Ambitionen med M32 Cup har ju alltid varit att det skall vara en serie med de bästa seglarna från de Skandinaviska länderna. Och i samband med att vi nu kör i Köpenhamn nästa vecka så kan vi också annonsera att Team Trifork som nytt team i en helt ny båt.
Vi känner igen teamet som ju seglar Extreme Sailing Series som SAP Extreme Sailing Team. Och det är ju inget fel på meriterna hos Jes Gram-Hansen, Rasmus Kostner, Christian Kamp och Brad Ferrand (se nedan). Att Christian Kamp och Fredrik Lööf är lagkamrater på Artemis gör ju inte saken sämre.
Jes Gram-Hansen säger;
“This is a great opportunity for the team, we are thrilled to join the line up of M32 Cup with such a highly competitive fleet and such a professionally delivered event, including a host city on home ground. We are very grateful to our sponsors Trifork for supporting our entry.”
Det kommer att bli ett väldigt speciellt event. Vi startar på lördag i Malmö där vi är final på deras lyckade Malmö Sail Week. Vi seglar vid Scaniaplattan nedanför Turning Torso lördag-söndag och i inre hamnen vid dockan måndag-tisdag. På onsdagen kör vi ett race över till KDY och Tuborg Havn. Samtidigt flyttas också race village över dit på något magiskt sätt. torsdag-lördag seglar vi utanför KDY som ju också arrangerar VM i Farr 30.
Jes Gram-Hansen
Co-skipper of the SAP Extreme Sailing Team
2013: 3 Podium Places in the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series
2013: Record holder and line honours with the SAP Extreme Sailing Team at Kieler Woche Welcome Race (33 minutes off previous multihull record with a result of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 50 seconds)
2011: Co-founded Extreme Sailing Team with Rasmus Kostner
2010: 1st ISAF Team Offshore World Championship
2009: 1st Match Racing Championship – Danish National Championship
Rasmus Kostner
Co-skipper of the SAP Extreme Sailing Team
2013: 3 Podium Places in the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series
2013: Record holder and line honours with the SAP Extreme Sailing Team at Kieler Woche Welcome Race (33 minutes off previous multihull record with a result of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 50 seconds)
2012: Olympic Tactical Coach, Match Racing/Laser/49er, Palma.
2011: Founded Extreme Sailing Team with Jes Gram-Hansen
2008: Volvo Ocean Race, joined the overall winning Team Ericsson as Tactician for in-port Races.
2007: 6th Louis Vuitton Cup with Mascalzone Latino, as tactician in all fleet starts and match races in Acts and LV cup.
Christian Kamp
Denmark’s Christian Kamp joins Team Trifork and brings a great deal of experience combined with a solid record as former Team Origin trimmer, and in his current role as a member of the Swedish Americas Cup Team, Artemis Racing, a challenger for the 35th Americas Cup.
Brad Farrand
New Zealand’s Brad Farrand, will bring his Extreme 40 skills to the line up since featuring in the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series, as both bowman/tactician and presently with the SAP Extreme Sailing Series.
Det här projektet föddes ur frustration och besvikelse. Det hela började under Bohusracet förra året. Bosse Bäversjö och Rikard Svanberg seglade med Bosses Dehler 29:a, slutade ungefär mitt i resultatlistan, och det var inte riktigt vad de hade hoppats på.
Det var något som inte stämde. ”Vi hade problem med både fart och höjd”, säger Bosse. Själva båten var det nog inget fel på. Dehler är ju kända för att bygga snabba och välseglande båtar. Men den var helt i originalskick.
En plan lades upp. Till Bohusracet 2014 skulle de vara bättre förberedda. Och då var det en del som behövde fixas till.
Bosse Bäversjö driver Båtverket och är importör och återförsäljare för Dehler på västkusten. Rikard Svanberg är riggare, har tidigare jobbat som segelmakare och är en välmeriterad kappseglare. (Dessutom stockholmare i förskingringen, vilket blir uppenbart som fort han öppnar munnen.) Båda två har för övrigt seglat mycket Express. vilket skulle få sina konsekvenser.
De började med undervattenskroppen. Botten målades med hård bottenfärg och slipades med 600-papper. Det tog sina timmar, men var egentligen den enkla biten. Det stora jobbet var att få ordning på kölen.
Nu kan man tycka att kölen på en splitter ny båt borde vara perfekt redan vid leverans. Men här pratar vi om millimeternoggrannhet och det är helt enkelt inte möjligt att gjuta järn och bly med den sortens toleranser.
