SCUTTLEBUTT EUROPE #1324 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2007
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THE SHORTLIST
ISAF and Rolex are proud to announce the shortlisted nominees for the ISAF
Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2007.
The criteria for nomination for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Awards 2007 was “outstanding sailing achievement” in the period 1 September
2006 to 31 August 2007. ISAF received numerous nominations for sailors from
across the world and in a variety of disciplines who met the criteria.
The nominees are:
Female
Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb & Pippa Wilson (Gbr)
Marcelien De Koning & Lobke Berkhout (Ned)
Claire Leroy (Fra)
Evi Van Acker (Bel)
Male
Ed Baird (Usa)
Franck Cammas (Fra)
Vincenzo Onorato (Ita)
Robert Scheidt & Bruno Prada (Bra)
Rohan Veal (Aus)
The ISAF Member National Authorities (MNAs) – the national governing bodies
for sailing around the world – are now invited to vote for the one female
nominee and one male nominee whom they feel deserves the honour of
receiving the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award 2007.
The winners will be announced at the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Awards Dinner and Presentation which is being held on Tuesday 6 November
2007. The venue for the events is the beautiful Penha Longa, a historic and
gracefully restored monastery in the hills just outside Estoril in
Portugal.
Each winner will be presented with the prestigious ISAF Rolex World Sailor
of the Year Award Trophy and a distinctive Rolex timepiece.
Please visit the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards Website to view
the achievements of the 2007 Nominees: http://www.sailing.org/20355
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG LASER SB3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The first day of the Laser SB3 National Championships at Hayling Island
Sailing Club was a windy affair with plenty of drama. With 25+ knots of
northerly breeze, sunshine and calm seas, the PRO set a 1-mile
windward-leeward course in Hayling Bay. The first race started after one
general recall, with Mark Rushall, Russell Peters and Iain May filling the
top 3 positions. Race 2 started cleanly but saw the reigning national
champion, Geoff Carveth, retiring with a broken gooseneck. Marshall King,
who placed 2nd in the European Championships earlier this season, won the
second race. Paul Lovering, with the Greenhalgh brothers crewing, came in
2nd, while Glenn Bourke found form finishing in 3rd. Carveth recovered
quickly to start the final race of the day and post a 2nd place behind
Russell Peters in Tack Tick.
Following a collision soon after the start of race 3, Lawrie Smith’s boat
sunk after sustaining serious damage to the bow. The boat has been
recovered this evening, thanks to some nifty work by Hayling Rescue and his
team hope to have the repairs completed in time for tomorrow’s racing.
Unsurprisingly it is Glenn Bourke in Musto who has taken the early lead in
the championships overall having posted a consistent 6-3-4 today. With 3
days to go and conditions forecast to ease, consistency is likely to be the
key to success. — Clare Molloy
The top 10 after Day 1:
1. Musto, Glenn Bourke / Jeremy Troughton / Tony Kilby, 13.0
2. Shaun Beaver, Tim Fells / Sue Fells / Andy Ramus / Julie Wilkinson, 17.0
3. Out of the Blue, Marshall King / Mark Thomson / Mark Darling, 18.0
4. Tack Tick, Russell Peters / Greg Wells / James Grant, 21.0
5. Risk Premiur, Mark Rushall / James Baxter / Liz Rushall / C Savage, 22.0
6. Charlie Fish, Iain May / Harvey Hilary, 23.0
7. Bom-Chicka-Wah-Wah, Neil Harrison / Nick / Rich, 32.0
8. Champagne Blonde, Daniel Geoghegan / Chalres Cumbley / Robert Taylor,
32.0
9. Badger Racing, Paul Lovejoy / Rob & Peter Greenhalgh / Sally Wilson,
34.0
10. Team Touareg, Craig Burlton / Adam Heeley / Richard Gibson, 40.0
Full results at: http://www.hisc.co.uk/openresu
CORK WEEK 2008
“Competing at Cork Week is always a pleasure, because of the beautiful
location, great sailing waters, varied racing, excellent race management
and great competition. Winning in 2006 was especially satisfying as it was
our first major victory in Magic Glove after many months of development,
building and tuning. I’m already looking forward to 2008″.
