Boat Plans Aluminium Australia | Bermuda Race

Boat Plans Aluminium Australia

The 90 R/P Rambler shattered the previous record of the Newport Bermuda Race by 14 hours.
Finishing first across the line in 39 hours, 39 minutes and 18 seconds after the Newport start.
Bella Mente was second.
The 67 Tantons Circus Maximus, back in 1978 finished first over the line in 105 hours; 9 hours and 9 minutes.
The race that year, was the slowest in Bermuda race history. A combination of an almost total lack of wind and sailing it all to weather, let a skipper to say " I felt as if I was racing the seaweed, and at one time, the seaweed was winning".
The same Summer, C-M went on to break the Marblehead to Halifax record held since 1939.

Circus Maximus. Start of the 1978 Bermuda race.

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Boat Plans Wood | Volvo Ocean Race

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Wouldn’t it be great to find yourself aboard a Volvo Ocean 65 racing yacht on a fine summer’s day for a jolly on the Solent! You have been invited to spend a few hours with the crew of Team Brunel. She came second overall in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race series. Veteran sailor and skipper, Bouwe Bekking, shakes your hand and introduces you to the crew. You are shown around the boat and briefed as to the schedule and emergency procedures in the event of something untoward happening - not that it was likely, but you never know - the yacht draws 4.7 metres, sails very fast (can average of 22 knots over 24 hours), and there are a number of hazards, both under the water and on it.

The yacht gets underway. Sail is made, and she inclines to the wind as you leave Cowes en route for the Needles Channel. Only then do you imagine yourself racing day after day, being soaked to the skin, cold and very tired. You imagine being swept off your feet by a gigantic wave, and the only reason you did not end up in the drink was because you remembered to attach your safety harness. Thankful that your watch has ended, you go below and try to regain your circulation. You try getting some rest, but the noise and movement does not allow you to sleep. Then you think of your family at home and wish you were there. Instead, you find yourself retching and you have this awful pain in the pit of your stomach. You wish the world would come to an end.

All of a sudden you look around, and there ahead is the Needles lighthouse. The sun is shining.  All is fine; all is well. At the end of the day after sailing around the Island and returning to Cowes, you thank the team for their hospitality. You admire them for their achievement, and wonder how they did it. They are made of sterner stuff than you. 

Links

Volvo Ocean Race

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html 

Volvo Ocean 65

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/boat.html 

Volvo Ocean Race

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Ocean_Race 

Team Brunel

http://www.brunelsailing.net/en_UK/

Bouwe Bekking

http://www.brunelsailing.net/en_UK/teambrunel/member/bouwebekking

Volvo Ocean Race:Already planning for the next edition

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/05/13/volvo-ocean-race-already-planning-for-the-next-edition/ 

Volvo Ocean Race Videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/volvooceanracevideos

Volvo Group Volvo

http://www.volvogroup.com/group/global/en-gb/volvo%20group/sponsorships/volvo_ocean_race/Pages/volvooceanrace.aspx 

Volvo Ocean Race Newport Exceeds Expectations with approximately 125,000 visitors

http://www.volvooceanracenewport.com/en/news/131_Volvo-Ocean-Race-Newport-Exceeds-Expectations-With-Approximately-125-000-Visitors.html

Volvo Ocean Race Independent Report into the Stranding of Vestas Wind

http://cdn.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/m36616_team-vestas-wind-inquiry-report-released-on-9-march-2015.pdf

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Boat Plans Catamaran | Nelson Race 2016 Line Honours 1st on IRC yes really! and close 2nd on PHRF all upwind

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We prepared for the start to this race with 40-50 knot gusts in the marina, knowing it was going to be upwind effectively all the way, and that it was going to be even more windy on the south coast and for the first part of Cook Strait.  The Class 950 got blown sideways coming out of her berth and was damaged, never left the marina.

