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Briefings
– 9 June 2010
In
this issue:
Silver
Medal for 49er
 Peter
Burling and Blair Tuke won the silver medal at 2010 Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands. Also recording a
top ten result was Jon-Paul Tobin in the Men’s RS:X.
The regatta, which is
the fifth in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Series, concluded on May
31st.
The kiwis in the 49er went into the medal race in third position
behind Delle Karth of Austria and Australia’s Outteridge. They placed second in
the race which saw them move up to claim the silver medal.
“The regatta
had a huge range of conditions from drifters to puffs over 20 knots. It was nice
to find our speed pretty good over the whole range and to improve our racing
results every day through the regatta,” report team Burling and Tuke.
“It’s always fun to have a successful trip to Europe and return with
some metalware. We’ve done this before in other classes but this is the first
time in our 49er campaign so far.”
This is the best result to date for
the young kiwis who have been in the 49er together for only 18 months. Burling
and Tuke won silver at Sail Melbourne in December last year, and placed eighth
at Miami Olympic Classes Regatta in January this year.
Jon-Paul Tobin finished tenth
in the 100 strong Men’s RS:X fleet despite suffering from a back injury on the
penultimate day of the series. The incident meant Tobin scored a DNF for race
seven.
“The DNF was due to somehow popping out up my upper back lower
neck in race six,” explains Tobin. “The Dutch physio helped to work the problem
out a little bit that night and following morning.”
Tobin was able to go
on and continue racing and compete in the medal race, in which he placed eighth.
He finished the series in tenth overall.
The next Olympic classes
regatta in the ISAF Sailing World Cup is Kiel Week in Germany which runs from
18th to 23rd June.
Read more>
NZL
Sailing Team
 The
Governor General, sponsors and friends of Yachting New Zealand were introduced
to members of the NZL Sailing Team at a team launch in Auckland last Thursday.
Those attending also watched as the names of two new Elliot 6 metre
Women’s match racing yachts were revealed.
After the formalities members
of the NZL Sailing Team including the two new Elliott 6 metres, two 470s, two
RS:Xs, two Lasers, a Radial and a Finn all took to the water for a media photo
opportunity.
The NZL Sailing Team includes New Zealand’s top tier
Olympic campaigners with their sights firmly set on Weymouth 2012 which is now
just two years away. The current members have proven themselves as this
country’s key prospects for Olympic sailing medals as we count down the next
Games.
For more on the 2010 NZL Sailing Team and full sailor profiles can be viewed here. With more photos from last week now up on our
website.
Elliott
6 metres named
 Two
of New Zealand’s legendary women sailors have been honoured with the naming of
Yachting New Zealand’s new Elliott 6 metre Women’s match racing
yachts.
Today New Zealand’s Governor General officially named the yachts
Barbara Kendall and Leslie Egnot in front of a crowd of sailors, sponsors, media
and friends of Yachting New Zealand.
The names were chosen after a
nationwide competition where yacht club members submitted their suggestions to a
panel of judges for their consideration. The winning entry came from Freerk
Kempkers of Waikawa Boating Club in Picton.
NZL
Sailing Team campaign updates...
 Southern
Star Racing – Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk have just launched a new campaign website
designed to let friends and supporters around the globe know of their plans and
achievements.
Some other members of the NZL Sailing Team also have
campaign websites or FaceBook pages where you can follow the progress of your
favourite sailors...
Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk – Southern Star Racing
http://www.southernstarracing.com/
Paul
Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders
Check the Paul/Jason 470 Racing FaceBook page for a recent video from
the 470 campaigners... training off Bayswater Marina in a 25 knot squall.
Jon-Paul Tobin
http://www.jptobin.com/
Sara Winther
http://www.sarawinther.com/
Mike
Bullot
http://www.mikebullot.com/
Jo Aleh &
Olivia Powrie – Team Jolly
http://www.jollyracing.com/
Dan
Slater
http://www.danslater-nz.com/
European
Championships on now
 Two
NZL Sailing Team crews are currently competing at their respective European
Championship events. The Laser Euros are on in Tallinn, Estonia, and the Star
class Euros in Viereggio, Italy. Both have massive fleets totalling close to 150
entries in each.
