In This Issue
Ocean Summit sets royal standard for marine health solutions
Newport Bermuda Fleet is on the Move
Fastsailing.It: Race Yacht Charter Italy And Mediterranean Sea
Norway storms to 29er victory as Kieler Woche #1 concludes
Olympic Gold Medallist Back In Australian Colours at Kiel
European Match Race Tour 2018 Austria
Groupama Race line honours to Miss Scarlet
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The Last Word: Nelson Mandela
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Ocean Summit sets royal standard for marine health solutions
The first ever Gothenburg summit, attended by HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, saw progressive announcements to tackle the plastic crisis from the Swedish Government and Volvo Cars.
Karolina Skog, Swedish Government Minister for the Environment, revealed that the Swedish Government has allocated €7.8 million to 15 projects related to Ocean health at the event in the Volvo Ocean Race Village.
Karolina Skog said: "The Swedish government has decided to allocate the funds to specifically work on projects that focus on addressing plastic pollution, ocean acidification, the destruction of coral reefs, education and Ocean Science. We want to use the information that is coming out of the scientific community and put it into political policy.
"The Volvo Ocean Race Ocean Summit is a great platform to create coalitions between private sector, science and policy makers and to reach out to the public to make more people understand how big the plastic pollution problem is and what role we all have to play to solve it."
She said the Swedish Government is also considering legislation to make the plastic waste trade more transparent.
And in a first for car manufacturers, Hakan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Cars, announced the company's ambition that from 2025, at least 25 per cent of the plastics used in every newly launched Volvo car will be made from recycled material. A Volvo XC60 made partly from recycled plastics was unveiled at the Ocean Summit.
Newport Bermuda Fleet is on the Move
Overnight, the TP52 Spookie finished, the sixth boat across the line in the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race, well in front of the other 162 boats still racing. Finishing a full 24 hours after Warrior, Wizard and Proteus, the smaller Spookie recorded a corrected time that was 9 hours astern of Warrior, leaving her in fifth place for Class 15 in the Gibbs Hill Division. Other than Elvis, in the Multihull Division, all finishers to date were from Class 15.
That looked likely to change, as the smaller boats in Gibbs Hill Class 14 were making good progress. At 630 EDT Tuesday, Summer Storm, a Marten 49 skippered by Andrew Berdon, was less than 100 miles from the finish, leading both on elapsed and provisionally on correct time, while doing 8-plus knots. Meantime, the rest of Class 15 had only 50 to 85 miles to sail.
In the St. David's Lighthouse Division, also at 630 EDT Tuesday, the faster boats of Class 10 were led by Merlin and Kodiak, a few miles apart, with 60 to 100 miles to go. The provisional leader on corrected time was Temptation - Oakcliff, the Ker 50 skippered by Arthur Santry.
Several boats finished late Tuesday afternoon, including the first boats in the St. David's Lighthouse Division—Merlin, Kodiak, and Temptation - Oakcliff.
The boats in the second half of the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division Class 15 began to finish after a long wait on Tuesday, led by Privateer, Scott Innes-Jones' Cookson 50, and Young American - Gambler, the Reichel/Pugh 63 sailed by Young American Sailing Academy. Keeping pace with this group were the first three boats in St. David's Lighthouse Division: Merlin, the custom Bill Lee sled owned by Chip Merlin, Kodiak, Llwyd Ecclestone's Reichel/Pugh 66, and Temptation - Oakcliff, a Ker 50 skippered by Arthur Santry. The first Open Division boat, the experimental design Maverick, also finished, and very likely won the competition, as well, for the most Tweets achieved for the race.
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Norway storms to 29er victory as Kieler Woche #1 concludes
Day 4 of Kieler Woche - and an exhilarating final day for the international classes, with strong winds gusting up to 25 knots. In the 117-boat 29er fleet, Matthias Berthet and Alexander Franks Penty from Norway were a class apart. They dominated with eight victories from 13 starts.
The 29ers were one of many highlights as the international fleets concluded the first half of Kieler Woche. In total, 700 boats contested the first four days over eight courses, with a total of 280 races held thus far.
