Major Events America's Cup

Editorial: Growing the finest

BMW ORACLE Racing - 90 ft trimaran sea trials - San Diego   BMW Oracle Racing © Photo Gilles Martin-Raget

Welcome to Sail-World.Com's USA newsletter for 30 November 2008

Further to our comments on 24 November, Bryan McDonald, Windsurfing Task Force, Chairman responded:

Sail-World's Nov 24 editorial said 'The omission of the windsurfer is surprising given the performance of the mens and womens representatives at the 2008 Olympics. One would have thought that in any development program, that the windsurfer would have been a class targeted for an improved result in Weymouth, and on into the 2016 Olympics. Why isn't there be a talent search and development program aimed at finding the next Scott Steele or Mike Gebhardt?'

BMW ORACLE Racing - 90 ft trimaran shows her rig size during sea trials - San Diego   BMW Oracle Racing © Photo Gilles Martin-Raget

In the spring of 2008, US Sailing approved the formation of a Windsurfing Task Force (WTF), with the charter of improving USA's Olympic performance in Windsurfing. The WTF has been working closely with US Sailing on the creation of a U18 Windsurfing team. The first step is for more Junior Sailing Programs to include windsurfing and to develop the talent pool. With the modern gear, every respectable JSP worth their salt will include windsurfing in the near future. Think globally, but act locally. Get your local JSP to include windsurfing right away. The kids LOVE it. Additionally, windsurfing is a key element to US Sailing's Training camps. The WTF has made progress in developing the USA youth windsurfing calendar with over twice as many events planned for 2009 as compared to 2008 (as well as aggressively engaging with the international windsurfing classes to bring North American and World championships to the USA). More information can be found here:
http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/wtf/wtf2.html
http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/wtf/wtfcalendar.html

Sincerely,

Bryan McDonald
Windsurfing Task Force, Chairman
http://www.ussailing.org/News/2008/windsurfingtaskforce.asp
http://web.me.com/sailing/Site/t-fleet_top.html
http://web.me.com/sailing/Site/ECJWC.html

Our only comment is that we are pleased to see the Task Force has been formed and can only wish them well and every success with the program.

In any initiative like this, the key if to be able to source/supply low cost gear that will encourage newcomers to 'have a go', without involving a huge financial commitment from themselves or their parents.

Rod Davis to windward of Ben Ainslie, 2008 NZ Match Racing Championships - Day 4  Richard Gladwell

Usually this comes from either an active second hand market. Or, in the case of a resuscitation exercise, someone has to get out, find the old gear, get it sold and running again - and have the drive and passion to drive the program until it becomes strong enough to take on a life and direction of its own.

At that point the trick is to have the personal resolve to let the program grow and develop in its own way - being able to take your hands off the steering wheel, but still monitor the direction. A bit like raising kids.

BMW ORACLE Racing - 90 ft trimaran sea trials - San Diego   BMW Oracle Racing © Photo Gilles Martin-Raget

Having seen three Olympic Gold Medallists, in windsurfers, develop over the past 20 years, there is no magic formula, except that all three are very committed and driven individuals, who probably weren't that way until they stepped on a windsurfer and realized that this was the sport for them.

All started at a very early age - mid teens, and this seems to be another common success factor.

However each to his own, and what works in one region may not in others.

Ericsson 4, Skippered by Torben Grael, arrives in Cochin, India, to win the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09.  Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean Race ©

The second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race has finished in Cochin, India with Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael) once again taking line honors, plus the gate points and finished with the maximum points for the second leg. Next home is expected to be Telefonica Blue (Bouwe Bekking), with Ericsson 3 ahead of PUMA Racing. Ericsson 3 is expected to take third home despite currently being in a Stealth period, where her position is suppressed from the rest of the fleet and fans.

We have featured full coverage of the race and images in this issue.

In San Diego, BMW Oracle Racing's BOR90 has concluded her first round of sea trials and will be hauled for modifications. In this issue we have republished the media release from the team. They are looking for new challenges in including racing and speed record attempts. That will be an interesting exercise!

Good sailing!

