Det är kul när någon går hela vägen när det gäller design. Kuka Light (Facebook) är ett sådan exempel där man har försökt göra en så snabb 40-fotare som det bara går.
The idea of creating Kuka-Light started to spin around my head when I realised that to improve the Rating of my boat I had to have smaller sails and make the boat slower. This is absurd for a yachtsman used to racing with A class catamarans and with Melges 24 boats. Speed and apparent wind are synonyms of fun for me so I asked myself: why give up on fun and give up having maximum performance?
Det finns också lite Svenskt intresse eftersom Marström har byggt det mesta. Bilder från Håkan Mann på Marström och ägaren Franco Niggeler som också har skrivit lite om tänket.
Some examples of speed… Upwind speed: we sail currently in 14/15 knots of breeze with about 11 knots of speed with a true angle around 45 degrees. Reaching and downwind same wind we achieve 12-13 knots, till now we have only had once wind uo to 30 knots, and max speed we have reached was over 20 knots, absolutely not forcing the boat, as it was during boat transfer with main and jib. As said we are still in a development phase of the boat.
Length 12.80 m
Beam 4.60 m
Draft 3.50 m
Displ (light) 3.200 kg
Upwind SA 116 mq
Downwind SA 218 mq
Engine 30 HP
ISOOSR Cat 1
Sailnumber SUI 4200
IRC TCC 1.437 (motsvarar 1.80 i SRS)
Hereafter some comments about the development of Kuka-Light.
Kuka-Light is a very different boat, a real prototype. Full Carbon Nomex autoclave hull, rotating mast, canting keel and a light displacement around 3,2 Tons. This with a very agressive hull shape (12,8 m of length by 4,6 m of beam). Add to this a full carbon keel blade, an innovative battery system and you understand that such a boat needs a time for developement and lots of small adjustments to develop its full potential.
Kuka-Light was put into water after a two year build time last spring. Since then we fixed a lot of small issues, like the deck plan, the software of the batteries management, the sails and we had also to learn how to sail the boat. Yes, to learn how to sail the boat as you have to sail this monohull like a multihull, it means that you will sail it always in appearant wind mode, never to low, never to high.
Thanks to the expertise of Mitch Booth we could make a lot of improvements in a quite short time. We have seen that due to its displacement Kuka-Light is very very sensitive to the weight position. This means that the crew has to move much more like in a dinghy or a light boat like Melges 24 than on a traditional monohull, but it is very easy to sail and very light on the rudder.
When the wind is over 25 knots the boat is quite wet, a bit like the Volvo 70. Lots of spray and lot of fun with quite high speed.
Upwind we are quite satisfied with the performance we see and we are constantly learning and improving also our reaching and downwind speed, adapting the sails, mast position and so on. I think that we still have more potential to improve our downwind speed, but we are already a very fast boat.
We sailed till now two races, the first one was Palermo-Montecarlo. 600 miles with verylight wind, quite a difficult race where we arrived third behind Esimit (former Alfa Romeo) and a Cookson 50 canting keeler. After we sailed a race in Sanremo (Trofeo Gavagnin) and Kuka-Loght won line honors and handicap, beating a 60 foot canting keeler.
Next race will be the Middle Sea Race starting the 20th of october from Malta.
As in our view the boat now sails up to 85-90% of its full potential we will make some training sessions during the winter in order to optimize our sails and we will also try some differents settings of the boat
1. 34e Regates Royales in Cannes
2. The MedRace between Marseille and Corsica
3. The World Match Racing Tour in Marseille
4. The Farr 40 World Championship in Chicago
Detta är inlägg nummer 6.000 (sextusen) på blur.se. Helt sjukt egentligen. Finns det så mycket intressant att skriva om? Vem orkar läsa allt det där? Hur många timmar har det tagit? Frågor som man antagligen inte vill veta svaret på…
Det är i alla fall kul att titta tillbaka och se vad som har förändrats. Och vad som är precis likadant.
Läser man Wrap Up 2006 så ser man att det mesta är sig likt. Det var blekt och svårseglat på Gotland Runt, underbart väder på Hermanö Runt, fel i resultatlistan på Septemberseglingen och vi diskuterade hur vi skulle få fler att kappsegla?
Wrap Up 2007. Vi spikade klassen i Watski Skagerrak Twostar, J/109 levererades och man kan konstatera att kvaliteten på videoklippen inte var nåt vidare. Wrap Up 2008 handlade om HP1030, hur vi organiserar och styr vår sport (eller inte) och nya SweLYS. Vi fick lite fart på J/109 och årets händelse var starten på Vendee Globe. Wrap Up 2009. Klasseger och demolition Derby på Tjörn Runt. 21.68 knop på Skagerrak TwoStar. Årets snackisar var banbegränning på Tjörn Runt och respitregler (det var då det fightades som mest inom SHF). Wrap Up 2010. Spik i Big Boat Challenge och Göteborg Offshore Race. Royal Blue-skandalen med efterspel hos SSF och tidningen Segling. Och så startade jag Happy Yachting. Wrap Up 2011. Banrekord på Watski 2star med Baltic 50 Spirit, årets broach på Færderseilasen och så blev jag beskylld för att “ta över Svensk Segling”. Årets provsegling var så klart J/111.
