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Latest News Links Dinghy - Day 4 Allen RS Feva Worlds - Hawkins and Thomas lead . . . Dinghy - Penultimate day of the Volvo Musto Optimist Nationals . . . Catamaran - Tornado Worlds first for Roland and Nahid Gaebler . . . Dinghy - Pinnell and Mitchell warm-up for SAP 505 World Championships . . . Dinghy - Zhik RS Eurocup Thursday - Rain stops Play . . . Dinghy - Chichester Harbour FED Week 2010 entry is now open . . . Dinghy - Jockeying for the titles at the Allen RS Feva World Championships . . . Dinghy - Zhik RS Eurocup 2010 continues in grand style at Riva del Garda . . . Dinghy - Bartosz Rakocy extends lead at OK Europeans . . . Dinghy - Spanish take lead at Optimist Nationals . . . News - Aussie whinging about Olympic venue costs dismissed . . . Keelboat - Team Aqua takes RC44 match racing championship in Valencia . . . Matchrace - Third time for Louise Morton's Espada at Women's Open Keelboat Champs . . . Dinghy - Polish and Australian crews top Cadet Worlds after day 3 . . . Dinghy - James Kelly from Isle of Man retains lead at RS Tera Worlds day 2 . . . News - Team Origin in new partnership with Jaguar at Cowes . . . Keelboat - Martin Byrne Claims Dragon Irish Championship . . . Olympic - Ainslie down-plays his chances at Sail for Gold . . . Catamaran - Roland and Nahid Gabler lead Tornado Worlds . . . Keelboat - Crauford McKeon wins RS Elite Nationals . . . Dinghy - Dinghy/Keelboat results round-up - weekending 26 July . . . Olympic - GBR Olympic Manager lowers medal hopes for 2012 Olympics . . . Dinghy - Italy and USA take Titles at Radial World Youth Championships . . . Keelboat - 3 Sad Old Blokes win Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships . . . Olympic - Race with Olympic stars at Skandia Sail for Gold regatta . . . More Sailing News reports here . . . Day 4 Allen RS Feva Worlds - Hawkins and Thomas lead . . . From the quietest day of the week to the most full on in one quick flash of sunshine at Carnac. With one day to go this has just been the most perfect week ever. We'll still be drooling this winter with the memories of it when we try to warm the cockles of our hearts when breaking the ice of our boats somewhere in the shires. Owen Bowerman and Charlie Darling (GBR) had two more top 10's but also knocked out a 16th which is now discarded. That was the chink that Jack Hawkins and Chris Thomas (GBR) needed to take the overall lead. As before they had a poor 1st race of the day but then scored a bullet and a 2nd. Only three points separate these two and it is believed at time of writing that Hawkins/Thomas survived a start line protest as well. Big lead though to 3rd and 4th who are a full 23 & 25 points behind respectively. Good cheer for the Emerald isle though as Vicky Cudmore and Amy Harrington (IRL) now occupy the podiums third step (and top ladies) and Dermot Lyden and Peter Stokes (IRL) are 4th. Harry Bowerman and GeorgeThompson (GBR) are making good on talent and are 5th (not bad for 1 family - two in the top five) whilst Brendan Lyden and Marc Cudmore are 6th. Douglas Afzelius and Hampus Gelang (SWE) had to discard their BFD in the days first race to none the less still be 7th. Two Italians are 8th and 9th, Matteo Pilati and Mattia Duchi, and second girls Veronica Maria Maccari and Marta Lenotti. Recovering after an average days yachting yesterday Rob and Emma Loveridge are the last into the top 10. Penultimate day of the Volvo Musto Optimist Nationals . . . Once again it was young Spanish sailor Silvia Mas Depares who lead the way on the penultimate day of the Volvo Musto Optimist Nationals at Weymouth, winning both races. Callum Airlie is in prime position to become the top placed British entry and successfully defend his British National Championship title, finishing a close second in both races, with his nearest rival 13 year old Arran Holman securing a fourth and an eighth.  15 year old Callum, who sails at East Lothian Yacht Club, commented “The conditions today were a bit lighter than I would have liked, but I knew what to expect and I gave it my best shot.” This will be Callum’s final Optimist event before moving on to the 420 double handed dinghy with his brother Drew. Leading the Junior Gold fleet is Freddie Grogono from the St Mawes SC, with jack Parkin of HISC in second, first girl is Marta Munte of Spain. In the Regatta Racing fleet Piers Nicholls from HISC leads from Daniel Thorne-Large of Chipstead SC. First girl is Rebecca Greaves of Leigh & Lowton SC. Optimist - Senior Gold Fleet, Leading positions (82 entries) 1 ESP1900 Silvia MAS DEPARES F Vilassar DE MAR 17 2 GBR5981 Callum AIRLIE M ELYC 30 3 ESP1725 Nestor CANO SOSTRE M Cnvilassar DE MAR 40 4 GBR5999 Arran HOLMAN M Hollowell 48 5 ESP1612 Oscar PIJOAN ORTEGA M CN EL Balis 64 6 IRL1357 Peter MCCANN M Royal Cork YC 70 7 GBR5974 Matthew WHITFIELD M Penarth YC / CBYC 71 8 ESP1811 Franc BRU M C N EL Balis 81 9 GBR5827 Harry GOZZETT M Dabchicks SC 85 10 GBR5285 Fraser WOODLEY M Burghfield 86 Optimist - Junior Gold Fleet, Leading positions (77 entries) 1 GBR5965 Freddie GROGONO M St Mawes SC 13 2 GBR5761 Jack PARKIN M Hayling Island 19 3 IRL1410 Daire COURNANE M Rcyc / KYC 24 4 GBR5907 Daniel WHITELEY M PDSC 55 5 GBR5896 Jamie CALDER M Loch Tummel 56 6 USA18295 Nicholas SCHULTZ M Team FOR/SYS 59 Optimist - Regatta Racing Fleet, Leading positions (62 entries) 1 5655 Piers NICHOLLS M Hayling Island SC 26 2 5568 Daniel THORNE-LARGE M Chipstead SC 49 3 4793 Alex KING M Warsash SC 68 4 5517 Thomas GOODENOUGH M Northampton / Rlyc 72 5 5674 Conor WHELAN M Papercourt & Royal Southern 87 6 5361 Matthew JAYASEKARA M Corinthian / BSC 94 Tornado Worlds first for Roland and Nahid Gaebler . . . The Greeks Iordanis Paschalides