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RS:X Worlds get underway - Ashley in 3rd

30 August 2010

Date: 30th September 2010
From: Jodie Bakewell-White


It was a long day on the water for sailors at the 2010 RS:X World Championships where racing kicked off last night in Kerteminde, Denmark.  Tom Ashley is in third place and Jon-Paul Tobin in ninth at this early stage in the six day series.


Image: Tom Ashley on the water in Auckland

The women's fleet never left the beach.

"We just finished a very long day on the water- went out at 1015 and got back at 1830," reports New Zealand's Tom Ashley.

"Managed to get two races done in very light and shifty conditions," says Ashley. "I placed 1st and 5th in the races, so I'm pretty happy with my day. Plenty of good guys posted big scores today in at least one of the races, so probably the biggest victory today was just staying out of trouble."

"I led both races at the first mark, but in the second race I made a bad tactical decision on the second upwind and lost a few places. Not a big deal - these things happen."

Tom Ashley's race results from day one put him in third on the leader board behind Poitr Myszka of Poland with the lead and Shahar Zubari in second place. Myszka is on three points after a 2nd and a win, Zubari placed 2nd, then 3rd giving him five points, just one point clear of Ashley.

Jon-Paul Tobin is also inside the top ten of the 111 strong fleet lying ninth after day one after placing 6th in both races saile

 

 



Knickerbocker Cup

30 August 2010

 

Day 3 at the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup

Port Washington, NY -  Day 3 at the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup was a day filled with protest flags, aggressive racing and some photo finishes that kept spectators eyes glued to the race course.  In a first to three Quarter Finals, Phil Robertson, Waka Racing (NZL) shut down Dave Perry, Team Perry (USA) 3-0, but  it took the full five matches to determine the other three who would move on to the semi-finals..   It was Eugeniy Neugodikov, Synergy (RUS) over Sally Barkow, Team 7 Racing (USA) , Bill Hardesty, LineHonors.com (USA) ousting Taylor Canfield, Team ISV (ISV), and William Tiller, Full Metal Jacket Racing (NZL) over Anna Tunnicliffe, Gus (USA).

The Tiller-Tunnicliffe matches were one for the record books.  With one match abandoned because of a 90 degree wind shift, and Tiller's red flag which was denied, the stage was set.. The first two matches had Tiller and Tunnicliffe at 1-1.  Anna took the third match  and it looked like she was set to go to the semis when Tiller got a penalty in the prestart and had Tunnicliffe leading by 15 boats lengths on the windward leg,  The downwind leg had Tiller catching Tunnicliffe and passing her as she sailed into less pressure.  It was now Tiller with a 10 boat length boat lead and he took the match with a delta of over a minute.  The fifth match had Tiller just ahead of Tunnicliffe at the start, but lost the lead at the windward mark. By the time the two reached the leeward mark, Tiller squeezed inside and it was classic match racing. With the finish line looming ahead, the two were neck and neck, covering each other.  Then Tunnicliffe tacked over, slowing down and Tiller inched ahead. Tunnicliffe still looked like she could take the match, but right at the finish line, Tiller protested her for not giving room, the upmpires upheld the protest.   Goodbye Tunnicliffe.

The stakes are high for Hardesty and Tiller, the two remaining in contention for the East Coast Trifecta. The semi-finals have Tiller vs. Robertson and Hardesty vs. Neugodnikov.  Both have tough matches ahead of them, and even at this late date, one can't predict who might take the prize.  With the forecast calling for very light wind on Sunday, the Race Committee is starting early to take advantage of the predicted early wind.

By end of day, the 2010 Knickerbocker C up will have their champion and the East Coast Trifecta will be crowned.  The winner of the Knickerbocker Cup receives automatic entry into the Argo Gold Cup in Bermuda and the winner of the Trifecta gets to compete in the Congressional Cup, the only grade one match racing event in the US.  

