tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11161762432137563662024-03-13T13:39:51.969+13:00SailRaceWin... what Kiwis do all over the world!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8652125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-49805241069488427772015-05-18T04:40:00.002+12:002015-05-18T04:40:27.083+12:00ArMen Race : Good racing for allby Anne Hinton<br />
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The 2015 ArMen Race from La Trinite
sur Mer started a day late this year due to a storm in Brittany on
Thursday 14th May for which a Figaro sailor Yoann Richomme who went
training from Port La Foret reported a steady 31 knots with gusts up to
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Racing finally got underway at 8AM on 15th May with three different
courses for competitors depending on size/speed of boat: the MOD70 Oman
Sail skippered by Roland Jourdain together with the IMOCAs and
Multi50s had the longest course but nonetheless the Omani crew once
again achieved the line honours victory as with the previous year<br />
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Omanis found the ArMen Race this year to be a walk in the park after
achieving boatspeeds over 30 knots at the Grand Prix Guyader earlier
this month and experiencing winds of up to 38 knots on their subsequent
Round Ireland Record and described the ArMen Race as just like a
training session<br />
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The two IMOCAs had a good battle with
Paul Meilhat racing SMA (the former MACIF of Francois Gabart) with
Michel Desjoyeaux on board finally getting the better of Tanguy de
Lamotte in Initiatives Coeur despite tricky current and wave conditions<br />
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the Multi50s the close contest between FenetreA Prysmian with
Giancarlo Pedote joining Erwan Le Roux and crew in practice for the
Transat Jacques Vabre later this year and Arkema of Lalou Roucayrol was
decided in favour of the former and much discussion of tactics still
ongoing between the two teams after the prizegiving<br />
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the Mini class Arkema was victorious with Quentin Vlamnyck while
Solidaires en Peloton took the Class 40s with her skipper commenting
that there had been slightly less competition in that class than with
the eight boats at Grand Prix Guyader earlier in the month
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Amidst the other classes a much appreciated competitor was one of the Eric Tabarly boats Pen Duick III<br />
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Race officer Yves Le Blevec (who is one of those with funding for a future large multi for planetary <br />
records) is to be congratulated on combining with his team to provide excellent racing for all in this fifth edition of the race at the end of a hectic session for him as he was also race officer for the Mini en Mai the previous week which racing also had to be modified due to storms in the Bay of Biscay<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-74726414772516607312015-05-18T03:33:00.000+12:002015-05-18T03:33:28.528+12:00The Unseen Hand – Oman Sail’s Boatbuilders<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Article compiled from interviews with Phil Rivett and Mohammed Al Shikely in Lorient in 2013, together with other material supplied by Oman Sail and their website</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Phil Rivett, Oman Sail's Head Boatbuilder. Image copyright Xaume Olleros for Red Bull Content Pool/Extreme Sailing Series</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;">The unseen workers at any sailing event are often those who do the hardest and most crucial work: the boatbuilders. Oman Sail’s training programme includes this aspect of the sport of sailing, as well as the on-the-water, sailing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;">Head Boatbuilder with Oman Sail is Phil Rivett, 33, who hails from Australia. Phil is very friendly and approachable, and extremely good at explaining how to do things and then leaving people to try the task for themselves and learn from any mistakes they make, and then patiently going over any issues, all of which provides the best possible learning environment. One example that I saw was Phil explaining about when stitching is and isn’t needed when splicing ropes and then leaving the Omani trainee boatbuilders to go ahead and do it alone and join the ropes.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Phil Rivett’s immense experience with boatbuilding includes the around-the-world campaigns of Ellen MacArthur and Emma Richards, plus the Volvo Ocean Race ABN Amro and Ericsson yachts, the Swedish America’s Cup Victory challenger and Al Busaidi’s circumnavigation; the first recorded by an Omani sailor. </span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1116176243213756366" name="__DdeLink__56_302390733"></a> <span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Between supporting the Extreme 40 programme, Phil then moved to looking after the A100 Oman Air Majan, then the MOD70, Musandam, for the 2012 and 2013 racing around Europe and then the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre to Brazil last November, as well as carrying out some work on the M34 for the Tour de France à la Voile campaign. There being two Oman Sail-run Extreme 40s on the Extreme Sailing Series again this year, with The Wave Muscat and Oman Air, Phil has moved into supporting this circuit once more. Phil isn’t bothered about going sailing himself; he justs loves working on boats and ensuring that they are in excellent condition for the sailors to race to victory. “We are a team,” points out Loik, “and each and every one of us has a key role to play.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;">In 2013 the Oman Sail boatbuilding team in Lorient, the European HQ of Oman Sail, consisted of:</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;">Phil Rivett, Head Boatbuilder, who has extensive experience from large solo around-the-world campaigns and as boatbuilder for winning Volvo Ocean Race teams</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In 2013, Mohammed was in his fifth year with Oman Sail. “I first worked on the large trimaran [A100] Musandam – the first one – and now I am working on another Musandam, the MOD70. I worked on the first Musandam for sixth months and after that on Majan for six months. After Majan, I did the Extreme 40s for three years. In this, my fifth year, I am working on Musandam [the MOD70].” </span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US">Prior to coming to Oman Sail, Mohammed studied in college for a year and learnt English. He was doing a technology course. When the chance to work with Oman Sail came up, he left college immediately! Asked what he would have done if the chance to work with Oman Sail had not come along, Mohammed replied “Business – working for the economy”; very different – working with figures and talking to people, whereas the boat work is technology-based and practical. </span> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;">In 2013 there were three Omani trainee boatbuilders who travelled and another three or four based in Oman. “I went back to Oman [in 2013] for an Extreme 40 refit,” said Phil. “We had to make moulds, so it was interesting to show the trainees a different side to boatbuilding, and not just do things over night as we fix the boats in the fleet racing [for the Extreme Sailing Series]. Also, the boys are learning painting skills, so just developing all sides. We will send the boys to technical college shortly to start learning the theory and that helps them as well.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“<span lang="en-US">There has been a lot of on the job training. We have some pretty amazing boats. We’ve got a couple of Extreme 40s, and the MOD which is the flagship of the fleet. They are all different boats, so a lot of the skill set is around the boats. There are a lot of different things to do on an MOD70,” says Phil.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">“<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There are cleans and check-ups with the Extreme 40s too [cleaning the boat thoroughly is used as a means to check for items that need to be repaired], so there are so many different things, the winch system on the boat, the hydraulic system, ropes, glassfibre work, and the structure, so it’s a bit of everything on a bigger vessel. Just making sure they do the things once, not twice.” At present the Omani trainee boatbuilders are doing things on a boat on an as-needed basis. The emphasis is very much on only doing things once, and doing them well, rather than having to repeat the work. </span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">While Oman Sail will always need boatbuilders, the idea is to train up the Omanis so that they can work in boatbuilding teams all over the world. “One of our boys back in Oman got requested for one of the teams [Artemis] on the RC44 circuit. That is a great achievement, for him and myself. Hilal al Zadjali had been with the company for three years. He started working on the structure and then we moved him to the technical side of things. He showed initiative and we wanted to give him a bigger skill set and help him, so it progressed from there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">“<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Eventually the guys will be able to go to other teams. There are three guys who could potentially go to the Volvo already. They would be very green, but in terms of the things they need to know, they are already halfway there.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Omani boatbuilders have a variety of different backgrounds. “Mohammed was 22 when he joined us,” said Phil. “He was in his local village looking after his family and the great thing about the Omani culture is that they do miss their family. Hilal is very practical. He</span></span><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">was very young. He came straight out of school.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Prior to coming to Oman Sail, Mohammed studied in college for a year and learnt English. He was doing a technology course. When the chance to work with Oman Sail came up, he left college immediately! Asked what he would have done if the chance to work with Oman Sail had not come along, Mohammed replied “Business – working for the economy”; very different – working with figures and talking to people, whereas the boat work is technology-based and practical. </span></span> </span></span></div>
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Sarah Steyaert and Julie Bossard campaigning to represent France in the 49er FX class, the new Olympic Women's double-handed skiff class. <br />
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This is a modified version of the male high performance skiff that has been sailed in the olympics since the Sydney games in 2000.<br />
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This type of boat really encompasses the spirit of the Olympics with athleticism, balance, skill and daring!<br />
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Support them and join their journey to bring home an Olympic Medal from Rio in 2016.<br />
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"It is as hard to describe the fascination of the sea as to explain the beauty of a woman.<br />
For, to each man, either it is self-evident, or no argument can help him see it."<br />
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Claud Worth, 1926<br />
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<a href="http://www.sealaunay.com/">SeaLaunay</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-56695753899828941242014-05-27T15:07:00.000+12:002014-05-27T15:07:42.631+12:00Delta Lloyd Regatta : Three Bronze Medals for the Australian Sailing Team<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bX1K3Y1n-z-fXdwCWpiZTM8_YCuEcs0gUlb1s4F_1rxLgfEW_k_6PWLIIHxipaz6IGL70t7gFnbqiaPfSYDqAuLeJ4mQ6s52DFBDzWSdyeDf9ik6uSbWLWcVkpLflkgG79V7AYWcU5Q/s1600/14_020982_DeltaLloydRegatta2014Sander_van_der_Borch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bX1K3Y1n-z-fXdwCWpiZTM8_YCuEcs0gUlb1s4F_1rxLgfEW_k_6PWLIIHxipaz6IGL70t7gFnbqiaPfSYDqAuLeJ4mQ6s52DFBDzWSdyeDf9ik6uSbWLWcVkpLflkgG79V7AYWcU5Q/s400/14_020982_DeltaLloydRegatta2014Sander_van_der_Borch.jpg" /></a></div>Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis finished with the Bronze medal at Delta Lloyd Regatta 2014. Image copyright Sander van der Borch<br />
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by Cora Zillich<br />
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The 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands concluded on Saturday 24, May with three bronze medals for Australian Sailing Crews in the Olympic Nacra 17 and Finn classes as well as in the Paralympic Sonar class.<br />
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The regatta is an annual event on the European sailing calendar attracting some of the world’s best Olympic and Paralympic campaigners. The Australian Sailing Team (AST) was represented with two crews in the Paralympic classes (2.4mR, Sonar) and three crews in the Olympic Classes (Nacra 17 and Laser). In addition, four crews from the Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) competed at Medemblik in the Finn, Laser Radial and Nacra 17.<br />
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In the Nacra 17, it was really a three boat race for the medals between the Hyères World Cup silver medallists Billy Besson and Marie Riou (FRA), Franck Cammas and Sophie de Turckheim (FRA) and Australia’s Darren Bundock (NSW) and Nina Curtis (NSW). Just 10 points separated them before the final race day, while there was a 15-point gap to fourth.<br />
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Finishing sixth in the medal race Bundock and Nina Curtis won the bronze medal to make it three third places at their last three regattas, including the two World Cups at Palma, Spain and Hyères, France.<br />
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All part of the plan as Bundock explains with a smile: “Simple plan. 2014 we finish third in all regattas, 2015 second, 2016 first. Simple.”<br />
