Sail-World New Zealand: 11 March 2009
Sail-World New Zealand: 11 March 2009
Ericsson 3 with
a 300 mile lead over the fleet, on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean
Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro Gustav
Morin/Ericsson Racing Team/Volvo Ocean Race ©
Welcome to
Sail-World.Com's NZ newsletter for 11 March 2009
Late yesterday afternoon, the latest TP52, Artemis, was launched at the Emirates Team New Zealand base in the presence of a small gathering of supporters, suppliers and crew. As we mentioned on Monday she will be working up with a second TP52 from Emirates Team New Zealand.
You can see the latest pictures of both yachts by clicking here
It is a rare chance to see and compare this state of the race boat art and compare the different approach from two designers. The stern sections are of particular interest to anyone who follows yacht design.
Artemis is weighed prior to her
launching a at Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Richard
Gladwell
In the Volvo Ocean Race, Ericsson 3 has extended her lead, as the yachts check out the Ice Gate, which is located at just 45degrees south - about the same latitude as Omaru. From there they dive south to Cape Horn.
On the subject of southern climes, we have a a report and pictures of Dunedin's Festival Regatta, which had some rather interesting weather to say the least, and a very healthy turnout.
29er's racing on Otago Harbour during the
Dunedin Festival Regatta Martin Balch
On the
international scene we have a report and some great photos
from top international photographer Juerg Knaufmann, taken
at the Ski-Yachting regatta hosted by the Swiss resort of
Gstaad, and the Gstaad Yacht Club. The shots are of model
yachts using an underwater camera - and are quite stunning.
Click here to see more.
Ski-Yachting regatta, using
model yachts at Gstaad Yacht Club (SUI) © Juerg Kaufmann
www.go4image.com
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Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
NZ
Editor
nzeditor@sail-world.com
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TP52, Artemis, is launched in
Auckland - Images
Richard Gladwell, Sail-World,
The
second of two TP52's was launched in Auckland this evening
adjacent to the Emirates Team New Zealand base and with the
Louis Vuitton Cup winner's own TP 52 in the dock alongside.
The Judel & Vrolijk TransPac 52 is the third for owner
Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE) and was built by Cookson Boats -
the tenth TP52 to be built by the Glenfield yard.... [
more]
Societe Nautique de Geneve wins prestigious
Ski-Yachting in Gstaad
Event Media,
Special guests
Bruno Trouble and Jochen Schuemann, and competitors from 19
teams, from 10 clubs representing six countries, enjoyed
perfect snow, sun, wind and a great friendly atmosphere of
the Ski-Yachting regatta, which was first held 10 years ago
in the Swiss resort of Gstaad, where the Gstaad Yacht Club
is based.... [ more]
Large fleet contests Port Otago
Dunedin Festival Regatta
Martin Balch,
The largest
fleet for many years, 69 yachts, ranging from the tiny
Opti's through to keelers faced the starter's signals on
Dunedin's Otago harbour at the weekend. The new regatta
formula introduced by The Otago yachting Association for
their annual regatta proved most successful judging by
competitors comments and the large turnout a the
prizegiving.... [ more]
Fiona Kidd Announced As
Chairman Of ISAF Women's Forum
ISAF,
The
International Sailing Federation (ISAF) announced today that
Fiona Kidd of Canada is the Chairman of the ISAF Women's
Forum for 2009-2012 and women's representative on the ISAF
Council.... [ more]
It's official – online media is
now where it's at
Media Services,
In the US and
Australia, internet media is overtaking all forms of
traditional media for reader loyalty and time spent
consuming.... [ more]
Letter from the Indies: Dominican
Republic
Andrea and Ian Treleaven,
Andrea and Ian
Treleaven continue with their photo-tales of cruising
Caribbean seas in their yacht Cape Finnisterre: The
Dominican Republic (DR) port entry is a bureaucratic
nightmare and quite expensive. Every port requires reentry
and with our timeframe it limits the choices. We also have a
short window of good weather and decide to make the most of
that opportunity. Our sail of 250nm... [ more]
Audi
Etchells Worlds: Ground Hog day - no wind
Skip Lissiman,
Skip Lissiman reports from the Audi Etchells World
Championship, being sailed on Port Phillip. 'All Etchells
seem to go the same speed in this light breeze – or close
to it – so makes it very hard to pass. If you miss a wind
shift or are on the wrong side of a shift you are guaranteed
to be deep in the pack of 86 boats.'... [ more]
Skipper
Bouwe Bekking on Telefonica Blue's predicament
Bouwe
Bekking media,
What is going through the minds of Bouwe
Bekking and his Telefonica Blue team right now? Bekking and
his comrades find themselves faced with sailing the second
half of the race - including the potentially brutal Cape
Horn - with a broken forestay, a crack in the mast and a
mainsail that might prove more useful in the galley should
anything need a sieve.... [ more]
Macgregor is first
RYA Olympic Classes Women's Match Racing
qualifier
Karenza Morton,
Lucy Macgregor carried on
from where she left off following her recent Miami medal joy
by claiming victory at the first RYA Olympic Classes Women's
Match Racing qualifier at Queen Mary SC last weekend.
