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Latest News Links Olympic - Young stays on the podium at Radial Worlds . . . Olympic - Ainslie going for Gold (again) . . . News - Qingdao to be ISAF World Cup venue . . . Americas Cup - Racing starts Thursday in Venice for America's Cup World Series Olympic - Mills and Clark keep the momentum at 470 Worlds . . . Olympic - No racing at the Finn Gold Cup . . . Olympic - Alison Young goes top at Radial Worlds . . . Offshore - Vice Admiral's Cup breaks record . . . News - 1988 Star gold medallist returns for Sail for Gold News - Weymouth ready for severe to critical threat level Olympic - Good and Bad start for GBR at Radial Worlds . . . Olympic - Ainslie adds two more wins . . . Olympic - Mills and Clark on a roll at 470 Worlds . . . News - Team GBR partner with P2i to benefit from nano-coating technology Dinghy - Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit Race at Hayling Island SC . . . News - Fall-out from windsurfing decision . . . Olympic - Ainslie takes control at Finn Gold Cup . . . Olympic - Dutch and Aussie crews lead 470 Worlds . . . Olympic - Black flag takes out Team GB pair at 470 Worlds . . . Olympic - Wright sets the pace at Finn Gold Cup . . . Dinghy - West Kirby Hawks take Wilson Trophy . . . Dinghy - South are RYA Eric Twiname champions . . . More Sailing News reports here . . . Young stays on the podium at Radial Worlds . . . After briefly dropping to fourth after a ninth in her first race, Alison Young took a fourth in the second race to finish the day in third overall at the Women's Radial Worlds in Boltenhagen, Germany, Thursday. New leader is Finland's Sari Multala with a 1-2 score today to overtake Lijia Xu of China who is in second, three points off the lead and just one point ahead of Young. Despite a black flag in her final race Charlotte Dobson is in eighth and Chloe Martin is 16th. Radial - World Chmapionship Leaders after 6 races 1 FIN Multala Sari 1 1,00 [8] [8,00] 1 1,00 8 8,00 1 1,00 2 2,00 13,00pts 2 CHN Xu Lijia 2 2,00 [19] [19,00] 5 5,00 1 1,00 3 3,00 5 5,00 16,00 3 GBR Young Alison [39] [39,00] 1 1,00 2 2,00 1 1,00 9 9,00 4 4,00 17,00 4 ARG Carranza Saroli Cecilia 5 5,00 1 1,00 2 2,00 [14] [14,00] 5 5,00 6 6,00 19,00 5 LTU Scheidt Gintare 2 2,00 [15] [15,00] 10 10,00 3 3,00 2 2,00 3 3,00 20,00 6 AUS Weir Krystal 8 8,00 6 6,00 4 4,00 [10] [10,00] 3 3,00 1 1,00 22,00 Other GBR 8 GBR Dobson Charlotte 7 7,00 5 5,00 4 4,00 3 3,00 6 6,00 [BFD] [67,00] 25,00 16 GBR Martin Chloe 10 10,00 3 3,00 12 12,00 [34] [34,00] 7 7,00 7 7,00 39,00 Full story at http://www.laserworldchampionship.com/fileadmin/medialib/dokumente/Regatta/Laser_WM_2012/ResultsAfter6Races.pdf Ainslie going for Gold (again) . . . With three more race wins on Thursday Ben Ainslie blew the Gold Cup Finn fleet away. Now 20 points clear, only Ed Wright is managing to keep Ainslie in sight as they go into the final day. While the two British sailors have the Gold and Silver locked-out, Jonas Hoegh-Christensen of Denmark, 54 points behind Ainslie and 34 behind Wright, will battle to keep his bronze place. Kljakovic Gaspic of Croatia and Tapio Nirkko of Finland are tied on points in fifth place, then Piotr Kula of Poland is sixth, one point ahead of the third British sailor in the top ten, Mark Andrews in seventh with Andrew Mills now in eighth. Finn - Gold Cup, Leading positions after 9 races 94 entries 1st GBR 3 AINSLIE Ben 1.0 (3.0) 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 13.0 10.0 2nd GBR 11 WRIGHT Edward 2.0 1.0 5.0 7.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 (14.0) 4.0 44.0 30.0 3rd DEN 2 HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN Jonas 14.0 9.0 4.0 6.0 2.0 8.0 4.0 (18.0) 17.0 82.0 64.0 4th CRO 524 KLJAKOVIC GASPIC Ivan (26.0) 16.0 3.0 12.0 3.0 20.0 13.0 3.0 2.0 98.0 72.0 5th FIN 218 NIRKKO Tapio 6.0 (22.0) 9.0 8.0 16.0 2.0 5.0 17.0 9.0 94.0 72.0 6th POL 17 KULA Piotr 9.0 10.0 8.0 15.0 12.0 5.0 9.0 12.0 (18.0) 98.0 80.0 7th GBR 88 ANDREWS Mark (33.0) 23.0 12.0 10.0 7.0 6.0 7.0 5.0 11.0 114.0 81.0 8th GBR 85 MILLS Andrew 4.0 8.0 2.0 11.0 19.0 3.0 (30.0) 20.0 15.0 112.0 82.0 9th NED 842 POSTMA Pieter Jan 22.0 14.0 11.0 4.0 (95.0 DSQ) 14.0 6.0 6.0 8.0 180.0 85.0 10th USA 4 RAILEY Zach 15.0 15.0 10.0 (32.0) 8.0 13.0 18.0 11.0 3.0 125.0 93.0 Full story at http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com/goldcup-results/C1 Qingdao to be ISAF World Cup venue . . . Qingdao, China has been named as the fourth venue of the revamped ISAF Sailing World Cup from 2013. Two regatta dates have been confirmed for the former Olympic venue - 12-19 October 2013 and 11-18 October 2014. Set to be held at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, the Chinese venue joins Melbourne, Australia, Palma, Spain and Hyeres, France in the list of named venues for the latest version of the Olympic classes circuit, with Miami expected to be the USA venue. From 2013 the ISAF has reconstructed the existing circuit to remove the european domination of events and widen the event catchment area. With the Europe events reduced to two venues, world