and Konstantinos Trigonis were the stars of the final day of the Tornado World Chamapionships with 3 brilliant wins. But unfortunately not enough to pass the German pair, Roland and Nahid Gaebler, on the scoreboard. Roland and Nahid Gaebler become the first mixed team to win a Tornado world Title. Paschalides and Trigonis finished a mere 1 point behind and secured the second place overall. Third were German brothers Helge and Christian Sach. Tornado - World Championship, Leading scoers (51 entries) 1 GER 1 Gäbler, Roland / Gäbler, Nahid 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 [5] 12,00 pts 2 GRE 7 Paschalidis, Iordanis / Trigonis, Konstantin 1 [5] 1 3 5 1 1 1 13,00 pts 3 GER 11 Sach, Helge / Sach, Christian 4 2 6 2 2 [10] 4 2 22,00 pts 4 AUS 322 Brett Duffield / Ryan Duffield, 2 3 5 6 4 8 [11] 8 36,00 pts 5 GER 5 Hemmeter, Veit / Rieger, Moritz 6 4 [OCS] 7 8 4 3 7 39,00 pts 6 GRE 11 Mavros, Nikolaos / Tagaropoulos, Alaexander 5 [DNF] 3 4 10 7 6 10 45,00 pts Pinnell and Mitchell warm-up for SAP 505 World Championships . . . Having just won the 505 Pre-Worlds Regatta in Aarhus, Denmark, Jorgen and Jacob Bojsen-Møller are looking to continue their winning ways in the SAP 505 World Championships which start Friday. Finishing 2nd in the Pre-Worlds were another Danish team, the 2007 World Champions Jan Saugmann and Morten Ramsbæk, with the 2008 World Champion Ian Pinnell in third place, crewed by twice World Championship winner Ian Mitchell.  Having won the warm-up regatta in Aarhus and with two Olympic medals, a gold and a bronze, Jorgen Bojsen-Møller has nothing to prove to the sailing world, yet he would still like to add to the 505 Worlds trophy to his cabinet. “We will try very hard, but I’m certainly not sure that we will win,” says Jorgen. “There’s a big chance that we won’t win.” With 126 entries from 11 nations, this is a fleet packed with talent. The one that Bojsen-Møller perhaps fears the most is the three-time World Champion from Germany, Wolfgang Hunger. “He didn’t sail all the races in the Pre-Worlds but he is always fast,” says Jorgen. “Howie Hamlin too. He has won the Worlds once and been runner-up many times. Really there are so many boats here with a good chance of winning.” The SAP 505 World Championship takes place in Aarhus, Denmark, from 30 July to 5 August. The organisers of the 2010 SAP 505 World Championship are Sailing Aarhus in cooperation with Sport Event Denmark, Sport Aarhus Event and the Danish Sailing Association. Zhik RS Eurocup Thursday - Rain stops Play . . . The Zhik RS Eurocup 2010 finishes Friday. It has been an event with a strong British presence and Fraglia Vela Riva has done its utmost to make the competitors and their staff feel welcome at Riva del Garda with a mix of sailing,competition and enjoyment.  And just in case any of our 400 British sailing friends and their families were feeling a little bit homesick we were able to accomodate them with a day of typical British weather- rain, rain and even more rain!!!!!! ;-) The rain stopped all winds Thursday so everything is postponed until the final day Friday. Fingers crossed,though, that there are the usual good racing conditions that Trentino Garda are accustomed to. Chichester Harbour FED Week 2010 entry is now open . . . On-line entry for this years Chichester Harbour FED Week is now posted on the chifed.org website and will be available until Friday 6 August 2010.  With an expected entry of over 400 boats, class racing is available for the RS200, RS400, RS Elite, Flying15, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial/4.7, Solo, RS Feva, Topper and Optimist. Plus, handicap racing for all other classes, split into, Fast Asymmetric + Foilers, Med Asymmetric, Fast H'cap, Medium H'cap and Slow H'cap events. On-line entry provides a faster and more accurate means of entering your details into the event database and simplifies the registration process at HISC when you arrive. On-Line entrants can collect their Race Packs at the HISC Event Office from 13:00 to 18:00 hrs on Sunday 8 August or on Monday 9 August from 08:00 hrs. Full event details, NOR, Chart of Marks, On-Line Entry Forms and entry lists are available on the Chichester Harbour Federation website - See the link below. For details of facilities at the venue for the event - Hayling Island SC - go to the website at http://www.hisc.co.uk Full story at http://www.chifed.org/fed_test3_fedweek.htm Jockeying for the titles at the Allen RS Feva World Championships . . . Jockeying for the titles at the Allen RS Feva World Championships began in earnest Wednesday with the first 3 races in the final series for both Gold & Silver Fleets. Most results included a bigger score but the first final series discard kicks in after tomorrows first race so there could be big movers at that point. Owen Bowerman and Charlie Darling were the only boat score single digit results in each race and are duly rewarded with the overnight lead. Jack Hawkins and Chris Thomas sit pretty in second having got the initial 16th out of the system with 2 bullets in the next two races. Theodor Hansson and Patrik Andreasson from SWE have at least temporary ownership of the third podium step sitting as they are points wise just ahead of Matteo Pilati & Mattia Duchi from ITA who are 4th on tiebreak from Rob & Emma Loveridge. Completing a very international top 10 there are a further Brit (Emily Peters and Alice Masterman), two Irish, a Swede and an Italian. The points difference between 4th and 10th is only 9 points and as said before they all have a score from around the 20’s to discard at present after the next result is in ( they have also all carried their position from the Q series forward as a non discardable score). In the Silver fleet there are also four nations contesting the top 4 slots. Currently Sarah Hyland and Enya O’Connor (IRL) hold sway by one point from William Hussey and Tom Oliver (GBR). Luca Carlini and Stefano Costini (IRL) are 9 points back but tiebroken ahead of Victor Hogbom and Tore Walden (SWE). Zhik RS Eurocup 2010 continues in grand style at Riva del Garda . . . The Zhik RS Eurocup 2010 continues in grand style at Riva del Garda. Today the sun returned to shine on the mountains surrounding Upper Trentino Garda with southerly winds arriving on time allowing us to make-up for the race lost yesterday, for a total of three races for all classes present.  