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Briefings
– 3 March 2010
In
this issue:
Lead
Story
Ashley
and Ellingham take RS:X Titles for 2010
 2008
Olympic Gold medallist Tom Ashley (pictured left) convincingly won the
2010 New Zealand Men’s RS:X National Championships at Manly Sailing Club.
This secures the double for Ashley who also won the Men’s RS:X at Singapore
Airlines Sail Auckland.
Kate Ellingham takes the Women’s RS:X National
title for 2010.
Sailed over four days from 18th – 21st February
competitors were challenged with mostly light and at times shifty winds, and one
day of 25-28 knot winds on day two of the regatta.
“The strongest gust
recorded on Friday was 36 knots on the race course,” reports Christiane Croft
from Manly Sailing Club. “Both fleets, the RS:X and Bic Techno had their skills
tested across the board.”
Nine races were sailed [with one discard] over
four days off the waters at Big Manly Beach.
The National title for
RS:X Men (9.5 rig) was taken out by Ashley with a 12 point lead over second
placed Jon Paul Tobin and Nimrod Mashiah of Israel in third position.
In
the total fleet of 34, including top ranking sailors from Germany, Italy,
Israel, Greece, Korea, Canada and Noumea, the next best New Zealander was
Antonio Cozzolino of Takapuna Boating Club in seventh position
overall.
The RS:X Youth divison (under 18 years, 8,5 rig) was dominated
and won by Thomas Goyard from Noumea, Oliver Gunman of Takapuna came second and
in third was Sven Pedersen of Tauranga. Oliver Gunman, winner of the National
Youth division title, will represent New Zealand at the Youth Worlds 2010 in
Istanbul, Turkey in July.
Kate Ellingham of Takapuna took out the
National title for RS:X Woman, placing second overall and only one point behind
first placed Laura Linares from Italy. Moana Delle from Germany sailed into
third position. Best New Zealand female Youth sailor was Georgia Schofield of
Takapuna Boating Club.
Full results are on the Manly Sailing Club
website. Sponsor of the event was Barfoot&Thompson,
Whangaparaoa.
Auckland
Festival of Sailing
 Underway
now, the Auckland Festival of Sailing comprises a series of on and off
the water events. Up first is the Omega Auckland Match Racing Regatta starting today.
Ten
top international match racing skippers are in Auckland for the Omega Auckland Match Racing Regatta which concludes on March
6th. The regatta promises four days of quick-fire, close quarter sailing action
on the inner harbour.
Entry is by invitation only; as a result some of
the biggest names in the America’s Cup and on the world match racing circuit are
competing. New Zealand’s Adam Minoprio, Dean Barker and Chris Dickson are up
against Ben Ainslie (GBR), Magnus Holmberg (SWE), Sebastien Col (FRA) and more.
The Louis Vuitton
Trophy Auckland, the BMW Sailing Cup World Final and the Auckland
International Boat Show follow on in the Auckland Festival of
Sailing.
2010
BMW Auckland Regatta
 The
final day of the BMW Auckland Regatta saw some tight battles around a
picturesque Hauraki Gulf course as the front-runners battled to confirm their
positions, while those still in contention sought to unseat
them.
Photo by Ivor Wilkins. See more photos from BMW Auckland Regatta by Ivor Wilkins
In two divisions, the outcome was sealed by the close of the
penultimate day and the leaders knew they had done enough in the first two days
of racing to ensure they could not be dislodged. These were Higher Ground (Brian
Trubovich) in B Division and Azure (Phil Douglas) in C Division.
With
their places secure, they may have opted to stay ashore to relax and celebrate
their victories, but they went out anyway and were rewarded with a champagne day
of racing in perfect conditions.
While the winners in Divisions B and C
were already known, some extremely tight battles had to be settled in the final
race in other divisions. In Division A, it was all on between Power Play (Ian
McBurney) and BMW Yachtsport (Mark Brown), with just three points between
them.
The two raced literally within touching distance for long periods
of the final day’s race, but in the end Power Play did enough to ensure overall
victory.
The tightest battle was in the Open Multihull Division, where
the top three boats, Taeping (Dave Andrews), Exodus (Matthew Flynn) and
Timberwolf (Tim Willetts) were all tied up on 13 points each, with Taeping
clinching the overall win after the last race.
A similar situation
existed in Division E, where Gladiator (Jeremy Scott) and Tiaoga Iti (Craig
Anderson) were tied on 13 points each, with Candela (James Duke) just half a
point further back. Tiaoga Iti came through in the end to top their
leaderboard.
