Category: Sails

Halo Promotes Barbuda Sailing Camp

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Only recently, the Halo Foundation had presented a check for the amount of $11,000 to Elizabeth Jordon, the National Sailing Academy’s Founder in the English Harbor. The beneficiaries of the donation made by the foundation are some children from Barbuda. At present, they are attending a summer camp for sailing for 2 weeks. The camp had started on the 15th of July. The camp is teaching safety practices and basics of dinghy sailing. It is being done by NSA instructors.

 

 

Halo Foundation had taken the initiative for the sailing camp. They had formed a partnership with SailAid UK for funding the program. Cuthbert Forbes, the HALO’s Pro said they immediately approached NSA for working with children of Barbuda who had been residing at Antigua for getting them attached to swimming and sailing. Their interest in this had been pretty low in the beginning and thus, they had been pleased that NSA transported the equipment and the vessels to Barbuda. Now, the young people of the sister isle are receiving instructions on this enjoyable and important skill.

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Sailors of Sydney Want Sayonara Cup Back

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A striking duel on the triumphant and River Derwent came back of the Sayonara Cup to the Yacht Squadron, Royal Sydney points in match-racing renewal among the young sailors of Australia after years of dormancy in Hobart at the RYCOT.

Also known as the mini-America’s Cup, the Sayonara Cup is one of the most famous and oldest yachting trophies in the southern hemisphere. For over 115 years, this trophy has cast a unique spell on match racers. This has provided a forum for racing in its original form since 1904 at the time when the race between two most powerful racing yachts of Australia seems to mark the event of Federation fine.

The recent knife-edged fight between Australia’s two oldest prominent sailing clubs and their best teams fascinated crowds on the gleaming waterway and attracted instant offers to confront from Western Australia and Tasmania.

Iain Murray, the director of the Australian Sailing performance said, “It looks like Sayonara Cup has open a sailing area that people perceived they had stirred on from.”

“We all have looked at the very recent versions of America’s Cup and thinking about foiling and speed, but there is an indisputable admiration of the novel match racing skill used in the previous Sayonara Cup and America’s Cups. The match racing technical skills – principally of gybing and tacking and placement of boats over technology are some skills that are frequently required at the top level and it has been the base of Australian crew saturation on the platform of world sailing.”

Currently, Murray is all optimistic about match racing future on a national stage.

“The standards of the club, national and state originated difficulties have a significant place and now the RSYS feels it is crucial re-establish the Sayonara Cup. This is a preferred pathway for champions of our future.”

A striking duel on the triumphant and River Derwent came back of the Sayonara Cup to the Yacht Squadron, Royal Sydney points in match-racing renewal among the young sailors of Australia after years of dormancy in Hobart at the RYCOT.

Also known as the mini-America’s Cup, the Sayonara Cup is one of the most famous and oldest yachting trophies in the southern hemisphere. For over 115 years, this trophy has cast a unique spell on match racers. This has provided a forum for racing in its original form since 1904 at the time when the race between two most powerful racing yachts of Australia seems to mark the event of Federation fine.

The recent knife-edged fight between Australia’s two oldest prominent sailing clubs and their best teams fascinated crowds on the gleaming waterway and attracted instant offers to confront from Western Australia and Tasmania.

Iain Murray, the director of the Australian Sailing performance said, “It looks like Sayonara Cup has open a sailing area that people perceived they had stirred on from.”

“We all have looked at the very recent versions of America’s Cup and thinking about foiling and speed but there is an indisputable admiration of the novel match racing skill used in the previous Sayonara Cup and America’s Cups. The match racing technical skills – principally of gybing and tacking and placement of boats over technology are some skills that are frequently required at the top level and it has been the base of Australian crew saturation on the platform of world sailing.”

Currently, Murray is all optimistic about match racing future on a national stage.

“The standards of the club, national and state originated difficulties have a significant place and now the RSYS feels it is crucial re-establish the Sayonara Cup. This is a preferred pathway for champions of our future.”

Around 300 Women Required To Raise Awareness About The Perils Of Plastic Pollution In Sailing

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Pollutionis one of the biggest perils for earth and human life. The effect of pollutionis evident from the increase in global warming and it had gone too far that itis resulting in the reduction of human lifespan. And one such constituent of pollution is plastic which is a non- biodegradable component and hence cannot be destroyed. Among other things sailing is an area which is very much affectedly plastic pollution as it has become a kind of hurdle in the path of sailors while sailing. Although it has affected the sailors and people related to the sailing world the cause for this pollution is the entire human community because the plastics which is thrown in the seas, rivers, and canals are nothing but the garbage which is thrown by the common people.