Today the competitors were rewarded with winds of 14 to 24 knots for the entire afternoon. With two days remaining six races have been completed. There are no big surprises in the medal positions who are way ahead of the rest of the pack. In the RS200 Roger Gilbert and Jane William have five wins and a second followed in second place by Hivey-Hivey. In the RS400 class Downer-Price are first in a fleet of 29 boats six points ahead of Sims-George. In the third place is Bone-Martin. After a DNC in today’s first race, King-Brown took a first and a third giving them a good chance for a medal. Steve Birbeck continues to dominate the RS600 class with five wins and a third while the competition is still open for the second and third places between Heissig and Chipperfield (with two points separating them). There was some mast damage in the RS700 and RS800 classes that were racing on the windier course and where sometimes they had gusts of up to 24 knots. A good day for Alex Newton-Southon in the RS700 class with three straight wins which puts him ahead of John Heissig (4-2-5). Jerry Wales is third (2-4-4 today).  In the RS 800 McGrane-Allen continue to dominate and after a fifth on the first day have taken firsts ever since. There is a tie of seventeen points for Deal-Page and Broughton-Wilson, second and third respectively. Tomorrow the forecast predicts worsening weather which will probably bring the wind from the north. The operational staffs of Fraglia Vela Riva, however, are already preparing the courses for such eventualities. Links to all results Results RS 200: Results RS 400: Results RS 600: Results RS 700: Results RS 800: Bartosz Rakocy extends lead at OK Europeans . . . After six races one discard has now kicked in at the OK European Championships. Bartosz Rakocy of Poland had a very good day with a 1-3 to move into a ten point lead and Jorgen Lindhardtsen, the 1978 World Champion and 1998 European Champion, also had a good day with a 2-5 to move into second overall and. After a 5-1, Greg Wilcox from New Zealand, the 2002 World Champion, moves into third overall.  Racing continues to Friday with four more races scheduled. On Wednesday night the sailors enjoyed free beer night at the Brakeboer pub by the quayside. With the sailing causing enough sore heads, a few more will not make any difference . . . OK - European Championship, Leading Results after 6 races 1 POL 19 Bartosz Rakocy 12pts 2 DEN 1364 Jorgen Lindhardtsen 22 3 NZL 522 Greg Wilcox 28 4 IRL 10 Tim Goodbody 33 5 GER 693 Martin von Zimmermann 40 6 GER 731 Thomas Glas 43 7 GBR 2118 Terry Curtis 43 8 POL 31 Antoni Pawlowski 50 9 POL 14 Pawel Pawlaczyk 51 10 GER 717 Oliver Gronholz 52 Spanish take lead at Optimist Nationals . . . A new leader after day 3 at the 49th Volvo Musto Optimist British Nationals, taking place at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Silvia Mas Depares from Spain heads the Senior Gold fleet after nine races. Depares has now won four of her races and has an eleven point lead. In second place is Britain's defending champion, Callum Airlee, with another Spanish entry, Nestor Cano Sostre, in third. Early event leader Arran Holman is now in fourth. In the Junior Gold fleet, Jack Parkin has a one point lead from Freddie Grogono, with Daire Cournane of Ireland in third. Optimist - Senior Gold Fleet, Leading scores after 9 races 1 ESP1900 Silvia MAS DEPARES F Vilassar DE MAR 16 3 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 15 pts 2 GBR5981 Callum AIRLIE M ELYC 3 1 4 10 5 2 4 10 7 26 pts 3 ESP1725 Nestor CANO SOSTRE M Cnvilassar DE MAR 11 7 2 2 22 3 3 2 16 30 pts 4 GBR5999 Arran HOLMAN M Hollowell 1 19 2 1 3 5 6 18 64 36 pts 5 GBR5827 Harry GOZZETT M Dabchicks SC 3 6 3 1 11 16 5 11 34 40 pts 6 ESP1612 Oscar PIJOAN ORTEGA M CN EL Balis 2 10 7 6 15 3 10 5 14 43 pts Optimist - Junior Gold Fleet, Leading scores after 9 races GBR5761 Jack PARKIN M Hayling Island 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 14 pts GBR5965 Freddie GROGONO M St Mawes SC 2 1 5 2 3 1 1 4 1 15 pts IRL1410 Daire COURNANE M Rcyc / KYC 9 2 2 4 1 2 6 2 7 26 pts GBR5896 Jamie CALDER M Loch Tummel 11 9 2 2 4 10 5 11 8 51 pts IRL1355 Robert DICKSON M HYC 3 10 5 5 SCP7 3 17 7 13 60 pts USA18295 Nicholas SCHULTZ M Team FOR/SYS 5 5 14 3 8 16 8 19 3 65 pts Aussie whinging about Olympic venue costs dismissed . . . In an about turn to the usual put-down for British ex-pats as "whinging poms" it seems that the Aussie media is whinging* about the cost of using the the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) where the Olympic sailing events will be held in 2012. "The Australian" newspaper ran a headline - Sailors swamped by rising fees - which was also picked up by several websites and the Daily Telegraph in the UK, and then quoted Yatchting Australias high performance director Peter Conde: "We're not ecstatic about paying the money ((A$130,000 (£75,000/year)), but it gives us the access we need for 60-odd people whenever we want it, plus storage and permission to put two containers permanently on site as our workshop. It's not cheap, but when you break it