AsianYachting - August
2007
News and Views
Calling
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With keelboat events on the increase and now included at regional games,
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CONTENTS
1.
EDITORIAL - 2007-08
Asian Season underway - Sail
Indonesia
- 10th
Western Circuit Sailing Regatta - Sandeq
Race
2.
TEAM NEWS - Thai
sailors going for Gold - Volvo
Ocean Race news - Battle
of the AC billionaires egos - First
concept design for new 90 ft AC yachts
3.
AUSTRAL
- ASIAN NEWS - Regatta
round-up and
all the sailing news from the Austral-Asian region
Opti Worlds -
Thomas
Coville goes solo on Indian Ocean crossing
- ISAF
'Sail the World' weekend 1-2 Sept
4. INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Adrian
Flanagan First
Vertical Circumnavigation via Russia’s northern Polar route
here...
Up next - Follow the La
Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro - Skandia
Cowes Week - Archipelago
Raid - Danish
Open
5.
WORLD SPEED RECORDS
- Franck
Cammas on Groupama 3 claims 24hr and Atlantic
records
6. "Unluckiest sailors of the month"
- Chris
Little's IRC 55 Bounder - Hispania IV colliding
with Nada at Metre Regatta in Cowes
Goto Archived AY News & Views and Race Reports 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 98-99
1.
EDITORIAL
Last month Phuket Race Week got the 2007-08 Season underway in grand style. This month, crews get an opportunity to improve their skills at club run events before the big regattas start in November. In Singapore the RSYC Regatta enters the second weekend and the 10th Western Circuit Sailing Regatta co-organised by Raffles Marina and Singapore Management University runs over three weekends from 12th, 19th & 25th. Small keelboat racing is experiencing a revival with J24's in Singapore and Platu 25's holding one-design championships in Thailand and the RSYC in Malaysia holding the Selangor Gapurna International Youth Match Racing Regatta with the longest name from 23rd to 26th August. Believed to be the first of its kind in Malaysia (and perhaps South East Asia) 12 teams of international standard youth sailors will be competing on the testing waters of the Klang Estuary.
Meanwhile
over 130 yachts have started in Darwin, Australia on Sail
Indonesia and now happily anchored in Kupang, West Timor.
This is the first stop on a three month rally that sees them being entertained
at many off the beaten tourist path destinations, across the 15,000 islands
that form the Indonesian archipelago.Helsal II and Australian
Maid where the only racing boats entered and staged a classic battle
across the Arafura Sea with Helsal II finishing 4hrs 40mins in
front of the smaller Aussie Maid. By the end of October we can
expect an influx of these yachts into Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand
marinas before they proceed on their round the world voyages. This rally
is proving very popular, so yachts interested in participating next year
are advised to contact the organisers soon, as they have received over
60 entries already and they deal on a first come first served basis. Browse
the incredible schedule of events at: http://www.sailindonesia.net/indonesia/schedule.php
One
of the most interesting events held each year in Indonesia is the Sandeq
Race (17-26th Aug). Billed as the world's
fastest, longest and hardest race for traditional fishing vessels, the flimsy looking
Sandeq outrigger sailing boats start off
in Majene, Sulawesi and end up 10 days latter in the capital city of Makassar.
Foreigners are welcome to attend as
each city visited during this open sea race, throws a local festival with
dancing, music and local foods not to be missed. These spectacular sailing
craft only came to the notice of the broader public recently and winning
the race is a year long dream of many a sandeq sailor. More at: http://songlinecruises.com/sandeq
Happy sailing adventures
Capt Marty Rijkuris
2. TEAM NEWS
2.1
Thai sailors going for Gold
Two Farr Platu crews will make a fully sponsored attempt
on the Platu 25 World Championships 2007 in Germany during August. They
will use the Thai Nationals and the Worlds as lead up events to the SEA
Games to be held off Ocean Marina, Pattaya in December. Local Aussie sailor
Scott Duncanson, better known in Phuket as owner and skipper of Somtam
Express, which won Phuket Raceweek last month, has compiled a crew
to defend the Thai National Platu Title in Pattaya from Aug 13 - 14.
