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More News Links Catamaran - Canadians successfully defend Little America's Cup . . . Offshore - Victory for Groupama 70 in Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland . . . Dinghy - Nick Craig leads after Day 1 at RS400 Nationals . . . Keelboat - Bertrand clinches the Etchells World Championship at last . . . Keelboat - German pair take Tempest World title in final race . . . Matchrace - Macgregor clear favourite for 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing Worlds . . . Catamaran - Phipps and Glover take Dart 18 World title at first attempt . . . Keelboat - Flying 15 Euros show-down blown away in La Rochelle . . . Dinghy - David and Jane Hivey win the RS200 UK Nationals . . . Olympics - Scott and Wright head for Finn Gold Cup . . . Catamaran - Canada v Australia for Little America's Cup . . . Offshore - Groupama bound for St. Kilda in Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race . . . Catamaran - C-Class Catamaran Championship finally gets underway . . . Keelboat - New leaders on second day of Flying 15 Europeans . . . Catamaran - Dart 18 Worlds test the 2012 Olympic venue to its limits . . . Keelboat - A better day at the Tempest Worlds . . . Dinghy - Britain's Kieran Martin takes Bronze at inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore . . . Olympic - Luke Lawrence wins the 2010 Finn Junior World title . . . Offshore - Telefonica Azul sets blistering pace in Round Britain . . . Offshore - ICAP Leopard retires from Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race . . . Canadians successfully defend Little America's Cup . . . Canadians Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke have successfully defended the International C-Class Catamaran Trophy - aka Little America's Cup - that they first won in 2007.  Canadians Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke, the defenders of the International C-Class Catamaran Trophy, being sailed at the NYYC’s Harbour Court, won the first match race of the second day with Canaan; they beat Australians Glenn Ashby and James Spithill on Alpha by about five minutes in the first race in light winds. In the second race Alpha led at the start by 10 seconds and at the first weather mark by 46 seconds. Canaan, however, used her lower and faster gear on the downwind leg to regain the lead at the second marK by seven seconds. On the second weather leg, the boats split tacks. Alpha stayed close to Jamestown, while Canaan went east, more to the center of the channel. Canaan extended her lead to about 48 seconds and later enjoyed her second gun of the day, leading the series 3-1. The racing was halted after this, and Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke have successfully defended the International C-Class Catamaran Trophy that they first won in 2007. In the Consolation Round, Invictus (GBR) was first, Patient Lady VI (FRA) second and Orion (CAN) third. Victory for Groupama 70 in Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland . . . At 11:26 hours BST on Sunday Franck Cammas and his ten crew took victory in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland off the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. By covering the 1,802 miles in 5 days 21 hours and 26 minutes at an average speed of 12.74 knots, the French crew considerably improved on the best time over this course which had previously been in the hands of the British sailors Dee Cafari and Sam Davies since 2009.  