Mike Bullot (pictured left) is in Estonia, the only
kiwi in the 148-strong fleet in the 2010 Laser Standard European Championship.
While the Southern Star racing team of Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk are in
action at the Star European Championship in Italy.
Laser European Championship – 148 entries
4th – 11th June
Tallinn, Estonia
After three days on the water and
six races sailed the NZL Sailing Team’s Mike Bullot is lying fifth
in the large competitive fleet. Placing outside the top ten in just one of the
six races sailed so far, Bullot, from Murrays Bay Sailing Club, has a point
score of 26 just three points adrift of third place at this mid way point in the
regatta. Australian Tom Slingsby is out in front.
Star European
Championship – 149 entries
5th – 13th June, Viareggio,
Italy
Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk – Southern Star Racing - the 2009
world silver medallists have a new training regime, a refurbished boat and a new
website, created by Kiwi company Frontend Design, to let friends and supporters
around the globe know of their plans and achievements.
In between other
sailing commitments, Hamish and Craig have been training at home on Auckland’s
Hauraki Gulf during the Southern Hemisphere summer and autumn, working
ultimately towards their 2012 Olympic gold dream.
To read more and follow
the Southern Star Racing Team check out their website now.
O’Canada
first to Fiji for President’s Trophy
 The
2010 ANZ Auckland to Denerau Ocean Race challenged the fleet with a wide range
of conditions.
Check below for SKY TV screening times of SilverFox TV's
documentary on the race.
Fierce northerly headwinds hit the fleet on day
two, as predicted by forecasters in the lead up to the race. Competitors report
winds in the 30 to 50 knot range which then subsided as the system passed.
The bulk of the fleet then spent a few days drifting in very light
fickle winds before transitioning into the trades which were a little slow to
appear.
Open 60 O Canada built an early lead on the fleet and continued
to stretch out going on to arrive in Denerau Friday 9:41am, after an elapsed
time of 139 hours and 41 minutes. Skippered by Olympic Finn sailor Dan Slater O
Canada took line honours convincingly and were presented with the President’s
Trophy as first boat to finish.
Caught in the drift-off Wired
[Bakewell-White 52] followed crossing the line second just over 30 hours behind
O Canada. Ran Tan II [Elliott 50] was third three hours behind Wired.
Striking the mid race light patch meant that the corrected time winners
were essentially determined in the second half of the race.
On board
Bennetaeu First 50, Bird on the Wing, Brent Marshall and crew enjoyed Hors
D’oeuvres and full meals. In spite of the offshore luxuries, Bird on the Wing,
now a race regular, this year things went their way and the boat claimed the
coveted IRC win by a mere eight minute margin from brand new boat General Lee
[Bakewell-White 36].
When asked about race highlights, Brent Marshall,
Bird on the Wing skipper quotes, “Being at sea with a brilliant group of friends
and sharing in the joy of ocean racing.”
“The windy second night saw us
as one of the boats which advanced best up the course, and the three or four
extended kite rides we had at different stages in 20-25kts.”
Ross 40,
REVs sailed a strong race pushing to the west early on and persevering with that
track despite the wind hole. They were seventh in to Fiji and returned solid
results across the divisions – first on ORC Club, second on PHRF, and third
under IRC.
Full results
see here.
NZL
Yachting Trust Youth Team
 Last
issue we featured the announcement of the 2010 NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team to
compete at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey
in July.
Soon after, all twelve sailors gathered together, with coaches
to meet sponsors and supporters at the YNZ offices in Westhaven. Here they are
pictured left decked out in some of their new SLAM uniform.
