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More News Links Louis Vuitton - TeamOrigin announce sailing team line-up for the Louis Vuitton . . . Offshore - Groupama 3 misses Pacific Ocean record . . . News - New RS100 to feature at Dinghy Show . . . Matchrace - Sheboygan, USA to host 2011 ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final . . . Volvo - France to host Volvo Ocean Race from Lorient . . . News - New developments on display at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show . . . Louis Vuitton - Team Origin start in pre Louis Vuitton event in New Zealand . . . Matchrace - New website for World Match Racing Tour . . . Volvo - Lisbon chosen as first of the European ports for Volvo . . . Keelboat - Tropical setting for Illusion National Championship . . . Keelboat - Rondar take over the RS K6 . . . Dinghy - Simon Allen wins Hoo Freezer . . . Keelboat - Clark and Melnikovia win Datchet Flying 15 Winter Warmup series . . . Keelboat - Team Aqua win fleet regatta Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy . . . Offshore - Hat trick for Beau Geste in RORC Caribbean 600 . . . Catamaran - British Little Americas Cup challenger Team-Invictus . . . Olympic - Online entry open for Keiler Woch ISAF Sailing World Cup . . . Olympic - RYA opens up opportunities for Olympic hopefuls . . . News - Rod Carr retires from the RYA . . . Keelboat - Team Sea Dubai win Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy match race title . . . TeamOrigin announce sailing team line-up for the Louis Vuitton . . . TeamOrigin have now been down in Auckland since 22 February and are in the final throes of preparation for the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland Regatta. Training days take place on 7 and 8 March and racing starts on Tuesday 9 March.  The initial round robin happens between Tuesday 9 March until Monday 15 March, followed by 2-3 days elimination rounds, semi’s and then the Louis Vuitton Finals on Sunday 21 March. The Match racing team of Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy, Mike Mottl, Zac Hurst, Julien Cressant and Matt Cornwall are this week competing in the Omega Match racing event. TeamOrigin sailing team line-up : 1 Bow Matt Mitchell, NZL 2 Mid Bow Matt Cornwell, GBR 3 Mast Julien Cressant, FRA 4 Pit Craig Satterthwaite, NZL 5 Grind 1 Mark McTeague, AUS 6 Grind 2 Pawel Bielecki, POL 7 Mid Grind Chris Brittle, GBR 8 Trim Up Mike Mottl, AUS 9 Trim Down Andy Hemmings, GBR 10 Main Chris Salthouse, NZL 11 trav/strategist Santiago Lange, ARG 12 Helm Ben Ainslie, GBR 13 Tactiction Iain Percy, GBR 14 Navigator Ian Moore, GBR 15 Strategist Andrew Simpson, GBR 16 Runner Mike Sanderson, NZL 17 Runner/pit assist Anthony Nossiter, AUS Spare/rotation 18 Grinder David Carr, GBR 19 Trimmer Christian Kamp, DEN Groupama 3 misses Pacific Ocean record . . . On rounding Cape Horn at 18:30 UTC this Thursday 4 March, Franck Cammas and his men have retained a lead of 175 miles over the reference time, which equates to 8 hours 55 minutes. However, the beginning of this final stage of the round the world will be complicated for the giant trimaran to negotiate, at least for the first few hours of this Atlantic ascent. The rather peculiar conditions, which have been reigning over the Pacific, have not enabled Groupama 3 to beat the WSSRC record for traversing the largest ocean in the world. For sure there was wind, but too much, to the extent that the crew was forced to make a big detour to the North to avoid the worst of the seas generated by a nasty low. However, it proved necessary for Franck Cammas and his men to negotiate a rather light transition zone prior to approaching the coast of Chile. In the end, the crew devoured nearly 5,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean (Southern Tasmania to Cape Horn) in 8 days 19 hours 07 minutes, which amounts to just 59 additional minutes in relation to the reference time set by Orange 2 in 2005 (8d 18h 08'). However, there is still 7,000 miles to go before they reach the finish line off Ushant: Bruno Peyron and his crew took over eighteen days to climb up the Atlantic. And even though Groupama 3 is still a few miles ahead of the reference time right now, she is set to lose the majority of this advantage over the coming days. The headwinds reigning over the East coast of Patagonia will make a serious dent in the giant trimaran’s capital. New RS100 to feature at Dinghy Show . . . The new RS100 will be on the RS Association stand at this years Volvo RYA Dinghy Show. RS Administrators – Heather and Debbie will be on hand to advise new owners about how the RS Association will benefit them and what events are planned for 2010.  