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Volume 50 Number 18
October 2016
At the club house, Northern Arm of Manly Harbour (Trafalgar St) 7:30PM Thursday 6th October
Guest Speaker: Craig Margetts
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Monthly Events
8-9th October St Helena Cup
15-16th October Spring Series Passage Series
23rd October Combined Clubs Races 13 & 14
Triangles
29th-30th October Mooloolaba Weekend
Commodore’s Comment
By Bruce Wieland
SPRING SERIES
The new MYCQ Spring Series kicks off this coming weekend. The first
leg is the St Helena Cup, followed by two very innovative courses the
following weekend featuring optional simultaneous starts at either north or south of
the river. The northern and southern courses overlap so both fleets will cross paths
several times. The concept of these courses is the brainchild of Past Commodore
Richard Jenkins and promises to be a lot of fun. The final weekend of the Spring
Series will include the MCC triangles on Sunday the 23rd October. For the cruisers,
THERE ARE SHORTENED COURSES, so find a crew and come sailing with the race
fleet!
OMR VIDEO
The edited video of the OMR Review Committee information meeting is finally
completed and is now available on the MYCQ website. Thanks to Sean for capturing
the essence of the meeting, but a big thanks also to the OMR Committee members
Alasdair Noble, Mike Hodges and Geoff Cruse for their easily understood presentation
detailing the amendments to the OMR Rule. The video is worth watching.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Discussion is continuing on the proposed Multihull Yacht Association of Australia.
There is interest from multihull owners in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, New
South Wales, and Queensland. In my discussion with MYCQ members so far, the
majority surveyed support the move, but there are some who do not. MYCQ
Secretary Chris Wren met with Charles Meredith, the Commodore of the Multihull
Yacht Club Victoria at Hamilton Island, then Lyn and I met with Charles at Runaway
Bay last week for further informal discussions. Charles is the most active driver in
establishing the National Association. A motion was passed at the September
General Meeting directing the Management Committee to survey the membership on
this matter. This has been delayed by the absence of so many of the Management
Committee Members recently, but look for it soon.
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From the Editor Welcome to another edition of the Multinews. This month we have a story from one of the
club’s early members who has rejoined. He has written about his yacht the Ngalawa 7 which
has the sail number M37 and so it was the 37th yacht to be registed with the Club.
In international news there is the usual GC32s, Extreme Sailing, Americia’s Cup and the
World Match Racing Series.
I haven’t given an update on Facebook and Twitter for a while, so the latest numbers are;
there are 449 people following the MYCQ on Facebook and 138 on Twitter. On our website,
the page that had the largest number of views, this year, was the B2G tracker with 4,865
views followed by the B2G entrants list with 3,717 views
Until next month, happy reading.
Inside this issue:
Social Report ···················································································· 10
The Story of NGALAWA 7 ································································· 15
Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Race ········································ 23
Race Weeks in Review ····································································· 24
Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week ················································ 26
Vodafone sets new Groupama New Caledonia Race Record ············· 28
GC32 La Reserva de Sotogrande Cup················································ 29
Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous ··································· 33
Extreme Sailing Series in Madeira ···················································· 35
World Match Racing Tour - Cape Crow Cup ······································ 38
America’s Cup ·················································································· 40
Other Videos and NEWS ·································································· 42
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Management Committee Phone Mobile Email
Commodore Bruce Wieland 07 3395 4727 0438 176 704 [email protected]
Vice Commodore Mike Hodges 07 3278 5154 0411 888 850 [email protected]
Rear Commodore Alasdair Noble 0409 490 595 [email protected]
Club Secretary Chris Wren 0448 999 800 [email protected]
Assistant Secretary Barbara Stubbings 0419 760 369 [email protected]
Treasurer Allan Bolt 0438 866921 [email protected]
MC Member Zebb Peters 0413 291 829 [email protected]
MC Member Chris Dewar 07 3821 4315 0411 403 928 [email protected]
MC Member Jim Fern 07 3396 6667 0418 188 768 [email protected]
MC Member Tony Eppell 07 3207 1900 0427 743 111 [email protected]
Trailerables Rep. Peter Hackett 07 3269 5943 0438 695 943 [email protected]
Cruise Captain TBA
Yachting Qld Representatives
Lyle Stanaway 07 3396 0926 0414 947 867 [email protected]
TBA
Brisbane to Gladstone Race Administration
Arbitrary Ratings Officer
Mike Hodges 07 3278 5154 0411 888 850 [email protected]
Offshore Multihull Rule (OMR)
OMR Manager Zebb Peters 0413 291 829 [email protected]
OMR Measurer Geoff Cruse 07 3396 8420 0409 986 421 [email protected]
OMR Measurer Peter Hackett 07 3269 5943 0438 695 943 [email protected]
OMR Measurer Mike Hodges 07 3278 5154 0411 888 850 [email protected]
OMR Measurer Alasdair Noble 0409 490 595 [email protected]
OMR Measurer Richard Jenkins 07 3822 1731 0498 228 656 [email protected]
Safety Officer TBA
Library, Publications, Website, Trophies etc
Social Secretary Librarian/Archives
Lyn Wieland 07 3395 4727 0484 808 895 [email protected]
Multinews Editor Chris Dewar 07 3821 4315 0411 403 928 [email protected]
Sponsorship Officer TBA
Trophy Officer Lyn Wieland 07 3395 4727 0484 808 895 [email protected]
Website Manager Chris Dewar 07 3821 4315 0411 403 928 [email protected]
Bar Manager Jim Fern 07 3396 6667 0418 188 768 [email protected]
Area Representatives
Airlie Beach Shane Bayer 0415 640 146 [email protected]
Bowen Rick Clarke 07 4786 1812
Hervey Bay Darryl Dorsett 07 4125 2399 0408 198 132 [email protected]
Mackay Rod Cunningham 0419 776 090 [email protected]
Sunshine Coast Jim Stubbings 0419 760 369 [email protected]
Townsville Jim McGeachie 0411 037 986
Cairns Rob Sherwood 0417 081 996 [email protected]
Office Holders for 2016
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Date Day Race # Event Club
October
6th Oct Thurs General Meeting MYCQ
8-9 Oct Sat/Sun Spring 1-2 St. Helena Cup WMYC
15-16 Oct Sat/Sun Spring 3-4 Spring Series Passage Series MYCQ
23rd Oct Sun Spring 5-6 Combined Clubs Races 13 & 14 Triangles WMYC
29-30 Oct Sat/Sun O4 & O5 Mooloolaba Weekend MYCQ
29-30 Oct Sat/Sun Cruise to Mooloolaba MYCQ
November
3rd Nov Thurs Annual General Meeting MYCQ
5th Nov Sat Combined Clubs Presentation MBTBC
5-6th Nov Weekend Cruise Saturday & join Nav Nightmare Sunday MYCQ
6th Nov Sun Navigator’s Nightmare with Raft-up @ King Is MYCQ
December
3rd Dec Sat Trophy Presentation/Christmas Party MYCQ
27 Dec ~2 weeks Christmas Extended Cruise MYCQ
2016 Club Calendar Ocean Series
Spring Series
Cruise Event
Special Event
Important Event
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Multihull Yacht Club Queensland Inc
MYCQ GENERAL MEETING 1 September 2016
Attendees: As per attendance book.
Visitors: Nil
2. Apologies
Chris Dewar Chris Wren
Alisdair Noble Sue Perry
Peter Sutherland Col Graham
Richard Jenkins Tim Playne
Commodore Bruce welcomed Neil Poyser, a
member we have not seen for a while.
Bruce also advised that Paul Herzig has
rejoined and Paul will be sending in some
articles for the newsletter about the history
of the club.
3. Minutes: Confirmation of the previous
meeting held on 4 August 2016.
The date on the minutes was incorrect in the
first version of the newsletter sent out.
Barb Stubbings moved that the date be
amended to 4th August.
Moved: Barb Stubbings
Seconded: Jim Stubbings
Motion: Carried
Business arising from the minutes:
The video of the OMR presentation is now
ready. Commodore Bruce has been working
on this. The link will be placed on the MYCQ
website soon.
Motion: That the minutes of the meeting
held on the 4th August be accepted
Proposed: Barb Stubbings
Seconded: Lyn Wieland
Motion: Carried
4. Correspondence and business arising
from the previous meeting
Correspondence in:
Bank statements
Invitation to QCYC Celebration - opening
of the season
Flyer on The Pittwater to Southport Race
2-5 Jan 2017.
Invitation from Commodore of Southport
Yacht club for MYCQ members to be
involved in Sail Paradise week.
Australian Sailing re Race Officer's
course 17/9
Quote for painting the inside of the
clubhouse
OMR emails re Airlie Beach and Hamilton
Island Race week
Email Charles Merideth - Commodore
Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria re
National Multihull Association
2 emails from Chris Wren re meeting
with Charles Merideth at Hamilton Island
and meeting with Glen Stanaway
The Commodore updated members on
the discussions that have been going on
re forming a National Multihull
Association. Our club needs a voice in
decisions being made by Australian
Sailing and the other states are looking
to us for leadership. Multihull sailing
needs a unified voice. Member's
feedback and opinions are needed on
this issue in the near future.
Motion: That this meeting directs the
Management Committee to generate a
questionnaire to send out to all members
canvassing opinions regarding the formation
of a National Multihull Association.
