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Hansen and Robertson Respond
Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team came through what could be a crucial test to his Championship credentials in his match against Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar. The win took Hansen's total to seven. Robertson also responded well following a poor start to his Monsoon Cup. Unbeaten today and currently in sixth on the Qualifying table, he said: "We've turned it around today, we went three and zero, a perfect day for us. We're sailing a lot better, we're patient and waiting for opportunities to pass. One of those victories was against Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Bertnsson Sailing Team, who, despite taking two victories from his first three races in the first Qualifying Session, becomes the first Tour Card Holder casualty here. The 2011 Monsoon Cup runner-up was unable to recreate his impressive showing of last year and he will not take any Tour points from the event, finishing 2-9. One of the session's other notable matches saw Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing taking on his son, David Gilmour (AUS) Team Gilmour, who skippers for the first time at an Alpari World Tour event. The race was all but decided in the pre-start when Gilmour Jnr. came off second best having tried to force his father over the start line early, only to see him escape and lose momentum himself. Racing is available to watch online from 4th to 8th December throughout the day. Follow it live at www.wmrt.com/live.html Monsoon Cup - Qualifying Table, Round 3: Sail Melbourne
Kiteboarding continues to attract significant spectator and media attention alike. They have certainly enjoyed the strong winds experienced in the middle of the week, so now it will be a chance for the sailors amongst them to show how it is done in the lighter conditions. The technology of the sport continues to evolve at a furious pace, so it will be great to see the improvements that are made to board technology and how they can get faster in the light conditions. They are presently about four times faster in the strong winds than in today's 5-10 knots. Germany's Florian Gruber collected one more win from yesterday's race to lead the Gold Medal fleet on four points. The Silver fleet is headed by Marvin Baumeister-Schoenian of Germany on five points. France's Ariane Imbert is also making a very clear statement at the front of the Women's Kiteboarding fleet, having won everything to date. The ISAF World Cup is part of Sail Melbourne from December 2 to 8. -- John Curnow Leaders by class: Laser Full rig (Men): Tom Burton, AUS sailmelbourne.com.au/website/home.html Eileen Ramsay - The Queen Of Yachting Photography But Eileen established herself as one of the greatest yachting photographers of her time, taking famous portraits of sailing icons like Francis Chichester and Eric Tabarly, Olympians, including Rodney Pattisson and Keith Musto, and historic pictures from the first Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic (OSTAR) Races. Her unique archive records the explosive growth in dinghy and offshore sailing during post-war years, and includes pictures of the first Enterprises, Mirrors, Ospreys, Optimists and the first America's Cup 12 metres Sceptre and Evaine. Eileen, now into her 90s can remember just about every photograph she has taken and relate an anecdote or story about each one. Many of these memories are also recorded in the book. Eileen Ramsay - the Queen of Yachting Photography, is a spectacular celebration of a pioneering photographer and a fascinating time in yachting history. 160 pages, 123 classic pictures. £25 + postage & packing southatlanticpublishing.com/er_intro.htm Final Showdown Begins In Rio De Janeiro
Six races were sailed in glamour sailing conditions - 12 knots of breeze with gusts of 15, and a brilliant Brazilian sunshine. A reaching start saw the teams power off the line for a short sprint to the first mark provid It wasn't all plain sailing today and there was a damage delay after almost every race - the worst of which came after a collision in race five at the first mark between Oman Air and Red Bull Sailing Team with the Austrians careering into the back of the Omani team as they fought for space. Down but not out, both teams made quick fixes on the water to complete the final race of the day (Oman Air to their stern, Red Bull Sailing Team to their bow), but it was not the start either team were hoping for with the Series podium beckoning. Tonight will be a long night of crucial repairs for the shore teams as a despondent Larson explain: "It's the third transom repair for Oman Air this year (Alinghi clipped it in training one time, The Wave, Muscat's in