Also new for 2010 is an initiative to get RS sailors going in their boats. The RS Association has recruited Melvyn Cooper to oversee "RS Get Going Workshops" around the country with the aim to help those new to their boat. The one day workshops will provide set up and tuning information both on and off the water. The aim is to give boat owners a ‘Sailing with Confidence’ boost on a variety of subjects such as launch and recovery techniques, upwind and tacking skills, downwind, gybing skills and spinnaker work. Anyone who has recently bought a new or second hand RS boat could benefit from these workshops. Following the success of the RS WOW last year two more women only courses for RS members are planned. Details and dates on the RS Association website or by emailing debbie@rs-association.com Also at the Dinghy Show weekend the RS Association are launching the on-line entry system for the UK RS 200 Nationals. Last year entries were capped at 130 & this week the RS 200 Eurocup in Garda has seen entries reach 62 within two weeks! A £25 ‘early bird’ discount will be available for the first 25 boats to enter. Sheboygan, USA to host 2011 ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final . . . The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) ihas selected Sheboygan, in Wisconsin, USA as host venue for the Grand Final of the 2011 ISAF Nations Cup. The US Sailing Center Sheboygan will host the Grand Final of the sixth edition of the ISAF Nations Cup from 13-18 September 2011. Competition will be held on Lake Michigan in the Sonar (with a crew of three) for the men's event and the Elliott 6m (with a crew of three) for the women's event. The ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final is the culmination of an 18-month competition staged over a series of Regional Finals held across the globe to find the world's top match racing nation in both men's and women's events. The venues, dates and country allocations for the Regional Finals of the 2011 ISAF Nations Cup will be announced later this month. France to host Volvo Ocean Race from Lorient . . . France returns to host the Volvo Ocean Race from Lorient, in Brittany on the northwest coast of France, in the summer of 2012. Lorient will be the penultimate stopover in the race, which starts from Alicante, Spain in the autumn of 2011. Like La Rochelle before it (1997-98 and 2001-02), Lorient will also host a stopover in 2014-15 edition of the race. The announcement of Lorient follows that of start port Alicante, and Cape Town and Lisbon as host ports. Lisbon in Portugal will play host to the start of the leg to Lorient, which is around 700 nm. The next European port will be announced shortly. New developments on display at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show . . . Over the weekend of 6-7 March the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2010 at Alexandra Palace, London, will play host to over 200 exhibitors from sailing clubs, classes and associations to commercial businesses who will fill the exhibition halls with everything you need to get started or improve your sailing.  Ovington Boats will unveil two new dinghies to its portfolio at this year’s show. The 29erXS and the exciting O’pen Bic, both dinghies aimed for the younger sailor. Plus the ever-popular 29er, 49er, Musto Skiff, and Byte CII. Attending the Ovington stand (Great Hall, C92) will be skiff designer Julian Bethwaite, and Peter Durham who is Brand Manager of the O’pen Bic. Across the aisle you can find the B14 (B66) and the Flying 15 (B62). The Solution will be at (B13) and the Lark at (D16). The Albacore will be in the West Hall at (E14). Customers placing an order for a new boat at the show will also have the chance to win a New Mountain Bike courtesy of Orange Bikes. The International OK Dinghy Class Association will be exhibiting the brand new Icebreaker Hull on stand G18. After a year in the workshop, Alex Scholes of Idol Composites successfully created an improved mould for the new dinghy which is traditionally built in New Zealand. The prototype was tested by dinghy sailing champion Nick Craig and orders are coming in fast now the first boats have been completed. Irish