We saw sustained 50+ knots for about 30 mins, peak gust that we noticed of 60, and a boat near us saw a 65 knot gust.  Wedgetail lost their mast having already crossed the worst of it, near the Brothers.  The sea state was pretty friendly, given the wind speed (except at the corners in tide rips), since the gradient wind was curving around the top of the South Island ... so not a huge amount of fetch.  We didnt take video in the really windy bits (ran out of camera battery) but just before we entered Cook Strait we got this:

In 50+ knots upwind, Blink was still pointing well, fast and easy to handle with storm jib and 3 reefs. We did hoist a Fractional Zero briefly to leave the harbour, perhaps 10 minutes of downwind sailing but with 40+ knots too much breeze for the A6.  Probably ;-).  We also used a masthead zero for a couple of hours near the south end of DUrville Island.  But not a single downwind sail for a 120nm (rhumb line) offshore race...

So the downwind weaponry had to wait until the return trip, the delivery back to Wellington ... this was a great sail, crossing the Strait faster than the ferry when the breeze picked up on the eastern side.

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Boat Plans And Patterns | Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

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Yachting is a very broad church. Those who take part in this sport are diverse, ranging from the loner who choses his particular modus operandi, perhaps sailing a ditch-crawler PD (Puddle Duck) Gorfnik,* to the highly competitive, super-human, who can only be satisfied by racing the latest high-tech yacht, to boot, around the world. In between, there are dinghy sailors who race or cruise, yachtsmen and yachtswomen who love pottering, day sailing, and cruising, and those who engage in a host of other sailing activities, involving both amateurs and professionals alike.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race attracts people who want to be tested to the limits of their endurance, and yet, according to the organisers, they are,‘ordinary, everyday people’. They say there is no need for a background of sailing - applicants must have a desire to join a group adventure, and be part of a highly competitive team who will face difficult and very testing conditions as they race around the world aboard a purpose-built 70’ yacht.

There is a vigorous training programme for potential participants who can elect to join one or more legs of the race - or even race all the way round the world. Twelve, virtually identical yachts, are skippered by competent professional sailors whose task, along with specialists at the outset, is to train and prepare crews for their arduous adventure. Having been trained, the yachts and their crews are tested by competing in a six day offshore race before taking part in the real thing.

Commitment, strength, endurance and team spirit are essential, not just to win, but to bring yachts home safely. There are point penalties for loss of gear, sails, and damage to equipment; therefore skippers and watch leaders have to ensure their yachts are being sailed without taking undue risks. Sadly, shortly after the start of his year’s race, a yachtsman, Andrew Ashman, aboard CV 21, was fatally injured. This was the first and only fatality since the inception of the Race in 1995. The Race is not without risk. 

As I write, the leading yacht of leg 3, LMAX Exchange, is only a few hours away from the Wardan Whip finish line, SW Australia.

*PD Gorfnik: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gueen5ugn2i938w/Gorfnik%20Book%20as%20of%209-30-2015.pdf?dl=0 

Links

Clipper Round the World Race

http://clipperroundtheworld.com

Clipper Round the World Race - Facebook

https://twitter.com/ClipperRace 

Clipper Round the World Race - Competition hottng up

http://www.sail-world.com/Clipper-Round-the-World-Race---Competition-hotting-up/140222

Action footage from Old Pulteney during Atlantic Ocean crossing to Rio de Janeiro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnos9WUr_X4

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_Round_the_World_Yacht_Race 

British Sailor dies in Clipper Round the World Race freak accident

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/sailing/11846310/British-sailor-dies-in-Clipper-Round-The-World-Race-freak-accident.html

British Crew Member Dies in Clipper Round the World Race

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/05/british-crew-member-dies-clipper-round-world-race

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Launches in London

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34100639

Clipper Ventures PLC

http://www.clipper-ventures.com

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Boat Plans Bolger | First two handed sail may as well make it a race

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RPNYC ran its two handed series today - a 17 miler around the cans in Wellington Harbour.  Forecast was dubiously big from the Metservice and didnt align with Windfinder, Windguru, Metvuw etc.  Started off with gentle zephyrs and blew 20s for some of the course.