cup events in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands were dropped. The dropped european venues are expected to form a new circuit under the European Sailing Federation (Eurosaf) who are launching a new European Sailing Circuit for Olympic Classes. ISAF Secretary General Jerome Pels said, "Sailing is developing fast in Asia, and Qingdao, China was a clear choice as an Asian venue for the ISAF Sailing World Cup. With Qingdao added to regattas in Australia, France and Spain the ISAF Sailing World Cup from 2013 onwards will be a truly global affair." Racing starts Thursday in Venice for America's Cup World Series Venice marks the penultimate event of the 2011-12 AC World Series, with the overall winner to be determined in Newport, Rhode Island, next month. At the skippers' press conference on Tuesday in Venice, the sailors were shown, for the first time, the newly commissioned AC World Series Trophy. The topic of conversation was the parity of the fleet, and how difficult it would be to post a consistent scoreline in the racing this week. America's Cup World Series racing in Venice starts Thursday at 14:15 CET. Two fleet races along with the first Quarter Final match races are on the schedule for the first day. 2011-12 AC World Series, overall leaderboard 1. ORACLE TEAM USA Spithill 67 points 2. Emirates Team New Zealand 66 points 3. Artemis Racing 54 points 4. Energy Team 48 points 5. ORACLE TEAM USA Bundock 47 points 5. Team Korea 47 points 7. China Team 26 points 8. Luna Rossa Piranh 19 points 9. Luna Rossa Swordfish 12 points Mills and Clark keep the momentum at 470 Worlds . . . Olympic Team GB pair, Hannah Mills and Saskie Clark climbed two more places at the 470 Worlds in Spain on Wednesday. Although they had a 13th in their first race they managed a second place in race 8 to have the best results of the top group and move into fifth overall, eleven points off the leaders. Ingrid Petitjean and Nadege Douroux of France take the lead with Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie of New Zealand moving into second as Ingrid Petitjean and Nadege Douroux of France drop from the lead to third. Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout of the Netherlands stay in fourth just three points ahead of the British pair. britain's Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth slipped to 19th with a 23, 11. In the Men's 470 event Matt Belcher and Malcolm Page of Australia have a twenty point lead, with a 2nd and 5th. New in second place are Gideon Kliger and Eran Sela of Israel with Pierre Leboucher and Vincent Garos of france in third. No GBR entry. 470 - Women - World Championships Leading scores after 8 races (54 entries) 1 FRA 4 Ingrid Petitjean / Nadege Douroux 24pts 2 NZL 75 Jo Aleh / Polly Powrie 27pts 3 FRA 9 Camille Lecointre / Mathilde Geron 28pts 4 NED 11 Lisa Westerhof / Lobke Berkhout 32pts 5 GBR 118 Hannah Mills / Saskia Clark 35pts 6 JPN 1 Ai Kondo / Wakako Tabata 40pts 470 - Men - World Championships Leading scores after 8 races (95 entries) 1 AUS 11 Mathew Belcher / Malcolm Page 8pts 2 ISR 7 Gideon Kliger / Eran Sela 28pts 3 FRA 44 Pierre Leboucher / Vincent Garos 29pts 4 CRO 83 Sime Fantela / Igor Marenic 31pts 5 FIN 7 Joonas Lindgren / Niklas Lindgren 33pts 6 ARG 7 Lucas Calabrese / Juan de la Fuente 34pts No racing at the Finn Gold Cup . . . No racing at the Finn Gold Cup Wednesday. Ainslie leads after 6 races. Ed Wright continues to be consistent enough to maintain second while Andrew Mills is in third overall. Høgh-Christensen is just one point behind Mills while the next four boats are all within six points of each other. Three races are expected on Thursday and the forecast is for 20 knots from the east. Then the final fleet race and the medal race on Friday. Alison Young goes top at Radial Worlds . . . Britain's Alison Young swept into the lead on day 2 of the Women's Radial World Championships with a second and first place in her two heats Wednesday. Young put aside her poor first race from yesterday and was able to discard the 39th and counts 1, 2, 1, to take a four point lead. Day 1 leader Cecilia Carranza ARG is tied on points with Lijia Xu of China for second, with Sari Multala of Finland fourth. Defending champion Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands is fifth and Charlotte Dobson of Britain is in sixth counting a 5, 4, 3. France's Marie Bolou is still leading in the U21 results, followed by Erika Reineke (USA) and Michelle Broekhuizen (NED). Radial - Women's World Championship after 4 races (133 entries) 1 GBR 202411 Young Alison [39] [39,00] 1 1,00 2 2,00 1 1,00 4,00pts 2 CHN 177117 Xu Lijia 2 2,00 [19] [19,00] 5 5,00 1 1,00 8,00pts 3 ARG 200734 Carranza Saroli Cecilia 5 5,00 1 1,00 2 2,00 [14] [14,00] 8,00pts 4 FIN 199059 Multala Sari 1 1,00 [8] [8,00] 1 1,00 8 8,00 10,00pts 5 NED 201876 Bouwmeester Marit [12] [12,00] 3 3,00 6 6,00 2 2,00 11,00pts 6 GBR 200686 Dobson Charlotte [7] [7,00] 5 5,00 4 4,00 3 3,00 12,00pts 7 SWE 200696 Olsson Josefin 1 1,00 [10] [10,00] 6 6,00 7 7,00 14,00pts 8 LTU 201007 Scheidt Gintare 2 2,00 [15] [15,00] 