Olympic Finn representative, Tim Goodbody has placed an order already; no doubt he was attracted to the high standard and variety of international competition offered by this thoroughbred single hander. The Cherub class are displaying one of the latest Elway 5 design Cherubs. This is a good example of the modern crop of skinny hulled boats. This boat was also home built by Phil Kirk and Sarah Gregson. Visit the stand to see how this boat was put together, discuss high performance sailing on a modest budget and see footage or UK Cherubs in action. Star of the Hyde Sails stand will be Glen Truswell’s International 14. Glen will be campaigning the new boat with Chris Blackburn and the duo have their eyes set on the worlds in Weymouth in 18 months’ time. The Dinghy Show will be the first outing for the boat before it embarks on a full season of racing and after the hours of work Glen has put into the project, in close collaboration with the Hyde Sails design team and Selden, it will certainly be worth a look. The first P&B Dead Cat Bounce design National 12 will be on display at stand C48. The boat will have a variable pitch winged rudder and a trim tab centreboard which is currently on its way! P&B have six boats on order and with the moulds altered and the production line rolling there is space for more. Call Tom Stewart on 01604 592808 for the latest info, prices and delivery schedule. The Flying Fifteen Association will be exhibiting on Stand B62 with two brand new boats on show. The first will be an example of the current production of an Ovington Mark 10. Phil Evans will be at the show to discuss the boat, design layout ant rig. This hull is, essentially, the current benchmark in the class. The second boat will be a new production from Composite Craft of Cowes built from the successful championship winning Dingwall mould with a new keel design and carbon construction. The full spec on this boat and can be gained from the builder, Gavin Tappenden who will be on hand at the show. Also at the show will be the development laminate sails currently undergoing testing with a view to their adoption by the F15 class. Tickets brought in advance cost £11 for adults and £5 for children (5-16 years), while for RYA members the cost is £9 for adults and free for children. All children go free on Sunday if accompanied by a paying adult. Tickets can also be purchased on the door for £13 adult and £6.50 child. Tickets can be booked online at www.dinghyshow.org.uk or by calling the ticket hotline on 0844 811 0409. Team Origin start in pre Louis Vuitton event in New Zealand . . . The British America's Cup Team Origin take to the water on 3 March for the Omega Auckland Match Racing Regatta, followed by the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland, starting Sunday and then by the BMW Sailing World Cup Final. Racing will start each day, weather permitting, at 10am. Courses will be laid off the Westhaven breakwater and a grandstand erected near the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron will give a great view of the entire course. The Boats Crews will sail identical Farr-designed MRX yachts and will comprise a double round robin, semi-final and fi nal. Weather permitting, the semi-finals and finals will be decided by the first skipper to win three matches. TeamOrigin team is: Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy, Mike Mottl, Zac Hurst, Julien Cressant and Matt Cornwell. Video for TeamOrigin, was made by Will Ingham at Wing Productions. Intensity & Intricacy On the Water from Wing Productions on Vimeo. New website for World Match Racing Tour . . .  World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), the world's leading professional sailing series, announced the launch of its new website, www.wmrt.com. The new website features a fresh modern design, better and more intuitive navigation and a wealth of information about the Tour.2010 Tour Schedule 1. April 6 - 11 Match Race France, Marseille 2. May 19 - 24 Match Race Germany Langenargen 3. June 8 - 13 Korea Match Cup Gyeonggi 4. June 22 - 27 Portugal Match Cup Troia 5. July 5 - 11 Match Cup Sweden Marstrand 6. August 31 - Sept 5 St Moritz Match Race St Moritz 7. September 8 - 12 Danish Open Bornholm 8. September 21-26 Vietnam Match Cup Nha Trang 9. October 4 - 10 Argo Group Gold Cup Hamilton 10. November 30 - Dec 5 Monsoon Cup K. Terengganu Lisbon chosen as first of the European ports for Volvo . . . After a fierce bidding process, Lisbon has been chosen as the first of the European ports for the Volvo Ocean Race. Lisbon. It will be the first time that this historic Portuguese port has played a part in the world's premier ocean race.  