Groupama finishing the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race By taking 14 hours and 3 minutes less time than the previous Sevenstar RBI reference, Groupama 70 has confirmed the fast pace of these Volvo Ocean Race monohulls, which are capable of peak speeds in excess of 30 knots, as well as regularly sailing faster than the strength of the wind, like the multihulls that the skipper of Groupama is so familiar with. - Time of passage over the finish line: 1126 hours BST - Race time: 5 days 21 hours and 26 minutes - Average speed over the 1,802 mile course: 12.74 knots - Lead over the previous record: 14 hours and 3 minutes Nick Craig leads after Day 1 at RS400 Nationals . . . After a flurry of late entries for the RS400 National Championship at Pwllheli SC, the fleet of 60 set off for the first race in a pleasant force 3 – 4 and intermittent sunshine. A fabulous turnout for the RS400s, especially in a Garda year. A number of ringers and old (sorry guys!) National Champions have appeared making it a rather close battle in the top half of the fleet.  The first race was abandoned when it was realised that the spreader mark was still in the RIB and was not the lobster pot we had all rounded. Thereafter, two amazing races in short chop and large gusts, finished off with an amazing rain squall. Nick Craig achieved a bullet in both races with 2nd and 3rd places tied on points between Jim Downer and Paul Hillier. 
Bertrand clinches the Etchells World Championship at last . . . After around twenty years of trying, today Australian sailing legend John Bertrand finally won the Etchells World Championship. Bertrand and his crew, Andrew Palfrey and Tom Slingsby, clinched the title in some style here in Howth, Ireland with an impressive win in the first of the two races sailed on the final day of the championship.  Bertrand himself told us earlier in the week 'We Aussies, like a bit of breeze' and today's solid eighteen to twenty knot conditions clearly suited the new World Champion. After getting away cleanly from the congested start line, at first windward mark Bertrand was able to tack to just leeward of a seven boat pack which storming in on the starboard layline and round in second position. For much of the first downwind leg it was impossible to be certain which of the leading six boats was going to round the gate first. As the pack approached the leeward marks line abreast, it was Bertrand who managed to gain the inside overlap in the final few lengths to take the lead. From then on Bertrand, Palfrey and Slingsby were in total control and went on to extend their lead to almost a minute by the finish. His result meant that Bertrand could not be caught overall and the delighted Aussie crew headed for home. Etchells - World Championship, Final Leading positions (44 entries) 1st AUS 1383 John Bertrand Royal Brighton YC 23 2nd GBR 1333 Ante Razmilovic Royal Hong Kong YC 35 3rd AUS 924 D King/S Cunnington Sandringham YC 48 4th GBR 1297 Eamonn O'Nolan RORC 5 5th AUS 991 Jake Gunther Royal Brighton YC 55 6th USA 1224 Jud Smith Eastern YC/NYYC 61 7th SIN 1340 Nils Razmilovic Royal Swedish YC 61 8th GBR 1329 Julia Bailey Royal Thames YC 77 9th USA 1232 Marvin Beckmann Houston YC 86 10th GBR 1339 Laurence Mead Royal Corinthian YC, Cowes .. 90 German pair take Tempest World title in final race . . . Frank Weigelt and Christian Rusitschka of Germany won the Tempest World Championship after a series that went to the final race. Second were Philippe Boite and Regis Viateur of France with Bertold Beahr and Andreas Greif of Germany third and Andreas Polterauer and Alex von Mertens of Austria in fourth. The weather was not ideal, a good wind of between 15 and 20 knots but pouring rain. Boite and Viateur won the first race which gave them the overall lead. In the final race Weigelt and Rusitschka came back to win and take the World title. Best place GBR were Jonathan Modral and Colin Meadows in seventh place. Tempest - World Championship, Final leading positions (38 entries) 1 GER1087 Frank Weigelt Christian Rusitschka 8 pts 2 FRA1182 Philippe Boite Regis Viateur 8 pts 3 GER1088 Bertold Beahr Andreas Greif 20 pts 4 AUT1188 Andreas Polterauer Alex von Mertens 25 pts 5 GER1102 Jorg Fleischer Ralf Hohler 29 pts 6 SUI1136 Mario Suter Andreas Hochuli 34 pts 7 GBR1161 Jonathan Modral Colin