An all Thai crew on Naiad crew are using the National Titles
as a springboard for the Platu Worlds in Neustadt, Germany, from Aug 24
to 31. “We have been acting as ‘tuning partner’ for
them for most of this year. They have been training six days a week for
the past two months and have a professional Kiwi coach in John Weston,”
Duncanson explained. “They have improved immensely and have beaten
us in the past two Ocean Marina mini-regattas in Pattaya." Worlds
Website: http://www.platu25.de/home/
2.2 Volvo Ocean Race news
The 2008-09 VOR is going to Qingdao but the door is still open for another
China stopover. Pressure is building for Hong Kong to step up to the plate
and if they want to become Asia's worldly city they need to bring major
events like this to town. The big question still remaining is will Singapore
or Malaysia sign up for the SE Asian stopover after the yachts make their
way across the Indian Ocean from Kochi, India. Nothing has been heard
for a long time. The often touted US$20m price tag is allot cheaper than
the America's Cup and will actually take place in the country willing
to come up with the goods. Legs 3 to 7 from the Middle East to India through
SE Asia to China are scheduled from December to February, straight into
the North West Monsoon season. Teams have expressed difficulties in finding
wind and wave data for these legs. Depending on the strength of the NW
trade winds, crews can expect to go upwind in 25+ knots of wind in big
sloppy seas stirred up by strong cross currents. The boats can go at 15
knots in these conditions and as jumping off waves is extremely hard on
the boats and crew,.if boats are expected to break in the next race, it
will be on these legs. More on the six confirmed entries at: http://www.volvooceanrace.org/teamnews/
2.3
Battle of the billionaires egos...
Less than a month since Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi
Team won the 32nd America's Cup, two billionaires have got themselves
into a real mud slinging match to control the rules in their own self-interest
and a battle of their big egos. First blow came when the newly formed
Club Nautico Espanol de Vela was appointed the Challenger of Record and
agreed on Protocol for the 33rd America's Cup drawn up by Ernesto's Defending
Yacht Club, the Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG). SNG appointed ACM to
manage, organise and finance the 33rd America's Cup. ACM is also charged
with appointing a Race and Measurement Committee along with a Chief Umpire.
ACM will establish a Competitors' Commission with representation from
both the Defender and Challengers. As the protocol was extremely biased
towards favouring the defender a group of challengers voiced their displeasure.
Larry Ellison's home club, the Golden Gate Yacht Club, then took up the
cause on behalf of the Challengers against the Defenders controversial
Protocol and lodged a formal challenge and since filed a lawsuit against
defenders SNG in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, which has
jurisdiction over the America's Cup Deed of Gift. The GGYC challenge lost
all credibility when the yacht design parameters to be a 90 x 90 x 20
multihull was deemed to be an equally contrived challenge. Upon announcing
that the venue would again be Valencia and the challengers would have
input into the rule for the proposed 90-foot monohull class for AC33,
four teams have signed up with the devil they know. Bertarelli declared
his intentions over the possible court case in New York "I'm going
to defend this case with every ounce of breath in my body". Expect
more fireworks over the next few months. More at: http://www.americascup.com
2.4
First concept design for new 90 ft AC yachts
Schickler Tagliapietra has begun preliminary design for the new IACC 90
foot race yachts. The goal of this work is to position the design office
out in front of this class, ready to make valuable performance gains in
the short design cycle available. It also lays the groundwork for CFD
analyses, but because the final details of the class remain under debate,
a number of key research areas have been anticipated. Utilizing parametric
modeling techniques, the preliminary design can be prepared and updated
as more information becomes available. More photos and design concepts
at: http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=12939
2.5
Sunsail Asia opening up new
destinations...
Sunsail Asia
are adding more yachts to the Asian fleet.
New Sunsail 43's and Sunsail 39's are already available in Phuket and
Langkawi. Nha Trang, Vietnam opened in May with an increased the fleet
size. A new base is planned for Koh Chang in the Gulf of Thailand. They
now operate over 30 yachts with monohulls ranging from 33' - 50' and Catamarans
from 39' to 41'. All yachts are available bareboat or as crewed yachts
on a daily, weekly or long term basis. For the less experienced, they
also operate a RYA
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from their Phuket base or join a MileCatcher
voyage to gain some valuable sea miles. For many years now they lead the
way in opening up new Asian destinations and are proud to give you a chance
to discover some of the most intriguing and unspoiled countries in the
South East Asian region. Be the first to charter a new boat by Calling
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3.
