Team NZ pilloried...Volvo restarts...Young Kiwi sailor hits 29.6kts
by . on 20 Apr 2015
- Red Bull Foiling Generation Search - Japan April 2015 Red Bull Extreme Racing
Welcome to Sail-World.com’s New Zealand e-magazine for April 20, 2015
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America's Cup is back leading the national news bulletins for all the wrong reasons.
It is not certain quite what inspired the sudden media interest in the fate of the Qualifier Series, which was set down for Auckland, then shifted to Bermuda in a fit of pique by the America's Cup Events Authority.
The decision was ratified by four of the Challengers and Defender Oracle Team USA at a meeting held in London last Wednesday.
The outcome was published in Sail-World on Thursday and officially posted by the America's Cup website on Friday.
How can the America's Cup organisers explain how they were able to announce one venue to the teams in February and then make a second announcement in April?
That will be a matter for the Arbitration Panel to decide when it is formed and operational.
The statement made on the America's Cup website: 'The America’s Cup competitors have agreed the format for racing in 2017 with all racing taking place on the waters of the Great Sound in Bermuda, the home of the 2017 America’s Cup' is not entirely correct.
Team New Zealand did not vote for the all the racing to be held in Bermuda. They abstained - as they have a matter before the Arbitration Panel on this very point.
The race format itself was as set out in the Protocol and is nothing new.
Outside the rarefied air of the America's Cup Competitors Forum, few support the stance or directions taken by the Golden Gate Yacht Club.
In this e-magazine, we feature a story from today's edition of the New York Times, which is none too flattering about the last 18 months of America's Cup history. Add that to the voices of Bob Fisher, Bruno Trouble, Ernesto Bertarelli and others - and maybe, just maybe Golden Gate Yacht Club are the ones who have got it wrong.
Or do these people know nothing about the Cup and how to run a successful event?
Stay tuned to Sail-World.com's New Zealand website to follow this story as it unfolds.
The Volvo Ocean Race got underway from Itajai, Brazil in the early hours this morning, New Zealand time.
Like the In-Port Race on Saturday (local time) it was sailed in the lightest of airs. The breeze has picked up from the 2-3kts which prevailed for much of the opening hours, and is now reported to be about 13kts as the fleet edges away from the Brazilian coast headed for Newport RI - where they are expected to arrive in 18 days time, or so.
The International Jury met on Thursday to hear several cases that arose out of Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, they produced some interesting decisions in regard to sails that had been severely ripped on Team SCA and Vestas Wind. We have the story in this edition.
In Japan, Red Bull has run the first in a succession of regattas to find young sailing talent capable of sailing Phantom foilers.
One of New Zealand's top young sailors, Leonard Takahashi-Fry made the trip back to Japan to compete and finished third in the regatta.
He set the regatta speed record of 29.6kts, and probably would have finished higher but for a capsize in the semi-finals.
We have reports from two days of the Red Bull regatta, plus plenty of images. Sure looks like a cool event - and an amazing experience if you are a 17-year-old sailor.
Staying with foiling catamarans - this time with 40fters. The foiling cruiser Gunboat G4 capsized on the final day of the St Barths regatta in the Caribbean. We have images of the incident in this edition from top photographer, UltimateSailing.com's Sharon Green along with a video shot before and during the capsize.
We also feature in the same story a short video of G4 foiling at speed. It is quite amazing that cruising catamaran could perform in this mode. But maybe we should not be too surprised as she is from the DNA stable which a leading builder of A-class catamarans.
The RS Feva Nationals were sailed over the weekend off Milford Beach. Then regatta attracted a strong entry of 26 crews sailing the one design, We have reports on two of the three days racing in this edition.
At stake was a spot in the 2015 World Championships, won by Scott and Jack Maynard from Milford Cruising Club. Elijay Liefting and Rose Dickson were second with Neil and Robbie Woolridge in third. Robbie Woolridge at 9 years old was the youngest competitor.
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Good sailing!
Richard Gladwell
NZ Editor
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