J-Cup 2008
Förra helgens J-Cup i Hamble samlade 75 båtar, varav 32 i J/109 nationals. De vanliga i topp (alla resultat här) . Svenske Jonas Grandér hade det tufft, men avslutade med en spik och vann söndagens North Sails Boat of the Day. Foton: Ingrid Abery/www.hotcapers.com.
Racing continued through Saturday and Sunday for the 75 boats competing at the J-Cup 2008, which was hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble. Racing took place in five classes, on two race areas, and the event also incorporates the 32 boat fleet of J/109s racing for their UK National Championship.
The J/109 Zelda, owned and raced by Ben Richards and Michael Ewart-Smith, had a monumental battle throughout the entire regatta with old adversaries Bruce Jubb, Jeff Dakin and Mike Flood on Johnny Blue II. At the end of the first day these two boats were tied on equal points, but Simon ‘Sling’ Ling and his team on board the RAF’s Red Arrow were just one point behind. Matt’s Boyles Shiva was lying in fourth. Zelda went on to have a blinding day on Saturday, revelling in the heavier conditions (20 to 27 knots from the North East) and clocking up a 2,1,1 scoreline, which extended their lead to four points from Johnny Blue II. Shiva sailed well and moved into fourth place with David and Kirsty Apthorp’s J-Dream in fifth place.
On Sunday the conditions had changed yet again: at 1100 instruments were reading seven knots from 220 degrees but by 1330 the breeze had swung round as far as 300 degrees and it was clear that light and shifty would become the order of the day. A total glass-out at the end of Race 7 meant that some unfortunates were swept past the line, unable to get back, and a number of boats (including Zelda) scored a DNF. That said, the team on Johnny Blue II had both tactical intelligence and a little bit of luck on their side and they went on to win the race from Red Arrow in second and J-Dream in third.
Going in to the final race of the series, Zelda had to discard their DNF and count an earlier seventh place and Johnny Blue II had a two point lead at the front of the fleet. Johnny Blue II could sail a safe and conservative race whereas Zelda were going to have to be a little more punchy. As it transpired, a risky decision on the final upwind leg left Zelda some way down the pack. On the line it was Jonas Grander in his brand new boat Matador in first place. Shiva was second, Johnny Blue II finished third which was enough to win them the 2008 J/109 UK National Championship. Zelda finished second overall followed by Shiva, Red Arrow and then J-Dream. Jonas Grander was awarded the North Sails Boat of the Day prize for scoring a bullet in his first regatta in his new boat.
The J/109s were the only fleet to have just two races scheduled for Sunday; all of the other classes had lost a race on Saturday, with the J/80s losing two, due to the heavy weather. The Race Management Team were keen to get full series away if at all possible and so there was plenty to play for on the Red course.
Watski 2Star Baltic | Visby
Nu har båtarna börjat rinna in i Visby. Här är Henrik Borg & Johan Levin i Mithril med Visby i sikte 07:04 i morse. (deras blogg här).
Det finns ju nån form av tracking, men det hade varit ännu roligare om någon faktiskt hade orkat räkna ut avstånd till mål och räkna ut placeringar efter LYS (eller som det heter i trackern, “Ljustal”). Nu blir det mest färglada pluttar på en karta. Ett annat tips är att ha med spåren efter båtarna. Men alla måste väl uppfinna sin egen tracker…
Enklast är att kolla in resultaten här.
Här är bilder från Erik Barkefors som kollade in starten.
Ett par båtar imponerade extra mycket på mig idag. Trots väldigt lite vind så gled D34SV (den ena…), Mumm30 och HiQ iväg överlägset i respektive klass. A35:an tjuvade och kom på efter tio minuter att de nog borde kamma tillbaka och starta om.
Fler bilder på Tangosailing.
Trimma på Bullandö
Ni som är bakfulla efter Ornö Runt, kan ta svängen förbi Bullandö och få lite trimtips. Bra initiativ, och kanske det finns segelmakare på västkusten som vara med och arra träningshelg 2009 ;-)
Vi ser fram emot lite bilder på bra och dåligt trim.
Trim- och fartträning 1/6 med North Sails på Bullandö Marina
Segelmakare från North Sails kommer att ge instruktioner och tips hur du hittar bästa fart på din båt.
I samarbete med Havskappseglingsförbundet, KSSS, RTC och North Sails hålls trim- och fartträning den 1:a juni på vattnet utanför Bullandö Marina.
Har du svårt att bedöma om du seglar din båt med maximal fart? Den här trim- och fartträningsdagen ger dig tillfället att på plats i egen båt hitta farten. Bl a kommer Björn Österberg och Anna Drougge från North Sails finnas till ditt förfogande och ge dig handgripliga instruktioner och tips om hur du hittar det som är snabbast för just din båt.
Dagen kommer inledas med en genomgång. Därefter seglar vi och från följebåtar får du feedback och coachning om farten direkt ute på vattnet. Vi kommer ombord och hjälper dig med tips. Du får möjligheten att själv se din båt segla på håll och se hur justeringarna förändrar farten i båten. Innan dagen avslutas, har vi en debrief med summeringar och RTC bjuder på korv med tillbehör.