10 10,00 3 3,00 15,00pts 9 NED 196527 Blom Claire [16] [16,00] 4 4,00 5 5,00 7 7,00 16,00pts 10 BLR 99269 Drozdovskaya Tatiana 6 6,00 2 2,00 9 9,00 [21] [21,00] 17,00pts Other GBR 19 GBR 199496 Martin Chloe 10 10,00 3 3,00 12 12,00 [34] [34,00] 25,00pts 54 GBR 188411 Brewster Andrea 29 29,00 18 18,00 25 25,00 [33] [33,00] 72,00pts Vice Admiral's Cup breaks record . . . With more than 70 entries confirmed the 2012 edition of the Vice Admiral's Cup Regatta, to be hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club from 18-20 May, is set to break all previous attendance records. The line up includes many of the UK's top teams and the event will also feature the inshore element of the 2012 GBR Team trials for the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup. Entries for the competition are divided into six classes:- Class 0 - IRC 1.020 to 1.230 including the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup GBR Team Triallists Class 1 - 44-46' Series Production Boats Class 2 - J/111 Class 3 - J/109 Class 4 - The Quarter Tonners Class 5 - SB20 (formerly known as the Laser SB3) Racing gets underway at 11.30 on Friday 18 May and continues until Sunday 20 May. The fleet will be racing on two courses in the Central Solent with Classes 0-3 on one course and Classes 3-5 on the other. Full story at http://www.rcyc.co.uk 1988 Star gold medallist returns for Sail for Gold Mike McIntyre, Britain's 1988 Star class Olympic gold medallist, is returning to the class for the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta at the 2016 Olympic venue this June. His previous gold medal winning partner Bryn Vaile has been replaced by James Grant from Emsworth, Hampshire for the one-off event.  McIntyre explained his reasons for his unexpected return. “It’s largely nostalgia that has led me to race at this time. I have watched my daughter compete in the 470 at Sail for Gold over the last couple of years and thought I should be out there myself." "This is the last chance I will get to race a Star in an open regatta in the UK so we are going to enjoy every aspect of the event. I have only notched up about 30 minutes in a Star since 1988 and the first race next month will only be my 28th in total, including the seven from Games in Seoul in this class.” McIntyre and Vaile’s preparations for the 1988 Seoul Olympics were quite different preparations of today’s generation who are preparing for this summer’s Olympics, “We’d only been campaigning together for 10 months (ahead of the Seoul Olympics) and I’d never sailed a Star previous to that. We were also both working full time and only got to sail every weekend. But we achieved so much in those two days because we had to stay so focussed on what we wanted to get out of each session. It was only when the sailing journalist Stuart Alexander started shouting at us “GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!” from the press boat we knew we’d done it.” Mike commented. Mike and James will be sailing 8025 in which Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell won the Star World Championship in 2002. The Sail for Gold Regatta is the penultimate event in the 2011 – 2012 ISAF World Cup, the annual series of the events for the Olympic and Paralympic classes and will see Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, the official London 2012 Olympic sailing venue, put through its paces ahead of the Games in just two months’ time. The closing date for 2012 entries is 21 May. For all 10 of the the Olympic classes bar Women’s Match Racing, making its Olympic debut at London 2012, this year’s Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta comprises a five-day opening series (Monday – Friday) followed by a double point medal race for the top 10 in each class (Saturday). Competitors in the Paralympic classes will have 5 days of fleet racing and no medal race. Medals will be awarded to all Paralympic and Olympic classes after racing on Saturday 9 June. Full story at http://www.skandiasailforgoldregatta.co.uk Weymouth ready for severe to critical threat level Security minister, James Brokenshire, watched exercises carried out by Dorset Police for the Olympic sailing events at Weymouth, the largest Olympic and Paralympic site outside London, the venue hosts the only other full-time Olympic village. Security preparations for the Olympic sailing events in Dorset have been tested and are ready, the crime and security minister has said. "Portland, Weymouth and Dorset are ready. Ready for the Games, ready for the sailing, ready for the Olympics and ready to welcome thousands of people to this really special event." Security organisations are preparing for a severe to critical threat level, although the country's current threat level is lower. Issues they are preparing for include poor weather, protesters and terrorism. Unlike at previous Olympic sailing events, the waters around Weymouth and Portland will not be closed, allowing the ports to stay open with restrictions during the Games. The racing area will be controlled by marshals, with the help of police and