Moved: Jim Stubbings
Seconded: Ray Perry
Motion: Carried
Motion: That the Correspondence be
accepted
Moved: Barb Stubbings
Seconded: Jim Fern
Motion: Carried
5. Treasurer’s Report
In summary, the balance is $234,419.38
comprising the following:
MYCQ Business Saver Account: $
207,887.16
MYCQ Business Everyday Cheque
Account: $ 3,504.18
Perpetual Wealth Focus Investment
Fund: $ 23,028.04
A new term deposit is being set up for
$150,000 for 12 months and 2 flexi rates
for $30,000 and $10,000 for 6 months.
Payments made:
The Manly Hotel - $451.93
MBTBC - $500 deposit for Christmas
Party
Insurance for Volunteers - $301.84
Liability Cover Insurance - $1365.10
Payments in:
1 new member
1 advertiser from the Multinews.
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Motion: That the Treasurer’s Report be
adopted
Proposed: Allan Bolt
Seconded: Wolfgang Veit
Motion: Carried
Commodore Bruce advised that a quote had
been obtained to paint the inside of the
clubhouse and a discussion followed about
making a goodwill gesture to DPSS to have
the inside of the clubhouse painted at our
expense. MYCQ have been paying a sum of
$700 a year for use of the hall In recent
times this payment has lapsed due to lack of
invoices from DPSS. This issue has been
resolved and we are now up to date.
Motion: That the MYCQ offer to pay $6,000
to have the inside of the clubhouse painted.
Moved: Lyn Wieland
Seconded: Bruce Wieland
Motion: Carried
6. Sponsorship
Jim Stubbings reported about investigating
the possibility of an event called the
Summer series - run along the lines of a
semi AMOC. Using the Surf to City, Round
the buoys, Fairways Buoy and the Brisbane
to Gladstone races. This would be our own
Club event. At the moment we are piggy
backing on events organized by other clubs.
Discussion followed
St Helena Cup are having a cruising division
this year .
Commodore Bruce would like to see a
cruising division in our Bribie Cup.
It has been a very quiet winter for racing
this year as a lot of boats have headed
north or are having modifications done.
Should we run races in Winter?
We need to develop and run our own events
and not just race in other clubs events.
7. Social Report
Lyn reported that the Christmas Party had
been booked at the MBTBC.
The color is sparkling white and silver. -
Mast Head light.
The musician has been booked.
The ladies had an outing to the Botanical
Gardens at Mt Cootha and they had a great
time. The ladies will try to get together for
social outings on a regular basis.
The Christmas Party will be at MBTBC 3
December 2016
8. Sailing Committee Report
8.1 Hamilton Island Race Week
Wofgang gave a report on Hamilton Island
Race Week. It was a great success Richard
Jenkins and the team on Kestrel did very
well.
Chris Dewar was there as a journalist and
had a great time.
Commodore Bruce reported that there was
some controversy over OMR at Airlie Beach
and Hamilton island. An anomaly occurred
between our 3 point cell and the 1 point cell
used at Airlie beach. Mad Max refused to be
reweighed and their OMR was withdrawn.
They used their old OMR to compete at
Hamilton Island.
Mike Hodges is doing research into buying a
1 point cell.
8.2 Westerly Trophy
There were 2 entrants Tony Eppel on Spook
and Hadyn Rough on Outer Limit.
9. Cruising report
The Karragarra Cruise - Shanda is going
Bribie Cup - Cruising division as well
Dudley and Jenny on Tropical Cat are at
Pancake Creek
Ray and Sue Perry are setting off soon
Renaissance is almost back in the water.
10.Yachting Queensland
Lyle advised that the Discover Sailing day
will be held on 23 October and it would be
great to have a couple of our boats at DPSS
to take out sailors in the afternoon.
11. General Business
There was a general discussion on OMR.
Commodore Bruce mentioned that approval
is being sought to dredge the Broadwater
for the AC Trials.
Lyle showed some photos of Hasta la Vista
modifications
12. The next General Meeting is at 7.30 pm
on the 6 October 2016.
The meeting closed at 9.30 pm
Multihull Yacht Club Queensland Inc
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Time to make note in your diary for the next
MYCQ Club night on Thursday 6th October.
Remember, the first Thursday of every
month. We have invited Craig Margetts as
guest speaker to share his off shore stories
and as always the chance to catch up with
friends over a cuppa or perhaps cleansing ale.
Recent racing for the Bribie cup was
combined with a cruising fleet and then
overnight at the Scarborough Marina. What
great fun we all had, the usual good food and
lots of laughs. Thanks to Shanda, Spook,
Steppin Along , Purr-fik and Aquillo one. It
was a treat to see all of the multihulls moored
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right beside the function centre with pride of
place for the night, lined along the main
walkway.
The next major event is the annual St Helena
Cup, October 8th and 9th. Libby Fern and I
are currently gathering sailing supporters on
land for a movie afternoon Saturday 8th
while the Multi’s and crew are out sailing.
The plan is for a movie and then back to
WMYC for the social evening after racing.
Everyone is invited, please phone my mobile
0484 808 895 if you would like to join us.
Planning is well under way for the MYCQ
Christmas Party and Trophy Presentation
night booked for Saturday 3rd December at
the Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club, Manly.
Remember “ Mast head light –
SPARKLING White”. Start thinking of
some ideas and check your wardrobe for a
glittering + white outfit. Lots of bling would
be in order. Booking requirements will be
published shortly.
This month we welcome home safely the
cruising Tropical Cat, Jenny Marouf and
Dudley Young. Heading north is the newly
renovated and very smart looking
Renaissance 11 with Mike Hodges and
mates, currently off Whitsunday Island. Not
far behind, also looking very smart with new
paint is Purr-fik with Ray and Sue Perry.
They are currently at Burnett Heads for a few
days before heading further north. The
following email has just arrived:
After upgrading aspects of "Purr~fik" and down
grading our work status we are now able to venture
further afield and for a little longer. Apart from
heading north and returning prior to Xmas we have
no fixed destination or time commitment.
Favourable winds and high tide allowed us to take
the Fisherman's Gutter at the Wide Bay Bar. A
couple of days R&R at Pelican Bay; an overnight at
South White Cliffs in the Sandy Strait and Moon
Point; then headed across Hervey Bay & up the
Burnett River to shelter from forecast strong winds
& storm. We had seen a few whales with calves
from Brisbane to Wide Bay but none in Hervey Bay.
A high-light....a Big Eye Tuna caught by the least
argumentative crew member "Alvey” en route to
Burnett Heads. Cheers from The Perry’s.
Congratulation to Alasdair, Vanessa and little
Larissa Noble. I believe a new little crew
member/deck hand for McMoggy is expected
in 2017. Very exciting news for them.
As always, your contributions to the club’s
social calendar are valuable, so lets keep the
ideas flowing and safe sailing to all in 2016…
Sunset at Pelican Bay Not sure if waiving or asking for
beer??
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The Multihull Yacht Club Queensland October General Meeting (6th Oct)
The Guest speaker at the October General Meeting is Craig
Margetts.
Craig is a very experienced bluewater sailor having
circumnavigated Australia in his Seawind catamaran. Craig
is also a very entertaining speaker.
Come along and bring a friend, it will be an entertaining
night. Supper is provided and drinks are available.
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Movie: The Girl on the Train
Day one of the St Helena Cup for 2016 is Saturday 8th
October followed by the evening Social function after racing at
the Wynnum Manly Yacht Club.
A group of race supporters are getting together for a movie afternoon before the evening function at WMYC.
The movie session commences around 1.15 p.m. and the theatre
will be subject to travel convenience of the majority and could be either:
Portside Dendy
Hamilton
or
Bulimba Cineplex
Oxford Street
Bulimba
Please email [email protected] or
telephone my mobile 0484 808 895 if you would like to join us.
Lyn Wieland – Social Secretary
Multihull Yacht Club Queensland
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The Story of NGALAWA 7 Written by Paul Herzig for MYCQ
Shawn Arber designs and builds classics –
often copied but never surpassed. This is the
story and once over lightly of one such multi
and the reasons for it’s original and present
form.
When we needed a cat, Shawn was building
TALEI, a flat out racing cat for Don Thompson
(R.I.P) and putting new centreboards and
rudders on cat CONDAVISTA II. My first
ocean race was on Conda II, an asymmetric
hull design like Rudy Choy’s with all home
comforts. TALEI had not enough headroom
and lots of sealed tanks for capsizes and
accidents. She also had a toilet bowl
amidships in the port hull to put weight in the
middle. N7 would have a toilet (head with a
door).
Don sold me the plans and I wrote a list of
impossible requirements for Shawn.:
1. Windward performance essential –
Sailboats spend 30% or 40% more time
upwind than free.
2. Sitting headroom with hardhat in cabin.
3. Round table that seats 6.
4. 20 feet beam (TALEI 18’) for more
accommodation space, stability and
speed.
5. Hull’s wider so two people can pass, less
draft and better load carrying.
6. Chines, not tortured ply (easier to build).
7. Sitting room in bunks (with hard hats).
8. Port stern: Head, shower, washbasin
(with door).
9. Adjustment of weather helm if
necessary.
10. Rudders lift at mooring (fewer barnacles)
and also when aground – which I
intended to be frequently (yes, another
gunkholer). N.B This is the condensed
version minus references, citations,
glossary, attributions, maths, tests,
equations, reports and jokes!!).
11. Flat decks on hull bows and lots of
buoyancy forward.
12. Stronger build than TALEI which needed
beefing up. (Shawn’s idea, better than
Don’s plans). If nothing bends, breaks
or warps, it is not a racer. Obviously, I
did not want a Formula 1 racer.
13. Round under bows at keel to avoid TALEI
“slap” on wind.
14. Mast full 43 foot (13 m). Not to ocean
race rule (40 foot).
15. No skegs, just centre boards. TALEI had
skegs, I wanted less draft for gunkholing.
