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Latest News Links Catamaran - Hobie enter the 16 and the Tiger for Olympic trial . . . Catamaran - Can Tornado return to Olympics? . . . Catamaran - Final day of the A-class Australian Championships . . . Catamaran - Glenn Ashby takes A-class Australian title . . . Catamaran - World Champs up for A-Class Nationals . . . Catamaran - Formula 18 European title to Backes and Jarlegan of France . . . Catamaran - Luna Rossa crowned 2011 Overall Champions of Extreme Sailing Series . . . Catamaran - Luna Rossa lead final Extreme 40 in Singapore . . . Catamaran - Hydro Foil Catamaran Sea Trials for C-FLY . . . Catamaran - 3rd for Ainslie at Extreme Sailing Series in Almeria . . . Catamaran - Victory for Race for Water at KRYS Match . . . Catamaran - Ainslie breaks The Wave winning streak . . . Back to latest Sailing News reports here . . . Hobie enter the 16 and the Tiger for Olympic trial . . . The Hobie Cat Manufacturers have put forward two choices for the ISAF Multihull Evaluation Trials for the 2016 Olympics - the Hobie 16 with spinnaker added (the Olympics must be sailed with a spinnaker) and the Hobie Tiger.  The Hobie 16 is by far the largest multihull class in the world with active racing in all parts of the world and the ISAF have chosen to use the Hobie 16 in all ISAF World Games. It is the multihull that is used in all Regional Games where a multihull is selected. As Regional Games are under the authority of the areas National Olympic Committee the National Olympic Committees have already invested in a Hobie 16 with equipment and training. It is also the current ISAF Youth World boat. As the second largest one-design racing multihull, the Hobie Tiger was chosen by the ISAF at their last ISAF World Sailing Games. Like the Hobie 16, the Hobie Tiger again fits perfectly with the ISAF Olympic Commission with their ‘universality’. It is raced in most countries and lot of the countries ISAF would like to develop further. The evaluation will be held from 17 to 25 March 2012 at the Prince Felipe High Performance Sailing Centre, Santander, Spain. A report from the trials will be going to the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in May. The seven multihull entrants are: Hobie 16 and Hobie Tiger – Hobie Cat, Nacra 17 – and Nacra F16 – Nacra Sailing International, Spitfire S – Sirena Voile, Tornado – International Tornado Class Association and the Viper – Australian High Performance Catamarans (AHPC). Can Tornado return to Olympics? . . . Can the Tornado return to the Olmpics? The one-man tornado known as Roland Gaebler continues to push the multihull Olympic cause. With his Tornado hat on Roland has campaigned tirelessly for the class to return to the Olympic fold, and with the mixed-crew multihull now on the agenda for Rio in 2016, is happy to talk-up the Tornado as the new female-friendly class.  The ISAF Evaluation Trials in Santander 17 to 25 March for the Olympic Mixed Multihull are the next step and Gaebler is happy to welcome one and all to the event. Esecially those poor Star and Matchrace sailors about to suffer withdrawel symptoms from Olympic campaigning - although their bank managers might welcome their return to a more lucrative form of employment. The Tornado is now a transformed class, not only has it rediscovered the one design concept, but has apparently been an unheralded bastion of women's sailing, harking back to Denmark's Paul and Trine Elvstrom who finished 4th at the 1984 Olympic Games. Which does rather emphasise the point that it has always been possible for women to sail the Olympic multihull, just not many have wanted to. Under the guidence of Gaebler the class is also keen to experiment with new courses and has run various short course and speed events in confined space to improve the media opportunities, but as the AC 45 and Extreme 40 classes have demonstrated, spectacular capsizes are the way to YouTube media stardom. But, lets not complain, the multihull is back in the Games. The Tornado might be a bit long in the tooth and despite its classic good looks, considered a bit un-cool in the ISAF drive to shake off its old boy network image. So let's hope that the trials in Santander throw up a real ground breaker, not that previous trials - 49er excepted - raise our expectations. - GN Editor Note: Trine and Paul Elvstrom were European champions in