Today was also the day to see which of the old world-beating duo would prevail over their former sailing partner. Wolfgang Hunger and Holger Jess have won three 505 World Championships together, but this week were competing in different boats. The stronger conditions ended up suiting Jess, who this week was crewing for Australian helmsman Michael Quirk. "Last Thursday we put the boat in the water for the first time and trained for two hours," said Jess, proud of his achievement. "Today's strong wind suited us, we just got faster and faster." Going into the final race, however, any of five crews could still win overall. The tactics of Quirk & Jess were clear: to start conservatively and rely on their searing boat speed.
It's been a 10-year wait, but Christoph Homeier is champion of Kieler Woche once again in the one-man trapeze dinghy, the Contender. Behind the German was second-placed Dane Jesper Nielsen followed by German sailor Jorg Schlienkamp in third overall.
Kilian Konig and Johannes Brack were set for victory in the Flying Dutchman until disaster struck in the penultimate race. With the wind gusting to Force 6 or 7, the mast buckled and sheared off about half a metre above the deck, bringing their solid regatta to an unfortunate end. Kay-Uwe Lüdtke / Kai Schafer from Berlin were unstoppable in the stormy winds, scoring three bullets and finishing on equal points with the Bojsen-Moller brothers from Denmark. However the tie-break went in Germany's favour, relegating Jørgen [the FD Olympic Champion of 1988] and brother Jacob to the runner-up spot. Hungary's Szabolcs Majthenyi / Andras Domokos came third ahead of the previous leaders Konig and Brack.
There has been no doubts about the victory of Italien Cesare Barabino in Laser 4.7 class. He wins with an impressive delta of 41 points.
In the Formula 18 catamaran fleet, Germany took the top three places with Martin Friedrichsen / Bjorn Wendel beating Dieter Maurer / Katrin Oldenburg by five points.
In the 107-boat Laser 4.7 fleet Cesare Barabino was a class apart. After a 4th place in the opening heat last Saturday, the Italian never finished outside the top two in any race. He finished on just 16 points compared with the 57 points scored by the Dutch runner-up Paul Hameeteman who finished just four points ahead of fellow countryman Niek Kampherbeek. -- Andy Rice
Part 2 (20./21.-24. June):
Olympic classes (20.- 24. June/EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup /10 races + Medal Race): Laser Std. Manner, Laser Rad. Frauen, 470er Frauen, 470er Manner, Finn (+ masters), 49er Manner, 49erFX Frauen, Nacra 17 Mixed.
Eurosaf Para Sailing EC (20.-24. June/10 races): Hansa 303, 2.4mR (Open, with extra-EC-ranking)
International classes (21. - 24. June/11 WF): 420er, J/70, J/80, Melges 24.
Laser Rad. WC of the man (20.-24. June).
Offshore (16.- 23. June)
Aalregatta (16./17. June), without measurement (Yardstick) and Rendezvous of the Classics.
Welcome Race (16./17. June): ORC Club I-IV, Albin Ballad, Multihull.
ORC Baltic Pre Worlds (Kiel-Cup/18.-20. June/9 races): ORCi I-IV + IRC/group ranking.
Senatspreis (21. June): ORC Club I-IV
Silbernes Band (22./23. June): ORC Club I-IV
North Stream Race (24. June): Club Swan 50
Olympic Gold Medallist Back In Australian Colours at Kiel
Australia's sailing stocks are set for a major boost with brother and sister duo Nathan and Haylee Outteridge returning to Olympic class competition in the Nacra 17 at the Kiel Week regatta in Germany, starting tonight (AEST).
Australian Sailing Team pair Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin won the Nacra 17 silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016. The addition of the Outteridge siblings could help spur Waterhouse and Darmanin to a new level in their quest to add to their success representing Australia at the Tokyo Games in 2020.
"I've been around the Australian Sailing Team for a long time and want to support our athletes wherever possible to ensure success, particularly in the lead up to 2020," Nathan Outteridge said.
The Nacra, which last year became a full-foiling division is enticing to Nathan, who sailed in last year's America's Cup in Bermuda and competed over the Australian summer in the inaugural SuperFoiler Grand Prix.
The 2012 Olympic gold medallist and 2016 silver medallist in the 49er said he looked forward to joining forces with his sister Haylee, who in 2012 reached a ranking of No.5 in the world in the 49erFX class.
A large proportion of the Australian Sailing Team and Australian Sailing Squad will compete at Kiel, where Olympic class racing starts on Wednesday night (AEST). Among those in action will be Australia's World No.1 470 crew Mat Belcher and Will Ryan, fresh from their win at the World Cup Series Final in Marseille, France. The Australian Sailing Team website and social media channels will have daily updates on the Australians' progress.
