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Latest News Links Dinghy - Simon Payne on the Moth Europeans Dinghy - Boyce and Tozer win RS200 Open at Royal Torbay YC Dinghy - Greenhalgh takes back lead at 18ft Skiff Matchrace - Williams out - Macgregor tops table at Match Cup Sweden Keelboat - RS K6 Blasting on Lake Garda Keelboat - Dragons gather for Edinburgh Cup in Falmouth AC - Alinghi to choose Ten people to preview new Multihull Dinghy - RS800 enjoy fantastic racing at scenic Beer in Devon Dinghy - Simms and George win RS400 Circuit Open at Aldeburgh YC Ticker - News Ticker and RSS Newsfeed available Simon Payne on the Moth Europeans Enzo Ferrari once said that “aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines” but with the International Moth, a boat limited to a sail area of only 8 square meters, they do become important, very important, and the latest designs are as miniscule as his racing cars and just as sexy.  The new McDougall designed and McConaghy built Mach 2 swept the board at the recent Moth European Championships in Horsens, Denmark with a two way shoot out between the defending champion Arnaud Psarofaghis from Switzerland and ex World Champion Simon Payne of Great Britain. 46 Foiler Moths raced on Horsens Fjord, with many sailors arriving there early to practice for the anticipated light to medium northerly sea breeze. The event was the first big event in the calendar year and many saw it as an ideal warm up for the much publicised World Championships in August at Cascade Locks (The Gorge), Portland Oregon. Yet on race day 1 the breeze came to town and immediate drama with Psarofaghis breaking a shroud as he sailed away from the ramp. The Swiss team pulled him out, fixed the boat and had him back out but more trouble up front meant that race was over for him. Payne was handed a win. Psarofaghis was out for the second race but Payne won again. In the third the Swiss made no mistakes as the breeze built. On shore some of the older boats had suffered badly and “Camp Epoxy” was at full stretch that night. Conditions the next day made just exiting the narrow channel difficult. Getting to the race course was harder still and the waves were big. Upwind this is fine, as the Moth, high out of the water on its foils, takes them in its stride. Downwind though the foil can break out and probably would work in air but would have to be going about 100 miles faster. Only the latest control systems are capable of handling these conditions and Eelco Boers of Holland and Jean-Pierre Ziegert of Switzerland were in the running at the windward mark. Downwind speed comes easily in Moths but corners are for fast moth sailors and Payne and Psarofaghis streaked into a legs lead. After half an hour at 20 knots Psarofaghis won on a photo finish and the Race Officer, with his rescue boats at full stretch wisely sent the fleet home. The next day was the final day, and the race for 3rd, 4th and 5th place was just as hot. GBR’s Mike Lennon, Rod Harris (who had held second place for a while before the discard kicked in) and Mike Cooke were all close on points and improving all the time and Eelco Boers needed to watch the rapidly improving Jean-Pierre Ziegert. Psarofaghis won the 1st race of the day, Payne the next two and behind Eelco Boers was making 3rd place over all his. The final race and all to play for. Lennon was first to the mark, then Psarofaghis, then Ziegert, then Payne.. At the bottom of the course Payne was up to second, Psarofaghis lead. Payne moved into the lead on the next run but on the beat that followed with the breeze up, he tacked on Psarofaghis and just didn’t have the horsepower to keep the heavier Swiss sailor there. Psarofaghis won. Psarofaghis and Payne tied on points, they tied on the number of first and they tied on the number of seconds after discard. Psarofaghis, with the win in the last race, retained his title. The Moth class continues to go from strength to strength. Sailors of all abilities are have the time of their lives. Life may begin at 40 but it’s also pretty good at 25 knots. Moth European championships - Leading positions: 1st Arnaud Psarofaghis Switzerland, Mach 2, 8 points 2nd Simon Payne GBR, Mach 2, 8 points 3rd Eelco Boers Holland, Bladerider, 20 points 4th Mike Lennon GRB, Mach 2 ,27 points 5th Mike Cooke GBR, Ninja, 31 points Boyce and Tozer win RS200 Open at Royal Torbay YC As the fleet arrived at the start line for the RS200 Open at Royal Torbay YC the sea breeze filled in right on cue and race 1 started in 8 knots from the south east. James Boyce/Sam Tozer obviously liked these conditions and scored a convincing win from Sam Littlejohn/Marinthe Evangdidis and Nick Charles/Helen Wightman. Conditions became truly glorious for the second race with clear blue skies, sunshine and 12-14 knots. With it paying