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SCUTTLEBUTT 3110 - Thursday, June 10, 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 KINDLE: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/rss/kindle RSS: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/rss/index.xml Today's sponsors: APS, Ullman Sails, and Landfall. 2009/2010 ICSA ALL-AMERICA SAILING TEAM NAMED NEWPORT, R.I. (June 8, 2010) - The Intercollegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA) has announced the members of its 2009/2010 ICSA All-America Sailing Team, along with the Quantum Female College Sailor of the Year, the College Sailor of the Year, Sportsman of the Year and the winner of the Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy for the all-around best college team. The ICSA All-American honors are awarded to competitors who have demonstrated outstanding performance in competition during the college sailing year (fall and spring seasons) just concluded. Their names will be added to the permanent ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.). 2010 College Sailor of the Year The Everett B. Morris Trophy Thomas Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) - Yale University '10 2010 Quantum Female Sailor of the Year Allison Blecher (Fullerton, Calif.) - College of Charleston '10 2010 Sportsman of the Year The Robert H. Hobbs Trophy Liz Powers (Wellesley, Mass.) - Harvard University '10 Team of the Year The Leonard M. Fowle Memorial Trophy Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) A complete list for the Women's All-Americans, Women's Honorable Mentions, Coed All-Americans, Coed Honorable Mentions, and Crew All-Americans is posted here: http://tinyurl.com/2fvdtax USSTAG'S SZABO/STRUBE GRAB 3RD IN RACE 3 AT STAR EUROPEANS Viareggio, Italy (June 9, 2010) - USSTAG's George Szabo and Mark Strube were the top North American finishers in the third race today at the 2010 Star European Championship in Viareggio, Italy. During the first leg, the wind was blowing 12-13 knots, but it then decreased to 6-8 knots for the rest of the race. Today's course consisted of five legs of two-mile beats. After three long races, three USSTAG teams have moved into the top six of a deep, 132-boat fleet: George Szabo/Mark Strube (fourth), Andrew Campbell/Brad Nichol (fifth) and Mark Mendelblatt/ John von Schwarz (sixth). USA's Rick Merriman and Austin Sperry sit in ninth. The largest Star regatta to date, the Star European Championship runs through Sunday, with one race scheduled per day. "The strength of the top teams is the ability to continue to move forward from their weather mark positions," observed Coach Mark Ivey. "The U.S. team has done just that in the last two races and achieved keeper races. Today, each U.S. team moved up significantly and all four teams finished in the top 15. We are now only half way through and with 130 boats and light sea breezes forecasted, the advice is to not think about overall scores but to get to the top mark inside top 20 and know it is a very long race track with lots of opportunity." Race report from George Szabo: "You'd think that after sailing in several large fleets this year, we would be used to it by now, but it is still taking a while to get used to 130 boats on a starting line. The start is critical, and speed is king in the long races (one per day). We were fortunate today to get off the line well and head for the favored side on the first beat. -- Read on: http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/News/2010/Star_Europeans_Day_3.htm Andrew Campbell and Brad Nichol regatta reports: http://campbellnichol2012.blogspot.com/ Event web site: http://www.stareuropean2010.it/ COUGARS? NO, CRUGEAR! There's a new cat in town but it's not a cougar. Introducing Crugear by APS, "The World Leader in Outfitting Performance Sailors." When you're looking for all the latest in sailing fashions for your team or want to bring your passion for sailing to your next event let APS Crugear outfit your crew. Featuring in house design and decoration backed by APS' top notch customer service and knowledge of sailing apparel from event gear to crew gear to corporate gear Crugear has you covered! Some things might get better with age but that doesn't mean there's time to waste. Visit: http://bit.ly/crugear LIGHT CONDITIONS FOR DAY 1 2010 ETCHELLS NORTH AMERICANS San Diego, CA (June 9, 2010) - San Diego welcomed 42 Etchells teams with cloudy skies and cool temperatures, not quite hitting double digits for breeze on day 1 of 4, of the 2010 Etchells North American Championship. With two races scheduled per day, the regatta is on schedule. Race 1 saw a fairly steady breeze of 6-9 kts from the South-Southwest. The 5.9 mile race finished downwind with Andrew Whittome and crew Paul Terhaar taking a first place in just under an hour and 30 minutes. In Race 2, (7.7 miles), Newport Harbor Yacht Club sailor Argyle Campbell with his crew Jamie Hardenbergh and Bill Mais took a decent lead over the fleet, putting them in the lead with a 3 point cushion, after taking a 10 and a 1 for the day. Consistency pays off for