After the completion of the nine-race schedule, the top
three places in the various divisions are as follows (based on provisional
results in PHRF for Divisions A-E and General Handicap for the multihulls and
Line Honours for the Young 88s):
A Div: Power Play (Ian
McBurney), Bullrush (Ant Robinson), BMW Yachtsport (Mark Brown)
B
Div: Higher Ground (Brian Trubovich), Pacific Sundance (Bernard Hide),
Notorious (Christiaan Arns)
C Div: Azure (Phil Douglas),
First By Farr (Andrew Reid), Max Headroom (Phil Yuil/Ross Ardern)
D
Div: Cool Change (Gary Kirkland-Smith), Cadibarra 6 (Stephen Davies),
Grunty Chicken (Grant McKinnon)
E Div: Tiago Iti (Craig
Anderson), Candela (James Duke), Gladiator (Jeremy Scott)
Open
multihull: Taeping (Dave Andrews), Timberwolf (Tim Willetts, Exodus
(Matthew Flynn)
8.5m multihull: Lucifer (Laurie Jury),
Creepy Crawler (Ryan Taylor), Attitude (Shane
Bellingham)
Y88: Dangerzone (Grant Turnbull), Slipstream
(Phil Robertson/Don Greenaway), Panama Jack (Stefan Goldwater)
For full
results, see the event
website.
Divisional winners from the BMW Auckland Regatta advance to
the BMW Sailing Cup. This will see competitors sailing off in identical Farr MRX
yachts for the honour of representing New Zealand in the BMW Sailing Cup World
Final – to be held in Auckland from March 22 - 25.
New Zealand is the
defending champion after Roger Pagani and his crew won the 2009 event at Lake
Garda, Italy. This year’s representative will go up against top amateur teams
from around the world to do battle for the 2010 world title.
Lake
Brunner Regatta
 Over
50 yachts representing Clubs throughout the South Island attended the annual
Lake Brunner Regatta.
Photo by Murry Cave
“It is some
years since such a large fleet of trailer yachts has assembled at Lake Brunner
when the annual 24 hour yacht race was held,” says Gary Hopkinson from Lake
Brunner Yacht Club.
“The weatherman was bang on when the heavy rain
departed at the beginning of racing at midday, and a fresh west to south west
set in for the afternoon. Three races were held on the Saturday, and three on
Sunday.”
The Farr Owners attracted 15 boats, the best attendance they
have had for some years, entries coming from as far afield as Dunedin and
Motueka - ironically those two boats finishing a close first and second after
six races. Credit must go to Brunner's Dave Corbet for encouraging such a good
attendance.
For the second year running, the Laser yacht group from the
Christchurch estuary, representing three yacht clubs, bought over 18 Lasers,
with one entry from Mahanipua and Lake Brunner to round off the sizeable fleet.
“Phil Galloway from Mt Pleasant Club has been responsible for getting
many younger and older sailors on the water in what has traditionally been a
challenging Olympic class boat. The first three placing all went to sailors on
the more mature side of 50. Local entry Jeremy Larkin did particularly well to
finish 10th, at mid point. Phil is returning this Sunday to run a sailing clinic
for local sailors,” says Gary Hopkinson.
Tom Arthur was the clear winner
in the Open Class event, the 63 year old showing youngsters a quarter his age
how to sail an open dinghy in these conditions. Classic sailor Geoff Bromley had
the misfortune to damage the hull of his aging junior cherub and withdrew before
the first race.
Four sports boats from Naval Point and Timaru kept the
local open trailer yacht fleet honest with some spectacular sailing on Saturday.
12 boats entered the class.
“All in all, a most successful regatta, with
excellent attendances from South Island clubs,” concludes Hopkinson.
2010
Bic Techno National Championships
Sailed concurrently with the RS:X Nationals the Bic Techno National
Championships were held at Manly Sailing Club recently. 22 sailors took part
including internationals from Noumea.
Racing was run over three days, and
like their senior counterparts, the Techno fleet sailed nine races [with one
discard] to decide the titles.
Results for the under 17 year
olds:
1st Enzo Pla, Noumea
2nd Antoine Aubert Noumea
3rd
Hamish Dunning-Beck (Wakatere Boating Club) who is winner of the National title
2010
1st New Zealand female was Isobel Hawkins (Wakatere) placing 8th
overall.