Macgregor, racing with Ally Martin, Kate Macgregor, Jody
Slater and Sue Monson sealed overall victory... [
more]
Wilson only second American ever to finish Vendee
Globe
Vendee Globe,
Crossing the finish line off Les
Sables d'Olonne at 12h43min19sec GMT, Rich Wilson has
completed the 28 590.2, miles Vend�e Globe solo non stop
round the world race in ninth place. Wilson, the race's
senior skipper at 58 years old, has stuck rigidly to his
watchwords of safety and conservatism, showing huge
determination to complete the course as the pinnacle of a
sailing career.... [ more]
Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson 3
extends lead heading to second ice gate
Volvo Ocean Race
media,
Volvo Ocean Race. Magnus Olsson/SWE and his team
are fully focussed on driving Ericsson 3 hard through the
grey/green Southern Ocean, straight towards the western end
of the second ice gate at lattitude 45 degrees south. The
leading trio, Ericsson 3, Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) and
PUMA (Kenny Read/USA) are rattling east-southeast, set up to
cross the gate at the western end.... [
more]
Childerley bounces back but Bertrand leads Audi
Etchells Worlds
Di Pearson / Sail-world.com/uk,
Still
a lot of sailing to do, but Australia's John Bertrand
tightened the screw another turn in race 3 of the Etchells
Worlds. Leading from the start, Bertrand held off the strong
challenges of Chris Busch (USA), Stuart Childerley (GBR) and
Jud Smith (USA)... [ more]
Nick Craig and Tobytastic Lewis take RS400 Gul Winter Championships
Once again Leigh and Lowton SC welcomed the RS400 fleet back for their Gul Winter Championships. Leigh del Garda as it is fondly known didn't fail to deliver the Garda breeze, and the spectator entertainment was high. Nick Craig and Tobytastic Lewis won the first five races before their rudder decided to retire early duting the final race... [ more]
Italians Boggi
and LaPorte Win Day Two at Star Bacardi Cup
Event media,
The Italian team of Lucio Boggi and crew Manuele La
Porta led at the start and played cat and mouse with
three-time Bacardi Cup champion Peter Wright and crew Nathan
Quist of the USA through most of the 10.5 mile race on
Biscayne Bay. Peter Bromby and Magnus Liljedhal, both
Olympians and Bacardi Cup champions, slid into second place
on the run to the finish... [ more]
Ian Williams bid to
secure third World Match Racing title
Kate Brewer,
Britain's reigning double World Match Racing Champion,
Ian Williams and his Bahrain Team Pindar crew today begin
the defence of their World Match Racing Champion title.
Williams is looking to enter the record books again, as he
sets his sights on another tour victory and an unprecedented
third consecutive World Match Racing title.... [
more]
Images from San Francisco - 1
Erik Simonson,
h2o,
Images from the St Francis YC Spring Regatta and
the Golden Gate YC Mid Winter Race 5... [
more]
Portim�o Global Ocean Race fleet faces complex
demanding conditions
Oliver Dewar,
The Portim�o
Global Ocean Race fleet has been on a continuous starboard
gybe in south-westerly breeze. In the latest 0620 GMT
position poll, Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme continue to
lead the fleet, holding the northern position on Beluga
Racer with the Chilean team on Desafio Cabo de Hornos and
the British duo of Jeremy Salvesen and David Thomson on Team
Mowgli south of the German boat.... [ more]
Melges 32
images from the Acura Miami Grand Prix
Melges 32 Class
Association media,
Melges 32 images from the recent
Acura Miami Grand Prix. Pieter Taselaar on USA-169 Bliksem
delivered an impressive performance to take the title of
2009 ACURA Melges 32 Miami Grand Prix Champion... [
more]
Audi Etchell Worlds - a study in black and
white
Sail-World,
The 2009 Audi Etchells Worlds.