to start heating it up downwind Charles/Wightman won by some distance from Boyce/Tozer and Littlejohn/Evangdidis. Race 3 saw the third different winner of the day with Hamish Walker/Claire Stubbs leading throughout closely pressed by Pete Vincent/Tessa Nicholls recovering from their disaster on the start line in race 1. Sunday the 5-8 knot breeze never fully settled in direction as it kept on flicking north keeping the mark layers very busy all day. Hamish and Claire disappeared into a huge, huge lead in race 4. Paul and Pat Teague claimed second from Boyce/Tozer. Walker/Stubbs then made it 3 race wins in a row in race 5, this time Jane Olive/Guy Filmore won the tight battle for second. It was still tight going into the final race but Hamish’s determined bid to be as far left as possible, either that or he really wanted an ice cream, did not work as Boyce/Tozer led at mark 1 and did not make a mistake. With the Teague’s again second and Clive Eplett/Bryony Gregory at last finding the forward button in their new boat third, all depended on how far Walker/Stubbs could climb back up the fleet. The answer, sixth, was not good enough, James Boyce and Sam Tozer winning by two points to also take over leading the National Racing Circuit; how scary is that! The Teague’s won the silver division from Paul Whitbread/Helen Winward and daughter Liz Teague/Pete Cruickshank; cutting their sons, John Teague, lead at the top of the silver division on the Racing Circuit to 8 points. Tina Mackie/Katie Savage from Torpoint just beat club mates Neil and Lucy Chadborn to win the bronze but Matt and Ellie Sheahan preserve their overall lead. RS200 National Racing Circuit at the Royal Torbay YC, 24 entries: 1 1088 James Boyce Sam Tozer 10 1 2 3 3 6 1 2 566 Royal Navy Hamish Walker Clare Stubbs 13 4 8 1 1 1 6 3 940 Sam Littlejohn Marlanthe Evangdidis 19 2 3 4 9 3 7 4 1285 Paul Teague Pat Teague 27 5 10 8 2 13 2 5 953 Nicholas Charles Helen Wightman 29 3 1 5 17 15 5 6 584 Paul Whitbread Helen 36 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 464 Vite Liz Teague Pete Cruickshank 41 8 4 11 7 16 11 8 865 Steve Davis Kate Havill 42 7 13 13 4 5 18 9 481 John Teague Lyn Billows 43 9 5 7 12 10 19 10 537 Clive Eplett Bryony Gregory 49 14 12 15 11 9 3 Greenhalgh takes back lead at 18ft Skiff High drama at the 18ft Skiff Mark Foy event in France with both Grant Rollerson (AUS) and Rob Greenhalgh(GBR) taking wins on Day 4. A small amount of rain was a fair price to pay for 15 knots of westerly wind. In race 5 good starts were rewarded as a backing wind brought the boats from the left side of the course to the windward mark in front. Archie Massey, steering Asko led round with a commanding lead, although later to find out he was OCS. Behind him a battle between Rollerson on Slam, Rob Greenhalgh on Benny and Howie Hamlin(USA) on Macquarie took shape. With the wind at 15 knots, the skiffs were off downwind faster than the wind making short work of the course. Jarrod Simpson(GBR) on TMF and John Winning (AUS) on Yandoo gave chase but were unable to close the distance. Slam came home in front to secure their 4th victory in 5 tries. Macquarie led home Benny making the top of the championship leaderboard a clear battle between them. After waiting for a storm cloud to blow through, race 6 got off to a false start in 16 to 18 knots of breeze under a black flag. While the approach to the line was more subdued, down at the pin end a crash was taking place. Overnight leaders Slam tacked onto port into Yandoo, who were forced into TMF. Slam capsized to windward while yandoo's pole went through TMF's jib, breaking in the process. Slam, once upright, with TMF and Yandoo out of action, retired from the race. Meanwhile, back on the course Mason Woodworth (GBR) on Investec had stepped out to the right side of the course and found a favourable shift with Trevor Barnabas (AUS) on Road Service and John Whitty (AUS), coming in from the left after a great start. Road Service and Panaosonic just led Investec around the top mark with a hard charging Benny and Asko just behind. While sailing in the with this pack from the left, there was more drama on Appliances Online where a broken forestay sent their rig crashing down. Quick action by Greenhalgh avoided a more serious collision while the stationary pirate ship made an obstacle for the boats behind. Up the final beat, Roadservice tacked left early and with the wind shifting further left, Benny made their final move into the lead. Across the line at 17+ knots it was Rob Greenhalgh stamping his authority on this championship with his second race win. Road service followed with Investec holding off Asko to finish a welcome day of windier conditions. 