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Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) finished overall 6th, while AST crew Euan McNicol and Lucinda Whitty did not race at Medemblik. ASS Victorian crew Pip Pietromonaco and James Wierzbowski finished 22nd.<br />
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With four AST/ASS crews on the racing circuit it is a competitive yet supportive environment as Lisa Darmanin explains.<br />
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“We’re very competitive against our Australian squad, but we’re also working in unison because we all know how much we need to learn to be able to keep up with all the other guys.” <br />
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And about their performance in Medemblik she added: “We had a pretty good regatta and we finished off with a good medal race. The result wasn’t that good, but the race was good. We’re racing a lot better and our teamwork is improving all the time so we are happy.”<br />
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In the Finn class Australian Sailing Squad’s Jake Lilley has plenty to be happy with after adding a bronze in Holland to his successful Europe stint winning the European Junior Championships a couple weeks ago and a solid French World Cup in Hyères at the end of April.<br />
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The 20-year old Queenslander continues to grow and learn and has his eyes firmly set on more:<br />
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“I am happy to finish third, but not satisfied. Next year we will be back and trying to secure the gold. The week was super tricky with some challenging conditions thrown at us. I reveled in the medium winds and was able to improve my weaknesses in lighter conditions, which has been a real positive.”<br />
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“To fight out this week with PJ Postma from NED, who came 4th at the 2012 Olympics, and to train and gain experience racing against him was invaluable and will hold us in good stead for our next event in Kiel and then finally the ISAF worlds.”<br />
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About his goals ahead he added: “Over the next few months we will ramp up our preparation for the ISAF World in Kiel as well as training for Santander. We already have a whole new list of things to improve and to work on so we can aim for the top ten come the World Championships. For now, it's time to go home, get some rest and refine more points that we are working on.”<br />
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In other Olympic fleet results AST’s Matt Wearn (WA) finished 7th in the Laser while Australian Sailing Squad’s Laser radial sailors Krystal Weir (VIC) and Ashley Stoddart (QLD) finished 12th and 19th respectively. The European Laser and Laser Radial Championships in Croatia (9-14 June 2014) will be the next stop for them.<br />
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In the Paralympic fleets, Australia’s Paralympians Colin Harrison (WA), Russell Boaden (WA) and Jonathan Harris (NSW) finished Medemblik with another podium finish in the Sonar after their third place at the World Cup in Hyères. <br />
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The crew will now head back to Australia to train before heading to the IFDS World Championship in Halifax, NS, Canada in August (16-24 August 2014).<br />
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Tasmanian and London Paralympian Matt Bugg had an unlucky regatta with a DNF earlier in the event due to a water pump failure and an OCS on the last day, which resulted in a drop from 2nd to 6th in the final race.<br />
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Bugg will race the EUROSAF event Sail for Gold in Weymouth (7-12 June) as well as the 2.4mR European Championship in the Netherlands at the end of June (30 June – 4 July). <br />
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Video wrap-up of Australian participation at Medemblik 2014:<br />
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For all results see here: <a href="http://results.deltalloydregatta.org/">http://results.deltalloydregatta.org/</a><br />
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Australian Sailing is the performance arm of Yachting Australia in partnership with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and with support from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC). The Australian Sailing Team is the national representative team for Olympic and Paralympic class sailing.<br />
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The Australian Sailing Squad is the development program of the Australian Sailing Team and provides the pathway from elite youth to Olympic level competition.<br />
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For more information, updates and pictures, follow the Australian Sailing Team on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSailingTeam">Facebook</a> and on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/AusSailingTeam">@AusSailingTeam</a> #AusSailing.<br />
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<b>About the Delta Lloyd Regatta</b><br />
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The 30th Delta Lloyd Regatta was held from 20-24 May 2014 in Medemblik, The Netherlands, with racing being held for nine Olympic classes, three Paralympic classes and two exhibition events. In 2014 it brings together 351 entries from 51 nations. <br />
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The 30th Delta Lloyd Regatta was the second event in the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup 2014. The other events are the Garda Trentino Olympic Week, which was held in early May, Sail for Gold in the UK in early June and Kieler Woche in Germany at the end of June. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-77339041029187725882014-05-27T14:50:00.000+12:002014-05-27T14:50:00.339+12:00Normandy Channel Race : L'Express Trepia, Race Leader Update from Pierre-Yves Lautrou and Christophe Breschi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiF-uY_aTopWCTDfpwhrZ7Fk6cF3VSPy-AEcKUc8X_yRA6wk3gvqDHkMLWBooNq_S3h3oecwC6fgICPaCAsoszL3L0f_Qb5nnbJV5VMguR3fL4CZkf5LvQsf421fee_5LMLHgEobAIwk/s1600/10415626_511353168992334_25217080654811001_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiF-uY_aTopWCTDfpwhrZ7Fk6cF3VSPy-AEcKUc8X_yRA6wk3gvqDHkMLWBooNq_S3h3oecwC6fgICPaCAsoszL3L0f_Qb5nnbJV5VMguR3fL4CZkf5LvQsf421fee_5LMLHgEobAIwk/s400/10415626_511353168992334_25217080654811001_n.jpg" /></a></div>L'Express Trepia. Image copyright Christophe Breschi<br />
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Pierre-Yves Lautrou et Thomas Ruyant à bord du nouveau Pogo S3 sont en tête de la Normandie Channel Race, mais tout reste très serré. <br />
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Maître pétole et les depressions orageuses, n'ont pas dit leur dernier mots!!!!!<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/christophe.breschi">Christophe Breschi</a><br />
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The spinnaker takedown is the hardest job on the boat. To paraphrase the <i>Soling Manual</i>, in an article reproduced from elsewhere... "On a big boat, you know, SORC or Admiral's Cup, behind the wheel, left of the LORAN-C, there lies a button labelled "spinnaker takedown"...<br />
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<b>Day Three</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.lesregates.com/cote-mer/regates/le-havre-all-mer-cup-2014">Le Havre Allmer Cup</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-15070222964717782252014-05-27T13:45:00.002+12:002014-05-27T13:45:22.504+12:00Grand Prix Bodensee Match Race : Nicolai Sehested (DEN) Gewinnt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkLUvDTCy72PL8YwH3cfkgoLNz05h-n90Z2O6AUiU2GtdTq4BWfr_PcKes60cKSau_kq2ztrckC6MSZQjI8IkHIDovMlDk2EE_UyY4XttBEtpLIPw3aCnse-FulNUft66oQJw5P0Gego/s1600/Finale-Grand-Prix-Bodensee-Sehested-vor-monnin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkLUvDTCy72PL8YwH3cfkgoLNz05h-n90Z2O6AUiU2GtdTq4BWfr_PcKes60cKSau_kq2ztrckC6MSZQjI8IkHIDovMlDk2EE_UyY4XttBEtpLIPw3aCnse-FulNUft66oQJw5P0Gego/s400/Finale-Grand-Prix-Bodensee-Sehested-vor-monnin.jpg" /></a></div>Monnin (SUI) left vs. Sehested (DEN) on the right in the final of the Grand Prix Bodensee Match Race 2014. Supplied image<br />
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von Felix Somm<br />
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Segelsport auf höchstem Weltniveau zeigten die Spitzenteams im Finale des Grand Prix Bodensee am Sonntag in der Konstanzer Bucht. Beeindruckend und faszinierend für die Zuschauer war speziell der “Tanz der Boote” im Vorstart um die beste Startposition. Mit einem Matchverlust und zwei darauffolgenden Siegen bezwang das dänische Team TREFOR Match Racing mit Skipper Nicolai Sehested das Swiss Match Race Team mit Skipper Eric Monnin im Finale und wurde Sieger des Grand Prix.<br />
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<b>Finale Grand Prix Bodensee - Sehested vor Monnin</b><br />
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Zum ersten Mal wurde während der Internationalen Bodenseewoche auch das “Grand Prix Bodensee – Internationale Bodenseewoche Match Race” durchgeführt.<br />
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Elf hochmotivierte Top Match Race Teams aus neun Nationen – alle in den Top 80 der Weltrangliste vertreten – trafen sich am Wochenende 23.-25. Mai zu einem hochkarätigen Grade 2 Match Race am Schweizer Seeufer zwischen Konstanz und Kreuzlingen.<br />
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Als Favoriten für die vordersten Ränge waren die Teams von Nicolai Sehested aus Dänemark (Weltrangliste 6), Eric Monnin aus der Schweiz (WR 9) und Pierre-Antoine Morvan aus Frankreich (WR 10) gesetzt.<br />
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Match Race wird im Cupsystem ausgetragen. Jeweils 2 Teams segeln auf identischen Booten gegeneinander. Der Gewinner kommt eine Runde weiter und so wird über Viertelfinale, Halbfinale und Finale der Sieger ermittelt. An diesem Wochenende segelten die elf Teams jeweils zu viert auf sechs blu26 Booten (bluboats), die vom Jugend Regatta Förderverein, dem Veranstalter des Grand Prix Bodensee, zur Verfügung gestellt wurden.<br />
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Bereits am Freitag konnten bei leichtem aber konstanten Wind die ersten 12 Flights der Round Robin mit 36 Matches gesegelt werden. Nach zehn Stunden auf dem Wasser waren die Segler und auch die vielen ehrenamtlichen Helfer schon ganz schön müde und waren froh, dass sie es zur Pastaparty in der Sealounge nicht mehr so weit hatten.<br />
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Am Samstagvormittag wurden die restlichen Matches der Round Robin zu Ende gesegelt. Nach der Round Robin führte das Swiss Match Race Team mit Eric Monnin vor TREFOR Match Racing mit Nicolai Sehested und Vannes Agglo Sailing Team mit Pierre-Antoine Morvan. Das junge Innotio Match RaceTeam vom Schülersegelclub Konstanz mit Skipper Adrian Maier Ring überraschte mit sechs Siegen und dem hervorragenden 4. Rang.<br />
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<b>Achtelfinale Lipavski (RUS) gegen Bodensee Jugendteam Maier-Ring (GER,SSCK)</b><br />
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Gegen Mittag startete die Wettfahrtleitung unter der Leitung von Ivo Gonzenbach das Viertelfinale mit den acht besten Teams der Vorrunde:<br />
Eric Monnin (SUI) gegen Florian Haufe (GER),<br />
Nicolai Sehested (DEN) gegen Victor Ogeman (SWE),<br />
Patryk Zbroja (POL) gegen Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA),<br />
Vladimir Lipavsky (RUS) gegen Adrian Maier-Ring (GER)<br />
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Die “jungen Wilden” vom Innotio Match Race Team vom Bodensee (Schüler Segelclub Konstanz) schieden im Viertelfinale gegen das erfahrene russische Team mit 2-1 aus. Bis dahin hatten sie an ihrem ersten internationalen Grade 2 Anlass aber eine hervorragende Leistung gezeigt und unerschrocken gegen die Weltelite gekämpft. Mit einem hervorragenden fünften Platz zeigten sie, dass sie auf dem Weg zur Weltspitze sind.<br />
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Da am Sonntagmorgen der Wind ausblieb, mussten die Halbfinale auf ein Match reduziert werden. Aus den beiden Halbfinalbegegnungen gingen Nicolai Sehested (DEN) und Eric Monnin (SUI) als Sieger und damit als Finalteilnehmer hervor.<br />
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Die im Halbfinale unterlegenen Teams von Vladimir Lipavsky (RUS) und Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) segelten im kleinen Finale um Platz 3.<br />
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Am Sonntagnachmittag entwickelte sich dann nochmals ein herrlicher Ostwind mit 2-3 Bf – also perfekte Finalbedingungen. Die beiden Finalteilnehmer zeigten Segelsport auf allerhöchstem Weltniveau und begeisterten die Zuschauer auf dem Wasser und an Land mit perfekten Manövern, taktischen Glanzleistungen und schnellen Spinackerfahrten.<br />
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<b>Spannende Zweikämpfe beim Finale zwischen Sehested und Monnin</b><br />
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Nachdem Eric Monnin im ersten Match einen Sieg vorlegte, waren die Dänen unter Druck und mussten das zweite Match gewinnen. Nicolai Sehested schaffte den Ausgleich und so ging es in den allesentscheidenden dritten Finalmatch. Nachdem Monnin den Start für sich entscheiden konnte, griff Sehested auf dem ersten Kreuzkurs mit allen Registern an und konnte sich an der ersten Wendemarke die Führung erobern. Das Duell setzte sich unter Spi fort, aber Sehested konnte einen minimalen Vorsprung auf den zweiten Kreuzkurs gegen den Wind retten. Auf diesem Kurs konnten die Dänen ihre Führung dann durch optimales Ausnutzen der Winddreher ausbauen und unter Spinacker ins Ziel bringen und so den GrandPrix Bodensee mit 2:1 gewonnenen Finalmatches für sich entscheiden.<br />
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Mit Unterstützung des Wellnesshotel Golfpanorama, Lipperswil und der Bodenseearena, Kreuzlingen konnte dem internationalen Schiedsrichterteam und den Seglern optimale Unterkunftsbedingungen und eine perfekte Sportinfrastruktur zur Verfügung gestellt werden.<br />
