Rowdy 3 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 A strong New Zealand Paper Tiger Team heads for Wellington this Easter weekend for the 2013 Swire Shipping International Paper Tiger Catamaran Championships. The venue is Muritai Yacht Club, on the eastern shores of Wellington Harbour. Muritai is familiar to many Paper Tiger sailors from both Australia and New Zealand, and has a strong history of running national championships, however this will be the first time the class has hosted an International event this location. The club is nestled on the Eastern shores of Wellington Harbour with Eastbourne and Days Bay being location landmarks which the general public will be familiar with. Another record fleet, 50 of the best Paper Tiger Skippers from Australia and New Zealand will be fighting to win the ultimate prize in the class. The fleet will comprise the national teams and invited skippers, based on firm criteria of performance in national and state championships in both countries. The prospect of selection for their national teams always provides a bit of extra "juice" for Australian and New Zealand skippers competing for a "top ten" placing and national team selection at their respective national championships The Australia vs New Zealand teams challenge is regarded as an important reason for the success of the Paper Tiger class over its four decade history. The New Zealand Team are looking to reclaim the International Teams Trophy that they lost by the narrowest of margins in Melbourne last year. However a strong performance will be required from every member of the Kiwi Team if they are to be successful. Dave Shaw from Nelson, New Zealand will be looking to defend his Individual title which he claimed in Melbourne, however he will not have things all his own way with strong competition from Australia's current National Champion Bruce Rose. Other Australian's that are expected to be a force include past champions Bryan Anderson (2 titles) & mark Wiggins. Other New Zealanders expected to be in "the mix" at the front of the fleet include Scott Pedersen (Napier), Peter Robins (Wellington), Scott Barker (Wellington) and Mike Hood (Wellington). Results can be followed on the Muritai Yacht Club's website, with updates expected each day following racing. New Zealand KIWI team to compete for the International Teams Trophy: Dave Shaw PT 3084 - Feral (Nelson Yacht Club) Scott Pedersen PT 3070 - Double Vision (Napier Sailing Club) Ryan Leatham PT 3007 - Moneypenny (New Plymouth Yacht Club/Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club) Scott Barker PT 3075 - Bad Boy (Muritai Yacht Club) Richard Dent PT 3025 - Ultra High Modulus (Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club) PeMike Hood PT 3095 - The Package (Muritai Yacht Club) Peter Robins PT 3088 - Runaway Train (Muritai Yacht Club) Hayden Percy PT 3073 - Aquaholic (Napier Sailing Club) Scott Hodges PT 821 - Flyer (New Plymouth Yacht Club) Ian MacLennan PT 2820 - Love Over Gold (Takapuna Boating Club) Australia KANGAROO team to compete for the International Teams Trophy: Bruce Rose PT 3036 - The Apprentice (Tasmania) Alex Craig PT 3033 - Need for Speed (Victoria) Bryan Anderson PT 2958 - Fly'n Bry'n (Victoria) Luke Stout PT3031 - Speed Demon (Victoria) Mark Wiggins PT 3104 - Firestorm (Victoria) Joshua Thorpe PT 2833 - For Xternal Use Only (Victoria) Mike Wold PT 3050 - Boy at Heart (Victoria) Tony Hastings PT 2901 - Tigerdelic (New South Wales) Jacob MacDonald PT 3052 -Magic Marine (Victoria) Andrew Barnard PT 2861 - Psyclone (Tasmania) Ryan (Rowdy) Leatham Publicity Officer New Zealand Paper Tiger Owners Association e: rnleatham@gmail.com w: http://www.papertiger.org.nz Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 323 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 After 4 races NZ 383 Aust 665 http://www.myc.org.nz/ Link to post Share on other sites
Rowdy 3 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Racing abandoned on day 3. 30 gusting 40+. Off to the ten pin bowling lanes the Aussies to practise their under arm bowling. Link to post Share on other sites
Rowdy 3 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Dave Shaw has dominated the 2013 Swire Shipping International Paper Tiger Catamaran Championships held over Easter weekend (28 March – 1st April) in a repeat of the 2012 event. Four race wins on day one set up Shaw, before a second and a ninth place (after an impressive cartwheel down the first reach) on the final day left Shaw (Nelson, NZ) 3 points ahead of second placed Bryan Anderson (Australia) with Scott Barker (Wellington, NZ) sailing a strong regatta to finish third overall (despite breaking his mast in the final race of the regatta), Ryan “Rowdy” Leatham (Wellington, NZ) was 1 point behind Barker and rueing all of those “what-if” moments that could have got him on the podium. Bruce Rose rounded out the top five a further 3 points back. The event was hosted by the Muritai Yacht Club, nestled on the Eastern Shores of Wellington. The venue provided challenging but enjoyable racing with Wellington living up to its WINDY reputation. Another record fleet of 50 of the best Paper Tiger Skippers from Australia and New Zealand fought to win the ultimate prize in the class, with Shaw winning and becoming the first New Zealander ever to take the individual title back to back. The fleet comprised the national teams and invited