Bosse och Rikard beställde hem kölritningar från varvet i Tyskland och tog utifrån dem fram mallar i plywood med den rätta profilen. Sedan var det bara att börja spackla. Och slipa. Och spackla. Och slipa… De slapp som tur var att slipa i metallen, men det krävdes ändå massa jobb innan de var nöjda.
Riggen och däck var nästa steg. För att få bättre tryck på rodret behövde masten fällas lite bakåt. Förstaget förlängdes därför med 130 mm. Utväxlingen på akterstaget byggdes på och är nu minst sagt rejäl. 1:48 hade ju kunnat funka på vilken 40-fotare som helst.
Dessutom installerade de ett barberhaulsystem till focken. I praktiken använder de alltså inte fockskenan, utan jobbar enbart med två linor som justerar skotpunkten uppåt/nedåt (egentligen framåt/bakåt) respektive inåt/utåt. Fockskotet leds upp på rufftaket till winschen i lovart. Trimmaren kan alltså justera skotet från sin plats i lovart.
Man kan säga att båten numera seglas som en Express, och det är kanske inte så konstigt med tanke på att både Bosse och Rikard har lång erfarenhet från just den klassen.
Och så har vi då seglen. Här är det enklast tänkbara uppsättning som gäller. Man har bara tre segel ombord: Stor, fock och spinnaker.
Spinnackern hade vi levererat redan året innan, så här var det bara att hissa och köra. Men stor och fock var original. Storseglet var i och för sig i gott skick, men det var inte särskilt väl anpassat till masten. Så under vintern justerade vi mastrundan och satte i nya profilerade lattor som hjälper till att hålla formen på rätt plats. Bosse och Rikard beställde också en ny fock, ett triradialskuret segel i kevlar. Ett steg ner från 3Di och 3DL, kan tyckas, men det räcker gott och väl för en båt i den här storleken.
Focken sitter på rulle. Dels för att underlätta när Bosse och Rikard kappseglar på tu man hand, dels för att seglet även kommer användas för cruising.
Innan focken designades mätte vi både båt och rigg mycket noggrant. Måtten matades sedan in i ett 3D-program, vilket gör det möjligt att verkligen maximera storleken. Förliket är nästan en halvmeter längre än originalfocken och alla breddmått är maxade; när seglet är skotat för kryss är det bara ett par millimeter mellan akterlik och undervant. På så sätt har vi lyckats göra ett segel som är två kvadratmeter större än originalseglet. På en fockbåt som den här innebär det förstås stora fördelar, främst i det lägre vindregistret, och enda nackdelen är väl möjligen att seglet inte längre ryms under kapellet.
Fixa till botten och köl. Fälla masten lite bakåt. Ett par mindre förändringar av däckslayouten. Några små justeringar på storseglet och en ny fock. Det är egentligen allt. Så Bosses Dehler 29:a är ett bra exempel på hur man med ganska små medel kan göra en potent racer av en helt vanlig standardbåt.
En ny läsarfråga som gäller båtval. Det finns massor av båtar i den här storleken som man kan få till ett bra pris. Men om de skall vara roliga att segla – och samtidigt gå bra att segla ensam så är det inte lika enkelt längre…
Efter alla dina inlägg om att få in fler personer som börjar kappsegla tog jag steget och anmälde mig till Bohusracet i år (vi ska ej prata placering). Jag vill tacka dig för att du pushat för detta och att jag nu tog steget. Tyvärr tar det nog ett tag innan jag vågar mig på bansegling men alla dess regler.
Nu till min fråga. Jag har idag en båt som känns lite tung och långsam men vill byta till nästa säsong mot en snabbare/roligare båt för max 1 miljon.
Mina kriterier är följande.
– Ska kunna seglas ensam
– Hög boendekomfort, skall vara bekvämt att ta med frun
– Snabb, minst över 1.20 i SRS
– 35-45 fot
Förslag?
För ett par år sedan hade vi en serie som hette “mest segling för pengarna”, men av någon anledning så täckte vi aldrig det här segmentet.
ARTEMIS RACING LAUNCHES ITS CHALLENGE FOR THE 35TH AMERICA’S CUP
STOCKHOLM, August 19, 2014 – Today, Artemis Racing officially launched its challenge to win the 35th America’s Cup at an inspirational event in Sweden’s capital. Guests were treated to a rare chance of seeing the America’s Cup trophy first hand at the Moderna Museet, on Skeppsholmen Island at the heart of Stockholm’s proud maritime history.
Torbjörn Törnqvist, Team Principal of Artemis Racing said: “Sailing is my passion, and I’m very proud to once again represent Sweden in the America’s Cup. Given our experience from the 34th America’s Cup, what the team went through and achieved, we have an incredibly strong culture, a belonging to the team. Building on our core group from the last campaign, we have been able to secure talent across all areas, and I strongly believe that Artemis Racing is a team capable of winning the 35th America’s Cup”.
