Guest Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Got it BMW have confirmed the following skippers: The BMW Sailing Cup skippers for the regatta are: Grant Turnbull Phil Yuill Murray Gilbert representing Jerry Clayton BMW Phil Douglas Cameron Thorpe Zane Gifford So Cameron Thorpe is a regular here and cleaned up the Farr 1020's to get there. Who can tell us who the others are? Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Grant Turnbull and Zane Gifford are both 88ers or ex-88ers - Grant has been at or near the front of the fleet for many years although I think is at the helm of something else now. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Phill Yuill is a top 1020 sailor. Phil Douglas is a top MRX sailor. Good selections Link to post Share on other sites
johnk 0 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Squid In your position hosting nz's allegedly premier sailing website you should know who all these guys are Perhaps if you had a slightly less knocking attitude to everything and sort the facts you would But let me do your job Can thorpe was first in 1020 phil quill was second both good guys Grant turnbill won 88's Zane Gifford was top three I think and an ex tanner or tauranga cup winner Phil Douglas has been at the top of mrxs for 15 years and Murray Gilbert is probably one if the best Flying fifteen sailors in NZ They are all very good one design sailors in one class or another To be frank their sailing skill far out weighs your journalistic prowess , your negativity has seriously blighted your view and as a result instead of reporting the story about the event you have chosen to try to belittle the event and take a cheap shot Take a good look at what you have said and hopefully realize that with any research at all you could have found this out Very disappointing Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Jeeze John K. That's a bit harsh. What are you specifically referrring to? Knocking attitude to everything?? Haven't seen too much of that from Squid. Some specifics would be handy if you are going to flame like that! Link to post Share on other sites
johnk 0 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Smithy Try have they announced the annointed ones? Or who can tell us about the others? I just it could be phrased a little less like they are unknowns Or some way bad for being selected for being good at what they do And perhaps some research as to their pedigree could have been done After all they are all well known names with strong class racing backgrounds Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Maybe a little too sensitive there.. Yes, I know a few of those names, but not others. It depends on which circles you mix in I guess. Personally, I didn't read any negativity in there, just Squid not knowing them. Sometimes it's easy to read something that isn't there.... I sailed against Phil Douglas in Lasers quite a bit. He was pretty good, and I think took out a couple of Laser Nationals a long time ago. I heard he had moved into MRXs quite a few years ago and was going well. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 From the squadron website BMW Sailing Cup NZL 2nd & 3rd April Two races completed today after a light breeze filled in this afternoon. Racing will continue tomorrow (Sunday). The winner of the New Zealand BMW Sailing Cup will go to the 2011 BMW Sailing Cup International Final held in Cascaias Portugal from the 31st May to 5th June. Today's results (Saturday); Grant Turnbull 3, 2 - 5pts Cameron Thorpe 1, 4 - 5pts Phil Douglas 2, 3 - 5pts Phil Yuill 6, 1 - 7pts Zane Gifford 4, 6 - 10pts Murray Gilbert 5, 5 - 10pts For further information view www.bmwaucklandregatta.co.nz Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 well said johnk, someone had to do it. Our main man the squid seems to sometimes struggle with choice between the inevitable forum dwelling knocker (much easier to moan about it on the internet than get out there and do it) and anything close to journalism / investigation / reporting of dare I say the word, 'facts'. Thanks for the copy/paste from the organisers website though. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I did - I posted "Who can tell us who the others are?" on theis forum - had the answer I wanted within minutes, definitely the fastest and most efficient method I could think of. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Anyone know where they are racing? The website only says 'keep watching, coming soon' Link to post Share on other sites
PaulR 3 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 So JohnK; when the announcement was made for the Cup entries, Q1). Was a small profile of each skipper included in the news release? Q2). Any small profiles on key crew members that the skippers' reply upon? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I took a punt the MRX's never travel far from home so aimed at Westhaven, Bingo, found them. Breeze up towards the end there so they had their hands full. Some good pre-start action and tight sailing. The best starter seem to be the winner mostly but it was all very close all the same with everyone keeping the other on their toes. No big gaps seen, it was all very tight. Some great crew work, the odd hiccup though. One boats crew got quite animated at the end of the last race so I guess they won. One point of interest for next years event - All I saw was Halls racing KPMG racing Ovlov racing MGE Marine. I couldn't tell who was on what boat. It would have been good if the boats had skippers names on them, even if I have no idea who 2 of them are. But whoever was on them did seem to be having fun. And very good to see a Fullers Cat do a dramatic course change, slow right down and slide along very close to the breakwater to stay off the track, more than can be said for many others. Well done that Ferry driver. For those knot watching a couple of snaps Link to post Share on other sites
johnk 0 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Paulr Dude does it really matter Get real does it matter who is in the crew or what the skipper has done Seriously mate are you that important you have to know all this detail and if you don't it means the event is a failure As a comparison I have little or no knowledge about the quarter ton regatta the other week that you appear to have sailed in buy it didn't stop me enjoying the reports or working out everyone had fun Take your hand off it long enough to stop finding an angle to be negative about it Listen if squid wants to know a simple call to the race office would get all the info he needed to have the scoop The delving into innane detail and criticism of everthingbon this sight seriously limits it's audience This was a great event with fun had by all and should be recognize as such Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 You know any results JohnK? Link to post Share on other sites
johnk 0 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yeah Grant turnbill won y88 Phil Douglas second MRX Can Thorpe and phil yuile made up the top 4 both 1020 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 They'll be happy, one boat load sure looked that way. Phil taken out by a 88er.... Ohwwwww Link to post Share on other sites
johnk 0 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 A very good 88er Grant has been national keelboat champ at least once bf when sailed mrxs And I think came 2nd or 3rd in this once bf And is a good guy Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I think anyone who gets to sail at that level can be regarded as good. It's a hard place to get too just by being lucky, contrary to what one or 2 said to us when we won the Keelboat Nats. Mind you those two did finish behind us So Team GT is now off to ?? for the world series I'm guessing? Where and when it that, anyone know? Link to post Share on other sites
johnk 0 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Portugal Not sure on timing but in about a month or so maybe 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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