Thomson Reuters is a major sponsor of the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup. The world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, Thomson Reuters combines industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets.

 

The Colgate 26 is the official boat of the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup.

 

For more information: www.manhassetbayyc.org and www.sailgroove.org.

 

Results after the Quarter Finals:

Phil Robertson (NZL) 3-0

Eugeniy Neugodnikov (RUS) 3-2

Bill Hardesty (USA) 3-2

William Tiller (NZL) 3-2

Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) 2-3

Taylor Canfield (ISV) 2-3

Sally Barkow (USA) 2-3

Dave Perry (USA) 0-3

Results after the Full Round Robin:

Phil Robertson (NZL) 9-2

Eugeniy Neugodnikov RUS 9-2

Bill Hardesty (USA) 8-3

Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) 7-4

William Tiller (NZL) 7-4

Taylor Canfield (ISV) 6-5

Sally Barkow (USA) 5-6

Dave Perry (USA) 4-7

Reuben Corbett (NZL) 3-8

Henrique Haddad (BRA) 3-8

Sergey Musikhin (RUS) 3-8

Nicolai Sehested (DEN) 2-9

 

 



MedCup

30 August 2010


 29 Aug 2010  
  A Kiwi reprise in Murcia. Two in a row for Madrid-Caser Seguros  
     
 
 
     
 

Emirates Team New Zealand's return to Cartagena proved something of a repeat performance as the 2009 Audi MedCup champions retained the overall Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy for the second year in a row on the same waters where they clinched the overall TP52 Series championships title last year.

 
 
 
 

The Kiwis seemed to have sailed an almost blemish free regatta, consistent across the broad wind range through the event, emerging triumphant at the dockside with a comfortable cushion on second placed Matador, but the jury subsequently disqualified them from the second race of the day for infringing Quantum Racing at the first windward mark.

The protest outcome cut the Kiwi winning margin to 10 points over Matador (ARG) but the reigning Audi MedCup title holders head to next month's season's finale in Sardinia with a lead of 46.5 points, just ahead of the target that the Dean Barker skippered crew had considered their realistic target.

After winning in Cascais, Portugal in May this is the New Zealanders second regatta triumph of the season with skipper Dean Barker - who skippered Bribon to win in 2008 -  unbeaten in the class at this venue.

The protest decision may have smudged their copybook but on the water the Kiwis maintained their regular scores through the regatta. TeamOrigin (GBR) seemed to have the measure of them at times in the light to moderate wind conditions and flat water, but the British crew were recalled for starting too early in the final race of the day, finishing ninth.

Added to their 11th in Saturday's coastal race that left TeamOrigin, who lead early in the event, third overall.

Ben Ainslie and team will take some satisfaction not only from their first podium finish of the season and also the positive progress they are making on the season's leaderboard, but they may look back and wonder else - other than those two ' majors' what they could have done to make good the tantalising 1.5 points deficit they fell short of second placed Matador.

On the overall standings Quantum Racing (USA) lie second on 179.5pts, but third placed Matador and TeamOrigin are separated by just one point, on 199pts and 200pts.

Racing in 9-13 knots of easterly breeze and blissful Mediterranean sunshine Alberto Roemmers' world champions Matador won the first race of the day when Vasco Vascotto (ITA) and Francesco Bruni (ITA) combined to read the first run well, gaining five places on the downwind to take the race win ahead of Emirates Team New Zealand who had lead at the WW1 mark.

TeamOrigin were in contention at the first windward mark but slid to 11th on the first run, recovering to seventh.

In the second race TeamOrigin started sharply to win the preferred left side of the first upwind leg, rounding the windward mark first and going on to their third winning gun of the regatta.

Emirates Team New Zealand finished with a flourish winning the final race with Matador back in seventh, TeamOrigin in ninth and the Franco-German team on Audi A1 powered by TeamAll4ONE leaving Murcia with a measure of renewed confidence from their second place.