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Der Jugend Regatta Förderverein bedankt sich herzlich bei all seinen Sponsoren und Unterstützer, insbesondere bei bauen.ch, Wellnesshotel GolfPanorama, Giachen Racing St. Moritz, Promot, dem Yachtclub Kreuzlingen, der Stadt Kreuzlingen, dem Sportamt Thurgau, den befreundeten Clubs, die Motorboote und Helfer zur Verfügung gestellt haben – immerhin täglich 25 ehrenamtliche Helfer, die die Durchführung dieses wichtigen Grade 2 Match Race möglich gemacht haben.<br />
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<b>Grand Prix vor Konstanz</b><br />
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Der Grand Prix Bodensee war ein gelungener Event und die Teilnehmer waren von den Segelbedingungen auf dem Bodensee beeindruckt und begeistert.<br />
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<b>Rangliste:</b><br />
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1. Nicolai Sehested (DEN)<br />
2. Eric Monnin (SUI)<br />
3. Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA)<br />
4. Vladimir Lipavsky (RUS)<br />
5. Adrian Maier-Ring, GER (SSCK)<br />
6. Patrick Zbroja, POL<br />
7. Victor Ogeman, SWE<br />
8. Florian Haufe, GER<br />
9. Christian Binder, AUT<br />
10. Max Trippolt; AUT<br />
11. Philip Bendon, IRL<br />
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<a href="http://matchrace-bodensee.com/segeln/sehested_gewinnt_grandprix/">Grand Prix Bodensee Match Race</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-75110284344500048432014-05-27T13:38:00.000+12:002014-05-27T13:38:09.620+12:00Grand Prix Bodensee Match Race : Dès que le vent soufflera ...par Vannes Agglo Sailing Team (final day report)<br />
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Aujourd'hui à Kreuzlingen, jour de finales, jour de pétole, jour de peu de matchs... Rappel des faits : hier en fin de journée se sont déroulés les premiers matchs des demi-finales. Nous sommes menés 1 à 0 par les danois du jeune Sehested. La situation est loin d'être désespérée, puisque les demies se jouent au meilleur des 5 manches, et que nous avons identifié nos erreurs sur ce premier match.<br />
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Malheureusement, ce matin en nous levant, nous déchantons vite : le lac est un miroir dans lequel le ciel, sans un nuage, se reflète… Le comité confirme qu 'il n'attend rien avant 11h – 11h30… Le début de journée se passe donc dans l'attente et la gestion de la concentration : gréer le bateau, l'amener sur la zone de course, attendre… passer sur le comité prendre de l'eau, attendre… retour à terre, attendre… retour sur l'eau à la première risée, attendre… Et puis à un moment, il faut se rendre à l'évidence : les quelques risées qui, de ci de là, frisent la surface de l'eau, ne sont que d'éphémères zéphyrs qui ne troublent guère que les cols verts, foulques, pélicans et autres grèbes. Le comité décide donc de passer directement aux finales. La finale se jouera donc entre les Monin (Suisse) et notre bourreau Sehested, tandis que nous allons affronter le russe Lipavsky pour la troisième place. Comme dans un mauvais film, c'est évidemment quelques minutes après cette décision que le vent se lève, 10 nœuds orientés comme hier après midi ...<br />
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Même si nous sommes déçus de cette demi-finale avortée, nous restons concentrés et gonflés à bloc. Sans doute aussi parce que nous avons faim de naviguer. Les deux matchs se ressemblent beaucoup : départ gagné (avec péno contre eux au premier match), contrôle au près, meilleurs manœuvres. En un mot, nous naviguons mieux que les russes et ne leur laissons aucune chance. Ces deux matchs font du bien après l'élimination : nous arrivons à aller vite tout en gardant la tête hors du bateau, donc en restant en phase avec le vent, en choisissant de contrôler ou de creuser l'écart… contre un adversaire certes un gros cran en dessous. Mais bon, tout n'est pas négatif !<br />
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Nous finissons cette régate en forme et globalement en confiance. Nous avons bel et bien lancé la saison 2014, tout en découvrant un nouvel équipier de talent en la personne d'Arthur. Cédric nous rejoint demain pour attaquer le gros morceau du mois de mai : Szczecin, qualifyer pour le World Tour polonais. Nous y retrouverons une partie des cards holders 2014, puisqu'avec le nouveau système de points il est maintenant possible de scorer au WMRT sur des gardes 2 et 1.<br />
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Bonne semaine à tous et rendez-vous demain en Pologne !<br />
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Kenavo.<br />
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PS : dans la liste des oiseaux qui peuplent le lac de Constance s'est glissé un intrus ; sauras-tu le retrouver ?<br />
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<a href="http://www.vannesagglo-sailingteam.com/blog/d%C3%A8s-que-le-vent-soufflera">Vannes Agglo Sailing Team</a><br />
<a href="http://matchrace-bodensee.com/segeln/regatten/">Grand Prix Bodensee Match Race</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-79752435917457599532014-05-27T13:10:00.000+12:002014-05-27T14:01:22.653+12:00Le Havre Allmer Cup : Deux manches courues ce lundi 26 mai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZInByHK6e_XR2fwcjg8wCcEatV6c5PUnCArfBD4OfRJH5uxt9I2zYdcHoIZOAxjekRjpwyrWKhiBJg000Xy5wpgLfOu1hNIa-KEB09PUBtHPTaXC4so1kgqc0jG2SNO2rayxatWtgQI/s1600/bandeau+communiqu%C3%A9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZInByHK6e_XR2fwcjg8wCcEatV6c5PUnCArfBD4OfRJH5uxt9I2zYdcHoIZOAxjekRjpwyrWKhiBJg000Xy5wpgLfOu1hNIa-KEB09PUBtHPTaXC4so1kgqc0jG2SNO2rayxatWtgQI/s400/bandeau+communiqu%C3%A9.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthD1W0yGBLbMYBibG-A6OVGyL4h5cMGYxj4bsPGuJM-bCwM-JFfb0zRJ6pu3mrphFwR9Jk9TzraGeDHtCP6ToPTJQqD3l2Jbs1d9TfWVzFpy7Bpg6Usfe28BJnc1jEetn4kDhV1F43-Q/s1600/10273520_575265262590696_4359027569212245945_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthD1W0yGBLbMYBibG-A6OVGyL4h5cMGYxj4bsPGuJM-bCwM-JFfb0zRJ6pu3mrphFwR9Jk9TzraGeDHtCP6ToPTJQqD3l2Jbs1d9TfWVzFpy7Bpg6Usfe28BJnc1jEetn4kDhV1F43-Q/s400/10273520_575265262590696_4359027569212245945_n.jpg" /></a></div>Fighting spirit from Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert); in the lead after Day 4 of Le Havre Allmer Cup. Image copyright Alexis Courcoux<br />
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par Marie-Astrid Parendeau<br />
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Deux manches ont été courues ce jour sur la Le Havre Allmer Cup. C’est d’abord sur un parcours côtier de 29 milles nautiques dans un flux de 15 nœuds et une mer un peu formée que les 21 figaristes se sont élancés en fin de matinée. Pointant en tête à mi-parcours à la bouée d’Etretat, Gildas Morvan a mené les débats sur cette manche, devançant Charlie Dalin et Paul Meilhat. Depuis le début de l’évènement, ces trois coureurs ont fait preuve d’une superbe régularité leur permettant de prendre doucement le large au classement général provisoire. Dans la foulée, le comité de course a envoyé les coureurs sur un deuxième parcours de type banane devant Le Havre, sur lequel Paul Meilhat et Vincent Biarnès se sont livrés un beau duel, remporté par le skipper de SMA. La journée s’est clôturée par le baptême du Figaro Bénéteau Normandy Elite Team de Charlie Dalin par les enfants de l’école de voile du SNPH (Sport nautique et plaisance de Havre).<br />
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<b>Paul Meilhat (SMA) :</b> <br />
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« C’était une belle journée avec une troisième et première place sur les parcours du jour. J’étais bien dans le match avec une bonne vitesse et une bonne stratégie, c’était très agréable. Ce qui m’énerve un petit peu c’est que les deux devant, Gildas et Charlie font eux aussi une superbe journée et sont bien positionnés au général. C’est sûr qu’ils naviguent bien et qu’ils sont très en forme, après on sait que le niveau est très homogène en Figaro. Ça va être dur de les battre sauf si demain je fais une autre bonne journée. Depuis le début de l’épreuve nous avons eu des conditions météorologiques très différentes, c’est ce que j’étais venu chercher sur cette course : des conditions variables de vent et des bords différents afin de pouvoir travailler nos manœuvres et nos départs et surtout faire des tests de vitesse… L’objectif est de peaufiner les derniers réglages avant la Solitaire du Figaro et sur ce point c’est très positif, nous avons eu toutes les conditions pour valider nos réglages de mâts ou de safrans par exemple. »<br />
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<b>Vincent Biarnes (Guyot Environnement) :</b><br />
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« Je suis forcément déçu de ma première manche, où je termine 16ème car je me suis fait embarquer à la côte où le vent était moins favorable. J’ai également l’impression que la renverse a eu lieu plus tard que ce que nous attendions, ce qui a vite créé d’importants écarts. En revanche, la deuxième banane était quasiment parfaite ! J’ai pris un bon départ, la flotte s’est vite scindée en deux et c’est passé par la gauche du plan d’eau, par le large avec une rotation favorable et du courant portant. Je m’en veux un peu parce que sur le deuxième bord de près, je n’ai pas vu la bouée et je suis un peu hors cadre. C’est comme cela que SMA a réussi à me passer devant, à juste une longueur. Je l’ai attaqué un peu sous spi sur la fin du parcours mais il n’a pas craqué ! Il a bien joué et c’était une belle bagarre pour finir 2 petites secondes derrière lui. »<br />
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<b>Laetitia Brière (Prestataire logistique de l’équipe Safran – Guy Cotten) :</b><br />
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« Sur la Le Havre Allmer Cup, j’accompagne Gwénolé Gahinet et suis en charge de la logistique de son projet. C’est à dire que je m’occupe en règle générale des hébergements, de l’intendance à terre et de l’avitaillement du bateau. Je soulage Gwénolé dans toutes les petites tâches du quotidien pour que celui-ci puisse se concentrer sur sa course et sur la performance de son bateau. De plus, j’interviens également dans la mise à jour des réseaux sociaux du skipper. Pour Gwénolé, l’exercice est un peu plus compliqué et malgré un résultat en demi-teinte, il reste toujours enthousiaste et content d’être sur l’eau. Il apprend beaucoup sur cette compétition et garde en toute circonstance un esprit positif. C’est très agréable de travailler avec lui. Etant sur place, c’est plus facile de faire vivre son actualité à l’aide de brèves ou de vidéos. Nous avons un superbe accueil sur cette épreuve, la ville du Havre et la Société des Régates du Havre sont à la hauteur de leur réputation. »<br />
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<b>Classement général provisoire après 6 courses:</b><br />
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1 - Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert) 23 pts<br />
2 - Charlie Dalin (Normandy Elite Team) 24 pts<br />
3 - Paul Meilhat (SMA) 30 pts<br />
4 - Fabien Delahaye (Skipper Macif 2012) 61 pts<br />
5 - Adrien Hardy (Agir recouvrement) 73 pts<br />
6 - Xavier Macaire (Skipper Hérault) 75 pts<br />
7 - Vincent Biarnès (Guyot environnement) 80 pts<br />
8 - Nicolas Jossier (In Extenso) 89 pts<br />
9 - Corentin Horeau (Bretagne Crédit Mutuel Performance) 91 pts<br />
10 - Alexis Loison (Groupe FIVA) 96 pts<br />
11 - Sam Goodchild (Team Plymouth) 105 pts<br />
12 - Aymeric Arthaud (REEL) 106 pts<br />
13 - Joan Ahrweiler (Région Basse Normandie) 108 pts<br />
14 - Damien Guillou (La Solidarité Mutualiste) 113 pts<br />
15 - Yoann Richomme (Skipper Macif 2014) 117 pts<br />
16 - Sébastien Simon (Bretagne Crédit Mutuel Espoir) 121 pts<br />
17 - Frédéric Rivet (DFDS Seaways) 128 pts<br />
18 - Henry Bomby (Red) 137 pts<br />
19 - Jean-Paul Mouren (Groupe SNEF) 148 pts<br />
20 - Simon Troel (Adopte un figariste) 153 pts<br />
21 - Gwénolé Gahinet ( Safran - Guy Cotten) 156 pts<br />
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<a href="http://www.lesregates.com/cote-mer/regates/le-havre-all-mer-cup-2014">Le Havre Allmer Cup</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-44269844996845814682014-05-27T12:47:00.000+12:002014-05-27T12:47:53.283+12:00Nord Stream Race : America's Cup veteran to skipper Team China<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIjHMMPMxzSORCwQdup9QwTg5Fhs5fELo0eNPH3OV_su0CUeo4xdruCR5FqrCLh0Gk5atdbA3oXKNJT-BHb5f1bxL35qvACFJKsTe-4FGPFSNTYEIFwR7UV4m8UptFE1QOZWQw_rEekA/s1600/Lorenzo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIjHMMPMxzSORCwQdup9QwTg5Fhs5fELo0eNPH3OV_su0CUeo4xdruCR5FqrCLh0Gk5atdbA3oXKNJT-BHb5f1bxL35qvACFJKsTe-4FGPFSNTYEIFwR7UV4m8UptFE1QOZWQw_rEekA/s400/Lorenzo.png" /></a></div>Lorenzo Bortolotti will be racing onboard Team China © Nautor's Swan<br />
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by Cailah Leask<br />
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Team China is on track after a short build programme to take part in their first ever Nord Stream Race. This will be the most progressive entry to the Gazprom Swan 60 Class since its inception three years ago. The team will race on board the newly launched Swan 60, named Windward, which will be skippered by America’s Cup Veteran, Lorenzo Bortolotti.<br />
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Lorenzo Bortolotti, Skipper on board Team China spoke ahead of the race scheduled to start on the 30th May, this marks the first official competition for the Asian Swan 60. “The owner of Windward, Mr Fan, has set very ambitious targets for the 2014 sailing program involving a combination of competitive top-level racing. We are very happy to have been given this important challenge and are very satisfied with the results achieved during the preparation. I have a very strong team to race with and I am expecting great results this year in both the Nord Stream Race and throughout the rest of the Gazprom Swan 60 Circuit.”<br />
