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Latest News Links Keelboat - Jerry Hill leads the UK Laser SB3 National Championships after day 2 . . . Keelboat - Day 1 of the Laser SB3 UK Nationals at Brighton . . . Keelboat - Bertrand clinches the Etchells World Championship at last . . . Keelboat - German pair take Tempest World title in final race . . . Keelboat - Flying 15 Euros show-down blown away in La Rochelle . . . Keelboat - New leaders on second day of Flying 15 Europeans . . . Keelboat - A better day at the Tempest Worlds . . . Keelboat - Britain's Ian Southworth finishes second at J24 Worlds . . . Keelboat - Uka Uka Racing Win Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship . . . Keelboat - Chris Bake’s Team Aqua champions at RC 44 Valencia Cup . . . Keelboat - Team Aqua takes RC44 match racing championship in Valencia . . . Keelboat - Martin Byrne Claims Dragon Irish Championship . . . Back to latest Sailing News reports here . . . Jerry Hill leads the UK Laser SB3 National Championships after day 2 . . . At the end of the second day of racing at the Neilson Active Holiday UK Laser SB3 National Championships, the World Champion, Jerry Hill is repeating his form from Italy earlier this summer and leads the fleet at the halfway stage of the regatta. Andy Oddie, ‘In Your Pocket’ lies second, his best result so far in the fleet while David Hudson and the crew of Spirt of Cape Town lie in third. Day 2 started with a steady 10 knots of wind off the coast of Brighton this morning. However, as the day progressed, the wind became less settled and eventually dropped leaving the Race Officer with a tricky job in hand. Rob Gullan and the Parkway Pirates won the first race of the day, with Rola Trac in second and Spirt of Cape Town in third place. A number of boats were caught out in Race 2 with the massive shift, but Chris Darling, George Yeomans and Andy Shaw managed to battle their way to the front of the fleet and took a well deserved bullet, with ‘In Your Pocket’ second and ‘3 Sad Old Blokes’ finishing third. Rola Trac and Spirit of Cape Town both lost out in Race 2 and finished in the late-teens. Day 1 of the Laser SB3 UK Nationals at Brighton . . .  The Laser SB3 fleet returned to the south coast of the UK Wednesday for the first day of racing at the 2010 Neilson Active Holiday Laser SB3 National Championships. 41 boats are taking part in the event, based in Brighton Marina. After three races the fleet is lead by David Hudson (Spirit of Cape Town) followed by Craig Burlton (Gill Race Team) and Geoff Carveth (Core Elements) in third. 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 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 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 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 Ian Southworth finishes second at J24 Worlds . . . The new J24 World Champion is Winner is Tim Healy of the USA with his crew of G Borges, M McClintock, D Rabin and JMollicone - Second was Britain's Ian Southworth and third Andrea Casale of Italy.  A big effort by Southworth and his crew of A McLelland, D Howlett, C Mclaughlin and J Scott with a third and a first in the final two races, but it could not overcome the earlier top scoring of the new champion, Tim Healy of the USA, who recovered from a 16th in the penultimate race to finish second behind the Brits in the final race. J24 - World Championship, Final Leading positions after 10 races (55 entries) 1st USA 5235 Tim Healy G Borges/M McClintock/D Rabin/JMollicone 2 4 9 1 1 2 1 2 (16) 2 40 24pts 2nd GBR 5219 Ian Southworth A