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February 2006 NewsThe following items were placed on Crew.org.nz in February 2006 and have been archived without links or photos. Please use the 'search' function on the homepage of this website to find further info on a particular topic: Like Bay of Islands?: 27 Feb - If you liked Bay of Islands Sailing Week, you will love Buckland Beach Yacht Club's Motoihe Regatta. Ten races, three days of gulf and windward-leeward racing in open water, a big travel prize, happy hour every night, and divisions for keelers, trailer boats, sports boats, multihulls and prod boats. For those that can't make all three days, the Sunday gulf race is a stand alone race. Fri 24-Sun 26 March. Club website > Posted 27/02/2006 Top ten Kiwi finisher at 18' Worlds: 27 Feb - Sailing in old boats in a class that favours the brand new, the New Zealand team at the 18' Worlds finished with one top ten placing and some very good race by race results. CT Sailbattens sailed by Phil Airey, Alex Vallings and Shayne Young, finished in eighth overall - the best result in 30 years for the Kiwis - with Fishers Fine Arts Helly Hansen in 11th, and Ssangyong NZ in 27th. "The three NZ boats were the oldest boats in the fleet so to achieve these results shows the level of raw talent we have within the class. It is now the goal of the NZ 18 foot skiff association along with SsangYong to nuture this talent and attempt to grow the class in the hope of returning to the dominant level of competition that once existed between NZ and Australia in these boats," says Brad Marsh. Read on > Posted 27/02/2006 Closing in on Carson Challenge: 24 Feb - Entries for The Carson Challenge - NZ's only multisport event to include sailing, on 18-19 March 06 - are rolling in. Former multiple victor Ken Stanton has confirmed his return aboard Step by Step, the Stewart 34s Pahi and Patere will be there, the Navy Chico 40, Future Perfect and Urban Cowboy, and a whole bunch of others. The Carson Challenge is two days of running, cycling and sailing the volcanic points of Auckland. Give it a go at www.carsonchallenge.co.nz > Posted 24/02/2006 Wetting the baby's head: 24 Feb - The very pretty Pinta was launched in Auckland this month. Pinta is Reichel Pugh 72, started by Marten Marine and finished off by Yachting Developments Limited after Marten went under. She's Michael Illbruck's latest and is destined for a home in the Mediterranean. North Sails NZ did the sails. More pics > Posted 24/02/2006 18' Worlds: NZ team holding up: 23 Feb - The Worlds are halfway complete and the Kiwi teams are sitting in 12th, 18th and 26th, out of 30+ boats. "Of the New Zealand teams, Fishers Fine Arts / Helly Hansen heads the way in twelth place overall and firmly in the middle of a eight boat inner fleet fighting for the 8th to 15th placings. We have had a few lucky breaks fall our way and have shown some very good upwind pace to impress many of the Australians," says Brad Marsh. Read more > Posted 23/02/2006 Aussies take victory: 23 Feb - RNZYS Youth International update - Torvar Mirsky (Fremantle Sailing Club) & Evan Walker (Cruising Yacht Club of Australia) battled it out in the finals on the Waitemata Harbour yesterday, Mirsky taking the finals 3 to 1 - only losing in the second match because he sailed around the wrong top mark! Mirksy and crew of Logan Sutherland (main) & Robert Senior (bow) sailed superbly throughout the regatta and lost just three matches in the entire series. More > Posted 23/02/2006 Poor old chaps: 22 Feb - Remember how a couple of weeks ago we wrote about how Josh from North Sails was in the Southern Ocean on a delivery trip aboard Hugo Boss? Well, he sent this email this morning: "hi bicky, im guessing you heard we lost our mast the other day? a bit of a mess but we now have a jury rigg up which is the boom verticle and we have the storm jib up front and the bigger storm staysail up the back upside down like a trisail. it is blowing a good 50kts here from the north and really uncomfortable! we have been blown south a bit and are now at 55degrees south with 1400nm to chille,pretty much as far away from anywhere as you can get in the