current 2nd place holder Bruce Burton and crew Glenn Burton and Jon Easley of Bayview Yacht Club with a 5 and 9 finish. With only 2 points separating places 2-4, the regatta is off to a great and competitive start! For up to the minute race course action, follow the 2010 Etchells NA Championship on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/EtchellsSD Regatta Website: http://etchellsna2010.com/ Event Video: http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view/237183 Event Photographs: http://etchellsna2010.com/ Event Results: http://etchellsna2010.com/results.htm WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR UNDERWAY IN KOREA Gyeonggi, South Korea (June 9, 2010) - Racing started after the formalities with a light breeze which saw slow tactical boat manoeuvres by the top helms. It was definitely a day for demonstrating the power of the local hero after Park GunWoo (KOR) Busan Match Team, noted as an 'unknown quantity' previous to Korea Match Cup, stole the limelight from esteemed match racer Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing. GunWoo, wildcard entry to Korea Match Cup, has racing experience in dinghy fleets but only started the match racing discipline in November 2009. This 28-year old helm has fantastic potential and is a face that the seasoned skippers will need to take note of. The big names that have dominated the first two Stages of the 2010 Tour; Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team, Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/Black Match Racing and Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar have continued their consistency into Korea Match Cup all winning 3 out of 3 races on the first day's racing. Current Standings: Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team 3-0 Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing 3-0 Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar 3-0 Francesco Bruni (ITA) Azzura 2-1 Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Gill Global Team 2-1 Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team 1-2 Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing 1-2 Bertrand Pace (FRA) Aleph Sailing Team 1-2 Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team 1-2 Park Gun Woo (KOR) Busan Match 1-2 Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Italia 0-3 Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing Team 0-3 Live coverage of Korea Match Cup will be available daily 9 to 13 June at event website: http://www.wmrt.com BACKGROUND: The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is the leading professional sailing series featuring 10 World Championship events across the globe, sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour Standings (After Stage 2 of 10): Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team 40 pts Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing 33 pts Jesper Radich (SWE) Radich Racing Team 20 pts Ben Ainslie (GBR) TEAMORIGIN 20 pts Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Italia 16 pts Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team 16 pts Francesco Bruni (ITA) Azzura 15 pts Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar 10 pts Sebastian Col (FRA) ALL4ONE 10 pts IOC ANNOUNCES ATHLETE ROLE MODELS FOR YOUTH OLYMPICS (June 9, 2010) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the list of Singapore 2010 Athlete Role Models (ARMs) for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games from 14 to 26 August in Singapore. The list features many legendary names from the world of sport. The role models were appointed by the International Federations taking part in the Youth Olympic Games and by the IOC Athletes' Commission. The Athlete Role Models will be in Singapore to mentor the 3,600 young athletes who are expected to attend the Youth Olympic Games. Among other activities, the ARMs will spend time with the athletes and will participate in activities during the Culture and Education Programme, which will focus on five themes: Olympism and Olympic values, skill development, well-being and healthy lifestyles, social responsibility and expression through digital media. Athletes at the Youth Olympic Games will be encouraged to engage in conversation with the ARMs, who will attend the competitions, visit the Youth Olympic Village and feature in "Chat with Champions" forums designed to inspire and educate the participants with personal accounts of their own dreams and experiences, and the challenges they have overcome. The ARM representing Sailing is the legendary windsurfer Michael Gebhardt of the USA. Gebhardt was a bronze medallist at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and a silver medallist in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the Lechner Sailboard. He competed at numerous World Championship regattas and major international regattas in the Mistral Sailboard throughout the nineties and finished 11th at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. For the last three years Michael has competed in the RS:X class and is also a highly competitive athlete on the