Meadows 39 pts 8 SUI1146 Stephan Fels Timo Naef 52 pts 9 ANT1121 Jim Hart Jon Gill 54 pts 10 SUI1122 Cornelia Christen Ruedi Christen 56 pts Other GBR 15 GBR1181 Michael Adams Paul Adams 83 pts 16 GBR1134 Nick Stewardson Ray Stiles 89 pts 25 GBR1077 Kim Dunstan Philip Munton 135 pts Macgregor clear favourite for 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing Worlds . . . Skipper line up for the 2010 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships is confirmed, headed by defending champion Nicky Souter (AUS) fresh from victory at the final regatta of the 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Weymouth. The #1 skipper on the ISAF Women's World Match Race Rankings, Lucy Macgregor (GBR) finished a disappointing ninth in 2009 but is a clear favourite for the 2010 title. One of the very best women's match racers in the world, MacGregor will be fighting to become the first British skipper to ever reach the podium at the Women's Worlds.  Twenty of the world's best women's match racing teams representing 14 nations will compete for the World title from 20 to 25 September in New York, USA. The 2010 Championship is organized by the New York Yacht Club and will be sailed on Narragansett Bay near Newport using the yacht club's fleet of 13 Sonars. Relative newcomer to the women's match racing circuit after making the transition from the Yngling, Renee Groeneveld (NED) will be making her Women's Worlds debut in 2010. Groeneveld won her first ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta at Skandia Sail for Gold in 2009 and followed this with a win Palma this year, she is currently ranked #7 in the world. Another skipper making the move from fleet racing is Anna Tunnicliffe, the 2008 Olympic gold medallist in the Laser Radial. Tunnicliffe is ranked at #3 in the world after a busy season which included four World Cup podium finishes. Long time ranking leader and World Champion in 2007 and 2008 Claire Leroy (FRA) completes the top five names on the competitor list. ISAF World Ranking at 4 August 2010 - Top 10 1. Nicky Souter (AUS) - 8 2. Lucy Macgregor (GBR) - 1 3. Renee Groeneveld (NED) - 7 4. Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) - 3 5. Claire Leroy (FRA) - 2 6. Katie Spithill (AUS) - 6 7. Anne-claire Le berre (FRA) - 5 8. Julie Bossard (FRA) - 9 9. Genevieve Tulloch (USA) - 10 10. Sally Barkow (USA) - 12 Phipps and Glover take Dart 18 World title at first attempt . . . The current World Champions, Emmanuel Dode and Fred Moreau and the young hot shots of Tom Phipps and Richard Glover from Cornwall, sailing in their first Dart 18 World Championships, went in to the final race on equal points. Phipps and Glover were unrelenting in their quest for victory and put in a blistering performance in their new South African boat. They maintained their composure in the last race, having gained a significant lead over the two earlier race winners of Dan Norman and Mel Rogers, until they crossed the finish line. The duo knew they had the championships in the bag and after they had crossed the line - Phipps did a backwards flip off the boat into the water. With the disappointment of missing out on their Olympic Games ticket which they had trained so hard for, when the Tornado Class Catamaran was axed from the Games, this victory made them all the more worthy winners. Dart 18 - World Championship, Final Leading positions (133 entries) 1st GBR 7920 Tom Phipps Richard Glover 150 pts 2nd FRA 1812 Emmanuel Dode Fred Moreau 154 pts 3rd GBR 7788 Dan Norman Mel Rogers 166 pts 4th GBR 7724 David Lloyd Joanna Jones-Pierce 48 pts 5th FRA 7777 Herve Le Maux Amy Johnson 202 pts 6th FRA 7921 Thierry Wibaux Christine Wibaux 98 pts 7th GER 7363 Matthias Huber Jonathan List 207 pts 8th SUI 6708 Michiel Fehr Raphael Jakob 226 pts 9th RSA 7903 Shaun Gradwell Sam Waterson 126 pts 10th GBR 7810 Marco Manganelli Rachel Foster 127 pts 11th GBR 4634 Lawrie Draper Ellie