Despite the obvious increase in the overall standard at the top of the TP52 Series, the defending title holders will travel to Cagliari for September's Region of Sardinia Trophy with a margin only 5.5 points less than they did at the same point in 2009.

Quotes of the day

Dean Barker (NZL), skipper Emirates New Zealand (NZL):
"We sailed much better here than we did in Barcelona. We didn't have any bad races.  I think we sailed better in Barcelona than we had done earlier in the year, and today it was really a good day."
"There was still three races to go, so anything could have happened and we managed to sail a very good consistent day.
Cartagena has been good for me, I've been here three times now and had three victories, the first one with Bribón. It's a difficult venue, I don't think you ever really quite understand it, there's big currents, a lot happening out there, so you have to take it one day at a time, and see what you figure out."

Ben Ainslie (GRB), skipper TeamOrigin (GBR):
"We had really great moments and some bad moments. It's been a tough event for us again, we had some really great races, and we had a really bad offshore race when our forestay broke, we weren't having a great race anyway but that last place has certainly hurt us a lot, but probably a better result for us overall and hopefully we can keep improving into the final regatta of the series. We struggled at the beginning of the season, we are learning about the fleet, the boat, and have been improving a lot which is nice. It'd be nice for the final event if we could try and take it a step further. Cartagena is really good, it's been tricky cause there's quite a bit of current out there so it's made it more interesting racing I think more than a normal Mediterranean regatta".

Vasco Vascotto (ITA), strategist Matador (ARG):
"We are happy cause we've fine tuned some details in the way we sail, but the truth is that ETNZ are a step beyond us all. Sometimes we tend to forget that and try to fight them but they are far better than us, and we have to learn from them to improve ourselves. We are like little children, but talented. We have many great moments, and many not that good. I hope we can improve and keep consistent".

Paolo Cian (ITA), skipper Madrid-Caser (ESP):
"The Audi MedCup is always tough, but this week has been even tougher. We had to race making points but trying to make as few mistakes as possible, in order not to lose any thus benefiting Islas Canarias Puerto Calero. And that's not easy, conditions were very difficult as well, that's why I'm so happy about the job the crew's done, about the boat's speed in all conditions, and  I'm optimistic with regard to Cagliari. The one who makes the least mistakes wins; yesterday we made quite a few but the others, luckily, also."

Laureano Wizner (ESP), skipper Iberdrola (ESP):
"A second place isn't bad at all, specially after this week's two first days, and the bad overall results in the circuit. So we leave with a good taste in the mouth. It's more than clear by now that the level of the fleet has increased a lot, and you can't relax for a minute. In the last days there's some aspects we've improved internally, racingwise, but also concerning the attitude onboard, which has helped us be at the front".

Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy

TP52 Series
Final after 10 races
1. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), 4+2+5+4+3+1+1,5+2+12(DSQ)+1= 35,5 points
2. Matador (ARG), 1+4+1+5+8+5+6+1+7+7= 45
3. TeamOrigin (GBR), 3+1+3+2+1+3+16,5+7+1+9= 46,5
4. Quantum Racing (USA), 9+5+6+3+7+2+7,5+6+5+3= 53,5  
5. Artemis (SWE), 5+6+2+10+4+6+3+9+9+10= 64
6. Synergy (RUS), 8+3+7+11+6+7+10,5+10+2+4= 68,5    
7. Luna Rossa (ITA), 2+7+9+6+2+9+15+3+8+8= 69
8. Bribón (ESP), 7+11+4+1+10+4+12+11+4+6= 70
9. Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE (FRA/GER), 6+8+11+8+9+10+9+5+10+2= 79
10. Bigamist 7 (POR), 11+9+8+9+11+11+4,5+4+6+5= 78,5
11. Cristabella (GBR), 10+10+10+7+5+8+13,5+8+3+11= 85,5

 

Photos from Chris Cameron:

 



Two Videos

29 August 2010

Ok this one has crap music, and the commentary is just plain awful, but the boats are amazing.

