AsianYachting
August
2004
News and Views
Boat
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CONTENTS
1.
Editorial - ACE
Etchells World Championship Race
Reports here...
2. "Unluckiest sailors of the month" - Dr
Bobby Golding
and Forest
3. Austral - Asian News - Chinese
Wei Ni
new Opti champion
4. International News - Athens
Olympic games coverage ISAF website...
5.
World Speed Records - Kite
record over 40 kts
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1. EDITORIAL
The
prodigal son returns home
After 10 years or what seems like starting
a second life in Asia the prodigal son has returned to Australia to visit
his dear mother during her 80th year who now lives in Mooloolaba on Queensland's
Sunshine Coast. Coinciding the visit with the much awaited showdown in
the hotly contested ACE Etchells World Championship
the roving reporter inside can't stop himself from sending the news and
covering this top class event as it happens in Austral-Asian waters. Goto
AY
Race Reports here...
After
receiving a stream of complaints about not covering the Phuket 8's Quantum
Naga Cup
adequately the full report with photos has been posted of this exciting
event at: http://asianyachting.com/news/QNagaCup.htm
If you have broadband short video clips of racing in 25 knots can be viewed
at: http://duncanson-yachts.com/P8-Offwind-1.wmv
During July, the Republic of Singapore YC held their annual RSYC Regatta and the full reports with Shu Fen's great photos can be browsed from: http://www.rsycregatta.org
The
Royal Selangor YC in Malaysia also rescheduled their already hectic racing
calendar and invited the public to experience sailing during a Anything
that Floats weekend that proved highly successful as the
accompanying photos show, and yes, the usual muddy water colour has even
a tinge of blue and the photos have not been altered.
Being
taken to task over a few past editorials we once again reiterate that
we stand by all our articles and welcome any feed back or comments. The
part time critique as events unfold has stirred up discussion behind the
scenes and hopefully regatta organizers can take a look at the problems
they faced and go on to rectify them before the next years event comes
around. Good race management with quick decision making and ease of maneuvering
the start and mark laying boats during the inaugural Phuket
Race Week saw only one academic protest lodged and shows
just how easy it can be. See Race
Reports... Making it more enjoyable for everyone concerned.
Cheers for now where ever you are.
Capt Marty Rijkuris
2. "Unluckiest sailor of the month"
After
a virulent argument between Dr Bobby Golding
and the very polite Evason Resort staff about who is paying for the lobster
dinner he just consumed was settled by the unflappable Boo late on the
first night of Phuket Race Week would have normally been enough to get
banned from any event. 
But
the well known Irish radiologist that operates out of Bangkok was apparently
the first entry for the event and had his yacht specially transported
down to compete went on to become the biggest loser of the series.
Skippering his yacht Forest he ran into the start boat during the pre-start maneuvers on race 2, then was called over the line early at the start and did not respond to the recall to be disqualified from the race plus have the only protest of the series lodged against him. To cap it all off one the crew mutinied during the race and the rest afterwards leaving him no option other than to pay for the damage and retire from the regatta.
3.
Austral - Asian News
3.1 Optimist
Worlds
Salinas, Ecuador - Without needing to sail the final race 13 year-old
Wei Ni from Shanghai in
China is the 2004 Optimist world champion. His results are remarkable
- apart from one race, he was never out of the top ten. Wei weighs 40kg
and measures 1.55m. He used, like maybe 30% of the fleet, a Toni Tio sail
from Spain and the standard McLaughlin foils supplied with the charter
boat. Young sailors from fourteen countries and five continents shared
the top 20 places. More at: http://www.salinasyachtclub.org/optiworlds/index.htm
3.2
Anyone for Safety at Sea Survival Courses?
Sailors intending to go on the Hong Kong - Vietnam race please note that
details of the next HKYA/AYF Safety at Sea Survival Courses have now been
finalised. A total of three courses will be held between 7-16 October
2004. All classes, with the exception of the wet drill, will take place
at Kellett Island (RHKYC) and the Hong Kong Yachting Association are the
actual organisers of these courses. Applications can be download from:
http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/sailing/training/hkya.htm
and should be returned to Ms Cora Chen at the HKYA directly before 23
September.
3.3 ISAF
Match Racing Umpiring Seminar in Japan
An ISAF Match Racing Umpiring Seminar will be held from 7 - 11 October
2004 in Hayama Marina, Japan in conjunction with the ISAF Grade 3 All
Japan Match Racing Championship. The seminar instructors will be Marianne
Middelthon (NOR) and Barbara Farquhar (USA), both of whom are ISAF Committee
Members, International Judges and International Umpires. More information
is available at: http://www.sailing.org/sc.asp?id=MR-IU-Seminr-Japan
3.4
FusionM gets with
the strength!
