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    Round North Island, 2 Handed ---2017

    in ShortTalk

    Posted

    KM, scored using base passage PHRF.

     

    SSANZ gave themselves the option to move the division boundaries to fit actual entries into 'sensible' groups, but by the looks, boundaries are :

     

    910 and above, div 1

    865 to 909, div 2

    790 - 864, div 3

    under 790 div 4

     

    Think they did a pretty good job with the groupings.

    Long coastal and offshore race fleets

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Ratings, I know you're a fan of IRC and not one of PHRF, the below is how the land currently lies though.

     

    - There are only 20 odd boats in NZ with IRC, excluding the offshore boats.
    - IRC nationals, three divisions offered, ended up with one division, three TP52s competing
    - RNI, only two boats with valid certificates from 28 boats
    - the Gold Cup sited, 28 boats but only 4 with IRC and only three regular

     

    For all practical purposes IRC iss dead here.

    Keeping in mind the useful observation that if you keep trying the same things don't be surprised if you keep getting the same result, what do you propose to change this around?

     

    Clubs have tried emphaasizing IRC as the major prize, but it ceases to be credible when less than half the fleet are entries.

     

    You can try convincing people IRC rewards the best sailed boat, good luck.  The perception is IRC favours very specific types of boats and you can either sell your current boat and spend a lot of money getting one of those or not bother turning up.  That there's more than a grain of truth to that doesn't help.

     

    And then there's things like optimising, tell most kiwi sailors to optimise their boats (read put away their code zeroes) for a rule and they'll tell you to find another rule.

     

    My question is serious, what do you propose be done?

    Long coastal and offshore race fleets

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Fish, the info I have on the FastNet would indicate division 5 has been merged with division 4 (

     

    from results for the last five races, only the Sigma 38 and to a lesser extent the Sigma 33 have had significant class presence for designs prior to 1990 and those classes are way down in numbers for the last two races.

    Using the most recent couple of races, your typical Fastnet boat is a First 40, First 40.7 or J109.

    What I'm seeing is good growth in European production boats (yeah I know J Boats read J boats Europe for that) typically around the 10-15 years old.

    One of the interesting things is the likes of the Prima 38 and Reflex 38 which were designed in the 90s so modern by NZ standards are also dropping off badly in terms of participation.

    I'm reading the Fastnet popularity as driven by some pretty reasonable production cruiser/racer designs  within the last 20 years, presumably available at pretty resonable prices.  Whilst the older boats still have a definite presence, don't think it's driving the Fastnet popularity.

    New Zealands fleet is generally older than that and the Js, Xs, Firsts common in European racing never established a serious presence here.
    Don't think it's the big reason why there aren't small boats doing longer races here, but it's not helping.

    2016 Rum race

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    53 entries by my count, as below, let's know if I've missed anyone

     

     

    Short Course :

     

    17:45 Nocturne
    17:45 Serene
    17:46 Lightning
    17:46 Sunset Sam
    17:47 Hyperactive
    17:52 Polaris
    17:52 Revolution Blues
    17:52 Morgana
    17:53 Bondi Tram
    17:53 Mindbender
    17:54 Hot Gossip II
    17:54 Urban Escape
    17:56 Patiko
    17:56 Real Deal
    17:56 Space Station
    17:56 Sonic
    17:57 Babe
    17:57 Drop Dead Fred
    17:58 Hotdogger

    17:58 Oracle
    17:58 Predator
    17:58 Tazzy Devil
    17:59 Duty Free
    17:59 Elliphunk
    18:00 Psyche II
    18:01 Harken
    18:02 Hard Labour
    18:03 Shrek's House
    18:03 The Entertainer
    18:04 Chain Reaction
    18:04 Fast Company
    18:04 Rhythm N Blues
    18:04 R n B
    18:05 Fun n Games
    18:06 Tigga
    18:07 Spearhead
    18:07 Valium
    18:08 Absolut Leisure
    18:08 Atamai
    18:08 Extreme
    18:08 Sunfast 3600 Racing
    18:08 Transformer

    18:11 Titanium

    Long course :

    17:49 Force Eleven
    17:50 Higher Ground
    17:50 Urban Cowboy
    18:00 White Knight
    18:00 Anarchy
    18:06 Freedom
    18:08 Ran Tan II
    18:08 Akatea
    18:11 Attitude
    18:13 Timberwolf

    2016 Rum race

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Hi people,

     

    Well, this year it seems to be a case of deja vu all over again, similar forecast, similar uncertainty in the forecast but hopefully a pretty spectacular evening to be on the water.

     

    Best guess for the forecast is a north easterly kicking in later in the afternoon of around 15kts which should be just about perfect, hopefully the weather gods will do the honourable thing and stick with the forecast.

     

    As with last year, we'll run two courses, 8.9nm for most and 11.3 for a few of the quicker boats.  Particularly for those starting last on the short course or first on the long course, if you especially want to sail the other course, let me know and I'll see what can be arranged. 

    The division split has changed a little from last year, just the way it's panned out with the entries we've received.