the Tornado class in 1983-84. Paul Elvstrom also won 13 World Championships in seven different monotype sailing classes. Elvstrom is one of only four Olympic athletes to have competed over a 40-year span. Elvstrom won four consecutive individual sailing gold medals in the Finn class event and he competed in the Tornado in the '84 and '88 Games with his daughter Trine. Final day of the A-class Australian Championships . . . The final day of the A-class Australian Championships on Lake Macquarie, NSW, hosted by the Wangi Amateur Sailing Club, was without the new champion, Glenn Ashby, who had already taken the title and had the time to watch the rest of the 70 entries race for the minor placings. The series has been a game-changer for the class and for catamaran sailing in general. The number of top class monohull helms taking part has raised the multihull profile. And with the the up-coming multihull America's Cup getting into high gear over the coming year and multihulls back in the Olympics, the catamaran scene is looking a real growth area, something sailing badly needs. Darren Bundock (14 catamaran World titles, two Olympic Silver medals and member of Oracle's America’s Cup Syndicate) won the final race to take fourth overall. Second was Andrew Landenberger (1996 Tornado Olympic bronze medallist) finishing seventh overall and in third Nathan Outteridge (three times 49er World Champion) finishing second overall. Scott Anderson (1984 Tornado Olympic bronze medallist) finished fourth and sixth overall, with Tom Slingsby (four times Laser World Champion) in fifth place and 11th overall. Thus the final podium was: 1st Glenn Ashby 14.0pts, 2nd Nathan Outteridge 27.0pts and 3rd Steve Brewin 30.0pts. A-Class - Final leading positions, 2012 John Cootes Furniture Australian A Class Championships (70 entries) 1 AUS111 Glenn Ashby 14.0pts [71.0C] 3.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2 AUS973 Nathan Outteridge 27.0pts 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 [7.0] 6.0 2.0 3 AUS4 Steve Brewin 30.0pts [14.0] 9.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 4 AUS888 Darren Bundock 33.0pts 1.0 11.0 2.0 8.0 [20.0] 2.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 5 AUS975 James Spithill 51.0pts 9.0 [16.0] 5.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 6.0 9.0 10.0 6 AUS902 Scott Anderson GM 56.0pts 4.0 7.0 6.0 2.0 [25.0] 10.0 10.0 10.0 7.0 7 AUS308 Andrew Landenberger 75.0pts 2.0 8.0 19.0 [24.0] 12.0 13.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 8 AUS25 Stephen Brayshaw 76.0pts 6.0 6.0 9.0 16.0 10.0 7.0 13.0 [17.0] 9.0 9 AUS20 Chris Batenberg 80.0pts 10.0 5.0 8.0 10.0 19.0 5.0 [22.0] 11.0 12.0 10 AUS321 Andrew Williams 81.0pts 13.0 4.0 7.0 12.0 7.0 12.0 15.0 [71.0O] 11.0 Full story at http://www.a-cat.org.au/2012-nationals Glenn Ashby takes A-class Australian title . . . Glenn Ashby has won the John Cootes Furniture A Class Australian Championships being sailed on Lake Macquarie, NSW, with a race to spare. The seven times A Class Catamaran World Champion added another victory and then a third to claim the title. Steve Brewin currently lies second with Nathan Outteridge third, with one race on Saturday.  Dropping out od the top ten was Laser world champion Tom Slingsby after a 30th in the first race of the day, but he came back in the second to record his first win at the championship. 49er champion Nathan Outteridge kept up the pressure at the front, taking a second and third to finish just three points off second placed A-class world champion Steve Brewin. A-Class - Australian Nationals after 8 races (70 entries) 1 AUS111 Glenn Ashby 10.0pts 3.0 1.0 [4.0] 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 2 AUS4 Steve Brewin 21.0pts [9.0] 4.0 1.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 3 AUS973 Nathan Outteridge 24.0pts 2.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 [7.0] 6.0 2.0 4 AUS888 Darren Bundock 32.0pts 11.0 2.0 8.0 [20.0] 2.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 5 AUS975 James Spithill 42.0pts [16.0] 5.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 6.0 9.0 10.0 6 AUS902 Scott Anderson GM 52.0pts 7.0 6.0 2.0 [25.0] 10.0 10.0 10.0 7.0 7 AUS321 Andrew Williams 68.0pts 4.0 7.0 12.0 7.0 12.0 15.0 [71.0O] 11.0 8 AUS20 Chris Batenberg 70.0pts 5.0 8.0 10.0 19.0 5.0 [22.0] 11.0 12.0 9 AUS25 Stephen Brayshaw 70.0pts 6.0 9.0 16.0 10.0 7.0 13.0 [17.0] 9.0 10 AUS308 Andrew Landenberger 73.0pts 8.0 19.0 [24.0] 12.0 13.