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Team China face a sophisticated line up of yacht racing names for this year’s Gazprom Swan 60 circuit. Team China will have studied past Swan 60 campaigns including Team Europe and current Gazprom Swan 60 World Champions, Team Russia. The success of Team Russia in 2013 has inspired Saint Petersburg Yacht Club to develop a second Russian team through an impressive youth development programme, the Gazprom Youth Sailing Challenge.<br />
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Igor Frolov, Skipper of Team Russia and Executive Director, Saint-Petersburg Yacht Club, Russia welcomes the unknown opponent, Team China, to the global mix of Swan 60 teams. “The new Asian contingent has definitely shaken up the Swan 60 fleet this year; it will be interesting measuring ourselves and the new Russian Youth Sailing Team against this unfamiliar international crew. I am hoping that our top flight experience within the core crew that has remained consistent through the racing evolution of the Gazprom Swan 60 Class will be sufficiently challenging again for 2014”. <br />
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Racing a Swan 60 for the third consecutive year will be Tim Kröger (GER) with his Team Europe. Tim has instructed multiple Volvo Ocean Race sailor and accomplished match racer, Magnus Woxén (SWE) to join his team again, Magnus provides the ultimate Nord Stream Race mix of offshore performance with inshore match racing skill. Tim will have additional back up on the longer overnight legs from Christian Scherrer (SWI), watch captain during the 1993/94 Whitbread Round the World Race and during the short in shore racing at Helinski, ISAF match racing World Champion, Piotr Przybylski (POL) mentored by the famous Karol Jablonski, will provide essential input.<br />
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The Swan 60s christen the start of the 2014 Gazprom Swan 60 Circuit on the 30th May racing 150 nautical miles offshore from Saint-Petersburg, Russia to Helsinki, Finland concluding leg one of the annual Nord Stream Race.<br />
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<b>Gazprom Swan 60 Class</b><br />
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The Gazprom Swan 60 Class was awarded ISAF Class status at the end of 2012 and the first official Class Circuit took place in 2013, incorporating the inaugural Gazprom Swan 60 World Championship into the circuit. The long term mission for the Gazprom Swan 60 Class is to grow and promote the Swan 60 as the best one-design racing option within the maxi size range that is also able to offer a family friendly comfortable cruising solution as required. <a href="http://www.gazpromswan60class.com">www.gazpromswan60class.com</a><br />
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<b>Nord Stream Race</b><br />
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Nord Stream Race 2014 is made up of two legs going across the whole of the Baltic Sea from Saint Petersburg (Russia) to Rostock-Warnemünde (Germany) stopping once in Helsinki (Finland). Just as last year the race is open to the Gazprom Swan 60 class and yachts under ORC handicap. The start for the 150 nautical mile medium-distance race from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki is on 29th of May 2014. In the Finnish capital the Swan 60s will compete in a match race series and the ORC yachts will have inshore races on their programme. On 2nd of June the fleet will leave for the 600 nautical mile long-distance race to Rostock-Warnemünde. The route then passes Gotland and Bornholm following the Nord Stream gas pipeline, the eponym of the regatta. Depending on wind strength and direction the boats will arrive at the finish in Warnemünde between 5th and 6th of June. Organisers of the top-class event are the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein together with Saint Petersburg Yacht Club in cooperation with Helsingfors Segelklubb. The Nord Stream Race was initiated in 2012 in order to connect the countries around the Baltic rim on a sporting level. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-41923512651072937352014-05-27T11:42:00.001+12:002014-05-27T15:52:18.616+12:00IMOCA New York - Barcelona : Gaes under the Spotlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyjec0cORoC5w-FfFar2cAer1e1FpGkf9CzNGt_VSeeaGBmG5_24YE-YRak2BTLoYUn4sUCE4UGlC41yOLKElRlbuqUnfctZkx-qvmvGOupClZ2n5B4sNEXkX8VCHkA955DsnYlklHl0/s1600/NYBCN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyjec0cORoC5w-FfFar2cAer1e1FpGkf9CzNGt_VSeeaGBmG5_24YE-YRak2BTLoYUn4sUCE4UGlC41yOLKElRlbuqUnfctZkx-qvmvGOupClZ2n5B4sNEXkX8VCHkA955DsnYlklHl0/s400/NYBCN.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4X4gTtV2bxOBBHwtQz5dOM7nLllWeo-FH-IbQBAP-I9HudWP4EGFtThM4yGC7bDcJjnHEyDoUk-YrPeFd9paAh-FaF517QvfaSIJIfTDrHZAOpW0CjwpAYNdMCucPCqeWGTRgH1C02BY/s1600/NeutSaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4X4gTtV2bxOBBHwtQz5dOM7nLllWeo-FH-IbQBAP-I9HudWP4EGFtThM4yGC7bDcJjnHEyDoUk-YrPeFd9paAh-FaF517QvfaSIJIfTDrHZAOpW0CjwpAYNdMCucPCqeWGTRgH1C02BY/s400/NeutSaf.jpg" /></a></div>Neutrogena trails Safran, as seen from Gaes. Image copyright Christophe Favreau<br />
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by Leslie Greenhalgh<br />
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For someone who is not a professional sailor, to go on a trip on an IMOCA 60 is a rare privilege. Charlotte Guillemot and Christophe Favreau, two of the communications team members of Open Sports Management (OSM), event organisers of the IMOCA Ocean Masters New York to Barcelona Race, were both able to take part in the prologue race between Newport, Rhode Island, and New York.<br />
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For Guillemot (daughter of Safran skipper Marc's cousin) and Favreau, this provided them with a clearer idea of the work of the on board ‘media crewmen’ who, for the transatlantic race, are charged with writing and sending in blogs, taking great photos and video footage and then transferring these across to the comms team back ashore in Barcelona. During the race the media crewmen will also answer any specific team and media requests made during the race - the first time the IMOCA Ocean Masters circuit has featured a dedicated on board media person during a major offshore race. Their objective is clear: to use the various media to provide followers of the race a glimpse of what life is like on board these extreme yachts as they experience ‘life on the inside', something that the skippers sometimes struggle to achieve while they focus on trying to race their boats as fast as possible.<br />
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French video reporter Charlotte Guillemot, was on board Safran for the Prologue race :<br />
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‘Watch and film, be everywhere, without interfering in anything’. If I had a motto for the media person, that would be it. <br />
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For me, to be in the right place at the right time, my sailing experience is always a great advantage : To know the boat well, its way of moving, understanding the different manœuvres, hoisting sails, understanding the crew intentions, in short pretty much becoming part of the team.<br />
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The technical terms used during sailing can be complicated and in the height of a race there is no time to explain to you what is going to happen with each move. It is up to you to be in the place you need to be and absolutely vital that you don’t get in the way. While capturing footage you absolutely mustn’t get in the way.<br />
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The media man is not allowed to get involved in any of the racing, but that does not alleviate the fact that life on board an IMOCA 60 at times is very uncomfortable. These are tough spartan boats that are built for speed, with no creature comforts and you feel that – even as the media guy. You have to share a communal bunk, eat freeze dried food, and the facilities for washing and the toilet are basic in the extreme!<br />
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But even given all that, this trip on Safran was a privilege for me. To be part of this great team, to feel almost like a proper part of the crew, but in particular to be the eyes of the people who will see the footage I shoot - this was an incredible experience."<br />
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I’ve had a taste of offshore sailing, while doing my filming job and I want more !!<br />
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After a D35 podium finish this weekend, which put Ladycat top of the Vulcain Trophy 2014 rankings after two rounds, the Spindrift racing team are switching to offshore mode. Spindrift racing’s maxi-trimaran, Spindrift 2, left La Trinité-sur-Mer at 1400hrs (French time) on Monday, heading to Newport, Rhode Island in the United States. They will be on standby from the start of June, waiting for a favourable weather window to attempt to break the crewed North Atlantic record.<br />
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With eight days at sea in the programme, the team will obviously take advantage of this transatlantic delivery, as skipper Yann Guichard explained. “The shortest route would be upwind, into the wind and the lows, which is not very smart when we’re preparing for a record that will be downwind,” Guichard said. “We will tailor our best route to have the most time downwind and reaching. The aim is to get as close as possible to the sailing conditions we need for the record, so that everyone gets their bearings, especially at the helm. I cannot wait. Although we have had several long voyages from La Trinité, there’s no substitute for ocean mode, both on the technical and human side.”<br />
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<b>The dress rehearsal</b><br />
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On board, the set up is the same as it will be for the record. Two five-strong watches will take turns on deck, while Guichard and Erwan Israel, the navigator, stay outside the watch system. “The weather looks very varied and even more unstable at the end of the delivery,” Israel said. “We will go south in medium conditions down along the coast of Portugal, before circling underneath the Azores anticyclone. Then we will climb back up to to Newport in a low pressure system and wind should strengthen at the end.”<br />
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Therefore, the crew are preparing to make a lot of manoeuvres to keep getting the best out of the boat, while at the same time maintaining it and taking all due care not to break anything. “We will face a wide range of wind strengths which is great to continue the calibration of our navigational aids,” Guichard said. “The important thing is that everyone gets the measure of this trimaran on a transat and feels good on board.”<br />
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<b>Improved menus</b><br />
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Xavier Revil is responsible for feeding the Spindrift 2 crew. Eating well is always important for both the physical energy needed day and night and to keep mentally sharp. When conditions are difficult, sharing a good time with the sailors on your shift is one of the things that keeps you going. “Like on land, we have a breakfast and two hot meals,” Revil said. “On the record, we only have freeze-dried food. Here, for the delivery, we have mixed them with ready meals, which allows me to slightly vary the menus more. It’s a choice of porridge or cereal in the morning. Then we have the choice between risotto, paella, couscous and petit salé aux lentilles (cured pork belly and lentils) – all the classics. We also added some charcuterie, cheese, cereal bars and enough fresh fruit for the first four days. I know they also love Chinese soups to warm up and as a change from the traditional coffee, tea and hot chocolate. In general, the dishes are prepared in one go for everyone, usually before the 0130hrs watch change, like that you don’t lose any time. At midnight, you have to heat up five to six litres of water. That is then used to fill the insulated bowls that keep portions warm for three hours. Like that those finishing their watch eat when they come down while the others go up on deck with a full stomach.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.spindriftracing.com">Spindrift Racing</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-10679671871641595662014-05-27T08:21:00.000+12:002014-05-27T08:21:16.390+12:00Spindrift racing series : “40 metres solo” - Happy 40th Birthday, Yann Guichard!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVsPEw6OXTXdCyYhDpwyBMu__r9bTeIhiZAHqkeYm5-PhVwSkDgNwb3k4P9dewqzbuARNwYms4z248XfkqlqgGoKZyYY-_7RNwtNQ2h-QG0cG3AcF3hEu6O2llw6SF2RcLIqjGTGD1lQ/s1600/14_06192-Maxi_SPINDRIFT_2-Solo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVsPEw6OXTXdCyYhDpwyBMu__r9bTeIhiZAHqkeYm5-PhVwSkDgNwb3k4P9dewqzbuARNwYms4z248XfkqlqgGoKZyYY-_7RNwtNQ2h-QG0cG3AcF3hEu6O2llw6SF2RcLIqjGTGD1lQ/s400/14_06192-Maxi_SPINDRIFT_2-Solo.jpg" /></a></div>Spindrift 2. Image copyright Spindrift Racing<br />
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Not for Yann Guichard any crisis on turning 40. The skipper of Spindrift 2 celebrates his birthday today and just feels happy, surrounded by his loved ones and at the top of his sporting career. We caught up with him on the dock at La Trinité-Sur-Mer, Spindrift racing’s home port.<br />
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Guichard has sailed on almost all types of multihull on the professional circuit. From the Tornado (the 6-metre Olympic catamaran) to the 40-metre maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2, Guichard’s life has been played out balancing between air and water.<br />
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<b>At 10 years old: Ile-aux-Moines, La Rochelle, Optimist Competitions</b><br />
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With three boys and three girls, the Guichard tribe is a large one, which has enjoyed moving around a bit. Settling in Paris, then Perros-Guirec and La Rochelle, the family liked to come together in the holiday home of the Ile aux Moines, in the heart of the Gulf of Morbihan. Between each cruise on his father’s boat, the children spent their time on the water. An independent spirit, Guichard followed his big brother into Optimist competitions. Jacques, the younger brother, chose windsurfing. He now designs the sails for Spindrift 2 and sails on board the maxi-trimaran. In sport studies from the 6th grade to the final year at school in La Rochelle, Guichard took the classic route and quickly shone.<br />