(so reinforce bottom).
16. Oversize shrouds and rigging in large
numbers for safety. Sail material and
construction very heavy.
17. Helmsman stands – stay awake – hold
sheets.
18. Many dedicated winches (12 or 14).
19. Big 35 HP outboards, liftable, steerable
long shaft extensions for gales (no
cavitation).
Paul Herzig
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20. Stessl dinghy on davits (two poles),
boom crane and 4 H.P. outboard motor.
21. All halyards, genoa and main duplicated.
22. 8000 lb. weight.
This thing was nothing like TALEI. All they
shared was 35 foot length. It was a different
philosophy altogether. Result was a racing –
cruiser- gunkholer – family fun boat. Races
were with the dinghy on the stern davits with
4 H.P. outboard of course. It was more like
the balsa model, which has two experimental
and different bows and a different stern.
(model 1 ¼ inch to 1 foot.).
REALITY TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH
BETTER.!!!!
CONSTRUCTION:
Having purchased the plans of TALEI from
Don. I changed everything and gave the list
of ridiculous demands to Shawn with the
plans. He sorted out the new product, smiled
as usual, and said “No worries”. He is used
to impossible demands.
Next came 100 sheets of Queensland maple
marine ply. They were the last ones ever
available and were cut to imperial 8 foot x 4
foot. And Shawn agreed to build her in feet
and inches not metric. Hand picked Oregon
followed and of course any bend or warp
matched the position of that piece of the
structure. Glue (Epoxy) and a huge load of
fasteners arrived, all 316 stainless steel,
copper and bronze. They laugh about Shawn
and the number of fasteners he uses. I do
not – each is placed logically to do the job.
Every piece of wood was sanded, coated with
fungicide and sanded again. We started on
the inside of the sealed tanks to see if we
could sand adequately and graduated to
more obvious places. When completed, the
maple grain was so spectacular it was
varnished and not painted. It is a great
pleasure to sit and admire the pictures in the
grain – very reminiscent of the pictures on
katana blades where the folded metal look
like landscapes in a painting.
Shawn said he sealed the 12 waterproof
tanks on NGALAWA 7 to prevent people from
putting stuff in them. They certainly would
keep N7 afloat if a big problem arrived. We
spent years making bigger access ports into
tanks and seals to close the ports.
“Koomooloo” was lost in a Sydney to Hobart
race because she sprang a leak somewhere in
an inaccessible place behind lining materials.
We always felt the need to touch all the skin
from inside NGALAWA 7.
Shawn had a perfect picture of the whole
integrated vehicle in his mind and he could
spin it over and round at will. So the
furniture went in while the hulls were upside
down and before the skin went on. Then
came the outside skin and heaps of glue and
fibreglass left over. So, to take advantage of
this happy coincidence, we added inches of
Oregon and fibreglass to the rather flat
bottom to make it more rounded, especially
at the bows. This avoided the TALEI slap
when the windward bow, flat underneath,
would rejoice with a mighty wallop at every
passing wave.
With the shell now right way up, it was time
for visits from boat builders and designers
with tape measures and copies in mind.
Photos showed hull outlines and a spirit level
indicated all the furniture tops level. The
skin then went on top and much sanding
followed inside and out. Then lots of paint
Ngalawa 7
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and good gracious, “the waterline” !! So
many multis had been launched with
submerged waterlines, fore, aft or both, so
that I marvelled when Shawn’s NGALAWA 7
was dead square, accurate and waiting for
mast and gear.
SPECIFICATIONS;
Eventually she turned out to be Slutter Rig
(Sloop or Cutter) with Jib and Yankee for the
latter plus 150% bases for J for Genoas 1 and
2.
Length: 35 feet
Beam: 20 feet
Draft: 25 inches (loaded)
Dagger boards down 60 inches
O/B motor: 25 H.P. Suzuki (very long
shaft).
O/B Motor: 35 H.P. (spare with very long
shaft)
Bunks: 7 foot by 4.5 foot doubles ( 2 of
separated by sail and anchor lockers).
7 foot by 35-inch single bunk (slight
taper).
Navigator sleeps in saloon (head near
radio).
Extra visitors sleep on saloon seats and it
is possible to lower the table for another
double bunk.
Sails: 750 (square feet) to windward
Spinnaker: 1000 square or 500 square
(spinnaker or screecher).
Yankee, Jib, Main (7 battens) Genoa (No
1) Genoa (light) Storm Main, Storm Jib,
Low Reacher, Light 20 square Spinnaker.
Weight: 8000 pounds exactly in race
mode.
Forestays: (3 of 316 Stainless Steel
Shrouds: (4 stainless steel lots plus cross-
trees plus 7 degree Jib track
Backstays: (2 stainless steel
Main reef: 2 ropes
Sealed tanks: 12 total
Winches: 12 or 14
Halyards: 3 back plus 4 forward
Spinnaker poles: 2
Jack poles: 2
Dinghy: 10 foot Stessl (aluminium) on 2
aluminium pole Davits.
4 H.P. outboard for the dinghy.
Ngalawa 7 was always a slutter rig. Cruising
cutter sails were smaller for easy handling
and reefing by just dowsing one or the other
depending on the breeze. Racing jibs were
150% base J genoas. The taller rig was more
efficient just as Shawn promised. Modern
reefing was so easy that we mostly sailed
with a reef in the foot of the main and shook
it out in light weather to expose the shelf.
Two jibs took care of most racing. The light
one pulled well up to 10 knots of breeze and
the heavy one took care of the rest. We
didn’t do much heavy weather work. Any
racing was much less for the trophy and
much more for the experiment of turning out
in all weathers.
There was a peculiarity in light weather to
windward. The roach height in the main kept
the slot open between the genoa and the
main exactly when necessary. Sail trimmers
adjusted the genoa sheets to give an easy
track for the helmsman to follow genoa tell-
tales. Wind instruments were always less
accurate than the tell-tales but valuable as
guides. The 1000 sq ft spinnaker would pull
well at 40 degrees up wind in light weather
as promised by Les Allwood and his equally
talented son Clive. Barry Russell (R.I.P.),
when doing Tasker Sails, was always a mine
of information and Christine Bethwaite kept
the banner of her distinguished family flying
high.
N7 Rig (1):
I ran the rig past Shawn in the concept
stages and he approved. Following my
request, he had strengthened the cabin at it’s
aft bulkhead to take ten or eleven winches
for single and short handed sailing. Each
winch was an easy reach of the helmsman.
This was essential because in heavy weather
or other appropriate circumstances, the
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relevant tail from the winch is always hand-
held. We don’t trust a cam cleat, well, that is
an N7 cat. rule anyway, with no exceptions.
There have been too many cam cleat
capsizes.
Shawn has put the mast step in the most
logical, the only place possible, on the
forward cabin bulkhead, but how did he know
the CF, CG, CE, CLR and CR would all arrive
in precisely the right positions? I never saw
him do the mathematics and all the maths,
drawings and modelling I did stayed in my
“design” drawer, not in his!! I just thanked
him and his eidetic head full of past designs
for an integrated vehicle.
Closest I ever came to asking about sails was
to ask if a genoa with a fool of 150% base J
would be as efficient on the wind as one of
180%. Shawn said a tall skinny rig was more
efficient and so it proved to be. Previously
the N trimaran had 180% genoa and went
upwind well. It also boasted a 36 foot
aluminium light pole for a mast because that
was what was available those early days. It
weighed 5 pounds per foot and was about 8
inches by 6 inches with our sail track up the
back.
N7 Rig (2):
All Ngalawa 7 sails were made in a heavier
appropriate weight of sail cloth and stitching
necessary. This meant the performance in 20
to 30 knots true wind over the deck saw best
performance. Eventually a light genoa was
added to the armamentarium with the
caution from the expert sail maker (R.I.P) it
was never to be used in breezes over 10
knots. It was truly a race winner in light
weather.
Tell tales flew on all the sails for the
helmsman’s contemplation and the sail
trimmers guidance. Shawn’s advice is very
apposite “ Change only one thing at a time”.
So we did that and studied speed, drift and
tacking angles between changes (no G.P.S.
then).
MAST BEND:
Graeme was our mast man. After some
tuition he could report unwelcome bends and
correct them. Basically, the 43 foot mast
was divided into four sections with shrouds at
each of the four. Main shrouds were from the
masthead to deck. Intermediates were at the
¾ mark and hit the deck further back to
allow the genoa to pass the mast. The cross
tree took care of the next stays down. This
was necessary because the inner genoa track
was way towards the centre line at about 7
degrees. With 7 battens, we found that
sailing with one reef did not much affect
speed in normal weather. In light weather,
we shook out the reef and used the shelf at
the foot of the main to enormous advantage.
So easy was the main to reef, we considered
putting small winches on the boom to speed
up the process, never needed to! Our top
batten and roach gave more sail area high
up. When everything was set up, the genoa
quite noticeably tried to blow the main inside
out – more air at higher pressure for more
effort and speed. Battens kept the main
curved.
Halyards must have been made of superior
materials. They coped with heavy sail hoists
and bosun’s chair weights as well as with
topping lift and dinghy crane duties. No
breakages and they were triple strand pre-
stretched Dacron which was easy to splice.
All blocks and pulleys were made for them.
At the foot of the mast, they all went through
a right angle turn to get back to the winches.
The main halyards of course had 180 degrees
angle to negotiate, 90 degrees and 90
degrees. The genoas and spinnakers
halyards did about 90 degrees plus 45
degrees.