down it's not completely unreasonable because we will save on other costs." The fee charged is in fact for 60 people to use the facility per year and it is not directed just at the Australian team. Other teams have been charged the same. The British Olympic sailing team has taken the top level package offered by the sailing academy - a platinum package - that gives the team of 100 access to the marina and its facilities for £100,000 a year. The US and Italian teams have paid for the same gold package that the Australian media have been complaining about, while Canada has picked up a cheaper bronze package allowing access for its 40 sailors. Australian 470 Gold medalist Malcolm Page, who is on the International Sailing Federation's athletes commission, claimed that the Woollahra SC charged less than A$20 (£11) a day for the facilities at the Sydney games. Apparently to emphasis the disparity in costs, but not comparing like with like. The Olympic facilities were not available to teams at the Sydney Games and taking the £75,000 per year cost for the 60 team members works out at less than £3.50 per day at WPNSA. When contacted, John Tweed, Chief Executive at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, said: "This is really a non-issue. We have received a communication from the Australian Authority stating that they are happy with the contract they have with WPNSA." He went on to point out that this was the first time the actual games facilities had been made available to teams, and that the Sailing Academy has experienced very strong demand from overseas teams for the period up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the available capacity had now been exhausted. British Olympic manager Stephen Park has also pointed out that there were alternative options around the Bay and the fees were much less than those charged by China at the Beijing Olympics. * Whinging - Emotionally unable to deal with any sort of adverse condition without commenting negatively about it. Team Aqua takes RC44 match racing championship in Valencia . . . New Zealander Cameron Appleton and Team Aqua captured the match racing portion of the week-long RC44 regatta in Valencia with a 9-1 record. They clinched the title with a victory over Russell Coutts and BMW ORACLE Racing in flight 13.  One loss behind Team Aqua, Day 1 leader Terry Hutchinson and Artemis finished at 8-2 and tied with BMW ORACLE Racing for second place. Artemis won the tie-breaker by virtue of yesterday’s head-to-head win. BMW ORACLE had a chance to win the match racing, but fell short in its head-to-head match against Aqua. Thursday is a scheduled practice day for the fleet racing portion of the RC 44 Valencia Cup, which starts Friday. Three pre-starts are planned in the afternoon, followed by a practice race. Organizers hope to finish the race in the Darsena. Eleven youth sailors between the ages of 15 and 17 years will be on hand as guest crewmen. RC 44 VALENCIA CUP - Match racing final results 1. Team Aqua / Cameron Appleton (UAE) 9-1, 9 points 2. Artemis / Terry Hutchinson (SWE) 8-2, 8 points 3. BMW ORACLE Racing / Russell Coutts (USA) 8-2, 8 points 4. Team Sea Dubai / Markus Weiser (UAE) 6-4, 6 points 5. 17 / James Spithill (USA) 6-4, 6 points 6. Katusha / Paul Cayard (RUS) 5-5, 5 points 7. No Way Back / Ray Davies (NED) 5-5, 5 points 8. Ceeref / Rod Davis (SLO) 5-5, 3 points* 9. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero / José Maria Ponce (ESP) 2-8, 2 points 10. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team / Tommaso Chieffi (ITA) 1-9, 1 point 11. AEZ RC44 Sailing Team / Christian Binder (AUT) 0-10, 0 points (* includes 2-point penalty deduction) Third time for Louise Morton's Espada at Women's Open Keelboat Champs . . . Louise Morton's Espada beat 16 other teams to win the Women's Open Keelboat Championship 2010. It's the third time Louise has claimed the trophy, but this year the competition was hot on her heels. In a closely contested championship, Pip Hare came second, with Elaine (Elan 37) , and in third was JOS of Hamble (J105) , skippered by Clemency Ives.  One hundred and sixty women from all over the UK and abroad took part in the event, which was hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble, and supported by championship sponsor Coffin Mew LLP, race sponsor Dubarry of Ireland and drinks sponsor Wight Vodka. Six races over two days were spilt into three classes - IRC1, IRC2 and J80. Espada (1/4 tonner) won all six races in IRC2 to claim the class victory, but Elaine came close to pushing her off the top of the Championship, winning five races in IRC1 to claim class victory, but not quite the Championship. Swallow, skippered by Viks Lincoln, came out on top in the J80 class, in the inaugural year for one-design racing at the event. Several other teams took awards including Sheactive, skippered by Julie Fawcett, winning the 'spirit of the event' prize, and Cathy Vise's Wizard named most improved team. Polish and Australian crews top Cadet Worlds after day 3 . . . After a disappointing start to the 2010 Cadet World Championships in Puck, Poland, the second and third days have seen significant improvements in the achievements of GBR teams.  