Colm Barrington – Magic Glove
Winner of IRC Zero and Boat of the Week
12th – 18th July 2008
http://www.corkweek.ie
STEPHANE LE DIRAISON FIRST SERIES SKIPPER AT MADEIRA
89 skippers left last Tuesday for the 16th Transat 6,50
Charente-Maritime/Bahia. 73 men and women already joined Funchal (Madeira
Archipelago), on prototypes and series boats, first leg’s stopover. The
arrivals are succeeding one after the other with a nice regularity;
sometimes competitors arrive as a group with very tight distances between
each other.
The Swiss Jacques Valente (Telekurs Twing) is still navigating. He is
closing the fleet at 524 nautical miles from Funchal’s line. At press time
15 boats had yet to finish
Stephane le Diraison (Cultisol-Institut Curie) arrived Monday night before
11 pm (French time). He is positioned first for the series category after 6
days, 10 hours, 18 minutes and 8 seconds. He pre-empts the excellent
Jean-Francois Quelen (Galanz) and Vincent Barnaud (Stgs.fr). 45 minutes
after Barnaud, the Czech David Krizek arrived at Funchal’s port.
89 skippers, 89 stories, and at the moment zero abandons.
The fleet sets out for the second and final leg to Bahia Brasil on Saturday
6 October.
INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN AMERICA’S CUP YACHT RACING.
The opening grafs of a study by:
School of Sport and Exercise Science, Loughborough University,
Loughborough, UK.
Objectives: To determine the incidence and severity of injuries and
illnesses incurred by a professional America’s Cup yacht racing crew during
the preparation for and participation in the challenge for the 2003
America’s Cup.
Methods: A prospective study design was used over 74 weeks of sailing and
training. All injuries and illnesses sustained by the 35 professional male
crew members requiring medical treatment were recorded, including the
diagnosis, nature, location, and mechanism of injury. The volume of sailing
and training were recorded, and the severity of incidents were determined
by the number of days absent from both sailing and training.
Results: In total, 220 injuries and 119 illnesses were recorded, with an
overall incidence of 8.8 incidents/1000 sailing and training hours
(injuries, 5.7; illnesses, 3.1). The upper limb was the most commonly
injured body segment (40%), followed by the spine and neck (30%). The most
common injuries were joint/ligament sprains (27%) and tendinopathies (20%).
The incidence of injury was significantly higher in training (8.6) than
sailing (2.2). The most common activity or mechanism of injury was
non-specific overuse (24%), followed by impact with boat hardware (15%) and
weight training (13%). “Grinders” had the highest overall injury incidence
(7.7), and “bowmen” had the highest incidence of sailing injuries (3.2).
Most of the illnesses were upper respiratory tract infections (40%).
Conclusions: The data from this study suggest that America’s Cup crew
members are at a similar risk of injury to athletes in other non-collision
team sports. Prudent allocation of preventive and therapeutic resources,
such as comprehensive health and medical care, well designed conditioning
and nutritional programmes, and appropriate management of recovery should
be adopted by America’s Cup teams in order to reduce the risk of injury and
illness.
Full study at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
– With thanks to John James for bringing this to our attention.
AINSLIE TO BE GIVEN OLYMPIC VERDICT BY END OF THE WEEK
Ben Ainslie is expected to learn by the weekend whether he is in the
British Olympic team. The double gold medal-winner was omitted when the
initial nominations were announced last week despite having just won the
pre-Olympic regatta off Qingdao, where the sailing events of the Beijing
Games will be held, after a year away from racing the Finn single-handed
dinghy. It was a repeat of his performance in China a year earlier and
should have convinced the Royal Yachting Association selectors that he can
win another medal.
He pointed out Qingdao’s peculiarities of ultra-light breezes and roaring
strong tides that he has mastered in the two regattas there. His only rival
for selection in the heavyweight single-hander appears to be Ed Wright. “We
haven’t raced each other that much in the last couple of years,” Ainslie
said.