AUSTRAL
- ASIAN NEWS
3.1
OPTI WORLDS
A new record entry of 256 sailors from 56 countries are contesting the
International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) World Championship hosted
by the Y.C. Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy. Up to five sailors are representing
each country. On Day four of the fleet racing the wind averaged 24 knots,
rising to an officially recorded 32 knots at one stage. Benjamin Grez
of Chile with 2/9 edged into a 5 point lead over Chris Steele (NZL) who
had 8/13. James Anfossi (BER) lead the chasing pack followed by Sacha
Pelisson (FRA). Best performing Asian sailors are Malaysia's Mohd Nazrin
Muis from Selangor that has slipped back to 12th place and Singaporean
girl Rachel Lee in 27th. While the hot-shots reveled in the fresh conditions,
at the other end of the fleet there were relatively few who were unable
to cope -- http://www.optiworld.org/ioda-news.html
3.2
Place 1st and 2nd Sept 2007 into your diary!
The 'Sail the World' weekend 1-2 September is set to be one of the highlights
of ISAF Centenary celebrations and a perfect opportunity to promote sailing
around the world. The aim is simple: get out on the water and get sailing!
Clubs from nations all over the world including Australia, USA, Tanzania,
Jamaica, Greece and New Zealand have already registered their participation
in the Sail the World weekend. ISAF will be working with Member National
Authorities (MNA) across the world, to get sailors and newcomers out on
the water. Every club and every sailor will receive a certificate, whilst
each participating MNA will receive a commemorative plaque to mark the
occasion. The 'Sail the World' pack contains all the details on how to
get involved. More at: http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?PID=20694
3.3
Warning to all offshore racers.
DK Yachts are warning all offshore racers to sit up and
take notice when one of their World Champion Mumm 30, Farr 40 or Mills
DK46 lines up on the starting grid. They just keep turning up and sailing
away with all the major prizes. Despite being becalmed for a whole day
Tom Ebert, Skipper and owner of the DK46 Tutima completed the
HSH Nordbank blue race from Newport, Rhode Island, to Hamburg, Germany,
after a 20d, 8h, 42m and 7s across the North Atlantic. "With a top
speed of 21 knots we arrived first of our group and corrected out third
in 2b IRC class, that is okay”. A batten pocket, two battens and
a bruised finger are the only damages on the 14 meter (46 feet) long yacht.
Now, the crew are taking Tutima to start the next long-distance
race “Rund Bornholm”. Serious
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can be found at http://www.dkyachts.com
3.4 Featured Brokerage - Platu 25 THA
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Length:
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stripped and epoxied with new standing and running rigging installed in
2005. Ideal for National authorities looking to train keelboat racing
teams for the SEA Games in Pattaya this December that will be contested
on Platu 25's. Goto the full listing and comparative inventory page at:
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3.5
Thomas Coville goes solo on Indian Ocean crossing
Monday July 30, Thomas Colville will leave Bali on his 105ft Sodeb’O
for a 3700 mile crossing to the Seychelles. If the south east trade winds
are stable, he will attempt to establish a new record for the crossing
and has not ruled out the possibility of going for the solo 24 hour record.
Having arrived in Bali several days ago, Coville and his team have checked
over the maxi-trimaran Sodeb’O (32 metres by 16,55), which had covered
5300 miles since leaving Sydney to reach Bali via Noumea. Great photos
and more news at: http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=12933
4.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
4.1
Fifty starters on the La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro
La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro, the undisputed star event of the Figaro
Bénéteau circuit, started with an incredible line up of
some of world’s leading single-handed sailors. The first of four
races that make up the month long event, started off Caen on Tuesday 31st
July and headed for Crosshaven in Ireland. The 415 mile leg comprises
a Channel crossing, then along the south coast of England and a further
crossing of the Celtic Sea to the Bay of Cork. Among the favourite's for
the 2007 edition of the race we find three previous winners, Nicolas Troussel
(Financo) in 2006, Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) in 1998 and 1992, and Eric
Drouglazet (Luisina) in 2001. One of the interesting entrants is Liz Wardley
from Papua New Guinea on Sojasun. Follow their progress throughout
August at: http://www.lasolitaire.com/
4.2 Plaudits for women competing at 2007 Skandia Cowes Week
Skandia Cowes Week (4 to 11 August) will again be another action packed
event, with plenty of new elements this year to spice things up. With
more women than ever competing at this fabulous eight day sailing fest
in August – over a third of the 8,500 sailors racing - Champagne
G.H. Mumm Ladies Day embraces female sailors ranging from corinthians
and those overcoming difficulties in order to sail, to those who have
perhaps more publicly undertaken remarkable challenges and achieved extraordinary
results. Website: http://www.skandiacowesweek.co.uk
for the latest event news.