The event continues to be dominated by Krzysztof Malecki and Mikolaj Mickiewicz (POL 9734) with 21.7 points including four wins and a third. Australians Anton and Julian Sasson (AUS 5509) and Ella Connor & Hannah Chadwick (AUS 9699) lie second and third with 31 points and 53 points respectively. Katie Barr and Scarlett Anderson Scarlett are leading GBR pair in 7th. With three wins apiece, Andrew Smith and Jack Collings (GBR 9243) hold a one point lead in the Promotional Regatta over Emil Sawicki and Jakub Niekowal (POL 9848). Cadet - World Championship in Puck, Poland after 7 races (80 entries) 1 POL 9734 Malecki Krzysztof, 1993, Mickiewicz Mikolaj, 1998 21,7 1 1 3 dnf 1 (bfd) 1 2 AUS 5509 Sasson Anton, 1994, Sasson Julian, 1998 31,0 3 3 1 13 9 (21) 2 3 AUS 9699 Connor Ella, 1995, Chadwick Hannah, 2000 53,0 2 9 15 10 (54) 13 4 4 AUS 9778 Bailey Alec, 1994, Bailey Samantha, 1997 56,0 5 11 2 3 (41) 32 3 5 POL 9756 Żakowski Maksymilian, 1994, Dubielak Sonia, 1997 63,0 13 13 4 2 7 24 (44) 6 AUS 9529 Say Isabella, 1995, Brill Ben, 1999 74,0 7 5 (41) 9 30 17 6 7 GBR 8435 Barr Katie, 1993, Anderson Scarlett, 1998 77,0 26 (32) 10 5 2 7 27 8 GBR 8845 Mills Henry, 1994, Keen Robert, 2000 81,0 29 (34) 22 6 5 3 16 9 ARG 9478 Christian Diego Duhalde, Lino Spaghi 81,0 31 4 9 18 (44) 6 13 10 GBR 8363 Croft Abigail, 1995, Page Alex, 2000 89,0 17 10 6 23 15 18 (26) James Kelly from Isle of Man retains lead at RS Tera Worlds day 2 . . . Another sunny day in Carnac for day 2 of the Allen RS Tera Worlds. The predicted light condition evaporated before the start of the racing leaving another stiff breeze for the afternoons launch. This suited the UK dominated pro fleet but due lack of weight in the sport fleet compared to their foreign rivals meant another tough day. RS Tera Pro Fleet Race 4 The Italian Pietro Graceffa won the first piping beating the leader from the first day James Kelly into second place, third spot being taken by Mathew French. Race 5 was also won by Pietro Graceffa followed by Joshua Aldridge and Mathew French taking third spot. Race 6 This saw James Kelly from the Isle of Man returning to winning ways followed by Mathew French and Tristan Bracgirdle taking third. This meant that at the end of day 2 James Kelly retained his lead with Mathew French in second and Joshua Aldridge in Third. RS Tera Sport Fleet Race 4 in the Sport fleet saw another win by Eoin Lyden from Ireland followed again by Birce Yriex from France and Third spot going to Ugo Zunardi from Italy. Race 5 was won by Eoin Lyden with Brit sailor Crispin Beaumont getting second and Ugo Zunardi taking third. Race 6 Was won by Birce Yriex followed by Ugo Zunardi with Eoin Lyden in third. So at the end of day 2 Eoin Lyden and Birce Yriex were tying for the lead with Ugo Zunardi in third. Top UK boat was Crispin Beaumont in fourth. Team Origin in new partnership with Jaguar at Cowes . . . Team Origin, the British America’s Cup sailing team, has signed a new partnership with Jaguar. The deal will include a summer of sailing activities, the first of which will see ‘Team Origin racing with Jaguar’ during Cowes Week at the beginning of August, when they will face current America’s Cup holders BMW Oracle in the 1851 Cup event.  As part of the deal, Team Origin will race with newly branded livery, featuring Jaguar branding on both the hull and the sails. The spinnaker will feature a Jaguar leaper in Union Jack motif, the symbol of the car company’s sports programme, the Jaguar Academy of Sports, which aims to recognise, celebrate and inspire British sporting success. “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Jaguar as our partner,” said Sir Keith Mills, the founder and principal of Team Origin. “There is a superb fit and alignment of purpose between Team Origin and Jaguar. Martin Byrne Claims Dragon Irish Championship . . . Martin Byrne claimed the Dragon class 2010 Irish Championship, sponsored by Belfast Harbour, supported by North Down Borough Council and hosted by the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club (RNIYC) in Cultra from 22 to 25 July.  From the first day Dublin's Martin Byrne sailing Jaguar put his stamp on the regatta taking third place in the opening race followed by a win in race two. On day two he and crewmen Adam Winkleman and Pedro Andrade consolidated that lead with a fourth and another win and by day three they had the regatta well and truly under their control. Whilst Martin had first place all sewn up and was able to relax and enjoy the final race of the series, the battle for second and third kept everyone on tenterhooks until the finish line. Going into that final race Don O'Donoghue, crewed by Gwen Chapelain and Dallas Caskey aboard Seabird; Andrew Craig crewed by Mark Pettitt and Brian Matthews aboard Chimera; and Klaus Diederichs crewed by Andy Beadsworth and Jamie Lea aboard Fever, all had the potential to fill those final podium slots. O'Donoghue sat in second place three points clear of Craig but with a 15 point discard, Craig counted 16 points and discarded a ninth and Diederichs was on 22 points and discarded an 11th. In the final race as the boats came to the finish line Craig took first place, Diederichs second, and O'Donoghue third. In the overall standings O'Donoghue therefore claimed second place, Craig third and Deiderichs fourth. A relaxed and very happy Martin Byrne crossed the line in fourth place to confirm his overall victory in the regatta. Dragon - Irish Nationals, Leading scores (18 entries) 1 Jaguar - IRL201 - Martin Byrne, Adam Winkleman, Pedro Andrade - 14 pts 2 Seabird - IRL204 - Don O'Donoghue, Gwen Chapelain, Dallas Caskey - 19 pts 3 Chimera - IRL192 - Andrew Craig, Mark Pettitt, Brian Matthews - 20 pts 4 Fever - GBR758 - Klaus Diederichs, Andy Beadsworth, Jamie Lea - 24 pts 5 Kin - IRL212 - Simon Brien, David Gomes, David Good - 40 pts Ainslie down-plays his chances at Sail for Gold . . .  