Results for the under 15 year olds:
1st
Nicholas Goyard, Noumea
2nd Hugo Pla, Noumea
3rd Mitchell Rutter,
Takapuna Boating Club
See the Manly Sailing Club
website for full results.
CentrePort
International Youth Match Racing
 Wellington
turned on a cracker for the finals of the CentrePort International Youth Match
Racing Regatta 2010 resulting in a fantastic day for the Royal Port Nicholson
Yacht Club.
Photo by Chris Coad
RPNYC skipper Matt
Steven who was recently crowned as Junior OK World Dinghy Champion now has
another title to add to the list. Capping of a fantastic three weeks where
Steven also finished third overall at the OK Dinghy World Champs and helped
defend the National Bank Cup, he has finally won the CentrePort International
Youth Match Racing Championships.
By winning the CentrePort
International Youth Match Racing Championships after four days of tight racing
on Wellington Harbour the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Blue team, consisting
of Matthew Steven, Anita Trudgen, Hana McGuire and Heather Trudgen have taken
out the final leg of the 2009-10 Trans Tasman Youth Match Racing
circuit.
Steven lined up against a team from the Cruising Yacht Club of
Australia, skippered by Will Mackenzie in the best of five final, sailing away
to a comfortable 3-0 victory on the waters off Oriental Bay on Saturday. In the
first match Steven won the start and built a 40 second win in a warm ten knot
breeze. In the second Steven beat Mackenzie by nine seconds after a furious
gybing duel. In the final match a big shift to the left exaggerated the final
result with a 3 minute 17 seconds win, giving Steven the series.
“We are
really pleased to have won the CentrePort Championships. There has been some
tight racing out there this past four days and it is a great feeling to win on
our home turf” said a delighted Steven at the end of racing.
In third
place on the podium was the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club red team consisting
of Tim Coltman, Michael Cook and Jackson MacFarlane. Coltman had a tougher time
coming from one race down to ultimately win the sail off for third place with a
2-1 scorecard against a team from the Royal Sydney Yacht squadron, skippered by
Jordan Reece.
Josh Porebski finished ahead in the fifth and sixth sail
off against the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club team skippered by Jason
Waterhouse.
It was an inter-club clash as Royal New Zealand Yacht
Squadron skippers Dan Pooley and Jamie Dawson faced off in the sail off for
seventh and eighth with Pooley taking seventh place over his club-mate.
That is not the end of sailing for the squad. Steven now changes jobs
from skipper to coach and takes a young team of women sailors to Auckland to
compete in the New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships then to Sydney to
compete in the Harken International Women’s Match Racing Championships.
This result caps off a great season for sailors in the Wellington under
21 Match Racing squad. Teams have competed in five of the six regattas on the
Trans Tasman circuit, winning three of the events, placing second in another and
scoring two third places in a further two events.
Royal Port Nicholson
Yacht Club CEO Dean Stanley said “we are really proud of the achievements of our
young Wellington Sailors this season. They have out performed all other clubs on
the circuit this year.”
“Their results are a real tribute to the vision
of the Port Nicholson Yachting Trust in partnership with the Wellington City
Council Talent Development Programme. Both groups have shown strong belief in
the potential of these sailors and their support over a number of years is
really beginning to pay dividends.”
For full coverage see www.rpnyc.org.nz
The
National Bank International Youth Match-Racing Championships
 Josh
Junior wins again! Josh Junior and his team from the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht
Club of Matt Steven and Chris Jones [pictured left] have successfully defended
their title and won the 2010 National Bank International Youth Match Racing
Championships in style. The regatta, sailed from February 17th – 21st was hosted
by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
Junior and his formidable crew
didn't lose a single race in the Double Round Robin series and only one race to
second placed William Tiller in the finals this afternoon.
In the finals
series Josh Junior won the first race by 41 seconds but Tiller and his crew
representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron won the next by 12 seconds to
keep the series alive. However the final result was exactly the same at last
year with Junior winning the final race by 43 seconds and the overall
win.
In the petit-final third overall from the round robins Jordan Reece
representing the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron held onto his position beating Josh
Porebski two races to nil.
The Race Committee did an amazing job in the
very light and variable conditions which the Waitemata Harbour produced over the
last four days. Race Officer, Gerald Flynn was “very relieved and started to
relax” after the final flights of Round Robin two were completed this morning.
Then it was a case of “hurry up and wait” as no further races were started until
4pm when the reduced finals series began.
