Yachting News 23rd July 2011
Mr Clean talks with Grant Dalton about the AC34 and social media
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Greetings yachties,
In this issue:
Nexus Gold Cup Inshore Series – enter here,
Mr Clean talks with Grant Dalton about the AC34 and ETNZ’s outlook on life,
Venezia Challenge failed,
Sam Meech wins 2011 Laser Junior World,
Johnny Heineken,
Zoke Kiwi Match,
Volvo Ocean Race 2008/09 – Episode 33 & 34,
Wetwheels – Geoff Holt,
AudiMed Cup TV – watch live racing here,
RAYC E-News – latest issue here,
Your first regatta – are you ready?
Waiheke Marina,
Bic T293 Champs,
Scuttlebutt USA – latest issue here,
Scuttlebutt Europe – latest issue here,
onthewateranarchy coverage of the 2011 CYC race to MacKinac,
World on Water – episode 29,
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta – facebook page here,
What’s on Antigua – latest news here,
America’s Cup – latest news here,
Enjoy
“Venezia Challenge failed to fulfil its commitments to remain eligible to continue in the 34th America’s Cup,” said Tom Ehman, Vice Commodore of the Golden Gate Yacht Club.
Sam Meech has won the 2011 Laser Junior Worlds in La Rochelle, France
As a longtime member of what some people imagine to be a stuffy yacht club on the San Francisco cityfront, I am pleased to share a few thoughts regarding the skill sets of the racing sailor and the place of kiting in that community. The thoughts, that is, of fellow club member Johnny Heineken, second place skipper at the US Youth Sailing Championships of 2006, first place skipper at the 29er Nationals that year and at the same time a key member of UC Santa Barbara’s sailing team. More recently, podium number one at the 2011 kite course-racing world championship. Number one, as in crushed the fleet. As in, fell all the way to second twice in twelve races, and that includes come-from-behinds in which he lost sight of marks in high winds and high waves and had to turn around and chase down people who had been lucky enough to blunder into the right patch of water.
And the point is, he is (still) a sailor.
At the peak, waves to three meters, according to the race committee. Six to eight feet, I heard from the sailors. What we know for sure, race committee work was an exercise in survival (thanks, guys), and photographers couldn’t get out, much less do their thing.
Zoke Kiwi Match
Laurie Jury
Logan Fraser
Mike Edmonds
Photo by Bruno Bouvry
First day complete. A bit of a mixed bag, 3 wins – 4 losses. Super tight racing with a close leaderboard. Got to keep it rolling tomorrow!
Wetwheels, my new 9 metre Cheetah catamaran, (photo) taken yesterday in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Scheduled to make her debut at the Southampton Boat Show and being built to take disabled people powerboating, it was quite a moment seeing her for the first…
It looks like a tricky, transition day for the teams at the Audi MedCup Circuit’s Region of Sardinia Trophy as the strong Mistral NW’ly breeze which has prevailed through the first two days of racing on Sardinia’s Gulf of Cagliari gives way to S’ly sea breeze conditions.
Preparing for Your First Regatta
Rob Simmons
Everyone remembers his or her first regatta, and I’m no exception. I not only remember the event but I can pinpoint the exact location when I decided to attend the regatta. I’d just finished washing my boat after a great afternoon sailing lesson when it dawned on me that I wanted to attend the Niantic Bay Yacht Club Junior Regatta in two days. There was only one person I needed to convince in order for me to embark on my sailing career. Transporting an Optimist a half hour away wasn’t exactly what my 75-year-old grandmother thought she would be doing in the next couple days, but she was willing to drive. We found some roof racks for the old Saab, strapped the Opti down and away we went. My only goal of the day was not to come in last. I can’t say for sure that I accomplished my goal, but I do know I was absolutely under prepared for a full day of sailing.
some do’s and don’t for parents and instructors here
Waiheke man floats $10m marina plan
By Bernard Orsman
Retired hi fi businessman Graham Guthrie wants to build a $10 million marina at Matiatia on Waiheke Island.
“I have never done anything like this before, I just simply want a place to park my boat,” said Mr Guthrie, a former owner of Smiths Sound in Mt Eden.
With just 45 moorings at Matiatia – the main entrance to Waiheke Island – Mr Guthrie said he had about 220 people anxiously awaiting a marina berth.
“We have got a lot of people living on the island who have got boats and unfortunately they can’t keep them here because there is no place to park them.”
Rather than pocket a “huge fat developer’s margin”, Mr Guthrie said he planned to break even by selling each of the planned 160 berths pro rata.
First, he must obtain a coastal permit and yesterday a resource consent application was publicly notified for the “non-complying activity”.
The 2011 Techno World Championships opened up in glorious fashion this Wednesday July 20th.
With bright blue skies, warm 20mph winds, and plenty of action on the race course it was time to get down to business. After what looked to be a near perfect day of racing for the Practice Race the day prior San Francisco only upped the ante delivering exceptional racing conditions for the regatta’s first official day of action. The agenda for the day called for 2 races in the first half of the day with a short break before sending the fleets out for one last race.
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