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SCUTTLEBUTT 3161 - Monday, August 23, 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: Summit Yachts and Interlux. NATHAN OUTTERIDGE NEW MOTH EUROPEAN CHAMPION St Moritz, Switzerland (August 22, 2010) - Australian Nathan Outteridge won the SYZ & Co Moth Europeans in the Open category, in front of American Bora Gulari and Australian Scott Babbage. Simon Payne (Britain) is the European Champion ahead of Swiss sailors Arnaud Psarofaghis and Matthias Renker. Two superb regattas finished a splendid week today, with a victory in the first for Bora Gulari and a victory in the second for Nathan Outteridge. Nathan Outteridge explained his day: "I was not very good in the first race. I was winning, but I made a mistake on a tack and Bora and Simon took advantage of it and overtook me. Then, I managed to pass Simon again, but not Bora. Between the two races, Bora told me he was not feeling too well and that he was thinking of giving up the second race. He nevertheless tried, but had to stop. I still decided to go on full speed, because I wanted to win the last race of the championship." In bad shape after a food poisoning last night, Gulari nevertheless managed to win the first race, but did not finish the second: "I did not have the strength to finish the second race. I am however happy with my second place, because I decided to come here at the last minute. I'm going back home and will get ready for the next World Championships in Australia and I intend to take my revenge on Nathan!" -- Full results: http://tinyurl.com/2fx7svj DAVE PERRY WINS DETROIT CUP Detroit, MI (August 22, 2010) - Dave Perry, three-time United States match race champion won the Toyota International Match Race for the Detroit Cup today, beating Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) three matches to one in the finals. Taylor Canfield, of the US Virgin Islands and Laurie Jury of New Zealand competed in the Petit Finals with Jury winning, two matches to none. The regatta, hosted by Bayview Yacht Club, featured twelve teams from five countries. Team Perry, led by Perry, also included Chris Museler on bow and Mike Rehe as trimmer. Rehe, a Bayview member, has crewed with two of the three Detroit Cup champion teams. The matchup of Perry and Tunnicliffe in the finals put their past relationship as coach and student in a new context. "I no longer consider Anna as a student, but much more a peer," said Perry, drying off from a dockside dunking after the win at Bayview Yacht Club. Tunnicliffe was gracious in defeat, saying with a smile "I guess the student can know all the teacher has to teach, but the teacher may not teach all he knows." Both Perry and Tunnicliffe will compete on the water next week at the Knickerbocker Cup, the final stop of the East Coast Trifecta, which opened with the Chicago Match Cup before coming to Detroit this week. The Detroit Cup featured 12 teams representing five countries. An Grade 2 event, it's a qualifier for the Argo Group Gold Cup, held in Hamilton, Bermuda. -- Event website: http://www.detroitcup.com SUMMIT WINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD Summit 40's continue their winning ways in both the US and Japan. The Summit 40 "Soozal" recently won the Aldo Alessio Regatta in San Francisco, while another successful Summit 40 sailing in Japan, "Karasu", just won the KYC Point Race - a lead-in to the Japan Cup. These Mark Mills designed racer /cruisers have been on the podium of every major race that they have entered. Check out the details of the new for 2011 Summit 40 at http://www.summit-yachts.com FINN SILVER CUP UNDERWAY San Francisco, CA (August 21, 2010) - After two victories on the second day of racing, Miami sailor Luke Laurence took the lead of the Finn Silver Cup. Josip Olujic (CRO) conserved his second place while Australian sailor Oliver Tweddell gained two places to third overall. Despite saying on the first day to prefer light conditions, Luke Lawrence mastered the increasing breeze and the current to win both races on Saturday. "I had a good start from the pin end and managed to have a clear path to the left of the course with more current to lift me to the top mark. I am not fast upwind but could keep good position on the course." With 93 kgs (205 lb), Lawrence is one of the fleet's lightest. The breeze increasing from 13 knots in the first race to 20 in the second provided for athletic sailing. "I was fast on the run but often just in control." Hosted by the St Francisc Yacht Club, racing commenced Friday with nine races scheduled. The medal race for top ten is scheduled for Tuesday. -- Event website: http://finngoldcup.com J105 SEALARK WINS OVERALL VERVE CUP Chicago, IL (August 22, 2010) - "Holy $%@!" exclaimed