'Rookie' Volvo win...Mixed bag at Santander...Emirates Team NZ tops

by . on 17 Sep 2014

Burling and Tuke 49er - NZL Sailing Team - Day 5, ISAF Sailing World - Santander Yachting NZ/Sailing Energy http://www.sailingenergy.com/

Welcome to Sail-World.com’s New Zealand e-magazine for September 17, 2014

Just in is the news that the America's Cup teams have agreed on something!!

Following the meeting in London, it has been agreed that the fleet of AC45s will be converted to foilers and will race in this mode in the rounds of the America's Cup World Series. They have also agreed that the AC45's will keep racing past this immediate America's Cup cycle.

See the story in this edition for the official announcement.

Team Vestas Wind, skippered by former Camper with Emirates Team NZ's Chris Nicholson, with two other long standing Emirates Team NZ crew members aboard, Rob Salthouse and Tony Rae, took a narrow win from the Leg Zero of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Having just completed their Qualifying Leg en route from Southampton to Alicante, the win will be a massive confidence boost for the latest Volvo Ocean Race entry.

Chris Nicholson skipper of Team Vestas Wind after returning to the marina in Alicante, after Leg Zero, 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race

Team Vestas Wind has been on a very tight schedule from the time of the announcement of their naming sponsor to the time they were required to be in Alicante, Spain. To have just made their deadlines, would have been an achievement in itself for their shore crew, and a win in the 400nm race is a big bonus.

Leg Zero also underlined expectations that this coming Volvo Ocean Race will be close fought with mistakes - and every boat made them - being costly in terms of lost ground on the other six boats in the fleet.

Next event will the In Port Race in Alicante in just over two weeks time, with the Volvo Ocean Race proper getting underway a week later.

Win a trip for two to a RTW Race stop-over port of your choice by entering the ECsix T-Shirt design Contest © Southern Spars

Would you like to win a trip for two to the Volvo Stop Over of your choice?

Put your creative thinking cap on and come up with the winning design in the ECsix T-Shirt competition being run by Southern Spars. All you have to do is design, scribble, write or draw a T-Shirt design and submit it online at www.ecsix.com/contest

See the story in this edition for other site links and information about the competition. But hurry - it closes in just under four weeks time.

After being sat on their backside in Cardiff, Emirates Team New Zealand bounced back with a win in the latest Act in the Extreme Sailing Series sailed in Istanbul, Turkey.

Due to its nature, of inshore courses and often fickle winds, not a lot can be read into the relative performances of the teams in the Extreme Sailing Series, except that over a period of a few Acts, the top teams should be at the top of the points table or close to it.

Emirates Team New Zealand has pulled themselves back up to third overall but still have a 12-point gap to series leader Alinghi.

Dean Barker had another reason to have a rueful smile, after the second part of the ITM Fishing Show was screened on Saturday, featuring his fishing re-match with Oracle Team USA's Jimmy Spithill. Barker won 9-2 in the competition sailed under a version of the America's Cup rules for the Ultimate Cup.

We feature both parts of the series that played on ONE in this edition.

Molly Meech and Alex Maloney - Red Bull 49erFX - NZL Sailing Team - Day 5, ISAF Sailing World - Santander © Yachting NZ/Sailing Energy http://www.sailingenergy.com/

In Santander, Spain, the ISAF Sailing World Championships are under way.

Three New Zealand crews will be defending their world championships. They and others will also be attempting to qualify New Zealand in each of the ten Olympic classes for the 2016 Olympic Regatta in Rio de Janerio.

The sting in the tail for the Kiwis, and several other top sailing nations' crews is the need to finish in the top five or top ten of their event. Regardless of the qualification situation the crews need to secure their individual sailor funding for the next two years leading into the 2016 Olympics.

Sir Ben Ainslie, BAR Team Principal launches new partnership with Yamaha Motors UK at the PSP Southampton Boat Show 2014. © onEdition http://www.onEdition.com

So far it has been a very mixed bag for the Kiwis, with good performances coming in the Mens 49er from three crews. The Women's 470 and 49er FX are having more of a struggle in the Qualification round - but both normally get off to slow starts and then pull through in the tail end of the regatta.

Behind those three classes, there is a bit of work to be done, although there are New Zealand crews in the top ten overall in the 49er, 49erFX, Mens and Women's 470 and Nacra 17 fleets.

