Yachting News April Part 7

Apr 17th 2009
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More Stewart 34 action here

Build it and they will come. We will see.

Cheeezezilla

Great chatter about you know what here

Maybe they are just trying to sell stuff?

Warning some of what you will hear used to be bleeped.

Donot watch if you have a dislike for the odd swearword. lol

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The telltales make the trimming of the sails and the steering of the boat easier. You shouldn’t stick too many telltales on your sails – when sailing, the amount of information streaming in exceeds the capacity of the crew, so keep it as simple as possible.

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(Ed. note: Thanks to my friends Jack Adney and Tom Riggs for the above

Ships currently at anchor in Singapore – Map & Pictures
Apparently 80% of the ships that operate from Singapore are now at anchor because they have no cargo to carry.

Vessels have been taken out of rotation due to the declining market / global economy. And this is just Singapore…

melges 32 malcesine day one

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16 April 2009

An impressive twenty-one Melges 32s are ready to go racing in Malcesine, Italy on April 17-19 for event number one of the 2009 Audi Sailing Series. This regatta marks a major milestone for the European fleet. All eyes have turned to the beautiful Lake of Garda for the ultimate showdown of speed, consistency and high performance racing.

The majority of the fleet is made up of a very strong, and intimidating Italian armada. Reigning Audi Sailing Series Champion Claudio Recchi on ITA-93 Team 93 is back, this time with a new ride and team that includes Jonathan McKee and Melges Europe’s Federico Michetti. Lorenzo Santini and his now famous ITA-1 Uka Uka Racing has embellished his crew with reigning Melges 24 World Champion Lorenzo Bressani as tactician. Luigi Melegari on ITA-181 Matrix made a strong showing in 2008, and for 2009 expects nothing less from his star-studded line-up featuring Olympic medallist Matteo Ivaldi.

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Getting Onto the Plane – A White Paper by Pilote Media.

April 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under yachtsponsorship.com

Pilote Media are proud to announce a new series of White Papers that use sailing and Yacht Racing to explore themes of Sports Marketing, Sponsorship, Social Media, Brand benefits and Return on Investment.

With the current economic climate in mind, David Fuller, CEO of Pilote Media and Contributing Editor of Yachtsponsorship.com, looks at the relative merits of sailing versus more traditional or well known sports.

The title; ‘Getting Onto the Plane‘ refers to the process of a boat lifting out of the water to skim across the surface of the water rather than pushing through it. The series aims to give potential sponsors, Marketing Directors, Event Organisers and competitors insights into the business of yacht racing and get them racing more quickly.

The First Paper ‘Getting Onto the Plane – Assessing the Benefits of Yacht Racing‘ is an overview of the topics and themes that will be covered by future papers. It touches on how sailing provides positive brand associations and how technology can provide new audiences. There are also messages for politicians and media who have sought to characterise sponsorship as a wasteful perk : Sponsorship of sport is a legitimate part of the marketing mix and can deliver real return on investment.

Regular readers of Yachtsponsorship.com may download the PDF E-Book version of the report for Free.

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Curtain raised on l’Hydrotpère.ch

On Wednesday during a press conference organized in Lausanne, on the campus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), which is the scientific adviser of the project, Alain Thébault and a part of his team unveiled the drawings of l’Hydroptère.ch.
This new lab boat, whose building has already started in Brittany, will be a trial platform on a reduced scale for the future Hydroptère maxi.

Following the same experimental process as Alain Thébault who built three models before the existing 60 ft trimaran, the main purpose of l’Hydroptère.ch will be to test geometries and behaviours in real conditions in order to design l’Hydroptère maxi.

The programmes led by the Hydroptère team are scientific and technological projects, whose purpose is to revolutionize the world of sailing and further develop the innovative concept of flying boats. l’Hydroptèe.ch registers in this global approach.

Thus the design of l’Hydroptère.ch was focused on the desire to maintain and optimize the equipment related to the boat’s speed and behaviour “in flight” whilst developing points such as versatility and navigation in light winds. These two elements are decisive for l’Hydroptère maxi to attempt oceanic records (Atlantic and Pacific) or Jules Verne’s Trophy around the world.

The design studies for l’Hydroptère.ch were carried out jointly by our engineers, our “Papés”, the EPFL-laboratories involved in the project but also all the engineering offices collaborating with the Design Team Hydroptère, which coordinates all these people.