Clark Pellet, owner of Sealark, upon realizing he'd not only won first place in the J105 fleet, but also the prestigious honor of the Overall Verve Cup trophy. The Overall Verve Cup trophy is awarded to the winner of the most competitive fleet in the Verve Cup Offshore regatta, which was held at Chicago Yacht Club August 20-22, 2010. Sealark scored 33 points to take first place, followed by Latis with 42, and Lane 4 with 43 points. "As we say in the J105 fleet, there's always someone waiting to steal your lunch. And they will," Pellet (Chicago, IL) said about the great sailing during the series. "This is a great regatta, the Chicago Yacht Club and Race committee does such an outstanding job," Pellet added. The Sealark crew also includes, bowman Shane Montgomery, tactician Russ Radke, mid bowman John Schussler and headsail trimmer Ned Sher. The other overall trophy for the 2010 Verve Cup Offshore is the 8-Mile Buoy Trophy, which was awarded to Providence, owned by Greg Miarecki, for winning Saturday's Distance Race. -- Full story: http://www.vervecup.com/profiles/blogs/j105-sealark-wins-overall GROUPAMA 70 ENTERS SEVENSTAR ROUND BRITAIN/IRELAND RACE (August 21, 2010) - Created in 1976 by the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Round Britain and Ireland Race has become a classic over the years. The race starts Monday, from Cowes, England. For the first time since the purchase of Groupama 70, Franck Cammas and his crew will be up against another VOR 70 also preparing for the next Volvo Ocean Race (VOR): Telefonica Blue. Cammas gave Valencia Sailing a bit more insight into their participation: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valencia Sailing: Why are you participating in the Round Britain and Ireland on Groupama 70? Cammas: The Sevenstar will be our first race in Volvo mode because, up till now, we've only raced against IMOCAs. This time, we'll really have a chance to see if we've been working well within the Groupama team since the end of last year. This will allow us to gauge where we stand in relation to the crew of Telefonica Blue, who are very familiar with this type of boat, and there won't be many opportunities like these. Valencia Sailing: So you're going to be battling it out on the water, but what are your aims? Cammas: Our aim is victory. We're going to be pushing both Groupama 70 and her crew, so we can find out what our limits are. It's important to set ourselves a goal and find out what it's like to race whilst under pressure as we've still got a lot to learn. The fact that we're racing against a top quality adversary will enable us to answer certain questions which we wonder about when we're sailing on our own. -- Read on: http://tinyurl.com/28worgp * Cowes, Isle of Wight (August 22, 2010) - At today's Skipper's Briefing for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) announced a dramatic change to the race. Due to a severe weather forecast for the west coast of Ireland for Thursday 26th August, the RORC have decided to reverse the course so that the fleet will race anti-clockwise around Britain and Ireland. -- Full story: http://sevenstar.rorc.org/ RACING CONCLUDES AT HOBIE 16 WORLDS Weihai, China (August 22, 2010) - In a convincing display of consistent sailing, Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin from Australia today won the Hobie 16 Youth World Championships in Weihai, China. Benjamin Deguine and Benjamin Roulant took second, with James Wierzbowski and Pip Pietromonacao finishing third. The morning started in perfect conditions in a temperature of 30 degrees and 16 knots of breeze. The wind built steadily finishing off the morning session in a solid 20 knots. With the flat water, boats were at maximum speed. The Women's World Championships was a much closer affair with Natalie and Jasmine Hill, also from Australia holding off Charlotte Picou and Julie Avron from France who finished second. Alizee Angibaud and Constance Huard took third overall. Racing for the Open division starts Monday with three days of qualifying races. -- Full story: http://www.hobieclass.com/?Page=8772&format=popup BAY CONDITIONS CHALLENGE MELGES CAL CUP FLEET San Francisco, CA (August 21, 2010) - 6 Races have been completed at the Melges 32 California Cup, and if Day 1 was known for its collisions and carnage, Day 2 was similarly exciting, but for its close racing, not expensive repair jobs. The skies again cleared over SF bay around the same time as yesterday, and just like the first day, once the breeze started to fill, it was a right handed program both upwind and downwind and for the boats that could call good laylines from the far corner of the racecourse and pull off a good gybe set at the top mark, they often were the ones to do well. The fleet