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<b>At 20: In the 470 and then the Olympics in the Tornado</b><br />
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He got used to his oilies in the Optimist and then the 420. He learned his trade well. In 1994, he became vice-champion of the world in the 420 in Plymouth with his teammate Pierre Pennec. On their return, the duo did not want to continue on to the 470, they were looking for a boat that was more fun, one that could ‘glide’. There was a Tornado at the sailing club. One test was enough. Guichard and Pennec joined the ENV (France’s national sailing school) in Quiberon with the French team and began preparing for the Olympics, which concluded with a fourth place at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.<br />
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<b>At 30 : The golden age of the ORMA class and the first records</b><br />
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Again, the return to France was the prelude to another change of direction. Marc Guillemot offered Guichard a place as tactician on board the 60-foot trimaran La Trinitaine. Guichard had a desire to go off shore and to discover other fast multihulls, while also preparing for the next Games in the Tornado with Christophe Espagnon. Over the next ten years, the adopted Breton led from the front in competitions off shore and those around three buoys. He did the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre with Guillemot, Fred Le Peutrec and Lionel Lemonchois. In 2006, he sailed with Bruno Peyron on board Orange II and broke the record for the North Atlantic. That was a significant moment. They had just crossed the starting line, and despite rough seas and strong wind, Peyron entrusted the helm of the 37-metre catamaran to his new teammate. A man for challenges, Guichard came of age during that intense experience, which he repeated a year later with Franck Cammas, on board Groupama 3. The crewman then became the skipper for the 2010 Route du Rhum with the Gitana Team.<br />
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<b>MAXI At 40: Team leader of Spindrift racing and skipper of Spindrift 2</b><br />
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Guichard has sailed with an incredible number of sailors from different backgrounds who have helped build his experience. With Dona Bertarelli, he shares the pleasure of competing at the highest level, the drive for perfectionism and the idea that you can always push the limits a bit further. As co-founder of Spindrift racing, the skipper has been strong presence at the head of a team of 30 people and a fast-growing business. He has learned how to delegate and knows how to surround himself with good people. On board, his teammates know that everyone has an equal voice. The skipper listens to his gut feeling and does not give his trust lightly. The team leader on the ground, and skipper at sea, Guichard has earned his stripes and the respect of his peers. For the record attempts on board Spindrift 2, he now has the responsibility of a crew of more than ten people and a trimaran of extreme dimensions. In November, the spotlight will turn to the soloist who will race the Route du Rhum alone on this huge boat. But once again, this is no whim, rather a mature, well-planned project. Nevertheless, at the foot of the ramparts of Saint-Malo, there will be some nerves. But for Guichard pressure does not inhibit, instead he uses it to gain confidence, because the harder the challenge the more he wants to complete it.<br />
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<b>CAREER HIGHLIGHTS</b><br />
Born May 23, 1974<br />
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2014<br />
-2nd in the Grand Prix Les Ambassadeurs, D35 Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing<br />
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2013<br />
-Record for the Discovery Route; 6 days, 14 hours, 29 min and 21 sec. Spindrift 2<br />
-Winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race Spindrift 2<br />
-Winner of the Tour de Belle-Île MOD70 Spindrift<br />
-3rd in the Route des Princes, MOD70 Spindrift<br />
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2012<br />
-3rd in the 2012 Vulcain Trophy, D35 Ladycat<br />
-Winner of the MOD70 European Tour, MOD70 Spindrift<br />
-4th in the Fleet Championship in the ACup World Series, San Francisco and Naples, AC45 Energy Team<br />
-Winner of the Krys Ocean Race – MOD70 Spindrift<br />
-2nd in the Open de Versoix and the Genève-Rolle-Genève, D35 Ladycat<br />
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2011<br />
-America’s Cup World Series San Diego: 2nd in the Match Racing and the 3rd in the Fleet Championship, AC45 Energy Team<br />
-Winner, Extreme Sailing Series, Almeria, Alinghi<br />
-3rd in the Extreme Sailing Series, Nice,Alinghi<br />
-3rd in the Grand Prix Beaulieu-sur-Mer, D35 Ladycat<br />
-3rd in the Extreme Sailing Series, Cowes, Alinghi<br />
-Winner of the Grand Prix E-GESTION de Gradson and 2nd in the Bol d’Or, M2 Safram.<br />
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2010<br />
-4th in the Route du Rhum - Gitana 11 - Edmond de Rothschild Group<br />
-2nd in the Extreme Sailing Series – Gitana, with victory in two rounds (Sète and Kiel)<br />
-Record SNSM on Gitana 11 (19h 39min)<br />
-Winner of Bol d’Or Mirabaud and in the Grand Prix de Genève, M2 Safram<br />
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2009<br />
-2nd in the iShares Cup, Gitana, with two victory in two rounds (Venice and Amsterdam)<br />
-Winner of the Genève-Rolle-Genève, M2 Safram<br />
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From 2005 to 2008:<br />
-Olympic training in the Tornado<br />
-France Olympic Team, reserve for the 2008 Beijing Olympics<br />
-3rd in the Tornado World Championships and European Championships, 2008<br />
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From 2001 to 2004:<br />
-Olympic training in the Tornado, reserve for the 2004 Athens Olympics<br />
-Third in the Tornado European Championships<br />
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Les jours se suivent mais ne se ressemblent pas sur l’édition 2014 de la Le Havre Allmer Cup et c’est dans un souffle de vent très léger que la 4e manche a été courue, puis écourtée, ce dimanche matin. Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert), champion de France en titre, remporte l’unique parcours banane de la journée devant Charlie Dalin (Normandy Elite Team) et Corentin Horeau (Bretagne Crédit Mutuel Performance). Avec cette 2e place, Charlie Dalin, le skipper local confirme sa place de leader au classement général à mi-épreuve, devant le skipper de Cercle Vert, et Paul Meilhat sur SMA.<br />
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<b>Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert), vainqueur de la manche n°4 : </b><br />
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« Je prends un bon départ, avec une bonne vitesse que je conserve sur un long tribord. J’arrive à protéger mon positionnement en passant la 1ère bouée en tête, donc c’était positif. Après, c’est du petit temps, donc ce n’est pas facile mais j’arrive à tenir la situation jusqu’à l’arrivée. Venir de l’olympisme donne quelques avantages sur ces parcours techniques dans le petit temps, il faut quelques automatismes de régatier en jouant avec les bascules et être agile sur le plan d’eau. Il faut toujours penser au positionnement du bateau ! En venant sur cette épreuve, mon objectif était de régler le mât comme il faut, de naviguer au mieux et de reprendre confiance. Cet objectif est déjà quasi –rempli ! Ensuite au niveau du classement général, je trouve ça assez sympa d’être 2ème derrière Charlie au provisoire, car on a vécu la même misère sur la Transat AG2R La Mondiale au mois d’avril donc c’est une belle revanche jusqu’à maintenant. »<br />
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<b>Corentin Horeau (Région Bretagne Crédit Mutuel Performance) 3e de la manche n°4 :</b><br />
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« La manche de ce matin était un peu aléatoire, même s’il fallait bien gérer sur le premier bord de près. En revanche sur le bord de portant, ça revenait beaucoup par derrière. Je suis content de ne pas avoir craqué en voyant tout le monde revenir, et je passe 2e à la bouée sous le vent. Il restait un petit bord de près, qui a été réduit et je finis 3 avec Charlie qui a réussi à me passer. Je suis content car les conditions étaient telles que l’on pouvait vite se faire doubler et cette place confirme ma bonne forme sur les parcours bananes. Je vais faire tout mon possible pour continuer à faire des belles manches et être le plus régulier possible. Malheureusement mon hors-temps d’hier me coûte cher au classement général, mais l’épreuve est loin d’être terminée. »<br />
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<b>Pierre Grosso (Directeur de la Société des Régates du Havre) :</b><br />
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« Du point de vue de l’organisation, nous sommes satisfaits de la journée d’aujourd’hui. Nous attendions des conditions de vent un peu délicates avec un peu d’air ce matin qui s’est rapidement évaporé. Nous avons toutefois réussi à lancer une manche et la laisser courir pour cette troisième journée de championnat. Bien que cette manche était techniquement compliquée, je pense qu’elle était assez équilibrée et le jeu ouvert. Je n’ai pas de pronostic pour le podium de cette deuxième édition de la Le Havre Allmer Cup. Ils sont une dizaine à pouvoir prétendre au titre. Ensuite j’ai une légère préférence pour le skipper Havrais Charlie Dalin et je crois assez fort à Paul Meilhat qui connaît lui aussi très bien le plan d’eau. »<br />
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<b>Classement général provisoire après 4 courses:</b><br />
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1 - Charlie Dalin (Normandy Elite Team) 13 pts<br />
2 - Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert) 18 pts<br />
3 - Paul Meilhat (SMA) 23 pts<br />
4 - Adrien Hardy (Agir recouvrement) 28 pts<br />
5 - Fabien Delahaye (Skipper Macif 2012) 28 pts<br />
6 - Xavier Macaire (Skipper Hérault) 38 pts<br />
7 - Vincent Biarnès (Guyot environnement) 46 pts<br />
8 - Nicolas Jossier (In Extenso) 52 pts<br />
9 - Corentin Horeau (Bretagne Crédit Mutuel Performance) 57 pts<br />
10 - Sam Goodchild (Team Plymouth) 60 pts<br />
11 - Alexis Loison (Groupe FIVA) 72 pts<br />
12 - Frédéric Rivet (DFDS Seaways) 82 pts<br />
13 - Damien Guillou (La Solidarité Mutualiste) 83 pts<br />
14 - Aymeric Arthaud (REEL) 83 pts<br />
15 - Joan Ahrweiler (Région Basse Normandie) 88 pts<br />
16 - Sébastien Simon (Bretagne Crédit Mutuel Espoir) 89 pts<br />
17 - Jean-Paul Mouren (Groupe SNEF) 90 pts<br />
18 - Simon Troel (Adopte un figariste) 92 pts<br />
19 - Yoann Richomme (Skipper Macif 2014) 97 pts<br />
20 - Henry Bomby (Rockfish) 101 pts<br />
21 - Gwénolé Gahinet ( Safran - Guy Cotten) 101 pts<br />
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Gryphon Solo 2 skippered by Joe Harris and Patrick O’Connor, held on to first place overall in the 2014 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing after a tight weekend of inshore racing.<br />
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Both Gryphon Solo 2 and JeffreyMacFarlane.com were tied at the end of racing today, however per the Notice of Race, all ties are broken in favor of the boat with the most points earned among the two offshore legs, which was Gryphon Solo 2.<br />
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The weather on day 1 of the inshore series delivered wind speeds consistently in the upper teens, but in day 2 the wind was variable from 7-12 knots making for a challenging two days of inshore racing in Narragansett Bay. Pleiad Racing dominated the inshore series by winning three of the five races, en route to securing third overall.<br />
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Gryphon Solo 2 bested the field during the first offshore leg (Charleston, S.C. to N.Y. Harbor) and placed 3rd in the second leg (N.Y. Harbor to Newport, R.I.). JeffreyMacFarlane.com finished 1st in the second leg and 4th in the first leg. Both teams finished the overall racing with 31 total combined points. However, per the Notice of Race, the tie is broken in favor of the team scoring the most points in the offshore legs, which was Gryphon Solo 2. With the victory Gryphon Solo 2 claims $4,000 of the $15,000 purse, one of the largest in sailing in the United States.<br />
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106-Gryphon Solo 2 Skipper Joe Harris: “It feels great, we really got off on the right foot by winning leg one. Going into the inshore series, I was nervous because the boat is very fussy; less than 8 knots and she doesn’t want to go more than 8 knots and she gets up and starts flying. This is my third Atlantic Cup, I got third place in 2012, 4th last year, so to have a win this year is terrific, the level of competition was extremely high, so it’s a really satisfying win”<br />
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Jeff MacFarlane, Skipper of #116 – <a href="http://www.jeffreymacfarlane.com/">www.JeffreyMacFarlane.com</a> said, “I was really impressed with the boat and our crew, we didn’t make a lot of bad decisions this weekend. I’m happy, the boat was going fast especially considering after the first leg where things weren’t looking good overall, but we really were able to get it going. It’s tough to lose in a tie-break, but it this is good overall.”<br />
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Hugh Piggin, Manuka Sports Event Management Founder and Atlantic Cup Race Director – “Once again we are very proud to have a terrific team with us to put together another successful event. A huge amount of effort goes into making this event a success from all of our sponsors, volunteers and staff. Every year I think competition can’t get any closer, but it does which goes to show how great this style of racing really is. We congratulate all of the competitors especially Gryphon Solo 2 in winning one of the closest grand prix regattas in the U.S.”<br />