    8.9nm:  From the start round Orakei Buoy to port, Rough Rock Buoy to port to the finish.

     

    11.3nm:  From the start rounding Orakei to port, Saltworks buoy to port to the finish.

     

    The start line is defined as a line from Westhaven tower to the outer distance mark (ODM), the finish line is a transit from the Westhaven Tower through the outer distance mark to the northern side of the harbour.

     

    Start times shall be signalled with number boards on the tower and we will endeavour to broadcast each start time on VHF ch77.  We expect to coordinate start times using GPS time so starting on your GPS time should work well.

     

    Be aware people you are sailing under Collregs which do require a higher degree of caution while navigating in close proximity to other vessels.  There are also insurance implications so if close to other vessels, throttle back the racing enthusiasm, no one wants a damaged boat just before their Christmas cruise.

     

    Any questions, please email me at mmulcare@xtra.co.nz

     

    Start times, as at 18:00, Tuesday 20 December

     

    8.9nm course :

     

    17:45 Fun n Games
    17:45 Nocturne
    17:45 Serene
    17:46 Lightning
    17:46 Sunset Sam
    17:47 Hyperactive
    17:52 Polaris
    17:52 Revolution Blues
    17:52 Morgana
    17:53 Bondi Tram

    17:53 Mindbender
    17:54 Hot Gossip II
    17:54 Urban Escape
    17:56 Patiko
    17:56 Real Deal
    17:56 Sonic
    17:57 Babe
    17:57 Drop Dead Fred
    17:58 Hotdogger

    17:58 Predator
    17:58 Tazzy Devil
    17:59 Duty Free
    17:59 Elliphunk
    18:00 Psyche II
    18:01 Harken
    18:03 Shrek's House
    18:03 The Entertainer
    18:04 Chain Reaction
    18:04 Fast Company

    18:04 Rhythm N Blues

    18:04 R n B
    18:06 Tigga
    18:07 Spearhead
    18:07 Valium
    18:08 Absolut Leisure
    18:08 Atamai
    18:08 Extreme
    18:08 Sunfast 3600 Racing
    18:08 Transformer

    11.3nm course :

    17:50 Force Eleven
    17:50 Higher Ground
    17:50 Urban Cowboy
    18:00 White Knight
    18:00 Anarchy
    18:06 Freedom
    18:08 Ran Tan II
    18:08 Akatea

    18:11 Attitude
    18:13 Timberwolf

    2016 Rum race

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Hi people, entries as at Sunday 18:00 or so

     

    Absolut Leisure Leisure 42
    Akatea Cookson 50
    Anarchy YD37
    Atamai First 44.7
    Chain Reaction Elliott 1050
    Duty Free Farr 1220
    Elliphunk Elliott 935
    Extreme Rocket 30
    Fun n Games MG30
    Harken MRX
    Higher Ground Ross 35
    Hotdogger Ross930
    Hyperactive Elliott 7 Trailer Sailer
    Legless Young 88
    Lightning Elliott 7.9
    Morgana Townson 10m
    Nocturne Townson 26
    Patiko Stewart 34
    Polaris Stewart 34
    Psyche Stewart 34
    Rant Tan II Elliot 50
    Real Deal Elliott 770
    Revolution Blues Ross 830
    Sonic Young 88
    Spearhead E1050 Heavyweight Cruiser
    Sunset Sam Ross 650
    tazzy devil Elliott 10.5
    The Bondi Tram Ross 930
    The Entertainer Ross 930
    Timberwolf Multi
    Transformer Elliott 42
    Urban Cowboy Ross 40

    White Knight GBE

     

     

    Happy to take entries until Matt says enough, be good to see a few more and forecasts are looking very promising
     

    Vendee Globe 2016

    in ShortTalk

    Posted

    Wish the best for Colman but I can't say I'm a fan of his boat, still if something can be got out of it then Colman may be one of the people who can get it out.  He won't be last.

     

    My guess for winner is BP8 but it's easy to see 5 of the 6 new boats not making it so you'd have to think the lucky one from that group and maybe Vincent RIOU on PRB all have a shot.

     

    Womens Sailing - Equality

    in RaceTalk

    Posted

    Swartie, The limitation of gender was in the Notice of Race, which is precisely where it should be. 

    It isn't the responsibility of an organising authority to ensure anyone putting in an entry  is going to comply with restrictions of a notice of race and reject an entry based on that.  This ignores such things as assuming a persons gender based on their name.

    It is the responsibility of participants to read the notice of race and ensure that they can comply with it before they enter.

    This is very basic, so basic at the level of the World Sailing Cup that I can only conclude that this person was fully cognisant of the restrictions and elected to enter because of a personal agenda.  The odds of entering a world cup without reading a notice of race are for all practical purposes zero.

     

    They indirectly admit they knew this in part of their blurble.

     

    You should also note that scoring from such an event is often relevant for such things as Olympic qualification so for this event, yes, her participation could directly affect others in an adverse way, it isn't exactly a rum race.

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