Deltagande båtar på träningsdagen ligger fritt i Bullandö Marinas gästhamn natten mellan lördag-söndag. Båtar som behöver gästplats måste ta kontakt med hamnkaptenen för anvisande av plats!
Marinans trevliga krog är givetvis öppen både lördag och söndag!
Samling på Bullandö Marina kl 9.00 och avslutning vid 16-tiden.
IRC-mätbrev | 10 dagar
Idag damp IRC-mätbrevet ner. Det tog 10 dagar från det att alla mått var klara, och då hann man med en remissvända då ett mått var lite oklart. Snabba ryck på både SSF och RORC. Kul!
Jag inte fick till någon vägning. Man skall ju fixa fram en våg och väga efter att båten är riggad, vilket inte gick att få till den här gången. Så jag har accepterat standarvikten hos RORC vilket är 4.900 kg. Tids nog får man väl väga skiten som en del i sin IRC-optimering ;-).
Update: skarpa läsare upptäckte så klart ytterligare mått som var konstiga. Återkommer…
Sweet… Mills 43 Tiamat
Senaste från herr Mills, nya Tiamat. 13.15 x 3.68 x 2.90 m x 8150 kg
The latest Tiamat for Tim Costello of Dublin has been launched by Vision Yachts in Cowes. The new Tiamat is a 43′ design intended for both Comnmodores Cup competition with the Ireland Green team but also to allow Tim to enjoy lower-key racing and sailing with his family as he did with his previous Tiamat. His 2005 Vision-built IRC 40 Tiamat to our design had an exceptional three years of competition including straight-bullet wins at both the UK and the French IRC National Championships.
The new Tiamat extends the design themes and research program developed with our IRC 41 Ambush and focuses on all-around performance, with a healthy offwind sailplan whose mix of symmetric and asymmetric spinnakers flown from a conventional pole reflects the tidal impact of Solent sailing as well as the average windspeeds expected in Northern European sailing.
Within a very tight timescale Vision have produced female hull and deck tooling to ensure the highest quality construction, and have done an exceptional job to launch a beutifully finished boat. The engineering by John Fox at FCS reflects the constructive relationship we have had with Vision over a number of years, allowing Vision to collaborate to produce build solutions which best use their experience and talents.
Här är också en bra förklaring från Mark angående det korta peket:
The fixed sprit comes in two flavours depending on size: for the large light type of design IRC favours over 50′ like Alegre the high boatspeeds mean apparent wind angles never come aft of 100 degrees, and there is no point carrying a pole (with an associated rating increase) since it would never come off the headstay.
IRC optimised boats below 50′ tend to be heavier, sail deeper angles in medium and heavy airs, and thus benefit from a conventional spinnaker pole (usually significantly longer than J). Asymmetrics flown off a pole offer an efficiency improvement as they are able to be designed to only ‘go’ in one direction, but require a more complicated gybing proceduure than with a symmetrical spinnaker. The fixed sprit here is ‘free’ if it doesnt extend beyond STL, and it allows the tack of the Asail to be sucked down while the bowman gets the pole off, swops sides and reconnects it. During this time the extension means the kites is well clear of the boat which may open up the range in which the Asail can be gybed inside its luff, allows the sail to be set and drawing well while the bowman is catching up, and significantly opens up what otherwise turns into a cluster%^$£ at the stem fitting. Additionally with a specialised close reaching spinnaker like an A0 it offers the perfect tack point.
Retracting sprits are popular with owners wanting to sail with less crew and skip all that gybing effort, or are favoured by boats tending to sail in lighter than average conditions or on reaching courses (many offshores for example) where the apparent angles will be close enough that the pole would be redundant, and a larger asail off a sprit can be carried for the same rating as the smaller kite from a conventional pole. A fixed sprit would achieve the same end, but practical considerations often sway people towards a retracting version.
Watski 2Star Baltic | Trash Talk
Så här ser det ut på havet just nu… smultronbris!
Nu är det dags för Watski 2star Baltic (tidigare känd som Östersjömaran). Nu är det inte lika mycket mara, men kanske desto mer racing. Jättekul med 70+ båtar på linjen.
Hur går snacket på bryggan? Nån som har koll på vädret? Vilka är favoriter? Vem kan skrälla?
Blue Bliss från Göteborg kommer inte till start utan ligger i Borgholm med haveri. Ola Falk kommer troligtvis inte att segla och hade inte fått nåt LYS (uppdatering: tydligen fick Ola ett LYS vid lunchtid idag, 24 timmar före start, men det blir nog inget i alla fall). Corby 33 Inga of Sweden stannar också hemma vilket var synd…
Jag tar gärna emot bilder & rapporter på mail (peter@blur.se) eller MMS (maila mig för nummer), så kommer jag att försöka sammanställa på nåt kul sätt.
Bell Laurie Scottish Series 2008
Årets Bell Lawrie Scottish Series samlade 167 båtar varav 64 i IRC.