A delay in discussions with Team Origin’s sailing director, Mike Sanderson,
prevented the RYA from resolving the issue but it is likely to be settled
at a meeting tomorrow. Either Ainslie will be nominated, with his Origin
team-mates Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, or he will be asked to race
Wright, presumably in the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne in January. — Bob
Fisher in the Guardian,
http://sport.guardian.co.uk
* Some of the biggest British names in Olympic Classes sailing will be
putting themselves to a very different test this weekend when the final RYA
National Match Racing Series 2007 qualifying event takes place at Weymouth
and Portland National Sailing Academy (29-30 September).
Fresh from being named skipper for Great Britain’s Team Origin 2009
America’s Cup campaign, double Olympic champion Ben Ainslie returns to
match racing following his Finn heavyweight dinghy gold medal at the
Pre-Olympic Test Event Regatta in Qingdao last month.
And Ainslie, who was part of the Team New Zealand squad that challenged for
America’s Cup honours in Valencia this year, is joined at WPNSA by Skandia
Team GBR teammate and Sydney Olympic Finn gold medallist Iain Percy,
another 2007 America’s Cup veteran.
The RYA National Match Racing Series consists of six qualifying events,
which kicked off this year with the BUSA Championships in March. Winners of
all qualifying events go through to the Championship Finals taking place at
WPNSA from 12-14 October. — RYA, http://www.rya.org.uk
CONGRATULATIONS TO FRANCK CAMMAS & CREW ON “GROUPAMA III”
Gori propeller is the chosen brand of propeller for high performance multi
hulls and grand prix yachts, including GROUPAMA III, which broke the record
crossing the Atlantic in less than 4 days, with an average speed of 28.1
knots.
Gori propeller when folded does not auto rotate, and has the lowest drag of
all sailboat propellers. Find out more at http://www.gori-propeller.com
DOGS OFF CHAINS
Porto Cervo, Italy: Mistral winds gusting at approximately 35-40 knots over
the whole of Sardinia forced the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Race Committee
to cancel racing for today in the Rolex TP52 Global Championship.
A low pressure system which has moved in from northern Europe and is now
centred over northern Italy is causing the strong north-westerly winds
according to onsite meteorologist Filippo Petrucci. The system has also
lowered temperatures by approximately 10 degrees since yesterday and will
remain over Sardinia throughout tomorrow although winds will begin to calm
while on Friday they are expected to move round to south-southeast and drop
to approximately 15 knots.
The TP52 class association held an owner’s meeting yesterday at the YCCS
Clubhouse during which the first class president was elected: British
Sailor John Cook, owner of Cristabella.
Racing is scheduled to continue tomorrow at 11.am with a long coastal race
around the islands of the La Maddalena archipelago.
* Too much wind at Cannes for the 12 Meter Worlds… With the Mistral
blowing 40 knots just to the west of Cannes, a strong downpour of rain and
a swirling wind blowing between 10 and 25 knots and shifting from Northwest
to Northeast and back, the committee decided to keep the fleet at the dock
today.
When you think about the time and effort that everyone put in to be here it
is sad when you get a group of boats together and can’t race. I feel
particularily bad for the owners. I guess that is why we have series of
races in our sport! — Paul Cayard, http://cayardsailing.com
GBR AND USA START WELL AT TEAM RACING WORLDS
Gandia, Spain: Great Britain 2 And USA 1 leading the general classification
after the opening day of racing at the ISAF Team Racing Worlds in Gandia,
Spain.
Wind marked the start of the competition, causing a delay to the expected
timetable, but it did nothing to halt the progress of GBR 2 and USA 1, who
lead the classification after winning all their races on Tuesday. The three
Spanish teams had quite different results: ESP 1 won twice, whilst ESP 2
and the ESP 3 scored one win apiece.
Fifty-two of the 72 scheduled races were completed, with the favourites
justifying their billing.