The setup seemed to be more reliable than
wire and fitted the resilient, elasticity and like
effects of the whole vehicle very well. With
masts and sails on a multihull, a gust causes
less heeling than on a mono and gives more
force straight ahead, so the rigging must be
calculated differently from a mono rigging,
stronger. None of the sails tore on N7 and
gear-busting weather just caused N7 to slide
away faster, no gear broke.
Another version of the slide happened at
north of Moreton Island. Returning in an
ocean race, the course right into the rising
sun. Our Navigator, Hughie (R.I.P) was
having difficulty spotting marks, we all were,
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and N7 strayed too close to the Venus Banks.
A large wave caught N7 beam on and added
to the force of wind and heel. This was a
surprise but all that happened was that N7
slid side ways down the wave and turned into
the next one.
This gives segue into centreboards. In some
multi’s a big rock hit on a centreboard will
cause at least a leak of some larger damage
to the boat. Shawn’s western red cedar plus
fibreglass boards break long before the boat
does. Safety first, we are carrying the most
precious load in the world.
CENTREBOARDS AND RUDDERS:
Every sailing yacht progresses sideways
through the water to windward. The trick is
to convert as much total on board energy as
possible to forward motion and as little as
possible to sideways motion. So the keen
skippers are blessed with a plethora of
graphs and progressions lighting up the
neurons in what we jokingly call brains in
these worried folk.
Watch skaters and skateboarders – they too
convert more energy into forward motion and
less into the side motion they use to start off
and keep going. The mini people with pink
sandshoes and wheels under them start their
careers pushing off forwards with the rubber
bit and graduate to a very efficient skaters
waltz.
Shawn Arber’s magic dagger boards do an
excellent job. He even gave N7 shaped
board slits. This prevented experiments with
board shapes, but why experiment with
perfection?
Same with Ngalawa 7 rudders, some recoil
and shout “Erk!, Erk!, those rudders are too
shallow to control N7”. Many years of racing,
some in close quarters (start line and turning
marks) show perfect control in scary
situations combine with exactly the minimum
amount of wetted surface to slow N7 down.
The kicker is, that when surfing to Gladstone
in open ocean, we can lower rudder blades
another foot or so, wind surfers unite!!.
RACING 1:
Obviously Alawa 7 was never going to be the
boat to beat long skinny trimarans. This is
why handicaps were invented. She usually
raced at about 0,84 and collected a bag of
trophies, some so massive, they were
obviously designed to slow her down!!.
There was one tide and time chronometer
that weighed more than 1.5 kilos.
Results are chiselled in stone in the archives
if anyone is interested, we were not. After
each race there was a long list of things to do
and indeed, over the many seasons N7 was
faster. Notable was an Ian Farrier Cup in
which N7 took a trophy as the most improved
yacht of the two races. This happened
because the semicircular track behind the
cockpit had a row of tempting holes. The
logic was that moving the boom a little to
windward would reshape the jib-main slot to
force more and faster air through. N7
reacted well to small logical changes.
No one ever found out what happened in
strong winds. This as due to a chicken
skipper who would never bust gear and who
studied weather, barometer and media back
then which told precisely wind strength and
changes. Instruments were wind velocity and
direction, depth sounder, compass and
radios. We worked out VMG as mental
arithmetic and considered new fangled GPS
as sissie. There was one other secret gadget
– a line over the stern with a lure and a
protractor. This was to confirm drift; the
protractor (when the system settled down)
gave a very rough indication of how much N7
“crabbed” through the water to windward. All
other points of sail were very predictable.
These days there is in every serious sailor’s
pocket, a GPS which yields an animated
cartoon of how much drift occurs every
second. This value can be incorporated into
the big one – VMG – velocity towards the
next target, but where is the fun and mental
arithmetic in that?
With new and better instruments, infernal
twists of the mind can be propagated by
having two or more computers aboard, and
comparing results. Back in pre historic times,
when Denis Connor raced to win the
Americas Cup in West Oz, we groaned as he
watched the New Zealand boat cause him joy
as it overtook a mark. Denis had a computer
and the Kiwis didn’t. He was also able to
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time the “Fremantle Doctor” in it’s very
regular changes of direction and velocity.
These days, when America’s Cup cats (and
soon tri’s) dance at the warp speeds on foils,
they are still worrying more about keeping an
aerodynamic structure from falling apart and
burying it’s pointy bows into the briny.
CRUISING 1.
Ngalawa 7 was designed for single and short
handed sailing. The dozen winches are
dedicated, each winch does the job it was
designed to do with plenty of margin. Shawn
made the cabin roof adequately strong which
was quite different from Hedley Nicol’s design
of the 32 foot Islander Tri.
With two aboard N7, it was easy to fly a
spinnaker and importantly, to dowse it.
Possibly, the most danger N7 ever
experienced was from lightning on Fraser
Island. Thunderstorms received the extreme
respect they deserved, we hung lightening
conductor rods into the water from the 6
shrouds and from the seagull striker. So
skipper and helm were on deck with togs and
soap waiting for a freshwater shower. A bolt
of lightning headed out of the cloud dead
straight for Skip’s astonished eyes. The
middle was blue-white boiling plasma
surrounded by plain white spark shading
through rainbow colours and stopped dead as
it reached Professor Darveniza’s literal “cone
of protection”. Another branch of the bolt hit
a mangrove on the island and set fire to it. I
did ring the good Professor later to get his
opinion of the metal brush-head like things
you can put on your masthead and he said
they were useless. The Helmsman beat the
Skipper into the cabin by a short head, but
the cabin dwellers said they could not
comprehend how two large people could both
fit in one hatch simultaneously.
Professor Darveniza’s best trick is to erect
three 18-foot aluminium tubes in a pyramid
and throw a lightning bolt at them while he
sits underneath (we carry a three anchor
design on N7). Sudden storms can aflict the
Moreton Bay. When the bureau say there is
an inversion layer of cold air over a hot day
where you are, watch for thunderheads – big
anvils of cloud at anything up to 50,000 feet.
In the bay they usually announce themselves
with a typical green colour in the southwest.
This is why N7 has 2 anchor lockers, both
Denizens go out and there is always and
island or Oz itself, southwest and soft sand or
mud to the northeast behind us. N7 is hail
proof of course and with hatches secured,
stream lined, waterproof and windproof
thanks to Shawn who refuses to build
“wedding cakes”. We have friends who built
cats similar to Talei and found sudden
inspirations to erect sheds on top. Pure racing
speed requirements were antithetic to
cruising and houseboats were the order of
the day.
Moral is – be very certain of your needs and
musts – know thyself. We needed a fast
strong bulletproof ocean traveller that could
entertain 8 sitting in comfort in the saloon in
wet weather.
Most all sailboats spend 40% more time
going to windward. Tacking is fun and gives
thought to improvement, but between any
two marks, your yacht is moving on the
diagonal of the square in your mind not along
one side. This is 40% more time expended.
Good fun to outpace and out sail 90% of the
yachts in the Saint Helena/Ian Farrier but can
lose good tide for the next Harbour up the
coast, or a masterly calculation in the
navigator’s race. Tacking can be a drag in
shallow water to beat the tide and is
guaranteed to cause Navigator and
Helmsman to time every tack. N7 tacks so
well with Shawn’s magic boards, that it saves
time and amazes guest helmsmen. We
welcomed opportunities to research tacking in
races. Skegs on other yachts did not seem to
do so well and even big boards designed to
be used one at a time were not as good.
Beating a storm to a safe anchorage on a
Saturday afternoon is a good reason to claw
to windward well.
Even while cruising, we are educating many
multis not to anchor between N7 and the
shore, too shallow!! We make a point of
having only a few inches under the keel at
low tide. Our depth sounder, though
primitive, was accurate to inches.
N7……? Motors:
A diesel driven swing leg like a Robbie leg is a
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good choice for a 35 foot (10.7 m) Cat but is
very heavy and smelly and would sit under
my saloon table in the add-on trough Shawn
constructed specially for this option. Next
choice of a motor, which could be tilted so
the prop cleared the water, was an outboard.
On TALEI, Don lifted a light outboard
completely out of the water on tracks with a
block and tackle, even though he had the add
on trough/boat shape under the bridge deck.
On TALEI, one sat on the saloon floor to eat
with ones feet in the trough. He did not have
confidence that the head of the outboard
would stay clear of the water. On Ngalawa 7,
the hulls and bridge deck gave more
clearance and the outboard head behind an
orthodox boat shape and on a normal height
transom, gives good reliability and
performance. It could also steer and be
connected to the rudders.
With 80 litres of fuel in the locker box beside
the motor compartment and battery for
starting in the locker on the other side of the
motor, there was excellent separation of fuel
and battery and all conveniently in a row in
the cockpit. Always, one motor was on board
and working and one was being maintained.
Electric starts of course. Both outboard
motors are equally powerful and can dawdle
at 6 knots all day. Props for both are easily
changed from the dingy. One is measured
differently from the other because one is a
Suzuki and one a Johnson. Top speeds
exceed 8 knots. Each has a selection of props
for different purposes. Both drives upwind
well in 60-knot gales. It is a one-man job to
lift each motor out of its compartment and
place in dinghy or on hard and they give less
trouble than a diesel.