 

 

 

This one has much better music and a written commentary so you don't have to listen to morons.

 

 

 

August 28, 2010 - RACING - SailTube

Bridge to Bridge 2010

Hosted annually by the St. Francis Yacht Club the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge is a unique event that is part of the San Francisco International Skiff Regatta.

The event is actually race #8 in the 5 day skiff racing series and while on the score card it's just a single race it's unlike any other event in the world. The race is a 7.5 mile all downwind speed dash between two of the Bay Area's iconic bridges.

First up the Golden Gate Bridge serves as the starting line while the Bay Bridge is the finish line. Well sort of that is. Actually due to the obvious difficulties of spotting the line inflatable boats and buoys are set as close as possible to the bridges to serve as start/finish lines.

This year's wild conditions saw only 33 of the 57 competitors make it to the finish line.

 



Kiwis flying in the breeze to lead.

29 August 2010


 28 Aug 2010  
   
   
   
     
 

Back-to-back wins in today's rich diet of one windward-leeward race followed by an exciting 20 miles coastal race sees Emirates Team New Zealand seize the overall lead of the Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy regatta for the TP52 Series.

  
 
 
 

In blustery winds which topped 22 knots at times and produced some exciting downwind racing, the Kiwi Audi MedCup 2009 champions produced a performance which was entirely reminiscent of their dominant form here last year when they clinched the 2009 overall title. They lead Quantum Racing across the finish line of the windward-leeward, and were comfortably ahead of Artemis in the coastal circuit.

The two winning guns for Emirates Team New Zealand contrasted sharply with the fortunes of TeamOrigin. After a hard won third in the windward-leeward the British team still lead the regatta overall by six points but in the coastal race Ben Ainslie's crew broke their forestay and had to struggle around the final four miles of the 20 miles circuit under mainsail only finishing 11th.

Emirates Team New Zealand's afterguard read the breeze and current pattern best and were able to use their speed edge in the brisk conditions to win the windward-leeward - gaining more than 30 seconds on the downwind, choosing an inshore line against Matador who had rounded the first mark in second place.

Quantum Racing (USA) staged the best recovery of the race, gaining on the second beat from seventh place to cross second.

The coastal race started spectacularly with wind shift in the final countdown which suddenly placed a premium on being able to get clear of the line on port tack, Synergy,  Artemis and Bribon looked to have read this change best but by the windward mark of the short opening upwind-downwind loop, Emirates Team New Zealand had forced their way back into contention, rounding third behind Synergy and Artemis. Again the inshore, right side on the downwind leg paid for the Kiwi champions and they were able to round the leeward gate mark with a small lead which they progressively increased on the long 5.5 miles windward leg.

A bold call from Matador (ARG) on this long upwind leg, breaking away to the inshore flank gained for Guillermo Parada's crew, finding positive current flow and a lifting breeze which allowed them back into contention, turning the most easterly mark just behind Emirates Team New Zealand.

But Matador suffered a small problem on the short reaching leg when they could not drop their gennaker quick enough when the breeze went ahead and they lost two boats, dropping to finish fourth.

So Emirates Team New Zealand were the first to enjoy the affectionate cheers of the passionate crowds when the coastal race finished spectacularly in the tight confines of Cartagena harbour, with Artemis getting second and Pedro Mendonca's Portuguese team on Bigamist 7 taking third.

Breaking ties at the top in the GP42
With their all-pro crews and their latest designs suited to today's breezy conditions, Madrid-Caser Seguros (ESP) and Islas Canarias Puerto Calero (ESP) would have been predicted to dominate today's races in the GP42 series.

But instead consistency, minimal mistakes, and just good solid sailing rewarded the two owner-driver teams who have burst through to the top of the rankings in a near-reversal of yesterday's leaderboard.

Roberto Monti (ITA) driving his AIRISESSENTIAL (ITA) overcame a mediocre start to the event yesterday to vault into the lead on a three-way tie-break with Peninsula Petroleum (GBR) and Madrid-Caser, earning the day's best scores of 3-1-1.

