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Wild and Windy on day two at Sail for Gold
11 August 2010
Date: 11th August 2010
From: Jodie Bakewell-White
A wild and windy day on the water tested the NZL Sailing Team competing at Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England. It was all about survival out on the race course today with gusts of up to 25 knots.
Photo by On Edition: Burling and Tuke in action on day two
After day two of the six day series Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk hold onto their lead in the Star event, with plenty of snakes and ladders on the leader board for the rest of the kiwi team. Many stepped up the challenge and New Zealand now has six sailors or teams placed within the top ten of their fleet at this early stage in the regatta.
Jez Fanstone, Yachting New Zealand Olympic Programme Manager commented, "It would be fair to say that it's been a big day for weather and results."
"The venue is living up to its billing as one that can deliver a variety of conditions with us seeing 5 - 25knots in one day. With some lighter winds forecast for the end of the week it will be a good test of all round sailing for the whole team."
Star
After kicking off the series with two bullets on day one Pepper and Monk sailed one race overnight crossing the line in 9th place - enough to retain their spot at the top of the class. With eleven points they are out in front of Johannes Polgar and Markus Koy of Germany who have 14 points.
The big name Star sailors like Torben Grael, Robert Scheidt, Xavier Rohart and Freddie Loof are in the hunt all sitting in the top ten.
Laser
Andrew Murdoch remains the best placed of the kiwis in the Laser, but slipped from the top spot into second place after a 4th and a 7th in last night's two races. Britain's Paul Goodison takes the lead just two points ahead of Murdoch.
Stand out performer of the day for New Zealand in the class was Wellington's Josh Junior who came away with two race wins on day two. Sam Meech from Tauranga had a solid day on the water also scoring a 3rd and a 4th.
49er
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have moved up from fourth into second place in the 49er class as the second best performing team of the day in skiff. The 49er boys sailed with speed and maturity to record a 2nd and a 3rd, with the 2nd race being one of survival down the last run.
They are on 11 points - five points adrift of the current leaders Manu Dyen and Stephane Christidis who returned two race wins on day two. The Sibello brothers of Italy sailed well and have third place on the board four points behind the kiwis.
Men's RS:X
Jon-Paul Tobin was on fire on day two repeating the form of the Star boys on day one, with two wins from two race sailed, taking him up into fourth place overall in the Men's RS:X fleet. Tom Ashley is in 13th place after two 4ths.
Women's 470
In the challenging and testing conditions Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie switched on the afterburners to win the second race of the day which sees them fight their way up into the top ten. After lying seventh at the outset of the day they move up into seventh position in the fleet of 46.
Finn
The Finn fleet sailed just one race on day two, New Zealand's Dan Slater placing 17th. He is inside the top ten in ninth position in the standings.
Elsewhere in the team Sara Winther sailed well in the windy conditions returning a 3rd and a 4th in the Laser radial fleet where she now lies 13th overall. Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders are the best of the three kiwi teams in the Men's 470 with an 11th and a 3rd last night they are in 15th.
Daily reports on the New Zealand team performance will be issued during the regatta and you can now follow the NZL Sailing Team via their Facebook page.
Full results, images and more information will be available on the regatta website. Media requiring high resolution images or footage can contact event media services on Sarah.Alexander@intotheblue.biz
2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta
New Zealand's Current Standings after day two as available
Star (36 boats)
1st Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk (1, 1, 9)
Laser (180 boats)
2nd Andrew Murdoch (1, 2, 4, 7)
13th Mike Bullot (13, 12, 3, 13)
15th Josh Junior ( 2, 39, 1, 1)
21st Sam Meech (5, 34, 3, 4)
57th Andy Maloney (43, 9, 21, 10)
97th James Sandall (10, 32, 45, 34)
132nd George Lane (34, 37, 53, 46)
146th Spencer Loxton (DSQ, 52, 33, 41)
Laser Radial (91 boats)
13th Sara Winther (5, 22, 3, 4)
31st Rachel Basevi (33, 24, 6, 8)
44th Miranda Powrie (33, 31, 15, 11)
470 Men (60 boats)
15th Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders (18, 8, 11, 3)
31st Francisco Lardies and Finn Drummond (20, 18, 9, 11)
33rd Geoff Woolley and Daniel Willcox (15, 10, 14, 24)
470 Women (46 boats)
7th Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie (20, 12, 16, 1)
49er (58 boats)
2nd Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (3, 3, 4, 2, 3)
Finn (50 boats)
9th Dan Slater (2, 17, 17)
RS:X Men (75 sailors)
4th Jon-Paul Tobin (6, 6, 1, 1)
13th Tom Ashley (19, 2, 4, 4)
RS:X Women (50 sailors)
25th Natalia Kosinska (25, 30, 28, 24)
24th Stephanie Williams (40, 27, 23, 16)
34th Alice Monk (41, 34, 24, 31)
Women's Match Racing (24 teams)
Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt (Group C Round Robin: 0 wins/4 losses)
And from Dan Slater
Today we saw plenty of rain, current and wind and wind shifts.