OCEAN CRUISING AND FISHING:
A good place to talk of ocean racing and
cruising – faster. One big advantage of
Ngalawa 7 over NgTRI is one starts at Manly
9a.m. with a southeaster predicted and
arrives at In-Skip Point 8 p.m. same day in
shelter waiting for morning light to navigate
the marks on the Wide Bay Bar. Next day, on
the incoming tide of course, the entrance to
Sandy Straits is easy – the marks stand out
well and by afternoon, N7 is at two anchors
in “The Creek” on the western side of Fraser,
opposite Urangan. The following morning, the
net yields half a bucket of bait so it is off in
the dingy from the davits up the creek for a
day of fishing for Bass, Jack, Salmon,
Flathead, Bream and always a surprise of
two. Back on the tide and a BBQ on the
beach. All this with a minimum crew and
watch keeping. N7 is forgiving and easy to
handle. Further up the creek is a freshwater
spring in the middle of the creek in about five
feet of water. One of the surprises was a
Black Duck-Mallard Hybrid. Another was a
pool at low tide with all the above species of
fish swimming happily in the red setting
sunshine, putting on an incredible colour
show. How fantastic!!
WHY the NGALAWA 7 Name and Studies:
1. Years of reading books for basics and
magazines for recent developments. This
leads to a head full of decisions.
2. Closer studies of rigs in case one might
be easier for a basically lazy fellow.
a. SAILBOARDS – can now cut main sails
so that when wind increases, sail gets
flatter.
b. Tiny Cat- why does it self correct in
gusty winds (length 1 foot).
c. Two carbon masts, 2 main sails, no
shrouds.
d. Cat rig – one main.
e. Ketch rig – Conda Vista II
f. Lateen rigs – Felucca, Xebec, Dhow.
g. PROA - one sail, swaps leech.
h. Big Jib - small main (Shogun) (Shotover
anti capsize) (Lochie)
i. Wing Mast – unwieldy in a gale and at
anchor.
j. Rotating Mast – advantage?
k. Gaff rig – or small Gaff with Lateen.
l. Junk rig
m. Square –Duyfken
All had advantages and disadvantages. Not
many went to windward better than the
orthodox rig. This also won on safety aspects
and ability to double and treble reef for gales.
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In 1919 Manfred Currey started exploring
various rigs, wind flows with a fishing rod,
string and a ball of fluff. He also used smoky
fires, he then wrote “The Book”. Fifty years
later we were still trying to convince yachties
they could squeeze more and faster air
between a jib and a full battened main
without blowing the main inside out.
OPTIONS AND EXPERIMENTS:
Ngalawa 7 opens many options that we never
used. For serious racing, we could do without
heavy water tanks (80 litres to port and 70
litres to starboard). We had plenty of room
for plastic water bottles, just enough for the
race. Even lighter option would be to leave
the beautiful saloon tab le behind and carry
less gear and spares.
That table gives another option for cruising.
Making an extra double bunk is quite
possible, but how many families do you want
aboard and can you find a good chief to cater
for them? The N7 is so flexible for crew
numbers. It is easily sailed single-handed or
is comfortable for a week with six on board.
Most of her life was spent being handled by
one man and a little old lady. On a boat
which is entirely predictable, with no vices,
one in continually reminded that life surely
can’t be as lazy as this. Look astern –
modern container ships are quiet. Watch all
around and be rewarded. There are dolphins
and whales under you and screaming hordes
of birds above. There are flying fish and an
Albatross with a wingspan of an A380 plane.
When Ngalawa 7 gets going over 10 knots,
there is a little fountain at the corner where
the bridge deck meets the hull. No one on
board ever needed alcohol or cigarettes.
Drifting through a resting herd of 100
Dugong with Mothers and babies swimming
under the boat is a marvellous sight. The big
old black bulls patrol the edge of the herd.
Depth was 2 or 3 fathoms of crystal clear
water.
NGALAWA name:
In Africa, the big rupture, which will
eventually tear off the east coast, has caused
some large lakes. This means fish and of
course fishermen. Available fishing boats
used to be dugout canoes. After a days
fishing the load of fish can fill a canoe.
Tilapia used to abound – not an eating fish
here. So how to stabilise a round bottom
dugout full of fish and a navigator full of
possible….?. Strapping 2 saplings across with
a float or two solved the problem. The
fishermen relied on an onshore breeze every
afternoon, a kind of Lace Victoria Doctor and
did not hesitate to strip off their outer
garments – a large sheet like red thing and
hold the lower two corners down under two
big toes. The top corners fitted out stretched
arms and off home they sailed singing
antique Tanganyika shanties. Tourist
treasured the photos and I enjoyed the
generic name of NGALAWA. Don’t ask what
happens aboard N7 when the wind drops on a
spinnaker run to the finishing line!!!!!
SUMMARY:
So there she sits, impatiently awaiting that
eager curtsey to the first of the big ocean
waves outside, or the first night near the
mangroves in the Blue Hole on Moreton.
She is what we call a real multihull. Strong
enough to go round the world ocean racing,
light enough to win for a skipper who does
not make too many errors. She is forgiving
for learners and has been the first school for
several skippers who left to build their own
multis.
She has no vices and no weak spots. There
were twenty differences between Ng7 and a
flat out formula one racing cat, which needed
beefing up where the structure was weak. If
nothing bends, breaks you have built a
cruiser. Nothing bent or broke or warped but
we had the advantage of a similar ancestor
and Shawn Arber’s expertise.
She is not a wedding cake, which goes up
and up and up to the shed on top. She is not
a houseboat with accommodation for more
people than the chef wants t to cook for.
Enough deck space for the bikini girls to loaf
on, enough response to sail trim to keep
skippers happy. A fun boat, what more could
you ask. We noticed lots of boat builders and
designers with tape measures during and
after construction. Shawn had given them 20
new boats.
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Australia’s east coast offshore sailing scene
will take on an exciting new dimension in
early January with the staging of the
inaugural Club Marine Pittwater to Southport
ocean race, followed by a new-look Bartercard
Sail Paradise series out of Southport Yacht
Club – and multihulls are invited to be part of
both events.
The race to Southport, which will start on
January 2, is the rescheduled 2017 Pittwater
to Coffs Race. This change was made after
race organisers at Sydney’s Royal Prince
Alfred Yacht Club realised that Coffs Harbour
would probably not be able to accommodate
the finish of the annual event due to storm
damage the port suffered earlier this year.
With the coastal passage then extended to
370 nautical miles, to a finish line set off
Southport Surf Club, the organisers of Sail
Paradise seized on the opportunity to have
that event become an added incentive for
sailors to race north from Pittwater.
Consequently, Bartercard Sail Paradise is now
scheduled from 8 to 12 January, with January
10 being a lay-day.
Southport Yacht Club’s newly elected
Commodore, Kerry Noyes – the club’s first
female commodore in its 70-year history –
said everything was being done to make the
finish of the Club Marine Pittwater to
Southport Race, and Bartercard Sail Paradise
memorable events for all concerned.
“It’s an honour for our club to be hosting the
finish of this great race from Pittwater,”
Commodore Noyes said. “Accordingly, we are
working hard to ensure that all competitors,
along with their family and friends who travel
to the Gold Coast for the finish, have the best
possible time in Australia’s premier holiday
destination.
“By having Bartercard Sail Paradise staged off
the back of the Pittwater to Southport race
our club – recognised as the friendliest yacht
club on the east coast – will be able to further
extend our legendary hospitality to everyone.”
Details for the Club Marine Pittwater to
Southport Race can be found at http://
pittwatertosouthport.com.au/
Details for Bartercard Sail Paradise 2017 can
be found on the club’s website:
www.southportyachtclub.com.au
For further information contact Bronwen
Hemmings at Southport Yacht Club on (07)
5591 3500 or via
au
www.facebook.com.au/sailparadise
Multis invited to a summer sailing bonanza …
Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Race +
Bartercard Sail Paradise Series
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For The Boat Works Extreme 40, the
Queensland Season of Sail was a ripe with
hot competition, repeated line honours and
new recruits to multihull racing.
Against stiff competition from Frank
Racing, Mad Max and Morticia, The Boat
Works with its striking orange and silver
hulls managed to pull off line honours in
every race at Airlie Beach Race Week, with
a mixed bag of trials and triumphs at Audi
Hamilton Island Race Week.
Skipper Julian Griffiths attributes their
success to “synergy between the crew and
a bloody good boat”, while the hiccups at
Hamo “were all part of learning about the
new boat, which we’ve only had for six
months”.
Owned by Tony Longhurst, The Boat Works
Extreme 40 is the rebadged and modified
SAP boat from the Extreme Sailing Series –
which took out overall second in 2015.
Its characteristics include “thrilling speed,
exhilaration and fast paced sailing”,
according to Julian.
“Racing, you’re on the edge the whole
time. Things happen so quickly, you rely on
the team working together. It takes time to
find your rhythm and once you do, and
you’re up on one hull, there’s nothing like
it.”
At Airlie Beach, The Boat Works managed
line honours in every race except one,
pipped by main rival, Frank Racing, by just
15 seconds. “Our ratings were quite high at
Airlie, so we were surprised with third
overall,” reports Julian.
Hamo was a different and disappointing
story. “We had a gear failure in one race,
then missed a change of course. Lesson
learnt from that experience. We took out
line honours against Frank Racing, then
came second in the other races. In all, it
was a great learning curve. We hadn’t
sailed the boat over 18 knots and we got
Race Weeks in review By Charmaine Webb
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up to 24.5 knots at top speed. It was quite
bumpy too, which is not ideal conditions for
the boat.”
During Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island
Race Weeks, guests, sponsors and some
celebrities were given the chance to run
“hot laps” on the Extreme 40.
“It was the opportunity to show people how
much fun sailing on the Extreme 40 can be
– it’s a blast! They see that it’s all about
wind and strategy – they’re the tools you’re
competing with.”
Guests included Ocean Magazine, Club
Marine top dealers and CEO, Simon
McLean, as well as legendary former
Wallaby’s player, George Gregan, in a
promotional team-up with Landrover Sports
at Airlie, while at Hamilton Island, VIP crew
included 7-time World Champion surfer,
Layne Beachley and Kirk Pengilly of INXS
fame.