world!.really really cold here and some of the biggest waves i have ever seen! glad we got the jury rig up before the storm or we might have risked being rolled! the boat is ok and we only got minor hull damage and a hole in the cabintop + holes where all the stanchins were ripped off both sides. we are sailing ok and should be in chille in 10 days of so. say hi to everyone and tell them i am safe and well and sick of freezed dried food!!!! (might loose some weight!!) will keep you posted cheers PHATTY ps excuse the grammer and lack of capitals,holding the keyboard in onehand and getting a right hammering! pps maybe pass this onto zoe? she would love the gossip Posted 22/02/2006 Promising start to 18ft Worlds: 19 Feb - After two races the top placed Kiwi team lies in second place at the 18' skiff worlds. Brad Marsh writes: We have had two races of the 2006 J.J.Giltanans now and New Zealand is in a very good position. The team of Phil Airey, Alex Vallings and Shayne Young on the CT Sailbattens boat have had two third position finishes and are now placed second overall behind Casio Seapathfinder, an Australian Team. This is a fantastic effort for the guys and goes to prove that the advancements made to the NZ boats are keeping them competitive at the international level. More > Posted 20/02/2006 Eight entries in Women's Nationals: 19 Feb - Six weeks out from the 2006 Women's Keelboat Nationals, the event has attracted eight confirmed entries, with a number of fence sitters still waiting to confirm. Royal Akarana Yacht Club and the entrant teams, are thrilled that the event has been resurrected after several years of dormancy. Entrants are Karleen Dixon, Fiona Macky, Jess Smythe, Mel Rosaak, Jan Dawson, a team from Canterbury, and two others. Those keen to enter should contact the club asap. Posted 19/02/2006 Volvo boats depart Wellington: 19 Feb - Going into the gruelling Southern Ocean leg of the Volvo Ocean Race it's apparent that top honours could still be anybody's - despite ABN Amro 1's healthy lead of 10.5 points - the same number of points that the top boat could accumulate on this leg. Only eight points separate second and fifth place. Mike Sanderson, skipper of ABN AMRO ONE commented: “We are really looking forward to getting into the next leg although not so much the physical side. The leg has been playing havoc with our minds as it is a big one for us. If we can sail a solid leg again then maybe it’s going to be the turning point in the race for our team." Adrian Rumney's photo album > Posted 19/02/2006 Youth International Match Racing Champs: 19 Feb - From RNZYS - Day one of the Under 20 International Match racing regatta held on the Waitemata Harbour was off to an extremely slow start with the Elliott 6m Training BoatS remaining tied to the dock until midday. The Race Committee out on the course, report a light northerly was filling in and the boats left Westhaven Marina and racing began around 1pm. It was a gorgeous afternoon in the City of Sails with lots of full on match racing action, which kept the umpire team very busy! A Black Flag isqualification was given to Evan Walker (Cruising Yacht Club of Australia) who entered early, was clear astern and hit the other boat and then a luff that was judged too hard. This gave his opponent the RNZYS Pink girls team their second win for the day. The breeze was a constant 10 - 14knot northerly and a total of seven flights were completed. Posted 19/02/2006 The boys are in town: 17 Feb - Adrian Rumney - aka 'Tugboat' has put together a brilliant photo album of his own shots of the Volvo Boats nesting up in Wellington. If you're not there it's as close as you'll get to the real thing. Check it out here > Posted 17/02/2006 Movistar victory: 16 Feb - In the battle for first place in the Melbourne-Wellington leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, the Spanish entry, movistar, skippered by Dutchman Bouwe Bekking, finally broke the offshore domination of the Dutch yacht ABN AMRO ONE in the Volvo Ocean Race, by crossing the finish line in Wellington today, nine seconds ahead of the black boat, skippered by Kiwi Mike Sanderson from Auckland. The finish canon