4.3
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and performance. Have you ever noticed that more and more photos of winning
boats at top events are wearing the familiar green
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prefer top quality products supported by a high level of personalized
customer service, recognized expertise, professionalism and a company
with the passion for developing the sport of sailing. Ray Roberts on Quantum
Racing is a shining example as they have won nearly everything in
their path both in Australia and Asian waters over the last few years.
The fastest sails are now available at 55 lofts throughout the world.
So now, more than ever, you can count on Fusion M delivering great boat-speed
and reliability. Goto: http://asianyachting.com/news/QuantumSails.htm
4.4
First Vertical Circumnavigation via Russia’s northern Polar route
Alpha Global Expedition: Adrian Flanagan sails where no solo yachtsman
has ever been before. His yacht Barrabas has departed on the
Russian route no single-handed yachtsman has ever been given permission
to sail before. Setting sail from Provideniya on Monday 23rd July at 1100am
local time after a brief but hugely reassuring visit to clear Russian
customs and gain the final permit to travel Russia’s northern Polar
route. The weather was clear and fine as a high pressure system continues
to sit over the Bering Strait. This stretch of water can be dangerous
with fast currents running in both directions between the Chukchi Sea
in the north and the Bering Sea to the south. He owes a great many people
a huge debt, especially Louise and John Mann in Moscow plus Roman Abramovich,
governor of Chukotka for working so hard to secure permission from The
Russian Administration to allow him to attempt this unique voyage. Success
in life is never guaranteed, but one thing is assured - Barrabas and I
will give this everything we have. Follow the expedition at http://www.alphaglobalex.com
4.5
Record number of teams in Archipelago Raid 2007
The Archipelago Raid 2007 started on Monday 30th July from Bjorno, Sweden
in the unique and spectacular Scandinavian Archipelago. More than 58 world-class
competitors in a record 29 teams are preparing for this extraordinary
quest through beauty on F18 open catamarans. The Raid pushes teams to
the edge both mentally and physically as they navigate round the 100,000
islands that make up the Swedish, Aland and Finnish Archipelagos. The
teams battle through uncharted rocks and changing weather conditions for
5 days stopping only for a brief 'overnight' rest when the sun goes down
in a region which sees very little night time in the high summer. This
year's event has attracted sailors from 10 countries including teams from
as far a field as Australia and New Zealand alongside local crews from
Sweden and Finland. There are 17 teams returning to the event from previous
editions but this year there will also be an additional 12 teams competing
in this unique event for the first time. Follow their progress at: http://www.archipelagoraid.com
4.6
Danish Open
The 10th event on the World Match Racing Tour 2006/2007 season is the
2007 Danish Open takes place out from Skovshoved Harbour, north of Copenhagen,
from 8th to 12th August. The official entry list is complete and it is
an impressive list of skippers and crews who have accepted the invitation
to sail at the event. Among the eleven confirmed skippers are last year's
winner and runner up (Sebastian Col and Jesper Bank respectively); the
ISAF Match Race ranking list is represented by skippers placed 1, 2, 3,
5, 8, 9, 11 and 16 and the World Match Racing Tour is represented by skippers
placed 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 in that ranking. Six of the skippers have been
involved in the 32nd America's Cup, so there is no doubt that this will
be a very exiting event to follow. Apart from earning valuable points
for the World Match Racing Tour ranking the sailors will also compete
for the $60,000 prize purse. The final event of World Match Racing Tour
will be the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia where the official ISAF Match Race
World Champion will be crowned. Take a World Tour at: http://www.worldmatchracingtour.com/
4.7
Raimon
Land
has your retirement home in Thailand
Few
real estate companies in Asia enjoy the success of public-listed Bangkok-based
luxury property developer Raimon
Land. The company
has positioned itself as the developer of choice for buyers and investors
who seek the best in lifestyle developments that posses a
excellent track record of delivering quality residential projects.
