Protest Time now complete – no Gold Fleet hearings
No hearings
….and the Ferraris had a late challenge from a GBR team (powered with an Esso Tiger in the tank?) to divide the dominators!
Sunfish North American Championship Final Results
Bill Brangiforte Wins North American Championship
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Mattituck, NY, USA – One month ago, Bill Brangiforte withdrew from the World Championship because of tendanitis in his left elbow. Unsure he could compete in the North American Championship, he decided to come anyway and see how things went. He took a race by race approach and monitored his elbow closely.
This approach proved to be the magic formula for Bill. In the final race of the regatta, Bill had a clutch performance in the breezy conditions that threatened his elbow the most. He finished second overall in the race, to clinch the North American Championship. Bill narrowly beat his long time friend Mark May, who finished the regatta second, 5 points behind. Recently crowned Youth World and Junior North American Champion Jose Guitierrez rounded out the top 3.
Sailing Collegiate Dinghies Clinic at Harvard, 17-19 August 2010
Sailing Collegiate Dinghies Clinic at Harvard
Program:
Three-day clinic intended for high school and college sailors who wish
to learn collegiate sailing techniques and practice like one of the top
college sailing teams in the country. It will be a great opportunity
for sailing teams that need a little extra coaching boost to get some
additional instruction. All aspects of sailing the Collegiate FJ and
420 will be covered. Specific topics will include straight-line speed,
tacking, gybing, and boat handling for starting. Sailors will use the
drills and copy the techniques that helped the Harvard Sailing Team win
5 straight Fowle Trophies as ICSA Team of the Year. Please note,
strategies and tactics may be covered in the clinic, however the focus
will be on sailing the boats well. Sailing will take place in
Harvard’s fleet of FJs and 420s.
Cost: $185.00 per sailor
Location: Harvard Sailing Center, Cambridge, MA
Dates: August 17 (Tuesday) – August 19 (Thursday), 2010
Times: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Contact: [email protected]
85-SAILING-1 (857) 245-4641
For more information visit us at www.CrimsonSailingAcademy.com/racing.html
Lightning Atlantic Coast Championship Final Results
2010 Lightning Atlantic Coast Champs – Severn Sailing Association, Annapolis, MD
Series Standing – 3 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:54:22 AM EDT
Division: Lightning (38 boats) (top)
| Pos | Bow/Sail | Club | Skipper | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total Points |
Pos |
| 1 | 25/ 15425 | Starck, David | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9.00 | 1 | |
| 2 | 89/ 14589 | Taboada, Brian | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10.00 | 2 | |
| 3 | 12/ 15412 | Scanlon, Tim | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18.00 | 3 | |
| 4 | 40/ 15240 | SSA | Constants, Steve | 9 | 12 | 1 | 22.00 | 4 |
| 5 | 31/ 15131 | Phelan, Patrick | 12 | 6 | 10 | 28.00 | 5 | |
| 6 | 45/ 15345 | Brown, William | 17 | 7 | 5 | 29.00 | 6 | |
| 7 | 09/ 8330 | Patten, Caroline | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31.00 | 7 | |
| 8 | 30/ 15430 | Camarda, Andy | 28 | 5 | 2 | 35.00 | 8 | |
| 9 | 07/ 15367 | Harrington, George | 6 | 13 | 21 | 40.00 | 9 | |
| 10 | 36/ 14036 | Coplan, Justin | 2 | 4 | 39/BFD | 45.00 | 10 | |
| 11 | 51/ 15151 | SSA | Becker, Geoff | 1 | 39/BFD | 9 | 49.00 | 11 |
| 12 | 01/ 14881 | Egan, Daniel | 10 | 11 | 28 | 49.00 | 12 | |
| 13 | 97/ 14597 | Taboada, Keith | 13 | 25 | 12 | 50.00 | 13 | |
| 14 | 48/ 14548 | SSA | Guth, Jon | 16 | 17 | 17 | 50.00 | 14 |
| 15 | 16/ 15016 | SSA | Brickell, Jamie | 14 | 9 | 30 | 53.00 | 15 |
| 16 | 05/ 14855 | Benboce, Mavry | 11 | 28 | 16 | 55.00 | 16 | |
| 17 | 67/ 14567 | Allen, Mark | 8 | 24 | 25 | 57.00 | 17 | |
| 18 | 06/ 15406 | SSA | Keyworth, Tyler | 29 | 15 | 14 | 58.00 | 18 |
| 19 | 81/ 14581 | SSA | Friebele, Joe | 36 | 16 | 8 | 60.00 | 19 |
| 20 | 04/ 15351 | Barden, Pierce | 19 | 3 | 39/DNC | 61.00 | 20 | |
| 21 | 19/ 14719 | Bogardus, Bill | 7 | 27 | 29 | 63.00 | 21 | |
| 22 | 76/ 15276 | Lange, Philip | 25 | 18 | 22 | 65.00 | 22 | |
| 23 | 32/ 15132 | Gibbs, Brian | 39/OCS | 14 | 13 | 66.00 | 23 | |