We went out to the start and waited 2 hours before the breeze became good enough to get a race started. The course today was a 3 lap windward leeward course in a 15-25 knot breeze. The first top mark I rounded 8th or 9th and had a really good downwind and sailed into 4th. I then did a bit of a stupid gybe and dragged the boom in the water and broached filling the cockpit with water. This average manoeuvre of mine lost me 7-8 places. I gained a few back on the second lap.
Once we got to the end of the second lap the race committee signalled a 30 degree change in course direction to the next mark. I came round the mark just inside the top 10 and headed out to the right hand side of the course towards the new mark direction. The race committee had a problem and the top mark and it wasn't shifted to the new position. So when it came into my vision I had to reach down to the mark I had overlayed the mark by heaps and lost about 10 boats. I finished the race in 17th and we were sent ashore as the breeze was about 25 knots and we had wind against tide making for some awful waves.
I filed a protest for redress with two others Ben Ainslie and Ed Wright over the mark not being where it should have been. The protest was heard and we were granted redress of average points for the regatta as they found the mark was in the wrong place and we had been effected by this and it was no fault of our own. So I need some good races now to turn this into a good race.
Dan
M1
10 August 2010
Photos courtesy of Wal.
Stellar start in Star and Laser at Sail for Gold
10 August 2010
Date: 10th August
From: Jodie Bakewell-White
Star duo Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk, and Laser sailor Andrew Murdoch have had a dream start at 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, England where racing got underway overnight for New Zealand's Olympic class sailors.
Image by OnEdition: Star fleet on day one
It was all about the weather on day one. In last night's team briefing Hamish Willcox stated that today would be a day to look out for anything and everything and he couldn't have been more accurate.
All classes reported unstable, shifty conditions on the water leading to a mixed set of results for most competitors on the water.
With a frontal system approaching from the west overnight tomorrow may bring more of what this young team have been training in over the last fortnight.
Jez Fanstone commented "It's great to finally be out on the water racing after two weeks of training. The team had a mixed bag of results today, with many showing great promise. We are preparing for a windy day tomorrow."
New Zealand's Star representatives, Pepper and Monk, scored two bullets on the opening day of the six day series to claim the early lead in the 36-strong fleet featuring the world's top sailors in the prestigious class. French sailors Guillaume Florent and Pascal Rambeau are in second place on five points with a 2nd and a 3rd in racing overnight.
The kiwi pair has been campaigning together in the Star for just over a year and won the silver medal at the 2009 Star World Championships exactly one year ago in Varberg, Sweden. They are coached by Andrew Palfrey.
28 year old Andrew Murdoch from the Kerikeri Cruising Club tops the leader board in the 180 strong Laser fleet after day one in Weymouth. Starting the regatta with a race win, Murdoch followed it up with a second place in race two and takes the early lead in the hotly contested single-handed men's Laser fleet.
Murdoch, with three points, is just ahead of Marc De Haas of the Netherlands and reigning Olympic champion Paul Goodison (GBR) both on six points.
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have made a good start in the 49er class where they are up against 57 other teams. Despite the shifty conditions on day one, they placed 3rd, 3rd and 4th in the three quick fire races sailed in the skiff class which has been split into two fleets for qualifying rounds.
These two young men, who represent the Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club and the Kerikeri Cruising Club respectively, have had an excellent season in the 49er, their best result so far a silver medal at Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands earlier this year. With no Olympic representatives for New Zealand in this class since Sydney 2000, Burling and Tuke are an exciting prospect for the nation as the countdown to London 2012 continues.
The other kiwi to feature in the top ten standings is Dan Slater lying eighth in the Finn who started the series with a 2nd place in the opening race.
Elsewhere in the team there were some promising individual race results for other New Zealand sailors who, like many top sailors, struggled for consistency in the shifty conditions. In the Laser event Josh Junior had a 2nd place in race one, and Sam Meech a 5th place. Sara Winther was 5th across the line in the second race in her Laser Radial qualifying fleet, and Jon-Paul Tobin started the series with a 6th place in his first race.
Complete results and overall standings are unavailable for the New Zealand sailors in some classes (Men's RS:X, Men's 470) at the time of writing as the regatta results team work late into the evening to iron out administration teething problems on day one of the regatta which has attracted an enormous entry list of close to 1000 sailors.
Daily reports on the New Zealand team performance will be issued during the regatta and you can now follow the NZL Sailing Team via their Facebook page.
Full results, images and more information will be available on the regatta website. Media requiring high resolution images or footage can contact event media services on Sarah.Alexander@intotheblue.biz or Jodie Bakewell-White/Sarah Branson - contact details just below.
