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Latest News Links Dinghy - First RS500 World Championship to be held in the Netherlands . . . Dinghy - McDougall retains lead after second day of Moth Worlds . . . Dinghy - RS Feva Sport Relief Mile Challenge . . . Dinghy - Ideal conditions for RS500 Winter Championship . . . Louis Vuitton - Team Origin beaten in first race of Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland . . . Dinghy - Australian McDougall takes race 1 on opening day of Moth Worlds Offshore - Groupama 3 zigzagging their way northward . . . Boards Racing - Clubvass Round Hayling Windsurfing race entry now open Dinghy - Dubai Moth Slalom and sailing . . . almost . . . Dinghy - Chris Graham takes UAE Moth Nationals . . . Offshore - Annual Heineken Regatta opens with 2,500 sailors competing . . . News - Radical changes to latest Portsmouth Numbers . . . Louis Vuitton - Ainslie beaten in Auckland Match Race final . . . News - Speed Sails new team headed by Andy Davis and Jim Hunt . . . Matchrace - Match Kit to convert standard SB3 to a symmetric spinnaker version . . . Ticker - News Ticker and RSS Newsfeed available More Sailing News reports here . . . First RS500 World Championship to be held in the Netherlands . . . First World Championships for the newest fully fledged ISAF international class is to be held in perfect skiff country. The Magic Marine RS500 World Championship will take place this summer 15 – 20 August at Aquavitesse, Bruinisse, in the Netherlands.  Registration has just opened and boats have already registered to benefit from a 40% reduction in entry fee before 14 April. Charter boats are also available. For full details about the event and how to entry go to www.rssailing.org/500. This popular two man, single trapeze boat is renowned for its fun but competitive events and Holland this summer looks to be no exception, with lots of social events booked as well as the fabulous racing area on Grevelingen Meer. This is one of the famous lakes created by the damming off of the North Sea. With a flat landscape the winds tend to be relatively uninterrupted and the water remains fairly flat. Ideal skiff sailing territory! We look forward to seeing all our friends there. McDougall retains lead after second day of Moth Worlds . . . Australian Andrew McDougall retains the lead after the second day of the Moth Worlds in Dubai. Breeze was again light, 8 to 9 knots steady breez with all boats foiling. McDougall won the first race of the day after a postponement for the mist to clear. Second was Britain's Simon Payne, with Tomaz Copi in third place. Race 2 went to Payne ahead of Bora Gulari of the USA and with McDougall finishing 11th, Payne was event leader on the water after three races completed.  The third race of the day changed all that. Brad Funkof the USA won, with McDougall in second and Arnaud Psarofaghis of Switzerland third. Payne picked up a 45 and dropped to 10th overall, at least until the discard kicks in, 15 races are scheduled with two discards if more that eight races are sailed. McDougall has 15 points with Mike Lennon on 24 and Funk with 25 points. - GJN Moth Worlds - Leading positions after 4 races: 1 AUS3380 Mach 2 Andrew McDougall 1 1 11 2 15 pts 2 GBR3708 Mach 2 Michael Lennon 2 8 8 6 24 pts 3 USA3451 Mach 2 Brad Funk 3 11 10 1 25 pts 4 AUS7 Mach 2 Scott Babbage 8 4 9 5 26 pts 5 UAE3679 Mach2 Chris Graham 4 7 7 10 28 pts 6 USA1 Mach 2 Bora Gulari 12 10 2 7 31 pts 7 SUI3 Mach 2 Arnaud Psarofaghis 17 9 3 3 32 pts 8 GBR3604 Mach 2 Adam May 6 5 6 16 33 pts 9 USA4 Mach 2 Dalton Bergan 10 20 4 4 38 pts 10 GBR5 Mach 2 Simon Payne 5 2 1 45 53 pts 11 AUS9 Mach 2 Rob Gough 11 18 12 12 53 pts 12 GBR3594 Mach 2 Ricky Tagg 9 17 15 13 54 pts 13 SUI3392 Mach 2 Jean-Pierre Ziegert 19 16 13 9 57 pts 14 SIN3700 Mach 2 Mark Robinson 16 23 5 14 58 pts 15 USA3683 Mach 2 Zack Maxam 14 15 14 15 58 pts RS Feva Sport Relief Mile Challenge . . . The RS Fevas are proud to be able to participate in the Sport Relief Mile Challenge. A simple format is being adopted during their annual winter Great Gathering. The All Squads Training Weekend at Hayling Island Sailing Club will involve 70 Fevas from RYA squads and Class Squads, this weekend will be the culmination of the winter training programme for the RS Feva Class and coincides with Sport Relief hence the intensive race training will be briefly interrupted for some fund raising. On Saturday 