The geometry of l’Hydroptère.ch is innovative as she is a 35 ft catamaran with a central structural peak and v-shaped foils.
She will be equipped with a centreboard to sail with the foils out of the water when conditions are not favourable for “take-off” and no more with only one rear tail unit as on l’Hydroptère but with two rear tail units known as rudder-elevator. This will improve the balance in flight. The rigging was designed so as to meet a wide range of weather conditions.

l’Hydrotpère.ch aims to validate the choice of a new geometry as well as permitting the effects of numerous parameter combinations to be evaluated based on the boat’s performance. The boat will therefore be a veritable floating laboratory, equipped with ingenious mechanical systems that will enable a multitude of adjustments whilst sailing. The platform as well as all the elements and technologies tested on l’Hydroptère.ch should be transferable to the maxi.

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Lever de rideau sur l’Hydroptère.ch

Alain Thébault et une partie de son équipe ont dévoilé hier les plans de l’Hydroptère.ch lors d’une conférence de presse organisée à Lausanne, sur le campus de l’école polytechnique fédérale, conseiller scientifique du projet.
Ce nouveau bateau laboratoire, dont la construction a déjà démarré en Bretagne, sera une plateforme d’essai à échelle réduite du futur Hydroptère maxi.

S’inspirant de la démarche d’Alain Thébault, qui a d’abord construit trois maquettes avant de se lancer dans celle de l’actuel trimaran de 60 pieds, l’Hydroptère.ch aura pour objectif principal de tester des géométries et comportements en conditions réelles variées en vue de la conception de l’Hydroptère maxi.

Survey of curtain on Hydroptère.ch

Alain Thébault and a party of his team revealed the plans of Hydroptère.ch during a press conference organized in Lausanne, on the campus of the federal polytechnic school, scientific adviser of plan yesterday.
This new boat laboratory, building of which has already started in Brittany, will be a trial platform with ladder reduced by future Hydroptère maxi.

Drawing inspiration from the step of Alain Thébault, which first constructed three models before launching into that of the actual 60 feet trimaran, Hydroptère.ch will have as main objective to test geometries and behaviours in real conditions varied with the aim of the comprehension of Hydroptère maxi.
Survey of curtain one Hydroptère.ch

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International Maxi Association

IMA Press Release

From April 15th to 19th the Hublot Palmavela regatta will be held in Palma di Mallorca organized by the Real Club Nautico de Palma.

This event will be the first Maxi regatta in the Mediterranean this season with several representatives of the various International Maxi Association (IMA) Divisions participating.

Twenty Maxis are registered at the moment and the most numerous group is the Mini Maxi Division which includes boats between 18.29 and 24.07 metres LOA. All the other are above 24.07 metres LOA.

Among them there will be some brand new boats such as Patrizio Bertelli’s Luna Rossa, new IMA Member together with Udo Schuetz’ Container and Niklas Zennstrom owner of RAN. Also taking part is the new Swan 68 Risktaker, owned by Peter Jebson and Bellamente, owned by Hap Fauth.

The IMA will be present in Palma with its Technical Officer and personnel to coordinate ratings, controls, scorings and all matters relating to the Maxi fleet and activities and will be organizing a social event.

The Maxi fleet will be racing under the IRC handicap and rating and the Class rules.

The application to ISAF to become an official ISAF Class has already been submitted and when the procedure is completed, IMA will be authorized to hold a World Championship for the Maxis.

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Last years winner Y3K

LUNA ROSSA AND MATADOR LEADERS OF THE HUBLOT PALMA VELA REGATTA IN MAXI MINI R AND TP 52
16-04-2009

Lizard of Cornwall in Maxi Cruiser, Favonius in Maxi Cruiser Regatta and @robas in Maxi Mini Cruiser Regatta also leaders in their classes. On friday J80, Platú 25, Flying Fifteen, IRC, ORC and Vintage and Classic will join the competition.

The HUBLOT Palma Vela 2009 has started today with great weather conditions, a good breeze, sunny skies and the Maxis and TP 52´s opening the most spectacular regatta of the season.

20 Maxis have taken part in the two windward-leeward races held today, whereas the TP 52´s have run three of them. The course was placed in the Delta-HUBLOT King Power area and covered 9,4 miles. The southeasterly breeze at the 240 ranged from 15 to 19 knots in the afternoon.

The Maxi Cruiser Regatta, the largest boats in the fleet, started their first race at 12:20 a.m. J One, steered by Tristan Kinloch, was over the line but rapidly went back to the start line. The rest of the fleet sailed up the first beat with big Esense ( Wally 143) of Riccardo Magistris, a 143 footer, at the lead. Favonius ( Swan 80) of Roel Pieper won the race, followed by another favorite, Open Season ( Wally) of Tomas Bscher with skipper Mike Atkinson, and Grey Goose (Swan 82 FD) who was third.

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