Maubuisson in south-west France on Monday, June 1st. Nearly 300 Finn sailors from 24 nations have pre-entered for the 41st Finn World Masters Championship, smashing all previous records. -- http://www.finnworldmaster.com UP NEAR THE ATMOSPHERE Holy shirts it's hot! But, that's just fine. Sun, heat, and sweat are no match for the cool new Atmosphere shirts from Henri Lloyd. With Fast-Dri technology and UV 50 protection, Atmosphere shirts are the sailing shirt of the year. But, you don't have to take my word for it. Let APS, "The World Leader in Outfitting Performance Sailors", show you the virtues of the Henri Lloyd's Atmosphere shirts. For a video look at what makes Atmosphere shirts the top of the technical shirt heap and to hear about an unbeatable custom team gear deal exclusively from APS, click... http://www.apsltd.com/teamgearspecial PUMA FINALLY PUTS BEST FOOT FORWARD Galway, Ireland (May 30, 2009) - "Relief," said Ken Read. It had been on the cards since the very first leg (of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/9), but finally happened today. PUMA have taken top spot on a podium for the first time (for the Galway In-Port race). They had, in the skipper's own words, been the "bridesmaid" of this event, a highly talented group seemingly destined to finish the race without spraying the winner's champagne. In fact, they made the top three on 13 of 19 scoring occasions coming into this latest chapter, no fewer than seven of those in second place. Those numbers propelled them into a fierce battle for the metaphorical silver medal, but the fact remained they were one of just three active teams to have not won at a single scoring station. That changed in Galway Bay this afternoon in the most unlikely of circumstances. The wind was light, ranging between eight knots and 12, and if anyone was going to excel it would be Telefonica Blue, the light air masters with the best inshore record. For a while it seemed like it would, once again, be Blue's day - they won the first race by more than a minute while PUMA came third after a disappointing start - but then things changed. PUMA got a good start in the second race and never gave up their lead, match racing Telefonica Blue in the latter stages and coming out on top. Better still for Read, their strategy helped Ericsson 3 take second and Blue, coming home in third, had to settle for the day's runner-up award because of the added emphasis attached to the second result. -- Read on: http://tinyurl.com/VOR-5-31-09 * WINNING FOOTAGE: At the Sunday evening Leg 7 prizegiving ceremony, PUMA media crew member (MCM) Rick Deppe collected his third Inmarsat Media Prize. Other nominees included Gustav Moran (Ericsson 3) and Guo Chan (Green Dragon). As part of the bid to promote the role of the Media Crew Member (MCM) onboard each boat, Inmarsat, the technology sponsor of the Volvo Ocean Race, is putting up a cash prize for the best piece of footage coming off the boats on each leg. There is also an overall cash prize. View full announcement, nominated video, and winning footage here: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/News/08/Inmarsat/leg7.asp *FUTURE PLANS: The third in a series of ‘round table’ meetings was held on Sunday to announce future race plans to help manage the costs, increase participation value, and to keep the race seriously attractive to the best sailors in the world. The next race will include incentives for female teams, revisions to Volvo Open 70 Class Rule concerning the keel fin and bulb to yield closer racing, increasing the hull weight, limits on stacking of sails and gear, requirements to carry a renewable energy source, and limits on two-boat testing. The next ‘round table’ session is scheduled for June 22nd in Stockholm. -- Complete report: http://tinyurl.com/Next-VOR-5-31-09 * VOLVO OCEAN RACE: Began in Alicante, Spain on Oct. 4, 2008, crewed around the world race in VO 70’s, with ten distance legs and seven In-Port races. Finish is in St Petersburg, Russia on June 27th. The next event is Leg 8 from Galway to Marstrand, Sweden (950 miles), which starts on Saturday, June 6th and is expected to finish by June 10th. -- http://www.volvooceanrace.org/schedule/ Galway In-Port results 1. PUMA (USA), Ken Read/USA 2. Telefónica Blue (ESP), Bouwe Bekking/NED 3. Telefonica Black (ESP), Fernando Echavarri/ESP 4. Ericsson 3 (SWE), Magnus Olsson/SWE 5. Ericsson 4 (SWE), Torben Grael/BRA 6. Delta Lloyd (IRL), Roberto Bermudez/ESP 7. Green Dragon (IRL/CHN), Ian Walker/GBR DNS - Team Russia (RUS), Andreas Hanakamp/AUT In-Port crew list: http://tinyurl.com/VOR-Crew-List-5-30-09 Currents standings: 1. Ericsson 4 (SWE), Torben Grael/BRA, 94 points 2. Telefónica Blue (ESP), Bouwe Bekking/NED, 81 points 3. PUMA (USA), Ken Read/USA, 80 points 4. Ericsson 3 (SWE), Magnus Olsson/SWE, 62.5 points 5. Green Dragon (IRL/CHN), Ian Walker/GBR, 53 points 6. Telefonica Black (ESP), Fernando Echavarri/ESP, 39 points 7. Delta Lloyd (IRL), Roberto Bermudez/ESP, 31 points 8. Team Russia (RUS), Andreas Hanakamp/AUT, 10.5 points Event website: http://www.volvooceanrace.org Race tracking: http://volvooceanrace.geovoile.com Overall scores: http://www.volvooceanrace.org/rdc/#tab4 BOATU.S. SANTA MARIA CUP Annapolis, MD (May 30, 2009; Day 4) - Enduring a week of brutally light and fickle winds, the women’s world top ranked match racing champion Claire Leroy (FRA) conquered