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Complete Results: <a href="http://www.atlanticcup.org/past-results/2014-results">http://www.atlanticcup.org/past-results/2014-results</a><br />
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<b>About the 2014 Atlantic Cup</b> <br />
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The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing is a dedicated professional Class 40 race held annually in the U.S. that focuses on being environmentally responsible and aims to be completely carbon neutral. The five-team field departed Saturday, May 10 from Charleston, South Carolina to race double-handed 685 miles offshore to New York City. Following a brief stop-over in New York, teams departed from North Cove Marina Saturday, May 17 to race 240-miles to Newport, R.I. The Atlantic Cup is the longest offshore race along the east coast of the United States. In Newport, competitors took part in a two-day inshore series with a crew of six. The crew with the combined highest score from all three legs was the Atlantic Cup Champion. For more on the Atlantic Cup and its Green Initiatives, visit <a href="http://www.atlanticcup.org/">www.atlanticcup.org</a>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-11264563384324773702014-05-27T03:50:00.000+12:002014-05-27T03:50:45.978+12:00US Moth 11th Hour Cup : Sunday Crowds Treated To Foiling Spectacle<b>Kotoun Continues To Shine As Podium Battle Heats Up</b><br />
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Anthony Kotoun didn’t spend much time in the lead of the 11th Hour Cup’s racing fleet on Sunday, though you wouldn’t know it from the scores; the Virgin Islands native and longtime Newport resident scored another 4 first place finishes from 5 races, identical to his scoreline from Saturday. Second-place Matt Knowles was the worst effected by Kotoun’s penchant for being in the right place at the right time; Matt led the way around the course for most of three races, only to get pipped at the pin by Kotoun in two of them. “It’s pretty frustrating to see him always lurking there waiting for his chance to pass no matter how far ahead you are,” said Knowles. “I can’t blame him – I left the opening both times by missing a puff or a layline, and he grabbed the openings and rode them to wins.”<br />
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Sunday featured the biggest spectator crowds yet at the tip of Sail Newport’s historic and picturesque Fort Adams home, with hundreds of locals and visitors enjoying the action from the Moth fleet and the ocean racers of the Atlantic Cup, sharing a starting line barely 200 meters from the crowd’s picnic blankets and folding chairs. They weren’t the only ones enjoying the scenery on Narragansett Bay, though; 11th Hour Cup leader and reigning Moth US National Champ Kotoun says he’ll never get bored racing in Newport. “I can’t think of any other place where you have all this going on at one time, and even in the middle of a race, you can’t help but love it,” said Kotoun, referring to the hundreds of sailing vessels on the water for the unofficial opening of summer. “You’ve got 12 meters in tacking duels, Class 40s from all over racing around the cans, beautiful historic schooners, Open 60s, Maxis, and cruisers and racers of every size and shape. How can you beat that?” he added.<br />
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Just one more day of racing remains for the inaugural 11th Hour Cup, with Newport’s sea breeze finally scheduled to kick in with gusto, giving Tommy Loughborough and first-time Moth racer Brooks Reed some power to play with as they fight for the final podium position. Loughborough and Reed are tied on 28 points, and the fleet expects 15-20 knots of breeze for today’s final 5 races. The action begins at 11 AM on Monday.<br />
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<b>RESULTS AFTER 10 RACES (Top 5 Only)</b><br />
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1 – Anthony Kotoun – Newport, RI – 8 Points<br />
2 – Matt Knowles – Boston, MA – 16 Points<br />
3 – Tom Loughborough – Newport, RI – 28 Points<br />
4 – Brooks Read – Cambridge, MA - 28 Points<br />
5 – Zach Maxam – Costa Mesa, CA - 35 Points<br />
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<b>11th Hour Racing US Moth Class Tenet Of The Day</b><br />
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As one of the world's elite, high-profile racing classes, the International Moth Class takes stewardship of the waterways seriously, working hard to emphasize the responsible use of energy and resources in the context of sailing. Working with 11th Hour Racing, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation, the US Moth Class has come up with a number of initiatives to help sailing events improve the energy profile and performance of racing boats and increase the personal investment of sailors in the health of our waters. This week, we’re focused on how to educate fellow sailors and event organizers on achievable ways to make a positive impact on our local marine environment, and our daily news stories will include an essential tenet of our educational philosophy.<br />
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<b>Today’s tenet: Report, Report, Report</b><br />
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While it’s imperative to set out a plan and work to emphasize its importance to your stakeholders, making progress requires a constant effort. We think an ongoing commitment to measuring your team’s performance of your organization’s goals and analyzing your progress with a critical eye can make the difference between a failed effort and a model program of sustainability. Reporting your results to stakeholders and the public can provide credibility, goodwill and great exposure for your organization and its supporters. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-42528807824439735202014-05-27T03:25:00.000+12:002014-05-27T03:25:18.679+12:00Team Maître Jacques - 1 skipper, 2 bateaux, 6 coques et lancement de saison ce week-end<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0Dcr6WNUyyRSQR4spPgsuNnBfd4_pPfGAciJ5mgKbMg146Kj4sFyzEZLz1D5rGjzWBut5OkYENAx7aITR3tk0QBJsFIJQcj1FzZUfbooUhqmdur4YjLJxuJmfWSzfbR9gme4eyP46Zk/s1600/MJheader.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0Dcr6WNUyyRSQR4spPgsuNnBfd4_pPfGAciJ5mgKbMg146Kj4sFyzEZLz1D5rGjzWBut5OkYENAx7aITR3tk0QBJsFIJQcj1FzZUfbooUhqmdur4YjLJxuJmfWSzfbR9gme4eyP46Zk/s400/MJheader.png" /></a></div><b>Coup d'envoi de la saison Maître Jacques ce jeudi, au Grand Prix de l'École Navale</b><br />
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par Catherine Ecarlat<br />
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La mise à l'eau du Multi 50 Maître Jacques approche. Le 7 juin, à Lorient, après un chantier exceptionnel dû au remplacement de ses flotteurs, le trimaran rouge et blanc sera à nouveau prêt à naviguer. D'ici là, pour renouer au plus vite avec la compétition et porter au plus tôt les couleurs de son partenaire, Loïc Féquet sera au départ du Grand Prix de l'École Navale, ce week-end, en Diam 24 One Design.<br />
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Le skipper Maître Jacques a en effet décidé de disputer une double saison cette année en Multi 50 et sur le tout nouveau circuit du trimaran monotype d'ADH Inotec. Coup d'envoi de la saison dans 3 jours, au Grand Prix de l'École Navale !<br />
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<b>J - 12 pour la mise à l'eau</b><br />
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Le renouvellement des flotteurs du Multi 50 Maître Jacques est presque terminé. Ce chantier exceptionnel a débuté en février dernier après un travail de concertation avec les architectes du bateau. Il a fallu ensuite construire les nouveaux flotteurs, déposer les anciens, adapter toute la structure du bateau, avant de reconstituer ce beau puzzle de compétition.<br />
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Loïc Féquet, skipper Maître Jacques : « Le chantier a été long, car on a refait une grande partie du bateau. Chaque étape demande beaucoup d'ajustements. Aujourd'hui, les deux flotteurs sont fixés, mais il reste encore beaucoup de finitions à peaufiner. Le chantier, assuré par Gepeto Composite, a tout planifié pour que la mise à l'eau puisse être assurée le 7 juin, à Lorient. »<br />
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Suivront quelques sorties depuis Lorient pour tout caler et, en fonction de la météo, Loïc enchainera rapidement sur des navigations en solitaire et sa qualification de 1000 milles à la Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.<br />
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La première épreuve de la saison du Multi 50 Maître Jacques sera le Record SNSM du 19 au 24 juin. Le bateau rentrera ensuite à Saint-Malo.<br />
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<b>Un skipper, deux bateaux, six coques</b><br />
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Pour compléter sa saison Multi 50, renouer au plus vite avec la compétition et travailler ses sensations de barre, Loïc a décidé de participer à plusieurs épreuves du tout nouveau monotype multicoque conçu par Vianney Ancelin, le Diam 24 One Design.<br />
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Loïc Féquet : « S'engager en Diam 24 OD permet d'enrichir sensiblement le programme et d'apporter une visibilité complémentaire à Maître Jacques tout en faisant vivre de nouvelles courses à l'ensemble des collaborateurs.<br />
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Le Diam 24 OD est un demi Multi 50, les sensations de barre sont assez proche s de celles du 50 pieds. Côté équilibre, c'est forcément différent, mais ce sera très intéressant de multiplier les expériences de course et d'entraînements, d'autant que le niveau est déjà élevé sur ce circuit qui accueille notamment Vincent Riou, Bernard Stamm, Bruno Jourdren pour ne citer qu'eux.<br />
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C'est un bateau bien conçu, performant, il présente aussi l'intérêt d'être transportable facilement, d'être exposé à terre... C'est aussi intéressant pour l'interne. »<br />
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Coup d'envoi de cette saison Diam 24 OD pour Maître Jacques ce jeudi, à Lanvéoc, au Grand Prix de l'École Navale.<br />
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A suivre sur : <a href="http://www.gpen.fr">www.gpen.fr</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-62342837430760401242014-05-27T03:18:00.000+12:002014-05-27T03:26:36.396+12:00Normandy Channel Race : Divisions and groupings in the Solent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhESAd227MNnhg0-BNUIdvPdSyTQz0nks3vzq_BSI7KfquZJO8cTQ3v84drGKx70W_oNFie22ETtVlAi_nv_PsWkWCDF9OVTwHIZqjc8TxsevbEdqyeueeSJ8TIhrLx6aM9oLMXZRdhrI/s1600/headnormandyrace.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhESAd227MNnhg0-BNUIdvPdSyTQz0nks3vzq_BSI7KfquZJO8cTQ3v84drGKx70W_oNFie22ETtVlAi_nv_PsWkWCDF9OVTwHIZqjc8TxsevbEdqyeueeSJ8TIhrLx6aM9oLMXZRdhrI/s400/headnormandyrace.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLNeR_Pv8k5jt8CDIKaVgMJ_lFY7CksWwxNK0PicJshUYX5SNQbl8IahZRFApIlt0d6nVKIANTj5jVpwGxxB1A71KlwRp0zVQREzBH3EaGlXvFrqdpCF57p_cnduBDmQqY8JIccQKMd8/s1600/140525NCR_3JML7789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLNeR_Pv8k5jt8CDIKaVgMJ_lFY7CksWwxNK0PicJshUYX5SNQbl8IahZRFApIlt0d6nVKIANTj5jVpwGxxB1A71KlwRp0zVQREzBH3EaGlXvFrqdpCF57p_cnduBDmQqY8JIccQKMd8/s400/140525NCR_3JML7789.jpg" /></a></div>GDF Suez was first to enter the Solent. Image copyright Jean Marie Liot/NCR2014<br />
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by Kate Jennings<br />
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The 16 competing Class40s are currently rounding the Isle of Wight and are making headway at 5-6 knots in the Solent.<br />
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“It hasn’t been an easy night to negotiate. We really didn’t have much wind, but right now, we’re finally making headway, even though the current isn’t favourable. We’ve caught up with the fleet a little so we’re in fine spirits,” explained Juliette Petres aboard CONCISE 2 early this morning.<br />
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GDF SUEZ was the first to enter the Solent, TEAM WORK right on her heels. They opted to hug the Isle of Wight coastline, whilst SERENIS CONSULTING, LE CONSERVATEUR and L’EXPRESS – TREPIA, which were glued to the southern coast of England, pinched the head of the ranking at one point. This Monday morning, the top 10 boats are bunched within 1.2 miles, with the Galfione/Jourdain duo (SERENIS CONSULTING) in first position, while their pursuers are embroiled in a formidable battle behind.<br />
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The fleet has become divided and two clear groups have formed. It’s SWISH skippered by Roderick Knowles and Paul Peggs, who are leading the way in the chasing pack, some 3.2 miles behind the first group, just ahead of BELLE EQUIPE 2 and OBPORTUS 3.<br />
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Roderick Knowles: “It is 0533 hours and we are the first of a bunch of 6 Class40s currently negotiating the Solent to the south of Southampton. The 5 others are visible to our stern. There is 15 knots of wind at 97 degrees and this pleasant breeze will help us counter the current, which we’ll be punching into for another 4 hours. The BELLE EQUIPE 2 is just 10 boat lengths behind us to starboard. It’s been a pleasant night despite 90 minutes with absolutely no wind. We’d been sailing under code zero until we entered the Solent. We’re delighted to be sailing within sight of our 5 playmates, which is a pretty improbable scenario after covering 100 miles in a shifty breeze!”<br />
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Official retirement of ROMERIKE ELEKTRO AS: At around 2200 hours last night, Race Management welcomed back the Norwegian duo Rune Aasberg and Simen Lovgren at the lock gates in Ouistreham. Sailing downwind, the bobstay (cord which links the bowsprit to the hull) broke and, with the tension of the headsail sailing downwind, the two fittings pulled loose making the bowsprit unusable. Finding it impossible to effect repairs and with holes in the hull at each fitting, the duo has decided to retire and return to Caen.<br />