Draper 129 pts 12th RSA 7929 Grant Eliot Lise Marie Roux 158 pts Flying 15 Euros show-down blown away in La Rochelle . . . Steve Goacher and Phil Evans retained their Flying 15 European title a little earlier than they expected when all racing was cancelled on the final day at La Rochelle. What had looked like it would be an interesting final day, with four teams within reach of the title, was scuppered by 40 mph gale force winds. The heavy rain soon passed but the wind persisted as did an official weather warning. In the end the Race Officer John Coveney had little choice but to abandon the day’s racing. Flying 15 - European Championsip, final leading positions are: 1. Steve Goacher and Phil Evans 18 points 2. Andy Davis and Andy Couch 21 points 3. Mike Hart and Richard Rigg 23 points 4. Greg Wells and Mark Darling 24 points 5. Charles Apthorp and Alan Green 35 points 6. Alan Bax and Bill Masterman 37 points Full story at http://www.srr-sailing.com David and Jane Hivey win the RS200 UK Nationals . . . David and Jane Hivey won the RS200 Nationals in North Berwick from Robbie Burns/Vic Simpson with Ben Saxton/Matt Rainback rounding off the top three. The final day was shortened by the light winds but for the Hiveys, who had dominated the week, it was a happy outcome. After an hours delay the first race got away following a general recall. Hamish Walker and Emma Clarke won comfortably from Saxton and Rainback with Andy McKeown and Ben Wilcox sailing brilliantly to hold onto third place. At thie point the Hiveys had the title, but did not know it. What did turn out to be the final race was sailed in similar conditions to the first. Again the leaders came from the right of the course. James Peters and Alan Roberts lead comfortably at the windward mark and extended to win by a good distance after the shortened two laps. The silver fleet title was taken comfortably by Dave Royse and Nikki Russell finishing in 15th overall. The bronze prize went to Chloe and Daniel Martin. RS200 - UK National Championship, Final leading positions (80 entries) 1st 1323 David HIVEY Jane HIVEY Sailingtogs 19 pts 2nd 1254 Robert BURNS Victoria SIMPSON Largs Sailing Club 29 pts 3rd 1328 Ben SAXTON Matt Rainback Grafham Water Sailing Club 31 pts 4th 995 Hamish WALKER Emma CLARKE RNSA & ASA 37 pts 5th 1031 Chris CATT Ally MARTIN Burghfield Sailing Club 46 pts 6th 1424 James Peters Alan Roberts Hayling Island Sailing Club 51 pts 7th 1313 Steve DUNN Sheena CRAIG RYA 59 pts 8th 1203 James STEWART Toby LEWIS Weston Sailing Club 65 pts 9th 872 Mark HEATHER Ed COWELL Wilsonian SC 68 pts 10th 908 Martin BOATMAN Samantha MURPHY Sunderland Sailing Club 77 pts 11th 1276 Maria Stanley Dyfrig Mon Oxford Sailing Club 82 pts 12th 815 Rob STYLE Liz JAMIE Royal Thames Yacht Club 93 pts 13th 988 Chris MARTIN Katharine LOVERING Burghfield Sailing Club 98 pts 14th 1382 Thomas MORRIS Emma PORTEOUS Hayling Island Sailing Club 102 pts 15th 533 Dave ROYSE Nikki RUSSELL RS Association 112 pts Scott and Wright head for Finn Gold Cup . . . Action in the Finn class moves to San Francisco for the Gold Cup - Britain's Giles Scott and Ed Wright will be competing for the Finn class world championship. 95 of the world’s best Finn sailors will compete at the City by the Bay.  A strong US contingent is led by Olympic silver medalist Zach Railey, new Junior world champion Luke Lawrence and Brian Boyd. From abroad watch for Thomas Le Breton and Jonathan Lobert FRA, Rafa Trujillo ESP, the current European champion Ivan Kljakovic-Gaspic CRO, Eduard Skornyakov RUS and, of course, Giles Scott and Ed Wright GBR. Other notables include Matt Coutts NZL, Philippe Kahn USA and reigning Masters world champion Michael Maier CZE. Racing starts Monday 30 August. GBR entries for Finn Gold Cup: Giles Scott, Andrew Mills, Mark Andrew and Edward Wright. Canada v Australia for Little America's Cup . . . Canadian defenders Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke, won all three races on Thursday at the International C-Class Catamaran Championship, while Alpha, yesterday’s leader, sailed by Australians Glenn Ashby and James Spithill, finished second in all three races. In point of fact, Canaan has won four straight races, winning the last one on Wednesday. These two teams will match-race Friday and Saturday to determine the winner of the International C-Class Catamaran Trophy - Little America's Cup - in play since 1961. This is the 25th iteration of this regatta.  