Royal Navy personnel. Dorset Police's marine officers will patrol 50 sq miles of sea for 65 days. Officers will patrol the water on jet-skis, inflatable boats and smaller craft and will be supported by all three military forces. At the end of last month HMS Bulwark arrived off the Dorset coast to support a test exercise ahead of the sailing and windsurfing events. Full story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18081245 Good and Bad start for GBR at Radial Worlds . . . The latest Team GB choice Alison Young took the tough route to the podium today at the Radial World Championships in Germany. With a 39, 1, score Young sits in 32nd of the 133 entries with it all to do. The other Team GBR sailors, Charlotte Dobson and Chloe Martin fared rather better and are sixth and seventh. Leader after the first two races is Cecilia Carranza ARG, with Tatiana Drozdovskya BLR second and Sari Multala FIN third. Leading the Under 21's is Marie Bolou from France with a two point lead over Svenja Weger (GER) and Oren Jacob (ISR), both with 26 points. Radial - Women's World Championship after 2 races (33 entries) 1 ARG 200734 Carranza Saroli Cecilia 5 5,00 1 1,00 6,00 1 2 BLR 199269 Drozdovskaya Tatiana 6 6,00 2 2,00 8,00 2 3 FIN 199059 Multala Sari 1 1,00 8 8,00 9,00 3 4 MEX 183137 Elias Calles Wolf Tania 3 3,00 6 6,00 9,00 4 5 SWE 200696 Olsson Josefin 1 1,00 10 10,00 11,00 5 6 GBR 200686 Dobson Charlotte 7 7,00 5 5,00 12,00 6 7 GBR 199496 Martin Chloe 10 10,00 3 3,00 13,00 7 Other GBR 32 GBR 202411 Young Alison 39 39,00 1 1,00 40,00 32 Ainslie adds two more wins . . . Latest News - - - Ben Ainslie won both races on Tuesday, race 5 and 6, to extend his lead at the Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth. With the discard kicking in this allowed him to drop a third place and increase his lead to ten points over Ed Wright. With the temperatures plummeting in the northerly winds, the 16-20 knot wind felt like a lot more. The sea remained relatively flat for the wind speed, with the wind coming off the land and making the racing tricky and very tactical with large shifts as the fleet approached the windward mark.  In the first race Jonas Hoegh-Christensen of Denmark took second and Kljakovic Gaspic of Croatia was third. Wright finished fifth and it was also another good race for Mark Andrews who was seventh to be 14th overall. Ainslie also won the second, race 6, sailing past his rivals to round the gate with a 50 metre advantage. From there he played the shifts on the left on the second upwind to lead down the reaches for a substantial win. Second Tapio Nirkko of Finland with Andrew Mills third and Wright fourth. Mark Andrews again improving with a sixth. Ainslie is already looking hard to beat. Ed Wright continues to be consistent enough to maintain second while Andrew Mills is able to discard his 21st from race five today to remain in third overall. However with the discard kicking in the points are getting closer. Høgh-Christensen is just one point behind Mills while the next four boats are all within six points of each other. Second overall Ed Wright summed up his week so far, “I got a first on the first day, then slipped to second over the last couple of days. Ben’s been sailing pretty well, and I’ve been struggling with the tactics on the last couple of days. I’ve been rounding the top mark always pretty good but then the second beat is not so great. But I’m pretty happy with the way I’m sailing. They are great conditions out there and I’m really enjoying being in Falmouth and racing against these guys; it’s tough competition.” Finn - Gold Cup, Leading positions after 6 races 94 entries 1st GBR 3 AINSLIE Ben 1 -3 1 3 1 1 10 7 pts 2nd GBR 11 WRIGHT Edward 2 1 5 -7 5 4 24 17 pts 3rd GBR 85 MILLS Andrew 4 8 2 11 -21 3 49 28 pts 4th DEN 2 HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN Jonas -14 9 4 6 2 8 43 29 pts 5th EST 2 KARPAK Deniss 5 5 20 -26 4 7 67 41 pts 6th FIN 218 NIRKKO Tapio 6 -22 9 8 17 2 64 42 pts 7th POL 17 KULA Piotr 9 10 8 -15 12 5 59 44 pts 8th CAN 41 COOK Christopher 8 12 -16 1 14 12 63 47 pts 9th FRA 112 LOBERT Jonathan 25 2 6 2 16 -27 78 51 pts 10th CRO 524 KLJAKOVIC GASPIC Ivan -26 16 3 12 3 20 80 54 pts 11th GBR 88 ANDREWS Mark -33 23 12 10 7 6 91 58 pts Full story at http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com/goldcup-results/C1 Mills and Clark on a roll at 470 Worlds . . . Olympic Team GB pair, Hannah Mills and Saskie Clark came back into contention at the 470 Worlds in Spain on Tuesday. Finishing with a win in the final race of the qualifiers to take seventh overall. Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth are also safely into the gold group in 15th. French teams took control in the woomen's event, Camile Lecointre and Matilda Geron have a one point lead from Ingrid Petitjean and Nadege Douroux, with Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie of New Zealand taking third. Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout of the Netherlands drop to fourth and Gil Cohen and Vered Bouskila of Israel are fifth. In the Men's 470 event Matt Belcher and Malcolm Page of Australia keep a clean sheet with six wins to keep a six point lead from Alvaro Marinho and Miguel Nunes of Portugal, with Joonas and Niklas Lindgren of Finland take over third place from Sima Fantela and Igor Marenic of Croatia. No GBR entry. 470 - Women - World Championships Leading scores after 6 races (54 entries) 1 FRA 9 CAMILE LECOINTRE, MATILDE GERON 1 -8 3 5 2 1 12 pts 2 FRA 4 INGRID PETITJEAN, NADEGE DOUROUX 1 -5 4 5 2 1 13 pts 3 NZL 75 JO ALEH, POLLY POWRIE 3 3 -4 2 1 4 13 pts 4 NED 11 LISA WESTERHOF, LOBKE BERKHOUT 6 1 1 1 -7 6 15 pts 5 ISR 311 GIL COHEN, VERED BOUSKILA 7 2 1 1 -10 5 16 pts 6 JPN 1 AI KONDO, WAKAKO TABATA 4 1 5 2 -17 4 16 pts 7 GBR 118 HANNAH MILLS, SASKIA CLARK (bfd) 2 7 7 1 3 20 pts 8 GER 21 KATHRIN KADELBACH, FRIEDERIKE BURNET 2 7 6 4 -12 2 21 pts 9 ESP 696 TARA PACHECO, BERTA BETANZOS 9 4 2 -15 6 6 27 pts 10 DEN 143 HENRIETTE KOCH, LENE SOMMER -14 5 9 9 5 2 30 pts Other GBR 15 GBR 862 SOPHIE WEGUELIN, SOPHIE AINSWORTH 2 4 11 9 -26 12 38 pts 470 - Men - World Championships Leading scores after 6 races (95 entries) 1 AUS 11 MATHEW BELCHER, MALCOLM PAGE 5,0pts (1) 1 1 1 1 1 2 POR 1 ALVARO MARINHO, MIGUEL NUNES 11,0 5 2 2 1 (12) 1 3 FIN 7 JOONAS LINDGREN, NIKLAS LINDGREN 12,0 3 3 1 4 1 (11) 4 CRO 83 SIME FANTELA, IGOR MARENIC 15,0 5 1 4 1 (7) 4 5 FRA 44 PIERRE LEBOUCHER, VICENT GAROS 17,0 1 3 (9) 3 3 7 6 ISR 7 GIDEON KLIGER, ERAN SELA 18,0 6 (bfd) 3 5 2 2 Full story at http://worlds.470.org/eventsites/results_main.asp?eventid=66686 Team GBR partner with P2i to benefit from nano-coating technology UK Sport, the nation’s high performance sports agency, has announced a unique innovation partnership with P2i, the world leader in liquid repellent nano-coating technology, to help protect equipment and accessories developed through UK Sport’s Research and Innovation programme in cycling and sailing, two of Britain’s leading sports. The liquid repellent coating dramatically reduces the surface energy of a product, so that when liquids come into contact with it, they form beads and simply runoff. By repelling the uptake of liquids, the nano-coating will ensure that the sporting equipment and accessories don’t gain any extra weight during the competitions that they enter, remaining lightweight and dry. Peter Bentley, Technical Projects Manager for RYA Skandia Team GBR, said: “The P2i process allows us to virtually eliminate water absorption in some of our technical equipment. This reduces all-up weight by a few grams, which in turn equates to seconds saved around the race course; all part of our leave-no-stone-unturned strategy." How the P2i technology works P2i’s technology works by applying a nanometer-thin polymer layer over the entire surface of a product. Using an ionized gas (plasma) this layer is molecularly bound to the surface and will not leach away. The process confers superior oil and water repellency by reducing the surface energy to ultra-low levels – down to one third that of PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). In footwear and textile applications, P2i’s technology also minimises liquid absorption from outside elements and evaporated perspiration. Tests show that P2i's patented nano-coating technology can deliver performance benefits for a wide range of materials, including polymers, metals, fabrics, leather, ceramics, glass and paper. Even complex, 3D objects incorporating several different materials can be treated successfully with the P2i process: from footwear to hearing aids, bio-consumables to filtration. Full story at http://www.p2i.com Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit Race at Hayling Island SC . . .  On-Line Entry for the 2012 Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit Race at Hayling Island SC has now been posted on the Event page set. This years event will take place on Sunday 20 May.The event is open to Entry is open to all monohull dinghies with a PY of 1459 and below. Also the Keelboat classes Artemis 20, Flying 15, RS K6, RS Elite, X boat, Swallow, Sunbeam, Hawk, Star, Yngling. Other classes may be accepted at the discretion of the organizing authority, contact the HISC Office. Eligible boats may enter by completing the online form and submitting the entry fee using the HISC website. On-line entry is available on the Glyn Charles Pursuit Race event page from Tuesday 1 May 2012. All proceeds will be donated to the John Merricks Sailing Trust Full story at http://www.hisc.co.uk Fall-out from windsurfing decision . . . The fall-out from the surprise decision to dump windsurfing from the 2016 Olympic Games and replace it with kiteboarding continues, with the Venezuelan Sailing Federation joining Spain and Israel in apologizing to their membership for voting against windsurfing at the last ISAF meeting in Italy. The Venezuelan Federation claims that it disagreed with the decision of its representative and that the decision to exclude the RS:X was never an option for the Federation. Many countries have made considerable investment in windsurfing, not least the British, with youth programmes to develop