From Bangkok to
Pattaya and Phuket the company has projects in all the
most sought-after areas
which proudly achieve high yield holiday rentals through their professional
management team. One aspect
that distinguishes Raimon Land
from its competitors is the company’s clear commitment to lifestyle
events and have made
a strong commitment to the yachting scene in Thailand by sponsoring
the Top
of the Gulf Regatta, Evason
Phuket
Race Week the prestigious Phuket
King's
Cup Regatta and
now the Koh
Samui Regatta More at: www.raimonland.com
or goto AY
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5.
WORLD SPEED RECORDS
5.1
Wow a whooping 796 nm in 24 hours
(July 22, 2007) French sailor Franck Cammas claimed a new world speed
record after logging 794 miles in 24 hours from 19th to the 20th July
on his 105ft trimaran Groupama 3 during an attempt at the transatlantic
record - and then improved it with an amazing 795.2-mile run. That's an
incredible average speed of 33.08 knots. Now officially ratified by WSSRC,
it's much more than a small improvement: it will shatter Bruno Peyron's
2006 record of 766.8 miles on the maxi catamaran Orange 2. One of the
refinements that has allowed the team behind Groupama 3 to push sailing
to within a hair of the 800-mile day is curved daggerboards designed to
reduce drag and generate lift. They have long been a feature in the super-powerful
ORMA 60 trimaran class from which Cammas hails.
5.2
The ATLANTIC in less than a HUNDRED HOURS...
Franck CAMMAS and his nine crew have smashed the Atlantic crossing record
in a time of 4d 03 hrs 57 mins 54 secs (Ratified by WSSRC), at an average
speed of 29.26 knots over the 2,925 mile course. Groupama 3 crossed the
finish line off Lizard Point on Tuesday at 00 hrs 00 mins 49 secs (French
time), improving on Bruno PEYRON'S time of (4d 08hr 23' 54'') by 4 hours
26 minutes. Groupama 3 has maintained an incredible average of over 29.26
knots for over four days... An unimaginable level just ten years ago,
since it is greater than the ocean liners, which still cross the Atlantic
today. Website: http://www.cammas-groupama.com
5.3
Roxy enters the record books
The World Speed Sailing Record Council (WSSR) announces ratification of
a new World Record by Samantha Davies (GBR) and here 4-person crew onboard
Roxy, setting a new standard for going around Britain and Ireland non-stop
by women. The new time is 10 days 16 hours and 7 seconds, and was set
during the 2007 Calais Round Britain and Ireland Race. The previous record
of 11d 6h 58m 17s was set in August 2000, and was held by Merron/ Richards
onboard Pindar. -- http://www.sailspeedrecords.com
6.
"Unluckiest sailors of the month"
6.1
Bounding along and then...
The brand-new Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed IRC 55 Bounder
which was built by Goetz Custom Boats in Bristol, Newport Rhode Island
lost her keel and capsized on Saturday 30th June while sea-trialing off
St Catherine's Point in 18-20kts of breeze. This new, sleek-looking racing
machine was shipped across the Atlantic earlier this year and launched
at the end of March in Portsmouth, UK commencing sea trials in preparation
for the Rolex Fastnet Race. According to Jeremy Robinson who was at the
helm, the crew feel very lucky indeed that it happened where and when
it did. "The boat went over so quick I didn't even have time to put
on my lifejacket. It was all pretty scary stuff." The boat started
to heel excessively over a wave. I called for the main to be let out,
then there was a huge bang and someone said 'the keel's gone'. "The
boat started to capsize immediately, as she went over some of the crew
went into the water. I climbed over the top and was able to get hold of
the rudder. Once everyone was on the hull we used a mobile and rung 999
and got through to the Coastguards. Fortunately the 14-man crew was successfully
lifted to safety about half an hour after the initial call to the coastguards.
The worse job we had to do of course, was having to ring the owner Chris
Little (Admiral of the RORC) was not on board and tell him what had happed
to his new yacht!" The yacht is still afloat and will hopefully,
weather permitting, be salvaged as soon as possible. More at: http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20070602163021ywnews.html
6.2 Oops! I did not see you there...
Dramatic
Photos of the 8m Hispania IV colliding with the 6m Nada
and subsequently dismasting her, from the first race of the Metre Regatta
in Cowes, photos by Kos, http://www.kospictures.com
in the Eurobutt Gallery: http://scuttlebutteurope.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=184
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