The Quantum
Sails Design Group have introduced a brand-new membrane
sail called FusionM. A topographical
map of fibres radiating in all directions reflect a more realistic picture
off the changing loads as they are constantly transferred and distributed
through the sail. This new design does not distort sail shape in highly
loaded areas and has an exceptional weight for strength ratio that hi-tech
racers are looking for. Assembled at a new facility in Malaysia that utilizes
heat and pressure lamination in controlled conditions that characterize
true aerospace techniques. Place your order at: http://www.quantumsails.com
or obtain a obligation free quotation from Bruce Anson at: banson@quantumsails.com
or Phone ++60-6-231-6145
3.5
HK to Qingdao for 2008 Olympics
To commemorate the opening of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the China
Yachting Association (CYA) and Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) with
the agreement of the 29th Olympiad Organizing Committee Sailing Sub-committee
(Qingdao) - have commenced preparations for an offshore yacht race from
Hong Kong to Qingdao (or Tsingtao) for international yachts in the cruiser,
maxi/super yacht and grand prix fleets, as well as the world's fleet of
Tall Ships. The 1140 nautical mile race to the Shandong Province at approx.
36° North Latitude and 121° East Longitude will coincide with
the opening of the Games in August 2008 and the intention is that competitors
will complete the course up the east coast of Mainland China, arriving
at least three days before the Games' opening ceremony. Further info contact
RHKYC Sailing Manager Ailsa Angus Tel: +852 2239 0362 E-mail: aangus@rhkyc.org.hk
3.6
Singapore to Brunei Race reinstated in 2005
The Brunei Darussalam Yachting Association intends to once again conduct
an annual Brunei Challenge yacht race - from Singapore to Brunei - starting
on the 20th to 27th Jan 2005. The start is designed to follow shortly
after the end of the annual Singapore Straits Regatta and a local regatta
is expected to be held in Brunei after the yachts get there from the 28th
to 30th Jan. The Preliminary Notice of Race is available from the official
website at: http://www.bruneibay.net/bbseries
or contact the race secretary Allan Riches by e-mail: regattas@bruneibay.net
Ph: 673 2 262676 Fax: 673 2 262675
3.7 Elaine Chua and Feng secure
a shipping sponsor
Singapore-based global shipping and logistics company Neptune Orient Lines
(NOL) is sponsoring the shipping of Feng - Singapore’s
first mini transat entry. NOL has a record of supporting sailing and along
with being Elaine’s sponsor for the BT Global Challenge in 2000/1
they sponsor the Sailability program which gives people with disabilities
the opportunity to experience sailing and been so successful a group of
Singapore sailors will be competing at the Paralympics in Athens. Elaine
has chosen a ZERO designed by Marc Lombard and built by Corsa Marine in
Mallorca for her mini transat attempt. The boat is due to be launched
in August and off on her first race, Triangle du Soleil in the south coast
of France before Elaine attempts her 1000nm qualifier on a Mediterranean
Mini course. Feng will then be shipped to Singapore at the end
of September to take part on the AsianYachting scene until April 2005
then returning to Europe for the 2005 Mini season and the Mini Transat
starting in Sept. For more info goto: http://www.elainechua.com
3.8
ACE Etchells World Championship
A fleet of 85 boats with America's Cup winners, Olympic Medallists, World
champions and other sailing legends from New Zealand, Italy, Great Britain,
Hong Kong, the USA and all Australian fleets have entered for the ACE
Etchells World Championship which opens with racing between 1-8 August
off Mooloolaba, Australia. - http://www.mooloolabaetchells.com/etchells2004/2004home.htm
4. International News
4.1
FULL MONTY
Members of the 2004 British Olympic and Paralympic Sailing squad, including
all three 2000 gold medallists, have posed "in
the buff" for a calendar produced in conjunction
with the RYA and Sail for Gold to raise funds for British Olympic Sailing.