In behind
the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team are long-time principal sponsor the NZL Yachting Trust. Yachting New Zealand is delighted to
welcome Oceanbridge Shipping as a key sponsor and the team will wear
SLAM Advanced Technology
Sportswear.
The ISAF Youth Worlds was first held in Sweden in 1971.
The 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey will be
the 40th Championship.
2010
Annual General Meeting: Notice of Meeting
The 56th Annual General Meeting of Yachting New Zealand will be held on
Saturday 2nd October at 1:30pm in Auckland. Venue: Yachting New
Zealand, 85 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven, Auckland.
Dates to
note:
In accordance with the current Constitutional requirements:
• Notice of any proposed alteration or addition to the Constitution
shall be sent to the CEO not later than 90 days before the said meeting. Closing
date: 9am Monday 5th July 2010
• Notice of any alteration or addition to the
constitution may be proposed by the Board or any voting member of Yachting New
Zealand.
• Notice of any resolution and/or nomination to be proposed at the
AGM shall be sent to the CEO not later than 50 days before the said meeting.
Closing date: 5pm Friday 13th August 2010
• Nominations for the Board of
Directors are to be received in writing to the CEO by a member yacht club no
later than 5pm Friday 13th August 2010. The positions of two Board members will
be elected as per Article 14.3, 14.4 &14.5 of the Yachting New Zealand
Constitution; the retiring directors (Jan Dawson and Mike Coupe) may be
re-elected.
Committee Selection
The Board Advisory
committees (KORC, Olympic, High Performance & Youth, Junior Classes, Sailors
with Disabilities and Race Management) positions as per the Constitution will be
selected by the Board. Recommendations of suitable individuals should be made in
writing to the CEO by 5pm on the 13th August 2010 so the Boards selection
process can be completed on a timely basis.
Singapore
Airlines Special Airfares
 Singapore
Airlines is proud to offer New Zealand sailors discounted airfares to over 60
destinations worldwide, via SQ Corporate, an online booking tool. To take
advantage of these discounted airfares you will need to be a KrisFlyer member –
Singapore Airlines frequent flyer programme. KrisFlyer is free to join and
registration can be completed by visiting www.krisflyer.com.
Once registered,
simply email Beth Orton at Yachting New Zealand on reception@yachtingnz.org.nz with
your first, middle and last names (as shown in passport), date of birth, email
address and KrisFlyer number.
Please note frequent flyer miles earned
from any booking made on SQ Corporate can be allocated to any Star Alliance
Frequent Flyer Programme, including Air New Zealand Airpoints.
We will
register you to their Yachting New Zealand corporate account and confirm your
registration via email, also providing you with a three digit code that will be
required when logging onto SQ Corporate and instructions that will assist you
with searching and making bookings.
Queen’s
Birthday Honours – two sailors feature
 Two
sailors have been honoured in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours list including
one of Yachting New Zealand’s Life Members.
Yachting New Zealand Life
Member John Martin Foster, JP, of North Shore City (pictured) was named a Member
of the New Zealand Order of Merit. And Louis Vuitton's Yves Carcelle, of Paris,
France, was made an honorary member of the New Zealand Order of
Merit.
Sail-World’s Richard Gladwell has all the detail in this story.
Karl
Purdie named Wellington Sportsman of the Year
 OK
Dinghy World Champion, Karl Purdie (pictured left) was named Wellington’s
Sportsman of the Year at the Wellington Sports Awards in Wellington on Thursday
June 3rd.
Purdie was named over fellow nominees Reyon Kay (Speed
skating), Mark Paston (football), and Peter Taylor (rowing).
Purdie
from Wellington wears the OK Dinghy World Champion crown once more after winning
the World Championship Regatta contested in Wellington in February this
year.
Purdie, who won the title in 2008 and silver in 2009, had a tough
battle on his hands over the five days of racing hosted by Royal Port Nicholson
Yacht Club, but came out on top with a winning margin of 13 points.