I klass 1 dominerade fransmännen i sin First 45 Lady Courrier. Man spikade ju alla race på Spi Ouest, och hade ett nästan prickfritt protokoll den här gången också.
Klass 2 toppades av Corby 36 Rosie och gänget på J/109 Sail4Cancer som vann förra helgen på Irland, lyckades knipa en tredjeplats efter en tung start med kollisioner och svartflagg
IRC1
1. Lady Courrier, Gery Trentesaux, 1.120, First 45
2. Marinerscove.ie, David Dwyer, 1.103, Mills 39
3. Antix Eile, Anthony O’Leary, 1.136, Ker 39
4. Jump Juice, Conor Phelan, 1.098, Ker 37
5. Playing FTSE, Jonathan Anderson, 1.131, First 47.7
Corby 36 Rosie. Sweet!
IRC2
1. Rosie, Roy Dickson, 1.074, Corby 36
2. Premier Flair, Jim MacGregor, 1.081, Elan 410
3. Sail4Cancer, Tino Hyland/Nigel Bigg, 1.069, J/109
4. Contango, Barry Cunningham, 1.040, Corby 33
5. Salamander XX, John Corson, 1.042, Corby 33
6. Bataleur 97, Chris Bonar, 1.073, BH36
7. Duckwall Pooley, Debbie Aitken, 1.071, First 42s7
8. Another Djinn, N & M Stratton, 1.028, A35
9. Exaltation, David McFarland, 1.048, X35
10. Sloop John T, I & G Thomson, 1.037, Swan 40
IRC3
1. Carmen II, Scutt/Jeffrey, 1.025, First 36.7
2. Mumbo.ie, Dermot Cronin, 1.017, J/35
3. Bengal Magic, Moorehead/Ferres, 1.016, J/35
4. Enigma, H & M Morrison, 0.986, Sigma 38
5. Holdfast 2, Ruaraidh MacLeod, 1.026, First 36.7
The Bell Lawrie Scottish Series top award, the Scottish Series Trophy, has gone to France for the first time as Gery Trentesaux and his crew on the new Philippe Briand designed First 45, Lady Courrier, topped the 14 boat IRC Class 1 at the annual four day regatta on Loch Fyne which attracted 170 entries.
In conditions which could scarcely have been bettered, 12-20 knots of South Easterly breeze which flecked the dark nay waters with white horses, and relentless sunshine, Lady Courrier may have come of second best to David Dwyer’s Crosshaven, Cork based Marinerscove.ie in both windward-leeward races today, but the Lille entrepreneur and his 12 strong crew, which included his student son Nicholas, posted a final scoreline of five first places and two second places.
The depth of competition in the IRC Class 1 fleet was emphasised as he lead no fewer than four past winners of this prestigious trophy including Cork’s double winner Anthony O’Leary in third on the new Ker 39 Antix Eile, Cork’s 2007 winner Conor Phelan in fourth on the Ker 37 Jump Juice, the Clyde’s three times winner Jonathan Anderson in fifth on his First 47.7 Playing FTSE, and 1990 winner Geoffrey Howison with the BH41 Local Hero XXI in sixth.
With four Transatlantic races and three Tour Voile round France races to his credit as well as twice winning the English based international team regatta the Commodore’s Cup, and placing third overall in last year’s classic Fastnet Race, Trentesaux and his La Trinité based crew set themselves several targets this year. So far they have won their home Spi Ouest regatta, and, today the Bell Lawrie Scottish Series before heading to the UK IRC National Championships, next month’s Commodore’s Cup before a December date with their first Sydney Hobart race.
Trentesaux has raced with his own boats here in 2000 and 2002. Second time here he and his crew would have won Class 1 but for an unfortunate error when they took an invited guest sailing which took them over their prescribed crew limit. He has raced six times here, often with his long time Scottish friend Grant Gordon.
“We have never won this regatta and so it has been great to do so with such great conditions. I am going home to work tomorrow with sunburn and the trophy so I am really happy. It is great to work hard and to play hard. We have a crew which have been together for ten years or longer and a fast boat. It was tougher today because we took a few more risks but the racing has been great and very well organised.” Said Trentesaux, “This is such a wonderful place I will be back and will hopefully bring back more French boats next time.”
IRC Class 2 went to the wire with the Howth based Corby 36 prevailing by a single point over Jim MacGregor and his young team on the Solent based Elan 410 Premier Flair. Second in today’s second race behind Premier Flair was enough for overall victory to Roy Dickson’s Irish favourite which placed second last year.
Premier Flair took second place in the first race of the day by a matter of only two seconds on corrected time behind Nigel Biggs and his crew on the J109 Sail4Cancer who finished third overall in the regatta’s biggest class at 22 boats.
Best overall performance by a Scottish boat in the IRC Handicap classes was the Clyde based Carmen II, a Beneteau First 36.7 sailed by Paul Scutt and Alan Jeffrey and their crew based out of Helensburgh on the Clyde. They won IRC Class 3, while in IRC Class 4 it was the X302 of John Allen from Whitby.