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<b>Ranking at 0700 GMT:</b><br />
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1. SERENIS CONSULTING (Galfione/ Jourdain)<br />
2. GDF SUEZ (Rogues/ Castelnerac)<br />
3. TEAM WORK (Delesne/ Raison)<br />
4. TEAM PICOTY – Lac de Vassivière (Caso/ Chappellier)<br />
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<b>Update:</b><br />
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<b>Classement prévisionnel à 16h :</b><br />
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1 : L'Express - Trepia <br />
2 : Advanced Energies - Carac <br />
3 : Groupement Flo <br />
4 : Serenis Consulting <br />
5 : ERDF<br />
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<a href="http://www.normandy-race.com">Normandy Channel Race</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-51631991211885900622014-05-26T11:00:00.000+12:002014-05-27T02:53:16.045+12:00IMOCA New York - Barcelona : Neutrogena Takes Prologue Race Win over Safran<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRtHHHi4eFaK58HeBDbsyNbUa9LWykWMkzA3R-AqynUd1hw2ZazN5ldeLe4rEWy_-R2DAR6oVssIYpNGKcORy3Srhk_-kGkL-dr16PrCVaQOz_-9m4hjYHO8Lvcw_OYA6miz8ztK-XHI/s1600/NYBCN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRtHHHi4eFaK58HeBDbsyNbUa9LWykWMkzA3R-AqynUd1hw2ZazN5ldeLe4rEWy_-R2DAR6oVssIYpNGKcORy3Srhk_-kGkL-dr16PrCVaQOz_-9m4hjYHO8Lvcw_OYA6miz8ztK-XHI/s400/NYBCN.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAK29CQAS8xpU4ychKLmblGW1o3ZHAxllX4WFVa6Z_j6kwzqw-u953XcH6WAxtPSHkF5qnqrYfwiJ-iH29tRG8jpq447kB-gJz6HvRWrPhqnwJrsqmjlp5OdqfOwN4DF2Y8dXCQVEqmFk/s1600/Neutrogena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAK29CQAS8xpU4ychKLmblGW1o3ZHAxllX4WFVa6Z_j6kwzqw-u953XcH6WAxtPSHkF5qnqrYfwiJ-iH29tRG8jpq447kB-gJz6HvRWrPhqnwJrsqmjlp5OdqfOwN4DF2Y8dXCQVEqmFk/s400/Neutrogena.jpg" /></a></div>Neutrogena won the Prologue race, just ahead of Safran. Image copyright Christophe Favreau/IMOCAOceanMasters<br />
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by Leslie Greenhalgh<br />
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On a stunning day in New York City, with clear blue skies and a light 6-8 knot breeze, the Neutrogena Sailing Team, with co-Skippers Spaniard Guillermo Altadill and Chilean José Muñoz and their additional crew members won the prologue race by a mere 1 minute and 25 seconds over the French Safran Sailing Team. The race committee elected to shorten course and finish the race at the Verrazzano Suspension Bridge due to the lack of wind in the Hudson River.<br />
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As predicted the wind was extremely variable throughout the race, making it a tough tactical challenge for the three teams. Safran led the fleet out of Newport Bay and during the night Neutrogena overtook them and they both pulled out a bit of distance over GAES. In the early hours, the battle between the first two boats started and continued right until the finish line. Until the line at Verrazzano Bridge, Neutrogena and Safran were neck and neck, gybing downwind towards the bridge. They then split gybes at the end, Neutrogena favouring the left and Safran the right and so all bets were off and nobody could call it until they came together again for the finish line. A mere 1 minute and 25 seconds split 1st and 2nd place.<br />
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“It was an intense and fun race, a real match race. A couple of miles from the finish line, we jumped right in front and thanks to some aggressive tactics, with continuous gybing, we managed to win the race. The conditions were demanding, with almost continuous sail peels going on. It has been a great opportunity to compare the speed of our boat with the others.” explained Neutrogena Skipper Guillermo Altadill.<br />
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José Munoz, co-skipper added “I am very happy to get to New York. It’s my first time and I’m so lucky to come in on a sailing boat and winning the race! Guillermo is a really great tactician, he knows such a lot and is also very demanding. In some manoeuvres we suffered from lack of experience as a crew but we getting better. “<br />
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Second placed Safran Skipper Marc Guillemot spoke about the race : “ We had great conditions, a flat sea and wind throughout the race. It was very motivating to have such a close fight with Neutrogena all the way, they performed a little bit better than us throughout so its only fair they won, they were strategically better with the current. It was really nice to share the steering and tactical decisions with Morgan. It is the second time that Safran comes to New York and this time in sunshine so even better.”<br />
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Marc’s co-skipper on Safran Morgan Lagraviere, added his thoughts, “Awesome conditions, with lots of opportunities for tactical moves, I really enjoyed this trip. However being seven people onboard is not normal for us and so it was not so easy to adapt, and in reality we were not really able to be fully in ‘competition’ mode but it was still a great race.”<br />
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GAES arrived in third place joining the festival and welcome into New York. Anna Corbella, Co-Skipper summed up her race, "It has been interesting, despite the few problems we've had. In the evening we made a tactical error, sailing further from the coast than the other boats. Also sailing with four crew members is very positive, eight eyes looking around see more than only four. I was very impressed to get to New York, I had never been here before, and to arrive sailing in front of the Statue of Liberty was incredible. "<br />
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Gerard Marín, Co-Skipper with Anna on GAES added: " We were doing very well until the evening time, but maybe we went too far offshore. Then we managed to catch two fishing lines, and we had to cut the second one from the keel early this morning – that was a pity. It is the first time I am in New York and it’s really impressive to be moored here in the centre of Manhattan. "<br />
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<b>The final positions and finishing times (New York local time) were:</b><br />
1st - Neutrogena – 1346 hrs and 55 seconds local time<br />
2nd Safran – 1338 hrs and 20 seconds<br />
3rd GAES – 1508 hrs<br />
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Great news too for Hugo Boss as they re-stepped their mast in Newport today and will make their way to New York as soon as they are happy with everything and ready to go.<br />
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Nandor Fa and Marcell Goszleth onboard Spirit of Hungary are also making great progress towards New York and hope to arrive there on Thursday 29th May.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153186457210961.1073741904.50369695960&type=1">IMOCA Ocean Masters New York - Barcelona</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-41410354587012287222014-05-26T10:45:00.001+12:002014-05-26T10:45:49.785+12:00Vulcain Trophy : Tilt wins Open de Crans, while Ladycat leads Vulcain Trophy 2014 series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW263jwx5uemo_aqVhg8sFkP_HTGrfB2qetPS626a25788RJswNdcLVDWjYTdalVXg6BFKo7Bk-36xcfKU_Z0hADiUMmv9jAVGrsLrJVukSih_-ZrOfJLI2FW5GLqG0e9I8R2HEGQEa6U/s1600/_LA18441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW263jwx5uemo_aqVhg8sFkP_HTGrfB2qetPS626a25788RJswNdcLVDWjYTdalVXg6BFKo7Bk-36xcfKU_Z0hADiUMmv9jAVGrsLrJVukSih_-ZrOfJLI2FW5GLqG0e9I8R2HEGQEa6U/s400/_LA18441.jpg" /></a></div>Open de Crans. Image copyright Loris von Siebenthal<br />
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par Christophe Lamps<br />
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Tilt, Realstone et Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing s’emparent du podium de l’Open de Crans. Le classement général du Vulcain Trophy est maintenant très compact dans le haut du tableau avec une première place de Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing et quatre équipages à égalité de point juste derrière.<br />
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Généreux avec les Décision 35, les vents ont bien soufflé samedi et offert six belles manches aux multicoques. Tilt domine ce premier jour de l’Open de Crans et se jouent des vents tournants et des effets de terre. L’équipage de Lucien Cujean et de Sébastien Schneiter remporte deux victoires, malgré un léger fléchissement lors de la troisième manche, Tilt ne descendra plus du podium de toute la journée. <br />
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Lucien Cujean est heureux, l’équipage remporte son premier Grand Prix sur le circuit Vulcain Trophy : «Nous sommes jeunes et physiques, on aime avoir des sensations donc on peut parfois être un peu pirates sur les lignes de départs. On a réalisés des coups tactiques en phase avec le vent et le travail fournit en amont nous apporte la régularité.» <br />
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La première manche d’abord annulée pour cause de bascule de vent sera ensuite marquée par une jolie deuxième place d’Okalys, Tilt l’emporte tandis que Realstone assure une troisième place. <br />
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Au départ de la manche 2, Ylliam-Comptoir immobilier profite du mouillage d’un nouveau parcours pour réparer une avarie légère, Okalys démarre fort mais perd son avance au profit de Tilt, Realstone et Oryx qui décroche la troisième place. <br />
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Encore un départ ! Le troisième de la journée, et Veltigroup, toujours bien placé est à nouveau 4ème, Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing termine en tête et remporte aussi la course suivante. Les deux dernières manches sont marquées par des conditions particulièrement changeantes qui obligent le comité à revoir l’axe de course et à annuler une procédure. ZenToo, très à l’aise en profite et termine premier puis deuxième, tandis que Realstone, vainqueur de la dernière manche, termine à égalité de points avec Tilt.<br />
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Comblés, les équipages ont prolongé la journée au cours d’un dîner concocté par le Club Nautique de Crans.<br />
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Régater c’est aussi savoir être patient, dimanche le vent tarde mais les équipages sont satisfaits avec six belles manches courues la veille alors ils trompent l’attente ; au programme : foot, baignade et histoires de marins. <br />
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Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing est premier au classement provisoire du championnat des D35, pour Christophe Espagnon le numéro 1 : « l’Open de Crans n’était pas simple mais on savait qu’en prenant la troisième place on passerait premiers au provisoire. On va poursuivre sur cette lancée pour la Genève-Rolle-Genève, nous sommes une équipe tournée vers la course au large et affectionnons particulièrement ce type de course,» Rendez-vous est pris le juin.<br />
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<a href="http://www.vulcaintrophy.com">Vulcain Trophy</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-50341973908029981642014-05-26T10:24:00.001+12:002014-05-26T10:24:40.079+12:00CYCA : Slow but Sunny Day for Race 4 of Land Rover Winter Series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUyaFl6kuP8AlSOgJnfTLRkPTC9qtnauxPLH5QEI2UbhqilnqHTHtX7pplhP6Jv45Nchz0j4DR3V-LV5ZLxrIXbSq3x-fZ0uhbWPYpk_z5R7yyongv3miLu21qjw06HS0_u75cwdn9c8/s1600/Three+wins+from+three+races+for+the+Arch+Rival+crew.+Credit+David+Brogan,+www.sailpix.com.au.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUyaFl6kuP8AlSOgJnfTLRkPTC9qtnauxPLH5QEI2UbhqilnqHTHtX7pplhP6Jv45Nchz0j4DR3V-LV5ZLxrIXbSq3x-fZ0uhbWPYpk_z5R7yyongv3miLu21qjw06HS0_u75cwdn9c8/s400/Three+wins+from+three+races+for+the+Arch+Rival+crew.+Credit+David+Brogan,+www.sailpix.com.au.jpg" /></a></div>Three wins from three races for the Arch Rival crew. Image copyright David Brogan/<a href="www.sailpix.com.au">http://www.sailpix.com.au</a><br />
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by Jennifer Crooks<br />
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Competitors in Race 4 of the Land Rover Winter Series were once again blessed with warm sunny skies but it was slow going for the 125 competitors in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia organised race.<br />
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“You couldn’t have asked for a better day,” Alan Quick, owner of the Beneteau First 40 Outlaw, which won Division B today. “When you win, nothing else matters.”<br />
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“It was exciting racing at the front of the fleet and we managed to get a little breeze at the start which put us in front.<br />
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“It’s tough in the light weather – you have to concentrate for hours on end and then you can get a little break; sometimes it’s fruitful and sometimes it’s not. Today it was fruitful,” Quick added.<br />
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“We managed to beat Howard (Piggott, the CYCA Commodore) – he’s usually in front of us and we had some great rivalry against the Sydney 38s in our division.”<br />
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Quick used to own a Sydney 38 also named Outlaw and even though he is no longer part of the Sydney 38 One Design fleet the camaraderie and rivalry is no less intense. “Sometimes I still think we are sailing a Sydney 38. We managed to beat Richard on Next and he’s been on top for a couple of weeks now.”<br />
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Next (Richard Holstein) was second to Outlaw with another Sydney 38 The Goat (The Goat Syndicate) finishing in third place. After four races in the series, Next holds a five point lead over The Goat with Outlaw a further point adrift.<br />
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Race Officer Denis Thompson got the fleet on time, on their respective course A, in a westerly of 10 knots which had dropped to 7 knots by the time the last boat was crossing the start line.<br />