Final Top Five
Results
1st - Josh Junior RPNYC
2nd - William Tiller RNZYS
3rd
- Jordan Reece RSYS
4th - Josh Porebski RPNYC
5th - Stephanie Hazard
RNZYS
For further information such as Honours Board of Past Winners,
results sheets and more visit the event website www.rnzys.org.nz
New
Supercity Regatta for youth classes
Auckland has a new regatta for youth classes with the launch of the Supercity Regatta.
To
be held at Torbay Boating Club from April 8th to 10th, the 2010 Supercity
Regatta will also incorporate the Starling Asia Pacific Championships. The
regatta is conveniently placed in the Easter school holidays, and between the
Optimist National Champs and the Secondary Schools Teams Racing Champs.
There will be racing for all youth classes including P class, Starling,
Splash, Laser Radial, Techno, RS:X, 420 and 29er. Entry is not restricted to
only youth age sailors, with all ages welcome. Organisers report that some
classes are planning to organise coaching in the days leading up to racing.
See the event details, NOR and entry form in YNZ’s online
calendar.
Interisland
and Top of the South
 Results
for Interisland Optimist Challenge and Port Marlborough Top of the South Youth
Regatta are now on the opening page of the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club
website.
The South Island again dominated the Interislander Optimist
Challenge, Island of origin Opti style, the winner decided from the best results
through the age groups from both Optimist Classes.
Jayvee Buchanan of
Charteris Bay won the Open Optimist Class for the second time; Taylor Burn of
Queen Charlotte was one point behind in 2nd, and Liam Closey of Murrays Bay
3rd.
Grace Hawtin of Queen Charlotte convincingly won the Green Fleet,
Steffi Loncar of Queen Charlotte in 2nd and Blake Woodfield of Taupo 3rd.
76
young sailors from all over New Zealand took to the sparkling waters of Queen
Charlotte Sound outside Mabel Island in the Optimist Open Fleet. The strong
Green Fleet of 29 sailors sailed a separate course inside Picton
Harbour.
Marlborough's Mayor, Alistair Sowman, formally opened the event
and sailors and supporters were treated to a stunning 'Taste of Marlborough'
provided by generous local sponsors and the hard working QCYC kitchen
team.
Sunday started with a 6.30am Tsunami warning and the possibility of
a major delay. The arrival of the NZ Police, telling organisers and competitors
to pack up and leave the beach, led to the abandonment of the Regatta.
Prizegiving was shifted to the Queen Charlotte College assembly hall on higher
ground. The threat of surges subsided so a BBQ completed the event back at the
Yacht Club and we could toast the fabulous sailing conditions that were missed.
“The young Queen Charlotte sailors performed well in all classes and
relished the chance to compete against some New Zealand's top young sailors,”
says Rob Burn from Picton.
“The Interislander Optimist Challenge is
becoming well established on the junior circuit, the Port Marlborough Youth
Regatta will grow with the Interislander success and create more good
competition outside the major sailing centres,” says Burn. “The comment was
often made this weekend ...'who would pass up the chance of a great road trip to
a great event'.”
Safety
Reminder
Safety knowledge is an area
which, from time to time, needs to be updated or refreshed. We wish to draw
sailors’ attention to Collision Prevention (Maritime Rules Part 22) and to
Navigational Safety (Maritime Rules Part 91):
- Maritime Rule 22.6
states that: Every vessel must at all times proceed at a safe speed
so that proper and effective action to avoid a collision can be taken and the
vessel can be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing
circumstances and conditions.
There are no exceptions to this rule.
The rule goes on to outline the factors and conditions to be taken into account
in determining ‘safe speed’.
- Navigational Safety
Rules (Maritime Rules Part 91) generally restrict speed to 5 knots
within 50 metres of other vessels. However an exception to Rule 91.6 (1) (a) is
provided to yachts when racing against each other via Maritime Rule 91.6 (5)
(b):
Rule 91.6 (1) (a) shall not apply to:
(b) a vessel powered by
sail in relation to any other vessel powered by sail, while the vessels are
participating in a yacht race or training administered by –
(i) a club
affiliated to Yachting New Zealand; or
(ii) a non profit organisation
involved in sail training or racing;
This amendment provides legal
recognition for yacht racing rules while yachts are racing under the control of
a yacht club affiliated to YNZ. When a racing yacht meets any other boat not in
the race, the Collision Prevention Rules apply to both boats.