Ornö Runt siktar på att köra 25 maj nästa år. Något speciellt man måste göra för att nå 250 båtar?
Ornö Runt 40 års jubileum 25 maj 2013
Ornö Runt är en tävling som samlar fler och fler deltagare för varje år. Nästa år har vi 40 års jubileum och vi vill ha din hjälp att nå vårt mål på 250 båtar.
Du har nu chansen att vara ute i riktigt god tid och meddela din besättning. Ornö Runt som normalt har ett väldigt fint prisbord kommer att bjuda på ännu mer festligheter för att fira vårt 40 års jubileum. Då de flesta av våra priser lottas ut har alla chansen att vara med.
Ornö Runt är en segling både för proffs och amatörer. Det brukar komma många elitbåtar som kappseglar mycket. Men det är även många båtar som seglar Ornö Runt som sin enda kappsegling. Man samlar ihop kompisgänget eller deltar med familjen. Är man mindre erfaren finns en speciell klass där man deltar utan spinnaker. Vi har många startgrupper med få båtar i varje start för att göra själva startmomentet enklare för de som inte är så vana.
Försöket med ORCi gick bra i fjol och vi kommer även att ha en ORCi klass nästa år.
En nyhet är att vi inför klubbduellen. Vi i Tyresöbåtklubb utmanar Trollbäckensbåtklubb på flest antal startande båtar. Ta chansen att utmana din grannklubb eller valfri klubb.
Ta nu chansen och skriv en kommentar med tips och idéer till oss i tävlingskommiten så vi kan göra Ornö Runt till en ännu bättre tävling.
Det är inget lätt år att vara nominerad för Sailor Of The Year!? Ben Ainslie är väl ohotad bland kiollarna och Franck Cammas kommer inte ens med på listan… Bland tjejerna är det cool att 15-åriga Saskia Sills är nominerad!
ISAF And Rolex Announce Nominees
ISAF Rolex World Sailor Of The Year
Dublin, Ireland
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and Rolex are proud to announce the Nominees for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2012.
ISAF received nominations for the 2012 Awards from across the world for sailors representing all aspects of the sport. The nominees are put forward based on achievements made during the qualifying period of 1 September 2011 and 31 August 2012. Only one nominee wins from both the male and female category and the names vying for the coveted and prestigious 2012 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award are:
Ben Ainslie (GBR) – Finn – London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist & 2012 World Champion
Mathew Belcher & Malcolm Page (AUS) – Men’s 470 – London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallists, 2011 and 2012 World Champions and 2011-2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup Champions
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS) – 49er – London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallists & 2011 and 2012 World Champions
Loick Peyron – Outright Around the World Record
Tom Slingsby (AUS) – Laser – London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist & 2011 and 2012 World Champion
Ben Ainslie (GBR)
Ben Ainslie eclipsed Paul Elvstrøm’s (DEN) Olympic achievements at London 2012 by winning his fifth Olympic medal and fourth consecutive gold to become the most successful Olympic sailor of all time. It was fitting that a Danish sailor, Jonas Høgh-Christensen, stood in the way of Ainslie at London 2012 as a game of cat and mouse developed ensuring the Medal Race was one of the most anticipated of the competition. Ainslie held off Hogh-Christensen finishing ninth to the Danes tenth to win gold in front of a partisan home crowd and secure his place in the history books.
Finn
London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist
2012 World Champion
Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS)
Over the past 12 months, Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page have amassed eight consecutive regatta victories including the Olympic Games, two 470 World Championships and four ISAF Sailing World Cup regattas. With three consecutive World titles since they teamed up in 2009, Belcher and Page were the undisputed favourites for gold at London 2012. Given a run for their money by British rivals who took an early initiative, the Australian team held firm in the Medal Race to take the title and consecutive gold medal success for Malcolm Page, the first time this has ever been achieved in the class.
Men’s Two Person Dinghy, 470
London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallists
2011 World Champions
2012 World Champions
2011-2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup Champions
Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS)
Childhood friends Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have raised the bar in the 49er class since they teamed up in the class in 2009. The Australians have been a permanent fixture on podiums and only a second place at the 2012 Semaine Olympique Francaise tarnishes a near perfect record since they claimed their second 49er World Championship at the Perth 2011 ISAF Worlds. A successful defence at the 2012 49er Worlds in Zadar, Croatia teed them up nicely for the run up to London 2012 where they crushed the opposition to win gold with a race to spare.