This is a phenomenal result for this AIRESSENTIAL all-Italian team guided by tactician Gabriele Bruni (ITA) who have until now not been able to break through to the top of the standings in the 2010 season.

In the broader view of the season standings, 2009 GP42 season champion Islas Canarias Puerto Calero's (ESP) two last-place finishes today have moved them another point back to five points behind Madrid-Caser. But there's only four points separating the front to the back in this highly-competitive fleet, and three races remain for tomorrow.

The schedule for Sunday has been amended, advancing the possible start time by one hour in an effort to allow three windward-leeward races to be sailed.

Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy

TP52 Series
Day 4
1. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), 4+2+5+4+3+1+1,5= 20,5 points
2. TeamOrigin (GBR), 3+1+3+2+1+3+16,5= 29,5
3. Matador (ARG), 1+4+1+5+8+5+6= 30
4. Artemis (SWE), 5+6+2+10+4+6+3= 36
5. Quantum Racing (USA), 9+5+6+3+7+2+7,5= 39,5  
6. Bribón (ESP), 7+11+4+1+10+4+12= 49
7. Luna Rossa (ITA), 2+7+9+6+2+9+15= 50  
8. Synergy (RUS), 8+3+7+11+6+7+10,5= 52,5    
9. Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE (FRA/GER), 6+8+11+8+9+10+9= 61
10. Bigamist 7 (POR), 11+9+8+9+11+11+4,5= 63,5
11. Cristabella (GBR), 10+10+10+7+5+8+13,5= 63,5

 

Photos Chris Cameron:

 



America's Cup

28 August 2010

Coxcreek just posted this in the forums.

If you can wade through the broken translation, it makes for interesting reading.

 

Scoop.
BMW-Oracle Racing will announce it officially next Tuesday, but voilesetvoiliers.com is able to assert it to you from today: the defender of the next Cup of America cut between monohull and multihulls! The 34th edition will compete on 72 feet catamarans (22 metres) endowed with rigid wings, very certainly in 2014 in San Fransisco.
Besides the rigid wing, motors will be allowed to raise appendices, the crew should limit itself to a dozen and the objective is to attain 1,2 times wind speed to windward and 1,6 times offwind. From memory, USA 17, the 27-metre trimaran with its 72-metre wing, exceeded wind speed in certain conditions of more than three times in Valence last February.
In summary, catamarans in future should resemble big Extreme 40's but endowed with wings. Oracle has already bought two new X40's.
Spectacular benefits of Extreme 40 of Oracle with onboard cameras during tests mass media, at the end of July in Valence, influenced the future of the Cup.
The competitors rally In Carthagène, in the South of Spain, where this week the fourth stage of Audi MedCup is being run, are united a majority of the future competitors as Team New Zealand, Team Origin, Artemis, Synergy and All4One. Debates turn a lot around information which circulate bit by bit.
The Anglo-Saxon, however predominantly favourable to the monohull, receive news warily but confirm that they will participate in the 34th edition, even in catamaran. For Team New Zealand and Team Origin, it doesn't much matter the support, they will be present.



Hamilton Island Wrap up

28 August 2010

From Lesley Haslar

 

They did it - they brought home the cup.

Tran Tasman rivalry kicked off again at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2010. Australia had worked hard in 2008 holding on tight to the South Pacific Cup; but when it was up for grabs again in 2010, the Kiwis decided to 'bring it home'.   Jim Farmer's Georgia and Rob Bassett and Brett Russell's Wired, took the task in hand and went to battle from day one:  Georgia versus Shogun in IRC Grand Prix Division, Wired versus Nikon Spirit of the Maid in Performance Racing Division One. 

Sunshine - warm breezes - cloud - cold breezes...they had it all over the eight days; boats were tested in all conditions making it a fair contest overall.  