20 March it is planned to hold a one mile race with a participation fee of £10 (or more if the sailors can raise extra sums) per boat. The winning helm and crew will win £10 each. This will be presented at the squad dinner by guest speaker Frances Peters (ISAF Youth World Champion 2008). The balance of the participation money will go straight to Sport Relief. The twist in the story is that the boats from the RYA National Junior Squad and the Class National Squad will have to start from a separate start line 50 yards back. That should make it more exciting with no predictable ‘winner’! The Fevas sailors think this is a great idea and challenge all other classes to ‘sail the mile’ for Sport Relief as well. It would be great to hear of all the sailing initiatives in support of this most worthwhile cause. Ideal conditions for RS500 Winter Championship . . . Alex Taylor and Brian Mobbs won the RS500 Winter Championship at Alton Water SC. The rather smaller than expected fleet was treated to ideal conditions for their championship with a force 3 to 4 easterly wind blowing over the dam wall and bright winter sunshine. All four races were completed in the crisp conditions with only the final race being shortened on grounds of good behaviour in the chilly conditions. Although the results don’t show it the racing was close and Tim Wilkins and Heather Martin in 625 pushed Alex Taylor and Brian Mobbs all the way. The down wind sailing in particular was spectacular and tactical. Anna Zmurra and Keith Sykes despite numerous excursions from the upright to horizontal and beyond remained in good spirit and persevered with the conditions to come third. RS500 Winter Championship - Results 1 Alex Taylor Brian Mabbs 799 Budworth SC 2 Tim Wilkins Heather Martin 625 Hickling Broad SC 3 Anna Zmura Keith Sykes 748 Rollesby Broad SC Team Origin beaten in first race of Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland . . . Italian skipper and helmsman Francesco Bruni snatched a victory from Britain’s three-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie at the first weather mark of their race as their boats rounded the mark overlapped. Sailing above the mark, Ainslie tried to luff his opponent only to see the Italian execute a swift spinnaker set, sail clear and go on to win.  “Azzurra sailed a good race today, they seem to have a knack of overtaking us which is getting very frustrating!” Ainslie said. “We were fully in contention at the top mark and tried to hold them up, we were unfortunately set up for a gybe set and they were set up for a straight hoist which allowed them to gain some distance.” Race results on day 1: Race One: All4One def. Mascalzone Latino Audi Sailing Team, 00:44 Race Two: Azzurra def. TeamOrigin, 00:53 Race Three: Emirates Team New Zealand def. Artemis, 01:40 Race Four: ALEPH Sailing Team def. Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 03:26 Full story at http://www.louisvuittontrophy.com Australian McDougall takes race 1 on opening day of Moth Worlds Day 1 of the 2010 Moth Worlds - Australian Andrew McDougall took race 1 on the opening day of the Moth Worlds in Dubai - Mike Lennon of Britain was second and Brad Funk, USA, in third  Conditions proved to be difficult with the fleet spreading far and wide across the horizon. Many struggled to foil resulting in those that did took the lead, as the wind filled in from the right the boats soon sped up. Weight and foiling were definitely a huge factor in finishing places. During the beats the pressure was favoured on left however most sailors to took the right. Downwind paid to sail left as the pressure was stronger. 2010 Moth Worlds- Leading positions (45 entries) 1 AUS3380 Mach 2 Andrew McDougall 1 pts 2 GBR3708 Mach 2 Michael Lennon 2 pts 3 USA3451 Mach 2 Brad Funk 3 pts 4 UAE3679 Mach2 Chris Graham 4 pts 5 GBR5 Mach 2 Simon Payne 5 pts 6 GBR3604 Mach 2 Adam May 6 pts 7 SLO3712 Mach 2 Tomaz Copi 7 pts 8 AUS7 Mach 2 Scott Babbage 8 pts 9 GBR3594 Mach 2 Ricky Tagg 9 pts 10 USA4 Mach 2 Dalton Bergen 10 pts 11 AUS9 Mach 2 Rob Gough 11 pts 12 USA1 Mach 2 Bora Gulari 12 pts 13 SWE3666 Mach 2 Martin Gravare 13 pts 14 USA3683 Mach 2 Zack Maxam 14 pts 15 SUI3623 Mach 2 Mikis Psarofaghis 15 pts Groupama 3 zigzagging their way northward . . . Still in the high pressure which is stagnating off Argentina, Groupama 3 is trying to make as much headway as possible to the North. In order to do this, Franck