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Recent
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Rolex Middle
Sea Race 2010
Valletta, Malta,
October 23-30, 2010. |
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The 18 Footers.
Regular Updates from the The Australian 18 Footers League. |
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Le Voiles de
Saint Tropez 2010
St. Tropez, France,
Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Swan Rolex Cup
2010.
Porto Cervo, Italy,
September 15 - 17, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Maxi Yacht Rolex
Cup 2010.
Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy.
September 5 - 11, 2010. |
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Italian Youth
Championships
Marsala, Italy, Sept 2, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi and Luca Butto. |
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Rolex Ilhabela
Sailing Week
Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil,
July 17-24, 2010. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Audi MedCup Circuit
Marseille Trophy, Marseille, France, June 15-20, 2010. Photos
by Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta. |
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| Giraglia Rolex
Cup 2010. |
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Giraglia Rolex
Cup 2010
by Studio Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Capri
Sailing Week 2010 |
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Louis Vuitton
Trophy
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy.
May 22 -June 6, 2010. |
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| Portofino Rolex
Trophy |
| Photos by Carlo
Borlenghi. |
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| America's Cup
Index |
| Photos by Carlo
Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Farr 40
World's |
| Casa de Campo,
Dominican Republic April 21-24, 2010. |
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| Audi Melges
32 Series |
| Photos by Guido
Trombetta. |
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| Rolex China Sea
Race 2010. |
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| Wild Oats XI and
Limit share the laurels. |
| By Lisa Ratcliff,
CYCA Event Media. |
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Photos by Peter
Andrews,
Page edited By Peter Andrews. |
| December 14, 2010. |
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Oats XI took the gun in today’s SOLAS Big Boat
Challenge, the fourth line honours win in this event for
the Oatley family patriarch, Bob Oatley, who steered his
silver-hulled 100 footer around most of the Harbour course.
Oatley took the helm once the ‘king of pin’,
skipper Mark Richards, had put the boat in the box seat.
Room to move was tight start at the pin end of the start
line, which was crowded by a sizable spectator fleet enjoying
their front row seats. |
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Bob Oatley's Supermaxi Wild Oats XI taking out line honours
in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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It was essentially
a one horse race around the 14
nautical mile course, which had its traditional finish
off the Sydney Opera House. Sean Langman and Anthony Bell’s
100 foot Elliott design Investec Loyal stayed in
touch early, but couldn’t hang onto Oats’ wash
and slipped back to finish six minutes 23 seconds behind
the leader.
"Bob and his team dictated terms from the first cross," said
Langman this afternoon. "Their boat is at the top of its
game and every time we get to compare ourselves with them it’s
a time to refine what we’re doing." |
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Sean Langman and Anthony Bell’s 100 foot Elliott design Investec
Loyal, during the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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| The 628 nautical
mile Rolex Sydney Hobart could be a different story. Investec
Loyal’s navigator David Dickson warned this morning
that "the Jenny Craig program" is working, referring
to the fact the boat has shed 2,400 kilos since last year’s
Boxing Day outing and is faster than ever. |
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Bob Oatley at the helm of his Supermaxi Wild Oats XI, during
the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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| Alan Brierty’s
RP62 Limit, with its contingent of New Zealand America’s
Cup sailors, including helmsman Gavin Brady and tactician
Chris Dickson, was crowned overall winner on handicap, beating
near sistership Loki, but only just. |
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Alan Brierty’s RP62 Limit, during the SOLAS Big Boat
Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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"This was
our first race in Australia in nearly a year, we didn’t
break anything, didn’t hurt anyone and didn’t
have any disasters and that’s what we went out to achieve,
to ease our way back in," said Dickson.
"They [Loki] are great honesty keepers. You can’t
do an average job and get away with it," he added. |
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Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 Loki, during the SOLAS
Big Boat Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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Grant Wharington’s
98 footer Wild Thing finished third over the line
today, after recovering from an internal oil spill, which
meant the crew couldn’t cant the keel in the early
stages. Overall Wharington was pleased with the boat’s
performance, once they were able to weave their way back
through the fleet to be back in touch with the leading supermaxis.
Conditions were very pleasant on Sydney Harbour with a
south to south east breeze of 10-12 knots. Christmas was
in the air thanks to Bob Steel’s crew on the TP52 Quest who
were sporting Hawaiian shirts and Santa hats. |
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A boat-load of Santas' onboard Bob Steel's TP52 Quest, during
the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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Provision was
made for an alternate finish line if there was a flotilla
gathered off the Opera House where Oprah Winfrey was filming
two shows. But in the end, the only spectator fleet was the
one gathered for today’s annual maxi yacht showdown
in the lead up to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
While the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge is largely a fun race,
it does tell the skippers where they are ranked in the
final countdown to the Boxing start of the great ocean
classic.
"Like everyone else, we need all the practice we can get,
the more the better," said Wild Oat’s XI skipper
Mark Richards today. |
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Grant Wharington’s 98 footer Wild Thing, during the
SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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| The next lead-in
event is the Rolex Trophy which starts this Thursday with
two days of short course racing off Sydney Heads. Saturday
and Sunday marks the Passage Series, two offshore races both
starting in the Harbour at 11am on Saturday and Sunday. |
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Sean Langman and Anthony Bell’s 100 foot Elliott design Investec
Loyal, during the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2010 on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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Today’s
Harbour event was dedicated to the Cruising Yacht Club of
Australia’s Safety of Life at Sea Trusts (SOLAS) which
were established following the stormy 1998 Sydney Hobart
Yacht Race and support search and rescue organisations Australia-wide
with more than $550,000 donated so far.
To view results go to http://www.cyca.com.au/sysfile/downloads/2010/club/2010SOLAS/series.htm?key=1336. |
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