Richard Gladwell
US Editor

useditor@sail-world.com

BMW Oracle Racing looks for new racing options Jane Eagleson, BMW ORACLE Racing Media, Russell Coutts, CEO and Skipper of BMW ORACLE Racing, today announced that BOR 90, the syndicate's state-of-the-art trimaran, has successfully completed Phase I of its sea trials in San Diego. The state-of-the-art Trimaran will undergo modifications to improve performance and start phase II sea trials in San Diego in late January. And BMW ORACLE explores new racing options for trimaran... [more]

Women's Collegiate Match Racing Clinic & Regatta ICSA, As part of a world wide promotion of match racing, WIMRA and North U are organizing a series of match racing clinics. This domestic series parallels WIMRA's (WIMRA.org) world wide schedule of clinics. Since 2007 dozens of clinics have been held on five continents. The ICSA Promotional Match Race Regatta is an ISAF Grade 5 Women's Match Race event.... [more]

Long Beach to host Butler Cup match racing in 2009 Rick Roberts, The Butler Cup Match Race Championship series comes to Long Beach Yacht Club Jan. 17-18, 2009, adding to the club's international match racing calendar which already includes the Congressional Cup, Mayor's Cup and Ficker Cup... [more]

Sailing - Things you have to do before you die!! Sail-World.com, I'd like to sail around Australia before I die! For every 1000 Australian sailors who've said that 999 have sailed off into the sunset without completing that dream. But it does not have to be in your case, maybe. And of course you dont have to be a local to sail around the Big Island. Would you like to help design an event to allow you to race/rally around Australia? There is a survey here..... [more]

Ericsson 4 wins Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 VOR Media, Torben Grael from Brasil and his international crew onboard Ericsson 4 made it two wins in a row when they crossed the finish of leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race in Cochin, India at 2252 GMT (0422 local time).... [more]

Anticipation and excitement - Volvo OR blogs Various Volvo Ocean Race competitors, As the Volvo Ocean Race fleet make their way steadily towards Cochin, the excitement and anticipation is building and the crews look forward to a new city. Still hard times ahead though as the boats fight to the finish line for those all important placings and points. Read on........ [more]

Josse Vendee Globe leader, Peyron back to fourth Vendee Globe media, Another five hours, and another roll of the dice, as the positions shuffle once more in this afternoon's schedule (1500hrs GMT). Josse is around 52 miles south of the next most southerly skipper, Armel Le Cleac'h (Brit Air, 5th), but as the fleet start to turn left it is those to the east who are showing well in the position reports — Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux) bounces back up to second.... [more]

Barker beats Ainslie in NZ Match Racing Final Richard Gladwell and RNZYS Media, Dean Barker has beaten Ben Ainslie in the Final of the New Zealand Match Racing Championships. In the semi-finals, Ainslie beat Rod Davis, and Barker beat Laurie Jury.... [more]

Images from NZ Match Racing Championships - Day 4 Richard Gladwell, Sail-World, Images from the final race in the Round Robin stage of the NZ Match Racing Championships, featuring Dean barket, Rod Davis, Adam Minoprio and Ben Ainslie... [more]

Countdown to the RC 44 Gold Cup in Puerto Calero RC 44 Class media, The RC 44 Gold Cup will take place in Puerto Calero (Canary Islands, Spain), on December 10-14. This event is the last regatta in the RC 44 2008 Championship Tour. The season's match, fleet race and long distance champions will be crowned. The pressure is rising: there is a lot at stake.... [more]

2012 Olympic Sailing venue completed ODA media, The UK Olympic Delivery Authority has completed its construction work on the first venue for the 2012 Games it was announced today as work was completed on new enhanced sailing facilities at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy... [more]

Peyron back in Vendee Globe lead but only just Vendee Globe media, In the Vendee Globe, Loick Peyron (Gitana 80) and Armel l'Cleac'h (Brit Air) were able to carry on a straight course for the south-south-east, moving Peyron back up to the lead in this morning's rankings.... [more]

On the move, on water and above deck - Volvo Blogs Various Volvo Ocean Race Competitors, News from the Volvo Ocean Race competitors. Ericsson 4 crew are moving above deck hoping to get a little 'air', Team Russia has slowed in the varying breeze and Telefonica Blue are on the move. Read on ....... [more]

iShares Cup teams for Arabian Extreme 40 Challenge iShares Cup media, The Arabian Extreme 40 Challenge will be run by OC Events, and supported by Oman Sail, as an exhibition event. Some of the world's best yachtsmen and women will be taking part, including a host of seasoned Extreme 40 competitors from the iShares Cup. British double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson takes the helm of Oman Air.... [more]

Ericsson 4 - the Volvo Ocean Race Escape Artist Mark Chisnell, Torben Grael and Ericsson 4 pulled off a Harry Houdini yesterday morning, escaping into a rain cloud and gaining 30 miles on the chasing pack. Grael has clearly done his 10,000 hours of practice – get off of my cloud.... [more]

Class 40 Assoc announce winner 2008 Championship Merv Owen, Winning the 2008 Class 40 Championship is Peter Harding and Miranda Merron's 40 Degrees. This follows on from there first season with their boat in 2007 when they finished second overall at the end of the Class 40 worlds.... [more]