| 24 | 27/ 14688 | Hayes, Brian | 34 | 22 | 11 | 67.00 | 24 | |
| 25 | 55/ 15055 | Hutchison, Hugh | 27 | 20 | 20 | 67.00 | 25 | |
| 26 | 53/ 15353 | Terhune, Allan | 18 | 39/BFD | 15 | 72.00 | 26 | |
| 27 | 20/ 14120 | Kirsy, Collin | 35 | 19 | 19 | 73.00 | 27 | |
| 28 | 88/ 14888 | Sengstackcan, Bob | 20 | 39/BFD | 18 | 77.00 | 28 | |
| 29 | 71/ 14174 | Shewfelt, Ann Marie | 24 | 30 | 24 | 78.00 | 29 | |
| 30 | 03/ 14553 | Welch, Rick | 32 | 21 | 27 | 80.00 | 30 | |
| 31 | 02/ 14942 | Moyer, Dick | 31 | 26 | 23 | 80.00 | 31 | |
| 32 | 08/ 14276 | Barney, Dale | 22 | 23 | 39/DNC | 84.00 | 32 | |
| 33 | 83/ 15083 | Werner, Jason | 21 | 32 | 32 | 85.00 | 33 | |
| 34 | 75/ MEX 14975 | De Rienzo, Aroldo | 23 | 33 | 34 | 90.00 | 34 | |
| 35 | 54/ 15054 | SSA | Lange, Jonathan | 26 | 31 | 33 | 90.00 | 35 |
| 36 | 22/ 14222 | Roberts, Russ | 30 | 29 | 31 | 90.00 | 36 | |
| 37 | 87/ 14287 | Lutian, Dave | 33 | 39/BFD | 26 | 98.00 | 37 | |
| 38 | 98/ 15232 | Hall, Robert | 37 | 34 | 35 | 106.00 | 38 |
Notes
US Optimist National Championship Final Results from FIshing Bay Yacht Club
For Full Results, go here: http://optinationals2010.org/results/
by Lina Scott
July 24, 2010 (Deltaville, VA) – Since July 17, some of America’s best junior sailors, and several international sailors, have gathered in Deltaville to compete for the title of National Champion. Fishing Bay Yacht Club has been the host yacht club for the 315 sailors, their coaches, and their families. The championship regatta included Team Race Nationals, Girls Nationals, and Open Fleet Nationals. The event has been quite successful, with only a few postponements due to light air. It has been a great opportunity for young sailors to challenge themselves by competing against the very best. Open Fleet Nationals also gave new competitors some valuable experience by setting up a separate course, complete with experienced coaches, for the Green Fleet.
Team Race Nationals (July 16-19) – Team Racing consisted of 24 teams who competed in a Swiss League format, which set teams of four against each other on a short, tight course. The sailors completed 108 races over a course of three days. The format resulted in two divisions, with Gold being the top level and Silver the second. Going into the last race, LISOT Blue led Lauderdale YC 4 by 3 points. But the race, which counted 6 points was won by Lauderdale YC 4. As a result, first place in the Gold division went to the Lauderdale YC 4 Team, made up of Wade Waddell, Liza Toppa, Alie Toppa, Christopher Williford, and Duncan Williford. The LISOT Blue Team of Alexandra DelBello, Reiner Eenkema van Dijk, Drew Gallagher, Ty Ingram, and Harry Koeppel finished in 2nd place. In 3rd place were Andy Widmeier, Justine O’Connor, Ben Kern, Ian MacDiarmid, Nic Muller, and Wiley Rogers on Team M One. The LISOT Black Team, made up of Jared Gaynes, Matthew Kaplan, Will Logue, Jack Parkin, and Sean Walsh, came in 4th place.
In the Silver division, the LISOT Red Team of Matt Logue, Florian Eenkema van Dijk, Henry Fernberger, Travis Bobley, and Russell Clarida took 1st place Benton Cove Racing Team members Tyler Fleig, Noah Kelleher, Cameron Grubb, and Olivier Grubb finished in 2nd place. The Gnarly Red team, made up of KB Knapp, Peter Sterflinger, Ceci Wollmann, Chrissie Klinger, and Jack Budhill finished 3rd. The Loot Silver Team of Alec Chicoine, Joey Diamond, Mehvish Khan, Alyson Turner, and Amy-Katherine Turner came in 4th place.
Girls Nationals (July 20) – In this part of the event, 80 very talented girl sailors competed in three races on a 1.5-mile trapezoid course. Haddon Hughes of Houston Yacht Club came in 1st place, winning the girl champion title. She was followed by Eliot Caple of Naples Sailing Center in 2nd place and KB Knapp of Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club in 3rd. Martina Sly of Coral Reef Yacht Club finished in 4th place. After the day’s racing, the girls and the other competitors got to meet Anna Tunnicliffe, 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner, 2-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year and 2009 World Sailor of the Year. She gave them some valuable sailing advice and signed autographs. She also posed for photos with the girls, who got to wear her gold medal. The young sailors really enjoyed meeting Anna and asking questions about how she achieved so much in their sport.