the sport at club level and provide a path to international competition. At a stroke those plans have been swept aside and a new discipline introduced, which in terms of competitive participants has little support, indeed a competition format has yet to be agreed. The crisis has been triggered by the failure of ISAF to convince the IOC of its case for an additional discipline for sailing and the belief within ISAF, that without a more "media friendly" face, sailing could be removed from the Olympics. Kiteboarding is seen as a new sport that will excite the media - Television coverage - which pays huge sums to the IOC. This effect is seen in other Olympic sports with the addition of snowboarding, bmx bikes and additions to popular "prime-time TV sports" figure skating, rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming. A sport or discipline may be included in the Olympic program if the IOC determines that it is widely practiced around the world, that is, the number of countries and continents that regularly compete in a given sport is the indicator of the sport's prevalence. And of course sailing has long fulfilled those criteria. The problem comes with the disciplines within the sport. Kiteboarding was accepted into ISAF in 2011 and fast-tracked through an evaluation tacked onto the new dinghy and multihull evaluation trials, just weeks before the vote in Italy. That evaluation report then heavily recommended that Kiteboarding be included as a new ISAF sailing event for both men and women. The report found that there are no race management or event organization issues and that Kiteboarding could be immediately included in major ISAF events and the Olympic Sailing Regatta. It was not made clear if they were referring to freestyle or racing or some mixture. What is becoming clear is that this rushed vote, with little of the usual discussion and preparation at national level, has caught many national authorities totally unprepared for such an about turn. Such about turns are pretty much the norm with the act in haste, repent at leisure ISAF culture. Windsurfers can now join the match racers and keelboat sailors with time to develop new skills. - GN Ainslie takes control at Finn Gold Cup . . . Ben Ainslie is back in control at the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth. After two more races Monday Ainslie scored a 1, 3, to take the overall lead after four races. Ed Wright, leader on day 1, had a 5, 7, and drops to secod place but is still ten points clear of third placed Andrew Mills who with a 2, 11, made it a full-house for Team GBR.  Rain and 15 knots of wind for day 2. Ainslie won the first race with Mills second and Ivan Gaspic of Croatia in third. Jonas Hoegh-Christensen of Denmark was fourth and Wright fifth. In the second race (Race 4) Mark Andrews led at the first mark, followed by Ainslie, Rafael Trujillo of Spain, Pieter Postma of the Netherlands and Canadian Chris Cook. By the final rounding of the windward mark the order was Cook, Postma, Jonathan Lobert of France, Hoegh-Christensen and Ainslie. At the downwind finish Cook held off Lobert to take the gun with Ainslie coming up fast for third. Postma was fourth, Trujillo fifth, Hoegh-Christensen sixth and then Wright in seventh. Ainslie said, “It was really tough out there today, it was quite windy, a lot of rain and low visibility so it was a difficult day for everyone and physically a real challenge. In the first race a front came through with quite a big wind shift to the right hand side, and made it a little bit difficult, but that’s part of the challenge of sailing in these conditions. In the second race I went the wrong way, there was a big clump down the right hand side and also the wind shifted a little bit to the right. It was a difficult run but I managed to contain the loss and then catch up with the rest of the race so I overall I’m happy with my day. It was great racing out there despite difficult conditions.” Race four winner, Cook said, “On the first beat I thought that the right side was going to have something in it, I think it’s the typical thing that’s been happening in all the races is a little bit of left and a little bit of right, it’s just how you play your side. So I got to the top in decent shape, and I got to the right side of the run as fast as I could and the pressure filled in from there and it sort of set up the opportunity to round with the top guys. Then the second beat again I was worried about the right side and I was forced to the left gate, I was up quite a bit on the right so I just had to wait. I got in front just in time for that big right shift and then it was a nice easy reach on the way in.” The forecast is for some sunshine, and strong winds. At least some in the already tired fleet will be thankful for the sunshine, Finn - Gold Cup, Leading positions after 4 races 1st 29 GBR 3 AINSLIE Ben 1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 8.0 pts 2nd 01 GBR 11 WRIGHT Edward 2.0 1.0 5.0 7.0 15.0 3rd 14 GBR 85 MILLS Andrew 4.0 8.0 2.0 11.0 25.0 4th 17 DEN 2 HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN Jonas 14.0 9.0 4.0 6.0 33.0 5th 10 FRA 112 LOBERT Jonathan 25.0 2.0 6.0 2.0 35.0 6th 87 CAN 41 COOK Christopher 8.0 12.0 16.0 1.0 37.0 7th 106 POL 17 KULA Piotr 9.0 10.0 8.0 15.0 42.0 8th 24 FIN 218 NIRKKO Tapio 6.0 22.0 9.0 8.0 45.0 9th 03 NED 842 POSTMA PieterJan 22.0 14.0 11.0 4.0 51.0 10th 53 AUS 1 CASEY Brendan 13.0 25.0 7.0 9.0 54.0 Full story at http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com/goldcup-results/C1 Dutch and Aussie crews lead 470 Worlds . . . Things got better for Olympic Team GB pair, Hannah Mills and Saskie Clark with a 2, 7, 7 on day 2 of the 470 World Championships in Spain. But flying out in front are the Dutch pair, Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout with three race wins. In second are Gil Cohen and Vered Bouskila of Israel with two wins Monday and in third Ai Kondo and Wakako Tabata of Japan. Best placed British are Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth with a 4, 11, 9 score to be ninth overall. Mills and Clark are 19th overall. In the Men's 470 event Matt Belcher and Malcolm Page of Australia have won all of their four races to take a six point lead from Alvaro Marinho and Miguel Nunes of Portugal, with Sima Fantela and Igor Marenic of Croatia. No GBR entry. 470 - Women - World Championships Leading scores after day 2 (54 entries) 1 NED 11 LISA WESTERHOF, LOBKE BERKHOUT 9 pts 6 1 1 1 2 ISR 311 GIL COHEN, VERED BOUSKILA 11 pts 7 2 1 1 3 JPN 1 AI KONDO, WAKAKO TABATA 12 pts 4 1 5 2 4 NZL 75 JO ALEH, POLLY POWRIE 12 pts 3 3 4 2 5 FRA 4 INGRID PETITJEAN, NADEGE DOUROUX 15 pts 1 5 4 5 6 FRA 9 CAMILE LECOINTRE, MATILDE GERON 17 pts 1 8 3 5 Best GBR 9 GBR 862 SOPHIE WEGUELIN, SOPHIE AINSWORTH 26 pts 2 4 11 9 19 GBR 118 HANNAH MILLS, SASKIA CLARK 42 pts 26 2 7 7 470 - Men - World Championships Leading scores after day 2 (95 entries) 1 AUS 11 MATHEW BELCHER, MALCOLM PAGE 4pts 1 1 1 1 2 POR 1 ALVARO MARINHO, MIGUEL NUNES 10pts 5 2 2 1 3 CRO 83 SIME FANTELA, IGOR MARENIC 11pts 5 1 4 1 Full story at http://worlds.470.org/eventsites/results_main.asp?eventid=66686 Black flag takes out Team GB pair at 470 Worlds . . . Not a great start for the Olympic Team GB pair, Hannah Mills and Saskie Clark, who were disqualified at the start of the first qualifying series race of the 470 Worlds on Sunday in Spain. Best placed British pair were Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth who finished second in their heat and are third overall and Joanna Freeman and Katia Tomsett who finished 11th in their heat. British boats in contention in the Men's event. The official word is that "Team GB representatives Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell focussing instead on training at the Games venue in Weymouth and Portland with the Skandia Team GBR men’s squad." Just as with the 49er Worlds where there were no British boats. 470 - Women - World Championships Leading scores after day 1 (54 entries) 1 FRA 4 INGRID PETITJEAN, NADEGE DOUROUX 1,0 pts 1 FRA 9 CAMILE LECOINTRE, MATILDE GERON 1,0 3 GBR 862 SOPHIE WEGUELIN, SOPHIE AINSWORTH 2,0 3 GER 21 KATHRIN KADELBACH, FRIEDERIKE BURNET 2,0 5 CHN 1261 FENG HUIMIN, HUANG LIZHU 3,0 5 NZL 75 JO ALEH, POLLY POWRIE 3,0 7 JPN 1 AI KONDO, WAKAKO TABATA 4,0 7 POL 11 AGNIESZKA SKRZYPULEC, JOLANTA OGAR 4,0 9 ARG 8 FERNANDA SESTO, CONSUELO MONSEGUR 5,0 9 AUS 1 ELISE RECHICHI, BELINDA STOWELL 5,0 Other GBR 21 GBR 849 JOANNA FREEMAN, KATIA TOMSETT 11,0 33 GBR 853 ANNA BURNET, FLORA STEWART 17,0 51 GBR 118 HANNAH MILLS, SASKIA CLARK 28,0 bfd 470 - Menn - World Championships Leading scores after day 1 (94 entries) 1 AUS 11 MATHEW BELCHER, MALCOLM PAGE 1,0 pts 1 FRA 27 SOFIAN BOUVET, VINCENT GUILLARM 1,0 1 FRA 44 PIERRE LEBOUCHER, VICENT GAROS 1,0 4 AUS 13 SAM KIVELL, WILL RYAN 2,0 4 FRA 8 KEVIN PEPONNET, JULIEN LEBRUN 2,0 4 GRE 1 PANAGIOTIS MANTIS, PAVLOS KAGIALIS 2,0 7 ARG 11 FRANCISCO SUCARI, FRANCISCO RENNA 3,0 7 FIN 7 JOONAS LINDGREN, NIKLAS LINDGREN 3,0 7 ITA 71 ANDREA BARCHIESI, LORENZO PICCIONI 3,0 No GBR competing . . . Wright sets the pace at Finn Gold Cup . . . Wright sets the pace at Finn Gold Cup . . . After Ben Ainslie won the opeing race at the Finn Gold Cup taking place in Falmouth, Ed Wright took the second race and the overall lead after the first day. Denss Karpak of Estonia is in third place and Andrew Mills is fourth.  The fleet was initially held ashore but there was a further delay on the water as the wind clocked round to the west before a line was set. The first race finally got going under black flag at around 14.00 with one boat disqualified; Egor Terpigorev (RUS) led at each and every mark but unfortunately for him he crossed the finish line in silence as the winner's gun went to Ben Ainslie (GBR). The second race was started very promptly with another black flag start following a general recall. At the top mark Wright just held the lead from Jonathan Lobert (FRA) with Oleksiy Borysov (UKR) and Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN) close behind. On the final downwind Wright extended even further for a comfortable win with Ainslie moving into third and putting