was much more tightly packed today and it is clear that with one day of racing on the Bay, everyone is improving and upping their games. Several teams showed moments of brilliance today which we can only assume will be more consistent as we get closer to the worlds and each of these teams get better. Full Throttle won the first race of the day by nailing a great gybe set at the top mark and blasting off to a massive lead by the end of the 2nd downwind. On the Samba, we were able to hold off a strong push from current World Champions Bliksem for an entire race and pull off the win in race 2. And in the final race of the day, the team aboard Leenabarca showed some awesome speed and took a convincing win in the final race of the day. -- Report at: http://42marine.com/day-2-of-exhibition-racing-at-cal-cup/ * Event website: http://www.california-cup.com/ FIND THE RIGHT PAINT AT THE NEW YACHTPAINT.COM The new Interlux web site makes it easier than ever to choose the right Interlux paint for your boat, get technical information and support for any paint project. "Paint Your Boat" to see how different paint colors look on your hull. Ask questions and share paint info with other sailors. "Ask The Expert" to access the extensive knowledge base and experience of the Interlux Technical Service staff. Learn more here: http://www.yachtpaint.com STATE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY RESULTS REVEALED More than half of National Marine Distributors Association (NMDA) members are seeing positive sales signs, according to a recent survey. The survey, sent out in mid June, had a 96 percent return rate, stated the NMDA in a press release. 55% percent of the respondents said their total sales volume of marine accessories was up so far in 2010 compared to 2009. 18% said their sales were down and 27 percent said they were the same. Many dealers are expecting 2011 accessory sales to be better than this year (82%). Almost 20% expected them to be remain the same, but not a single respondent anticipates accessory sales to be down next year. NMDA members were also asked if they expected to maintain an inventory that's larger or smaller in 2011 compared to this year. Most respondents said they planned to keep it the same (55%), and slightly more than a third said they anticipated their inventory being larger (36%). -- Full story: http://www.boating-industry.com/output.cfm?id=2602891 SCUTTLEBUTT SAILING CALENDAR Events listed at http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/calendar SAILING SHORTS * Malmo, Sweden (August 20, 2010) - The American team of Tim Healy and crew (G Borges, M McClintock, D Rabin, JMolliconeis) are the 2010 World J24 Champions. Healy and crew mastered the various conditions in Malmo to win convincingly with 24 pts. Ian Southworth (GBR) sailed well at the end for the silver medal and 36 pts, and Andrea Casale (ITA) took the bronze with 64 pts. -- Full story: http://www.j24class.org/ * The 9th annual 18ft Skiff International Regatta is underway on San Francisco Bay, hosted by the St Francis Yacht Club. Racing runs August 22 through 26, with two races a day starting at 1 p.m., except for Wednesday when the 18s will race at 5 p.m., followed by the traditional Bridge to Bridge 7 1/2-mile charge from the Golden Gate past the city to the Bay Bridge when kiteboarders and windsurfers will join in the fun. -- Report at: http://tinyurl.com/28jswuf * Buffalo, NY (August 21, 2010) - Greg Fisher defeated 50 other teams to claim the J/22 North American Championship in Buffalo, NY. With crew Jeff Eiber, Jo Ann Fisher and Martha Fisher, team What Kinda Gone finished the event with 30 points over five races. No racing was completed on the final day of the regatta due to a lack of consistent winds. After a rare score of 20 in the first race of the event, Fisher tallied two third-place finishes and two second-place finishes. Following Fisher in the silver position is Jim Barnash with 35 points, then Chris Doyle with 36. -- Complete results: http://www.j22na.com/ * Newport, RI (August 22, 2010) - When Friday's 1p.m. start of the sixth annual Ida Lewis Distance Race had to be delayed an hour due to a dying gradient wind, George David racing on Rambler wasn't sure that the shortened 122-nm course set for his IRC class would offer much in the way of thrilling winds, but Rambler wound up averaging an impressive 10 1/2 knots of speed throughout 12-plus hours of racing, finishing at 2:18 the next morning and correcting out two hours ahead of Ron O'Hanley's (Boston, MA.) Privateer. -- Complete results: http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=330 * Annapolis, MD (August 20, 2010) - After a span of 20 years the Snipe Nationals was back in Annapolis. In a mostly light-air event, Augie