Located in the west of Portugal, at the point where the river Tagus flows into the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon will be the finish of the transatlantic leg of the race during the summer of 2012. Interest in hosting the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race in Europe was received from 34 cities, 15 of which went through to the final phase of the bidding process. The next European port will be announced on Wednesday 3 March. Tropical setting for Illusion National Championship . . . It came to the last race to determine the top three places of the Illusion Championship. With Mark Downer and Rudy Jurg OCS it was left to Graham Sunderland and Graham Bailey to battle for top place. After a very close race, led most of the way by Barnaby Edwards, it was Sunderland who took the coveted half model of an Illusion home as the overall winner of the 2010 Illusion National Championship. 2nd Graham Bailey and 3rd Mark Downer. With a horrendous weather forecast of severe winter storms, snow and rain for the weekend 26 sailors still braved the elements and made it to the start-line. Luckily the ‘tropical’ Isle of Wight missed most of the weather although heavy rain created exceptionally high water in Bembridge Harbour.  For Saturdays racing the wind was from the SW, force 3-5 backing later to the South. Sunderland, who again showed of one of his latest newly designed sails, took the gun for first place followed by Justin Biddle and Downer. Race 2 quickly started and Sunderland took the lead which he would not give away, winning again. Bailey has mastered the skill of spotting shifts and followed the leader close on his heels. In third place was Downer who with exceptional boat speed seems to race through the fleet no matter where started. Sunderland made it a hat-trick in race 3, followed by Bailey, but this time it was a delighted Raymond Simmonds who took 3rd place. As the weather forecast for Sunday was very bad, with 60mph winds forecast, a fourth race was run to complete a series should conditions on Sunday not allow racing. A clean start with nobody over the line and Bailey took the gun ahead of Philip Bown, who had his own tactics and breeze and powered to a second place with Piers Thomas in third. Sunday morning a few people looked worse for wear from the night before and there was a little apprehension on the dock side because of the weather forecast. However it turned out to be a lovely day with WNW winds ranging 4-5 Beaufort. A little damp at times but when sailing you do not notice these things. Mark Downer thrives in these strong conditions, probably helped by his 6'8" stature and exceptional arm length to spread out the spinnaker on down wind legs. He won the first race of the day with a commanding lead. Bailey came second and Sunderland 3rd. Barnaby Edwards had a good day and finished 4th much to his own surprise. And so it was in the final race that Sunderland clinched the championship. . The 4 ladies who raced this weekend have their own cup and it was Julia Bailey who took this prize home. As the class has a wide age range of sailors a price was awarded for first over 65 to Philip Bown, 1st over 75 to Phillip Woodword. A prize for Most Improved was awarded to Rudy Jurg despite being twice OCS. David Palmer took home the 1st visitors prize. Illusion National Championship 2010 - Leading positions (26 entries) 1 Graham Sunderland 80 1 1 1 4 3 1 7pts 2 Graham Bailey 132 S 2 2 1 2 3 10pts 3 Mark Downer 124 3 3 6 7 1 S 20pts 4 Piers Thomas 107 4 5 13 3 7 5 24pts 5 Barnaby Edwards 121 6 8 9 13 4 2 29pts 6 Raymond Simonds 23 7 9 3 12 10 7 36pts Full story at http://www.illusionclass.org Rondar take over the RS K6 . . . Rondar Raceboats Ltd have now assumed responsibility for the UK marketing and distribution of the 6 meter sports keelboat, the K6 - originally launched and marketed as the RS K6 by RS Racing.  