Reminder PV09 seminars, Del Rey - Puerto Vallarta Rich Roberts, In light of current events, there's a case to be made that sailing off to Mexico in Del Rey Yacht Club's PV09 International Race Series to Puerto Vallarta next Jan. 31 makes economic sense for several reasons. Free mooring at Del Rey YC before the race and at Marina Vallarta until Feb. 15, plus all pre-race, mid-race and post-race shore activities.... [more]

Goombay Smash wins 2008 Rolex Farr 40 N A C Media Pro Int'l, Goombay Smash, the Farr 40 owned by William Douglass (New York, N.Y.), won the 2008 Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship, held November 21-23 in Miami Beach, Fla. Eight teams representing Denmark, Italy, Turkey and the U.S. competed for the title.... [more]

Portimao - Van Der Wel brothers in Cape Town Brian Hancock, Peter and Lenjohn Van Der Wel sailed into Table Bay to complete Leg 1 of the Portimão Global Ocean Race. Their official finish time was 16:55:24 UTC (18:55:24 local time).... [more]

Images from NZ Match Racing: Ainslie in action Richard Gladwell, Sail-World, Images from the first day of racing in the New Zealand Match Racing Championships, organised by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, with Team Origin's Ben Ainslie in action - taking three wins and one loss from the day... [more]

Coville fails to beat Joyon's time to equator Kate Jennings - Expression, Sodeb'O has reached the equator in 7 days and 28 minutes or a descent of the North Atlantic at an average of over 16 knots. Francis Joyon took a few hours less – 6 days and 17 hours, that is 7 and a half fewer hours than Thomas Coville.... [more]

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Damage forces Delta Dore to abandon Vendee Globe Vendee Globe media, Jeremie Beyou, the skipper of Delta Dore, has informed the Race Directors of his decision to retire from the Vendee Globe, believing it is impossible to carry out repairs without without external help... [more]

World class fleet to assemble: Acura Key West 2009 Premiere Racing Media, IRC classes will showcase new designs and the competition will be fierce at Acura Key West 2009, presented by Nautica. The quality of the racing will again be world class, with programs hailing from overseas and across the country... [more]

Kiteboarders welcome but not wanted in Record Book Richard Gladwell, When is an Outright Sailing Speed record not an Outright Sailing Speed record? When it's set by a Kiteboarder, that's when. Or so, the World Speed Sailing Record Council would have us believe, following a vote by the Council of the International Sailing Federation.... [more]

Shuffle up the leaderboard in Vendee Globe Vendee Globe media, The South Atlantic saw a slight reshuffling at the front of the Vendee Globe fleet this afternoon as Armel Le Cléac'h climbs into third place, from fifth yesterday. Seb Josse has crept to within 13 miles of leader Loïck Peyron. Mike Golding, GBR, drops back to seventh overall as Yann Elies reclaims sixth position.... [more]

World Tour announces New Invite Policy for 2009 World Match Racing Tour, The World Match Racing Tour has announced a new invite policy for the 2009 season that rewards skippers and teams with guaranteed entries on the series for next year.... [more]

Carbon crunching, high speeds and more - VOR blogs Various Volvo Ocean Race competitors, The highs and lows of life onboard during leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race to Cochin, India. Ericsson 4 is travelling at a very high average speed, it;s bumpy on Team Russia and on Telefonica Blue its the crunching of carbon the crew is hearing. Delta LLoyd has a problem with it's water maker ... read on.... [more]

Gathering of 12 Metre Class Event held Herreshoff Marine Museum, The Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame was pleased to host a gathering of the 12 Metre Class on Saturday, November 22, 2008. The event, filmed by class media partner Rhode Island Public Television, launched the Golden Year of Racing for the class, celebrating the fiftieth year following the debut of the 12 metre class in the America's Cup.... [more]

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2009 Skandia Geelong Week
23/01/09
Skandia Geelong Week 2009 runs from January 23rd to 26th 2009...
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2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart race
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2008 Monsoon Cup
03/12/08
The Monsoon Cup is Stage 9 of the 2008 World Match Racing Tour. This fourth annual event will be sailed on Pulau Duyong, in the eastern Malaysian state of Terengganu....
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2008 Phuket King's Cup Regatta
29/11/08
29th November - 6th December, 2008. The Phuket King's Cup Regatta is Asia's biggest and most popular regatta. More than a regatta, the week long event consists of great parties, great sailing and lots of fun....
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Vendee Globe 2008-2009
10/11/08
Vendee Globe 2008-2009 - A sailing race around the world, for singlehanders, without any stopover....
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2008-2009 Portimão Global Ocean Race
12/10/08
5 legs around the World - the World's first Solo-Double race....
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2008 - 2009 Volvo Ocean Race
01/01/08
The 2008-09 event will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon...
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2008 World Match Racing Tour

Top skippers and teams begin drive toward World Championship...
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Predict Wind News


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Southern Spar News

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