Artemis Racing will again challenge alongside Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet (KSSS), the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, for what will be their second campaign together in the pursuit of winning the oldest competition in sport.
“The America’s Cup is the pinnacle of international sailing. KSSS is proud to be a challenger once again through Torbjörn Törnqvist’s Artemis Racing team. We are also very excited by the prospect of involving Swedish sailors in various ways in the project. We want to extend our gratitude to Torbjörn Törnqvist for making this possible” commented Staffan Salén, KSSS Commodore.
New team members were announced, including Swedish Olympic champions, Fredrik Lööf and Max Salminen, as well as America’s Cup veteran Rod Davis.
Lööf is one of the most successful Swedish sailors of all times and a long-time friend and competitor of Team Manager Iain Percy. With a wealth of experience, he has participated in an incredible six Olympic campaigns, winning a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics and bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Star class, and at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in the Finn class. Lööf’s career highlights also include three Finn World Championships, two Star World titles and a third place finish in the 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race.
On joining the team Fredrik said “I’ve been fascinated by the way sailing has been evolving over the last few years, with these new foiling boats and incredible TV production. I was really inspired by Artemis’ last campaign and having a Swedish boat on the start line again, and being part of it this time, is very exciting. Winning the America’s Cup and bringing it to Sweden for the first time would be something very special”.
One of the most promising talents in Swedish sailing, Max Salminen, still just 24, struck gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games alongside Fredrik Lööf in the Star class.
Artemis Racing also welcomed Sailing Coach Rod Davis. In his extraordinary America’s Cup career –now his 9th campaign – Davis brings an unparalleled wealth of experience to the team, having covered a variety of roles from bowman to mainsail trimmer, skipper, and more recently coach of Emirates Team New Zealand. Rod won a gold medal in the Soling class at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, and Olympic silver in the Finn class in Barcelona 1992. His track record also includes winning the Admiral’s Cup and the Sardinia Cup several times, as well as seven World Champion titles.
The Team has already amassed an incredible 61 America’s Cup Campaigns between its members, including 14 victories. Team members (including two designers) have competed in 21 Olympic Games, winning 11 medals, including seven Gold medals.
“Where some teams may have one Olympic gold medallist, we have six of them, however the focus is very much on the team, and there is no individual bigger than the group. We are not only in this competition to win the 35th America’s Cup, but to dominate the America’s Cup arena for the next decade.” Said Team Manager and Tactician Iain Percy. “I’m also passionate that Artemis Racing is more than simply winning, it’s about producing a legacy and winning in a certain way”.
Harnessing fresh talent and inspiring younger team members is at the core of Artemis Racing’s new challenge, and the Team launched an internship programme which will give top Swedish students a chance to become directly involved in the key areas that make up a successful America’s Cup Team, spending up to 12 weeks working in the team base in Alameda, CA, USA, across different departments.
Artemis Racing also aspires to be the most sustainable and responsible team in the America’s Cup, announcing a number of initiatives including plans to ‘up-cycle’ or, ‘re-purpose’, their future base at the 35th America’s Cup venue.
The Team also announced partnerships with Pelle P, as the official clothing supplier and Cosworth Group, as technical supplier.
Leadership Team
Torbjörn Törnqvist
Team Principal
SWE
A passionate sailor and successful businessman, the owner and founder of Artemis Racing, Torbjörn Törnqvist began one design racing in 2005 in the Swan 601 Class, before joining the highly competitive Transpac 52 Class in 2007 with the newly launched Artemis Racing. Sailing with Russell Coutts as tactician, the team won the MedCup and TP52 World Championships in 2007. At the helm of Artemis Racing, he won the RC44 World Championship in 2011. In 2010, Torbjörn felt that Artemis Racing was ready to undertake the ultimate challenge in the sailing world. His ambition is to win the America’s Cup and bring the oldest trophy in international sport to Sweden, his home country, for the first time.
Iain Percy
Team Manager/ Tactician
GBR
Iain Percy OBE, a double Olympic and multiple world champion, is one of the most talented and successful sailors in the world. Iain has a remarkable Olympic pedigree, winning gold in the Finn class at the Sydney Olympics; before teaming up with lifelong friend Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson to win gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Iain had his first taste of America’s Cup action in 2005 as helmsman for +39 Challenge, and was part of Great Britain’s America’s Cup challenge, Team Origin. He joined Artemis Racing at the end of 2012 as tactician, following the London Olympics. After showing inspirational leadership qualities during the difficult final few months of the 34th America’s Cup campaign, he was appointed Team Manager in October 2013. Iain is now responsible for leading Artemis Racing’s challenge for the 35th America’s Cup.