the field to win the ISAF Grade 1 BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup women’s match race event. Following the first three days, the event had yet to complete a single round robin schedule of nine races. For the fourth and final day on Saturday, the light winds permitted a 9am start to complete the round, but with time now running short, the second round robin series was scratched, and the top four teams advanced to the semi-final round. By virtue of their round robin scores, the semi-finals saw top-seeded Leroy blank fourth seed Elizabeth Baylis (USA) 2-0, while second seed Genny Tulloch (USA) also dispatched third seed Katie Spithill (AUS) 2-0. It wasn’t until after four o’clock that the Final/Petit-Final Knockout Series commenced with Leroy vs Tulloch in the Finals and Spithill vs Baylis in the Petit match. Leroy cleanly defeated Tulloch in the first match, with Tulloch unable to overcome two penalties in the second. With time running out, Spithill defeated Baylis in the single Petit match to determine the final scores. Final standings (world ISAF rank in parenthesis) 1. Claire Leroy, FRA (1) 2. Genny Tulloch, USA (44) 3. Katie Spithill, AUS (7) 4. Elizabeth Baylis, USA (6) 5. Julie Bossard, FRA (14), 5-4 Round Robin Series 6. Lorenza Mariani, ITA (24), 4-5 RRS 7. Katy Lovell, USA (22), 4-5 RRS 8. JoAnn Fisher, USA (43), 3-6 RRS 9. Juliana Senfft, BRA (58), 3-6 RRS 10. Maria Ramires, POR (48), 0-9 RRS Event website: http://www.santamariacup.org DISCOUNT ENTRY DEADLINE FOR ACURA ULLMAN SAILS L.B.R.W. Today (Monday, June 1) is the deadline to save $50 on your entry fee for Acura Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week June 26-28, hosted by the Long Beach and Alamitos Bay Yacht Clubs. The West Coast's largest keelboat regatta marks the first full weekend of summer sailing and offers free mooring for a variety of boats, including those finishing the Coastal Cup from San Francisco to Santa Catalina Island a few days earlier. One-design class championships are wide open with racing on three buoy courses, plus a Random Leg PHRF distance class. Catalina 37s are available for charter. -- http://www.lbrw.org WILL DAMIEN IEHL REPEAT IN GERMANY? Langenargen, Germany (May 31, 2009; Day 4) - With the finals to be held on Monday for the 12th annual Match Race Germany, stage 2 of the World Match Racing Tour, the battle of Britain continued this morning in the quarter final rounds, with Ben Ainslie (GBR) Team Origin securing his spot in the semi finals over Ian Williams. The other quarter final match saw reigning Match Race Germany champion Damien Iehl (FRA) French Team defeat Francesco Bruni (ITA) 3-1. The semi finals pitted a fascinating mix of talents against each other, with four time world match racing champion Peter Gilmour (AUS) Yanmar Racing facing three time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie (GBR) Team Origin. Where as in the other semi final pairing it was a case of ‘de ja vous’ Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Team found himself in familiar territory as it was to be a repeat of last year’s all French affair when he chose fellow country man Damien Iehl (FRA) French Team as his opponent. -- Read on: http://www.worldmatchracingtour.com/da/98161 Match scores: http://tinyurl.com/Results-5-28-09 CALENDAR OF MAJOR EVENTS (Sponsored by West Marine) Events listed at http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/calendar SAILING SHORTS * Lake Traunsee, Austria (May 31, 2009; Day 5) - It went down to the last hurdle between No Way Back, Artemis and Team Aqua, separated by two points only before the ninth and last race of the RC 44 Austria Cup. No Way Back (Pieter Heerema/ Ray Davies) wins the fleet race ranking - on a tie with Artemis (Torbjorn Tornqvist/ Dean Barker) - whilst Team Aqua (Chris Bake/ Cameron Appleton) conquers the overall title thanks to its victory in the match race. -- Full report: http://www.rc44.com/en/regattas/news/index.php?idContent=2076 * Spain's America's Cup challenger, Desafio Espanol, announced Friday that it was pulling out due to the uncertainty over the next edition of the world premier yachting event. Spanish media said Desafio's main sponsor, Spanish power group Iberdrola, wants the team to focus on other events, notably the Volvo round-the-world race. Desafio in 2007 reached the semi-final of the Louis-Vuitton Cup, a competition to find the official challenger for the America's Cup final. In 2008 the team competed in the MedCup series with their TP52 El Desafío, which has since been secured by John Cook's Cristabella (GBR) team for the 2009 circuit. -- http://tinyurl.com/lkjpn8 * With moderate southwesterly winds and partially cloudy skies setting the stage, the six vessels entered in the 777-mile Charleston to Bermuda Race got under way last Friday against a waning flood tide, beating out through the Charleston Harbor jetties, and then bearing away slightly to sail due east toward Bermuda. A tropical storm moving to the east off of New England is expected to disrupt the Bermuda high that may lead to lighter winds. -- Event website: http://www.charlestontobermuda.com * Grieving family, friends and former clients of Auckland fitness and boxing trainer Paul Wallbank are baffled by the healthy 37-year-old's sudden death. Wallbank, known as Paulie to his friends, had been employed by the BMW Oracle America's Cup