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“It’s a spectacular and colourful sight with spinnakers flying across the crowded Harbour,” Thompson said. “The breeze is starting to drop off (at 1215hrs) but we’ll have to see as the day wears on as to whether we shorten or not.”<br />
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At 1400hours, Thompson reported that “the fleet are just bobbing around out here in 1.4 knots of breeze.”<br />
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“When the first boats went through the gate, we had 7-8 knots and we couldn’t shorten the course on them in those conditions. We’re just waiting now for the new breeze to fill in but it’s about an hour away,” he said ruefully.<br />
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The breeze glassed out for approximately 20 minutes before a fresh easterly tending south easterly breeze of 7-10 knots kicked in and got everyone home before the 1630hours time limit.<br />
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It was third time lucky for the Arch Rival crew today: three wins from three races in Division C, courtesy of a lucky break at the Cannae Point mark.<br />
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Lauren Connors was at the helm of father Steve’s Jones 40 and described today’s racing: “We made good decisions, thought ahead and managed to stay out of the holes on the course.<br />
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“It can be a bit like the old saying ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’ on the boat: Each of the crew likes to chuck in their piece of advice and it can get like an all in brawl sometimes.”<br />
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“We were the last to start in our division and managed to catch everyone. We had a lucky break at the Cannae Point mark - we caught a wind shift which allowed us to steer straight to the mark whilst others got caught out.<br />
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“We managed to catch the last boat right behind Shark Island,” she added. Akela (Alan Mather finished second to Arch Rival with Cyrene 3 (Michael Selby) third. Arch Rival maintains a 10 point lead in the overall series pointscore from Cyrene 3 with Scarlett O’Hara (Robert Skol) third on countback.<br />
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Arch Rival was also the lucky recipient of the Range Rover Evoque for a week and Lauren was happy to grab the keys.<br />
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“Dad’s gone - so I’ve picked up the keys to the Evoque. I’m definitely going to have to take it for a drive somewhere to test it out. Friends of our have just brought a house in the Blue Mountains so it’s the perfect opportunity to see their house and enjoy the Land Rover experience.”<br />
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For the team on Niel Burling’s Hanse 40 Baltic Lady “it was a day of mixed fortunes with some highs and some lows,” but they managed to take the win in Division J2 from Inkonkoni (Arthur Lane) and St Elmo’s Flyer (Gil Burton).<br />
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“In the light breeze we had a reasonable run to the first mark but it was at Sow & Pigs where things became difficult: the wind had dropped and the tide was coming in.<br />
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“It was a slow run back to the top mark but once the sou’easterly kicked in, it settled our nerves and made the day,” Burling said.<br />
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“Just when we thought we were doing really well and might come away with the win we saw Inkonkoni coming at us but the breeze kicked in and everything changed.”<br />
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Baltic Lady is holding onto a four point lead in the overall series pointscore from Inkonkoni with Lahara II (Glenn Crane) a further one point adrift. Baltic Lady was the lucky winner of the Noakes Group Lift and Stand Package.<br />
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Neil Burling is just one of the coordinators of the Breakfast Club – the merry band of volunteers that provide a hearty breakfast to Land Rover Winter Series competitors prior to racing commencing. The smell of sausages, eggs, and onions wafting through the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia clubhouse add to the atmosphere on race days.<br />
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“The Breakfast Club ran out of sausages with five minutes of trading left. So to avoid disappointment next week, get in early,” Burling advised. Each year, the Breakfast Club donates an item to the CYCA for the benefit of its members from the proceeds (after costs have been covered). The Breakfast Club made donations to CYCA SOLAS Trusts and Pambula Hospital to purchase a resus trolley, in addition to upgrading the TV in the Coasters Retreat, from the 2013 proceeds. <br />
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Other divisional winners today were: Division A1 – Quest (Bob Steel); Division A2 – Elena Nova (Craig Neil); Division B – Ariel (Ron Forster); Division D – Soundtrack (John Amos); Division E – Hick-Up (Bill Ure); Division F – Perfect Match (Josh McKean); Division G – Noakes White (Peter Langman); Division J1 – Hanni (Mike Champion) and Division K – Star Ferry (John Conroy).<br />
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The Land Rover Winter Series pointscore continues next Sunday, 1 June.<br />
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Go to <a href="http://www.cyca.com.au/sysfile/downloads/2014_winter/index.htm">http://www.cyca.com.au/sysfile/downloads/2014_winter/index.htm</a> for full resultsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-28765078132376976792014-05-26T10:09:00.000+12:002014-05-26T10:47:12.911+12:00Normandy Channel Race : NEWSFLASH - Romerike Elektro AS returning to French coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vuDDGtF1fIabDwp2chTrEte7zgV5pknxAZEjQTWafTjAojQBMzZ8ziBgRighuf6aBHiWOXUBKZ9l6xmXVxuEnbk0CSYcj6WF4zuhExzSKiQt_ZAVm0cTXEQXma3QjaZNUiovwKk57Fw/s1600/ncr2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vuDDGtF1fIabDwp2chTrEte7zgV5pknxAZEjQTWafTjAojQBMzZ8ziBgRighuf6aBHiWOXUBKZ9l6xmXVxuEnbk0CSYcj6WF4zuhExzSKiQt_ZAVm0cTXEQXma3QjaZNUiovwKk57Fw/s400/ncr2014.jpg" /></a></div>Programme for the 2014 Normandy Channel Race. (Mare won the race in 2013.) <br />
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by Kate Jennings<br />
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NEWSFLASH: At 1704 GMT Race Management received a call from Simen Lovgren on the Class40 "Romerike Elektro AS" skippered by Rune Aasberg. The two skippers have decided to return to the French coast to effect repairs to their bowsprit (spar at the front of the boat), which has broken. They’re 28 miles from Ouistreham. More information to follow shortly.<br />
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For info, Rune made the bowsprit himself and was very proud of it so it's a bit sad!<br />
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<a href="http://www.normandy-race.com">Normandy Channel Race</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1116176243213756366.post-48874419899708844332014-05-26T08:24:00.001+12:002014-05-27T03:39:04.557+12:00US Moth 11th Hour Cup : US National Champion Kotoun Wins 4 Out of 5 on First Day of Inaugural 11th Hour Cup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Kl7idG6RmQkzj4_qcKN8B0umtfQzVEf7f5Z-tXP2FPRl68cbT-x0ybHeWbNKR6W8Qx-oznMRhv7trnErTxq6pDlQR2Jrr20Psnha43dF_cUV5I10IEiSXbKcFZ0IoDqRZwe-rCbOaFA/s1600/2014+11th+Hour+Cup-US+Moth+Class-DAY+1-Meredith+Block+Photo+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Kl7idG6RmQkzj4_qcKN8B0umtfQzVEf7f5Z-tXP2FPRl68cbT-x0ybHeWbNKR6W8Qx-oznMRhv7trnErTxq6pDlQR2Jrr20Psnha43dF_cUV5I10IEiSXbKcFZ0IoDqRZwe-rCbOaFA/s400/2014+11th+Hour+Cup-US+Moth+Class-DAY+1-Meredith+Block+Photo+1.jpg" /></a></div>The world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently purchased a Mach 2 Moth for the benefit of their sailing program, and young Brooks Reed showed the mental fortitude that M.I.T.ers are known for by taking fourth place in his first-ever day racing a Moth. Newport, RI. Image copyright 2014 © Meredith Block/US Moth Class<br />
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Unseasonably cold temperature and winds up to 15 knots welcomed the high-flying International Moth fleet to Narragansett Bay on Saturday for the inaugural 11th Hour Cup regatta, with long time Newport local and reigning US National Champion Anthony Kotoun sailing a nearly flawless day to lead the fleet. Boston-based attorney Matt Knowles found the only chink in Kotoun’s armor on the fifth and final race of the day, when a dropping breeze allowed the lightweight Knowles to sail away to a nearly one-minute win over the fleet. “It’s always nice to have a good lead, but this 11th Hour Cup is much bigger than that,” said Kotoun, who also serves as the regatta organizer for the event. “It provides an opportunity for the US Moth Class and Class Partner 11th Hour Racing to get together and brainstorm on where we want to take our partnership for the coming year.” <br />
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Newport-based 11th Hour Racing, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation, seeks to mobilize the sailing and marine industry to create systemic change for the improved health of our oceans, and Program Director Kate Neubauer said the organization is extremely excited about their continuing partnership with the US Moth Class. “Anyone who loves the water can’t help but be fascinated by these athletes with their state-of-the-art foiling boats,” said Neubauer, on site to train the Moth racers as ‘ambassadors’ for 11th Hour’s mission. “Moth sailors spend more time in the water than any other sailor, and between that and the fact that the tiniest bit of trash on a foil can destroy a sailor’s day, we’ve found the Moth Class to be the perfect partner for helping us spread our message of environmental sustainability to sailors around the world.”<br />
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<b>Higher Education and Moth Racing Makes A Great Combination</b><br />
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The US Moth Class continues to lead the way in bringing varied stakeholders together in the name of marine conservation, and this week, the 11th Hour Cup Moth Fleet visited the University of Rhode Island’s world-leading Inner Space Center to learn about their cutting-edge programs of underwater exploration and education. Director Dwight Coleman showed off their NASA-modeled control room, giving the moth sailors a fascinating view of some of the HD footage streaming live from thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface. Kotoun was most fascinated by the ‘robot garage’; a shop on URI’s Graduate campus dedicated to modifying and repairing the multi-million dollar high-tec underwater vehicles that serve as the backbone of the Inner Space program. “We’re all just tinkerers in our own way, and it’s great to share ideas with the brilliant scientists who are leading the way under the water just as we are leading the way foiling over it.”<br />
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Sunday’s forecast offers light to moderate breeze, which is likely to favor the lighter sailors like Knowles and fleet newcomer and M.I.T. graduate student Brooks Reed, while Kotoun will fight to hold on to his lead. Southern California’s Zack Maxam will likely be back on form after a distracted day on Saturday, when he ended racing early to propose to longtime girlfriend and Moth fan Christy Politowski at the water’s edge near Fort Adams. “She said ‘yes’, and that’s better than winning any race,” Maxam said. Relive Saturday’s racing with photos, videos, and interviews on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/USMothClass">US Moth Class Facebook Page</a>, and tune in Sunday at 11 AM for racing. <br />
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More photos and videos of the racing can be found in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/USMothClass/photos_albums">the gallery here</a>.<br />
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Moth sailors like robots as much as anyone, and URI Inner Space Director Dwight Coleman proudly shows off one of his schools ultra high-tech underwater vehicles to the sailors. Image copyright 2014 © Meredith Block/US Moth Class<br />
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<b>RESULTS AFTER 5 RACES (Top 5 Only)</b><br />
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1 – Anthony Kotoun – Newport – 7 Points<br />
2 – Matt Knowles – Boston – Miami – 11 Points<br />
3 – Tom Loughborough – Newport – 14 Points<br />
4 – Brooks Read – Cambridge - 19 Points<br />
5 – Jason Carroll – New York - 25 Points<br />
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<b>11th Hour Racing US Moth Class Tenet Of The Day</b><br />
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As one of the world's elite, high-profile racing classes, the International Moth Class takes stewardship of the waterways seriously, working hard to emphasize the responsible use of energy and resources in the context of sailing. Working with 11th Hour Racing, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation, the US Moth Class has come up with a number of initiatives to help sailing events improve the energy profile and performance of racing boats and increase the personal investment of sailors in the health of our waters. This week, we’re focused on how to educate fellow sailors and event organizers on achievable ways to make a positive impact on our local marine environment, and our daily news stories will include an essential tenet of our educational philosophy.<br />
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<b>Today’s tenet: Form A Sustainability Plan For Your Organization</b><br />
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Whether you are part of a Class, Club, Sailing Center, or commercial operation, progress requires a plan, and critically evaluating your organizations’ environmental impacts and how to improve them is a crucial step. Sharing these plans with other stakeholders and stressing their importance is a key educational goal for the US Moth Class.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com