Wired started the race week on a high taking first place in race one (corrected time). At 4 races to 2 on the last day - Wired against Nikon Spirit of the Maid, she still had to push herself yet again for that last point. Final score in Performance Racing Division South Pacific Cup, Wired - 5, Nikon Spirit of the Maid - 2.

Georgia also worked hard on her last day. With 6 wins to 2 against Shogun, she was already in a good place; but determination is the name of the game on for crew on Georgia and in the last race of the regatta they finished in fourth place, Shogun at number 5.

In the Series placings:  Georgia came in Second in IRC Grand Prix Division - Wired with a Third in Performance Racing Division One.

Even better - the South Pacific Cup is coming home to New Zealand.Well done skippers and crews on Georgia and Wired

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

A good breeze and sunshine at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2010

It's a week of competition and entertainment both on and off the water. Two boats from New Zealand are competing in the South Pacific Challenge.

The New Zealand team of two: In Grand Prix Division Jim Farmer's Georgia (Botin and Carkeek) against the Australian boat Shogun; In Performance Racing Division Rob Bassetts Wired (Bakewell White 52) against Nikon Spirit of the Maid.

Day one in the South Pacific Cup: Wired popped the champagne cork as Performance Racing Division winner and Shogun took first place against Georgia in the Grand Prix Division. End of day one - EQUAL.

Hannahs Point was pretty busy. Boats kissing the coastline, just a mingling of boats all shapes and sizes. Communication  was often loud and clear, not to be repeated on Crew.org.....

Results (corrected time) Day 1 Performance Racing:  Wired in first place out of 14 starters followed by Questionable Logic - Pandora - Stomp - Dream lover - Iago - One O Nine - Colortile - Rock N'Roll - Funnelweb - Ophir - Mondo - Jackpot - Nikon Spirit of the Maid

Results (corrected time) Day 1 Grand Prix Division: Loki took first place out of 16 starters followed by Living Doll  - Wild Oats X - Shogun - Scarlet Runner - Georgia  - Yendys -Blackjack - You're Hired - Alacrity - After Shock - Velocci - Terra Firms - Secret Men's Business - Wedgetail - Lahana

Day two: Wired started the day in pre-race with two whales - for the audience leaning over the railing at Hamilton Island Yaht Club. Who won? Wired kept clear 'calling for room'. The breeze steady 7-10 knots - a downwind start with Dent Island to port. After rounding Dent they headed over to Pine Island and Long Island.

Georgia has moved forward race by race, a good day on the water. There's more to come from Jim Farmerand his crew later in the Regatta. A little short on crew-chats today as the writer was required on the Golf Course at Dent Island.......

Results (corrected time) Day 2 Performance Racing: Questionable Logic took the prize - followed by Iago - One O Nine - Wired - Stomp - Colortile - Rock N' Roll -  Pandora - Dream Lover - Ophir - Funnelweb - Jackpot -Nikon Spirit of the Maid - Mondo (RAF)

Results (corrected time) Day 2 Grand Prix Division (Race #2): Loki did it again in First place followed by Wild oatsX - Secret Men's Business - Blackjack - Living Doll - Georgia - Yendys - Shogun - Alacrity - Afterchock - Veloce - Terrafirma - Wedgetail - Lahana - Scarlett Runner - You're Hired

(Race #3) - Loki up front - followed by Blackjack - wild oats X - Georgia - Living Doll - Shogun - Yendys - Secret Men's Business - Lahana - You're Hired - TerraFirma - Scarlet Runner - Alacrity - Veloce - After Shock - Wedgetail

As of today (Sunday) - New Zealand is leading in the South pacific Cup.

