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– Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2009-2012
– Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts
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A New Experience: Match Racing
By Airwaves writer Elizabeth Dudley
I would consider myself a “well-versed” sailor. I have logged countless hours on dinghies and increasing hours on keelboats, both racing and cruising, fleet racing and team racing. But a few weeks ago, I was the given the opportunity to experience my sport in a way that was completely new to me- a concept that one would not expect to encounter 15 years into a sport. And it is experiences like this that keep me entranced with the sport of sailing.
In the beginning of June, myself and five other fellow
Due to the range of experience, the yacht club held a clinic on Friday preceding the Saturday and Sunday event for anyone who wanted to participate. Drills were run on the water to help familiarize teams with the inner workings of a starting sequence as well as give people an opportunity to sail the Swedish Match Race 40’s.
That morning’s chalk talk was my first ever conversation about match racing. Like my friends who know nothing about sailing, I felt as though an entirely different language was being spoken. It was weird feeling so unintelligent about a sport I always felt I knew so much about.
But after only match racing for one weekend and in a light breeze that only allowed us to get in one round robin, I would definitely recommend it to any and all competitive sailors. Things happen fast in a match race. Courses are short, opponents are aggressive on the start line and tacks, gybes, sets and douses, become numerous and quick. Match racing almost makes fleet racing seem leisurely. But if you can master boat handling in that high stress environment, your overall sailing would improve ten-fold.
I had never even been walked through a match race, so sitting down that morning of the clinic, I had no idea what to expect, and still do not have a firm grasp on things. But I thought some of you might appreciate a brief overview, albeit from someone who still has a lot of learning to do.
In match racing, there is a ten minute starting sequence as opposed to the five or three minute starts most of us are used to. One boat is assigned to the pin end of the line and displays a blue flag while the other boat, assigned to the boat end, flies a yellow flag. These colors are also used by the judges as the races progress to inform boats of any penalties they might incur.
The P Flag goes up at four minutes and at that time, each boat is meant to be above their respective ends of the line, entering the starting box. Boats round down below the line and then meet in the middle, round up and hope to gain control of their opponent. You have to have been on the pre-start side of the course (below the line) prior to the two minute mark and, as always, you can not be over the line at go.
Many match races are won or lost depending on how the start goes. The start is all about gaining control and putting yourself in the advantageous position.
The start is also one of the most hectic environments. You are making sure your job gets done white the boat is constantly making directional and velocity changes as well as needing to be aware of what is going on around you: where you are in the start sequence, where the other boat is and what they are doing.
Windward beats, in the simplest terms, are about either maintaining control over your opponent or breaking a hold the other boat may have on you. You then make a right hand turn around the top mark and offset, and the run becomes another opportunity to either maintain your position or pass from behind. Then it’s a right hand turn around the bottom mark, back up to the top, and then a downwind finish.
There really is very little downtime, if any, during a match race. Boats are typically in close proximity and there is not always a lot of time to think, you have to just do and react.
During one of our races, the breeze had been finicky all day and thus the courses short so we could get as much racing in as possible. The breeze had come up significantly though during our flight, making the already shortened courses eve
n shorter. We came around the offset after the top mark, set our kite and then it was almost immediately time to douse. Myself, in pit, and our bowman were momentarily confused, thinking something had gone horribly wrong. But it just speaks to the quickness in which things can happen in a match race and highlights the importance of communication.
Match racing is almost like an augmented version of sailing. Everything seems faster, louder, more stressful and more confined, all at the same time. It is definitely an experience I would recommend, and with match race centers popping up in places like
Happy Sailing!
Elizabeth Dudley grew up sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. She went to The Gunston School where she sailed and was captain of the Varsity Sailing Team. Elizabeth also attended and graduated from Boston College in May 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She sailed for the Boston College Varsity Sailing Team all four years on the women’s circuit as a crew and was twice named to the NEISA First Crew Team. Elizabeth is now living and working in the Maryland/DC area.
You can reach Elizabeth at : [email protected]
Newport AC World Series Crowd Proves that the U.S. is Ready for NASCAR Style Sailing
By Judith Krimski
A capacity crowd of 14 thousand sat in on the the final day of the America’s Cup Newport World Series. They weren’t disappointed because it played out in thrilling fashion. “It was really exciting,” commented David Gilman, a college student from Sharon MA, “The cats were so close to the shore and we saw some near crashes in the fleet race. We all wanted to see more racing.”
