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| Andrew Marsland turns 41 today! |
| 01.31.04 (11:09 pm) [edit] |
Those crew and owners lucky enough to be able to join Andrew at his new home in Harfield Village were treated to a spread that included coal roasted lamb, Margerita coctails and Andrews speciality - stir fry fruit in sticky suace with creme freche. We have got ourselves a ships cook - even if we have to plan a long distance ocean race (Mauritius - Durban 2005?) just to take advantage of his skills. Happy Birthday Andrew! :D
Next Wednesday : 4 February - see's the second of the PG client evening regatta's - we will have guests and sponsors joining us for the twighlight series - I am sure the event will be as successful as last Wednesday - Only... no over the line starts please :?
Have an excellent week everyone...
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| Lull? call that a lull! |
| 01.28.04 (10:39 pm) [edit] |
Superb evening’s sailing: That was the consensus of crew and guests after last night’s twilight race. A hectic start with lots of yachts competing for the same stretch of water and a missed signal from bowman Mikey saw Majimoto over the line along with two other boats. A tense few seconds passed as the entire crew glued their ears to the radio waiting to hear if we were over. Just when we thought we were away clear, the radio crackled into life and race control called us back. Damn! Hemmed in - for what seemed like an age – Majimoto waited and waited for enough clear water to return to the start line. The other two boats that were over were lucky enough to find themselves in enough clear water to pay for their start line transgression without fuss. Eventually Majimoto completed the maneuver and set off at the back off the field. Wind speed was everywhere between 15 knots and 30 knots – calling the gusts as they attempted to flatten the boat (we were sailing with full main and No 3 Genoa) became something of a joke and I was punished severely after the race by owners Paul and Lindsay for mistakenly calling a lull when a big puff saw us on our ear, water drenching our sponsors and their guests. Andrew T – with his usual dry wit was heard to comment “LULL! Call that a LULL? Maybe in the middle of a squall in the southern ocean that was a lull!” A few good calls by Ceri Lewis (pronounced Kerry) saw Majimoto claw her way back up the fleet, playing the shifts as we went. Amazing what choosing the right side of the course for a change can do to your position… Majimoto finished respectably mid fleet in the class one race boats – from last – and beat the only other Farr 40 in the race. By now the wind was gusting over 30 knots and an interesting time was had dropping sails, with sponsor PG Glass’ Carl Raikes and his guests from the Santam Resource Centre throwing their weight in to help. Another fantastic evening – How lucky are we to be sailing in the most beautiful city in the world?
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| Tonights the night! |
| 01.27.04 (9:07 pm) [edit] |
Hi crew,
We have Johan Botes and Allie Wiehman of Santam / IBRC as guests of our sponsor this evening. Looks like stiff breeze so we should have an exciting time. PG Glass Western Cape will kindly supply drinks for guests and crew on the boat after the regatta. Look forward to seeing you all there!
Andy :shock:
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| Weather for Wednesday Twighlight regatta |
| 01.26.04 (2:23 am) [edit] |
Wednesday 28th January 2004, Table Bay:
Morning showers (30%) clearing later
Temp 18-23
Wind SW 30 K/mh building to 45 K/mh
Looks like great sailing but may get wet.. :lol:
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| Wednesday night after sailing at the RCYC |
| 01.25.04 (2:46 am) [edit] |
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| Upstaging the Farr 40 establishment... |
| 01.24.04 (8:44 pm) [edit] |
Key West Race Week
19 - 23 January 2004 Key West, Florida, USA
Mean Machine? Where'd they come from?
, the way Peter De RIDDER cleaned house Friday at Terra Nova Trading Key West 2004, presented by Nautica, he'll be paying excess baggage charges on his way home to Monaco and The Netherlands.
The Dutch investor is a longtime presence in world sailing with a series of Mean Machine racers but a relative novice in the slambang Farr 40 class. "We started low key," he said, "sneaked into second place [Thursday] with a fourth and a second, and all of a sudden . . ."