We learnt the boat really fast today, including deploying the code zero, having a couple of great upwind legs, and using the A6 for a speedie run past Somes Island to Days Bay.  On the way back past Somes Island, the breeze had built and we tucked in a reef.  Lesson number 1 - dont assume the reef line has been run and check it at the dock!  Running a reef line took ages and cost us speed and distance on the fleet.  A good reach home and to our relief, we didnt embarrass ourselves by not coming first across the line.

Next challenge was pulling down that huge main two handed while it was blowing pretty hard by then and the gusts in the inner harbour were not helpful.

A great first sail - lots to learn.  She is a dream to drive and well behaved.  We didnt make her go as fast as she is used to fully crewed but we held a steady course to have a great day on the water in decent breeze.  She is running beautifully - canting properly and easily from the wheels.  Some two handed systems to sort out but that is easy.

Great first two handed day out -  many more to come!



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Boat Plans Pdf | Lake Wogglebone race results

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HEREWITH AN EXCERPT from the latest issue of the Walnut Street Gazeout(should be Gazette):

From Our Own Correspondent

Results of the weekly race held at Lake Wogglebone under the auspices of the New Egalitarian Yacht Club (LLC).

Eau Class, One-Design, 16-foot centerboard sloops:

Summary:

Wind: Southwest Force 7.

Sea state: Choppy.

Weather: Low cloud, rain showers.

Despite inclement weather, 10 boats arrived at the start line. Racing was postponed 30 minutes while the Chairman of the Race Committee drove to the gas station to get fuel for the Committee Boat’s outboard.

Shortly after the five-minute gun, the Committee Boat  commenced to drag anchor, allowing Teaujam, at the back of the fleet, to start first on port tack. Teaujam’s attempt to cross ahead of the fleet on port failed, however,  because her crew got her finger jammed in the centerboard case with the board  in the up position.

In attempting to avoid Teaujam’s sideways slide, Beauzeau and Dumbeau went about without warning, causing four boats to their leeward to capsize directly in front of two others who struck them and capsized themselves.

While the Committee/Rescue Boat coped valiantly with the rapidly deteriorating situation, Teaujam’s skipper was able to jump on the centerboard and force it down, despite his crew’s screams. With four others close behind, Teaujam rounded the weather mark first.

Unfortunately, in all the confusion she left it to starboard instead of to port. After realizing his mistake, her skipper jibed, hardened up for the beat back, and collided with two of his opponents. The remaining two, in attempting to avoid them, accidentally jibed and capsized.

As, once again, there were no finishers, the committee decided the race on the order of boats that managed to arrive at the first mark.

Five protests against the Race Committee for starting the race in unsuitable conditions were withdrawn because the Chairman of the Race Committee threatened to resign if there was any more criticism.

Results:

1.  Teaujam

2.  Beauzeau

3.  Dumbeau

4.  Neau hableau inglés

5.  Sleaupeauk

Stop Press: Teaujam’s crew has been treated at the Lake Wogglebone Emergency Clinic for an injured small finger. Very few stitches were required. In any case, her skipper has apologized fulsomely. He is now looking for a new crew.

Today’s Thought

Success in yacht racing depends so much upon coolness, self-reliance, and quickness of apprehension.

— Tyrrel E. Biddle

Tailpiece

“Boy, she looks as if she was made for that coat.”

“Yeah, but I still figure she could have held out for a mink.”

(Drop by every Monday, Wednesday, Friday for a new Mainly about Boats column.)

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Boat Plans Stitch And Glue | Bermuda Race 2014

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                                                                                 June 20, 2014

As you can see by the posting date, I have been slow in feeding the electronic beast. Slow like this start and for the rest of this event of some 615 miles from Newport to Bermuda. And....the winner is.....

Actaea a Hincley Bermuda 40.

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Boat Plans Bateau | Transatlantic Race 2015

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Today was the last of the staggered starts for the 2015 Transatlantic race.
Featuring Phaedo 2 and Paradox, the two trimarans and then Rambler and Comanche the monohulls.
After a couple of hours, instant speed gives Phaedo at 31knots and Comanche and rambler at 20.