Jacques Bonvin
Adviser to Team Principal and Legal Counsel
SUI
As adviser to Team Principal Torbjörn Törnqvist, and outside legal counsel to Artemis Racing, Jacques Bonvin looks into matters such as the team’s legal structure, business strategy, key issues regarding the team and legal aspects, as well as major agreements. Jacques Bonvin is a partner with Tavernier Tschanz, a leading Swiss law firm. His practice covers a wide range of corporate law matters, mainly international transactions (M&A, corporate finance and private equity), corporate and shareholding structuring issues and complex commercial agreements.
Sailing Team
Iain Percy
Team Manager/ Tactician
GBR
Iain Percy OBE, a double Olympic and multiple world champion, is one of the most talented and successful sailors in the world. Iain has a remarkable Olympic pedigree, winning gold in the Finn class at the Sydney Olympics; before teaming up with lifelong friend Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson to win gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Iain had his first taste of America’s Cup action in 2005 as helmsman for +39 Challenge, and was part of Great Britain’s America’s Cup challenge, Team Origin. He joined Artemis Racing at the end of 2012 as tactician, following the London Olympics. After showing inspirational leadership qualities during the difficult final few months of the 34th America’s Cup campaign, he was appointed Team Manager in October 2013. Iain is now responsible for leading Artemis Racing’s challenge for the 35th America’s Cup.
Nathan Outteridge
Helmsman
AUS
Born in New South Wales, Australia, Nathan started sailing at the age of five. In 2008 he won his first World Championship title in the 49er class; a success he repeated in 2009, 2011 and 2012. In 2010 he won the International Moth Class Euro Championship and the following year he clinched the International Moth Class World title. He went on to win the World title for a second time earlier in 2014. Nathan won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class alongside teammate Iain Jensen. Shortly after his Olympic success he joined Artemis Racing as helmsman for the 34thAmerica’s Cup, aged just 27
Fredrik Lööf
Tactician
SWE
Fredrik Lööf is one of the most successful Swedish sailors of all time and a long-time friend and competitor of Team Manager Iain Percy. Lööf started sailing at the age of three and is a member of the Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS). He participated in six Olympic campaigns, winning a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Star class. He also won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Lööf’s career highlights include three Finn World Championships, two Star World titles, as well as a placed finish in the 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race. This is his first America’s Cup campaign.
Iain Jensen
Wing Trimmer
AUS
Iain ‘Goobs’ Jensen started sailing in his hometown of Wangi Wangi when he was five years old. At the age of 16, he represented Australia for the first time, winning the 420 Youth World Championships. In 2009 Jensen teamed up with Artemis Racing teammate Nathan Outteridge. The pair immediately stamped their mark on the sport, winning the 49er World Championships in Lake Garda, Italy. Two years later, the duo took their second world title in Perth, Australia, and in 2012 they won gold at the London Olympic Games. Iain joined Artemis Racing shortly after the Olympics as wing trimmer for the 34th America’s Cup. At 26, this is his second America’s Cup campaign.
Christian Kamp
Trimmer
DEN
Christian was part of Luna Rossa Challenge for the 32nd America’s Cup in 2005 before joining British challenge, Team Origin, in 2007. For three years he campaigned with Iain Percy in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, TP52 and the World Match Racing Tour, winning the World title in 2010. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded the title of Danish Sailor of the Year in 2010. Kamp’s career highlights include three world championships, one European and three national titles; as well as more than 20 Grade 1 Level wins in match racing. More recently he sailed on board Team Aqua as trimmer in the RC44 circuit, winning the last three consecutive seasons.
Chris Brittle
Grinder
GBR
Known for his un-paralleled strength and endurance, Chris has raced in a number of classes and international circuits including the America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race and the Audi MedCup. As part of the British Sailing Team from 1999 to 2005, Brittle was Ben Ainslie’s training partner through the 2004 Olympics, and coach to Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson during their successful Olympic campaign in 2008. His first America’s Cup campaign was during AC32, when he joined +39 Challenge as grinder. After racing in the AudiMed Cup with the Portuguese TP52 Team, Chris joined Team Origin where he sailed once again with teammate Iain Percy. Brittle impressed onboard Team Korea’s AC45 in the inaugural America’s Cup World Series in 2011 before lending his wealth of experience to Artemis Racing in 2012. This is his second campaign with the team.