Russell Coutts, the “Old Bugger,” as James Spithill called him post racing, came away with the victory in the match racing finals. “You’re too young to know some of those tricks,” the 50-year-old Coutts shot back with a laugh. Earlier in the day Coutts showed his youthful Oracle counterpart how a seasoned match racer does it. With seconds to go before the start Coutts stalled Spithill with a well-timed luff. Pulling away at the start he took advantage of his lead, playing the shifts perfectly and keeping a good cover on his opponent. Coutts also fought hard in the fleet race but due to a penalty lost to Luna Rossa’s Chris Draper and company.
In the end Jimmy Spithill’s team came away with the overall championship trophy for the world series. Post racing Coutt’s had some encouraging words for Team Oracle’s progress to date. “Today just happened to work out for us. We got some nice breaks, but I wouldn’t give us too much credit for it,” Coutts said. “As a team, we’re really happy. Jimmy and his guys won the World Series and that’s what we came here to do… We’re always out there to win, we’re not there to just sail around the buoys – we want to win.”
The Newport event marks the end of the first season of AC World Series racing and follows previous events in Cascais (POR), Plymouth (UK), San Diego (USA), Naples and Venice (ITA). Regatta Director Iain Murray and his team have conducted 130 races over 30 days of racing in the six international venues. Over the time, only one day of races has been postponed due to weather.
American terry Hutchinson, Skipper for Artemis Racing, won the overall match racing trophy. “It’s a nice milestone for the team,” Hutchinson said, his mood tempered somewhat by a poor fleet race on Sunday. “But I think we have a lot of work to do. There are a lot of areas we can do better. But we have 14 months to do it and we’re looking forward to the challenge.”
Oracle has clearly shown they are the team to beat in this newfangled America’s Cup. “I’m pretty happy with the state of everything,” said tactician John Kostecki. “Most importantly the World Series seems a huge success. We’ve been through Europe and now here in the States. Each event has gotten better and better and San Francisco will be exciting too.”
ORACLE TEAM USA now heads home to its base at Pier 80 in San Francisco for the next four months with a full slate of activities on the schedule. The team’s first AC72 will begin sailing next month, and the first regatta of the 2012-13 America’s Cup World Series is scheduled Aug. 23-26. It’ll be the first time that America’s Cup racing will be featured on the Bay. “We’re looking forward to getting back home to San Francisco,” said Spithill. “We have some testing sessions coming up and the launch of the first AC72. That’s an exciting time. And when the ACWS kicks off again it’ll be another level of racing that we’ve seen. You’ll see more thrills and spills, and more teams. It’s exciting. I can’t wait to see the event back in our hometown.”
The 2012-2012 ACWS season visited six venues in four countries, and Coutts voiced satisfaction with the state of the game. But he knows that changes are needed to keep improving. “The America’s Cup World Series is good right now, but we have to take it to the next level and we’ll see some of that in San Francisco later this summer,” said Coutts.
2012 J/24 U.S. National Championship Results Results
J/24 (32 entries) Scoring: OneDesign
| Position | Bow | Sail | State | Name | Boat Name | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Points |
| 1 | 08 | 1574 | Mollicone, John | 11th Hour Racing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | [33/DNS] | 13.0 | |
| 2 | 25 | USA 2160 | Toole, Pat | 3 Big Dogs | 1 | 5 | [11] | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 34.0 | |
| 3 | 22 | 5208 | Snow, Chris | Bogus | 2 | [18] | 10 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 37.0 | |
| 4 | 71 | 5235 | Nelson, Tim | Fly Mo’J | 12 | 1 | [17] | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8/ZFP | 41.0 | |
| 5 | 10 | 5177 | Johnson, Greg & Susan | Pinotage | 4 | [14] | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 46.0 | |
| 6 | 69 | USA 2185 | Keesling, Frank | The Dumpster | 6 | 7 | 3 | [17] | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 47.0 | |
| 7 | 31 | USA 1574 | Simkins, B rian |
Shoulda Woulda Coulda | 11 | 4 | 12 | [22] | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 57.0 | |
| 8 | 17 | 174 | Pierini, Doug | Cold Smoke | 7 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | [33/DSQ] | 63.0 | |
| 9 | 09 | 5253 | Irwin, David | Ibaj too | 9 | [33/DSQ] | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 9/RDG | 64.0 | |
