25.02.2007
Sail-World.com Newsletter.... The latest Australian and International sailing news
The Sail-World team is heading south after the Seawind F18 Worlds. Lots more reports to come from this event.
Looking forward to the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta this weekend.
Down to the wire - Seawind F18 Worlds
In the end, Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby AUS) won the Seawind F18 World Championship from Mitch Booth and Pim Nieuwenhuis (NED) by one point. It was nail biting stuff, down to the last race to decide the championship....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31376&ntid=10
Final day of Marinassess Regatta
Despite today's overcast skies, showers and significant fluctuations in wind strength and direction, all teams contesting the Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta showed impressive skill levels but it was Amanda Scrivenor and her crew who finally claimed the winner's trophy....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31389&ntid=10
Lang Walker wins 2007 Hamilton Island Farr 40's
Lang Walker and the crew on Kokomo were crowned 2007 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Champions today after three very close days of racing. A separation of 10 points gave Walker the title from Matt Allen's Ichi Ban with Ivan Wheen's Sputnik rounding out the three podium places....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31388&ntid=10
Stamm heading north with 3,000 miles to go
At 15:08 UTC this afternoon, the VELUX 5 Oceans race leader, Bernard Stamm, is ripping north-west parallel to the coast of South America, 480 miles offshore, reaching at 14 knots in north-easterly breeze...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31387&ntid=10
It's All Over at JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Champs
While Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Nathan Ellis could do no better than fourth in the final race of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, they already had secured the title after yesterday's race 6...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31386&ntid=10
Let it blow - Morning Light is ready
The Morning Light team has scattered across the country and the world after the second of four monthly training sessions in Hawaii, but in a greater sense they're closer together than ever and getting to feel at home on their Transpac 52....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31369&ntid=10
Winners of Maktoum Sailing Trophy
The 2007 Maktoum Sailing Trophy Championship closed with a predictable emergence of the winners. The Emirates Airlines, Marine Pool and Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina sponsored event spread over five days with two races per day delivered amazing results....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31368&ntid=10
Images from the SLAM-Winning JJ Giltinan 18 footers
Photographer Christophe Favreau was on the water for the final day of the 2007 World Championship....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31367&ntid=10
Drama at Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta
Day one of the CYCA's Marinassess Women's Match Racing Regatta was sailed on Sydney Harbour in a building nor'east breeze before a dramatic finish to the final two races of the second round robin....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31365&ntid=10
Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian titles Day 2
On Day two of racing at the 2007 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship there has been a change of leader. Lang Walker and the team on Kokomo sailed a fantastic day to finish 4,1,1....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31364&ntid=10
Fiat win JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Nathan Ellis (Fiat) retained their title as the world's best 18ft Skiff team when they won the SLAM-Winning Appliances JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship currently being sailed on Sydney Harbour...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31363&ntid=10
Areva guilty of 'serious breach of Cup Protocol'
Areva Challenge(FRA) has been found guilty of a serious breach of America's Cup Protocol, and has been docked two sail credits. They have also been charged costs of UKP21,000. The incident revolves around four photographs of Luna Rossa's ITA-94 which were taken from an America's Cup Management (ACM) boat by an international media photographer, for a French newspaper, in the closed area (to allow competitors some secrecy in testing)....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31362&ntid=10
Tough ride in Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race
With all but one of the Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race entrants having posted finish times, the 811-mile distance race from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Montego Bay, Jamaica, has officially concluded for 2007...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31360&ntid=10
Challenger of Record arrives in Valencia
The Challenger of Record for the 32nd America's Cup, BMW ORACLE Racing's new race yacht, USA-98, and support equipment arrived to Valencia today by Antonov cargo plane from Auckland, following conclusion of the team's New Zealand winter training session...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31359&ntid=10
Crunch Day at the Seawind F18 Worlds
Tight racing in the Seawind F18 World Championships, being sailed in the waters off Rydges Capricorn Resort Yeppoon, in Queensland. Tussle at the top of the leader board between Bundock and Ashby and Booth and Nieuwenhis....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31357&ntid=10
Sir Robin catching Basurko - Velux 5 Oceans
SAGA INSURANCE has sailed passed Port Stanley and back into 4th place with a 45 mile lead this morning. Sir Robin is now just 372 miles behind 3rd placed Unai Basurko having already gained 128 miles since re-starting the race near Ushuaia. Unai Basurko is struggling with northerly headwinds and averaged only 1.2 knots in the last few hours of the VELUX 5 OCEANS race....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31355&ntid=10
Perini leads Farr 40 Australian Championship
Defending Australian Farr 40 Champion Richard Perini and the Evolution crew showed they still have the winning touch today with a 3, 2,1 result in the first three races of the 2007 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31354&ntid=10
VOR's Glenn Bourke talks about the stopover ports
In this, the third in the regular series 'On the Record', Volvo Ocean Race CEO Glenn Bourke outlines some of the ports which are under consideration as stopovers for the next race and gives an update on the number of race entries...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31353&ntid=10
Shock, Horror - Knox-Johnston declines whisky
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (GBR) declines whisky - Bernard Stamm (SUI) crosses the equator and gathers rainwater to drink - Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN) boils in the Doldrums hell - Graham Dalton (NZL) leaves Port Stanley to rejoin race...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31352&ntid=10
Central Coast bid to host the 2008 World Lasers
The Iemma Government is backing a Central Coast bid to host the 2008 World Laser Sailing Championships and Masters World Championships at Terrigal, Minister for the Central Coast, Grant McBride announced today....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31349&ntid=10
AST heading into National Training Camp
The Australian Sailing Team (AST) will head into their second national training camp from 26th February to 4th March at Hamilton Island. Hamilton Island was announced last year as a Major Co-sponsor for the Team....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=31347&ntid=10
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