Max Salminen
Grinder
SWE
Max Salminen is one of the most promising talents in Swedish sailing. Aged just 23, he struck gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games alongside Fredrik Lööf in the Star class. He started sailing at the age of seven in the Optimist class, before stepping up to the Laser, Finn, and then the Star Class. Max joins Artemis Racing in his first America’s Cup campaign.
Rod Davis
Sailing Coach
USA
Rod Davis has a vast amount of experience in the America’s Cup, competing for the first time in
Fremantle in 1987, and having taken part in almost every edition since then. His roles have been
varied, from bowman to mainsail trimmer, skipper, and more recently coach of Emirates Team New
Zealand. This will be his 9th campaign. Davis has had an extraordinarily varied career in yachting: he
won a gold medal in the Soling class at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, and Olympic silver
in the Star class in Barcelona 1992. Davis’ track record also includes winning the Admiral’s Cup and
the Sardinia Cup several times. Formerly ranked World No 1 in match racing, he clinched seven
World Champion titles. In 2004 Rod was head coach for the Danish Olympic sailing team and in 2005
was appointed Yachting New Zealand’s Olympic Director.
Design Team
Adam May
Design Coordinator
GBR
Adam competed for Great Britain at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in the Tornado class, before turning to coaching with Skandia Team GBR. He worked with the 2.4 Paralympic class, a number of the Olympic squad teams, and closely with Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson during their successful 2008 and 2012 Olympic Star campaigns. Adam was part of the 32nd America’s Cup Victory Challenge team, and then a technical coach for Team Origin before joining Artemis Racing for the 34th America’s Cup. With a Masters degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Adam has also worked for Airbus UK in their wind tunnel and design office. He has always taken a keen interest in cutting edge high performance boats, being one of the first to hydrofoil a Moth. This experience has become invaluable in this new America’s Cup area of foiling wing sailed catamarans.
Loïck Peyron
Designer
FRA
Loïck is one of the most experienced and successful multihull sailors in history, having crossed the Atlantic 48 times including eighteen single-handedly. He has an outstanding record of achievement: five ORMA champion titles, sixteen Grand Prix victories, three Single-handed Transatlantic Race victories and two victories in the Transat Jacques Vabre, in 1999 and in 2005. In 2011 he won the Barcelona World Race in a monohull, and went on to win the Trophée SNSM and then set the Round Britain and Ireland record aboard the Banque Populair V maxi-trimaran. On the 6th January 2012, he won the Jules Verne Trophy setting the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world in just 45 days with Banque Populaire V. Loïck was co-skipper of Swiss challenge, Alinghi, the for the 33rdAmerica’s Cup, before joining Artemis Racing for the 34th America’s Cup. The 35th America’s Cup will be his third campaign.
Michel Kermarec
Hydrodynamic Design and Performance Prediction Specialist
FRA
Michel Kermarec joins Artemis Racing for the 35th America’s Cup after he served as Lead Designer for ORACLE TEAM USA during their 33rd (2010) and 34th (2013) America’s Cup victories. Established as one of the leading names in the performance prediction of racing yachts, Michel earned a PhD in hydrodynamics and led early research in France working on unsteady flows around helicopter blades. Michel is also a very talented sailor, and represented France in the Soling class at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
Vincent Lauriot-Prévost
Naval Architect
FRA
Vincent Lauriot-Prévost is a naval architect and co-founder of VPLP Design based in France. During his career Lauriot-Prévost has contributed to some of the most advanced racing prototype projects, including the design of the last six winners of La Route du Rhum, the record holders of the transatlantic (New York – Lizard) and round the world (Jules Verne Trophy) races, as well as BMW ORACLE Racing’s trimaran USA 17, winner of the 33rd America’s Cup. Along with team member Simon Watin, he was part of the 34th America’s Cup Race Management design and research team, established to create an initial design package for the high-tech wing-sailed AC72 catamarans.
Hervé Devaux
Structural Engineer
FRA
Hervé Devaux, has an incredible America’s Cup pedigree. He is the founder of Brest-based HDS, a long-established company specialised in design, calculation and structural engineering for sailing boats. HDS has collaborated with America’s Cup teams since 1987. A top level structural engineer, Hervé was involved in the America’s Cup Race Management design and research team, established to create an initial AC72 design package at the beginning of the 34th America’s Cup. This is Hervé’s second campaign with the team.