The calendar, shot by leading artistic marine photographer KOS, features
Olympic hopefuls including Nick Rogers and crewmember Joe Glanfield, Katherine
Hopson, Nick Dempsey, Laura Baldwin and also features past gold medallists
Ben Ainslie, Shirley Robertson with her
crew and Iain Percy alongside crewmember Steve Mitchell. - Yachts and
Yachting, full story (and photos). Both Percy and Mitchell are only wearing
a smile and a pair of sailing gloves at: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/default2.asp?section=11&article=13845
and 470 sailor Katherine Hopson hot in the driving seat at: http://www.sailforgold.com/default.msp?contentId=2468
4.2
Comprehensive Olympic Games coverage by
ISAF
With only 10 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games
on Friday 13 August 2004 things have reached fever pitch in Athens as
preparations hit their final phase. The sailing venue, the Agios Kosmas
Sailing Centre, opened on Sun 1st Aug, just two days prior to boat allocation
for Laser Sailors, which starts on 3rd Aug, to be followed by the first
day of measurement on the 4th. The ISAF website has gone into Olympic
mode, with a new “Olympic” look where they preview the runners
and riders in each of the eleven classes and will have live mark by mark
roundings, a comprehensive image library and of course the full results
and news service on offer at: http://www.sailing.org
4.3
New US west coast to Hawaii record
Robert Miller's 140-foot Mari Cha IV took 32 hours off of West Marine
Pacific Cup course record and Doug Baker's Magnitude 80 finished shortly
after 6pm to also eclipse the former record held by Roy Disney's Pyewacket.
After starting on Friday July 2nd, the arrival of Mari Cha IV to the West
Marine Pacific Cup finish line at Kaneohe Bay on Wednesday at 6:13 pm
has shattered Pyewacket's 1998, 6 day, 14 hour, 22 minute record. Mari
Cha IV has joined Pyewacket, Windward Passage, Merlin, Blackfin, Kathmanu
and others in the record book of transocean legends. http://www.pacificcup.org/
4.4
Warning to all offshore racers.
DK Yachts are warning all offshore racers to watch out
when one of their Malaysian built Mum 30, Farr 40, 52, 520 or Mark Mills
DK46 lines up on your starting grid. Ones to look out for are Aussie's
Matt Allen’s Farr 52OD Ichi Ban while 2 worlds away Richard
Perini's Foreign Affair is lining up for the Mum 30 worlds. Sailors
in the UK have not been spared as Fidessa Fastwave a DK46, sailed
by Chris Brown won the Rolex Commodores' Cup with the Irish Team and more
is still to come. Serious Yachts
for Serious Sailors can
be found at http://www.dkyachts.com
4.5
What is Russell Coutts up to?
The event Russell Coutts and Paul Cayard are formulating involves fleet
racing one-design yachts similar in length to the existing America's Cup
yachts, about 24m (80ft). But that's where the similarity will end. The
new boats move into the next generation of performance sailing. It is
proposed that they will be created along the lines of the radical and
extremely fast monohulls that race on Italy's Lake Garda. They are planned
for a crew of only 10 or 12 with a significant number suspended over the
side from trapeze systems to enhance stability. In being identical one-designs,
the cost of entry to this competition will be considerably less than the
$100million-plus required to enter the America's Cup. And with all the
hulls being the same, the racing promises to be close and exciting.
4.6
Will Tracy Edwards go the distance?
The finances of round-the-world yachtswoman Tracy Edwards have come under
scrutiny following two separate moves against her personally as well as
two companies associated with her. The impact on Edwards's ambitious plans
to launch two round-the-world events for giant multihulls and monohulls
from Doha in Qatar remains to be seen. One must wonder what ever happened
to the £38 million ($47 million) backing from the Gulf state of
Qatar Edwards unveiled in October last year and how it is to be used during
the non-stop Oryx Cup 2005 and the multi-stage Quest in 2006. The £540,000
($1million) first prize for the Oryx Cup was said to be the richest in
sailing. Full story: http://tinyurl.com/6jdl5
or goto http://maidenoceanracingqatar.co.uk
5. World Speed Records
5.1 Pittwater
to Lord Howe Island record
July 24 - Martyn Riley's 56ft catamaran Raw Nerve with 6 crew slashed
almost 6 hours off the outright 408nm Pittwater to Lord Howe Island record.
After only 1d 3h 45m 46s and averaging 14.69 kts Riley said 'We are drenched,
tired and ecstatic; it was a very rough and wet crossing'. The record
was previously held by Ian Treleaven's monohull, Merit, a Volvo Ocean
60, with a time of: 1d 9h 34m 21s. Merit will continue to hold the race
record and 'Monohull vessel, any number of crew' category record for the
course.
Media releases by Ian Grant at http://www.boatingoz.com.au/news04/0724.htm
5.2
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5.3 Kite record over 40 kts
30th July 2004. Subject to WSSR Ratification there is the first claim
for a kite record over 40 kts. Manu Taub FRA at Fuerteventura in the Canary
Islands on a "Radical" Windsurfer with 10 sq mts of kite in
30/35 kts wind has recorded a speed of 40.58 kts over 500 metres. More
at: http://www.sailspeedrecords.com
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