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Boat Plans Bolger | Antigua Race Week 2013

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         John Raby and Don Ritter Circus Maximus 67

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Well I missed again one of the best organized sailing event in the world; Antigua Race Week is a lot of fun and actually quite different from the other venues of St. Barth and St. Martin. I guess it has to do with the Island being more "British" with the Admiral Nelsons legacy hovering the docks and Shirleys Heights. I raced there a few times on different boats

John Tuttle and the 57 U.L.D.B Desperado.

We had Tee shirts reading " The 25 Knots Club". At he time it was seldom to see boats making that kind of speed, especially for boats designed under the I.O.R rule. 

                                      Hans and Gisela of the S/V Cat-Ketch Tunnix  from Venezuela.
They had one of my first Cat-Ketch T.43 built in Taiwan. They had sent a Fax to the office inviting me to race the Sailing Week and I replied yes, I would. So the next thing I know I am in Antigua, taking a launch to get to the boat. I could see her free standing masts 1/2 a mile away and as I approach, it became clear that no one was around. I jumped aboard and waited. After a while I see a Zodiac coming towards me then suddenly taking at distance a wide circle in a slow motion. Finally the two occupants came alongside to take a long look at me. A little puzzled, as much as I was by their initial reaction, they explained later that when they invited me, they had no idea if I were Chinese (Taiwanese), A girl, (Yves first name pronounced Eve), young, old or an  intruder. I did not have the same problem withe their appearance. More blond, more German, you could not find, even from Venezuela.


Christian Quoniams Magie Noire 66.
Incongruous to come to the starting line with a free standing rigged Cat-Schooner. A charter boat, M-N. was no match to the Maxis Kialoa and others engaged in the race. We had a great time though. This was my first sail on the boat built by the owner in La Rochelle, France. The unconventional sailboat featured wing sails, wing keel, water ballast and is very easy to sail.
 

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Boat Plans Building | Island Bay Race First Sniff of the Cook Strait

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The RPNYC Island Bay Race was held on Saturday, 2nd November being an 18 or so miler.   This was Blinks first opportunity to turn right out of the harbour and have a little sniff of Cook Strait following her sea trials and early races in the confines of Welly Harbour.  We had gone out early with Booboo (Josh Tucker) from North Sails who had come down especially to sail with us and check our sail configuration, furlers, etc.

The start was a Mark Foy and Blink scored a fairly late start of 12.55pm with only Ran Tan and the Tri following us 5 minutes later.

The first leg was uphill to Korokoro giving us an opportunity to see what she could do in a fairly moderate breeze. She trucked her way up wind, slightly cracked off, averaging 9kts over ground

The breeze built as we rounded the Korokoro mark and a woop woop down leg followed.  Initially wind was mid teens, but then started blowing about 18 to mid-20s, we hoisted the A2 and Blink took off.   When you are pushing it in a gusty Wellington northerly with an A2 (200m2 of kite), you are bound to have a couple of lie downs (which we did) but she got up pretty quickly.  Most interesting one was near Barretts reef, perhaps not the best place to have a nana nap.

With boat speed in the early 20s (we did 22 knots speed over ground a few times, with 2 knots of tide against us), we were sailing faster than the Bluebridge Ferry on the downhill.  There were many grins all round.  As we got to the Barretts reef buoy, we had a bit of trouble getting the A2 furled up and were at danger of making fast passage to Antarctica.  We eventually dropped the kite conventionally and headed to the Island Bay marks.

The rest of the race was a reaching course around the mark, back to Barretts Reef buoy and trucking it up wind for a final reach home finishing at the club house.  We passed enough boats and started to hunt a little pesky Shaw 650 (Magic Trick) who started earlier but just managed to beat us on line having had a glamour run, perfect conditions for them.

Blink was the fastest around the course beating Wedgetail (Welbourne 42), Ran Tan (50 footer canter), and the trimaran.  Magic Trick scored first and Blink second on general club and PHRF making it Shaw sweep.

It was a fabulous insight to what Blink is capable of and she absolutely loved both the uphill and down hill runs.  She is perfectly well balanced, easy to handle and makes her crew extremely happy.