Cammas and his men are having to tack in line with every shift to exploit these transitions: seven tack changes have been made since Sunday afternoon. Very attentive to the slightest wind shift since this weekend, Franck Cammas and navigator Stan Honey are remaining concentrated to exploit these rotations. Right now it’s very much like a virtual race against Orange 2 with five years separation, and the giant trimaran is rather at ease since she has been designed for these light to moderate headwinds. However, the crew of Groupama 3 is having to react very quickly all the same, which isn’t always easy at night, beneath an overcast sky and a waning moon. As such they’re zigzagging their way northward. With the central hull just kissing the surface of the water, the helmsmen are taking it in turns to keep the giant trimaran making headway on a single leeward float and at around 0900 UTC, Groupama 3 had put in her final tack change of the day. Indeed the wind had clocked round to the N and was gradually shifting round to the NE early this afternoon: the average speed was increasing to in excess of twenty knots again and the separation between her and Orange 2 was beginning to stabilise at 325 miles. Franck Cammas estimated that he couldn’t have a deficit of more than a day on crossing the equator! As such the pressure’s really on over this phase of the course. Indeed Orange 2 only began to slow as she approached the latitude of Rio de Janeiro, but then her climb up to Recife proved to be fairly laboured. In fact it’s becoming an increasingly established fact that bagging the Jules Verne Trophy record is still uncertain and everything will depend on their progress off Brazil. As a result the aim of Franck Cammas and his men is to progress northward as quickly as possible, but there’s not really any alternative in terms of the general strategy: Groupama 3 will have to close on the coast of South America, without getting too close to the shores of Brazil, where some stormy lows generating variable winds are in the process of forming. Therefore the next phase will involve a great deal of activity in the cockpit of the giant trimaran as the crew will have to link together multiple manœuvres. Clubvass Round Hayling Windsurfing race entry now open  Hayling Island SC have opened the entry for the Clubvass Round Hayling Island Race for windsurfers. The 30th Anniversary edition of the classic Board race will take place on the 2 April 2010.Total entry is restricted to 150 entrants and is combined with a Stand Up Paddle Challenge event. The entry limit includes the Paddle Board event so those hoping to do the full classic Round Hayling Island course need to get their entry in quick to be sure of a place. 25 entries were taken in the first 24 hours of the entry opening, equally split between the Round hayling and the Paddle Challenge. Entry will close on the 31 March or before if the limit is reached. Full details and NOR/SI available on the HISC website. Full story at http://www.hisc.co.uk Dubai Moth Slalom and sailing . . . almost . . . Jean-Pierre Ziegert provided this video and this report on the Dubai Moth Slalom - We started racing around 2pm for 5 heat. Most of the top guys could get selected - top two. I was in group 4 with Simon Payne. The start was really light and I could get very quickly on the foils and let every body behind. Simon finishes 2nd. The semi-final was has good for me than the first race. Got the lead and kept it. So we went in the final slalom race with Bora, Rob, Simon, Dalton and myself. My start was very good, but that was it . . . During it, Rob has kept the first place and Simon was chasing hard. Bora at a mark rounding almost capsize and could still be back on the 3rd place ! Well done guys ! Video from Day 1, race 1, the windy day - Head cam and downwind session ! Full story at http://www.jeanpierreziegert.ch/fr/blog/ Chris Graham takes UAE Moth Nationals . . . Local sailor Chris Graham took the UAE Moth Nationals in Dubai after a light weather second day, in complete contrast to the first day, when high speed wipe-outs were the norm. Graham completed a very consistant series in all wind conditions to take the title..  