Winners of the class. Terra Nova Trading Trophy Boat of the Week for winning the most competitive class. A share of the Nautica Trophy International Team Competition victory, courtesy of the presenting sponsor.
Mean Machine was paired with Kristian Nergaard's Melges 24, Baghdad, from Norway as the Europe B team, which outsailed nine other Farr 40-Melges 24 global alliances.
"All of that makes it a very big day for us," IDe Ridder said, as he popped a bottle for the ceremonial champagne shower of his crew.
The only race they won was the last one. Mean Machine was locked in the midst of five boats in the 23-boat fleet separated by only two points as they sailed out into a cotton patch of whitecaps for the last of nine races, a Key West record, over five days. The emerald seas were churned up by 15-knot winds gusting to 23 knots the strongest of a solid week of moderate to heavy breeze.
Kelly, Andrew CHENEY'S Beneteau First 10 from St. Petersburg, Fla., received the Lewmar Trophy as PHRF Boat of the Week for winning PHRF 9, where six of the 10 racers won races but he won three.
Rumor, John STORCK Jr.'s J/30 from Huntington, N.Y. was Terra Nova Trading Day Boat of the Day for winning Friday's finale, which earned fourth place overall.
France made a strong runner-up bid for the Nautica Trophy with Sebastian COL'S victory over 14-year-old Samuel (Shark) Kahn in the Melges 24s, although Kahn won his third race in a row Friday---but Erik MARIS' Twins 2 was too far back in the Farr 40s in 13.
Kahn, the current world champion, won four of nine races and led most of the week as Col, sailing Philippe Ligot's P&P Sailing Team entry, dragged a 59-point anchor around the course for jumping the starting line Monday. But when Col was able to discard that score after the seventh race, the contest turned around.
Kahn, now trailing by five points, did everything he could except put the necessary boats between himself and the Frenchman. He match-raced Col off the pin end of the line and chased him relentlessly around the seven-leg, 14-mile course until passing him on the last upwind beat to the finish to win by three boat lengths, with his father Philippe a close third to claim fifth place overall.
"We got 'em on a shift," Shark Kahn said. "They were down and we were up. Everybody hiked their butts off."
Col said, "We wanted to stay close to Shark the whole time. We wanted to finish in the top five. We started in the same position as Shark, and by the middle of the first beat we were in front and were able to sail our own course and focus on going fast."
Were the Kahns disappointed? Not much.
"That's pretty good, two boats in the top five," Philippe Kahn said. "The French sailed fast. Without the throwouts, he [Shark] wins the regatta. But the French deserved to win. They're a great team."
The conditions all week were such that most of the 3,000 sailors who worked 301 boats from 18 countries and 32 states were going home happy, no matter where they finished.
"The first run was a lot of fun," Kahn said, revelling in the surfing conditions. "We got four firsts. We were more consistent than we were in the Worlds. But the French won fair and square."
His father said, "It's a great event, a perfect regatta. The race committee did a great job. Starting 58 boats isn't easy. They talk on the radio and explain everything to you. It's awesome. It's the greatest regatta in North America."
Shark and Col have a certain bond, as well. Both speak French. Kahn's father, a software entrepreneur, grew up in France, as did his mother.
"I picked it up listening to my parents talk," Shark said.
Certainly, De Ridder had no complaints, in any language. His first Farr 40 experience was 15 place at Key West last year.
"I'd never helmed a boat at this high a level," he said. "At the start I was a little bit nervous but controlled. The tighter it gets the more I like it and the better I start. I like it when the pressure is on. We were right at the pin end and lifted [on the wind]."
Mean Machine and Marc Ewing's Riot, from Northeast Harbour, Maine, both fired off the pin, kept going left and partway up the beat were able to cross the fleet on port tack. Mean Machine passed Riot downwind to take the lead for keeps, then fought off Jim RICHARDSON'S Barking Mad, Newport, R.I., by about four boat lengths at the finish.