some pressure on Lobert in the closing stages. Zarif had a great race crossing in sixth. Racing continues Monday with two more races scheduled from 11.00, and with stronger winds forecast, it should prove to be another great day of racing in Falmouth. Finn - Gold Cup, Leading positions after 2 races 1st 01 GBR 11 WRIGHT Edward 2.0 1.0 3.0pts 2nd 29 GBR 3 AINSLIE Ben 1.0 3.0 4.0 3rd 07 EST 2 KARPAK Deniss 5.0 5.0 10.0 4th 14 GBR 85 MILLS Andrew 4.0 8.0 12.0 5th 106 POL 17 KULA Piotr 9.0 10.0 19.0 6th 87 CAN 41 COOK Christopher 8.0 12.0 20.0 7th 33 POL 7 SZUKIEL Rafal 3.0 20.0 23.0 8th 17 DEN 2 HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN Jonas 14.0 9.0 23.0 9th 10 FRA 112 LOBERT Jonathan 25.0 2.0 27.0 10th 24 FIN 218 NIRKKO Tapio 6.0 22.0 28.0 Full story at http://www.falmouthfinnfestival.com/goldcup-results/C1 West Kirby Hawks take Wilson Trophy . . . The 63rd Wilson Trophy will be remembered as the sunniest and windiest on record, but also for being the first time, in as long as anyone can remember, that competition at West Kirby Sailing Club’s British Open Team Racing Championship had to be cut short mid-way through the quarter finals. The big conditions were forecast, only for later in the afternoon, as Principle Race Officer Adam Whittle explained: “The wind came in a lot earlier than it was meant to. It was gusting 36 knots at Hilbre [the weather station nearby] and it just wasn’t feasible to continue. We were having break downs and people were getting injured. It wasn’t team racing – it was survival. Having sailed 16 rounds in perfect team racing conditions, I thought it would have been wrong of us to carry on." Because of this the final results reverted to the last complete round, or round 16 of the Wilson Trophy’s Swiss league, where local favourites West Kirby Hawks had come out on top, followed by New Forest Pirates. Having suffered defeats to a US team in the last two Wilson Trophy finals, West Kirby Hawks finally came out on top for the first time since 2009. The Under 21 trophy was won by Schull Youth Team, who finished the event half way down the leaderboard on eight wins. South are RYA Eric Twiname champions . . . The RYA South Zone have been crowned 2012 RYA Eric Twiname champions today as their sailors reigned victorious at Rutland Water this weekend as the ‘Battle of the Zones’ came to a thrilling finish. Some 325 sailors in 285 boats representing the nine RYA Zone and Home Countries took to the water in an attempt to wrestle the coveted Eric Twiname Shield from the grasp of 2011 event winners the RYA West Zone - and with dominant performances across all fleets the South Zone walk away proud winners. In clinching their prestigious victory the RYA South Zone also won the Eric Twiname Dinghy Trophy, awarded to the Zone performing best from the top two dinghy classes out of the five, while the North Zone for a remarkable third year running retained the Eric Twiname Windsurfing Trophy, awarded to the Zone scoring best from two of the four windsurfing classes. 2012 RYA Eric Twiname Championships Results: Overall results of the 2012 Eric Twiname Shield 1) RYA South Zone 2) RYA South East Zone 3) RYA North Zone Dinghies Optimists 1) Freya Black (Bewl Valley SC) 2) Matthew Leckie (Leigh and Lowton SC) 3) James Hammett (Papercourt / Hayling Island SC) Winning Zone: South East Toppers 1) Harriet Ward (Queen Mary SC) 2) Adam Fuller (Orwell Yacht Club And Royal Harwich Yacht Club) 3) Emily Lloyd (Plymouth Youth Sailing) Winning Zone: South East Cadets 1) Ben Shorrock / Tom Bridge (Frensham Pond SC) 2) Sophie Goodrich / Hannah Goodrich (South Cerney SC) 3) Alex Page / Richard Townley (Alton Water Sailing Academy) Winning Zone: South West RS Fevas 1) Nick Robins / Alicia Campbell-Bottoms (Hayling Island SC) 2) Harvey Martin / Will Ward (Ogston SC) 3) James Eales / Rebecca Lewis (Royal Lymington Yacht Club) Winning Zone: South Mirrors 1) Jo Kalderon(Itchenor SC ) / Sally Lorimer (Warsash SC) 2) Rachel Grayson / George Richards (Beaver SC) 3) Max Odell (Hayling Island SC) / Finley Boon (Northampton SC) Winning Zone: South Dinghy overall winning Zone: 1) RYA South Zone 2) RYA South East Zone 3) RYA West Zone Windsurfers: Bic Techno 4.5 1) Ben Tweedle (Emsworth SC) 2) Stanley Corr (Astbury Sailsport SC) 3) Libby Rodgers (Axbridge Animals) Winning Zone: South Bic Techno 5.8 1) Zara Petts (Hssc) 2) Thomas Cave (Lakeside SC) 3) Galahad Wisbey (Hssc & Queen Mary SC) Winning Zone: South Bic Techno 6.8 1) Ross Warren (Roseland Waveriders) 2) Alexei Murphy (Bray Manic Monkeys) 3) Alice Read (Oxford SC) Winning Zone: South West Bic Techno 7.8 1) Jordan Howram (North Lincs Humberside SC) 2) Tristan Levie (Largs SC) 3) Rachel Horton (Poole Academy Allstars) Winning Zone: North Windsurfing overall winning Zone: 1) RYA North Zone 2) RYA South West Zone 3) RYA South Zone Laser 4.7 indicator results: 1) Ellie Cumpsty (Chew Valley Lake SC) 2) Matthew Whitfield(Penarth/Cardiff Bay Yacht Club) 3) Will Creaven (Cardiff Bay Yacht Club) Full story at www.ryaracingevents.org.uk |
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