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Friday, April 1, 2011

DELPH 28

Boat: DELPH 28

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Wayfarer Irish Nationals at Wicklow Sailing Club

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DEL REY 24

Boat: DEL REY 24

Builder: Blue Bouy Yacht Co.

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Wayfarer Open Meeting at Blackwater Sailing Club

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DEHLER 41 DS

Boat: DEHLER 41 DS

Builder: Dehler Yachts

Designer: Judel/Vrolijk

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Rolex IMS Offshore World Championship Overall

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DEHLER 39 SQ

Boat: DEHLER 39 SQ

Builder: Dehler Yachts

Designer: Judel/Vrolijk

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EDS Atlantic Challenge - Leg 1 Day Three

Radio Interview Extracts:

Mark Turner, Kingfisher. "We had dinner 'a la Ellen' last night, not
generally her strong point, but it was exceptionally good - rehydrated
macaroni cheese with tuna. Between that and this morning's rehydrated
yoghurt and muesli, we're in pretty good shape."

Miranda Merron, Ecover. "We are pleased to be up with Kingfisher and Sill.
They are optimised to sail better upwind than us and since this race has
been upwind all the way from France, we are very happy with our
performance."

Roland Jourdain, Sill Plein Fruit. "It's a passionate battle at the front
of the fleet here with Ellen and Mike. Every three hours our team huddles
around the computer to look at the new positions online. We're controlling
our British friends, but there's still everything to play for."

Josh Hall, Gartmore. "We made a tactical move yesterday by tacking in
towards the coast of Holland. It was either that or follow the leaders. It
seemed to pay off, but it also allowed Fila to make some gains. We are now
watching them very closely. They are only a few miles away."

Helena Darvelid, Alphagraphics. "Carol (Archer) and I have been working very well together. In fact we both had our heads in the engine compartment this morning fixing the engine and came out covered in grease."

Andrea Scarabelli, Fila. "The wind is light near the coast. We have caught
up to Gartmore and will work hard to pass them this afternoon. Meanwhile
last night we had a nice pasta dinner."

Loic Pochet, La Rage de Vivre. "I am very happy with the boat and how it
has been sailing. We have not broken anything. Once we get our new sails
in Portsmouth then we will be able to make a real competition with the
other boats."

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AMERICAN 21

Boat: AMERICAN 21

Builder: American Mariner Industries

Designer: Arthur S. Henry

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Clipper fleet sets sail on Race 13

Author: MHL Press

Farewell to the Fairest Cape

The 8 Clipper yachts got safely away from Cape Town after a magnificent start with Table Mountain making the ideal backdrop. In every sense this has been one of the most successful stop over ports yet. The hosting by the Royal Cape Yacht Club set the pattern for the visit and all the crew members have managed to see much of the surrounding countryside as well as having a well earned break.

It was still dark as the crews prepared their yachts this morning but slowly the most beautiful dawn broke. Final preparations and testing of the various new system had been successfully completed and the fleet left on time for the start off Green Point, just to the west of the harbour entrance.

At 0830 the fine 75 foot yacht Panther glided out to act as the Committee Boat with a staff from the Royal Cape Yacht Club. The locals described it as one of the coldest days of the winter while the Clipper crews, dressed in shirtsleeves, hats and dark glasses, proclaimed it to be like the best sort of summer day at home. The wind was very light and fluky but at 1030 the starting gun was fired and the fleet was off.

Jersey Clipper was first to edge slowly over the line and it looked as though Bristol Clipper would follow her but Bob Beggs then ordered his light weight spinnaker to be hoisted which then caused them to bear right away and into a very calm area. Jersey Clipper with her No1 yankee and staysail had some good way on and pulled out an early lead on a more windward heading.

Liverpool Clipper ended up being second across the line closely followed by London Clipper. Plymouth Clipper was some way further back but had good boat speed in the light conditions and creamed passed everyone to cross fourth, also ahead of Bristol. Glasgow, Portsmouth and Leeds followed and all boats did well to ghost across within 8 minutes of the starting gun and not get well and truly stuck. Serica (now Bristol) took several hours to cross the line in the first Clipper race.

The boats that pointed more to windward and towards Robben Island were first to get the incoming breeze and after 45 minutes the fleet was split by an amazing 3 miles. Jersey Clipper was calling the shots but Liverpool and Plymouth were also showing good pace. The chasing pack of 5 were not happy at this early split and several of them had decided that their future lay in hoisting spinnakers and bearing away more to the west.