Men’s skiff, 49er
London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallists
2011 World Champions
2012 World Champions
2011-2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup Champions
Loïck Peyron (FRA)
On 6 January 2012 at 22:14 UTC Loïck Peyron entered the history books as he and 13 crew aboard the 40m maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V smashed the Outright Around the World Record to become the fastest men around the planet. At an average speed of 19.75 knots it took just 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds for Peyron to sail the 21,600 nautical miles and claim the Jules Verne Trophy. The team also set two new intermediate records for Equator to Equator at 32d 11h 52m and the Indian Ocean record at 8d, 7h 23m. Loïck Peyron is amongst the most decorated offshore sailors of all time with his success spanning single handed, two person and crewed ocean racing right through to the America’s Cup.
Banque Populaire V, maxi trimaran
Outright Around the World Record
Tom Slingsby (AUS)
Coming into the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Tom Slingsby (AUS) was unbeaten on Weymouth and Portland waters and the overwhelming favourite to take gold. Determined to banish his Beijing 2008 demons Slingsby did not fail to impress and took the gold medal in style to become the first Australian sailor to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Slingsby’s road to London included wins at the 2011 and 2012 Laser World Championships to give him three consecutive titles and two ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta wins.
Men’s One Person Dinghy, Laser
London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist
2011 World Champion
2012 World Champion
Támara Echegoyen, Ángela Pumariega and Sofio Toro (ESP) – Women’s Match Racing – London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallists
Helena Lucas (GBR) – 2.4mR – London 2012 Paralympic Gold Medallist and 2011-12 ISAF Sailing World Cup Champion
Saskia Sills (GBR) – RS:X – ISAF Youth Sailing World Champion & European Youth Champion
Támara Echegoyen, Ángela Pumariega and Sofio Toro (ESP)
The Spanish women’s match racing team tore apart the form book at the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition to win the gold medal in spectacular style. Echegoyen, Pumariega and Toro, ranked #8 in the world, sailed an emphatic round robin series and never looked back. Defeating the medal favourites every step of the way they squared up against the Australian team in an epic big wind final. It all came down to a nail biting winner takes all decider and Echegoyen, Pumariega and Toro held their nerve to take the ultimate prize.
Women’s Match Racing
London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist
Helena Lucas (GBR)
Helena Lucas (GBR) added a bit of girl power to the open 2.4mR fleet at the London 2012 Paralympic Games as the only female sailor in the fleet. Three former Paralympic gold medallists were amongst her 15 rivals but Lucas made light work of them taking four bullets in the 10 race series to clinch the gold, and Great Britain’s first ever Paralympic sailing medal. After winning a collection of silver and bronze medals to secure the 2011-12 ISAF Sailing World Cup title, standing on top of the podium at London 2012 was a victory worth waiting for.
One Person Keelboat, 2.4mR
London 2012 Paralympic Gold Medallist
2011-2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup Champion
Saskia Sills (GBR)
At only her second international RS:X regatta Great Britain’s Saskia Sills won Under 17 gold at the RS:X European Championship aged just 15. Less than two weeks later Sills stormed to gold at the 2012 Four Star Pizza ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship in Dublin, Ireland, leaving the defending champion in her wake. In August this rising star of windsurfing did the World and European double, winning nine of 13 races at the EUROSAF Youth Sailing European Championship.
Girl’s Windsurfing, RS;X
2012 ISAF Youth Sailing World Champion
Lijia Xu (CHN)
Lijia Xu reigned supreme in the Laser Radial Medal Race at London 2012 to win the first Olympic gold medal in a dinghy for China. In a four-way fight for supremacy, Xu sailed a clinical race to seal the deal with a race win leaving her rivals scrapping for the other medals behind her. After winning the bronze medal in Beijing 2008, Xu was relatively quiet on the international stage and sustained a hand injury in her final preparations for her second Olympic Games. Returning to form at just the right time, Xu won three ISAF Sailing World Cup regattas in strong fields and the silver medal at the 2012 Laser Radial Worlds to enter the Olympic Games as the dark horse in the hunt for medals.
Women’s One Person Dinghy, Laser Radial
London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist
The Voting
The winners are selected by the ISAF Member National Authorities (MNAs), the national governing bodies for sailing around the world. The MNAs are now invited to vote for the male and female nominee they believe most deserves the Award.
The winners will be announced at the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards presentation and dinner, taking place on Tuesday 6 November 2012. The venue for the event is the Mansion House in Dublin, Ireland.
Each winner will be presented with the prestigious ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award Trophy and a distinctive Rolex timepiece.
Full profiling of each nominee and their achievements will be available on the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards microsite at www.sailing.org/worldsailor starting 4 October.
Som nyblivna X 332-seglare sökte vi lite runt i forum och konstaterade att det inte finns någon svensk X-332-klubb. Eftersom kappsegling och samvaro alltid är trevligare i grupp, tänkte vi med detta inlägg undersöka intresset för att starta en svensk X-332-klubb med mål att få till DM sommaren 2013 eller varför inte egen klass på Big Boat Race 2013? Men naturligtvis också trim och tekniksnack, kontakt med våra danska vänner i X-332 klub etc.
3 båtar har redan anmält intresse, blir vi fler träffas vi förslagsvis i Göteborg, konstituerar oss och sedan är det bara att åka!
