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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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| Louis Vuitton
Trophy |
| Auckland New
Zealand |
| Photos by Howard
Wright. |
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| Two wins give Hooligan
the Rolex Trophy edge. |
| By the Rolex
Trophy Media Team. |
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Photos by Peter
Andrews,
Page edited By Peter Andrews. |
| December 16, 2010. |
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new TP52 Hooligan has come out all guns blazing
on day one of the Rolex Trophy Series, sailed off Sydney
Heads today. The boat won both offshore races, after only
having two hours sailing time on the new boat. Blackmore
took delivery only three months ago of the former Emirates
Team New Zealand, which had been competing on the TP52
Medcup circuit in Cagliari, Italy. |
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Marcus Blackmore’s TP52 Hooligan, during the 2010
Rolex Trophy Rating Series offshore Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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The Pittwater
yachtsman’s wins are all the more amazing, because
the boat only arrived in Australia three weeks ago. During
that three weeks, Blackmore converted the TP52 for IRC racing
with modifications including a new rig, bowsprit, keel and
bulb.
"We ordered the keel and bulb from New Zealand, but only
the bulb was delivered," said Blackmore. "We finally
got the keel two nights ago," he added.
"It was an outstanding effort by Tim Wiseman (the crew member
who looks after the boat) and the crew to get the boat prepared.
We only put the rig in the boat yesterday and got around two
hours to practice before today’s races, so I’m a
little surprised we won both. In all fairness, a lot of others
had problems today. A few went prawning (spinnakers dragging
in the water). We sailed fairly conservatively which helped us." |
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Marcus Blackmore’s TP52 Hooligan, during the 2010
Rolex Trophy Rating Series offshore Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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Blackmore, who
has venerated Kiwi Stu Bannatyne calling tactics, among other
big names like Tom Addis, Tony Rae and Paul ‘Flipper’ Westlake,
said today’s results "were beyond our expectations".
"Obviously we’re happy with our performance, but we’ve
got an issue with our rating certificate and think we can improve
it. Obviously there’s room for improvement elsewhere too,
as we’ve had little time sailing the boat."
Queenslander Bill Wild did a good job with his new Reichel
Pugh 55 and the former Yendys, Rodd & Gunn
Wedgetail. Wild ended the day in second place overall,
after scoring a fifth and second placings. While Wild was
not enthused with their fifth place in race one, he was
happy with their second place in Race 2. But he described
race two as "very shifty. You needed to pick it right
and that was difficult."
However navigator Will Oxley, summed up their success. "We
saw the storm coming just before race two and made the
decision to go right; it was the right call." |
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Bill Wild’s Reichel Pugh 55 (former Yendys), Rodd & Gunn
Wedgetail, during the 2010 Rolex Trophy Rating Series offshore
Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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Wild conceeded
as to why he traded up from his previous 40 footer Wedgetail: "Because
I’m too old to sail smaller boats to Hobart, it’s
too damn hard!"
He is happy with the new boat, but admits there is still
some work ahead to get it and the crew up to the optimal
performance. "I haven’t had the boat long and
we’re still melding some New Zealand sailors with
some of Yendys crew and some of my Queensland
sailors, but it’s getting there," Wild said. |
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Alan Brierty’s Reichel Pugh 62 Limit, behind a low
flying media helicoptor, during the 2010 Rolex Trophy Rating Series
offshore Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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Like most, Stephen
Ainsworth’s much touted Reichel Pugh 63 Loki had
mixed day, replicating Rodd & Gunn Wedgetail’s results
in the reverse order. Ainsworth said this afternoon that
while they were not out to match race Alan Brierty’s
Reichel Pugh 62 Limit, it was hard to avoid, considering
the likeness of the two boats.
"It’s inevitable, but we don’t set out to match
race, we’ve got a whole fleet to contend with." He
described the day as "a difficult one, especially with the
40 degree shifts in race two." |
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Stephen Ainsworth’s Reichel Pugh 63 Loki, during the
2010 Rolex Trophy Rating Series offshore Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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The Sydney skipper
provided an honest appraisal of Hooligan’s two
wins. "Hooligan sailed fantastically; you can
only congratulate Marcus, especially considering the boat’s
just gone back in the water. They had a day when everything
went right for them, so I hope it’s our turn tomorrow!
There’s still plenty of sailing left."
Rated as one of the favourites after coming up with some
noteworthy performances over the past year, Terra Firma (Vic)
was gone early in the first race when the crew lost control
of the spinnaker on the first downwind run. |
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Alan Brierty’s Reichel Pugh 62 Limit, during the 2010
Rolex Trophy Rating Series offshore Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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An ugly spinnaker
wrap resulted in the kite being trapped beneath the Cookson
50, leaving Nicholas Bartels and his crew helpless as they
watched the kite shred into pieces, the halyard, sheet and
brace flailing around in a gusty 20 knots of breeze.
The Victorian yacht was rendered outside assistance and
so retired from the race, not recovering sufficiently to
start race two. Others from the Victorian fleet were also
not so lucky today. Michael Hiatt’s Farr 55, Living
Doll, did not survive to make much of race two after
his electronics blew up, rendering his wind instruments
and more useless. |
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Nicholas Bartels’ Cookson 50 Terra Firma, during the
2010 Rolex Trophy Rating Series offshore Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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| The day started
well enough, the fleet sailing south of South Head to start
their series in 18 to 22 knots of shifty winds; from 180
degrees at the start and 160 degrees and 12 knots at the
finish. Race 2 started at 140 degrees in fluctuating 12 knots
winds that were all over the place. By the time the last
boats were finishing, the wind was at 170 degrees, a race
in which Limit beat Loki home by four seconds
and one place. |
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Nicholas Bartels’ Cookson 50 Terra Firma, during the
2010 Rolex Trophy Rating Series offshore Sydney Australia.
Photo © Peter Andrews, Outimage Australia.
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Racing continues
tomorrow with a further two windward leeward races, ahead
of Saturday and Sunday’s offshore passage racing.
Full results of the Rolex Trophy Rating Series are available
at: http://www.cyca.com.au/sysfile/downloads/2010/club/2010RTSRTS/series.htm. |
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