| 10 | 02 | USA 3764 | Dyer, Bryan | RumLine | 21 | 8 | [22/20%] | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 66.0 | |
| 11 | 11 | USA 1966 | Kelble, Frank | Frankies | 14 | 3 | 21 | 19 | [23] | 9 | 4 | 11 | 81.0 | |
| 12 | 23 | 1663 | Stewart, Avery | Disheveled Rogue | 19 | 9 | [25/20%] | 14/20% | 16 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 90.0 | |
| 13 | 01 | 451 | Anstey, Paul | J-PEAS | 10 | 6 | 8 | [24] | 14 | 21 | 10 | 22/20% | 91.0 | |
| 14 | 26 | 2257 | Tunberg, Thomas | Bullet | 5 | 10 | [26] | 20 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 95.0 | |
| 15 | 27 | 2627 | Warnygora, Todd | Phantom | 13 | 20 | [24] | 16 | 10 | 7 | 22/20% | 15 | 103.0 | |
| 16 | 03 | 267 | Holmes-Moon, Kelly | Bad Moon | 15 | 13 | 20 | 23 | [28] | 8 | 17 | 10 | 106.0 | |
| 17 | 15 | 2014 | McCleskey, Blaine | Tiki | 20 | [25] | 4 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 108.0 | |
| 18 | 20 | USA 2118 | Dannecker, Michael | Entourage | 16 | 26 | 14 | 10 | [29] | 11 | 22 | 9/ZFP | 108.0 | |
| 19 | 13 | 1351 | Helmer, Dave | Blue Side Down | 17 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 24 | [27] | 19 | 19 | 109.0 | |
| 20 | 07 | 5258 | Dille, Alan | Septillion | 18 | 17 | 25 | 21 | [27] | 18 | 15 | 9 | 123.0 | |
| 21 | 06 | 1564 | Singstad, Charles | Code Blue | [23] | 19 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 125.0 | |
| 22 | 04 | 2382 | Bergman, Steve | Event Horizon | [31] | 11 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 29/20% | 26 | 22 | 130.0 | |
| 23 | 19 | USA 4458 | Roybal, Michael | Outer Limits | [28] | 22 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 131.0 | |
| 24 | 94 | 2961 | Delgado, Alex | Siren/ UNT Sailing Team | 27 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 19 | [33/DNF] | 33/DNS | 17 | 145.0 | |
| 25 | 12 | 361 | Burson, Bill | Blue Max | 26 | 28 | 7 | [30] | 26 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 147.0 | |
| 26 | 67 | 672 | Mott, Kevin | Heavy Fuel | 24 | 27/20% | 23 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 20 | [33/RAF] | 157.0 | |
| 27 | 21 | 674 | Sauer, Tim | Garage Sail | 22 | [29] | 29 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 169.0 | |
| 28 | 05 | USA- 555 | Bumgardner, Charles | USA-555 | [29] | 23 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 171.0 | |
| 29 | 24 | USA 2170 | Sweeney, Tom | Triple Pain | 8 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 26 | [33/DNS] | 26 | 175.0 | |
| 30 | 33 | 4165 | Martin-de-Nicolas, Jorge | daveBoat | 25 | 24 | 27 | [31] | 31 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 181.0 | |
| 31 | 18 | USA 327 | Pleune, Timothy | After You | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 29 | [33/DNF] | 205.0 | |
| 32 | 14 | 2355 | Leidal, Jason | Leverage | 30 | 31 | [32] | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 213.0 |
2012 Farr 40 North American Championship Results
http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=650
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| 1. | 2 | USA 50955 | Barking Mad | Farr 40 | James Richardson | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 39.0 | ||||
| 2. | 5 | ITA 29141 | Enfant Terrible | Farr 40 | Alberto Rossi | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 45.0 | ||||
| 3. | 11 | GER 40 | Struntje light | Farr 40 | Wolfgang Schaefer | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 47.0 | ||||
| 4. | 9 | USA 60059 | Plenty | Farr 40 | Alexander Roepers | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 50.0 | ||||
| 5. | 10 | TUR 1211 | Provezza 8 | Farr 40 | Ergin Imre / Onur Erardag | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 57.0 | ||||
| 6. | 6 | USA 7289 | Groovederci | Farr 40 | John Demourkas | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 59.0 | ||||
| 7. | 14 | AUS 6422 | Transfusion | Farr 40 | Guido Belgiorno-Nettis | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 61.0 | ||||
| 8. | 8 | USA 40076 | Nightshift | Farr 40 | Kevin McNeil | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 64.0 | ||||
| 9. | 1 | TUR 4000 | Asterisk Uno | Farr 40 | Hasip Gencer | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 64.0 | ||||
| 10. | 4 | MON 69 | Charisma | Farr 40 | Nico Poons | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 68.0 | ||||
| 11. | 15 | USA 92 | Yellow Jacket | Farr 40 | Bulman Scholz Syndicate | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 106.0 | ||||
Day 2 Report from Americas Cup World Series