Open Fleet Nationals (July 21-24) – For the open fleet, Day 1 and Day 2 were scheduled for qualifying races that placed the sailors into Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Pearl Fleets. This format allowed the top sailors to compete against those with similar abilities. Day 2 did not have enough wind to race, so the qualifying races only actually took place on Day 1. On Day 3, the four fleets each got in 2 races. They completed 3 races on the fourth and final day of the regatta. In Gold Fleet, Nic Muller of US Sailing Center of Martin Co. came in 1st place. Richard Schuurmans of Houston Yacht Club came in 2nd place and Harry Koeppel of Larchmont Yacht Club finished in 3rd place. In 4th place was Eliot Caple of Naples Sailing Center. Girls overall winners were Eliot Caple of Naples Sailing Center in 1st place, Haddon Hughes from Houston Yacht Club in 2nd and Alexandra DelBello of American Yacht Club
In Silver, Alie Toppa of Lauderdale Yacht Club finished in first. She was followed by Ford McCann of Texas Corinthian Yacht Club in 2nd, Audrey Giblin of Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club in 3rd, and Federico Jover of Uruguay in 4th. In Bronze, Jed Londrey of Fishing Bay Yacht Club won 1st place. Sophie Sole of Houston Yacht Club came in 3rd, Jensen Mctighe of Lauderdale Yacht Club came in 4th, and Matt Logue of Riverside Yacht Club finished in 4th. In Pearl Fleet, Gantt Shiflet of Davis Island Yacht Club finished in 1st place. Jillian Ticatch of Houston Yacht Club came in 2nd, Thad Hutcheson of Texas Corinthian Yacht Club came in 3rd, and Stephen Streater of Norfolk Yacht Club came in 4th.
View results, photos, video and more now on at the event website http://optinationals2010.org
About Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Fishing Bay Yacht Club is a private non-profit sailing club located in Deltaville Virginia, on scenic Fishing Bay in the mouth of the Piankatank River. FBYC promotes the art of sailing through Junior, One Design, and Offshore Racing and Cruising. FBYC could not present an event of this magnitude without the support of the USODA Partners (including Name Partner Layline) its Local Hosts Deltaville Maritime Museum, Deltaville Boatyard, Jackson Creek Condos, Harbor House Community, Norton Yachts, Chesapeake Yacht Sales, and Christchurch School, along with generous contributions from numerous sponsors listed on the event website at http://optinationals2010.org, a state of the art site replete with more information about the event. For more information on FBYC, please visit www.fbyc.net
Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships 2010 Final Results
Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships 2010 * Monday 19th July – Friday 23rd July 2010 * Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy
For Immediate Release: 3 Sad Old Blokes win Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships
Date: Friday 23rd July 2010
Competitors took to Lake Garda this morning for races 13 and 14 of the Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships. The Gold Fleet to the Yellow/Torbole course and the Silver Fleet to the Blue/Riva course. The fleet was full of tired but determined faces as the fleets cast off the pontoons. Hill (GBR) and Burlton (GBR) both “appeared” remarkably cool going into the final day of racing, with just 4 crucial points separating them, it seems appearances were deceptive.
Conditions were lively on both race courses, with a constant 18 knots of wind at the start of racing. The Gold Fleet, enthusiastic as ever to get race 13 underway were recalled having jumped the line with 15 seconds to the gun. With the well worn black flag raised, and the course re-set after a 20 degree wind shift the Gold Fleet were underway for their penultimate race of the Championship. Ian Ainslie (RSA) and crew pulled out a great lead on the fleet in the first lap of the windward leeward course and finished the race over a minute ahead of Geoff Carveth (GBR) in second place. Jerry Hill (GBR) finished eighth, Luca Rodion (RUS) finished ninth and Craig Burlton (GBR) finished tenth. It was all to play for in the final race.
Yet again the fleet were recalled on the first attempt of starting the final race of the championships and only got away after the black flag was hoisted. The glorious Garda sunshine finally ran out as the fleet beat to the windward mark, the black clouds burst and the wind dropped to 8 knots and swung back 30 degrees. The Race Officer was in a quandary; finish the race in unstable conditions or shorten the course after the first lap? As the fleet were making their final approaches to the leeward gate, the race committee raised the Tango flag and signalled to the fleet to finish. Unfortunately for many of the fleet, the flag was not recognised and only a canny few held their kites and carried on to the finish line.
Adrian Peach, Niall Myant, Nathan Batchelor and Ian Mills (GBR) won the final race of the Championship. “I think that half the fleet didn’t read their sailing instructions! I was sailing with 3 coaches, who had ALL read the SI’s! My tactician, Nathan used to coach the Topper fleet, and immediately recognised the “T” flag!” explained Peach. “My son has been on the phone asking me to get him a bullet; I didn’t think it was going to be possible but it was a great way to finish the event!”
32 boats in the Gold Fleet did not react to the Tango flag and continued to sail the course leaving them outside the 15 minute time limit for the Championship and as a result added a “Did Not Finish” (DNF) results to their score sheet. As the fleet came ashore and realised their mistake, their faces feel and disappointment soared. A disappointing finish for many Championship campaigns.