 

 



Phil Robertson Maintains His Lead at Day 2 of the Knickerbocker Cup

28 August 2010

 

Port Washington, NY - Phil Robertson, Waka Racing (NZL) has maintained his lead through day 2 at the Knickerbocker Cup, winning a tie breaker with Eugeniy Neugodnikov, Synergy (RUS), 9-2.  Bill Hardesty, LineHonors.com (USA) is a close third, followed by Anna Tunnicliffe, Gus (USA).  By the end of the Full Round Robin, 8 teams advanced to the quarter finals, in a first to win three knock out.  In addition to Robertson, Neugodinkov, Hardesty and Tunnicliffe, the teams advancing to the quarter-finals are:  Dave Perry, Team Perry (USA), Sally Barkow, Team 7 Racing (USA), Taylor Canfield, Team ISV (ISV) and William Tiller, Full Metal Jacket Racing (NZL). Late afternoon in the quarter-finals found Robertson over Perry 2-0, and the Negodnikov vs. Barkow and Canfield vs. Hardesty tied, each winning one match. Racing will continue early Saturday morning, with very light wind conditions predicted.

Lots of protests, lead changes and a few photo finishes highlighted the day.  The young Tiller team came on strong today, winning matches against Robertson, Perry and Corbett. All three matches found Tiller behind on the first leg, only to catch up and overcome them by the finish.  Hardesty pushed Canfield over early in his one match in the quarter finals and went on to win. 

Lots more racing before one can predict who will triumph in the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup.  Of the six teams vying for the East Coast Trifecta, only Canfield, Hardesty and Tiller remain. 

Thomson Reuters is a major sponsor of the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup. The world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, Thomson Reuters combines industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets.

 

The Colgate 26 is the official boat of the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup.

 

For more information: www.manhassetbayyc.org and www.sailgroove.org.

 

Results after the Full Round Robin:

Phil Robertson (NZL) 9-2

Eugeniy Neugodnikov RUS 9-2

Bill Hardesty (USA) 8-3

Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) 7-4

William Tiller (NZL) 7-4

Taylor Canfield (ISV) 6-5

Sally Barkow (USA) 5-6

Dave Perry (USA) 4-7

Reuben Corbett (NZL) 3-8

Henrique Haddad (BRA) 3-8

Sergey Musikhin (RUS) 3-8

Nicolai Sehested (DEN) 2-9

 

 



TeamOrigin open a lead

28 August 2010


  
     
 
 
     
 

Britain's TeamOrigin 1851, skippered by three times Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie, sailed to their strongest day yet on the Audi MedCup Circuit, scoring a third, a second and a first place to lead the Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy by eight points after five races have now been sailed off Cartagena

  
 
 
 

TeamOrigin (GBR) stayed consistent across a testing day of racing over which the starts were always high pressure affairs, when the bulk of the TP52 fleet tussled for the favoured right hand side of the race track upwind. Often that put a high premium on being best positioned towards the committee boat, right end of the start line.

Again TeamOrigin generally started strongly, balancing risk and reward through the stressful final countdown, but also showing good speed in the sub 10 knots SW'ly breezes. While they really minimised mistakes, their main regatta rivals, Alberto Roemmers Matador (ARG) were not quite so fortunate.

After winning the first race, seizing the opportunity presented to them within the final 200 metres of the finish line when TeamOrigin gybed away into lighter wind, Matador could only follow up with a fifth and eighth to finish the day third overall behind Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL).

In the second race it was Ian Walker (GBR) and the crew of Spain's Bribon which triumphed, followed across the finish line by TeamOrigin.

While TeamOrigin were able to extend progressively over second placed Luna Rossa in the third race, winning comfortably, circuit leaders Emirates Team New Zealand looked to have made a costly error when they stuck to the right side of the first downwind leg, breaking from the line taken by all of their main rivals.

That cost them three places, but a smart final beat - when they recognised the breeze swinging back right - allowed them to quickly absolve themselves and they finished a solid third.

It completed a solid day for the Kiwi team, Audi MedCup Champions of the TP52 Series, as they posted a 5,4,3 to extend still further their overall Circuit lead, while TeamOrigin have finished in the top three in every one of the five races so far.