Light winds in the morning postponed the first race of the day. The start finally kicked off at 13:40 in a light 6 knots. A general recall caused the race re-start to be black flagged resulting in 5 Black Flag Disqualifications. The light wind which progressively tracked right has poised a hurdle for many boats as they have struggled to foil. Mike Lennon won the first race of the day (race 3) with Bora Gulari of the USA second and Graham third. Race 4 went to Simon Payne, with Graham in second and Gulari in third. In the final race of the day and the series, Dalton Bergen of the USA was the winner with Graham taking second and the title, Adam May took third. Racing in the Moth Worlds series starts Monday. UAE Moth Nationals - Leading positions, 44 entries 1 UAE3679 Chris Graham Mach2 2 4 3 2 2 9 pts 2 SUI3 Arnaud Psarofaghis Mach 2 1 1 6 5 11 13 pts 3 USA1 Bora Gulari Mach 2 4 45 2 3 8 17 pts 4 AUS7 Scott Babbage Mach 2 5 2 4 6 10 17 pts 5 AUS9 Rob Gough Mach 2 3 3 7 9 14 22 pts 6 SUI3392 Jean-Pierre Ziegert Mach 2 6 45 10 12 4 32 pts 7 USA3615 George Peet Mach 2 12 45 8 15 9 44 pts 8 USA313 Zack Maxam Mach 2 10 45 13 14 12 49 pts 9 GBR5 Simon Payne Mach 2 11 45 5 1 45 62 pts 10 UAE3231 Marcel Herrerra Bladerider 9 45 14 21 19 63 pts 11 USA4 Dalton Bergen Mach 2 7 45 45 17 1 70 pts 12 GBR4082 Alex Adams Full Force 45 45 9 11 7 72 pts 13 SUI3623 Mikis Psarofaghis Mach 2 8 45 45 7 16 76 pts 14 GBR3604 Adam May Mach 2 45 45 17 13 3 78 pts 15 GBR3594 Ricky Tagg Mach 2 45 45 12 18 6 81 pts Annual Heineken Regatta opens with 2,500 sailors competing . . . Over 2,500 sailors are competing at the 30th Annual Heineken Regatta. The big boats raced a 32.4 nm course around Sint Maarten, while the smaller racing boats and the bareboat fleets sailed a 27.3 nm course or an 18 nm course. Today's big winner in light to moderate breeze was Tom Hill's Reichel Pugh 75' Titan 15. The Heineken Regatta includes seven bareboat divisions and several multihull divisions. The starts were supercharged, particularly in the Spinnaker I Division. Rambler got off on the windward end of the starting line under full power and Titan 15! skirted below the fleet while Highland Fling got mixed up with a smaller boat. Rambler laid the first mark from the starting line while the others had to tack. The big boys distanced themselves on the rest of the fleet. By the time they rounded the top of the island, Rambler was solidly in the lead, Highland Fling was in second and Titan 15! was third. Titan 15! can accelerate and build speed faster than the others and won the race on corrected time. Said Peter Isler, Highland Fling’s skipper, during the Heineken Regatta press conference, “These are three of the best big boat owners from the US and it’s awesome that they are here and that the competition is so fierce.” This is the first time that the three boats have raced against each other and the consensus is that Titan 15! will be tough to beat if the light air persists. - Lynn Fitzpatrick Radical changes to latest Portsmouth Numbers . . . For the first year, website data collated from the RYA’s Portsmouth Yardstick Race Results Website, submitted from clubs, has enabled the Portsmouth Yardstick Group (PYG) to make confident and accurate amendments to the Portsmouth Number (PN) list. This innovation, pioneered by the RYA’s Technical Department, has made the yardstick scheme a much more flexible and accurate system and this is reflected in the handicap adjustments for the coming season. RYA Technical Manager Bas Edmonds explains: “The new system has allowed us to collate actual race data which when looking at the returns from the club has given the PYG the option of looking into each submitted race result to see who was sailing and if any conditions were logged, to iron out any anomalies. “This has allowed us to adjust handicaps aggressively and with far greater confidence. This has led to big adjustments, for example, the International 14 and the Phantom classes move down ten and eight points respectively.” In addition to this, the previously used ‘Trial Numbers’ which have been by definition issued by clubs for rolling adjustment on each race have been replaced with ‘Experimental Numbers issued by the RYA. The Experimental Numbers will be based on data coming in from the website only and will allow the RYA to interrogate the data at any point in the season and update those numbers. It will also allow the whole system to be more flexible when looking at new boats coming onto the PY scene. A good example would be the RS100 or the D1 from Devoti, both boats which have already been taking part in some key Portsmouth Yardstick races this