Ben Saxton, Tim Saxton, Nicola Brook and Matt Rainback (GBR) the young crew onboard Rola-Trac were scored DNF in the final race, but in spite of this, finished the Volvo Laser SB3 World Championship in third place, a fantastic achievement considering this is the crew’s first season in the boat. Rola-Trac will be a boat to be watched in the future and we look forward to seeing them on the podium this evening.
Ian Ainslie, Roger Hudson and Adam Martin (RAS) from Proximo finished in second place. “A hatrick of second’s for me at the SB3 Worlds!” claimed Hudson. The South African’s are always a favourite at SB3 events, will their luck change in time for the UK Worlds?
After 14 races, with scores including 3, 5, 1, 4, 1, 11, 1, 1, 27, 18, 1, 2, 8, 9 Jerry Hill, Joe Lewellyn and Grant Rollerson (GBR) are World Champions in the Laser SB3 Class. Catching up with Jerry Hill after racing, he explained, “We’ve been fast all week and we’ve sailed really well together. We’ve had 5 first and lots of other top 5 results. Our problem at previous World Championships has been carrying “big results”. I have to admit, I was in pieces this morning and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to hold it together, I really didn’t think I could cope. But we sailed really well today, we didn’t have a great start to the first race today, we found ourselves quite deep, but we pulled back places and managed to get in front of Craig [Burlton]. Going into the last race we had 6 points on Craig [Burlton] and 8 points on Ian [Ainslie]. We sailed really well up wind and stayed with Ian [Ainslie] and Craig [Burlton]. At the leeward gate we saw the “T” flag, but also saw that nobody was going to the finish, so we headed up wind and tried to find the Sailing Instructions…they were soggy, but when we saw some of the back markers of the fleet sailing for the finish, we hoisted the chute. Our World Championship title rested on this decision. I am ecstatic that we were right and I am looking forward to celebrating tonight!”
The Silver Fleet is won by Vincenzo Graciotti who racked up an impressive 6 first places in the finals.
With 14 races completed and a great time had by all, the 2010 Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships concludes this evening with the prize giving ceremony at the Circolo Vela Torbole.
In 2011 the Laser SB3 World Championships will be hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay, UK from Monday 16th – Friday 20th May.
Championship website with full results, images and video can be found at: http://worlds2010.lasersb3.com
Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships 2010 * Monday 19th July – Friday 23rd July 2010 * Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy
Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships 2010 * Monday 19th July – Friday 23rd July 2010 * Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy
For Immediate Release: GBR Dominate Gold Fleet Finals
Date: Thursday 22nd July 2010
For races 10, 11 and 12 of the Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships the Gold Fleet moved to the winder Bravo Course underneath the Riva cliffs. With increased wind strengths of 20 knots, the Gold Fleet were in for some spectacular racing. With points separation tight at the top of the fleet, everyone left the dock looking for some success.
Consistency is often the key factor in Laser SB3 racing. Jerry Hill (GBR), Craig Burlton (GBR) and John Pollard (GBR) are testament to this. Each team carries some hefty discard results, but at present these three boats lead the gold fleet. Jerry Hill, Joe Llewellyn and Grant Rollerson currently hold a 4 point lead over Burlton and a 14 point lead over Pollard. Consistency for Hill will be key for the two final races of the Championship.
Both South African entries to the event lie in the top 10 leading into the final day of racing. Ian Ainslie, Roger Hudson and Adam Martin (RSA) on City of Cape Town lie fifth overall and David Hudson, David Rae, Marlon Jones and Roscoe Cupido (RSA) enjoyed a better day today onboard Spirit of Cape Town leaving them in tenth position. “We managed a repeat performance today of our results on the first day of racing, a first a second! Our tactics have been to take a mid line starts, gaining us clear air which seems to have benefitted us today. We’ve been the first boat onto port, and although we’ve had to duck a few boats on our way to the cliffs, it seems to have worked,” explained helm David Hudson. “Our crew had been working really hard. It is the first time that Roscoe has sailed a Laser SB3 which has been a great learning experience for him, he’s a regular Mirror sailor and will hopefully take his experience from this event to the Mirror World Championships.”
Luca Rodion, Oleg Zherebtsov, Maria Rudskaja and Alexander Lebedev had a difficult day today. After rounding the windward mark first in the final race of the day, they dropped to third position. Luca Rodion described his day, “We are really enjoying the Laser SB3, but we know that we have a lot to learn. Small things make a huge difference in this boat, especially in this wind. It’s great practice for us and we hope to have improved a lot more for the Worlds in 2011.”
Vincenzo Graciotti had another great day in the Silver Fleet posting a 1, 1, 1. When asked as he came ashore if he’d had a good day he answered, “even better than yesterday!”
Ukrainian team, Transbunker, crewed by Valeri Polovoy, Valentin Klymentyer and Valdimir Stasiyk are showing their metal in the finals races of the silver fleet, scoring 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4. Having travelled for 4 days from the Ukraine the team are enjoying their sailing on Lake Garda, “We think the event is great, we are enjoying sailing in a big fleet but we didn’t expect so much wind, it’s not very common on the Black Sea.”