18ft Skiff - Mark Foy Trophy, day 4 after 6 races completed, 1 discard (30 entries): 1 BENNY - GBR - GREENHALGH ROBERT 4.00 1.00 2.00 (7.00) 3.00 1.00 - 11pts 2 ASKO - AUS - WILSDON DAN, 6.00, 3.00 3.00 2.00 (31.00) 4.00 - 18pts 3 MACQUARIE - USA - HAMLIN HOWIE, 5.00, 2.00 (9.00) 6.00 2.00 6.00 - 21pts 4 24HR ROAD - AUS - BARNABAS TREVOR, 8.00, 4.00 6.00 5.00 (31.00) 2.00 - 25pts 5 SLAM - AUS - ROLLERSON GRANT 1.00 (31.00) 1.00 1.00 1.00 31.00 - 35pts 6 INVESTEC - GBR - WOODWORTH MASON 7.00 11.00 (13.00) 8.00 9.00 3.00 - 38pts 7 TMF GROUP - GBR - SIMPSON JARROD 16.00 8.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 (31.00) - 38pts Williams out - Macgregor tops table at Match Cup Sweden World Champion Ian Williams crashed out of the repachage at Match Cup Sweden. It was a disappointing day for Tour leader Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch and second placed Ian Williams (GBR) and his Bahrain Team Pindar. Both were swept out of the repechage and out the World Championship point scoring zone. Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team and Sebastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge emerged as the final two skippers and will join Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team, Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing, Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team, Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team, Magnus Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge and Philippe Presti (FRA) French Match Racing Team in the Quarterfinal Round, scheduled for Friday. With the women taking to the water this morning it was local hero Anna Kjellberg and Lucy Macgregor (GBR) who emerged as the leaders from the round robin after both winning five matches to go on to secure their places in the semi final along with Katie Spithill (AUS) and Linda Rahm (SWE). Current World Champion and defending Match Cup Sweden Champion Claire Leroy struggled today surprising many by failing to make the cut. The ladies semi finals and finals are on Saturday and Lucy Macgregor will reveal who she will choose to race tomorrow night. RS K6 Blasting on Lake Garda Classic Garda conditions have had the RS K6 fleet grinning from ear-to-ear for the first two days of their Summer Cup. This is the fleets first visit to Garda and many, including the German and US boats, are wondering “why did it take us so long to decide to come here?!”  Fraglia vela Riva are running their usual “exhibition” race management with fine lines, straight beats, very fast turn-arounds between races and a prompt 13.00 kick-off every day - “no Italian time!” as the Race Officer put it! Two days in and only seven points separate the first four boats. Jonathan Calascione, Pyers Tucker & Myles Mence opened the scoreboard with 2 bullets on the first day, with UK National Champions David Hitchcock & Ian Nicholson just behind them. The first day was a real baptism of fire for Garda virgins with a solid 25 knots plus breeze. This made for a busy Tuesday morning as fittings were re-screwed and glued and one or 2 halyards replaced. Tuesdays breeze was slightly kinder on the legs (c.20 knots=, although five back-to-back races certainly tested stamina! Ian Robson, Simon Tonks & Sandy Johnson, fresh from fixing Mondays broken jib halyard, stamped their authority on proceedings with five straight bullets. Ian is fast in these conditions, and 39 stone up the cliffs is particularly quick! Behind him, the racing was noticeably tighter as people got the measure of the wind bend at the cliffs and the lay lines. With 30 degree centigrade and 20 knots of breeze it was little surprise that the most common refrain over a cold beer and club provided pasta was “it doesn’t get better than this!” Wednesday will see the fleet on a long distance “round the island” windward leeward race to create a change of scenery before joining the 59th Intervela – a 420, 470 and 29er championship which should make life even more interesting on the race track! - Marzia Busana Dragons gather for Edinburgh Cup in Falmouth Dragon sailors from the UK, Ireland, France and the USA are congregating in Falmouth this week in preparation for the Dragon South Western Championship and the Edinburgh Cup, awarded annually to the winner of the British Dragon Open Championship. Both events are sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management and will be hosted by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, Falmouth from 4 to 11 July 2009. The South Western Championship will take place from 5 to 7 July and will be followed by the Edinburgh Cup from 8 to 11 July. Making a welcome return to event for the first time in several years are Julia and Graham Bailey who will be crewed by David "Big H" Heritage. This Isle of Wight based husband and wife team have always had the ability to put in a great championship performance and with Julia at the helm she will