Nice), but this is probably the worst. These guys (shore crew) are experienced at this and by 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning they will have it done. Tomorrow is another day - chin up, keep going. We are still in the hunt." Both teams will be given a time penalty at the start of tomorrow's first race for failing to avoid the collision. Tomorrow will see racing start at 1700 CET (1400 local time) with live video streaming including real-time 3-D visualisations and leaderboards from SAP for the first time and expert commentary from Olympic commentator Richard Simmonds from 1800 CET. Catch all the action on the official event website http://www.extremesailingseries.com Standings after Day 1, 6 races (06.12.12) 1. Alinghi (SUI), Pierre-Yves Jorand, Jean-Christophe Mourniac, Bruno Barbarin, Nils Frei, Yves Detrey, 38 points First Route Announcement for 2013 Solitare Du Figaro The organisers, Pen Duick, unveiled a course including in three French cities, two of whch have never previously been associated with the Figaro class' premier event. Once again divided into four leg, La Solitaire in 2013 will start on 2 June from Bordeaux, the first time the city has hosted the race. Two legs will follow visiting Spain and Portugal before the race returns to France with the final leg running along the Channel from Roscoff on the northeast coast of Finistere. Full report in TheDailySail.com: Final Day for Wight Vodka Best Yachting Bar Submissions Voting then begins, to end on Thursday 27 December, the winner announced on 31 December, with the crew from Wight Vodka calling the winner to congratulate them. Some of our favourite recent submissions: Favourite Bar: PIER VIEW at Cowes Isle of Wight Why: What your correspondent failed to add to the comment about the Cowes MONDAY CLUB who meet in the Pier View. Is that it is more difficult to join than the Royal Yacht Scuadron Favourite Bar: Sint Maarten Yacht Club Why: Fine Bloody Marys, beautiful view across the Lagoon and out to sea, and the place to watch as £$£$£$£ worth of mega yacht squeezes through the Bridge opening as the sun goes down. Favourite Bar: Bitter End Yacht Club, Crawl Pub Why: Setting, fun charter cruising crowd, great drinks...best brick oven pizza south of Chicago. Awesome Happy Hour. And the best sports viewing in the Caribbean. 18'x18' big screen, plus multiple HD smaller screens, for American Football, soccer, rugby, Formula 1, Basketball, the America's Cup, and other sporting events. Favourite Bar: Willey T's, Normand Isl., BVI's I've been there several times, all with fun though WILD memories. The first time there, Oct. 30th 2006, was to celebrate my 50th Birthday with about 30 friends from the Winthrop (Mass.) YC who were all on 4 bare-boat charter sailboats. It's just an ideal Yachting Bar! It's a bucket list place for ALL Sailors! Submit your entry here: Guillemot's Case Settled with the British Authorities On 7th June 2012, Marc Guillemot was charged with breaking navigation rules twice in the Straits of Dover during his attempt to beat his own record. Marc Guillemot and his crew did in fact enter the traffic separation system without respecting the lanes and rules regarding crossing this zone. On 12th July, Marc Guillemot willingly attended a meeting following a summons from the British coastguards (MCA) to find out exactly what he was being accused of and immediately accepted their version of events. Following his retiral from the Vendee Globe, Marc Guillemot made himself immediately available to the British authorities and was summoned to a hearing on 6th December at the Magistrates Court in Southampton, which he willingly attended accompanied by his legal advisors. During the hearing, the judge issued Marc Guillemot with a fine of 9 000 £. ARC: 40ft About To Beat 80-Footer? The Class 40 Vaquita, skippered by Austrian sailor Andreas Hanakamp, has been alone in racing on an extreme northerly route from Las Palmas to Saint Lucia. Today, the crew had 522 miles to run and were lying 90 miles ahead on distance to run from their closest rivals, Swan 80 Berenice. If Vaquita's crew can maintain their average speeds as they gybe to come down to the latitude of Saint Lucia, they could finish the 2,700-mile race in 12 days, the fastest ever ARC time for a yacht of this size. This route is colder, often rougher and wetter, with more reaching angles and varied conditions. For obvious reasons, it tends to be shunned by cruising crews. The routeing can be a gamble compared with going south and picking up the Trades. -- Elaine Bunting, her full blog post at www.yachtingworld.com Event site: www.worldcruising.com/arc/ Industry News One of the UK's leading independent marine travel services, The Marine Travel Company will provide specialist