Tomorrow sees the final 2 races of the 2010 Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships. All eyes will be on the 3 leading GRB boats in the Gold Fleet.
Championship website: http://worlds2010.lasersb3.com
Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships 2010: Gold and Silver Fleet Finals Begin
Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships 2010 * Monday 19th July – Friday 23rd July 2010 * Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy
For Immediate Release: Gold and Silver Fleet Finals Begin
Date: Wednesday 21st July 2010
With last night’s protests completed, the Gold and Silver Fleets were decided for the Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships finals. A further 3 races were scheduled for each of the fleets today. All races were all completed taking the Championship race tally to 9. The Gold Fleet is incredibly strong, including many great sailors with past Laser SB3 pedigree as well as a number of strong contenders from the wider sailing world. The Silver Fleet may not be racing for the Waterford Championships Trophy, but do not be fooled, their fleet will be competitive to the very end.
On the third attempt, the Gold Fleet were successfully away under the fear of a black flag start. The majority of the fleet picked the left hand side of the course, but at the windward mark, the right hand side of the course had clearly paid.
UK Class Chairman, Jerry Hill (GBR) and his crew onboard 3 Sad Old Blokes notched up some great results for their first finals races taking bullets in the first and second races today. Hill lead to the first windward mark in each race and extended his lead on each leg. It was suggested to Hill that he had made it look easy to win those races, his response, “I’m sure we will make it look very hard before the end of the event!”
Geoff Carveth was back in race mode today, having suffered a broken rudder gudgeon yesterday. Ben Saxton and his young crew onboard Rola-Trac are enjoying great consistency during their first season in the Laser SB3, they’ve posted some excellent results so far and are certainly a boat to watch at this event and in the future.
Gill Race Team’s Craig Burlton, Steve ‘AB’ White and Adam Heeley (GBR) had a frustrating first race today, but managed to turn their success around with 2 second places in races 8 and 9. Steve ‘AB’ White said, “It was a tough day at the office today, very few boats managed consistency in all 3 races and only Sarah Allan (GBR) finished in the top 10 in each race. We seem to be a magnet to Luca Rodion (RUS), each race we are sailing in the same piece of water!” Burlton and Rodion lie first and second respective in the Gold Fleet, perhaps that is more of a reason for the 2 teams magnetism!
Boomsticks, helmed by Brian Reilly and crewed by brother Paul Reilly and John O’Dowd (IRL) had a successful day on the Silver Fleet race course finishing the day with a 2, 3, 1 to add to their results. Their closest competition appears to be the Italians onboard Bravi helmed by Vincenzo Graciotti who took two bullets and a fifth today.
Vincenzo Graciotti leads the Silver Fleet overnight, and claims, “I can compete in this fleet because I have silver hair! Today we wore our lucky bear t-shirts, perhaps tonight we will wash them and wear them again tomorrow!”
Championship website: http://worlds2010.lasersb3.com
Credit images: Stefano Grasso
2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship Final Results
For complete results click here:
http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/editions/2010/33067.php
The 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship officially came to an end with the Closing Ceremony held at the poolside of the Sheraton Hotel in Istanbul.
Over the past week close to 350 sailors representing 59 nations have battled for the eight Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship titles at the 40th edition of the Youth Worlds. The Closing Ceremony was the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the medal winners and for everyone involved to give their thanks to the city of Istanbul, the host nation Turkey, the Turkish Yachting Federation and the suppliers and sponsors of the event for putting on such a marvellous championship.
Nazli Imre, Vice President of ISAF and President of the Turkish Yachting Federation, paid tribute to everyone who’s been involved in making the championship a success. Nazli opened by stating, “Please do not forget that participation is as honourable as winning a medal.”
Nazli thanked the title sponsor Volvo Ocean Race, ISAF and its officers, all the equipment suppliers, and also the people and establishments who had played their part in realising the event. She thanked all the event sponsors, local organisers, race committee, jury and volunteers. She finished by saying, “Dear sailing family, I look forward to seeing you again in the future in Turkey and wish you all a safe journey home.”
Sophie Luther, Communications Manager of the Volvo Ocean Race, addressed the ceremony on behalf of Volvo, sponsor of the ISAF Youth World Sailing Championship since 1999.
Sophie shared her memories of past events, “We have been title sponsor of this event for eleven years and we have seen the competitors rise to become stars of the future. We are sure we will see you either on our own event start line or helming an Americas Cup yacht or maybe for a few lucky few, standing on the podium at the Olympics.”
She concluded by saying, “One of the best things about this event is the friendships you manage to make, I know these friendships last a long time.”
Fiona Kidd, the Chairman of the ISAF Youth World Championship Sub-Committee, also paid tribute to the partners who had contributed to the 40th anniversary of the event. She stated, “It has been an extremely challenging week of sailing due to the unusually light and shifty wind conditions”
Fiona made special reference to Volvo, the title sponsor of the event for the last eleven years for their huge commitment to the sport of sailing and contribution in making the event the premier youth sailing championship in the world.