Ben Ainslie has joined Olympic team manager Stephen Park in attempting to lower the building expectations for the coming Sail for Gold Regatta and the 2012 Olympics. While Park has set a low target for the British sailing team, Ainslie has gone into print to stress his lack of preparation for next weeks World Cup event at the 2012 Olympic venue - Sail for Gold.In his latest article for the Daily Telegraph, Ainslie says that he was in two minds about competing at Sail for Gold because he is 8kg below his ideal weight for Finn racing and his TeamOrigin commitments have restricted his training schedule. He is not alone in this, Star gold medalists Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, and the Laser gold medalist Paul Goodsion, have been active in a range of other classes since the last Games, although they have returned to snatch some major titles. Where as Ainslie has concentrated on big-boat sailing, not racing any Finn events since the Beijing Games two years ago. An undoubted plus for all the GBR team is the RYA TeamGBR programme which has set the standard that other countries strive to reach. But now, after three successful Olympics for GBR sailing, the opposition have raised their game, and similar programmes are in place for the Australian and USA teams. Although Ainslie attempts to lower the heat, it will still be a case of "Britain expects" where he and the other golden generation are concerned . . . and any weakness will cause major media headlines. - GN Roland and Nahid Gabler lead Tornado Worlds . . . Roland and Nahid Gabler of Germany lead the Tornado Worlds in Travemunde, Germany after 2 days of racing.  Tornado - World Championship, Leading positions after 5 races (51 entries) 1 GER 1 Gäbler, Roland / Gäbler, Nahid [3] 1 2 1 1 5,00pts 2 GRE 7 Paschalidis, Iordanis / Trigonis, Konstantin 1 [5] 1 3 5 10,00 3 GER 11 Sach, Helge / Sach, Christian 4 2 [6] 2 2 10,00 4 AUS 322 Burvill, Brett / Duffield, Ryan 2 3 5 [6] 4 14,00 5 GRE 11 Mavros, Nikolaos / Tagaropoulos, Alaexander 5 [DNF] 3 4 10 22,00 6 GER 102 Loweg, Christina / Loweg, Florian 8 [14] 4 9 3 24,00 Crauford McKeon wins RS Elite Nationals . . . Crauford McKeon sailing with Andrew Cape and Rupert, showed what extensive experience and significant preparation of a boat can achieve in such a competitive fleet of over thirty one-design keelboats.  Going into Day 3 of the RS Elite National Championship, Crauford McKeon’s team on Kandoo 3 held a slender points lead but this was the day they nailed it. They opened with a bullet in the breeziest conditions, narrowly winning from the Browns in Aeolus whilst their closest rivals at the half way stage, RSsailing.com, were black flagged and pushed onto the back foot. A second victory in race two put them out of reach and emphasised that they would be worthy champions. But the battle for the other podium positions was only just beginning. The Browns put together 2, 4, 4 on Saturday to pull them into second at that stage and, after also suffering a black flag in race 7, Paul Jenkins in Activ 3G pulled off a 3, 2 results to lie third with Wadhams in RSsailing.com dropping to fourth. Last year’s clear cut champions, the McClean’s in Elixir, had finally found their form and were up to fifth and clearly in contention for a podium finish as the points were so tight. Sunday’s final race showdown for the podium positions couldn’t have been better scripted. McKeon, after much deliberation and despite his insatiable enthusiasm for racing his Elite, opted not to sail so that there could be no possibility of interference with the overall positions behind him. The battle ensued until the end and going up the last beat of the last race. The Brown’s couldn’t take that final boat they needed and suffered the disappointment of slipping from second to fourth, with only one point separating the group and the McClean’s, despite winning the last two races, had left it too late to climb above fifth overall. Cowes Week begins in only five day’s time and the Elite fleet, whilst smaller in number than the National Championships, will nevertheless be competitive once again and includes the top four from this event plus the last two year’s Cowes winners. RS Elite - Final leading positions at Royal Lymington YC (33 entries) 1st Kandoo 3 Crauford McKeon RLymYC 17 pts 2nd Active 3g Paul Jenkins Weir Wood Sailing Club 29 pts 3rd RS Sailing.com Martin Wadams RLymYC 29 pts 4th Aeolus Jonathan Brown RBYC 30 pts 5th Elixir Shaun Maclean RFYC 32 pts 6th Matterhorn Jack John Boddy RLymYC 42 pts 7th Oink Squeal David Wood RBYC 70 pts 8th Full Marks Mark Brien RNIYC 76 pts 9th Ciao Bella Mike Tong HISC 77 pts 10th Escapade Graham Hughes HISC 80 pts 11th E'Tu Steve Powell RLymYC 83 pts 12th Swallow Brian Shaw RNIYC 84 pts 13th Pipefish Peter Lister RLymYC 89 pts 14th Upfront Jeff Ralston RNIYC 89 pts 15th TNT Toby Strauss HISC 90 pts Dinghy/Keelboat results round-up - weekending 26 July . . . Dinghy results round-up - weekending 26 July including including Phantom Nationals, Lark Nationals, Wayfarer Internationals, Topper and more . . . Musto Skiff - Open at Parkstone YC (7 entries) 1st 441 Bruce Keen Stokes Bay SC 1 1 1 -2 1 2 2 2 10pts 2nd 193 Dan Vincent Stokes Bay SC 2 -3 2 1 2 1 3 3 14 3rd 394 Nigel Walbank Lymington Town SC 4 4 4 (DNF) 4 4 1 4 25 Dragon - Irish Nationals, Belfast Lough (18 entries) 1st JAGUAR 201 IRL RStG Martin Byrne 3 1 4 1 -5 1 4 14 2nd SEABIRD 204 IRL RStG Dono Donoghue 4 2 7 -15 1 2 3 19 3rd CHIMERA 192 IRL RStG Andrew Craig 1 7 5 -9 3 3 1 20 4th FEVER 758 GBR RORC Klaus Diederichs 2 5 -11 3 7 5 2 24 5th KIN 212 IRL RNIYC Simon Brien 9 4 -12 2 9 10 6 40 6th DIVA 210 IRL RIYC Richard Goodbody 5 -13 6 8 8 6 10 43 Folkboat - UK Nationals at Royal Lymington YC, Final Leading scores (19 Entries) 1st Crackerjack 718 Stuart Watson Caroline Watson / Matthew Jones 1 2 1 -6 1 1 6pts 2nd Boomerang 711 Rory Heron Nick Rogers / Chester Maudslay -4 1 3 3 3 2 12pts 3rd Tak 713 Ado Jardine Bill Dunsdon / Jeremy Austin -6 3 4 1 4 4 16pts Lark - UK Nationals at Teign Corinthian YC, Final Leading scores after 2 races (47 Entries) 1st 2452 Kiss My Face 