Those most important teams have achieved what was expected winning all the
races in which they took part. GBR2 and USA1 had six consecutive and
dominant wins. The other two GBR representatives, GBR 1 and GBR 3, did not
have such good results with three wins and three defeats for the later and
GBR 1 also losing a match. The USA 2, the second American team, started
really well, but was clearly beaten by GBR 1. The Australian team, one of
the strongest candidates for the Gandia trophy, has won one and lost four
with Murray Jones; as for AUS 2 and AUS 3, they have three and four
victories respectively. Of the team Irish teams, IRL 1 was in the best
position at the end of the day, achieving three wins, in the six races. IRL
2 scored two wins, whilst IRL 3 only got one. The only Japanese team in the
competition remains winless.
As for the Spanish teams, ESP 1, representing the Comunitat Valenciana, had
two wins against IRL 2 and IRL 3. The “derby” between the other two
representatives was won by ESP 2, and finally ESP-3 has had its first and
only win against GBR 3. — ISAF, http://sailing.org
Event site: http://www.rcngandia.com/team
HERE WE GO AGAIN !
Ericsson Racing Team will shortly take delivery of the very first new
generation VOR70 rig at their state of the art facility in Kista, Sweden.
Global Yacht Transportation specialist Peters & May collected the 32 metre
mast from Southern Spars in New Zealand and loaded the carbon rig onto a
vessel bound for Northern Europe.
Whilst this is the first new generation VOR70 rig to emerge from Southern
Spars, the job of preparing Ericsson for training started several months
ago for Peters & May with the installation of training equipment at their
base in Lanzarote.
http:www.petersandmay.com
GAASTRA DUTCH OPEN MATCH RACING
Rotterdam, Netherlands: On Saturday 6 October the Gaastra Dutch Open Match
Racing 2007 starts with a competitive international fleet. During two days,
twelve teams will compete on the Kralingse Plas. Six of them have a foreign
nationality. The organization – the Dutch J22 class and the Rotterdam
Sailing Club – invited those crews to come to the Netherlands. With seven
competitors from the international top 100 and quite some Dutch talents it
is guaranteed to become an exciting weekend. The organization will have
J22´s at its disposal to sail the races, which are led by Theo Smits from
the Rotterdam Sailing Club.
The highest ranking skipper is Carst Kemmling from Germany, who is
thirtieth on the ISAF World ranking from August 2007. After him comes Jelle
Roos (46), who recently won three Grade 3-events with Klaartje Zuiderbaan
on the foredeck. — Diana Bogaards
The complete fleet consists of the following skippers:
1. Cartsen Kemmling (FRA), 30th place ISAF Ranking
2. Jelle Roos (NED), 46th
3. Max Gurgel (GER), 56th
4. Christian Ponthieu (FRA), 58th
5. Rui Boia (POR), 59th
6. Fabio Mazzoni (ITA), 68th
7. Marcus Bohren (SUI), 98th
8. Gaston Loos (NED), 146th
9. Jeroen den Boer (NED), 175th
10. Persijn Brongers (NED), 218th
11. Jurjen Feitsma (NED), 282th
12. Lennart Gernand (NED), -
COULD BE STEVE FOSSETT’S TRACK…
Relying on new leads from Air Force experts, crews looking for famed
aviator Steve Fossett plan to comb a rugged area near Death Valley by air
and foot, authorities said Tuesday.
Gary Derks, the state Department of Public Safety official in charge of the
search, said the Air Force analyzed images picked up by radar and satellite
and “picked up what could be Mr. Fossett, his track.”
“It gives us an idea, if it’s him, what direction he was going,” Derks said
of the wealthy adventurer, missing for more than three weeks.
Derks said the area stretches about 100 miles to the southeast from where
Fossett took off September 3, an airstrip on a million-acre ranch owned by
hotel mogul Barron Hilton. Maps show the area would include Nevada’s remote
Silver Peak Range, close to Death Valley National Park in California.
“There’s nothing definite, nothing concrete,” Derks said. “These are just
some hits that we want to track.” — Full article on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09
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* From Len Davies: Ref Bob Fisher’s summation in # 1323 of the AC scenario
as it presently stands, I can only propose three large cheers and gins for
the Fish whose opinion is never far off target!
THE LAST WORD
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush
stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware
of the danger – but recognize the opportunity. — Richard Milhous Nixon
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