Fiona remarked, “We are extremely grateful for Volvo’s continued support, not only in this event but in youth sailing and in creating champions in the sport. Volvo recognises it takes commitment, hard work and character to become a true champion.”
“We can never thank Volvo enough for their support of this event since 1999. You are leaving this event in great shape and have provided a platform for us to build on in the future.”
Fiona re-iterated the support provided by all the event equipment suppliers including Nautivela, Laser Performance, Neil Pryde and Sirena Voile. She thanked the Turkish Yachting Federation, all the organising committees, the volunteers and staff.
She closed by stating, “Our Turkish hosts have been friendly, gracious, warm and generous hosts to all of us here.”
Turkish Yachting Federation President, Nazli Imri and representatives of the organising committee were all presented with ISAF awards to thank them for their contribution to the event. The team of ISAF Race Officials who have ensured fair play at the championship were also recognized, as was ISAF World Youth Sailing Trust coach Kristine Roug (DEN).
Following the speeches the medal ceremonies began with ISAF medals in gold, silver and bronze were awarded to first, second and third overall finishers in each event (see full details below). The Volvo Trophy was presented to France, the top-performing nation at the championship.
Fiona Kidd marked the end of the ceremony by declaring the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship closed with the ISAF Flag lowered and then presented to the hosts the next year’s championship, Zadar, Croatia.
Medal Winners and Awards
Boy’s Two Person Dinghy – 420
Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp (ESP) – gold medal and ISAF World Youth Sailing Championship Trophy
Joao Willas Boas and Tomas Camelo (POR) – silver medal
Jeremy Bachelin and Alexandre Massard (SUI) – bronze medal
Girl’s Two Person Dinghy – 420
Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler (SUI) – gold medal
Maelenn Lemaitre and Aloise Retornaz (FRA) – silver medal
Lara Vadleu and Hannah Hanke (AUT) – bronze medal
Open High Performance Dinghy – 29er
Gael Jaffrezic and Julien Bloyet (FRA) – gold medal
Alex Maloney and Sam Bullock (NZL) – silver medal
Antoine Screve and James Moody (USA) – bronze medal
Boy’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
Thomas Saunders (NZL) – gold medal and ISAF St. Lawrence Trophy
Keerati Bualong (THA) – silver medal
Giovanni Coccoluto (ITA) – bronze medal
Girl’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
Michelle Broekhuizen (NED) – gold medal and ISAF Royal Netherlands Centennial Trophy)
Heidi Tenkanen (FIN) – silver medal
Erika Reineke (USA) – bronze medal
Boy’s Windsurfer – RSX
Mateo Sanz (ESP) – gold medal and ISAF Paul Phelan Trophy
Wonwoo Cho (KOR) – silver medal
Pawel Tarnovwski (POL) – bronze medal
Girl’s Windsurfer – RSX
Kamila Smektala (POL) – gold medal and ISAF St. Moritz Board Sailing Championship Trophy
Izzy Hamilton (GBR) – silver medal
Ofir Halevy (ISR) – bronze medal
Open Multihull – Sirena SL16
Chase Lurati and Paul Darmanin (AUS) – gold medal and ISAF Paul Henderson Trophy
Daniel Bjornholt and Nicolaj Bjornholt (DEN) – silver medal
Taylor Palmer and Maximiliano Agnese (USA) – bronze medal
Volvo Trophy
French Team; Mattis Naud, Amelie Riou, Clement Ikhlef, Clement Pequin, Maelenn Lemaitre, Aloise Retornaz, Antoine Dijou, Guillume Le Croq, Louis Giard, Helene Noesmoen, Gale Jaffrezic and Julien Bloyet.
Presentation of the ISAF Bengt Julin Trophy is awarded to ‘a competitor or a National Team that has in the competitors’ opinion done most to foster international understanding and has displayed the attributes that should be encouraged in international competition’. It is voted for by the competitors at the championship.
In 2010, the ISAF Bengt Julin Trophy was presented to Team South Africa.
For full results of the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship visit: www.isafyouthworlds.com
Link to the Volvo Youth Worlds Facebook site: www.facebook.com/pages/Volvo-Youth-Worlds/93806273347
For videos visit the Volvo Youth Worlds YouTube site: www.YouTube.com/VolvoYouthWorlds
2010 470 World Championship Final Results from the Hague
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Delta Lloyd 470 Worlds
Berkhout enters the record books with fifth World Championship win
For Full Results, Click here:
http://www.470worlds2010.com/results.asp
Mother nature played ball for the last day of the Delta Lloyd 470 World Championship taking place in The Hague, with brilliant sunshine and a 12 knot southwesterly breeze for the Men’s and Women’s medal races, held directly off the beach at the Hague.
In the Men’s race Australians Matt Belcher and Malcolm Page had secured gold through their 20 point lead yesterday to claim the Men’s World Championship title. ‘This is my fifth World Championship win and every one of them has been hard,” commented Page. Belcher added: ‘This year our goals were to win one event outside of Europe, one grade 1 event and to win the World Cup and to medal at the Worlds. This has been a marathon and by day three it felt like we had run 30km already…” They have more than achieved on their objective for in addition to their latest title, Belcher and Page have also sewn up the 2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup, with an event to spare.