National
Judges qualify and revalidate
Congratulations to Lisa Mackay who has qualified as a
National Judge and also to Mike Alison who has been revalidated
as a National Judge. Thank you for your time and the effort you put into helping
to run our sport.
For those interested in Race management, a schedule of
upcoming courses will be available on the YNZ website at the end of
March.
Floating
Loo
 Have
you ever been out on the water and wished there was a toilet you could
use?
As most of you know when competing at yachting regattas there can be
between 10 and 400 boats, which give anywhere between 10 - 800 competitors, the
time they spend on the water can last from one to twelve hours. Hydration is
essential so you need to drink lots which can result in needing to go to the
toilet numerous times throughout the day. In some venues the race course is an
hour away from the shore making it very difficult for people especially women to
go to the toilet.
Muritai Yacht Club member, Nichola Trudgen is proposing
a solution to this problem and she wants to know your thoughts.
“The
main aim is to design a portable toilet for people who are in a watercraft on
the water. The primary users will be sailors competing at an event whose boat
or dingy does not have toilet facilities,” says Nichola. “This ideally
‘floating toilet’ will also be used by other members of the yachting event such
as rescue boat drivers and race officials.”
Her solution is the
‘Waterloo’ a toilet which floats and can be easily approached by a yacht or
other similar vessel. It can be towed by a power boat and can be anchored or
secured in one place. It is easy to transport and has two toilets which are
easy to use.
There are two main parts to the ‘Waterloo’, there is the
toilet area which includes the toilet and surrounding walls and the pontoon on
which the toilet sits. These two components have been specifically designed to
meet the needs of the end users and also work with the surrounding
environments. The diamond shape of the pontoon makes it easy to approach and
tow as well as staying into the wind. The toilet block is designed to deflect
the wind and contain a simple toilet system. The majority of the ‘Waterloo’
will be rotationally moulded from polyethylene which is very durable, water and
weather resistant, and easy to clean.
Nichola would like you feedback on
the idea. “My question to you is do you think having a ‘Waterloo’ at regattas is
a good idea?”
Contact Nichola with questions, comments or ideas on: nichola.trudgen@hotmail.com or 027
414 1339
MMBC
to host Seaweek Event
Manawatu Marine Boat Club is getting involved in Seaweek 2010 by hosting a
beach festival which will involve a variety of groups and activities.
Seaweek is a national
celebration aimed at encouraging people to enjoy and help protect our marine and
coastal environments. This year, Seaweek is the week March 7th to 14th, with
Sunday the 14th set aside for the event at the Manawatu Marine Boat Club.
Contact Kelly Stratford, Community Relations Ranger at Palmerston North
Area Office Department of Conservation on DDI (06) 350 9708 for more
information.
Here’s a line up of yachting on around the country over the next two
weeks… and there’s plenty more on throughout March and April. Visit our online
calendar to see what’s on, and don’t miss out on some free promotion for your
next event... submit your event to our online calendar
here.
Omega Auckland Match Racing Regatta, 3-7
March
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
website>
2010
NZ Women’s Match Racing National Championships, 3 – 7 March
Royal
New Zealand Yacht Squadron
more>
2010 Finn National
Championships, 4 - 7 March
Maraetai Sailing Club
website>
Optimist Pre-regatta, 6
- 7 March
Mercury Bay Boating Club
2010 470 National
Championships, 6 – 8 March
Wakatere Boating Club
more>
Louis Vuitton Trophy, 9 – 21 March
Viaduct
Harbour
website>
2010
NZ Women's National Keelboat Championship, 12 – 14 March
Royal
Akarana Yacht Club
website>
12 Foot Skiff
National Championships, 12 – 14 March
Evans Bay Yacht &
Motorboat Club
more>
BMW
Sailing Cup, 13 – 14 March
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
website>
Harken
New Zealand Schools Regatta, 13 – 14 March
Royal New Zealand Yacht
Squadron
website>
Auckland
Junior Sailing Champs, 13 – 14 March
Howick Sailing Club
more>
Mighty
River Power Centreboard Regatta, 13 – 14 March
Lake Taupo Yacht
Club
more>
South
Island Europe Dinghy Championship, 13 – 14 March
Vauxhall Yacht
Club
more>
Poverty
Bay Champs, 20 – 21 March
Gisborne Yacht Club
more>
Waikato
Thames Yachting Association Centreboard Championship Regatta, 20 – 21
March
Ngaroto Sailing Club
more>
South
Island Secondary Schools Sunburst Regatta, 22 – 26 March
Otago Yacht
Club
more>
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