Layne was characteristically confident on
the water, and in the fading breeze,
regretted that the Extreme 40 didn’t live up
to its name on this occasion. “Considering
it is called an Extreme 40, I was expecting
it to be a lot more extreme. It was loads of
fun and certainly not as scary as the
Sydney to Hobart. Kirk and I absolutely
loved the experience and look forward to
spending a day on the boat racing with
them next year.”
Layne was graphic in her recounting of her
2015 Sydney-Hobart experience aboard
Perpetual Loyal, when it came second to
Wild Oats XI.
“I was sick the whole way. After the Hobart
experience, I realised that I am much
better IN the water than ON the water!"
Simon McLean, Club Marine CEO raced with
the team during the Hamilton Island
regatta and enjoyed the Extreme 40 in full
flight, an experience he relished.
“What an experience! Whilst my job was
predominantly to hang on and stay out of
the way, I had an absolute ball and Tony,
Julian and the guys did a fantastic job all
regatta.
“As a major sponsor of Audi Hamilton
Island Race Week for the past 11 years,
Club Marine is fortunate to have seen the
event evolve into what is unquestionably a
world class regatta that is simply unrivalled
in Australia. Outside of the obvious
branding benefits, the event provides us
with a great opportunity to get out on the
water with our members and our business
partners.”
Tony Longhurst who co-helmed The Boat
Works over the events was effusive in his
praise for the crew and for the organisers
of Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island Race
Weeks.
“They are great events, with so many
different categories and boats, all with a
chance of winning on handicap. For us with
the Extreme 40, it was the first time we
had raced in solid winds and we were
amazed how fast and responsive the boat
was. It was brilliant to be able to share a
little bit of that that with our partners and
guests.
“For me personally, it was a real eye
opener to see how hard the team had to
work to keep it at max speed all the time.
We will definitely be back in 2017!”
They are already looking ahead to several
upcoming corporate sail days, followed by
the 2016 St Helena’s Cup Race in early
October, which involves around 100
multihulls, including the old Boat Works
boat.
“We will be campaigning both, so it will be
interesting to see how it goes on handicap,
especially against other boats such as
Frequent Flyer.”
Then there’s a surprise promotional
appearance at the GC600 Super Cars in
October, and dependant on the weather an
opportunity in January for the Surf to City
(Gold Coast to Brisbane) Race.
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Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week A unique week of fun comes to a close
By Di Pearson
Unique is the only way to describe Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week which wrapped up today after the record 71 entries concluded their courses - some halfway around Magnetic Island to pretty Horseshoe Bay return, the rest on a shorter course to White Rock return.
Magnetic Island Race Week is the last of the northern regattas, which traditionally starts with the Land Rover Sydney - Gold Coast Yacht Race, then moves to the Brisbane - Great Keppel Race, Airlie Beach Race Week and Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
Townsville Yacht Club has come up with the right recipe for those who make it this far north and are tired out from serious grand prix racing. It should be proud of the event which celebrated its 10
th year in
2016.
Event Chairman and Club Director Mike Steel and his co-organisers have done a wonderful job from the ground up, this year taking over running the event from sponsor, Sealink.
The Club invited competitors heading here from Hamilton Island to a barbecue on the beach at Cape Upstart. Inaccessible by land, and totally unique to this event, around 100 people attended and dined on seafood donated by the Club.
“Competitors supplied the drinks. It was a wonderful
night with a big fire on the beach. The seafood was fresh and it was really beautiful gesture enjoyed by all,” said Fair Winds owner, Mark Chew.
The location and setting is unique too. Conducted from Peppers Resort where the majority stay, a one minute walk from the Nelly Bay Ferry, Peppers has it all. Everything is within a one minute walk – the marina, restaurant, rooms, pools, a local IGA store and cafes. There is no need to wander far – only on lay day to experience the rest of the compact picturesque island.
Mike Steel, owner of the yacht Boadicca, along with Rear-Commodore, Tony Muller (owner of Brava), also support the event by racing at it, as they did again in 2016. TYC board members and general members are behind the event 100 percent, supported this year by entries from other parts of Queensland and as far flung as Victoria, NSW, South Australia and Tasmania.
“I am very happy with how it’s gone. It’s rewarding when skippers come up to you and shake your hand and thank us for what the Club has put together.
“When you walk around, everyone has a smile and is having fun. The whole mood we have tried to put into place – it’s a party, it’s fun – has caught on. I thank the 20 people on our team who help put Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week together and
Mistress in Flight Photo Andrea Francolini
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to our many volunteers who have worked so hard this week. We’re all looking forward to doing it again next year.”
Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week started with 21 entries 10 years ago; that’s equates to a 30 percent increase over a short period of time.
And the conditions and courses could not be complained about. It’s warm and mainly breezy. The opening day eased competitors in with 6 to 13 knots of breeze, enough to keep everyone interested and active. Day 2 was very light, but sunny and warm, and the final two days, after a lay day delivered the quality in easterly winds of up to 20 knots.
“Denis and his team did their usual great job – we had great racing and great conditions.”
Denis Thompson and his race management team set daily courses to suit the conditions, allowing yachts to return to the dock in time for the afternoon festivities, where it became one big party. On the penultimate evening, guests were ferried to TYC for a cocktail party.
After a day on the water, it’s back to Peppers for the daily prize giving over drinks and barbecue food, or dinner at the restaurant, right in front of the action, where you can view the daily racing and dockside antics on the big screen.
It’s a fun regatta, and a few crews dressed up each day. Stanley Barnes’ Librian crew kept us guessing with different dress. Goddesses one day, Disney characters the next and on the final day it was the
Supremes. Librian has attended every Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week since its inception and will be here again next year.
Because it is such a unique event, the prize giving is a buffet dinner in Peppers Restaurant for all competitors. Remember when we used to do that at regattas years ago?
For the first time there is a Perpetual Trophy – the winner of each division will have their yacht’s name engraved on this inaugural trophy. In another first, each crew of a division winner will receive a gold medallion.
In racing, Mal Richardson’s Nacra 36c, Malice was
the boat to beat. Richardson, who has his nine year-old son Giles and 12 year-old daughter Grace sailing with him explained: “Apparent wind took us away from the mark – it’s not always directional sailing on multihulls. We enjoyed the day. Beautiful conditions and Malice lights up fast in any increase of pressure.
“It’s a family affair this week with my son and daughter and we’re all having a great time,” ended Richardson who last raced here around five years ago when his carbon Nacra 36c was new.
On the final day Malice did not have it all her own way. Graeme Etherton’s Crowther Windspeed 32, The Boat (from Townsville) won the multihull division overall from Ian Johnson’s Lightwave designed Salacia. Dennis Coleman’s Corsair Sprint MK1, Mistress, was third.
Malice Photo Andrea Francolini
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Vodafone Frank Racing sets new Groupama New Caledonia Race Record
The New Zealand ORMA60 trimaran Vodafone
Frank Racing (formally TeamVodafoneSailing)
has taken line honours in the 650nm
Groupama New Caledonia Race and set a new
race record.
Vodafone Frank Racing crossed the line at
10:33:12 in a time of 2 days 33 minutes and
12 seconds to sail around the biggest lagoon
in the world!
It has beaten the previous record of 3 days
18 hours 54 minutes 6 seconds set by a
monohull called Crusader in 2014.
The race started on Sunday 25th September
at 10.00am with a fleet of 19 yachts starting
in the Baie des Citrons, Noumea.
As Frank Racing finished the majority of the
fleet were still on the west coast, racing
upwind. Leading the pack, is the trimaran
Jessica Rabbit and the Elliott 50 Ran Tan.
Frank Racing (Simon Hull) stretched her legs
to hit 29 knots peak in the Canal Woodin on
the first night, running up more than 16 sail
changes.
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Norauto foils to victory at the GC32 La Reserva de Sotogrande Cup
Norauto dominated the final day of
competition in Spain to win the GC32 La
Reserva de Sotogrande Cup. Racing in a
light westerly Levante wind, Adam
Minoprio’s desire to win the leeward
position on the start line put Norauto in
front in all three races, and he went on to
win two of them.
Minoprio was pleased to have pushed the
starts hard and made it work:
“If you win the starts you put yourself in a
good place to win the race. Today we
wanted the pin end of the line which is
pretty high risk. It either works if you get it
right or it can go badly wrong if you’re late
because the other boats will roll you. But
we defended that position pretty hard,
especially in the last race against Armin
Storm.”
Where Norauto really dominated was in the
strong breeze at the start of the regatta,
taking the first seven races and going on to
score a total of ten bullets from 15 races.
“We had 15 to 25 knots on the first day and
our practice in the boat really paid off,” said
Minoprio. “We could sail the boat flatter,
more stable with less touchdowns, which all
adds up to more speed. But the other
teams are getting faster with every event,
every race in fact, and the owner-drivers
are improving quickly too. The level has
really gone up since the start of the
season.”
Team Tilt took a while to come good in this
regatta, but it was his 21st birthday
yesterday that seemed to push Sébastien
Schneiter up a gear, as he won two races
on Saturday and won another today,
steering the Swiss boat comfortably to
second overall. Team Tilt had their
moments in the stronger breeze at the
beginning of the regatta but looked very
good in the lighter winds of the last two
days.
Schneiter said:
“I’m happy with how we are doing
Norauto on the charge in Sotogrande
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manoeuvres, the speed is improving, but
starting is my weak point at the moment.”