With gold secure, the fight was fully on for the remaining podium positions between six boats. In the end it was France’s Beijing bronze medallist Nicolas Charbonnier, sailing with Baptiste Meyer Dieu, who won the men’s medal race to take the silver, passing the medal race’s early leaders, Croats Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic, who took bronze. Second going into the medal race, Greece’s Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis came home ninth, dropping them to fifth overall behind Skandia Team GBR’s Nic Asher and Elliot Willis.
‘We were thinking we could win if it was light, but finally we got second and it was quite windy – we were thinking we weren’t that fast in those conditions,” said Charbonnier. ‘That is new for us and we are really happy about this – it is good for the future.”
While Fantela and Marenic were first around the top mark, the French team gybed early and pulled into the lead on the first run, never relinquishing it.
‘It was a difficult race,” admitted Fantela. ‘We had a good start and first upwind.” But on the run they chose to continue on starboard gybe. This took them closer to the beach where in theory the tide against them at this point should have been less, but according Marenic this proved not to be the case and contributed to Charbonnier and Meyer getting through.
‘We are very pleased,” concluded Fantela, the out-going World Champion. ‘Any medal was a success for us.”
However the class act of this regatta has been the newly crowned Australian World Champions, Beijing Gold medallist Malcolm Page and his new helm Matt Belcher.
‘They are really good, especially when it is windy,” said Charbonnier. ‘We have a lot of work to do if we want to compete with them.” This view was shared by Fantela and Marenic. ‘They sail really consistently with good speed and good tactics and strategy. If they didn’t start well or the first upwind isn’t good, they can really pass many more boats than anyone else. And Viktor has many many medals,” confided Fantela, referring to Viktor Kovalenko, the Australian team’s Ukrainian coaching legend, who has been dubbed ‘the medal maker’ thanks to the part he has played in five Olympic gold 470 medals.
While Belcher and Page were secure in first place going into today’s medal race, the case was the opposite in the Women’s medal race where leaders New Zealand’s Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie were one slender point ahead of the powerful Dutch defending World Champions, Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout.
In the end, the Dutch got a good start off the pin end of the line while Aleh and Powrie were forced to tack away early and duck transoms. The Dutch pulled into the lead on the first run with the New Zealanders mid-fleet and while the two boats match raced up the second beat this was not enough to bring the New Zealanders back into contention. The run saw the Dutch overtaken by France’s world no1 Ingrid Petitjean and Nadège Douroux and third placed Italians Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol, but the Dutch still had four boats between them and the New Zealanders. Victory was theirs, their second 470 World Championship win as a team, and Lobke Berkhout’s fifth, a record that now exceeds the four wins of Greece’s Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa.
Even before they had reached the finish line the celebrations had begun on the Dutch boat, as it had in the spectator fleet, jubilant that their sailors had taken Gold. ‘Winning a title in our own country in home waters was definitely something extra,” said Berkhout.
While disappointed not to have won, Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie were more than satisfied with second, given that their objective had been a top five finish in this World Championship. Aleh reckoned the Dutch had got away from them on the first run. ‘We got in a lane but were then held up by a few other boats,” she admitted.
Going into the medal race, Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol were reasonably secure in their bronze position, a second place finish in the medal race making little impression on the outcome. So disappointed/happy? ‘Both of them,” said Conti. ‘I am happy to get third, which is a great result; disappointed because of the disqualification yesterday which took us out [of contention for gold]. But still I am pretty satisfied and if I had to mark myself out of 10, I would give myself 9.”
Winning the medal race caused France’s Ingrid Petitjean and Nadège Douroux to knock Skandia Team GBR’s Sarah Ayton and Saskia Clark out of fourth place. The French team, like the Italians, were hard hit with a black flag penalty for being over the start line early yesterday in race 10. ‘We didn’t train too much in the wind this year – in fact we didn’t train too much at all,” admitted Petitjean. ‘Usually we love strong winds, it is just we were not so comfortable.”
This is the first major championship The Hague has hosted since the International Sailing Centre has opened. However the city is gunning hard to host the ISAF World Sailing Games prior to the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Snipe New England Championship Begins!
For Immediate Release:
Jubilee Yacht Club fires off the start gun for the 2010 Snipe New England Championship at noon today off the shores of Salem and Beverly Mass. On the start line this year will be defending 2009 champion, Jim Bowers, World Champion Tomas Hornos, the class builder, Andy Pimentel and Olympic Sailor, Carol Cronin. Carol will be sailing with her crew, Kim Courans as a warm up event for the Womens Championships. Alongside all these well known sailing champions are snipe sailors also under the age of ten, like Max Heatherington and the over 60 sailors like JYC Member, Peter Dragonas. According to the Fleets Captain Shan MacAdoo, “This is what makes the Snipe class so unique, we have kids sailing with their grandparents, brothers sailing with their sisters, youngsters to retirees – it’s an inexpensive boat than anyone can get into and just sail.”