Don’t miss Silverfox TV’s half hour programme covering the 2010 Auckland
to Denerau Ocean Race set to screen on SKYSport this month.
“The footage
being edited at the moment is superb and it is becoming an issue of what to
leave out of the final program,” says Herb Pryde of Silverfox TV.
Here’s
the planned schedule for screening ...
22 June 1830 on SKY Sport 1
23
June 2230 on SKY Sport 3
24 June 1600 on SKY Sport 1
25 June 1630 on SKY
Sport 2
26 June 1030 on SKY Sport 2
26 June 1530 on SKY Sport 2
27 June
1000 on SKY Sport 3
27 June 1130 on SKY Sport 1
SKY TV advises that
times are subject to change without notification.
New
Zealand’s Georgia set to compete in Australia
 New
Zealand TP52 race yacht Georgia will be in Queensland soon for two of Australia’s
major keelboat regattas. First up is Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Regatta
followed closely by Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
Farmer, who sails
out of Auckland, has already claimed the New Zealand IRC championship with the
yacht, which like its predecessors is named Georgia. Now he hopes it will take
him to the top of the podium in IRC Grand Prix Division One at Audi Hamilton
Island Race Week. Back for his fifth Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, his best
place to date has been third overall in 2003.
The latest Georgia’s
pedigree says it has every chance of being highly competitive against the slick
Australian campaigns. Designed by Botin & Careek and built by Cookson’s in
New Zealand, it is from the same mould that produced the current Audi Med Cup
champion, Emirates Team New Zealand.
About Audi Hamilton
Island Regatta
Georgia is one of more than 75 yachts already
entered for the regatta, which will be staged from August 20 to 28. Organisers
remain confident that this year’s event will again see around 200 yachts
competing, a number that will once again confirm Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
as Australia’s premier keelboat regatta. The entry list represents the full
spectrum of keelboat racing, from the smallest non-spinnaker cruising yachts
through to supermaxi thoroughbreds, and for the first time, superyachts up to 60
metres in length.
About Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach
Regatta
This year marks the 21st running of the Annual Meridien
Airlie Beach Race Week in the Whitsundays to be staged from August 12 – 19. As
the event continues to go from strength to strength organisers are expecting up
to 140 boats. This year’s event will also feature multihull racing.
Velux
5 Oceans coming to Wellington
The ultimate solo yachting challenge – the VELUX 5 Oceans - will
visit Wellington, New Zealand.
The route for the 2010-11 VELUX 5 OCEANS,
the eighth edition of the classic solo yacht race since it first began in 1982,
will begin in La Rochelle in France on October 17 and features five ocean
sprints. After heading from La Rochelle to Cape Town, the race will then take to
Wellington in New Zealand, Salvador in Brazil and Charleston in the US before
returning back across the Atlantic to France.
Ocean Sprint 2 to
Wellington sees the race returning to New Zealand for the third time, having
previously visited Tauranga and Auckland, in 2002 and 1998 respectively. New
Zealand's Capital City will host the race for the first time and will be the
ideal venue for the competitors to recover from the long leg from Cape Town
before preparing for the treacherous Southern Ocean Sprint around Cape Horn to
Brazil.
Life
Member Anthony Wane
Yachting New Zealand has lost contact with one of our Life Members and
we’re keen to hear from anyone who can put us in touch again. Please email us on
reception@yachtingnz.org.nz if you can put us in
touch with Anthony Wane.
Winter’s here and the domestic sailing calendar is quiet. If you have an
event coming up, don’t forget to Submit your Event here, to ensure it appears in our on-line
calendar and upcoming issues of Briefings What’s on.
International
Laser and Laser Radial
European Championships, 4th – 11th June
Tallinn,
Estonia
website>
Star European Championships, 5th – 13th
June
Viareggio, Italy
website>
Korea Match Cup, 8th – 13th
June
Gyeonggi, Korea
website>
Kieler
Woche - Kiel Week, 18th – 23rd June
Kiel, Germany
website>
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