signalled Movistar’s finish at 13:09:26 with ABN AMRO ONE following at 13:09:35. It has been a tense 14 hours for these two teams, which began at 1000 GMT yesterday when movistar snatched back ABN AMRO ONE’s comfortable margin of 32 nautical miles as the wind died off Cape Farewell on the north western tip of New Zealand’s South Island. The next boat expected to finish leg three will be Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard). Posted 16/02/2006 Oki 24 Hour Race: 14 Feb - Skippers from six countries sailed Lasers in one to three hour shifts around Lake Pupuke over the weekend, in a contest to see which team could do the most laps. Winner of the Open event was top Laser sailors Michael Bullot (NZL) who teamed up with Tom Slingsby (AUS) to sail 70 laps of the city lake. Lap times averaged 18 minutes during daylight, and 55 at night. In the women's event, last year's winner, Jo Aleh, also a YNZ Olympic Squad member in the Laser Radial, teamed up with Olivia Powrie to beat the other half of the winning combination for 2005, Sara Winther and Miranda Powrie. Posted 14/02/2006 The friendly 100 miler: 14 Feb - New Zealand's greatest inland yacht club, the Waikato Yacht Squadron, are holding their annual 100 Miler out of Maraetai Beach Boating Club on March 11-12 2006. The 2006 WYS Gulf Classic features a long haul race (approx 85 miles), a short-haul race (approx 50 miles) and a sprint race (approx 30 miles). Trailer Yachts have the option of the long-haul race (for trailer yachts with a NZTYA rating of greater that 0.8340), the short haul race (all trailer yachts), the sprint race (all trailer yachts) and the sprint race – no extras (all trailer yachts). All keelboats have the option of the long haul race, short haul race and sprint race – no extras. Plus there are prizes for best two handed performances as well as a club challenge trophy. Last year they had nearly 50 entries. NOR > Entry form > Posted 14/02/2006 Tis the season...: 13 Feb - It's definitely 'the season' where we crown new national champions in all sailing disciplines. Philip and Steve Keen became the new 470 national champions over the weekend, a promising sign on their Olympic campaign. Mike Snow-Hanson and Josh McCormick were placed second, and Andrew Brown, whose long-time crew Jamie Hunt was injured late last year in a road accident, raced for the first time with David Healy. Andrew and David won three of the last four races, finishing within one point of the second placegetters. Posted 13/02/2006 World ranked Kiwis: 12 Feb - New ISAF World Rankings for 2006 were announced last week and the Kiwi Olympic team is looking pretty promising in both boardsailing and women's keelboating. Jon-Paul TOBIN (NZL) grabbed the first ever top spot in the Men’s RS:X and Sharon FERRIS (NZL) leads her crew to the number one place in the Yngling. Andrew Murdoch has moved from a previous Laser ranking of 22 up to 11th spot, while Dan Slater jumped 13 points in the Finn rankings up to 17th. Jo Aleh improved five placings and is currently ranked 20th in the Laser Radial. The points scored at events counts towards a skipper’s Ranking points total which decides his Ranking position. Each skipper can count a maximum of seven events, with those which have taken place within the last twelve months holding a bonus percentage weighting. Posted 12/02/2006 5.9 delivers a new champ: 11 Feb - In this picture 2006 National Champion Cam Horne on Slam Dunk leads into the top mark at the Elliott 5.9 national champs held in the Bay of Islands this weekend. On bow is Derek Scott, main Glenn Horne. Elliott 5.9s provide exceptional one-design racing at a high level of competitiveness. Congratulations guys - Posted 12/02/2006 Where's BooBoo?: 8 Feb - ‘Hugo Boss’, the Open 60 skippered to numerous successes by British sailor single handed sailor Alex Thompson, will depart Australia this week on a 7,000mile crossing bound for South Africa, with North Sails' sales rep, Josh Tucker (aka BooBoo on Crew forums), aboard. North Sails NZ have just completed a new Code 5 for the boat, and Josh is assisting with a delivery to South America, prior to the boat sailing to Newport for a refit. While