season. Provided that those clubs are submitting data to the RYA via the website, then the RYA will have the option of publishing a number within a matter of months, rather than the couple of years under the previous scheme. Updated Experimental Numbers will only be available to registered clubs using the RYA Race Results Website and will not feature on the normal PN list published on the RYA website. The purpose behind this is an incentive to get clubs to sign up and start using the RYA Race Results Website as the whole scheme is totally dependent on the data that the clubs submit. Full story at http://www.rya.org.uk/infoadvice/racing/Pages/portsmouthyardstick.aspx Ainslie beaten in Auckland Match Race final . . . Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker turned around his performance in the Auckland Match Race regatta after he was propelled into the final four on a recount, when the lack of wind led to the cancellation of two rounds. Baker then out sailed Team NZ colleague Adam Minoprio 2-0 in their semifinal and then took out Ainslie's Team Origin in the final, winning with margins of 40 seconds and 35sec. The final should have been a best of five, but the wind died again and the rest were abandoned. The Louis Vuitton Trophy begins on Tuesday 9 March and continues through to 31 March. Speed Sails new team headed by Andy Davis and Jim Hunt . . . Following the management buyout at Speed Sails the new team will be headed by Andy (Taxi) Davis and Jim Hunt. With immediate effect Speed Sails will be fulfilling all back orders and resuming normal service. New investment will also enable the range and stock holding of Clothing and Chandlery to be significantly increased. Over the coming weeks Mail Order and Web Sales will be further enhanced with a new warehouse, computer system and website. The shop in Aldridge will be pre-order collection only. The Speed Sails dinghy moulds have been acquired by Winder Boats and a new 2010 Speed Sails range of ready to win racing dinghies will be available in the near future. Andy Davis commented “The last couple of weeks of uncertainty are behind us and we apologise for any disruption caused, however we should be fully up to date within the next 10 days. Many thanks to our customers for their kind words, support and patience.” Speed Sails will be exhibiting at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show on stand C46 in the Great Hall this weekend and will have deals on Sails, Covers and Clothing from leading brands; Gill, Gul, Crewsaver, Magic Marine and Henri Lloyd. Full story at http://www.speedsails.co.uk Match Kit to convert standard SB3 to a symmetric spinnaker version . . . A new SB3 Match Racing Kit will be launched by LaserPerformance at the Southampton Solent Inter-University Match Racing event hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club on Friday 19 March 2010. The Match Racing Kit converts a standard SB3 to meet match racing specifications. The modifications to the standard SB3 included the use of a symmetrical spinnaker and sheets, a symmetric spinnaker pole and spinnaker deck hardware. Hiking straps are also added and the original “granny rails” are removed to allow for crew hiking. No permanent modifications are required to convert to the match racing format. The conversion will take two people approximately two hours. When confirmation was received that the Southampton Solent Inter-University Match Racing event was to be sailed in six of Pelican Racing’s SB3s it presented a fantastic opportunity for LaserPerformance to launch this retrofit product. Southampton Solent University’s Match Racing Captain, Guy Jackson commented, “We are really pleased to have the chance to use the Match Racing Kits for the first time. It will be exciting to see how the boats perform in the match format and I am sure that we will see some really competitive racing on the day! It’s going to be a great event and we are really pleased that so many companies are working together to make this event happen for us.” News Ticker and RSS Newsfeed available Sailweb News On-line and Free News Ticker and RSS Newsfeed available. Add the News Ticker to your Club, Association or Company website to get the latest sailing news and results. Add the RSS newsfeed to receive instant news and results. See information above... Full story at http://www.sailweb.co.uk |
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