Michel Kermarec
Hydrodynamic Design and Performance Prediction Specialist
FRA
Michel Kermarec joins Artemis Racing for the 35th America’s Cup after he served as Lead Designer for ORACLE TEAM USA during their 33rd (2010) and 34th (2013) America’s Cup victories. Established as one of the leading names in the performance prediction of racing yachts, Michel earned a PhD in hydrodynamics and led early research in France working on unsteady flows around helicopter blades. Michel is also a very talented sailor, and represented France in the Soling class at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
Vincent Lauriot-Prévost
Naval Architect
FRA
Vincent Lauriot-Prévost is a naval architect and co-founder of VPLP Design based in France. During his career Lauriot-Prévost has contributed to some of the most advanced racing prototype projects, including the design of the last six winners of La Route du Rhum, the record holders of the transatlantic (New York – Lizard) and round the world (Jules Verne Trophy) races, as well as BMW ORACLE Racing’s trimaran USA 17, winner of the 33rd America’s Cup. Along with team member Simon Watin, he was part of the 34th America’s Cup Race Management design and research team, established to create an initial design package for the high-tech wing-sailed AC72 catamarans.
Hervé Devaux
Structural Engineer
FRA
Hervé Devaux, has an incredible America’s Cup pedigree. He is the founder of Brest-based HDS, a long-established company specialised in design, calculation and structural engineering for sailing boats. HDS has collaborated with America’s Cup teams since 1987. A top level structural engineer, Hervé was involved in the America’s Cup Race Management design and research team, established to create an initial AC72 design package at the beginning of the 34th America’s Cup. This is Hervé’s second campaign with the team.
Matt Davis
Electronics Engineer
GBR
Matthew Davis studied electrical and instrumentation engineering in Southampton. He has sailed as navigator, engineer and crew member in multiple maxi yacht races including the Rolex Transatlantic Yacht Race and Maxi Worlds. In 2009 he received the Navigator’s Award for 1st in class for LA to Hawaii Transpac Race. Matthew was Team Telefónica’s instrument engineer for both the 2008 and 2011 Volvo Ocean Races. The 35th America’s Cup will be his third campaign following the 32nd with Victory Challenge and the 34th with Artemis Racing.
Juan Garay
Sail Designer
ARG
Juan Garay has over 20 years of experience in sail design with North Sails South America, and has been involved in a variety of classes and circuits since 1990. Juan started designing sails for the British Sailing Team in 2006 and worked with Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson and Ben Ainslie on multiple Olympic campaigns including Beijing 2008 and London 2012. He was the sail designer for Team Origin and +39 Challenge, and the 35th America’s Cup will be his second campaign with Artemis Racing, leading the development of the aero programme.
Shore Team
Chay McIntosh
Shore Team Manager
NZL
Chay’s career started at Marten Marine building the New Zealand Challenge yachts for the 1992 America’s Cup. He went on to join the Shore Team for Team New Zealand’s successful challenge of the America’s Cup in San Diego and stayed with them for their defence in 2000. From there he joined the newly formed Oracle Racing team, working as a boat builder for 5 years, before going on to win the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race as Boat Captain & Shore Team Manager for Ericsson Racing. Chay was the Shore Team Manager for Artemis Racing’s challenge for the 34th America’s Cup and will continue in this role for the next Challenge.
Mark Allanson
Build Manager
AUS
As Build Manager, Mark brings to the team 20+ years of experience in the Marine and Composite industry. Prior to joining Artemis Racing for the 34th America’s Cup, Mark was the Construction Manager for Alinghi during their successful defence of the 32nd America’s Cup in 2007 and the following Campaign in 2010. Mark was also the construction manager for the Puma Ocean Race Volvo 70, in the 2011-2012 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.
Richard Kent
Electronics Manager
GBR
Kent is no stranger to the America’s Cup having competed in the last four editions, winning the 33rdedition with BMW ORACLE Racing in 2010 and successfully defending in San Francisco last summer. Richard also ran the electronics departments for winning Volvo Ocean Race teams ABN AMRO (2006/2007) and Ericsson Racing (2008/2009). He joins Artemis Racing as Electronics Manager.
Tony Settelmeyer
Hydraulics Engineer
USA
An expert in hydraulics and marine engineering, Tony started his career as technician at PWS Motion Control, a leading hydraulic power unit systems supplier, where for over 12 years he specialised in hydro-electric projects for the marine industry. He moved on to the sailing world in 2002 with the Swiss syndicate Alinghi, winning the 31st and the 32nd editions of the America’s Cup. Having joined Artemis Racing in 2011, this will be his fifth America’s Cup campaign.
Edoardo Donati
Rigging Manager
ITA
Passionate about the marine industry, Edoardo studied at the Nautical Technical Institute at Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, and then acquired extensive experience working for local leading companies in the sector. His first America’s Cup campaign goes back to 1997, when he joined Luna Rossa Challenge as rigger, winning the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2000. He was part of BMW ORACLE Racing’s successful 33rd America’s Cup win in 2010. He joined Artemis Racing in 2011 and this is his second campaign with the team.