McLelland/DHowlett/C Mclaughlin/JScott 8 5 (11) 6 4 3 5 1 3 1 47 36 3rd ITA 461 Andrea Casale E Fonda/F Greggio/V Piancastelli/ETrumpy 5 6 4 3 8 15 3 17 (21) 3 85 64 4thARG 5464 Matias Pereira J Pereyra/G Gonzalez/N Omana/GBelinotto 1 2 5 14 11 21 7 6 (56 BFD) 4 127 71 5th GBR 4247 Nathan Batchelor I Brown/N Malein/B Turner/J Pegrum 6 10 (26) 9 2 11 4 22 4 7 101 75 6th USA 58 Tony Parker J Niblock/G Ewenson/J McCabe/R Dierdorf 3 20 7 4 3 4 2 28 11 (56 BFD) 138 82 7th GER 5381 Stefan Karsunke M Gibbe/J Huth/T Habekost/A Körner 4 3 10 8 6 6 (36) 21 5 24 123 87 8th SWE 4896 Per-Håkan Persson P Nielsen/M Persson/M Warnbring/P Kron 15 7 29 2 14 10 10 10 (32) 5 134 102 9th BRA 37 Maurício Santa Cruz D Santiago/A Saldanha/P Boido/A Rovere 12 22 31 (56 BFD) 28 1 6 9 1 12 178 122 10th USA 4265 Mike Ingham M Penfold/D Thompson/QSchwenker/EFerullo 17 1 3 5 17 22 (56 BFD) 27 17 16 181 125 Uka Uka Racing Win Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship . . . Despite the willingness of both the competitors and the Race Committee to do everything possible to complete the final two races of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallin, Estonia, the wind refused to make an appearance on the final day. After a patient wait of several hours, the one painfully light airs race which did get under way had to be abandoned part way down the first downwind leg. The lack of any racing today, meant that the placings from the previous day remained unaffected, with Italian helm Lorenzo Bressani on Uka Uka Racing confirmed as the 2010 Melges 24 World Champion. Norway's Kristian Nergaard on Baghdad took second place overall, ahead of Italy's Alberto Bolzan on Hurricane Murphy & Nye in third. In the closely fought Corinthian Division, Norway's Oyvind Peder Jahre on Storm Capital Sail Racing Team were crowned 2010 Melges 24 Corinthian World Champions, ahead of Estonian Tonu Toniste on Lenny in second and Italian Marco Schirato on La Besa in third. Chris Bake’s Team Aqua champions at RC 44 Valencia Cup . . . Chris Bake’s Team Aqua pulled an enviable treble by winning the match racing, fleet racing and overall championship at the RC 44 Valencia Cup.  Bake, a Canadian living in the U.A.E., and crew Cameron Appleton, Jeff Brock, Matt Cassidy, Andrew Estcourt, Ben Graham, Nigel King, Rome Kirby and Chris Noble completed the feat today with a 3-point win in the fleet racing portion of the regatta. RC 44 - Valencia Cup Fleet Race 1. Team Aqua / Chris Bake (UAE) 2-3-5-4-3-1-1-4-5-1, 29 points 2. Artemis / Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE) 5-7-2-6-1-3-2-1-3-2, 32 points 3. 17 / Anders Myralf (USA) 1-4-1-1-5-4-5-10-2-3, 37 points* 4. No Way Back / Pieter Heerema (NED) 8-2-7-5-2-8-9-2-1-6, 50 points 5. BMW ORACLE Racing / Maxim Logutenko (USA) 10-6-4-2-4-6-6-5-10-7, 60 points 6. Katusha / Guennadi Timtchenko (RUS) 9-1-8-3-10-9-3-6-7-9, 65 points 7. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero / Daniel Calero (ESP) 3-9-9-10-6-5-8-8-4-4, 66 points 8. Team Sea Dubai / Harm Mueller-Speer (UAE) 7-8-11-9-7-2-7-3-8-5, 67 points 9. Ceeref / Igor Lah (SLO) 6-11-3-7-8-10-4-7-6-8, 70 points 10. AEZ RC44 Sailing Team / Rene Mangold (AUT) 4-10-10-8-11-7-11-9-9-12, 91 points 11. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team / Vincenzo Onorato (ITA) 11-5-6-11-9-11-10-11-11-10, 95 points (* includes 1 point penalty by International Jury) Team Aqua takes RC44 match racing championship in Valencia . . . New Zealander Cameron Appleton and Team Aqua captured the match racing portion of the week-long RC44 regatta in Valencia with a 9-1 record. They clinched the title with a victory over Russell Coutts and BMW ORACLE Racing in flight 13.  