“It was very different for me on the helm,
there was a lot of adrenalin at the start of
the week with perfect foiling conditions. By
the end of the first day we could see that
we were in the hunt and aimed for
achieving a second place. We progressed
throughout the event, eating away at
Norauto’s lead and putting more points
between us and third place. The final three
days of the event were less windy and the
game was more open – it was very
interesting for us; a very rewarding and
positive week for the team!”
Bryan Mettraux from Team Tilt:
“We are happy with this result. The
communication and boat handling on board
was different with the new crew, but that
settled down during the week. The
conditions were perfect during the opening
days of the regatta with 15-20 knots –
perfect foiling weather, but lighter
conditions during the rest of the event
complicated things a bit more for us.”
Tanguy Cariou from Team Tilt:
“The results demonstrate that our strategy
up until now has been good – we started
the season with very experienced sailors
such as Glenn Ashby and Arnaud
Psarofaghis on board, before integrating
the youth sailors. We still have some work
to do, but the transition is going well – we
are heading in the right direction!”
Only recently returned from the Olympics
where he represented Switzerland in the
49er with team mate Lucien Cujean, the 21
-year-old is bound to get better quickly.
“I only had two days on the helm before
this event, and the same for Lucien on the
mainsheet, so we were not feeling as sharp
as we could be. But we’re happy with this
result.”
Flavio Marazzi, skipper of Armin Storm
Team said:
“It was disappointing to not complete those
races, especially given the exceptional
sailing conditions on day one. There was
some incredible racing with 15-20 knots of
wind combined with flat water, making for
exciting racing with top speeds of 35
knots,”
Team Tilt
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Armin Strom’s second day score of 3,3,4,3
was only beaten by runaway event winners
Norauto, and put the team back in
contention for a podium finish. A
challenging third day in marginal foiling
conditions saw a mixed bag of results for
the team who knew they had to give it
everything on the final day.
“All the teams were pushing hard, which
also made our comeback harder. But our
team never gave up, despite the hurdles
throughout the event. We were able to
fight back to fourth place which retains our
overall position,” Marazzi added with some
pride.
The battle for third was wide open going into
the final day’s racing, and any of four boats
were well within range of the podium. In the
first race, Team Engie put down a strong
claim, finishing second behind Norauto but
with Realteam just behind in third. In the
next race Norauto took an early lead but was
overtaken on the first downwind by Team
Tilt, and then Armin Storm moved past
Minoprio too, Flavio Marazzi claiming a useful
second place in his bid for the podium.
In the final race, with Norauto and Team
Tilt fast off the line and into their
customary positions at the front of the
fleet, it was Realteam’s turn to shine,
taking third place ahead of the Japanese
team Mamma Aiuto!. Engie could only
manage sixth place in this heat, but as it
turned out it was still sufficient to claim
third overall.
Engie skipper Sébastien Rogues said:
“It’s great to get on the podium for the first
time. Bertrand Dumortier has been
coaching us here and helping us in a
number of areas, including working on our
starts. I come from the offshore scene
where you race for many days, so it doesn’t
really matter if you start 20 minutes late.
Here you can’t afford to be a second late,
and we were better at our time and
distance in Sotogrande.”
Pierre Casiraghi was disappointed to have
finished sixth in Sotogrande after being
within striking distance of the podium this
morning, but he leads overall in the Owner/
Driver standings. His victory in Race 9
shows that Casiraghi can mix it with the
best when he can get his timing accurate
on the all-important start. But he was
tougher on himself, kicking himself for
some avoidable mistakes.
“If we sail like we did today, we don’t
deserve much success,” said Casiraghi. “I
need to improve my starting, and cut out
the silly errors like the black flag
disqualification. It will be a battle to get
fourth overall in the season but that’s what
we’re aiming for. I need to listen to Seb Col
and the guys more, focus more, and maybe
it’s possible.”
Interest continues to grow in the GC32
Racing Tour, and Iker Martinez was in
Sotogrande earlier this week, checking out
the scene.
“The GC32 is a great boat and I have good
hopes of being on the Tour next year,” said
the Olympic gold medallist and Volvo Ocean
Race skipper.
It’s just a few weeks to go before the
climax of the 2016 season, when nine
GC32s will be competing at Marseille One
Design from 13 to 16 October. There are
many battles yet to be decided, with Argo
returning to the competition to fight with
Malizia for the owner-driver trophy.
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The 2016 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday
Rendezvous has wrapped up with
participants giving the event a five-star
rating for fun.
The social regatta was held in September
with a fleet of sail and power catamarans
enjoying a week of spectacular cruising
through the Whitsunday islands and a jam-
packed itinerary filled with entertainment,
dining, games and prizes.
The Rendezvous launched with an
exhilarating sail from Airlie Beach to Cape
Gloucester where the contingent assembled
on the beach for idyllic sunset drinks and
nibbles followed by a delicious dinner and
entertainment that lasted well into the night.
Cape Gloucester Beach Resort played host
to the group on the second day of the
regatta, with the ‘W-themed’ costume
competition producing some outstanding
entries. Witches, Wiggles, warriors, wizards,
Whoopi Goldberg, whoopie cushions and
even Wonder Woman were wined, dined and
awarded some amazing prizes including
Cape Gloucester accommodation and a
Musto jacket for the best-dressed efforts.
Light drizzle prevented the beach games
from being staged at next port of call, the
beautiful Woodwark Bay, but everyone
embraced the chance to indulge in pre-
dinner drinks and the day’s presentations on
the Multihull Solutions mothership then
recharge their batteries with a quiet
evening.
A glorious rainbow woke the fleet the next
morning and the fleet enjoyed a beam reach
to the next day’s anchorage of Nara Inlet.
After meeting on the beach, the group
climbed to Ngaro Cultural Site to marvel at
the cave paintings made by the local
Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous an overwhelming success
The success of the 2016 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous
confirms its status as Australia’s most popular social sailing regatta.
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Aboriginal people over 9,000 years ago.
That evening, participants David & Jan
generously hosted a superb tropical party
and trivia evening for the entire contingent
aboard their new Lucia 40 One Day More.
The famous Prawn & Punch party and
Figurehead competition at Whitehaven
Beach were the highlights of Day Five, and
all the entrants were fired up with some
outstanding efforts. The crew of Double
Magic paraded their spectacular bikinis and
were rewarded with an exclusive two-day
guided tour of the Barossa by Brockenchack
Wines. The competitive spirits continued
with a swag of games on Whitehaven Beach
followed by the eagerly anticipated Prawn &
Punch party.
The fleet returned to Hamilton Island for the
final evening’s presentation dinner on the
stunning Keel Deck of the Hamilton Island
Yacht Club. Adorned in 1920’s garb, the
entrants enjoyed a beautiful dining with
hours of dancing to entertainment provided
by The Swine Club, all set against the
majestic backdrop of the Whitsunday
islands.
The overall winners of the 2016 regatta
were the crew of Fantastique, a Fountaine
Pajot Bahia 46, who were awarded an ocean
of prizes, including an impressive stainless
steel trophy by Mojo Creations, a free lift,
waterblast and hard stand courtesy of The
Boat Works, plus 40 litres of antifoul
courtesy from Jotun & Marine Trade Supplies
at The Boat Works.
The crew of the Catana 431 Double Magic
were declared Overall Runners-Up for their
amazing enthusiasm and efforts throughout
the regatta.
The 2016 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday
Rendezvous confirmed its status as
Australia’s best multihull social regatta and
was generously supported by a host of
sponsors, including Abell Point Marina,
Hamilton Island, Cape Gloucester Eco
Resort, Sorrento’s Restaurant & Bar, The
Boat Works, Mojo Creations, Minuteman
Press Maroochydore, Musto, Marine Trade
Supplies, Ultra Marine, Jotun, Brockenchack
Wines, Australian Multihull World and
Cruising Helmsman magazines.
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Alinghi pull off incredible comeback to take Act 6 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Madeira
Swiss team Alinghi came back from a
dismasting to win Act 6 of the Extreme
Sai l ing Series™ in extraordinary
circumstances on the waters of Portugal’s
Madeira Islands.
A high-speed collision with Red Bull Sailing
Team yesterday resulted in the 16.5-metre
mast of Alinghi’s GC32 catamaran falling
down. The damage, in the third race of the
day, forced the veteran crew to retire from
the remaining four races and threatened to
keep them off the water for the final day of
Act 6.
But thanks to the heroics of their shore team
Alinghi were back in action when racing
resumed today. The sailors then repaid their
land-based teammates by sealing the Act 6
victory with wins in both races, which were
held in light winds.
Red Bull Sailing Team claimed the runners up
spot for the third time in six Acts as Madeira
made its debut in the Extreme Sailing Series,
with overall Series leaders Oman Air
completing the podium.
The result sees Alinghi narrow the gap in the
overall rankings to Oman Air to just three
points with just two more Acts left of the
2016 season – Lisbon in less than two weeks
and Sydney in December.
Alinghi helmsman Arnaud Psarofaghis
dedicated the victory, the crew’s second in
succession after triumph in Act 5 in St
Petersburg, to their shore team who worked
tirelessly through the night to repair their
stricken boat and keep them in contention.
“We’re really happy to win here in Madeira,”
Psarofaghis said. “After the breakdown
yesterday the shore crew did a fantastic job
putting the boat back together and getting us
back on the water. This win is for them.
Overall we’re not far behind Oman Air now so
it will be a fight right until the end.”
Red Bull Sailing Team faced their own race
against time overnight to repair damage to
the hulls of their GC32, but they too were
able to resume racing and rounded off the
Alinghi wins Act 6 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Madeira
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Act in style with two podium finishes –
including second in the final double points-
scoring race. Roman Hagara’s Austrian-
flagged team will go into the penultimate Act
just two points behind Alinghi overall, and
well within shot of their first ever Series win.