It was awesome having Booboo on board and even more so given it was his birthday.  A few birthday beers flowed after the race to celebrate, and a clubroom full of RPNYC folks sang him a big happy birthday.

Next up: Brothers Race, first Cook Strait crossing, next Saturday.  Mr Shaw will be joining us for that one.

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Boat Plans Bateau | Brothers Race Blinks First Offshore

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People in Wellington last Saturday night could be forgiven for thinking that the fireworks in the harbour ...

... were something to do with Guy Fawkes night.  This conclusion was of course naively misguided, since Guy Fawkes was on the 5th of November, and a far more important event occurred on the 9th of November. This was Blinks first offshore, the Brothers Race, with Line Honours for the 12m Shaw design, with Rob himself on board. This was Robs first sail on Blink except from a very light-airs inaugural outing in August.

Our offshore crew numbers are limited, so we could only take 9 people, and with Rob coming down some of our regulars had to stay behind, including Vesna with her arm in plaster.  Hence she was able to take the great off-the-boat pics.

 Wed had problems with our furling setup the night before the race,  the top-down ones in particular needing some fine-tuning, so we elected to free-fly the kites except of course for the Code 0.  As it turned out, the Code 0 off the line (that we, like almost everyone else, were very late for) was an excellent choice and we shot away from the rest of the fleet who stalled out in Oriental Bays typical fickle southerly conditions.  Ran Tan started to catch us on the reach across Evans Bay, we carried our  C0 a bit far and they sneaked inside us 2-sail reaching.  Lead change number 1.

Then we started chipping away at Ran Tans lead, eventually catching them and overtaking at Moaning Minnie.  Not only does Blink rip downwind, but it seems she goes upwind pretty well too.

 So we led Ran Tan out of the harbour.  Lead change number 2.

The tight reach along the south coast saw Ran Tan get forward on us to lead us around Sinclair Head. Lead change number 3. 

But then we got the Code 0 up again, and crept around Ran Tan again by the time we got to Karori light, lead change number 4.

They were north of us, however, so only needed to put a little extra speed on to pass us again.  Which they did.  Lead change number 5. 

We had our A2 up again by now, so got going downwind.  We gybed in towards Terawhiti, and out again and headed for the other side.  

We could see the compass bearing to Ran Tan decreasing as we regained the lead.  Change number 6.  We rounded the Brothers 12 minutes ahead of Ran Tan, and then dealt with the only tactical dilemma of the race.  

Craig had been running the weather and tide info, along with some very creatively produced guesses as offshore Shaw 12 polars, for a couple of days.  And the courses suggested seemed to alternate between heading straight back east, or putting a tack back in to the south after going a couple of miles on starboard tack from the Brothers.  So we did put a tack in.  Seemed like a very rational idea at the time.  And we probably didnt sail quite as low and fast as we should have on the way across after that.  So Ran Tan tacked off the North Island coast and crossed us on port by a few hundred metres.  Lead change number 7. 

But once back on the wind, we were back in the game, and then had the opportunity to lee-bow Ran Tan and force them back away from shore.  That paid off handsomely, lead change number 8, and we built up a pretty decent lead after that.  Then we got around the south coast as well as we could, Code 0 again between Sinclair and Minnie, then A2 into the harbour, pretty much all the way to the line.

Well, pretty much.  There was discussion about how to handle Kau bay with the Halswell finish bearing at the other end.  With plenty of east in the southerly, wed hoped to carry the kite most of the way to the line.  As it turned out we needed to lose the kite about halfway across, as we got gusts coming from the southwest down the hill.  No problem if wed had a furler attached, we didnt.  No problem if we could bear away, but we couldnt as there was a row of 5 tinnies all anchored and fishing exactly where we needed to go.  So: problem.  Kite in water, only bit of chaos in the whole race, within sight of the line.  We didnt catch any fish, but not for want to trying.  Apparently salt water is an excellent way of preventing mildew on sails, if so our A2 is mould-safe.

We didnt take many pics on the boat, but did run the time-lapse camera and will splice in some of the other video we took... to follow.

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