Martin Wadhams, MD of RS Racing, said that “Although we have strong affection for the class, and wish it well, the success and expansion of the RS brand in other areas, and particularly our overseas markets, means that our future focus has to lie in other directions. Rondar are already involved with the class as builders, and market it overseas, so it is a very natural progression for them to take on the UK.” The K6 is a two to three person, one design, 6m sports boat, with a light weight, high tech epoxy construction and a carbon rig, giving it high performance, but easy handling. For further information go to Rondar website or call Paul Young on +44 1380 831138. Full story at http://www.rondarboats.com Simon Allen wins Hoo Freezer . . . Simon Allen from Hayling Island Sailing Club sailed his International Canoe "Incognito" to win the Hoo Freezer event at Hoo Ness YC on Sunday. Sunday's race was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and the results were based on the Saturday race. Allen was overall and Fast handicap winner. Second were Neil Ashby and Sam Proctor from Bough Beech SC in a RS800.  Third overall were Steve Hall and Simon Haighton from Northampton SC in a Lark to take the Medium handicap victory. Winner of the Slow handicap were James Bottoms and Anne Hulbert from Tudor SC sailing a Graduate. Hoo Freezer - Leading results 1 INTERNATIONAL CANOE Simon Allen Hayling Island SC Fast 1:03:02 2 RS 800 Neil Ashby Sam Proctor Bough Beech SC Fast 1:03:58 3 LARK Steve Hall Simon Haighton Northampton SC Medium 1:08:28 4 SCORPION Tim Parsons Sarah Parsons Lyme Regis Medium 1:09:40 5 V3000 Martin Brown Max Caston Wilsonian SC Medium 1:10:14 6 SCORPION Janet Ritchie Alan Ritchie Chipstead SC Medium 1:10:19 7 3253 Gareth Davies NA 0:15:00 1:11:47 8 29er Aaron Smith Alec Rodgers Wilsonian SC Fast 1:12:04 9 MERLIN ROCKET Richard Whitworth Olly Turner Hollingsworth Lake SC Medium 1:14:51 10 1013 Mike Gower 937 0:15:00 1:15:03 11 WAYFARER Brian Lamb John Goudie Wilsonian SC Medium 1:15:19 12 SCORPION R Wolfenden M Titmarsh Chipstead SC Medium 1:15:29 13 LASER 2000 spkr Thomas Lambert Grahame Smith Wilsonian SC Medium 1:16:26 14 LASER 2000 spkr John Hewat Jo Wicken Wilsonian SC Medium 1:17:08 15 SCORPION Simon Gillow Fiona Brett Chipstead SC Medium 1:17:49 16 MERLIN ROCKET Marinus Zilvold Julie Nuttal NA Medium 1:18:19 17 SCORPION Chris Swinchatt Nicky Marsh Chipstead SC Medium 1:19:46 18 TASAR Edward Lowes Robert Spaughton Whitstable YC Medium 1:23:23 19 GRADUATE James Bottoms Anne Hulbert Tudor SC Slow 1:26:17 20 FIREBALL Glen Bolton Adam Sykes Datchet Water SC Fast 1:31:52 21 154746 Chris Bilton NA 0:05:00 1:32:14 22 29er Ceilidh Higgs Alex Benfield Wilsonian SC Fast 1:32:17 23 WAYFARER Laurence Trim Robert Myers Bough Beech SC Medium 1:33:03 Clark and Melnikovia win Datchet Flying 15 Winter Warmup series . . . Andy Clark and Nadia Melnikovia won the Datchet Flying 15 Winter Warmup series. The popular eight race, open series during the four Sundays of February attracted 17 entries. Conditions this year went from flat calms to full-on force 4’s. The last Sunday, in Force 3-4 and perfect for Fifteening, we saw excellent racing – lots of overtaking on flat-out spinnaker reaches. Clarke/Melnikova were frustrated by a flat tyre and missed the first race. Nonetheless, with two earlier race wins they took series by just one point from the Mangans and five points ahead of Matt Glasgow and Gareth Brown. Flying 15 - Datchet Winter Warm-Up, Final leading positions 1st 3378 Andy Clark Nadia Melnikovia 18.0 pts 2nd 3653 DWSC Adam Mangan Emma Mangan 19.0 pts 3rd 3537 HISC Matt Glasgow Gareth Brown 23.0 pts 4th 3932 DWSC Chris Swallow John Tuckwey 23.0 pts 5th 3732 Andrew Fairley Matt Whitiker 26.0 pts 6th 3591 HISC Charles Apthorp Adrian Simpson 26.0 pts 7th 3851 Ian Linder Kevin Sweetman 27.0 pts 8th 3427 Andy Millar Bob Millar 45.0 pts 9th 3853 Rorbert Hogben Glynn Morgan 57.0 pts 10th 3860 Mark Firth Tony Mumford 58.0 pts Team Aqua win fleet regatta Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy . . . Chris Bake and his Team Aqua won the fleet regatta after a fantastic final battle whilst Torbjorn Tornqvist and Artemis conquer the Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy (the combination of the match race and fleet race rankings) ahead of Pieter Heerema’s No Way Back and Markus Wieser’s Team Sea Dubai.  The conditions were very difficult for the last day of the Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy RC 44, with a very shifty breeze blowing between 8-15 knots and a pale sky covered with sand and dust and a visibility reduced to half a mile. Chris Bake, helmsman, Team Aqua: "We were confident this morning and we didn’t have any specific plan of action against Artemis. The last race was really tough: we went from last to first and back to the bottom of the ranking again… But as Artemis was struggling too it never became a real issue." Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy RC 44 Combined final results:
 1) Artemis 3, 2 – 5 points 2) Team No Way Back 2, 3 – 5 points 3) Team Sea Dubai 1, 5 – 6 points 4) Team Aqua 7, 1 – 8 points 5) CEEREF 4, 4 – 8 points 6) Katusha 8, 6 – 14 points 7) Team Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 6, 8 – 14 points 8) BMW ORACLE Racing 5, 9 – 14 points 9) Team Austria 9, 7 – 16 points Hat trick for Beau Geste in RORC Caribbean 600 . . . Richard Bamford’s Swan 38 Dolfijn retired this morning which means that at tonight’s prize giving Karl Kwok’s Farr 80, Beau Geste, will be awarded the RORC Caribbean 600 trophy for best yacht overall under IRC, the line honours trophy for monohulls and Class trophy for IRC Super Zero.  Winner overall of the CSA division and second place overall under IRC is Richard Oland’s Southern Cross 52, Vela Veloce. Third overall under IRC and CSA was Adrian Lee’s Cookson 50, Lee Overlay Partners. Only one boat, AAG Big One has finished since Lee Overlay Partners came in last night. The breeze virtually shut down, right across the racecourse, causing many yachts to retire. Antigua is usually blessed with easterly Trade Winds and the unusual weather is extremely rare. However, the competitors in the RORC Caribbean 600 did have the sensation of surfing through the Caribbean sea in sublime conditions, at least some of the time. British Little Americas Cup challenger Team-Invictus . . . The British C Class Catamaran challenger Team-Invictus have recently moved away from Cardiff as the bay was getting too small for their C-Class to stretch its legs comfortably. Now based in Weymouth, which offers the kind of space that they need and with the Olympics sailing being hosted there, the facilities have been developed quite a lot, so they're likely to be frequent visitors.  Team Invictus is a Bristol-based team comprising a number of aerospace engineers and professional sailors, who share a common vision to produce a highly efficient, exceptional and original craft to compete in the next International C Class Catamaran Championships, the successor to the Little America’s Cup.  The team has grown in capacity following Airbus UK's sponsorship with the help of both experienced and graduate aerospace engineers, and with that growth has come the expansion of skills and knowledge. Within the team, there is now a range skills, and the team are building their capabilities all the time.Norman Wijker along with Mark Bishop founded the Invictus project in 2002 as a personal challenge. Paul Larsen and Helena Darvelid are team's professional sailors. Paul is a leading sailor on the world circuit, In their current project, SailRocket, they are competing for the Outright World speed sailing record. Norman brought Sailweb up to date: "We have been sailing since summer last year, and have been ironing out reliability issues, but now we are starting to concentrate on developing boat-speed. Upwind we are pretty well nailing it, but downwind work needs development. This is partly working out some design details, getting the aerodynamics working, and its also about getting Paul Larson and Gordon Kaiser gelling as a team together." "Downwind is a particular art, with the wing sailed on the edge of stall all the time, and in light winds this means trapezing to leeward, again something that needs practise." "We are spending the time developing the finer points of the wing, getting control runs sorted, twist and flap controls running smoothly and set properly, trialling new dagger-boards etc. We will ship out at the end of June/early July, so we don’t have masses of time to get us sharp, so we have a busy time ahead of us." The next Championships will be hosted at the New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI from August 22-28, 2010. Fred Eaton of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) won the trophy from Steve Clark during the last event held by RCYC in September 2008. In the next event Eaton will be defending for RCYC and Clark will be challenging for the New York Yacht Club. A second challenge is from Team Invictus. This is their second attempt to conquer this trophy that has evaded the UK for almost 40 years. Armed with all the lessons learnt from the first event in Rhode Island in 2004, they have been preparing a new boat for the 2010 event. Full story at http://www.teaminvictus.com Online entry open for Keiler Woch ISAF Sailing World Cup . . .  