If you would like to watch the action, folks can easily spectate from Winter Island this weekend, or on any Monday evening when Fleet 554 has weekly races throughout the season.
Results will be sent at the end of day today.
For more Information on the event, contact Shan MacAdoo 978-302-1176
The Notice of Race is at : http://sites.google.com/site/snipefleet554/snipe-nec
Maureen McKinnon -Tucker
V15 National Championship Results
Vanguard 15 – National Championship
Series Standing – 10 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Sunday, July 11, 2010 5:19:15 PM EDT
| 1 | 1599 | 5 | Allen, Matt | 45.00 |
| 2 | 1842 | 14 | Merrick, Colin | 80.00 |
| 3 | 1902 | 1 | Anderson, Austen | 81.00 |
| 4 | 1692 | 4 | Spiller, Benjamin | 83.00 |
| 5 | 1637 | 83 | Quatromoni, Ben | 83.00 |
| 6 | 88 | 28 | Barrows, Thomas | 84.00 |
| 7 | 1523 | 72 | Hyer, David | 93.00 |
| 8 | 130 | 23 | Reid, Alden | 94.00 |
| 9 | 1369 | 16 | Martin, Bobby | 100.00 |
| 10 | 910 | 40 | Dinneen, Mark | 100.00 |
| 11 | 1844 | 32 | Williams, Sam | 113.00 |
| 12 | 1805 | 81 | Allsopp, Cole | 130.00 |
| 13 | 1 | 18 | Martin, William | 131.00 |
| 14 | 1457 | 19 | Sinks, Tyler | 152.00 |
| 15 | 1441 | 9 | Morris, Joe | 163.00 |
| 16 | 152 | 22 | Watters, Sara Morgan | 163.00 |
| 17 | 1833 | 27 | Warren, Mike | 168.00 |
| 18 | 1182 | 30 | Moulthrop, John | 170.00 |
| 19 | 1815 | 26 | Carmody, Matthew | 170.00 |
| 20 | 672 | 13 | Powers, Spencer | 173.00 |
| 21 | 1598 | 12 | Taylor, Nat | 177.00 |
| 22 | 1124 | 19 | Maxwell, J.R. | 183.00 |
| 23 | 1876 | 10 | Glackin, Ed Jude | 184.00 |
| 24 | 1743 | 29 | Crain, Philip | 204.00 |
| 25 | 153 | 84 | Edegran, Markus | 210.00 |
| 26 | 16 | 50 | Rumball, Alyson | 223.00 |
| 27 | 1534 | 57 | Greenfield, Ben | 236.00 |
| 28 | 1056 | 21 | Ewing, James | 237.00 |
| 29 | 1792 | 45 | Bulger, Max | 240.00 |
| 30 | 17 | 17 | Johnstone, Nick | 244.00 |
| 31 | 998 | 33 | Dhein, Clark | 252.00 |
| 32 | 1099 | 65 | McClatchy, David | 260.00 |
| 33 | 398 | 7 | Foster, Andrew | 267.00 |
| 34 | 873 | 34 | Faria, Brendan | 268.00 |
| 35 | 1782 | 8 | Beardsley, Peter | 275.00 |
| 36 | 1521 | 20 | Maxwell, Emily | 277.00 |
| 37 | 1484 | 60 | Goetting, Matthew | 299.00 |
| 38 | 1 | 3 | Bayer, Charles | 306.00 |
| 39 | 1883 | 41 | Salk, Gabe | 310.00 |
| 40 | 1411 | 6 | Gill, Madeline | 318.00 |
| 41 | 757 | 45 | Largess, Peter | 324.00 |
| 42 | 1510 | 52 | Meleney, Andrew | 333.00 |
| 43 | 574 | 55 | Lautner, Stephane | 336.00 |
| 44 | 14 | 25 | Donahue, Ian | 338.00 |
| 45 | 1443 | 82 | Badger, Sean | 342.00 |
| 46 | 74 | 15 | Sayre, Andrew | 356.00 |
| 47 | 1547 | 43 | Madden, Sam | 362.00 |
| 48 | 711 | 42 | Massey, Donny | 367.00 |
| 49 | 1653 | 31 | Breeden, Todd | 369.00 |
| 50 | 883 | 25 | Landi, James | 376.00 |
| 51 | 1375 | 11 | Hagemann, Katie | 392.00 |
| 52 | 1298 | 24 | Olson, Timothy | 402.00 |
| 53 | 1854 | 2 | Altreuter, Kristin | 414.00 |
| 54 | 14 | 48 | Atkins, Kate | 458.00 |
| 55 | 17 | 62 | McMahon, Tim | 477.00 |
| 56 | 262 | Platt, Will | 502.00 | |
| 57 | 1415 | Modisette, JM | 522.00 |
Notes
| (1) | Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2009-2012 |
| (2) | Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts |
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Version 5.6.03: Regatta scoring by JavaScore, an Open Source project available at http://www.gromurph.org/javascore