syndicate until a recent staff reduction by the team. According to Wallbank's Spanish former girlfriend, who remained a close friend, said he had returned to the apartment to have dinner, went to bed early and in the morning she found he had died in his sleep. An autopsy is underway but the results would not be known for a month. -- NZ Herald, full story: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10575542 * More than 300 adventurers travelled from all over the world to Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard on Saturday 30 May to discover which of the ten teams competing in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race they will represent. Three-quarters of the 422 men and women taking part in this gruelling challenge will be assigned to one of ten identical stripped down 68-foot racing yachts, each sponsored by a city, region or country. The race start from the Humber, on the east coast of England, is on September 13, 2009. -- Full story: http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/race_news/?item=574 * Quantum Sails has begun accepting contest entries to win an all-expenses-paid trip to be part of the crew on board TP52 Quantum Racing for the Audi MedCup event in Portimao, Portugal. The regatta will take place on August 18-23, 2009. Contestants will submit written or video essays on why they deserve to be a member of an elite crew competing at a grand prix yacht event. Entry deadline is July 10, 2000. -- Details: http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=7596 SUMMER, BROUGHT TO YOU BY LASERPERFORMANCE The days are longer. The water's warmer. There's no better way to get on the water than on a Sunfish, Laser, Optimist, or one of our 15 other boats. Visit your local dealer or check us out online for the newest boats, parts, and gear from the world's largest sailboat producer. -- http://www.LaserPerformance.com IF I WERE PRESIDENT OF US SAILING… In October, Gary Jobson will become the next president of the US SAILING. Gary is actively seeking input from the Scuttlebutt community, so here is our chance. To help motivate us, OceanRacing.com has donated three Optimum Watches to be raffled off to everyone that submits their input. So here is the format… fill in the blank: "If I were president of US SAILING, I would______________________________." Here are a couple letters in favor of the new administration: * From Bill Munster: If I was President of US SAILING, I would resign and name Gary Jobson to become President. With all of his connection,s he is one of only 2 or 3...and he knows the players...GO JOBO! * From Jim Mattingly: If I were president of US SAILING, I would strongly endorse Gary Jobson for its next Presidency. As a former shipmate and opposite watch captain having logged 1000's of miles together, we got to know each other well. Gary is a most enthusiastic, honorable representative sailor capable of steering our sport and organization to a worldly constructive future. He has the vision we need. Get him on board. Raffle will be held June 1, 2009 (noon PT). All responses must be posted on the Forum: http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=7506 LETTERS TO THE CURMUDGEON Reader commentary is encouraged, with letters to be submitted to the Scuttlebutt editor, aka, ‘The Curmudgeon’. Letters selected for publication must include the writer's name, and be no longer than 250 words (letter might be edited for clarity or simplicity). You only get one letter per subject, and save your bashing and personal attacks for elsewhere. As an alternative, a more open environment for discussion is available on the Scuttlebutt Forum. -- To submit a Letter: editor@sailingscuttlebutt.com -- To post on the Forum: http://sailingscuttlebutt.com/forum * From Derek Blancké: (re, problems with racing boats and fishing gear) The issue of fishermen putting down floats and not marking them is important. Sailing around the coast of England there are countless lobster pots that are marked by a plastic oil can floating on the surface or something similarly difficult to see during the day. Sailing at night it becomes impossible to see them. This is obviously not good for either party. The fisherman loses his pots and catch and the yachtsman potentially a rudder, a prop foul & the possibility of having to go over the side to cut loose the line. Sailing around the south of France, in the Mediterranean, I was pleased to see that the fishermen there mark there floats with a pole and flag attached like a Dan buoy and some even have reflective tape. Very good idea. Coastal fishermen have a limited budget and little time for niceties but surely if they fitted a pole, a pendant and a bit of reflective tape it would avoid problems for both parties. I can’t think how this would be implemented. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of direct interface or dialogue between fishermen and yachties. In the UK we have the Maritime and Coastguard Agency but legislation and rules are very heavy handed. Is there a sailor from the South of France who can enlighten us as to how they got the floats marked there? CURMUDGEON’S OBSERVATION Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel. Special thanks to Annapolis Performance Sailing, Acura Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week, and LaserPerformance. 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