European Match Race Tour 2018 Austria
Slovenian skipper Dejan Presen storms in the Yellow Jersey towards the 2018 European Tour Grand Final at Montenegro while current World number 10 Max Trippolt secured with a remarkable victory at the Austrian Championship another national title, his fifth consecutive victory. Local match race hero Martin Dittrich completed the podium as third, letting fellow Austrian Helmut Czasny on fourth place.
This year's Austrian tour stop at Velden, Lake Woerther See close to the Slovenian and Italian border, featured also Austria's national match race championship. The event was raced on brand new Sunbeams 22.1 build by Austrian boat builder Schoechl, a design which fitted well with the Lake's breeze of 6 to 12 knots.
Defending champion Max Trippolt showed right from the start of the end his determination to win the national honours once more, while Dejan Presen's performance reflected his leading position of the European Tour after a victory at the opening event at Sibenik in February and a second place at the following event at Tivat. Both skippers went head-to-head right until the end when Trippolt defeated the Slovenian with a spectacular pre-start performance.
Martin Dittrich who raced these boats successfully on the national sailing league impressed with superior boat speed which lifted him on the third place overall and silver medallist at the national rankings. Compatriot Helmut Czasny who was the national runner-up last year beat Swiss lady Alexa Bezel who left Carinthia on fifth place.
The European Match Race Tour continues this weekend at Swinojuscie on the Baltic Sea, a Polish Match Tour event, which will guarantee top level competition on the water and a spectator friendly programme ashore. Racing will be tight with four teams from the top 15 of the World Ranking list.
All eyes will be on the Grand Final at Tivat, Porto Montenegro, when from 13-16 September 2018 the top 12 teams of the European Tour will challenge for the 2018 Tour title. -- Helmut Czasny-Bonomo
Final results - Top 5
1. Max Trippolt AUT
2. Dejan Presen SLO
3. Martin Dittrich AUT
4. Helmut Czasny AUT
5. Alexa Bezel SUI
The remaining Tour stops of the European Match Race Tour 2018
Tour Stop 6 - 22-24 June 2018 - Swinojuscie, POL
Tour Stop 7 - 31 Aug-2 Sept 2018 - Ravenna, ITA
Grand Final 2018 - 13-16 Sept 2018, Tivat, Porto Montenegro, MNE
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Groupama Race line honours to Miss Scarlet
Line honours in the Cercle Nautique Caledonien Groupama Race went to Graeme Wilson and William Goodfellow's New Zealand TP IRC52 Miss Scarlet, an elapsed time of 3 days 52 minutes 43 seconds for the 654 nautical mile race the fastest anticlockwise sail around New Caledonia.
With at least a third of their red hull vinyl wrap peeled away on the port side, the Kiwi boat ran towards the finish line under their Code 0 in 12-14 knot westerly winds, relaxed given the 46-minute gap back to their countrymen on Brian Petersen's Ran Tan II.
Miss Scarlet finished the sixth edition of the Groupama at 11:12:43 local time.
On the final morning, Wednesday June 20, 2018, Ran Tan II squeezed the gap to Miss Scarlet to just 4.6 nautical miles, but ran out of runway to catch them. At 11:58:25 Noumea time Ran Tan II, sailing for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, crossed.
Next stop for the Royal Akarana Yacht Club boat, which also scooped the main IRC trophy in the Auckland Noumea Yacht Race, is Hamilton Island Race Week then Magnetic Island Race Week in August, then back to Auckland.
Guest crew on Miss Scarlet, VOR winning skipper Franck Cammas, offered his thoughts: "it was tough, a very good race, we were fighting against Ran Tan, he was just behind us all the time. I am new in the group so we had to have good communication." And sailing with the Kiwis? "They are very good sailors so it's easy to sail with them, easy to win with them. It's hard to understand the Kiwi jokes." Next week Cammas is back to racings GC32s in Portugal.
After three days of barrelling around the South Pacific, Brian Petersen, skipper of the second placed Elliott 50 Ran Tan, said "we broke two plastic sporks, that was all". Given they closed on Miss Scarlet on the final morning Petersen admitted "last night we did entertain some hopes we would catch them".
At maximum speed Ran Tan II recorded a top number of 26 knots and their averages were really high in the pressure, especially on the final night.
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