skippers, based on firm criteria of performance in national and state championships. The Australia vs New Zealand teams challenge which is regarded as an important reason for the success of the Paper Tiger class over its four decade history was fiercely competitive with the New Zealand Team determined to get the Trophy back after losing it by the smallest of margins in Melbourne, Australia last year. The New Zealanders were very happy with their performance taking the Teams Trophy by 152 points (399 v 551). The junior title was a fierce battle between Nathan Percy (Napier, NZ), defending International Junior Champion Dylan Taylor (New Plymouth, NZ), past International Junior Champion Jamie Hatch (New Plymouth, NZ), Jacob McDonald (Australia) and Josh Thorp (Australia). After six tight races Taylor came out 5 point ahead of Thorpe to win his second International Junior title and finish 19th overall. The regatta is the first time in the history of the event that New Zealand has managed to take out the Teams Trophy, Individual Title and Junior Title in the one event! Full results can be found at: http://www.myc.org.nz/ Photo Credit: Phil Benge Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 OK Dinghy International Press Release Roger Blasse closes in on second world OK Dinghy title Roger Blasse (AUS) has taken a commanding lead on day four at the Singha OK Dinghy World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. Race wins went to Andre Budzien (GER) and Mike Williams (AUS), while Blasse extended his lead to nine points from Nick Craig (GBR) and 11 points from Williams. It was also a day of drama. The day afloat began with some spectacular launching through heavy surf that had built as a result of the strengthening wind, and without the help of the club's boatmen this would have been an impossible task. The day ended with drama as defending champion Budzien picked up his second yellow flag to effectively end his championship chances. Blasse is now in pole position to take his second world title, 15 years after he first won it in 1998. The wind was around the strongest of the week, up to 18-20 knots, with bigger waves making the downwind lots of fun, though the wind eased during the second race to 12-14 knots. Andre Budzien continued his good form from Wednesday into race seven taking the lead on the first upwind and maintaining it throughout. Bo Pettersen (DEN) spent most of the race in second as did Jorgen Svendsen (DEN) in third. Championship leader Roger Blasse crossed in fifth behind Nick Craig (GBR), while Blasse's main competition Mike Williams (AUS) was struggling way back in 50th after his rudder fell off. Bad luck followed Jonathan Fish (GBR) yet again. After having an OCS in race one and winning a protest for redress against a BFD in race four, and having to come ashore on Wednesday to replace a broken mast before the first race, he thought he had had his fair share of problems. But they continued today as the mast he borrowed from Craig snapped at the deck as he rounded the leeward mark in the first race of the day. He got ashore to replace with his first repaired mast but now has lost all hope of a coveted top ten finish. Williams returned to the front in race eight leading Budzien into the top mark and sailed away to win his third race of the week. Blasse rounded further back but fought through to the front and it was here while he was fighting hard downwind with Budzien that the German got his second yellow flag from the jury and had to retire from the race. Blasse couldn't catch Williams but crossed second while Svendsen picked up his second third place of the day to move up to eighth overall. The racing today was sponsored by the Pattaya Mail and was incorporated in to the Peter Cummins Classic, an annual sailing event at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club. The Pattaya Mail generously provided food, refreshments and entertainments as part of the day. The final two races will be sailed Friday at the earlier time of 11.00. So far this week the winds at 11.00 have been considerable lighter so the championship is by no means over. Results (top 20 from 74) 1 AUS 749 Roger Blasse 15.0 2 GBR 2150 Nick Craig 24.0 3 AUS 730 Michael Williams 26.0 4 NZL 517 Paul Rhodes 33.0 5 AUS 735 Mark Jackson 43.0 6 NZL 544 Greg Wilcox 51.0 7 DEN 1409 Stefan Myralf 55.0 8 DEN 1411 Jorgen Svendsen 56.0 9 GBR 2118 Terry Curtis 80.0 10 AUS 754 Brent Williams 82.0 11 GER 782 Andre Budzien 90.0 12 DEN 1364 Jorgen Lindhardtsen 97.0 13 GER 693 Martin von Zimmermann 106.0 14 NZL 542 Alistair Deaves 110.0 15 NZL 535 Mike Wilde 118.0 16 GER 778 Soenke Behrens 124.0 17 AUS 734 Edward O’Donnell 131.0 18 GBR 2151 Jonathan Fish 135.0 19 NZL 546 Luke O’Connell 138.0 20 DEN 1335 Mogens Johansen 141.0 Full results here: varuna.org/day-four-overall/ Club website: www.varuna.org Event website: www.varuna.org/ok-worlds OK Dinghy website: www.okdia.org OK Dinghy on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/OK-Dinghy/197171683649284 OK Dinghy on Twitter: http://twitter.com/OK_Dinghy_Class Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 323 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Hey Squid, big difference between 1 & 2 hulls. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Bugger - I'm rushing to get out of here. Link to post Share on other sites
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