Diaz (with finishes of 3,8,1 and 2) once again claimed the Heinzerling Trophy, representative of the US National Championship, with a 4-point win over fellow Miamians Brian Kamilar, who takes second place in a tie-breaker, and Nick Voss. Miamian Ernesto Rodriguez was 4th with Newport, RI's Carol Cronin, the first non-Miami sailor at the top of the 62-boat fleet, finishing 5th, becoming the highest-placing female skipper in recent memory. -- Report: http://www.snipenationals.com/?page_id=755 * New York, NY (August 22, 2010) - NY Harbor Sailing Foundation held its annual Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge over the weekend, in New York Harbor. In preliminary results (protest pending), first place went to Societe Nautique Rolloise (SUI) with 14 pts, in second was the SouthernYacht Club (USA) with 15 pts, and in 3rd the Royal Cork Yacht Club (IRE) with 17 pts. 16 yacht clubs from around the world participated in the 4-day regatta which was raced on J24s. -- Results at: http://www.myc.org/iycc/default.htm * (August 22, 2010) - In an interview on Sunday with New Zealand's Radio Sport, BMW Oracle Racing is, according to Russell Coutts, strongly interested in seeing multi-hull boats compete for the next America's Cup. The Oracle team CEO has moved to clarify recent speculation surrounding the type of boat that will be used and the location of the regatta. He says they are writing independent draft plans for both mono and multi-hull boats. Coutts says Oracle is seriously considering multi-hull boats but they are doing their best to canvas opinion from all concerned. -- Report: http://www.radiosport.co.nz/SportsNews/spyac/Detail.aspx?id=180983 * (August 22, 2010) - State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, has introduced legislation which, if it becomes law, would petition the BMW ORACLE Racing Team representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club to designate The City as the host of the 34th Defense of the America's Cup. The legislation could also simplify state permitting procedures for race organizers. -- Full story: http://tinyurl.com/2eal3kw * Marina del Rey, CA (August 22, 2010) - The final race of the Star North American Championship was a match race, pure and simple. While the two leaders - 2009 Star World Champion George Szabo and Brazilian Lars Grael - did not engage before the start, after the first cross it was match racing 101. Szabo and his crew, Frithjof Kleen controlled that match race throughout as both boats moved steadily backwards in the fleet. The pair finished deep - it was the throwout for both - but Szabo was smiling. He'd done what was necessary to win another North American Championship - his third. Szabo also beat his boss, Mark Reynolds, who took second place. -- Complete results: http://www.calyachtclub.com/files/10_SNA_S1-7.1.htm LETTERS AND FORUM Please email your comments to the Scuttlebutt editor (aka, 'The Curmudgeon'). Published letters must include writer's name and be no longer than 250 words (letter might be edited for clarity or simplicity). 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 Ed Kriese (edited to the 250 word max, posted at Scuttlebutt Forum): For years the America's Cup has been losing appeal. I grew up with a picture of Intrepid on the wall in my bedroom but I can't relate anymore, and I've actually sailed on a couple old AC boats. Why should an adult Midwestern Flying Scott club racer who pays for his own sailing or a junior sailor care about what some over paid Europeans do, unless he owns Oracle stock or a BMW? Amateur racing sailors can't relate when the U.S. boat doesn't represent anything beyond it's multi-national corporate sponsors and is crewed by well paid professionals from different countries. The fact that even grinders are full time employees earning six figure salaries is not lost on fans either. Russians playing in the NHL have more support. Nice for Russell Coutts that Larry Ellison hired him to run his program, but he'll always be the guy who won the Cup for NZ, not the US. How to fix it? 1) 60 - 90' one design mono hulls to control the costs and encourage more campaigns. STP 65's would work well. Sole source hulls, foils, rigs & have sail limitations like the Farr 40 class. The R&D costs are out of control and $$ down the drain anyway. Given the audience numbers (CPM), AC team sponsorship is not a cost effective advertising buy for potential sponsors. Racing would be better, closer and more exciting with more teams and a bonanza for sail makers and boat builders too. -- Read on: http://tinyurl.com/27wnweo CURMUDGEON'S OBSERVATION Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish! Special thanks to Summit Yachts and Interlux. 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