marine fares to the Clipper Race team and crew through a dedicated 24/7 booking service, allowing everyone involved with the race the greatest degree of flexibility in their event travel. Booking through The Marine Travel Company allows access to specially negotiated fares with airlines. Fares are fully flexible in case of delays and an increased baggage allowance of 40kgs enables Clipper Race crew members to travel with all the kit they need to face the challenges ahead. ---------------------------------------- RS Sailing have announced changes to their management structure due to expansion into new international markets. Jon Partridge, previously Operations Director, has been appointed as the new UK and European Sales Director for RS Sailing. This move should ensure that the already successful UK market will benefit from more focused attention whilst providing their European Dealers with increased support as these markets continue to flourish. Jon's involvement with the RS Feva and RS 500 classes has been pivotal to their success internationally. Riki Hooker will become International Sales Director focusing on expanding emerging markets in the rest of the world. Having helped build our international dealer network and more recently, spear-heading RS Sailing's entry into North America, Riki will continue to build our presence on that continent whilst also concentrating on developing RS success in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australasia. ---------------------------------------- Baltic Yachts has announced that over the summer it signed a contract for a 35m (116ft) sail boat. The owner wants a high-performance cruiser for taking his family sailing in the Mediterranean. With naval architecture by judel/vrolijk, the Baltic 116 will have a deckhouse with a carbon-fibre bimini hard top for plenty of protection from the sun. The hull will be constructed from carbon composite, and will be fitted with a lifting keel. The interior design for Baltic 116 Custom will come from Nauta Design. Production is due to start in January 2013 with a delivery scheduled for October 2014. ---------------------------------------- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced a three-year partnership with the Extreme Sailing Series. As the "Official Technical Partner" of the series, SAP plans to deliver cutting-edge business software and analytics solutions to provide sailors, spectators and the media with an unprecedented sailing experience. For the first time in the six-year history of Extreme Sailing Series, analytics solutions from SAP can offer fans and broadcasters insights to enable them to decipher exactly what is happening on the water through the use of live leaderboards and 3-D visualizations taking place in real time. Post-race data will also provide teams with tools to analyze their performance and optimize their strategy helping them sail better. SAP also plans to enhance the management and operational side of the Extreme Sailing Series through the development of a "Race Committee" app. This live application can enable the Extreme Sailing Series Race Management Team to co-ordinate race starts, communicate penalties and record accurate race results ---------------------------------------- Malaysia-based sports marketing agency, Total Sports Asia (TSA), have been appointed as Monsoon Cup media rights distributor in the Asia-Pacific region to complement AWMRT rights holder, Boulder Creek International. TSA will lead the Asia-Pacific regional distribution of content from the world's premier sailing series, adding 16 broadcasters to the list of outlets taking a combination of live, as-live and highlights packages. These include Starhub in Singapore, Solar in Philippines, Truevision in Thailand, Neo Sports in India and Eurosport Asia. With a total stable of more than 50 broadcasting stations, the extensive distribution is available in six continents. A full list of international broadcasters is available at: www.wmrt.com/live.html Letters To The Editor - editor@scuttlebutteurope.com * From David Arnold: If one accepts that a vessel is navigating while it is underway, then the current International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea, Paragraph 3(i) gives the following definition: 'The word 'underway' means not at anchor, made fast to the shore or aground.' Therefore a vessel that is stopped is underway, and I would argue is being navigated by someone with his hand on the wheel and throttle. Featured Brokerage The SWAN 41 is probably one of the most desirable S&S designs EVER....2 cabins + a head and shower, new North sails, VERY NICE condition.....ready to go sailing IMMEDIATELY....lowest priced SWAN 41 on the market. 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