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 Full story at http://www.yachting.org.au/site/yachting/results/wangirslasc/2011/events/AClasNats2012/SGrp2.htm World Champs up for A-Class Nationals . . . The Australian A-Class Championships will be a unique event on the Australian Sailing Calendar, bringing together three current World Champions: Tom Slingsby (Lasers), Nathan Outteridge (49ners), and Steve Brewin, sailing on these high performance, efficient 18 foot catamarans. Added to the mix are the four sailors from Oracle America’s Cup Syndicate (Spithill, Kosteki, de Riddder, Darren Bundock), Ashby from Team New Zealand, as well as the three former Olympic medallists Andrew Landenberger, Chris Cairns and Scott Anderson.  Monday 69 boats took to the water for the practice race. In many classes that means two general recalls while the fleet tests the mettle of the PRO and then a bunch of retirementes after the top mark. Not the A-Cats. PRO Tony Outteridge (Nathan's Dad) gunned the fleet away from a clean start and the fleet headed hard left. James Spithill was first to the top mark ahead of Glenn Ashby. Behind them the fleet was pushing hard, in the case of the 2011 A Class Catamaran World Champion Steve Brewin, too hard.Three windward leewards and 30 minutes later, Ashby crossed ahead of a smiling Darren Bundock. The two sailors won Olympic Tornado Silver in Qingdao, China and they have almost 30 World Championships between them in multihull classes. Third was Andrew Williams, then Brad Collett, Andrew Landenberger and Stephen Bradshaw, followed by four times Laser World Champion Tom Slingsby, America’s Cup winning helmsman James Spithill and dual 49er World Champion Nathan Outteridge. Just a few places back was Simon McKeon, for a long time the fastest sailor on the planet with Macquarie Yellow Pages. With just 24 days left as Australian of the Year, McKeon was having a blast back on the multihull scene. Formula 18 European title to Backes and Jarlegan of France . . . Frenchmen Olivier Backes and Arnaud Jarlegan are the new Formula 18 European Champions for 2012. The world champs of 2010 grabbed the won the title for 2012 in a regatta held this year in Las Palmas on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, Spain. In second place were compatriots Francois Morvan and Maithien Vandame twelve points behind. Local heroes of the host club, Real Club Nautico de Gran Canaria, Javier Padron and Miguel Perez, lost the lead they hold after seven races, but were took third place on the podium. European masters (over 50 years old) Helge and Christian Sach from Germany impressed the young guns with a fifth place overall just one point behind Gurvan Bontemps and Benjamin Amiot from France, but 27 ahead of the best mixed crew Grant Piggott and Mary Rook from Britain on six. Formula 18 - Final leaders European Championship (84 entries) 1 FRA Olivier Backes/Arnaud Jarlegan (France) 28 points 2 FRA Francois Morvan/Maithien Vandame (France) 40 3 ESP Javier Padrón/Miguel Pérez (Spain) 51 4 FRA Gurvan Bontemps/Benjamin Amiot (France) 56 5 GER Helge and Christian Sach (Germany) 57 6 GBR Grant Piggott/Mary Rook (Great Britain) 84 7 NED Coen de Koning/Thijs Visser (The Netherlands) 87 8 ESP/FIN Mitch Booth/Janne Riihela (Spain/Finland) 90 Luna Rossa crowned 2011 Overall Champions of Extreme Sailing Series . . . Italian team Luna Rossa has won the final Act of 2011 in emphatic style and crowned the Overall Champions of the Extreme Sailing Series™ 2011. Max Sirena, Paul Campbell-James, Alister Richardson and Manuel Modena, who have raced together on the Extreme 40 all season, hardly put a foot wrong over the 35 races here in Singapore.  