2 Harry Pynn Michael John Gifford Waldringfield SC 0.75 0.75 1.5pts 2nd 2491 Forty Two Stephen Videlo Chris Videlo Waldringfield SC 4 3 7 3rd 2495 Well Dodgy Stuart Hydon Tim Linsell Shustoke SC 2 6 8 4th 2496 Nelly The Elephant Steve Cumley Nicola Cumley Barnt Green SC 10 2 12 5th 2411 Voodoo Chris Whitehouse Chris Robinson Ranelagh SC 8 4 12 6th 2471 The Joker Matthew White Emma White Waldringfield SC 6 9 15 Phantom - UK Nationals at Stone SC, Final Leading scores (81 Entries) 1st 1318 Nick Craig, Frensham Pond Sailing Club 2 7 -8 4 1 1 2 17pts 2nd 1324 Jim Hunt, Sutton SC 1 1 (OCS) 3 6 2 4 17 3rd 1370 Charlie Cumbley, Teign Corinthian YC 4 4 1 2 3 -5 3 17 4th 1376 Simon Childs, Stewartby Water SC 3 8 3 6 -14 9 5 34 5th 1359 Simon Hawkes, Police Sailing UK 13 2 6 15 9 3 (OCS) 48 6th 1309 Lawrence Crispin, Stone SC 11 5 14 8 -23 16 1 55 Wayfarer - UK InterNationals, Final Leading scores at Weymouth (107 Entries) 1st 10648 McNamara Townsend Norfolk Broads YC -9 2 4 1 2 8 4 1 8 30pts 2nd 10705 Rix Claxton Cannes YC 1 4 1 2 -11 4 2 9 9 32 3rd 10738 Potts Sutherland Royal Lymington YC 5 1 10 4 3 1 1 12 -25 37 4th 10729 Wade Marsdon Northampton SC 4 5 9 9 1 2 (DSQ) 3 12 45 5th 88 Collen Preston Upper Thames SC 2 3 7 3 13 5 (DSQ) 15 16 64 6th 7110 Rush Hobson Shoreham SC 6 7 2 21 9 6 3 13 (DNC) 67 Topper - SE Topper Traveller, Final Leading scores at QMSC (18 Entries) 1st Topper 5.3 Topper 46305 Datchet Tom Howard 1.0 1.0 1.0 (18.0 DNF) 21.0 3.0 2nd Topper 5.3 Topper 46851 Bewl Valley Daniel Archer (9.0) 2.0 2.0 4.0 17.0 8.0 3rd Topper 5.3 Topper 17501 Papercourt Clive Jackson 4.0 3.0 (5.0) 2.0 14.0 9.0 Splash - European 2010 Lelystad/Netherlands 1. NED, Gabriël Wempe, 32 points 2. NED, Wietse Pijlman, 33 points 3. NED, Bart Lambriex, 34 points Flash - Eurocup 2010 Lelystad/Netherlands 1. NED, Igor van Zalinge, 23 points 2. NED, Dirk-Jan Korpershoek, 33 points 3. NED, Betty Gietema, 47 points Yngling Worlds 2010 - Open Lelystad/Netherlands 1. USA, Ingalls/Pellegrini/Chafee, 44 points 2. NED, Minks/Molenaar/Toornstra, 51 points 3. NED, Otte/Oost/Deen, 55 points GBR Olympic Manager lowers medal hopes for 2012 Olympics . . . Olympic manager Stephen Park predicts that the British sailing team will win four medals at the 2012 Games, of which at least one should be gold. This compares with the six won in Beijing, four of them gold. Park also complained that the team did not get enough privacy at the National Sailing Academy in Weymouth, because it is open to the public foreign teams are using it as a training base. TeamGBR have opened a Performance Focus Unit at the Portland Marina, which is adjacent to the National Sailing Academy, where they were previously based. It includes a physio area and a gym. The National Sailing Academy is open to the public – last week sailors from six or seven others nations were training there. Park claimed that was not acceptable at this stage of their preparation for London 2012. Next month's Skandia Sail for Gold regatta at Weymouth is one of the few Olympic-class events remaining before the next Games and takes place at the London 2012 venue. Most of the countries competing next month are using it as a pre-Olympic trial. Only one entrant in each event is allowed in the sailing events at the Games. The qualification process will span a number of events, including next month's Weymouth World Cup regatta, championships taking place in Perth in December 2011 as well as a number of specific test competitions, which go right into 2012. In the 2008 Games, Britain finished fourth position in the overall medal table with 47 medals in total, including 19 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze. Great Britains best Olympic performance for 100 years. The GBR sailing competitors won six medals, including 4 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze and were top sailing nation. Italy and USA take Titles at Radial World Youth Championships . . . After a highly charged day’s racing on the Clyde in some of the trickiest conditions of the week, Giovanni Coccoluto fo Italy and Erika Reineke of the USA have been crowned the new Laser Radial World Youth Champions. In tricky, shifty, light to moderate winds reaching no more than 8-15kts, 16-year-old Reineke from Fort Lauderdale, FL won the Girls event with a race to spare, which is exactly what she set out to do when she left the shore this morning.  Today’s 7th and 37th may have ranked among his worst results of the week but the extremely cool-headed Italian – Giovanni Coccoluto from Circolo Della Vela Muggia – still managed to pull off an exceptionally impressive series to win the Laser Radial Youth Boys’ Championship. Laser Radial - Boys Overall Results (after 10 races, 2 discards) 1 ITA Giovanni Coccoluto 61pts 2 POL Tadeusz Kubiak 63pts 3 ITA Luca Antognoli 64pts GBR 12 GBR Grant James 107pts 14 GBR Hanson Elliot U17 118pts Laser Radial - Girls Overall Results (after 11 races, 2 discards) 1 USA Erika Reineke 22pts 2 JPN Manami Doi 49pts 3 NED Michelle Broekhuizen 53pts GBR 24 GBR Mckeeman Sophie 143pts 38 GBR Burford Alice U17 175pts 41 GBR Butterfield Sarah 184pts Full story at http://www.laserworlds2010.co.uk/radialyouth 3 Sad Old Blokes win Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships . . . 3 Sad Old Blokes - Jerry Hill, Joe Lewellyn and Grant Rollerson (GBR) - triumphed on the final day to take the Volvo Laser SB3 World Championships on Lake Garda. They finished nine points clear of Ian Ainslie, Roger Hudson and Adam Martin of South Africa, with Ben Saxton, Tim Saxton, Nicola Brook and Matt Rainback (GBR) in third.  