Missing from the racing – indeed the competition – was Aethon, sailed by Steve Clark and his nephew, Oliver Moore. Seconds into yesterday's first start, Moore fell overboard and Clark crash landed into the wing, which unfortunately suffered significant damage. They had to drop out of this much anticipated regatta. Before today's first race Patient Lady VI had some rigging failure, they were towed in to shore and the crew headed back to the race course to observe in an effort to build their knowledge base of the C Class cats. Orion and Invictus completed all races, often sailing close, but Orion punctured their wing just before reaching shore. The teamwork seemed cohesive on Alpha, and often they were pointing higher than Canaan. The Canadians however spectacularly overtook the Aussies at the first windward mark of the second race and demonstrated familiarity with their boat, their tactics and their boathandling. In the fifth race, for example, the Australians started on port tack, ducking Invictus and Orion and then had to cross Canaan on starboard. This they were able to do with, perhaps, a thin boat length to spare. However, the Aussies ended up over-standing the weather mark, forfeiting the lead to Canaan. Then it was what became so obvious today. Canaan was able to sail lower and faster downwind – a devastating combination. Adios Alpha! C-Class - Fleet Racing best of 6 races 1- Cannan CAN9 - 6pts 2 - Alpha AUS1 - 8pts 3 - Invictus GBR38 - 16pts 4 - Orion - CAN8 - 25pts 5 - Patient Lady VI - FRA2 - 28pts 6 - Aethon - USA104 - 35pts Groupama bound for St. Kilda in Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race . . . At 07:00 Thursday morning, Groupama were bound for St. Kilda with Telefónica Azul closing the gap behind them. Groupama are still out in front on Day Four of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, but overnight the wind speed dropped from 15 knots to just a zephyr of wind.  Groupama are now barely moving forward but Telefónica Azul is a weapon in light airs and they are clawing back the miles. Although conditions on board are now calm, concentration levels need to be maintained. After the physical exertion of the last three days, it is now mental strength that becomes paramount, keeping alert when every part of your being is willing you to sleep is just as grueling. Jonny Malbon's IMOCA 60, Artemis Ocean Racing, has been getting the tactics spot on and they are currently leading the fleet overall on handicap. Behind them the Lithuanian crew on Volvo 60, Ambersail are on a final approach to Muckle Flugga, but the lighter wind may not suit the boat. There is a fascinating battle between Piet Vroon's Dutch Ker 46, Tonnerre de Breskens and the British Keelboat Academy's TP52, John Merricks II. The young crew from the academy took a bold move to the east yesterday, in search of more wind and they found it, but the price they have had to pay is to sail more miles. John Merricks II may well round Muckle Flugga before their Dutch rivals and the high performance, lighter TP52, could well slip away in the lighter breeze ahead. Newsflash 11:45 26/08/10 - Luca Zoccoli's Ostar 35, In Direzione Ostinata e Contraria has retired from the race and is heading for Edinburgh, both the skipper and crew are well. C-Class Catamaran Championship finally gets underway . . . The International C-Class Catamaran Championship at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court finally got underway on Wednesday, and they did not need any encouragement. The wind at the start of the first race was 16 to 20 with puffs pushing it a bit higher. In the first race, Alpha, sailed by Australians Glenn Ashby and James Spithill, had a brilliant port-tack start. It was a shot over the bow. Ashby is an Olympic Silver Medalist and nine-time A-Class, world champion; Spithill was helmsman on BMW Oracle’s wing-sailed trimaran that won the recent 33rd America’s Cup.  