We feature reports and images from the first days of the regatta, in this edition.

Stay tuned to our website www.sail-world.com for the latest news and developments in the sailing world.

Good sailing!

Richard Gladwell
NZ Editor

sailworldnzl@gmail.com

Send your news and images directly to Sail-World by http://www.sail-world.com/admin/add_story.cfm?rid=6!clicking_here

If you are a potential advertiser and want to understand how Sail-World can work for your company, website or product, then drop a line to Colin Preston at nzsales@sail-world.com

If you want to contact Richard Gladwell directly email: sailworldnzl@gmail.com or call (+6421) 301030

Don't forget to check our website www.sail-world.com/nz for all the latest news and updates from the sailing world.

Luna Rossa Swordfish and Luna Rossa Piranha both on the water. The future is foiling – AC45s to be modified; America’s Cup World Series to continue into 2018 © Guilain Grenier

If you want to link to this article then please use this URL: www.sail-world.com/126774

Related Articles

Banger Racing, Back Racing and No Racing
Racing on the cheap, a return to racing for young Aussies, and ILCA struggles We start with racing on the cheap at the Colander Cup, then focus on a return to racing for the Aussies at the Youth Worlds, moving on to a complete lack of racing at the ILCA Worlds, and then looking at how SailGP should be back out on the water.
Posted on 14 May Exposure Marine Fastnet Race Kit Video Review
A set of 3 torches specifically designed for offshore racing crews It's a huge year for offshore sailing, and arguably the biggest event of the summer is the Rolex Fastnet Race. Within an hour of entries opening the Royal Ocean Racing Club had received a record 435 yacht registrations.
Posted on 14 May Touching base with Francesca Clapcich
Francesca Clapcich on her 2028-2029 Vendee Globe campaign In late March, Italian-American sailor Francesca “Frankie” Clapcich announced that her Team Francesca Clapcich Powered by 11th Hour Racing will campaign for the 2028-2029 edition of the Vendee Globe race.
Posted on 13 May How Seldén Carbon Masts are made
I took a look around the Seldén Mast factory with Richard Thoroughgood to find out more I took a look around the Seldén Mast factory with Richard Thoroughgood from Seldén to find out a bit more about how the carbon tow reels become the masts that we use when out sailing.
Posted on 12 May SAY it with intent! SAY it in carbon…
You know, you might also have to SAY it in epoxy. You know, you might also have to SAY it in epoxy. Get all that, and you are certainly someone who needs to know about SAY Carbon Yachts. It's all about efficiency, acceleration, pace, and the amount of horsepower required to get there.
Posted on 8 May Night sailing, Transat Paprec, Congressional Cup
Night sailing, encountering light airs in the Transat Paprec, Congressional Cup We bundled up as the last of the rays sunlight dipped below the Olympic Mountains and night quietly fell on Puget Sound. We'd been racing for about twelve hours in the Seattle Yacht Club's Protection Island Race (April 26), and we were getting tired.
Posted on 6 May For the love of slightly larger, even faster boats
Bring it on. No chicken chutes allowed. Celestial, the newest Cape 31 in Oz is up and racing Thank you. You have let For the love of small, fast boats run before the breeze like a superlight planning hull under way too big a kite, with immense sheep in the paddock, and the Sailing Master grasping the flare gun in his pocket... No chicken chutes.
Posted on 4 May Touching base with Erden Eruç
Erden Eruç on his 2026 Golden Globe Race campaign Adventures come in all sizes, scales, speeds, and price tags. My longtime friend and sometimes shipmate Erden Eruç was the first person to complete a human-powered solo circumnavigation. He's now turning his attention to the 2026 Golden Globe Race.
Posted on 1 May The Allure of Timber
The longevity, and sheer beauty, of boats made of wood In these days of exotic materials, high modulus carbon and ultra lightweight construction, it's possible to overlook the longevity, and sheer beauty, of boats made of wood.
Posted on 29 Apr A look inside the Spirit Yachts yard
A close look at what makes their yachts unique Traditional skills in boatbuilding could be regarded as a lost art from a bygone era. In the world of fibreglass and carbon, the joinery and laminating techniques of wood ribs and cedar strips are a thing of the past.
Posted on 28 Apr