For the final race the Race Officer was in a quandary; finish the race in unstable conditions or shorten the course after the first lap? As the fleet were making their final approaches to the leeward gate, the race committee raised the Tango flag and signalled to the fleet to finish. Unfortunately for many of the fleet, the flag was not recognised and only a canny few held their kites and carried on to the finish line. Jerry Hill explained, “We’ve been fast all week and we’ve sailed really well together. We’ve had 5 first and lots of other top 5 results. Our problem at previous World Championships has been carrying “big results”. I have to admit, I was in pieces this morning and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to hold it together, I really didn’t think I could cope. But we sailed really well today, we didn’t have a great start to the first race today, we found ourselves quite deep, but we pulled back places and managed to get in front of Craig [Burlton]." "Going into the last race we had 6 points on Craig [Burlton] and 8 points on Ian [Ainslie]. We sailed really well up wind and stayed with Ian [Ainslie] and Craig [Burlton]. At the leeward gate we saw the “T” flag, but also saw that nobody was going to the finish, so we headed up wind and tried to find the Sailing Instructions . . . they were soggy, but when we saw some of the back markers of the fleet sailing for the finish, we hoisted the chute. Our World Championship title rested on this decision. I am ecstatic that we were right and I am looking forward to celebrating tonight!” 32 boats in the Gold Fleet did not react to the Tango flag and continued to sail the course leaving them outside the 15 minute time limit for the Championship and as a result added a “Did Not Finish” (DNF) results to their score sheet. As the fleet came ashore and realised their mistake, their faces feel and disappointment soared. A disappointing finish for many Championship campaigns. Laser SB3 - World Championships, Final Leading positions (105 entries) 1 GBR 3465 Jerry Hill, Joe Llewellyn / Grant Rollers, Royal Southern YC 54,0 2 RSA 3451 Ian Ainslie, Roger Hudson / Adam Martin /, Royal Cape YC 63,0 3 GBR 3065 Ben Saxton, Tim Saxton /, Royal Southern YC 70,0 4 GBR 3575 Sarah Allan, David Giles / Josie Gibson / G, Royal Southern YC 73,0 5 GBR 3042 Craig Burlton, Adam Heeley / Steve White /, Royal Southern YC 77,0 6 ITA 3187 Luca Bacci, Tiziano Nava / Duccio Colombi, Canottieri Domaso 77,0 7 GBR 3048 John Pollard, Rob Smith / Micky Schwarz /, Royal Torbay YC 77,0 8 RUS 3269 Rodion Luka, Oleg Zsherebtsov / Alexander L, St Petersberg YC 82,0 9 GBR 3467 Mark Rushall, Liz Rushall / Harvey Hillary /, Emsworth SC 93,0 10 GBR 3027 Chris Darling, Sian Mccleave / Alice Darling, Itchenor SC 123,0 Race with Olympic stars at Skandia Sail for Gold regatta . . .  Just a few days remain until entries for the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta close on Monday 26 July. Currently over 800 competitors from 53 nations have entered the fifth installment of this ISAF Sailing World Cup event. Triple Olympic gold and silver medallist Ben Ainslie announced his entry this week. Nearly two years to the day that he secured his third Olympic gold in Beijing, Ben returns to compete in his Finn.Torben Grael (BRA) a five time Olympic medallist has recently returned to the Star. He will be competing in the highly competitive Star class, where he secured bronze at the World Championships in Rio earlier this year, in Weymouth he and fellow crew Marcelo Ferreira will line up alongside current World Champions and Beijing gold medallists Skandia Team GBR’s Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson. Other notable British entries include double Olympic gold medallist Sarah Ayton competing in the 470 with crew Saskia Clark. In the RS:X class, Beijing Bronze medallist Bryony Shaw will be looking for a good performance on home waters, however she will have to keep an eye over her shoulder for recently crowned RS:X silver medallist at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships Izzy Hamilton. World and Olympic Laser champion Paul Goodison will be looking to make his mark in the largest fleet of the event (160 entries so far), whilst recently crowned World Champions in the Paralympic Skud class Alexandra Rickman and Niki Birrell are looking forward taking on the compeition. Britain’s Ed Wright will be looking to defend his ISAF Sailing World Cup title, but with Finn heavyweights including Beijing silver medallist Zach Railey (USA), Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO), Jonathan Lobert (FRA) and Ben Ainslie’s return to the circuit, it is clear there will be a well fought battle for the overall title. The international field is a depth of talent including Australian 470 Beijing gold medal-winning crew Malcolm Page, fresh from winning the World Championships with Mathew Belcher. Olympic veteran, quadruple Olympic medallist Robert Scheidt (BRA), and recently crowned Women’s 470 World Champions Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout (NED). Claire Leroy (FRA) and crew, currently ranked third overall in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Women’s Match Racing standings (view standings here) will be battling it out with just one point separating the top three boats led by Skandia Team GBR’s Lucy Macgregor and crew. Schedule of Events at Skandia Sail for Gold regatta: Sunday 1st August - Venue Opens Friday 6th August - Event Office opens for registration Sunday 8th August - Briefing for coaches and team leaders & Opening Ceremony 19:00 Monday 9th August - Racing day 1 Tuesday 10th August - Racing day 2 Wednesday 11th August - Racing day 3 Thursday 12th August - Racing day 4 Friday 13th August - Racing day 5 Saturday 14th August - Medal Races (no warning signal after 153:0) |
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