Andrew Ham
Sailmaker
NZL
Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, Andrew brings over 17 years of experience in sail making. Ham started working in 1997 at North Sail New Zealand as junior sailmaker and over the years was involved in high profile projects including teams racing in the America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race, TP52, Open 60, RC44 and several super yachts. In 2008 he moved on to the shore crew of the TP52 team Mean Machine, and then joined Ericsson Racing Team as senior sailmaker for the 2008/2009 Volvo Ocean race. After serving in the Team Origin shore crew for a year, he moved to New Zealand employed by world class sail manufacturer Evolution Sails. This is Andrew’s second America’s Cup campaign with Artemis Racing
Jag vet inte vad det är, men söndagen efter Tjörn Runt bjuder ofta på busväder. Detta i kombination med att alla står i baren på Kookaburra 02:00 gör att ganska många hoppar av i sista stund.
I år var prognosen SSV 8-10 m/s avtagande under dagen. Viva visade 12-14 m/s på Mittholmarna på morgonen och regnet öste ner. Man hade ju kunnat tänka sig att ligga kvar i bingen i stället…
Men jag ville också se hur jag kunde hantera båten solo i lite vind inför Silverrudder Challenge (solo runt Fyn i september) och det kändes bra att göra det under kontrollerade former.
Tog in ett rev på storen och även på den nya shorthandedfocken. Skulle bli mycket intressant att se hur den fungerade. Allt tar längre tid när man är själv, så jag missade starten med ett par minuter. Inte alls lika petigt när man är solo – även Wasa 55 och Pogo var sena.
Lättare kryss väster om Brattön och ner längs Tjörn. Med lite motström så var det klassisk Tjörn Runt-taktik som gällde. Vid Höviksnäs så kom vinden och låg stadigt runt 7-9 m/s med en del körare på 10-11. Segelsättningen funkade perfekt ner till 6 m/s då man började känna att kraften försvann. Sweetspot i 8-9 och helt ok i 11. Sedan skall nog det andra revet i storen in.
Bra kryss ner förbi Wallhamn. Offensiva vägval precis som om det varit vilket race som helst. Cheetah 30 följde mig, men Wasa 55 och Pogo körde mycket längre österut. Bytte sedan sida vid Kärrsön men hamnade på fel sida om ett vrid mot väst… Ouch… men de andra låg fortfarande på eller vänster om mitten så det var väl ok.
Ut mot Rönnäng blev sjön grövre och det kom mer vind. 11 m/s stadigt ett tag. Jag funderade på Rönnäng, men ville inte ta risken att behöva kryssa där inne. Passerade Tjörnekalv och tog sikte på Eggskär. Det fick bli yttre leden då jag inte tänkte broacha omkring inne i de smala sunden.
På rakan upp mot Kyrkesund kunde jag slå ut revet i storen. Funderade lite på gennaker, men det finns inga utrymmen i sida om nåt skulle gå fel. Det gick ganska bra ändå.
Stigfjorden blev också utan gennaker. Tidvis var det perfekta förhållanden, men sedan motade det 20 grader och ökade rejält. Bättre att köra safe.
Sista sträckan in mot bron blev lätt kryss i motvind. Tog en evighet. Men det räckte för att vara före de andra båtarna även på korrigerat.
1 J/111 Blur, Peter Gustafsson 1,386 04:23:00 06:04:31 2 Wasa 55, Bo Cederlöf 1,27 04:48:00 06:05:46 3 Cheetah.30, Mikael Vesala 1,331 04:38:55 06:11:14 4 Starbåt 7311, Staffan Cederlöf 1,134 05:43:00 06:28:58 5 Pogo 8.50, Pelle Lindell 1,176 05:34:10 06:32:59 A22 Finiekette, Leif Caspersson 1,103 DNS Compis 28 Ronja3, Gustav Gabinus 1,057 DNS Ohlsson 29 75-, Hannes Jernmark 1,057 DNS Banner 28 R Azur, Michael Assarsson 1,172 DNS Seascape 27 Båtagent, Anders Hultman 1,235 DNS Dehler 35 Aurora, Mats Andersson 1,256 DNS HP 1030 HorsePower, Andreas Samuelsson 1,259 DNS Luffe 40.04, Josephine, Gunnar Ödman 1,323 DNS
Jag är mest nöjd med kryssen ut. Bra balans och fart i båten. Och mentalt drev jag båten fullt trots att det brallade på rejält.