“The goal has been to beat Oman Air for a
long time now and we have managed to do
that here,” Hagara said. “This second is great
for the team and a great effort from everyone
after yesterday’s crash with Alinghi. To get
the boat on the water and then fight back to
beat Oman Air is brilliant. We know now we
can beat Alinghi and Oman Air so we’re really
looking forward to the next event in Lisbon.”
Despite Oman Air’s grip on the overall lead
loosening, skipper Morgan Larson said the
team would regroup for Lisbon and come
back stronger. “The team sailed really well
but our results didn’t show it,” he said. “I
gave up quite a few points in the starts and
that’s something I need to tighten up. Going
forward we’re going to have some more light
air and we need to take the lessons that we
have learned here and apply them.”
Thousands of people, both locals and tourists,
turned out to watch the four days of action
which took place just metres from the shore
Swiss Alinghi team lost their mast in the third race of the second last day in
Madeira, Portugal
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on Funchal’s turquoise waters with the city’s
mountainous landscape providing a stunning
backdrop. It was the first time that Madeira,
which lies around 250 miles to the north of
the Canary Islands in the north Atlantic, has
ever hosted the Extreme Sailing Series.
After 14 races Danish Team SAP Extreme
Sailing Team just missed out on a podium
finish despite four race wins, one second and
three thirds, ending in fourth ahead of home
team Sail Portugal – Visit Madeira in fifth and
Land Rover BAR Academy in sixth. Wildcard
team Vega Racing from the USA finished in
seventh but a second-place result in race 13
was enough to prove what skipper Brad Funk
and his rookie crew are capable of.
There is little time to rest as the Extreme
Sailing Series heads to Portugal’s capital city
Lisbon for the first time in its 10-year history
for the penultimate Act of the year from
October 6 to 9.
Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Madeira
Islands standings after Day 4, 14 races
(25.09.16)
Position / Team / Points
1st Alinghi (SUI) 166 points.
2nd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) 153 points.
3rd Oman Air (OMA) 150 points.
4th SAP Extreme Sailing (DEN) 141 points.
5th Sail Portugal (POR) 127 points.
6th Land Rover BAR (GBR) 122 points.
7th Vega Racing (USA) 111 points.
Extreme Sailing Series™ 2016 overall
standings
Position / Team / Points
1st Oman Air (OMA) 68 points.
2nd Alinghi (SUI) 65 points.
3rd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) 63 points.
4th SAP Extreme Sailing (DEN) 52 points.
5th Land Rover BAR (GBR) 46 points.
6th Sail Portugal (POR) 42 points.
7th CHINA One (CHN) 29 points.
8th Team Turx (TUR) 11 points.
Morgan Larson and his crew onboard Oman Air had to
settle for third position on the Act leaderboard in Madeira.
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Australian Gilmour Keeps Cool Head to Win the World Match Racing Tour - Cape Crow Cup
With a strong breeze of 15-20 knots pushing
from the south and a strong current in the
south east of the island of Öckerö the scene
was set for the final day of the Cape Crow
Cup.
Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE) and his Essiq
Racing Team came out strong right from the
start and continued their momentum to the
end of the round robin. Dackhammar fell
short of enough points to topple David
Gilmour (AUS) but the two of them
appeared in a league of their own.
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) who all but secured his
semifinal spot yesterday sealed his place in
the deciding matches with four wins in the
second round robin. Hans Wallén (SWE) was
pushed hard in round robin two and was
beaten by Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN),
Måns Holmberg (SWE) and Philip Bendon
(IRL) but thanks to Wallén Racings strong
performance in the first round, the fierce
Swede managed to claw his way in to the
Semi’s.
The Semi Finals saw some fantastic matches
but carrying their great form from the
morning were Gilmour and Dackhammar,
winning their respective matches with 2-0
and ensuring their invitations to the second
World Championship stage of the WMRT
2016/2017 season.
The first match in the Final was won by
Essiq Racing, with Dackhammar sailing a
flawless match, helped by some boat
handling errors by David Gilmour. Team
Gilmour managed to pull themselves
together nailing the following two starts and
managing to stay away from the hunting
Dackhammar to take victory with a 2-1
score line.
In the petit final Mirsky won in two swift
races against Wallén securing the last
podium place.
Commenting on his win Gilmour said, “We’re
obviously very happy with the win. I think
these intense events are the absolute best
way to get the necessary experience to
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challenge at the bigger events. Our aim is to
qualify for the WMRT Finals and it’s a great
start that we managed to win here and
secure a spot at the WC event.”
The race committee managed to pull off 68
matches over the three day event under
PRO Robert Ohlsson’s watchful eye. With the
strong breeze all the teams were tired after
the efforts of today.
Nicklas Dackhammar said, “We’re really
happy with the result. The conditions were
absolutely perfect today and our teamwork
is starting to come together. Its been a long
day with many matches. We haven’t match
raced much lately and half of the team is
more or less new to it. We set a goal to
qualify, which we did and now we have
secured entry to the first two WC events of
the season. With that in mind we are very
happy.”
Essiq Racing Team
Mirsky Racing Team
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There has been one predominant focus at
Emirates Team New Zealand this past couple
of months - gaining speed on the water.
The team has been lying low, quietly chipping
away and making gains on the water on their
first in house designed and built AC45 test
boat.
Skipper Glenn Ashby has been relishing the
opportunity to be out sailing despite the wet,
cold and windy winter conditions.
“It has been so nice to be out on the water
and yachting on the Hauraki Gulf, it has been
cold and windy a lot of the time, and we have
had our fair share of ups and downs over the
last few weeks, but we are making some
fantastic gains.”
One of the biggest challenges facing the
testing program has been the weather, which
in winter time in Auckland can throw the full
spectrum of conditions at you, so the team
has been maximising all available time on the
water.
“For us as a team, the on water program has
been about flexibility and being prepared to
sail on any day of the week, or in fact even
any window of hours to get the conditions we
need to effectively test in.”
One thing that is quickly obvious, is the
speeds and capabilities of the new breed of
foiling America’s Cup boats.
“Boat speed wise, the AC50’s will be faster
than what we were sailing in San Francisco
on the AC72’s.”
Much has been made of how the boats will
eventually get around the race course and
Ashby agrees with a lot of the talk and what
we will be seeing in Bermuda next year, “the
ultimate goal is to keep the hull dry around
the track, so the testing phase we are in the
moment is trying to come up with systems
and techniques of how we actually get the
boats around the track.”
“The training here is relentless, but the quest
to win the America’s Cup is what it is all
about and for us it’s about developing a fast
boat and the next few months is absolutely
key to the program.”
As always with America’s Cup boats, the
lessons and developments learnt on the
water account for so many incremental gains
in boat speed, which ultimately will go into
the final design of the America’s Cup Class
boat to be raced in Bermuda in 2017
Ashby concludes, “I think we are going OK.”
Watch the video at youtu.be/XjJ6ZfdwkoU
America's Cup - Emirates Team NZ gaining speed on the water
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This Month’s Videos
Gerry Fitzgerald
M: (61) (0) 428 749 166 E: [email protected]
W: www.marinetraining.com.au
GC32 La Reserva de
Sotogrande Cup Videos
Day 1
https://youtu.be/IPJX71LrMIk
Day 2
https://youtu.be/Y6A1q_cFKjE
Day 3
https://youtu.be/lIB-TD52vtA
Day 4
https://youtu.be/hL6Bm7fL-wA
Wild Weather in Pitwater
https://youtu.be/lAI0sOmyZAY
https://youtu.be/Wf1SNDAZJvU
Sailing News
The World Sailing Show — August 2016
https://youtu.be/nCF-3aKo8CI
The World Sailing Show — September 2016
https://youtu.be/wMo4ICEZJgQ
World on Water — 1th September
https://youtu.be/1cuwYL20MT0
World on Water — 9th September
https://youtu.be/6PFNNDgGkLU
World on Water — 16th September
https://youtu.be/j-zeEwj9VNo
World on Water — 23th September
https://youtu.be/0O_3-HBv2Lg
World on Water — 30th September
https://youtu.be/nJCOuovPHgM
Extreme Sailing Series
Videos
Day 3: https://youtu.be/Rll1JM8j7t4
Day 4: https://youtu.be/8ISpVoA6Zs0
Highlights: https://youtu.be/jtxFhoPv5mM
THE MYCQ OMR Video:
https://youtu.be/n1g-ksdQQO8
Trimaran MACIF
First images of Trimaran Macif and François
Gabart in Mediterranean Sea, just before the
Mediterranean Record Challenge .
https://youtu.be/1IBf5XO4x6A
More HIRW Videos
Day 1: https://youtu.be/3M-kFxpjGjI
Day 2: https://youtu.be/LxFgCgW6qHc
Day 3: https://youtu.be/LxFgCgW6qHc
Day 4: https://youtu.be/KTzai-IysAY
Day 5: https://youtu.be/jn35FF7LVCU
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MYCQ NORTHERN ARM MANLY HARBOUR (Trafalgar St)
GET INVOLVED IN SAILABILITY
at the club house Mondays and Thursdays
Mike Annear is doing a drive/sail around the
top and is currently at Darwin where pic 1 is of
his F9 trimaran, pic 2 is a comparison of hull
types that even stupid people should
understand.
Mike is also a 3D modeller /3D Scanner
technician who developed a 3d scan of his
boat for fun! Great tool to twist around and
zoom in space.
http://www.mikeannear.com/3D_html/
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