Barking Mad was second overall, ahead of Crocodile Rock, the Alexandra GEREMIA/Scott HARRIS defending champion from California that reached the last day with a one-point lead but finished seventh in the finale.
"We had an OK start, but it's tough sailing," said Harris, the helmsman. "The fleet has improved . . . more boats, better prepared. Look at the guys on the winning boat."
The winning lineup: De Ridder, helm; Ray DAVIES, tactician; Sander Van Der BORCH, bow; Dennis GOETHALS, pit; Eduard Van LIERDE, floater-grinder; Marieke POULIE, floater; Dirk De RIDDER (no relation to Peter), downwind trimmer; Matt REYNOLDS, main; Jon GUNDERSON, upwind trimmer; Rutger Van EEUWIJK, mast. Davies and Gunderson are New Zealanders, Reynolds is from San Diego and all the others are Dutch.
Seven different boats finished first in the nine Farr 40 races.
Rich BERGMANN'S Zuni Bear from San Diego, last year's Boat of the Week, repeated its J/105 victory, by a hair, in an all-California showdown with Tom Coates' onrushing Masquerade from San Francisco. Zuni Bear won four of six races, then slipped to 9-6-7 as Masquerade closed out the week 1-4-1. That left both with 28 points but Zuni Bear with more wins for the tiebreaker.
Swan 45 and C&C 99 one-design fleets were new on the scene. Six of the eight Swans won races, but consistency was key for Thomas Stark's RUSH (Reloaded), Newport, R.I., with Ed Baird as tactician.
Wally Hogan's Trumpeter, one of six C&C 99 entries from central Canada, won four of the nine races.
The Swan Performance Trophy went to So Far, Lawrence HILLMAN'S Swan 48 from Chicago, for its consistent dominance in PHRF 8, where it was first or second in seven races.
Trimarans were introduced to the event two years ago and reached new heights this time. Bob and Doug HARKRIDER, hardcore Corsair 28R campaigners from Augusta, Ga., won four races to prevail over the Freudenberg/Hudgins Condor, Sewall's Point, Fla., and Ken Winters' Rocketeer II, Miami Beach, which had Randy Smyth on the tiller.
The new Corsair 24 class was won by Robert Remmers, sailing Breaking Wind from Buda, Tex.
Full results are available on the event website link alongside.
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| Jules Verne Trophy... |
| 01.24.04 (8:40 pm) [edit] |
Jules Verne Trophy
24 January 2004 FRANCE
Orange II Going on Standby
Since her launch on 22 December, the maxi-catamaran Orange II has been tested at sea in the perspective of the Jules Verne Trophy attempt.
The boat has returned to the shipyard for a week at the beginning of January for a few technical modifications, and is currently carrying on a set-up and optimisation process.
Bruno PEYRON : "We sailed recently in stronger wind and sea conditions, in order to validate the choices made for the sail plan once and for all. We also had to finish working on details of the deck layout, on the mast foot and on deck hardware. The first technical evaluation is positive, everything is going well as far as structure, sails and deck hardware are concerned. There's still a bit of work to be done on the deck layout, and we need to optimise the rudder systems, as well as the rudder blades".
"The boat sails well and fast... I reckon she's faster than Orange 1 upwind, and her passage in waves is very satisfactory. It's the result of all the work we did on the hull shapes and on the overall power potential with Gilles Ollier's team. This catamaran seems to be cleverly designed, her dimensions are bigger then her predecessor's which makes things a bit tougher - but that's not surprising for such a big boat... I've always said that a boat over 50 feet is a challenge for a crew of little bipeds like us, so with this one, we've reached another dimension! It takes method to sail it properly, because with such a powerful, heavy and fast machine, no mistakes can be made... We have to be cautious! But I'm not worried, a lot of time can be spared on our learning curve thanks to the fact that an important part of the crew has already sailed aboard Orange 1. To make a boat this big race-ready in 6 weeks is not an easy task, and the only way to achieve that is to work with people who know each other and bring complementary expertise.
