Guest Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Here are a few photos from flight 10 of todays race action (my day got cut short due to some camera and operator errors). There is some great race action going on just of westhaven and it is well and truly worth a look as their is some spectacular racing going on. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 and here is the facebook link to all of the photos https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 384&type=1 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The squadron have just uploaded nearly 300 photos from the days racing as well https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 572&type=1 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 BARNES AND GILMOUR STILL HOLD THE LEAD ON DAY TWO OF THE RNZYS HARKEN YOUTH INTERNATIONAL MATCH RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 PRESS RELEASE – 22 FEBRUARY 2013 Scott Barnes (RNZYS) and Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) still hold the lead with 8 wins each on day two of the RNZYS HARKEN Youth International Match Racing Championships 2013. After another day of impressive close racing on the water, the duo hold a two point advantage over the four next placed skippers all tied on 6 wins each. Both Barnes and Gilmour won 2 out of 2 races today; all of them within a margin of seconds, with the exception of Gilmour’s Flight 13 race against Stephanie Doyle by 2 minute 55 seconds, a margin that is unusually large in this extremely tight competition. The four teams tied on 6 wins each are Malcolm Parker (RPAYC), Claudia Pierce (KIYC), Charlie Lalumiere (PYC) and Adam Middleton (RPNYC), although Parker and Pierce have the advantage with one further race to sail. Pierce took 2 wins out of 3 races today, including a hard fought win against George Anyon (BBYC). Anyon led for the first three legs until, on the downwind, Pierce kept her cool and overtook to catch spectators by surprise and take the race by 5 seconds. Smiling as she crossed the finished line Pierce looked at the media boat and said “it ain’t over till it’s over!” Lalumiere commented about the day; “It had its ups and downs”, finding his first race against Hannah Osbourne (RNZYS) tough due to the tricky Auckland Harbour tides. Christophe Killian (BYC) had a very successful day with 4 wins from 4 races and made a significant jump up the leader board from yesterday. Killian described the day as very light and very shifty; “If you had one bad shift it was all over, but we were lucky enough to be on the right side of the shift for all of them”. In the battle of North America, USA vs Canada; Killian (BYC) and Richard Minielly (RVYC) were side by side going into the bottom mark rounding, and to complicate things, Middleton and Lalumiere were beside the bottom mark in their pre start. Killian had the inside, touched the bottom mark, Minielly failed to give buoy room and umpire Collette Kraus gave them both penalties. Killian was the one able to gain the advantage and take the win by 43 seconds. Shifty, patchy and fickle are words that summed up the day from all skippers; Middleton summed it up nicely as; “It was tough”, followed quickly by “And you can quote me on that”. Needless to say he is looking forward to some decent breeze tomorrow. Race Officer Megan Kensington also commented “Getting four flights completed today was more than I expected given the day’s forecast”. Racing is scheduled to commence at 10am tomorrow with Flight 14. At the conclusion of Round Robin One the top eight ranked skippers will go through to the Quarter Finals. At the conclusion of day two with four flights completed the point’s table looks like this: POINTS TABLE Scott Barnes – Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) 8/1/9 Sam Gilmour – Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) 8/1/9 Malcolm Parker – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) 6/3/9 Claudia Pierce – Kawau Island Yacht Club (KIYC) 6/3/9 Charlie Lalumiere – Portland Yacht Club (PYC) 6/4/10 Adam Middleton – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht club (RPAYC) 6/4/10 Will Holz – Chicago Yacht Club (CYC) 5/4/9 Christophe Killian – Balboa Yacht Club (BYC) 5/5/10 Nick Howe – Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) 4/5/9 George Anyon – Bucklands Beach Yacht Club (BBYC) 4/5/9 Hannah Osborne – Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) 3/7/10 Hampus Appelgren – Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS) 2/7/9 Stephanie Doyle – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) 2/7/9 Richard Minielly – Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC) 0/9/9 TODAY’S RESULTS Round Robin One Flight Ten Holz beat Lalumiere by 31s Anyon beat Minielly by 33s Killian beat Osborne by 33s Howe beat Parker by 43s Barnes beat Pierce by 20s Flight Eleven Gilmour beat Lalumiere by 9s Parker beat Minielly by 43s Killian beat Anyon by 26s Applegren beat Osborne by 1min 29s Middleton beat Howe by 15s Flight Twelve Holz beat Doyle by 1m 5s Killian beat Minielly by 43s Howe beat Osborne by 37s Lalumiere beat Middleton by 10s Pierce beat Anyon by 5s Flight Thirteen Gilmour beat Doyle by 2m 55s Parker beat Appelgren by 8s Barnes beat Holz by 47s Lalumiere beat Osborne by 1m 25s Killian beat Middleton by 52s Remember to like us on Facebook for updates and latest results, and visit the Squadron homepage www.rnzys.org.nz. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 BARNES STEALS THE LEAD AS TOP 8 GO THROUGH TO QUARTER FINALS ON DAY THREE OF THE RNZYS HARKEN YOUTH INTERNATIONAL MATCH RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 PRESS RELEASE – 23 FEBRUARY 2013 Scott Barnes (RNZYS) stole the lead from his previous first equal place holder Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) after 4 impressive wins today to take the top spot with 12 wins and only 1 loss at the completion of the Round Robin. Second overall Gilmour added 2 more wins taking his total to 10 wins and 3 losses. One of Gilmour’s losses came at the hands of the all-female crew helmed by Claudia Pierce (KIYC); Pierce led the race until after the top mark rounding, jibing and sailing into a big hole which Gilmour sailed around. Pierce managed to salvage the lead to cross the line by just 1 second. This result boosts Pierce to 3rd equal and 4th on count back. Gilmour’s only other loss of the day was to Adam Middleton (RPNYC). Middleton also has 9 wins placing him equal to Pierce, but third on count back as Middleton beat Pierce in Flight 16 by 1 minute 37 seconds. Middleton commented, “We were more confident with the increase in pressure from yesterday”. “The crew really stepped up and rose to the conditions; particularly with today’s tougher competition.” Next overall in 5th place is Charlie Lalumiere (PYC) who added another 2 wins and 1 loss. Malcolm Parker (RPAYC) had a hard afternoon on the water with 3 losses to top ranked Barnes, Hannah Osbourne (RNZYS) and George Anyon (BBYC), sliding him down the leader board to 6th spot overall. His win over fellow club mate Stephanie Doyle gives him the point he needed to take him one point clear ahead of the next four teams that are locked on 6 wins overall. With only the top 8 teams going through to tomorrow’s quarter finals, the 4 skippers tied on 6 wins are Christophe Killian (BYC), Osbourne, Anyon and Will Holz (CYC). The four way tie is broken in favour of Killian who took wins over all the other three tied skippers. Rounding off the top 8 a success story of the day is Osbourne and her all-female crew who were successful in winning their all their 3 races today. One of the races was a real nail biter against Richard Minielly (RVYC), with Osbourne taking the win by just 2 seconds. Osbourne commented “We had a much better day today; we knew we had to win the 3 races and I’m really happy with my team and looking forward to racing tomorrow”. Despite the loss and unable to secure a win throughout the series, Minielly commented that this race with Osbourne was his closest of the day and the best yet. Narrowly missing out on the top 8 is Anyon, Holz and Nick Howe (RSYS), who was yesterday deducted half a point for the damage caused by catching his keel on the anchor chain of the RNZYS Committee Boat. Hampus Appelgren (KSSS) had 2 wins from 2 losses today, bringing his total to 4 points and 12th place overall for the series. The second RPAYC team helmed by Stephanie Doyle had 3 losses and 1 win today. When commenting about her day on the water and with a smile on her face, Doyle said “In my race against Barnes, I led in the pre-start and across the line, and then we sailed into a massive hole left by a cruise ship!” Due to lack of wind this morning, racing was again delayed. The Race Committee and competitors headed down to the Mechanics Bay area, nearer the harbour entrance, in search of breeze. PRO Megan Kensington said “Once the sea breeze filled in we completed Flight 14, then the breeze died and did a 60 degree shift. It was great though to complete the Round Robin and we look forward to a great day tomorrow”. Racing is scheduled to commence at 10am tomorrow with the top 8 teams into the Quarter Finals and Prizegiving is scheduled for approximately 4pm at the conclusion of racing. At the conclusion of Day Three and 19 flights completed the point’s table looks like this: Points Table (wins/losses/sailed) Scott Barnes – Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) 12/1/13 Sam Gilmour – Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC) 10/3/13 Adam Middleton – Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (RPNYC) 9/4/13 Claudia Pierce – Kawau Island Yacht Club (KIYC) 9/4/13 Charlie Lalumiere – Portland Yacht Club (PYC) 8/5/13 Malcolm Parker – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) 7/6/13 Christophe Killian – Balboa Yacht Club BYC) 6/7/13 Hannah Osborne – Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) 6/7/13 George Anyon – Bucklands Beach Yacht Club (BBYC) 6/7/13 Will Holz – Chicago Yacht Club (CYC) 6/7/13 Nick Howe – Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) 4.5/8/13 Hampus Appelgren – Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS) 4/9/13 Stephanie Doyle – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) 3/10/13 Richard Minielly – Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC) 0/13/13 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 and hers the vid from day 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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