Efter målgång ville jag få hem båten till Långedrag. Så det blev samma dryga kryss på Hakefjorden en gång till… väl ute på Marstrandsfjorden blåste det stadigt 12 m/s och då var man ganska trött på det. Men när vi ändå var i race-mode kunde man lika gärna köra på hela vägen hem. Och sedan lättade det faktiskt lite. Men det blev ett hyfsat träningspass…
Sammanfattningsvis är det inte alls så svårt att segla själv. Även i en sportig båt i lite tuffare väder. Det kräver ordning på grejorna – om massa saker går sönder är det inte lika kul – och bra framförhållning.
Alla borde prova på att segla solo. Man måste ju inte börja när det blåser… Det är grymt kul och en väldigt speciell känsla att inte kunna förlita sig på någon annan.
Normalt byter man ju gennaker på sträckbog, när vindvinkeln kräver att man går från en en planare till en djupare eller tvärtom. På Tjörn Runt i lördags var det en lite brantare slörbog från Dynan/Pynten in mot Marstrand där man gippade till en läns. Vi bytte från vår A5 till vår stora A2 runner (mer info om våra undanvindssegel här).
Vi sätter den nya gennakern på en liten “peeling-stropp” i fören. När tackline från den gamla gennakern blir ledig kopplar man i den och blåser stroppen. Värt att notera är att A5 satt i code-fallet som är 2:1, därför kommer den ner lite långsamt. Men man kan inte få allt.
Det här gör ont att se på – känsliga tittare varnas. Men uppenbarligen funkar det ganska bra? En vanlig cruiser/racer hade ju behövt bärgas om man gått på i 8 knop…
Nu är den innovativa kölkonstruktionen på nya Linjett 43 testad.
Utfallet är imponerade bra!
Nya Linjett 43 har en köl med flexibelt djupgående vilket är mycket ovanligt. Kölkonstruktionen som är ny i sitt slag har testats under sommaren. Genom en smart konstruktion hålls kölen helt fixerad utan att flexa i sid- eller längsled, även under mycket hårda kryssar på ~20 m/s.
Sista veckan har kölen även testats genom ett 20-tal grundstötningar i olika hastigheter. Det utvalda grundet låg på ~2 m djup och bestod av berg. Samtliga tester upplevdes kontrollerade och förvånansvärt ”mjuka”.
Under de sista och mest avgörande 5 grundstötningarna var farten ~8 knop. Själva ”träffen” upplevs fortfarande som ganska mjuk. Smällen och ”stöten” visar sig snarare komma från kölen efter att båten studsat tillbaka från grundet och kölen faller på plats i sin kölficka. Det har sin förklaring.
– Linjett 43 väger 9 ton och vid träffen tar kölen (3,5 ton) emot största kraften genom att tryckas uppåt/bakåt i kölfickan, svängningen blir närmare 70 cm(!) bakåt för bulben säger Markus Gustafsson, VD på Rosättra Båtvarv.
En költrumma döljs i segelbåtens salongsbord. En hydraulkolv gör det möjligt för rorsman att höja och sänka med ett spann på 2,45–1,90 cm på 30 sek. Spannet ger båten en oslagbar kombination av seglingsprestanda och tillgänglighet till grunda vikar i skärgården.
– Vi kan konstatera att båten är helt intakt förutom märken på köl och dämpningszon i költrumma. Invändigt syns inga skador eller ens sprickor på såväl kölkonstruktion, bottenbalkar eller inredning fortsätter Markus Gustafsson.
På Rosättra Båtvarv är man mycket nöjda med utfallet. Kölen kommer finnas som tillval för Linjett 43.
1 Salona 37 Vencom Sailing Team Martin Nilsson 8
2 Arcona 410 DAD Sportsware Anders Nordström 16
3 XP38 BlueS Hans Johansson 26
4 Finnflyer 36 Zlatan Lars Wikander 33
5 J/97 Jesus For Life Ulf Jacobsson 34
6 X-332 X3M Bertil Rohlén 39
7 X-99 MAXX Marcus Davidsson 43
8 J/111 BLUR Peter Gustafsson 49
9 First 35 Rebellion Carl Fjällman 59
10 IMX 40 GERTRUD Peter Örtendal 67
11 Luffe 37 Pink Lady Martin Tommysson 71
12 SwedeStar 370 STELLA Stefan Möller 71
13 X-99 Exilia Team Exilia 73
14 First 35 Elusive Krister Gustafson 73
15 J/92 S Ninja Peter Amundin 74
16 Dominant 105 Lady Godiva Anders Dahlsjö 75
17 First 36,7 Cajo Lars-Gunnar Gydemo 81
18 Bavaria 38 Match Draklunne Mattias Wilson 83
19 XP33 Norix Stephan Berntsson 85
20 First 35 JOLIE Markus Svensson 87