One loss behind Team Aqua, Day 1 leader Terry Hutchinson and Artemis finished at 8-2 and tied with BMW ORACLE Racing for second place. Artemis won the tie-breaker by virtue of yesterday’s head-to-head win. BMW ORACLE had a chance to win the match racing, but fell short in its head-to-head match against Aqua. Thursday is a scheduled practice day for the fleet racing portion of the RC 44 Valencia Cup, which starts Friday. Three pre-starts are planned in the afternoon, followed by a practice race. Organizers hope to finish the race in the Darsena. Eleven youth sailors between the ages of 15 and 17 years will be on hand as guest crewmen. RC 44 VALENCIA CUP - Match racing final results 1. Team Aqua / Cameron Appleton (UAE) 9-1, 9 points 2. Artemis / Terry Hutchinson (SWE) 8-2, 8 points 3. BMW ORACLE Racing / Russell Coutts (USA) 8-2, 8 points 4. Team Sea Dubai / Markus Weiser (UAE) 6-4, 6 points 5. 17 / James Spithill (USA) 6-4, 6 points 6. Katusha / Paul Cayard (RUS) 5-5, 5 points 7. No Way Back / Ray Davies (NED) 5-5, 5 points 8. Ceeref / Rod Davis (SLO) 5-5, 3 points* 9. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero / José Maria Ponce (ESP) 2-8, 2 points 10. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team / Tommaso Chieffi (ITA) 1-9, 1 point 11. AEZ RC44 Sailing Team / Christian Binder (AUT) 0-10, 0 points (* includes 2-point penalty deduction) Martin Byrne Claims Dragon Irish Championship . . . Martin Byrne claimed the Dragon class 2010 Irish Championship, sponsored by Belfast Harbour, supported by North Down Borough Council and hosted by the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club (RNIYC) in Cultra from 22 to 25 July.  From the first day Dublin's Martin Byrne sailing Jaguar put his stamp on the regatta taking third place in the opening race followed by a win in race two. On day two he and crewmen Adam Winkleman and Pedro Andrade consolidated that lead with a fourth and another win and by day three they had the regatta well and truly under their control. Whilst Martin had first place all sewn up and was able to relax and enjoy the final race of the series, the battle for second and third kept everyone on tenterhooks until the finish line. Going into that final race Don O'Donoghue, crewed by Gwen Chapelain and Dallas Caskey aboard Seabird; Andrew Craig crewed by Mark Pettitt and Brian Matthews aboard Chimera; and Klaus Diederichs crewed by Andy Beadsworth and Jamie Lea aboard Fever, all had the potential to fill those final podium slots. O'Donoghue sat in second place three points clear of Craig but with a 15 point discard, Craig counted 16 points and discarded a ninth and Diederichs was on 22 points and discarded an 11th. In the final race as the boats came to the finish line Craig took first place, Diederichs second, and O'Donoghue third. In the overall standings O'Donoghue therefore claimed second place, Craig third and Deiderichs fourth. A relaxed and very happy Martin Byrne crossed the line in fourth place to confirm his overall victory in the regatta. Dragon - Irish Nationals, Leading scores (18 entries) 1 Jaguar - IRL201 - Martin Byrne, Adam Winkleman, Pedro Andrade - 14 pts 2 Seabird - IRL204 - Don O'Donoghue, Gwen Chapelain, Dallas Caskey - 19 pts 3 Chimera - IRL192 - Andrew Craig, Mark Pettitt, Brian Matthews - 20 pts 4 Fever - GBR758 - Klaus Diederichs, Andy Beadsworth, Jamie Lea - 24 pts 5 Kin - IRL212 - Simon Brien, David Gomes, David Good - 40 pts |
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