Day Two report from Newport America’s Cup World Series By Judith Krimski By the look of the crowd lining Fort Adams on Friday, over 9,000 strong, that America’s Cup fever has taken hold in Newport. The sailing community was out in force with many youth coaches taken their summer program charges to view the spectacle. “It’s a great way to start the summer.” said Colin Smith, Brown University sailor and Coach at Beverley Yacht Club in Marion Ma. “We brought a bunch of kids with us. After seeing this they’re all pumped to go racing.” After two days of exciting competition it’s totally appropriate to call James Spithill The Terminator. With wins in both fleet and match racing Oracle 4 is dominating the competition and cementing the likelihood that they will come away with the AC World Series victory. As the sea breeze filled in to a respectable 10-14 knots the day started off with the semi-finals match racing in which both Oracle crews handily won their races. They will face each other in the ultimate 4th of July finals face-off on Sunday. James Spithill and Oracle 4 took advantage of a starting mistake by Artemis Racing to take the lead in the first race. One which they never lost. Despite losing Terry Hutchinson, who Team Artemis hasn’t lost a race all season, is firmly in position to win the match racing part of the series. “Making it into the Semi Finals secured us the overall Championship for the year in the match racing… (But) we still feel we have a long way to go to match ORACLE TEAM USA and Emirates Team New Zealand. We’re a fairly young team and we have to get better, plain and simple.” Match race two started off with Russell Coutts showing his racing metal as he made an aggressive move to take a slight advantage over Team Luna Rossa Piranha. Even with Piranha biting at his heels throughout the race they were never able to get that coveted crossing advantage. The real treat of the day came with the fleet race. Race organizers moved the course closer to the shoreline so spectators could get up close and personal with these amazing vessels. At the start Emirates TeamNZ got off to a great start mid-line. It was questionable that they would get back into racing after a costly trim mistake in thursday’s match race caused a capsize. The wing filled with water, breaking off the top. The team burned the midnight oil and launched before noon with a fully repaired wing, ready to race, and eager to prove they could challenge for the top of the fleet. With Emirates NZ and Team Spithill racing around the course in 1-2 and Artemis not far behind the key to the day’s racing was to take advantage of some good pressure coming off the bottom course-right until the course boundary then sail in a nice tunnel of breeze up the center of the course. In the earlier part of the day course right was clearly favored with more breeze and a lift off the west side of the bay but as the sea breeze filled in lower right and mid-course looked better and better. With the fleet split the top three boats drag raced down the course at speeds up to 20 knots. Emirates suffered a breakdown of their starboard centerboard causing tremendous drag. While they struggled to fix it Team Spithill and Artemis battled for position on course right with Spithill winning out in a great lift and pressure off Fort Adams. After Emirates was able to jury rig their starboard centerboard they continued on in first place with Oracle chewing up their thin lead. At the leeward gates Emirates elected to go course left towards Fort Adams while Oracle jibed to go right. Coming back mid-course Emirates made a comfortable port cross on Team Spithill. But the racing wasn’t over. Once again Emirates and Oracle 4 split for the final run. Mid-course Emirates, on port, got tangled up with Oracle Coutts coming up the beat on starboard, and had to avoid. While no penalty was assessed it gave Spithill the time he needed to make his move. The boats came together just a few boat lengths from the final turning mark. Emirates still needed to jibe to make the turn. As their gennaker came around Spithill was able to accelerate and go by. Spithill smartly took a bit wider angle, left his gennaker up a few more seconds and launched his team into the lead sailing a speedy 17 knots to Emirates 12. “We got off the starting line well and the boys just dug in the whole way around and never gave up,” Spithill said. “We thought we had a shot at it (making the late pass), it was just a fantastic race track. There were a lot of passing opportunities out there; it was never over. But full credit to Team New Zealand, they did a lot of work last night and they got out there and were straight up to pace.” So The Terminator James Spithill just keeps on coming on. Saturday promises to be another day of great fleet racing. The match racing finals will be run on Sunday.