Australian Yachting photographer Andrea Francolini has had a
number of black and white photographic exhibitions, outside
of sailing.... [ more]
Bertrand wins Audi Etchells
Worlds Race 3
Rob Kothe,
Australian ace John
Bertrand, led at the top mark from Pittwater sailor Mark
Doyle, third was 2001,2002 world champion Stuart Childerley
(GBR), Tim Patton (BER), Jud Smith, 2006 World Champion,
Chris Busch (USA)and Graeme Taylor (AUS)... [
more]
Audi Etchells Worlds Day 2 start delayed due to
light winds
Sail-World,
Day 2 racing at the Audi
Etchells World Championship being sailed on Port Phillip,
Melbourne, has been delayed due to very light winds.... [
more]
Volvo Ocean Race: Eventful time on Telefonica
Blue
Various Volvo Ocean Race competitors,
Latest
news from Telefonica Blue and Ericsson 4 sailing Leg 5 of
the Volvo Ocean Race. Telefonica Blue has a near miss with a
whale and discovered a small crack in their mast, while on
Ericsson 4 Jule Salter muses over the difference in oceans.
Read on ....... [ more]
Volvo Ocean Race: Puma blasting
along at 20 knots in dense fog
Rick Deppe,
Puma's
Rick Deppe: 'Not much going on here today, we are just
blasting along at 20 knots in the dense fog that has been
with us for days now. '... [ more]
Audi Etchells World
Championship images Day 1
Andrea Francolini images,
Day 1 images from Andrea Francolini of the Audi Etchells
Worlds, being sailed on Port Phillip, Melbourne... [
more]
New J-class launched by Royal Huisman
J-Class
Association,
Hanuman, the replica new build of Endeavour
II, was launched over the weekend at the Royal Huisman yard
in The Netherlands. Designed by Dykstra and Partners, and
with an interior by Pieter Beeldsnijder; she made a dramatic
appearance as she was lowered into the water yesterday... [
more]
Volvo Ocean Race: Puma MCM Rick Deppe - At last
we are off!
Puma Ocean Racing,
Latest news from
onboard Puma, racing towards Cape Horn in the Volvo Ocean
Race, leg 5 to Rio.... [ more]
2009 Audi Etchells
Worlds
05/03/09
Hosted by Royal Brighton Yacht Club,
Melbourne, Australia....
For more details and news for
this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1155
Louis
Vuitton Pacific Series
30/01/09
The Louis Vuitton
Pacific Series is being held in association with the New
Zealand Government, Emirates Team New Zealand, the Royal New
Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS), Auckland City and Sky City
Group...
For more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1138
Vendee
Globe 2008-2009
10/11/08
Vendee Globe 2008-2009 - A
sailing race around the world, for singlehanders, without
any stopover....
For more details and news for this
event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1117
2008-2009
Portim�o Global Ocean Race
12/10/08
5 legs around
the World - the World's first Solo-Double race....
For
more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1115
2008
- 2009 Volvo Ocean Race
01/01/08
The 2008-09 event
will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon...
For
more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1081
New
Zealand Sailing
01/01/08
Information on all New
Zealand Yachting stories...
For more details and news for
this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=225
2009 Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Tour
The
Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Tour
2009...
For more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1142
2009 World Match Racing Tour
Top skippers and teams begin drive
toward World Championship...
For more details and news
for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1090
Navico News
News and information on products from Navico,
including Simrad...
For more details and news for this
event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=917
North Sails New Zealand news
...
For more details and news
for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Eid=1101
Predict Wind News
For more details and news for this event, go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1102
Southern Spar News
...
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go
to:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?SEid=1104
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