International Kiteboarding circuit. -- Read on: http://tinyurl.com/26jx5s8 ULLMAN SAILS CUSTOMERS CLAIM FIVE CLASSES AT CAL RACE WEEK Ullman Sails customers sailed fast, scoring multiple bullets last weekend at Cal Race Week in Marina Del Ray. Congratulations to the Staff family on Viper 830 "Plankton" who won both the Sportboat Division and the second event in the Ullman Inshore Championship Series. Other first place trophies went to Peter Stazicker & Bill Petersen's team on Martin 242 "Trolley Car," Susan Taylor on J/24 "Take Five" in PHRF 4, Gary Mozer and crew on J/105 "Current Obsession 2" and Steve Arkle's team on "Power Play." All five class winners were powered by 100% Ullman Sails! Invest in your performance. - http://www.ullmansails.com PAUL CAYARD ON THE RC 44 COPENHAGEN CUP (June 9, 2010) - After nine matches and eight victories, Cameron Appleton and his crewmembers on board Team Aqua have won the RC 44 Copenhagen Cup match race in style. BMW ORACLE Racing, helmed by Larry Ellison, finished second whilst Artemis, helmed by Terry Hutchinson, completed the podium. Tomorrow will be a practice day for the fleet regatta, due to start on Friday. While good for some, the regatta's not been so rosy for Paul Cayard helming Katusha. From his blog, Cayard writes: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - "Well, that makes two of the worst days of sailing in my career. Today, we did not do much better than yesterday, despite fully debriefing yesterday and really focusing on what we were doing. We did manage to win the friendly rivalry match we have with Cereef today, where the skipper is Rod Davis. Rod is a long time friend of mine and there is always a case of beer on the line. In the others, we seemed to be a bit slow but after winning against Cereef, I think there was a lot more to the difference in pressure out there than what it appeared. Because the conditions were quite light today, the boats split farther apart so the wind speed differentials made the difference. In the Artemis race, we were over the starting line early so we just gave that one away right there. Somehow, we managed to stay out of the cellar thanks to Puerto Calero. Anyway, I am banking on the thought that this will be water under the bridge shortly. As bad a day possible out here, it is still a great place to be. I know a lot of people would trade places with me in a heartbeat so I am grateful for the job I have even on a very tough day! -- Read on: http://www.cayardsailing.com/cs_Reports.cfm?evtID=123&csRpt=956 EBERT STILL HAS WIND IN HIS SAIL (June 8, 2010) - It was a win for the aged. Twenty two years after winning his last Shark 24 class world sailing championship, Tecumseh's Hal Ebert became the oldest non-skip and second-oldest sailor overall to win a Shark world title. It's the fourth Shark world championship for Ebert, who accomplished the feat just a month shy of his 67th birthday. Ebert, who had previously won world titles in 1984, 1987, 1988, was the middleman on the three-man crew that included skip Greg Cockburn (Toronto) and Peter Aker (Kingston), who handled the foredeck. "It's a very sweet one to win for a couple of reasons," said Ebert, who only recently arrived back home after touring Italy for nearly three weeks following the regatta. "One, its been 22 years since the last world championship. Two, it was my fourth attempt at winning one in Europe. It's very satisfying to be the oldest crew to ever win. I'm in the twilight of my career and it had been a long time since my last world championship." The trio upset two-time the defending world champions skipped by Ottawa's Greg Foy at the world championships last month on Lake Constance, Switzerland. The Ottawa-based trio had dominated the 24-foot sailing class for much of the past two years. The contrast was a stark one between the top two finishers. Ebert's crew had a combined age of 174 years (Cockburn 58, Aker 50) while Foy's crew totalled only 60. -- Read more: http://tinyurl.com/2g5nls5 EIGHT BELLS John Bledsoe Bonds - conscience of sailing, safety innovator and authority, and former Executive Director of U.S. Sailing - died on board his boat, Alliance, at Newport, R.I., on the night of June 8. He was 70. He and his wife, Beth, lived in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Born in Arkansas, John Bonds was initially infatuated with the sea and boats while a student at Rice University. He became an officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain in 1988 after a broad range of duties that included command of an ammunition ship off Vietnam and serving as Deputy Dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the Naval War College. Sailing whenever and wherever he could, in 1981 he was qualified to be appointed Director of Navy Sailing. For all his interests, John Bonds was never not sailing. He was active in race management and judging for many sailing organizations, including his yacht clubs, among which were the Charleston Yacht Club, the Cruising Club of America, the New York Yacht Club, and the Storm Trysail Club. Besides his wife, Beth, John Bonds leaves a daughter, Margaret Podlich, Vice President of Government Affairs at BoatUS, of Annapolis, Md.; a son, John B. Bonds Jr., of San Francisco; and two grandchildren. He will also be missed by the world of his friends and admirers, and by the countless people who owe their sailing - in some cases even their lives - to what John Bonds brought us. -- By John Rousmaniere, read full obituary: http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com SPINLOCK HYDROSTATIC DECK VEST IS @ LANDFALL - GET ONE! Get it from Landfall before Bermuda! 