Online entry is now open for the 2010 edition of Kieler Woche, the annual German festival of sailing and sixth and penultimate stop of the 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup series.One of the world’s largest sailing events is again expecting about 5,000 sailors to race in Kiel. To be part of the regatta sailors can now enter on the official event homepage and access the NoR. From 19 to 27 June 2010 national and international top sailors will be competing for the Kieler Woche trophies in Kiel. Starting with the Olympic classes from 19 to 23 June, which this year will again be fighting for points in the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Kieler Woche then continues with international classes from 24 to 27 June. Full story at http://www.kieler-woche.com RYA opens up opportunities for Olympic hopefuls . . . The RYA is gearing up for its season of domestic Olympic Classes racing. The annual early-season Spring Series events provide a focus for new and aspiring talents and regular racers in the Olympic Classes, as well as the top Skandia Team GBR performers. Following publication of the 2010 Olympic Classes Handbook and NoR for the 2010 RYA Olympic Classes Spring Series, entry is now open for the first of the two-weekend events, which will be held from 10-11 April at WPNSA, immediately following the RYA Volvo Youth National Championships.  This first Spring Series event also welcomes racing in the SKUD and 2.4mR Paralympic classes, plus limited entries via a qualification system from the Laser and Laser Radial classes as the RYA looks to enhance the opportunity for domestic Olympic classes racers at the 2012 venue. Entries are being accepted online for the WPNSA event at the RYA Racing Events website www.rya.org.uk/racing/events with a 50% penalty fee payable on entries after 6 April. As usual the RYA Olympic Classes events and Class events - outlined in the Olympic Classes Handbook - form the qualification series, where sailors have the chance to secure thousands of pounds worth of grants to attend the European ISAF World Cups and class world and European championships. That said however, the events are not just a grant opportunity, they also present a great weekends racing for all standards of sailor looking for the ultimate challenge. Full story at http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/skandiateamgbr/crewroom/Pages/olympicclasseshandbook.aspx Rod Carr retires from the RYA . . .  After 28 years, Rod Carr, chief executive of the Royal Yachting Association, retires today. Carr took the RYA into a new world of sponsorship funding that provided the bedrock of a golden era of Olympic success. A model that rival nations now seek to imitate.Following the successful application for Lottery funding and the setting up of a properly structured training programme, the breakthrough came at the Sydney 2000 Games, where Ben Ainslie, Shirley Robertson and Iain Percy all won gold and set the standard that others quickly followed. While stepping down from the RYA, Carr is expected to stay involved with the top echelon of British sailing until the 2012 Olympics at Weymouth, before he finally sets sail. Team Sea Dubai win Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy match race title . . . Unbeaten after seven flights, Markus Wieser and his Team Sea Dubai only had to avoid a penalising collision today to win the match race title of the Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy.  That’s what they did, winning in the mean time a difficult race against Puerto Calero and loosing the last one to BMW ORACLE Racing. Team Sea Dubai won the match race event ahead of No Way Back (DEN) and Artemis (SWE). Match-race, final results after nine flights: 1) Team Sea Dubai (Markus Wieser), 8/1, 8 points 2) Team No Way Back (Pieter Heerema / Ray Davies), 5/3, 5 points 3) Artemis (Terry Hutchinson), 5/3, 5 points 4) CEEREF (Rod Davis), 4/5, 4 points 5) BMW ORACLE Racing (Adam Minoprio), 4/5, 4 points 6) Team Islas Canarias Puerto Calero (José Maria Ponce), 3/6, 3 points 7) Team Aqua (Cameron Appleton), 3/6, 3 points 8) Katusha (Paul Cayard), 3/6, 3 points 9) Team Austria (Christian Binder), 2/7, 2 points |
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