The wind is set to fill in and will be the governing factor to their progress. It is forecast to go to the NW and give the crews a hard beat as they make their way up the coast. I suspect many of the skippers will attempt to stay fairly close inshore and try and benefit from the Benguela Current but at present all they need is a steady wind to get them out to sea.

The order as they sailed over the horizon towards Brazil was:

Jersey

Liverpool

Plymouth

London

Bristol

Glasgow

Portsmouth

Leeds

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DEHLER 38

Boat: DEHLER 38

Builder: Dehler Yachts

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Flying Dutchman World Championships 2001 Overall Report

Author: Peter Doran

The Flying Dutchman Worlds were held from 20-28 June at Gilleleje in Denmark. 69 entries from 14 Nations included previous World champions and Olympic medallists. The event was sponsored by Semcor and well supported by the Gilleleje Sailing Club, the local community and tourist office. A good social program included music every night in the large boat shed next to the modern clubhouse on the edge of the harbour.

Racing was held a short distance from the harbour with traditional triangle sausage format, and windward legs of between 1.2 and 1.5 NM

The first race was held on Friday 22nd in approx 16 knots of wind from the NW. After two general recalls the race officer produced his Black flag with the desired effect of a clean start. The Race was led from start to finish by the Danish team of Jorgen and Jacob Bojsen-Moller(DEN 21), who were pressed hard by the Hungarian team of Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos(HUN 70). Further back the rest of the fleet had good racing with many place changes on the shifty conditions.

The two races scheduled for Sat were abandoned due to 30 plus knots and large waves.

On Sunday morning Race 2 was held in overcast conditions with 12-15 knots and some large and difficult wave patterns. The fleet got away the first time and again the Bojsen Moller brothers led the way with the Hungarian team again second. The third race was held back to back, with the Boysen Mollers repeating their performance but this time the Hungarians were beaten by the 2000 Worlds second placed team of Hans-Peter Schwarz and Roland Kirst (GER 87). Behind these three leading boats there was strong competition from Germany, USA, Spain and Holland.

Monday 25th had races 4 and 5, in similar conditions to the previous day. In race 4 again the Bojsen Mollers were in front, followed by the Hungarians but this time the third boat was the Dutch team of Bas and Marc van der Pol (NED32 ) . Race 5 had the Danes still in front but this time Martin Krings and Joachim Brodda (GER52) were second.

Following a Reserve day, with no racing, two races were scheduled for Wednesday 27th. Following a two hour postponement the wind settled to 10 knots from the North in bright sunshine. Race 6 started after a general recall with several boats disqualified with the Black flag. At the windward mark NED 3 Albert van Vianen and Rob Taal were the leading boat followed by Ger33 Hans Genthe and Henri Kramer. These two were closely followed by the usual leaders of HUN 70, DEN 21 and GER52.

Several place changes followed in a tight race. At the line the GER 210 Jorg Witte and Stefan Madicke won from HUN 70.

As the fleet made its way back to the next start the wind died and race 7 was abandoned to the following day.

Races 7 and 8 were now scheduled for the last day Thursday 28th. The wind was very unsettled in the bright sunshine. After a postponement on the water of 1.5 hours the fleet returned to shore and waited. At 13:45 the last two scheduled races were abandoned leaving Jorgen and Jacob Bojsen Moller popular World Champions. They will be defending their title in Portugal in 2002.

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DEHLER 372

Boat: DEHLER 372

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Mumbles Long Distance Cat Race at Mumbles Yacht Club

Author: Colin Jenkins

As MYC's first attempt at a long distance cat race, the cautious decision was made to sail large laps around the bay rather than sail off down the Gower coast; which, because of the success of the event, we're likely to do next year.
Perfect sailing conditions, force 4-5 and sunshine, ensured that everybody had a ball on the water regardless of how well
they did in the race.

The three Tresaith visitors sailed off into the distance in their Hurricanes leaving the home fleet,
dominated by Dart18s, to their own race over the water. Unfortunately the two home boats (iF20s) that would have given the 5.9s a race
over the water had to retire with gear failure; including a dislocated knee!

Line honours went to Hurricane 5.9 086 sailed by Liz Howell & Steve Williams from Tresaith, with
Colin Jenkins & Jo Mullett in Dart 18 4784 taking first place on handicap.

Along with the regular volunteers from Mumbles Yacht Club, special thanks must go to Chris Coode for organising the
event and Swansea Sub-Aqua & Yacht club for providing mark yachts and other safety craft. To quote Chris, "it was a hoot"!

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