Greetings yachties,
In this issue:
Schooner Rigged Moth,
Emirates Team New Zealand,
blocksail TV – Melges 24,
Artemis on top of the leader board,
ISAF World Rankings,
AC 34 camera tests,
Sail-World NZ – latest issue here,
British Classic Yacht Club Panerai Cowes Regatta,
Enjoy
Schooner Moth
Developed in a wood shed in Washington by Dan of Raptor sails and piloted by our own Charlie McKee, the schooner rigged Moth made its first appearance at the Gorge last weekend. Testing went well but it was reported to be a bit of a handful in the gybes.
Emirates Team New Zealand meeting at the Barcelona Race Village before heading to the racecourse for the final day
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IMAGE BY JAMES K. DAGMORE
“We had been taking some pictures and had just decided to head back when a Southern Right whale, between 11 – 14 m long, breached about 100 meters away from us. It then suddenly breached about 10 meters from us and then – right on us! We were sailing so had no engine and we could not even take any action. Scary!”
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Barcelona
Another solid day for Artemis with scores of 1, 5, 1 on a very tricky day here in the Med.
A light seabreeze filled in at noon and the first two races were sailed in 11-13 knots from the southeast. The first race went really well as we led from start to finish. We pulled a bit of a rabbit out of the hat on the last run of the second race to go from last to 5th at the finish line. In the last race, we led all the way but near top of the second windward leg, the wind got very light and we got a bit out of phase. Quantum closed to within 1 length of us with Matador just a length behind them. With the sea disproportionatey big, the sailing was tough.
All ended well for Artemis.
So, we have a one point lead over Emirates Team New Zealand and are seven points ahead of Quantum.
The forecast for tomorrow is a moderate seabreeze from the southeast.
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Adam Minoprio (NZL) completes his ninth consecutive release in the world number one position but has failed to reach the final of the last three ISAF World Match Racing Tour events. His best result was a third place at the Portugal Match Cup in Troia. Torvar Mirsky (AUS) has also slipped from second to fourth despite finishing runner-up to Peter Gilmour in the battle of the Aussies at the ISAF World Match Race Tour event in Portugal and fourth at the ISAF World Match Racing Tour events in Gyeonggi, Korea and Marstrand, Sweden.
The big gain has been made by Ben Ainslie by winning the ISAF World Match Race Tour event in Marstrand. Ainslie has otherwise been on duty racing with the Team Origin team. Mathieu Richard (FRA) moves up one place from fourth to third with a win at the ISAF World Match Racing Tour event in Gyeonggi, where he beat Ian Williams (GBR) in the final.
The other significant mover in the top ten has been Peter Gilmour (AUS). Gilmour climbs into the top five from eighth. The old master beat his apprentice, Torvar Mirsky (AUS) in the final of the ISAF World Match Race Tour event in Troia, Portugal.
Eugeniy Neugodnikov (RUS) is another sailor on the rise; he won the Slovenia Match Cup in Koper and the recent Seven Feet Cup regatta in Vladivostock, Russia. Neugodnikov was also narrowly beaten in the final of the Sails of White Nights regatta, beaten by one of the other young kiwi stars, Reuben Corbett. Neugodnikov moves from #11 to #8 whilst Corbett moves up from #33 to #25.
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LIGHT AIRS AND SUNSHINE FOR FINAL DAY OF BRITISH CLASSIC YACHT CLUB PANERAI COWES REGATTA 2010.
Although light airs prevailed on the final day of the British Classic Yacht Club Panerai Cowes Regatta, there was just enough wind for the single scheduled race to be started on time at midday. The fifty-two-boat fleet was bathed in glorious sunshine for the entire race, giving the flock of international photographers who have been in attendance all week, a final chance to capture the beauty of this unique gathering of classic racing yachts. Always forecast to be fickle at best, the wind disappeared almost completely at times towards the end of the race, making for a long and frustrating final day for many of the competitors. Two boats did however manage to make better progress than the rest. In Class 1, the Spirit 54 Sloop, Soufriere, finished over an hour ahead of the next boat, unsurprisingly giving her a comprehensive race win on corrected time. In Class 2, the one the water winning margin was even greater for the 1937 12 Metre, Wings, who also took the race win on corrected time. In Class 3, the crew of the 1929 International 30 Square Metre, Gluckauf, were left ruing a premature start which had earned them a three percent time penalty. Despite finishing well clear of the fleet their error effectively handed first place to the 1963 built St. David’s Light on corrected time. In Class 4, the light conditions seemed to suit the 1897 Cork Harbour One-Design Gaff Cutter, Jap, which ghosted to a comfortable final race victory.
This post is tagged AC 34 camera tests, artemis, blocksail TV, British Classic Yacht Club Panerai Cowes Regatt, Emirates Team New Zealand, ISAF World Rankings, melges 24, Sail-World NZ, schooner rigged Moth
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