Certainly a major story line was the first-leg capsize of Aethon, Steve Clark’s and Oliver Moore’s C-Class Cat. This was a new boat for Clark, an American, the absolute prime-mover in the class, who held the International C-Class Catamaran trophy for 11 years, from 1996-2007. Clark has been as important to the class as Tony DiMauro was to the previous generation. These boats motor, on the sunny side of 20 knots, and the disturbed air off a freighter set off a chain reaction that resulted in a capsize and the loss of the wing. There would be other casualties as well. Orion, sailed by a Canadian team of Dan Cunningham and Rob Paterson, dropped out of the first race with a broken chainplate, and the venerable Patient Lady VI, sailed by the French team of Antoine Koch and Jérémie Lagarrigue, had rudder problems. All were accounted for. Indeed, Patient Lady VI returned to finish the second race and the third. Ashby and Spithill were passed on the first leg by the event’s defender Canadians Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke. Then it was a full-on rumble between these two cats, both designed by Steve Killing, and indeed, both owned by Eaton. Anyone who ever said that multihulls can’t match race was forever silenced by this display.There were passes galore – the absolute essence of racing. The winning margin was two seconds in the Australians’ favor. The second race, in 12 to 14 knots of wind, was less dramatic with Ashby and Spithill leading Eaton and Clarke around the course. The third race of the day was won by the Canadians, Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke onboard Canaan. C Class - Championship after 3 races 1- Alpha AUS 1 - 1 1 2 - 4pts 2 - Canaan CAN 9 - 2 2 1 - 5pts 3 - Invictus GBR 38 - 3 4 3 - 10pts 4 - Patient Lady VI RA 2 - 7 3 4 - 14pts 5 - Aethon USA 104 - 7 7 7 - 21pts 6 - Orion CAN 8 - 7 7 7 - 21pts New leaders on second day of Flying 15 Europeans . . . Change of leader on second day of Flying 15 European Championship. Steve Goacher and Phil Evans had a seventh and then won race four to take a three point lead ahead of Charles Apthorp and Alan Green, who are tied on points with Mike Hart and Richard Rigg.  Day two began with cloudy skies and a Force 3 wind rising to Force 4. Initially the wind was southerly but it veered later. Winners of the race 3 were Greg Wells and Mark Darling, with Alan Bax and Bill Masterman in second and Andy Davis and Andy Couch third. In race 4 Goacher and Evans won ahead of Pip Hudson and Peter Nash, with Apthorp and Green in third place. Flying 15 - European Championship, Leading positions after 4 races (50 entries) 1 3821 GOACHER Steve / EVANS Phil RWYC 22.00pts 2 3957 APTHOR Charles / GREEN Alan HAYLING ISLAND SC 25.00 3 3917 HART Mike / RIGG Richard PDSC 25.00 4 3920 WELLS Greg / DARLING Mark HISC 5 3941 BAX Alan / MASSTERMAN Bill HISC 30.00 6 3958 DAVIS Andy / COUCH Andy BLITHFIELD S.C 32.00 7 FRA3961 BIET Arnaud / CONSTANT Fabien Y.C.DINARD 38.00 8 3954 WAPLES Justia / STAVE Ian RC Y.GBRC. 38.00 9 3681 HUDSON Pip / NASH Peter BROKBOURNE SC 50.00 10 3955 BROWNING Gill / GRADY Martin HISC 60.00 11 3937 KNELLER Simon / LUCAS Dave GRAFNAM WATER 61.00 12 IRL3883 LAVERY John / O'BRIEN David NATIONAL .Y.C61.00 Dart 18 Worlds test the 2012 Olympic venue to its limits . . . The Dart 18 Worlds at the 2012 Sailing Olympic Games venue in Weymouth did not get a race completed on the first three days but finally managed three races on Wednesday. Sunday the practice race was cancelled due to lack of wind, Monday deteriorating conditions caused the racing to be abandoned and Tuesday no racing was possible due to strong winds - I hope the Olympic guys are taking notes . . . But at the end of Wednesday we have some results from the 130 plus fleet. Leading after three races are David Lloyd and Joanna Jones-Pierce (GBR) four points ahead of Dan Norman and Mel Rogers (GBR) with Dave Roberts and Louise Roberts in third (GBR).  