Segling på TV4 Sport | avsnitt 6
Seglingsmagasin på TV4 Sport. I programmet: Volkswagen X-35 Cup, Seacart Multicup, M32 Cup, hyllning till Magnus “Mange” Olsson. Programledare: Marcus Dunér, expert: Klabbe Nylöf.
What’s Up 1326
Vad händer den här veckan i seglingsvärlden?
Några av säsongens viktigaste race skall avgöras. Pantaenius Bohusracet såklart. Troligen världens största shorthandedrace som går över natten. Och så ÅF Inshore och Offshore Race.
RC 44 kör i Marstrand. Kieler Woche fortsätter så klart, och i Ancona i Italien så har man precis kommit igång med ORCi World Championships.
Mark Turner om Extreme Sailing Series
Merk Turner är väl den som har jobbat mest med kommersiella seglingsevent, med Extreme Sailing Series som det tydligaste exemplet. I den här podcasten från Sail Racing Magazine talar han om publikvänlig segling AC, VOR och vad segling kan lära sig av andra sporter.
There are some amazing opportunities out there. The sport is going to expand rapidly in Asia in ways that mo one can really understand or predict yet and that is going to shake a lot of things up over the next five or ten years. Economically, in Europe things will never be the same again.
At the end of the day we are a sport that costs a lot of money and we have to be commercially smart if we want to enjoy our sport for sport’s sake.
There is no going back in sport today to a less commercial time. No sport is in that position today – whether you are Archery, Table Tennis, Athletics or Sailing – we are all dealing with the same challenges. We all have to entertain as well as maintaining our sporting integrity.
MOD 70 Spindrift kappsejsade i Dun Lagohaire
Första rejäla vurpan med MOD 70?
Spindrift capsizes in Dun Lagohaire
The MOD70 Spindrift capsized on the first leg of the Route des Princes inshore races in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.All crew are safe and sound, but Jacques Guichard, Yann’s brother and a key member of the crew, was hurt in the accident. Both brothers were airlifted by helicopter to the hospital in Dublin, where Jacques was diagnosed with fractures to the pelvis.
Yann Guichard, the skipper of Spindrift explained the circumstances of the capsize: “We had 22 to 24 knots of wind on the start line with gusts of up to 30 knots at the lower end of the course. We were at the limit of weather conditions for our boats and it was not great for racing. All the MODs had one reef in the main and staysail. We started a bit below and behind the fleet and found ourselves slightly in a wind shadow. When our rivals had moved away we had a sudden gust literally flattened us.
“I was unable to do anything at the helm, the boat was turned over with a single blow. We let out out the staysail immediately, but it was too late as it all happened in a split second. the boat was lifted onto the port float and went over. Jacques was with me in the cockpit and we found ourselves in the net … we managed to get out and then were airlifted. The mast broke in two when Spindrift turned over. The frame of the trimaran was towed away to the port. ”
All the crew, with the help of the whole Spindrift racing team, immediately mobilised to secure the frame and make sure the towing operation went safely. The trimaran will be returned to base in port and the Spindrift racing team will quickly and expertly assess the damage. The team will then seek a solution from the boat’s home base in Saint Philibert.
Foton: Mark Lloyd.
Bohusracet 2013 | trash talk 5
Vi närmar oss slutet i startlistan inför Pantaenius Bohusracet. Bland de snabbaste båtarna finns också många som kan vara med och fajtas.
- Lars-Bertil Gustafsson & Per Lindell, HP 1030, spikade förra året och får trots ny båt stå som favoriter i den här startgruppen?
- Felix Hultén & Henrik Ottosson, Luffe 4004, är rutinerade och seglar stabilt och konservativt. Räcker panpkakorna så är de med i toppstriden.
- Peter Gustafsson & Pelle Pedersen, J/111 Blur, motiverade shorthandedseglare med koll på banan. Superfarliga om det blir lite undanvind.
- Göran Bäckström & Martin Bäckström, Dufour 40 HR, duktiga seglare i en bra shorthandedbpt som är allround. I topp förra året.
- Lars Sparrmark & Mattias Gunnarsson, Bavaria 38 match, sitter i en erkänt snabb båt och kan överraska.
Hugo Boss = SRS 1.952
Det är ju superkul att IMOCA-60 Hugo Boss kommer till Sverige och ÅF Offshore Race. Tydligen är det fyra galna mini-seglare som skall segla, tillsammans med lite media ombord. När de kom till Sverige så fick de koll på att det fanns en lokal regel, SRS, där Hyundai seglar. Sagt och gjort, nu har de fått ett SRS-brev. Enligt rykten så är inte KSSS lika sugna på att låta dem byta klass…
Är det förresten någon som har sett deltagarlistorna/klassindelning?