Three different boats won each of today's three races: Matador, Bribón and TeamOrigin in the TP52's and Peninsula Petroleum, Islas Canarias Puerto Calero and Madrid - Caser Seguros on the GP42's.

First win of the seasson for Bassadone
Madrid - Caser Seguros lead the GP42 Series with their 2,3,1 scoreline today two points ahead of John Bassadone's Peninsula Petroleum who won the first race and finished second in the third, but partners these scores with a fifth in the second race to lie two points behind the leaders.

In the GP42's today Madrid-Caser Seguros's gained another four points in their slim lead over Islas Canarias Puerto Calero (ESP) in the overall standings.

But another interesting story is in the impressive performance put in by the current runner-up, Peninsula Petroleum , who, except for a last-placed finish in the second race could have taken the early lead themselves.

New to the GP42 Series this season, this team was hampered in the first two stages by bad luck and a broken masthead crane but has been improving at each stage, and are now enjoying their first time on the leaderboard up among the frontrunners.

The schedule for the TP52's has been changed to offer one windward-leeward tomorrow followed by a 20 miles coastal race.

Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy

TP52 Series
Day 3
1. TeamOrigin (GBR), 3+1+3+2+1= 10 points
2. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), 4+2+5+4+3= 18
3. Matador (ARG), 1+4+1+5+8= 19
4. Luna Rossa (ITA), 2+7+9+6+2= 26  
5. Artemis (SWE), 5+6+2+10+4= 27
6. Quantum Racing (USA), 9+5+6+3+7= 30  
7. Bribón (ESP), 7+11+4+1+10= 33
8. Synergy (RUS), 8+3+7+11+6= 35    
9. Cristabella (GBR), 10+10+10+7+5= 42
10. Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE (FRA/GER), 6+8+11+8+9= 42
11. Bigamist 7 (POR), 11+9+8+9+11= 48

 

 

Photos from Chris Cameron:

 



Day One Concludes with Phil Roberston (NZL) leading at the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup

28 August 2010

 

 

Port Washington, NY - Phil Robertson, Waka Racing (NZL), with crew Garth Ellingham, James Williamson and Sam Bell have taken are in the lead on Day One at the 28th Knickerbocker Cup.  Upon arrival in Port Washington, Robertson made it known that he "came to win" the Cup this year, after coming in third place behind the 2009 Cup winner, Rueben Corbett, Black Sheep Racing (NZL) and  Dave Perry, Team Perry (USA), a close second. Roberson's only loss was to Bill Hardesty, LineHonors.com (USA). 

 

Eugeniy Neugodnikov, Synergy (RUS) has won all five matches against Sergey Musikhin, Rusteam (RUS), William Tiller, Full Metal Jacket Racing (NZL), Nicolai Sehested, TRE-FOR Match Racing (DEN), Barkow, Team 7 Racing (USA) and Anna Tunnicliffe, Gus (USA).

 

The wind was up on Manhasset Bay and PRO Sue Miller completed 13 flights and 39 matches, the most ever for the Knickerbocker Cup.  Under beautiful blue skies, cool temperatures and good wind, the day was perfect for spectators, and kayakers, sail and power boats were out enjoying the view. For those who didn't make it out to the water, live streaming video was available at www.manhassetbayyc.org.

 

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The Colgate 26 is the official boat of the 2010 Knickerbocker Cup.

 

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Standings after Day 1:

 

Phil Robertson (NZL) 7-1

Eugeniv Neugodnikov RUS 5-0

Anna Tunnicliffe  (USA) 5-3

Bill Hardesty (USA) 4-1

Sally Barkow (USA) 4-4

William Tiller (NZL) 3-2

Reuben Corbett (NZL) 3-5

Dave Perry (USA) 3-5

Henrique Haddad (BRA) 2-3

Taylor Canfield (ISV) 1-4

Sergey Musikhin (RUS) 1-4

Nicolai Sehested (DEN) 1-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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