Conditions were such that any sort of consistancy got you onto the top line and race winners failed to do that, thus Martin and Dave White who won the first race, followed that with a 57 and 45 to be 20th overall. Emmanuel Dode and Fred Moreau (FRA) won the second race after a BFD in the first and then a 2nd in the third race to be 30th overall. While Tom Phipps and Richard Glover also had a BFD in the first race to follow with a 2, 1 and are 29th overall. They obviously will return to better positions after the discard - weather permitting. - GN Dart 18 - World Championship, Leading positions after 3 races (130 entries) 1st 7724 David Lloyd Joanna Jones-Pierce Stokes Bay 8 3 6 17 pts 2nd 7788 Dan Norman Mel Rogers Iossc 4 14 3 21 pts 3rd 7835 Dave Roberts Louise Roberts Stokes Bay 2 8 18 28 pts 4th 7903 Shaun Gradwell Sam Waterson East London Yacht Club 14 17 4 35 pts 5th 4634 Lawrie Draper Ellie Draper Stokes Bay 9 5 25 39 pts 6th 7685 Matt Exon Helen Jones Bridlington 11 23 5 39 pts 7th 7893 Stuart Snell Paul Roberts Grafham 12 12 15 39 pts 8th 5076 Paul Wiebel Linda Bierl Segelclub Schwangau 6 25 14 45 pts 9th 7929 Grant Eliot Lise Marie Roux Stilbaai Yacht Club 18 11 16 45 pts 10th 7810 Marco Manganelli Rachel Foster Stokes Bay 15 13 19 47 pts 11th 7921 Thierry Wibaux Christine Wibaux C V Angouleme 3 21 26 50 pts 12th 784 Ben Mienie Laetita Mienie Stilbaai Yacht Club 10 32 11 53 pts 13th 7781 Geoff Sherwood Liz Sherwood Parkstone 35 19 12 66 pts 14th 1198 Robby Vogelenzang Astrid Abendroth Hellecat 17 20 32 69 pts 15th 7875 Florian Bleisch Alfred Seeger Svab 42 16 13 71 pts A better day at the Tempest Worlds . . . A better day for the Tempest sailors at their World Championship in Hoorn. Three races completed and a new vent leader, Frank Weigelt and Christian Rusitschka of Germany lead from Philippe Boite and Regis Viateur of France with Bertold Beahr and Andreas Greif of Germany third and Andreas Polterauer and Alex von Mertens of Austria in fourth. The wind was a more managable 17 knots just as the weather forecast did promised and it was sunny. For race 2 a perfect start, after rounding the first mark they hoisted there Spinnakers and it looked like a colourful rainbow on the water, beautiful to see. First place in race 2 for the German boat of Weigelt and Rusitschka with Boite and Viateur second. Race 3 was another win for the German pair with Beahr and Greif second. Race 3 went to Boite and Viateur with Weigelt and Rusitschka in second. Tempest - World Championships, Leaders after 4 races (38 entries) 1 GER1087 Holzwurm Frank Weigelt Christian Rusitschka 6pts 2 1 1 2 2 FRA1182 Superdoudou Philippe Boite Regis Viateur 8pts 1 3 3 1 3 GER1088 Baehrenmarke Bertold Beahr Andreas Greif 14pts 6 2 2 4 4 AUT1188 Notabene Andreas Polterauer Alex von Mertens 19pts 4 4 5 6 5 SUI1136 Foca Mario Suter Andreas Hochuli 27pts 7 7 10 3 6 SUI1146 La Verte Stephan Fels Timo Naef 39 pts 10 10 6 13 7 SUI1145 La Difference Florian Gaiser Hans Hessel 41pts 11 9 7 14 8 GBR1161 Born Slippery Jonathan Modral Colin Meadows 50pts 5 26 11 8 9 GER1183 Rama Dama Hubert Frenzer Max Reichert 53pts 3 6 39 5 10 FRA1147 Reha Team Alain Lotaut Albert Jean-Charles 55pts 8 22 14 11 Britain's Kieran Martin takes Bronze at inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore . . . Great Britain's Kieran Martin won the Boys Techno 293 medal race on the final day