They went into the final day with a previously unheard of 56-point lead over their arch rivals for the 2011 title, the French team of Groupe Edmond de Rothschild. There was little Pierre Pennec’s team could do as Luna Rossa put in another strong performance and after 10 races today, Luna Rossa topped the Act 9 leaderboard with a 45-point margin over 2nd placed The Wave, Muscat. Luna Rossa lead final Extreme 40 in Singapore . . . The Italian team Luna Rossa, skippered by Max Sirena, look to be on an unstoppable roll in the final showdown in Singapore – leading their French rivals Groupe Edmond de Rothschild by 56 points, a gap almost unseen this year between these teams after a consistent performance from the Italians and a string of disappointing scores for the French. On the final day Sunday, two racing sessions are scheduled and, like today, a potential for 10 or more races, in other words 110 points or more up for grabs taking into account the final double points race, and everyone expects the French team to close the gap on their rivals. So whilst the odds are stacked in favour of Luna Rossa with their British helmsman Paul Campbell-James, pulling off the ultimate victory, it is far from over – in doing so Campbell-James would become the first helmsman to win the Extreme Sailing Series twice* in its 5 year history: “Today was perfect,” said Campbell-James. “We nailed the starts and we kept really safe. We had a dream day today but Gitana could do the same to us tomorrow, although they would have to have a dream day and we would have to have a bad day.” These two teams have shared a tense battle throughout 2011 and no one will write the final chapter until it is done and dusted. Extreme 40 Sailing Series in Singapore - Leading positions 1st Luna Rossa (ITA), Max Sirena / Paul Campbell-James / Alister Richardson / Manuel Modena 186 pts 2nd Red Bull Extreme Sailing (AUT), Roman Hagara / Hans Peter Steinacher / Matt Adams / Craig Monk 151 pts 3rd Oman Air (OMA), Chris Draper / Kinley Fowler / David Carr / Nasser Al Mashari 149 points 4th Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Dean Barker / Glenn Ashby / James Dagg / Jeremy Lomas 146 pts 5th Alinghi (SUI), Tanguy Cariou / Yann Guichard / Nils Frei / Yves Detrey 141.5 pts 6th The Wave, Muscat (OMA), Leigh McMillan / Kyle Langford / Nick Hutton / Khamis Al Anbouri 140 pts Hydro Foil Catamaran Sea Trials for C-FLY . . . Two weeks sea trials for the innovative new hydro-foil sailing catamaran, known as C-FLY took place at The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. This is a 26ft catamaran created out of fifteen years of development by a team of aerospace engineers. Chris Edwards, one of the C-FLY design team and who is leading the way in a new dimension of high speed sailing, explained his reasoning for selecting the venue which is hosting the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. ‘C-FLY can reach up to 40 knots in the right conditions and therefore we require a very large expanse of water to conduct our trials. We recognised the WPNSA as having one of the most extensive and sheltered harbours in the UK that is available for sailing. This gave us confidence that we could complete the trials in a controlled environment.’ After crossing Portland Harbour at speeds above 25 to 30 knots, the trials were continued outside the harbour in Weymouth Bay. This provided conditions for open sea trials in the English Channel, a real test for any craft. Encountering waves of 1.5 metres, C-FLY demonstrated her exceptional sea-keeping and ability to continue hydro-foiling safely at speed, a clear aim of this project that seeks to solve the difficulties of sailing at very high speeds both safely and in comfort. 3rd for Ainslie at Extreme Sailing Series in Almeria . . . It came down to the wire in the final double points race to determine the podium places of the Extreme Sailing Series Act 8 in Almeria. Going into the final race the Swiss team of Alinghi were in a strong position to claim overall victory, only a major faux pas would have prevented what was rightfully theirs after such a strong performance over the last five days and 32 races. In the end, Tanguy Cariou’s team on Alinghi secured victory by one of the biggest points margins of 22 points over Italy’s Luna Rossa in 2nd place. However, the fight for second was by the closest of margins with Luna Rossa holding off Ben Ainslie’s Oman Air by just one point.  “For me it was my first experience of multihull racing and I have learnt a huge amount, which for me is probably more important to me personally than the end result,” said Ainslie. “To finish on the podium for the second time in three events is a great team effort. It is a very high level of competition and when you look at the people on board the other boats, they are all extremely accomplished sailors. They are fighting for every inch and with the type of racing that we do it ends up being very tight as the races are so short, and invariably you end up with collisions and action creating some exciting racing! It’s been fantastic sailing with the team. Now it’s time for me to get focused on the Olympics.” Ian Williams’ Team GAC Pindar scored their best ever result of 2011 with a 4th place here in Almeria, stealing it from Groupe Edmond de Rothschild on the final upwind beat in the final race. It was a tough day for the French team on Groupe Edmond de Rothschild who had been in contention for the podium throughout the event. Extreme Sailing Series - -Act 8, Almeria, Andalucia (Spain) standings after 32 races 1st Alinghi (SUI), Tanguy Cariou / Yann Guichard / Nils Frei / Yves Detrey 254 points 2nd Luna Rossa (ITA), Max Sirena / Paul Campbell-James / Alister Richardson / Manuel Modena 233 points 3rd Oman Air (OMA), Ben Ainslie / Kinley Fowler / David Carr / Nasser Al Mashari 232 points 4th Team GAC Pindar (GBR), Ian Williams / Mischa Heemrskerk / Andrew Walsh / Brad Webb 218 points 5th Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (FRA), Pierre Pennec / Christophe Espagnon / Thierry Fouchier / Hervé Cunningham 216 points 6th Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Adam Beashel / Ray Davies / Jeremy Lomas / Derek Seward 213.5 points 7th The Wave, Muscat (OMA), Leigh McMillan / Kyle Langford / Nick Hutton / Khamis Al Anbouri 209points 8th Red Bull Extreme Sailing (AUT), Roman Hagara / Hans Peter Steinacher / Matt Adams / Craig Monk 202 points 9th Team TILT (SUI), Alex Schneiter / Boet Brinkgreve / Charles Favre / Nicolas Heintz 155 points 10th Team Extreme (EUR), Roland Gaebler / Nahid Gaebler / Antón Paz / Tom Buggy 151 points 11th Niceforyou (ITA), Alberto Barovier / Stefano Rizzi / Daniele De Luca / Simone de Mari 135 points Victory for Race for Water at KRYS Match . . . Victory for MOD70 Race for Water at the KRYS Match, La Trinité-sur-Mer, first event and foretaste of the Multi One Championship starting in 2012! Steve Ravussin and his crew showed a great team cohesion. The team was also proud to be associated to the Multi One Attitude Foundation that has just signed a partnership with UNESCO to start joint activities around water conservation.  KRYS Match - Final result 1. Water Race (Stève Ravussin) 2. Veolia Environnement (Roland Jourdain) 3. Foncia (Michel Desjoyeaux) 4. Gitana Edmond de Rothschild Group (Seb Josse) - not ranked Ainslie breaks The Wave winning streak . . . Only Ben Ainslie on Oman Air and Roman Hagara on Red Bull Extreme Sailing Series could break Leigh McMillan’s winning streak. Ben Ainslie and his team thrived in the close combat stadium racing, coming into contact with Luna Rossa in a scrap to the finish line. A good breeze ensured there was plenty of action from the 49ers and the Extreme 40s to keep the Trapani spectators happy. The Wave, Muscat put in a first-class performance Friday on the first day of stadium racing winning five out of the six races, claiming pole position going into the penultimate day at the Extreme Sailing Series Act 6 in Trapani. Leigh McMillan and his team were seamless in their starts, boat handling and called all the right shots. They seemed unstoppable until Ben Ainslie on Oman Air and Roman Hagara’s Red Bull Extreme Sailing broke their winning streak. Ben Ainslie and his team on Oman Air thrived in the close combat racing today, climbing into 4th place in the standings: “Today was amazing,” said Ainslie. “It was like nothing I have ever experienced before. I couldn’t quite believe it before the racing and I said to the guys ‘Is this really the size of the race course?’ and they said that this was quite a big course! It was great racing, lots of incidents and good breeze. This is a great opportunity for me as I have been sailing the Finn now for eight months and it’s great to have a break.” Ainslie used his legendary competitive streak and match racing skills to the full today. Knowing exactly what his rights were and forcing the others to make errors, as witnessed in the second race of the day when Ainslie barged his way to the finish line with the law on his side. Paul Campbell-James failed to take avoiding action quick enough and was penalised. pre-racing Campbell-James said: “He [Ainslie] is very good at the boat on boat aspect and you can see that from the last two Olympic medal races where he just took out the opposition. And that is what it will be like today.” He wasn’t wrong! |
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