no doubt have her sights set on her becoming the first woman to win the Edinburgh Cup. Equally determined to be the first woman to engrave her name on the trophy is Gavia Wilkinson-Cox whose recent successes on the International Circuit include winning the Nations Cup and placing second overall at the 2009 Dragon Gold Cup (the best performance by a British helm in 35 years). Gavia was the highest place Brit at last year's Edinburgh Cup, finishing 3rd overall behind Ireland's Don O'Donoghue and Louis Urvois from France, and comes to the regatta fresh from a hectic winter and spring on the European circuit. Gavia will be crewed by Mark "Crash" Daly and Mark Hart. Alinghi to choose Ten people to preview new Multihull Alinghi will be launching thier giant multihull on Lake Geneva in early July and until then the boat will remain shrouded in secrecy. But, on Saturday 4 July, they are offering 10 people the chance to visit the base in Villeneuve. Alinghi will welcome you to our VIP area where you will be given an exclusive preview of the boat. To be in with a chance to be one of the 10 lucky guests, simply send us your name, telephone number, email address and address to webmaster@alinghi.com. Names will go into a hat and a draw will be made. The winners will be notified by 12:00 CET, Thursday 2 July. Further information: Your visit will take approximately one hour and you will need to make your own travel and, if necessary, accommodation arrangements. Full details of the visit regarding timing, etc will be given to the winners upon notification. Cameras, mobile phones, recording and other electronic devices will not be permitted. Full story at http://www.alinghi.com/en/news/news/index.php?idIndex=1045&idContent=19671 RS800 enjoy fantastic racing at scenic Beer in Devon Blue skies and a steadily increasing sea breeze provided fantastic racing for the RS800s’ annual pilgrimage west to scenic Beer in Devon. In the varied UK Circuit locations this was the fleets first real test on the open sea with the challenge of maintaining maximum speed through the waves upwind and whilst catching a few surfs downwind to dig deep on the run. The day belonged to Rob Watson and John Clifton of Royal Lymington who after opening with a second cruised home with two big lead firsts in the next two. Ben Schooling and George Kingsnorth held their nerve to capitalize on this winning race 4 and taking second overall from Justin Deal and Ollie Page in third. RS800 - Open Meeting at Beer SC, leading positions: 1 1153 Rob Watson John Clifton Royal Lymington 2 1 1 OCS21 4 pts 2 1121 Ben Schooling George Kingsnorth Hellensburgh 3 2 5 1 6 pts 3 1133 Justin Deal Ollie Page Lancing 1 3 3 OCS21 7 pts 4 1158 Charlie Roome Tom Jeffcoate Gill Race Team 4 5 2 OCS21 11 pts 5 955 Andrew Smith Micky Boughton Stokes Bay 7 4 6 3 13 pts 6 1016 Peter Barton David Ellis Royal Lymington 8 6 4 OCS21 18 pts Simms and George win RS400 Circuit Open at Aldeburgh YC The weekend of the 26 and 27 June saw the RS400 fleet travel to Aldeburgh YC for round four of the RS Circuit. With a gentle east to north east breeze forecasted, playing the shifts and getting out of the strong tide was the order of the weekend for the 18 teams. In the end Mike Simms and Andrew George held on to the well deserved win with Chris and Dan Martin in second and Howard Farbrother and Nathan Pinch in 3rd. 1st placed AYC boat went to Gavin and Anna Marshall in fourth overall. So another great weekend! Thanks must be given to AYC and the efficient OOD who made a great effort to get all six races in. With Lymington next weekend followed by Hayling soon after numbers are looking good for a bumper turn out at the nationals. RS400 - Circuit Open at Aldeburgh YC, Leading positions: 1st 1328 Michael Sims Andrew George Carsington SC 2.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 (4.0) 13.0 9.0 2nd 1236 Chris Martin Dan Martin Burghfield SC 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 (5.0) 2.0 15.0 10.0 3rd 1251 Howard Fairbrother Nathan Pinch Queen Mary SC 5.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 (8.0) 3.0 25.0 17.0 4th 1241 Gavin Marshall Anna Marshall RNSA/AYC 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 (6.0) 26.0 20.0 5th 1134 Nick Simmons Lightweight Lou Weston SC 6.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 (7.0) 7.0 32.0 25.0 6th 1111 Stephen Fulford John Fulford AYC 3.0 3.0 8.0 (12.0) 6.0 9.0 41.0 29.0 News Ticker and RSS Newsfeed available Sailweb News On-line and Free News Ticker and RSS Newsfeed available. Add the News Ticker to your Club, Association or Company website to get the latest sailing news and results. Add the RSS newsfeed to receive instant news and results. See information above... Full story at http://www.sailweb.co.uk |
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