of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, to pick up the bronze medal by three points from Chaneui Kim (KOR). Long-time competition leader Mayan Rafic (ISR) won the Boys Techno 293 gold medal finishing nine points ahead of Michael Chun Leung Cheng (HKG), who took the silver. The battle for silver came down to the wire but Cheng just pipped Martin by a single point. When he reached the beach he didn't know what colour medal he had won. "I'm very happy with the result I don't know exactly what I got but I'm just happy to get a medal." Britain's Jade Roberts was 11th. Thailand's golden girl Siripon Kaewduang-Ngam sailed to windsurfing victory to claim the Girls windsurfing Gold. Veronica Fanciulli (ITA) won the silver medal and Singapore's Audrey Pei Lin Yong the bronze. Austria's Lara Vadlau clinched gold in the Girls' Byte class. Silver medallist was Daphne Van der Vaart from the Netherlands. Constanze Stolz of Germany took the bronze. In the Boys Byte event Virgin Islander Ian Barrows sailed to gold, Germany's Florian Haufe claimed silver and Netherlands Antilles' sailor Just Van Aanholt clinched bronze. No GBR entries in the Byte events. Luke Lawrence wins the 2010 Finn Junior World title . . . On the day of his 20th birthday, Luke Lawrence of the USA wins the 2010 Finn Junior World title. Lawrence takes the title, three points from European Junior champion Ioannis Mitakis (GRE) and Oliver Twedelle (AUS). The Silver Cup is the first Finn event for the 19 years old who started sailing the Finn only four months ago. Egor Terpigorev (RUS) won the last race with Oliver Tweddell (AUS) second and Luke Lawrence third. Fourth place in the last race went to the fleet youngster RJ Bay who at the age of 16 is looking forward more Finn racing! British sailor James Hadden finished 12th overall. Finn - Final positions - Junior World title - Finn Silver Cup 1. USA 40 Luke Lawrence 22.0 2. GRE 77 GRE 77 Ioannis Mitakis 25.0 3. AUS 261 AUS 261 Oliver Tweddell 26.5 4. USA 48 619 Caleb Paine 30.0 5. BRA 109 Al Hamed Jorge Zarif 36.0 6. CRO 11 Josip Olujic 36.5 7. RUS 57 Egor Terpigorev 53.0 8. GER 64 Lennart Luttkus 54.0 9. RUS 707 Larionov Egor 68.0 10. CAN 11 Martin Robitaille 74.0 11. POL 12 GENERALI Milosz Wojewski 83.0 12. GBR 18 GBR 18 James Hadden 87.0 13. USA 8 RJ Bay 97.0 14. USA 33 USA 33 Gordon Lamphere 98.0 15. USA 81 Titanium Monkey Joshua Revkin 112.0 Telefonica Azul sets blistering pace in Round Britain . . . The Volvo Open 70, Telefonica Azul, is scorching along at a blistering speed. After the first 24 hours of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, the Spanish yacht has covered 440 miles of the 1800 mile course.  Hurtling along behind them is Groupama and they are pushing hard. If anything, the wind speed is due to increase during the night. The crews on board will be soaking wet and beginning to feel the effects of fatigue. Food will only be fuel and boat speed will be their primary concern. To put this amazing 24 hour run into context, the two rocket ships are now north of Edinburgh, and could well be north of mainland Scotland by tomorrow morning! Several hours behind the two front runners, Jonny Malbon and his crew on IMOCA 60, Artemis Ocean Racing, are reveling in the fast reaching conditions, The overall leader on handicap is the RYA Keelboat Academy’s TP52, John Merricks II. ICAP Leopard retires from Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race . . . NEWSFLASH 17:52 23.08.10 ICAP Leopard has contacted the RORC racing office to announce that they are retiring from the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. The crew are safe and well and are making a course for Southampton. At the present moment in time, the reason for their retirement is unknown. "Sadly we have had to retire off Beachy Head! So heading back to Southampton, ETA tomorrow (Tuesday). Mike Slade/ICAP Leopard" 
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