deep in the roaring forties, Josh and the delivery crew expect freezing temperatures, coupled with squally winds of up to 80 knots. Currently Nick Crabtree and Gautier Sergent are also away in Melbourne working with three of the Volvo Ocean Race teams, and five of the North Sails team are also about to depart for St Barths Regatta in the Caribbean, before progressing on to Antigua Race Week. Posted 8/02/2006 Regatta to identify NZ's top female sailing crew: 7 Feb - The Women’s Keelboat Nationals for 2006 will attract the best of New Zealand’s female keelboat teams and seek to acknowledge the strongest fleet racing team in the country, on 1 and 2 April. The organizers, Royal Akarana Yacht Club, anticipate entries from Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington and the South Island. The regatta will be held using the Farr MRX fleets, with teams of seven sailors per boat. “We’ve already seen some strong teams out training and competing on the boats,” says Penny Grayson, spokesperson for the Royal Akarana Yacht Club. “We anticipate a fleet of very competitive contenders.” Those who have already expressed commitment include skippers Fiona Macky, Melissa Rossaak, Jan Dawson and Karleen Dixon, who won the regatta when it was last held in 2003. Past winners include America’s Cup sailor and Olympian Lesley Egnot, Amy Waring, and Sharon Ferris, who in 2005 win a silver medal at the YngLing Worlds. The regatta is sponsored by the Southern Trust and entries close on 17 Feb. For more information visit www.rayc.org.nz or telephone the club on 09 524 9945. Posted 7/02/2006 Sail Auckland: 7 Feb - Lack of wind translated to a lack of racing for sailors competing at Sail Auckland. Waitangi Day on the Waitemata was warm, sunny and calm and only the 420 and Laser Radial fleet managed one final race today, the final day of the regatta. For the remainder of the Olympic and invited classes the day was mostly spent ashore and final results are as they stood at the end of racing yesterday. Yachting New Zealand Olympic Squad sailors took out the Laser and Laser Radial, while in the Tornado, squad members McIntosh and Kendall were just beaten by the European team. Dan Slater won all the races he sailed in, however having not competed on day one his final result was second place in the Finn. JP Tobin won the men’s RS:X board sailing and Nikola Girke of Canada won the womens. Full results will be available on www.sailauckland.org.nz Posted 7/02/2006 Waitangi enduro plays out: 7 Feb - The Waitangi Enduro, the 170nm race + party hosted by SSANZ this weekend, was played out over many long and tedious hours seeing everything from 30 knot gusts to patches of little or no wind. Cameron Thorpe gives his version of events from the helm of Hard Labour. Story and photos > Posted 7/02/2006 Two new national champs: 2 Feb - Tom Ashley and Anna Eason (pictured) became the men's and women's national boardsailing champions last weekend following four days of racing, which for the most part were in light and fickle conditions. Posted 2/02/2006 Sail Auckland attracts hundreds of entries: 2 Feb - Sail Auckland, one of nine internationally recognised Olympic Class Regattas from which world rankings are compiled, takes place this weekend on the Waitemata Harbour. 350 sailors are expected. “This year we will have more than 20 New Zealand sailors competing who have either won medals at the Olympics, in Olympic Class World Championships, or ISAF Youth World Championships. The high standard of our local sailors attracts top international champions to our waters,” says organiser Tom Macky. Posted 2/02/2006 Multihulls host open day: 2 Feb - Last year the NZ Multihull Yacht Club held its first ever Multihull Boat Show, attracting hundreds of people. This year it’s back, on Sunday 19 Feb from 9-4pm. The event is free to attend and it’s a great chance to check out the latest and greatest in cruising and racing cats and tris. The event is held at the Viaduct Harbour in Auckland, with the cruising boats based next to Market Square, an industry expo in the Eastern Viaduct carpark, and race boats outside the Maritime Museum. www.multihull.org.nz Posted 2/02/2006 |