10% off the new Spinlock Hydrostatic Deck Vest: minimize rearm replacement, maximize safety! 15% off foul weather gear from Musto, Gill, Henri Lloyd, Atlantis, Patagonia, more. Visit Landfall: 151 Harvard Ave, Stamford (I95, Ex 6), call: 800-941-2219, or shop: http://bit.ly/9azAhf Offers expire 6/17/2010. SAILING SHORTS * Tallinn, Estonia (June 9, 2010) - At the Laser Standard/Radial European Championships 2010 on Wednesday, with 3 knots of shifty winds, starts were postponed until the ost-wind built, and 50 minutes after the originally scheduled time, the last two qualification races started. In Laser Standard, Tom Slingsby of Australia maintained his leader position with a 7th place and a 1st place. In Laser Radial, Tina Mihelic again outperformed her competition, winning both races in her fleet and strengthening her leader position once more. Canadian Lisa Ross sits in 18th, and American Paige Railey is in 23rd. -- http://tinyurl.com/25fd68j * (June 9, 2010) - The Clipper Cup fleet is making excellent progress towards the finish line at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. With a little over 200 miles left to go, the first yachts are expected alongside at the Joan Harriss Cruise Terminal in Sydney on Thursday evening. There's just 15 miles separating the first six yachts and there's a possibility that the winds could become lighter and more variable in the next 24 hours, which could shake up the positions. -- Full story: http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/race_news/?item=2115 * Sail America opened registration for its 2010 Sailing Industry Conference, set for June 14-16 at St. John's College in Annapolis, Md. The two-day conference, titled "Adjusting to the New Economy," features a schedule of expert speakers, breakout sessions and interactive peer discussions, plus a mix of social activities including a barbecue at Port Annapolis and a Sailing Industry Regatta at J World Annapolis. -- Soundings, read on: http://tinyurl.com/2dryddv * (June 9, 2010) - Now celebrating its 10th year, 2010's Summer Sailstice holiday includes Sailstice regattas on San Francisco Bay. Register now to compete in the YRA's Summer Sailstice regatta on June 19, for HDA and ODCA. Registration details at http://www.yra.org. Boats sailing in the HDA Divisions compete for the Olympic Circle Sailing Club (OCSC) Summer Sailstice Perpetual Trophy, now in its 4th year, awarded to the boat with the best corrected time overall. Read on: http://summersailstice.com/articles/viewarticle/403/ * Washington D.C. (June 8, 2010) - A second National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration WP-3D Orion aircraft was deployed to the Gulf today to build on current air quality monitoring efforts near the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The NOAA plane conducted two flights over and around the spill site to detect pollutants and their reaction products released into the atmosphere by the oil, as well as the pollutants and smoke from controlled burns. The flights will enable researchers to better understand the spill's atmospheric effects. -- Read on: http://tinyurl.com/28lonsq 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 Bill Sandberg: Thanks for your coverage of the second annual Robie Pierce One Design Regatta. As we all know, first class regattas can't be run without the help of first class sponsors. This year they were major sponsors Henineken USA and Mercedes-Benz of Larchmont, with in-kind sponsors Vineyard Vines, Ben & Jerry's, Nestle Waters, UK Halsey Sailmakers, North Sailmakers and Northeast Oyster Company. Last year I was the PRO, and this year I was lucky enough to be the able bodied crew for my old friend and shipmate, Ted King. In the article, our crew Jim (last name Scott) was mentioned. Jim is a young man of 27 who suffers from some paralysis on his left side and brain damage. He had never sailed a day in his life, and after we won the practice race, I suggested he may want to quit, as it was all downhill from here. His mother told me during the event that she had never seen her son smile so much since his accident, and Jim said he has now gotten the sailing bug. Mission accomplished for sailors with disabilities--a new sailor and sailing family have been created. It was a very special event. CURMUDGEON'S OBSERVATION "I hate to fly but I do it once a year to catch up on my drinking and praying." - Comedian James Gregory Special thanks to APS, Ullman Sails, and Landfall. Preferred supplier list: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/ssc/suppliers |