14 places on board
The crew selection process set up by Bruno PEYRON is faithful to the values he defends: human qualities, technical abilities, and experience sharing. " If we respect that, we'll have a homogenous group which will work smoothly. One must not get his priorities mixed up. The team that was with me in 2002 is of course has priority, I think that's just fair from a human point of view. The story was great, so everyone deserves to have a place onboard once again. That said, some of the guys will not be able to join us for schedule reasons, and I respect their choices. We'll have to replace them... But anyway the list of names outnumbers the places we have onboard".
Bruno Peyron also announced that the boat should be at the Lorient technical base by next week. The base was formerly occupied by the Défi Français (America's Cup French Syndicate). From this date, the catamaran will enter her final preparation phase and should be on stand-by from 15 February.
Last Minute : the boat's christening ceremony will take place on February 11 in La Trinité sur Mer.
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| Wednesday Night twighlight race feedback from Andrew M |
| 01.23.04 (3:07 am) [edit] |
The sailing was excellent. You missed out on great evening. A 10 - 15 Knot
breeze from the South East, flat water and a stunning sunset. Did a big
triangle from No.10 to Woodstock, past Milnerton and all the way down to
Blouberg, then back up to No. 2 and home. Nice and cool out there, compared
to the weather on shore.
Again, we stayed on board afterwards and had a couple of Captain Morgans &
Coke. An extremely pleasant evening.
Cheers
Andrew
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| Very Punny mail from Paul |
| 01.23.04 (2:53 am) [edit] |
Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.
A backward poet writes inverse.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tyred.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.
She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
When a clock is still hungry, it goes back four seconds.
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
Every calendar's days are numbered.
A lot of money is tainted - It taint yours and it taint mine.
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at
large.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
Once you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a mall.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
Good acupuncture is a jab well done.
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| Message from Lindsay |
| 01.23.04 (12:25 am) [edit] |
Hi all,
Please be advised that the spinnaker start will be at 17h50 from the Bridge Hut. The course will be announced on VHF 71 at 17h30 and 17h40. Please
sign up on the board, and please pay your R100.00 entry fee for one or all 8 races. This all goes to the NSRI at the prizegiving in March. Any questions, please contact me in the Sailing Office.
regards
Viqui
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| Bay Race 17 January 2004 - Cape Town South Africa |
| 01.23.04 (12:22 am) [edit] |
Majimoto started well in a screaming South Easter that saw gusts of up to 40 knots. A well timed start saw us lead the fleet to the first mark at Woodstock, on our ear and overcanvassed. Trimmers Andy & Andy (yes thats right) both where submerged several times as the crew battled to control the boat. A well timed gybe brought things a little more under control as the boat changed direction, allowing the stiff breeze to come from behind on the run down to Milnerton Mark. Frantic work on the foredeck saw the smaller number 4 brought up for a sail change - only to find out that the wrong sail bag had surfaced. Working quickly Mikey swopped sails and had the number 4 Genoa ready just in time for the Gybe change. Cape Town summer sailing weather struck with it's usual unpredictability and on the way up to the third turn Majimoto saw her lead drop away along with the wind. The mark at Robben Island arrived eventually at a frustrating hour and a half followed, as attempt after attempt was made to round the mark in zero wind conditions. Eventually, after the fifth attempt Maji brought her nose around the mark and headed for the finish. Another eternity passed and with the turning mark still hanging around as though attached to our stern. A radio call to race control announced our retirement to a incredulous bridge crew: 'You're retiring because there is [i]no[/i] wind? Over' "This is yacht majimoto, yes, we have taken several hours to reach the third mark in absolutely no breeze. Over" 'This is race control, the wind is gusting here at 40 knots, over'
And so ended our first real race of 2004
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