2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta
New Zealand's Current Standings after day one (as available)
Star (36 boats)
1st Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk (1, 1)
Laser (180 boats)
1st Andrew Murdoch (1, 2)
27th Mike Bullot (13, 12)
47th Sam Meech (5, 34)
55th Josh Junior (2, 39)
61st James Sandall (10, 32)
79th Andy Maloney (43, 9)
114th George Lane (34, 37)
172nd Spencer Loxton (DSQ, 52)
Laser Radial
27th Sara Winther (5, 22)
58th Rachel Basevi (33, 24)
63rd Miranda Powrie (33, 31)
470 Men
Geoff Woolley and Daniel Willcox (15, 10)
Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders (18, 8)
Francisco Lardies and Finn Drummond (20, 18)
470 Women (46 boats)
14th Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie (20, 12)
49er (58 boats)
4th Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (3, 3, 4)
Finn (50 boats)
8th Dan Slater (2, 17)
RS:X Men
Jon-Paul Tobin (6)
Tom Ashley (19)
RS:X Women (50 sailors)
26th Natalia Kosinska (25, 30)
36th Stephanie Williams (40, 27)
40th Alice Monk (41, 34)
Women's Match Racing (24 teams)
Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt (Group C Round Robin: 0 wins/3 losses)
Dan Slater
10 August 2010
Hi
Its been a while since I raced the Finn but since the Europeans in May I have done quite a bit of Finn sailing. The last 2 weeks I have been here In Weymouth in the UK the Venue for the 2012 Olympic sailing regatta with the rest of the NZL Sailing team. We have all been training against other sailors from different nations round the world who have also been training here.
The NZL team has been sailing from the Weymouth Sailing club and using the club as a base while training. On Friday night we had a BBQ for the whole team and the club members where we were able to supply NZ Meat, Wine and Beer with the great support from Silver Fern Farms and Yealands.
Over the last two weeks I was lucky to have John Clinton here with me coaching and helping me develop my gear. We made some really good progress and I was able to train against some of the best Finn sailors in the world like having 3 days with Ben Ainslie.
Today the Sail For Gold World Cup started with 703 Entries, 57 Nations, 975 Athletes, 212 Coaches .
The Finn class has 49 entries and all the top guys have come to play on the Olympic waters. Unfortunately the Finns and Stars are out on the back Paddock racing 7 miles from the marina. This is a bit crazy as we still sail in very shifty and more current than any of the other courses. Today we had wind against the tide and up to 35m per min of current. That's heaps for those you don't know its like a soft river.
12-16 Knots of wind and very unstable made racing very tough. Race 1 I had a great start and kept working the middle of the course but the guys on the left side of the course seemed to make all the gains round the first mark I was about 12th and then I had a good run and second beat to round the top mark for the second lap 4th. Down the final run I got in the groove with the waves and finished 2nd behind the Frenchman.
Race 2 and the breeze had built a little and the clouds started to role over. I had another good start and was going really well up the first beat working the middle of the course about 300m from the top mark we had a really big Left hand shift in the breeze. The boats on my left hand side rotated inside me with the shift and I went from top 3 or 4 to 20th at the top mark. I did pick boats up through the race till the last downwind when I just got the side of the course wrong and lost 5 boats to finish 17th.
Overall Im 8th and tomorrow looks like we will see some rain maybe but also some breeze in the 10-14 knot wind range.
Dan Slater
Hamilton Island Race Week
10 August 2010
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As the number of yachts entered for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2010 approaches the magical figure of 200 the New Zealanders have declared they are on a mission - they want the South Pacific Cup. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has advised Hamilton Island Yacht Club that two highly competitive yachts, Jim Farmer's new TP52, Georgia, and Rob Basset's 52-footer, Wired, will be racing under the club's burgee in the Kiwi quest for the trophy. The South Pacific Cup is an international team event which was first contested at the 25th staging of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week two years ago. The Australian team comprising Yendys (Geoff Ross), Alegria (Rod Jones) and Living Doll (Michael Hiatt) claimed the prize. Audi Hamilton Island Race Week officials will meet this week to select the two Australian yachts which will defend the cup at the regatta, which starts on August 20. The entry list for the 27th edition of Race Week is now nudging 190, and with a few days to go until the close of nominations, indications are that it could go as high as 200. Ironically, among the entries about to be lodged are the largest contender - Lang Walker's spectacular new 58-metre superyacht, Kokomo - and some of the smallest - three 6.1 metre long SB3 sportboats. And, while the yachts are coming from around Australia and overseas, so too are the competitors: ex-pat Australian Robbie Vaughan, who won the Cruising Division two years ago, will be returning from America to race his 64-footer, Van Diemen III; and Mount Isa panel beater Greg Fietz will be arriving with four mates in the hope they find crew positions for the week. 'We've heard so much about Race Week we just know that we want to do it, so we're turning up on spec in hope we find a ride,' Fietz explained. 'It will be a nice change from the bush. |
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