And to get rid of this onerous issue the sailor who discovered the accumulation of plastic in marine while carrying out experiments on “Great Pacific Patch Garbage” is in his quest of solving this problem is inviting applications for awhile-female sailing voyage besides a scientific research mission.

Emile Penn will lead from the front in this mission in which she along with her team will circumnavigate around the globe to raise awareness regarding the negative impacts of non-reusable plastics on marine life and human life as well. The crew will sail in 5 oceans and the Arctic and during this; they will search for plastics and toxins which are present in the oceans. The voyage’s duration will be 2 years and will start from October 2019 and for the same the crew will be divided into 30 legs with 10 sailors on each one of the leg. And Ms. Penn has made it clear that more than the sailing experience they are concerned about getting rid of plastic pollution.

Youth Team Of US Looks For Medal Haul

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As the Youth Sailing World Championships is round the corner, the 14 sailors from the US Sailing Team started their mission for gold medals. The 48th Annual Youth Sailing Championships was hosted by the Corpus Christi Yacht Club and race is slated at the Corpus Christi Bay. Around 382 youth sailors featured in the regatta with age groups between 16 and 19. There are about 66 nations taking part in 9 classes. As far as the US team is concerned, it has 14 sailors from 5 states and these sailors are the same who travelled to China last year. The sailors include Emma Cowles and Carmen from Larchmont, New York and both are gold medalists. Charlotte Rose from Houston, Texas achieved gold in Girls 420 Class and Girls Laser Radial Class.

Berta Puig, the skipper in 29er Class returned to Youth Worlds and Dominique Stater would race in the Girls RS X Class. Both are from Miami. The US Team has best hopes to achieve a gold medal haul. The team leader of the Team USA said that the team is excited as there are many sailors returning along with some best new talents coming up. There is a good variety as far as the sailors are concerned. Last year, the Girls 420 Class was dominated by the Cowles Sisters as they won by 26 points along with a score line featuring both 1st and 2nd place finishes. The French team of Camille Orion and Violette Dorange are back as well who were the silver medalists last year. They are all geared up to play against Cowles.
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VOR: SIX VESSELS SAIL FROM HONG KONG TO AUCKLAND

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The six competing vessels of the fleet in the ongoing Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) have departed Hong Kong on Wednesday as they made their way to Auckland, New Zealand. A hard slog is expected in this leg to Auckland and it has been labelled ‘dangerous’ in some quarters.

 

The trip is 6100 nautical miles long and it started on a relatively calm note but things are expected to differ along the way. Team Dongfeng captain Charles Caudrelier expects this part of the race to be: “the most difficult, complicated and dangerous leg.”

Vestas 11th Hour Racing skipped this leg of the race due to damage to their yacht. The bow will need to be rebuilt in Italy and shipped to New Zealand in line with the Volvo Ocean 65 class rule. The yacht will reach Auckland ahead of the fleet as they could not complete the repairs in Hong Kong.

After four legs of the race, Vestas 11th Hour were third on the points’ log but they were forced to retire after the crash in Hong Kong. The crash saw a fisherman on a non-racing vessel die. The crash is expected to significantly ruin their chances of winning the event this campaign. They have a tough task in leg seven to leg 11.

The other six vessels will sail from Hong Kong to Taiwan, then through the Philippines, and then through Fiji on the route to Auckland. A major determining factor would be the team’s performance towards the doldrums – five degrees north and south of the equator where trade winds collide. The doldrums are expected 1500km after Philippines and 4000km from Auckland. This leg is expected to be predominantly upwind unlike the rest.

Team New Zealand Gains Back Their Lost Form

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New Zealand team has been under speculation lately because of their bad results in the previous outing at Cardiff. The team made a great comeback over a fortnight of the dismal performance in the Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul. It was a sense of surprise for all the teams as well as the fans as Dean Barker’s crew fought hard to make amendments to their last position finish in the Cardiff. This comeback was written on the cards as the team was just at the loss of form. In the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series the Emirates team from New Zealand found themselves tied up at the 1st position with the current defending champion of this series. It was a result which no one thought of at the start of this series. Currently the SAP Extreme Sailing team is on 2nd position followed by the Red Bull Sailing team.

Dean Baker the skipper from the New Zealand team came out speaking to the press about the joys of this performance. He agreed that in Cardiff it was a tough time for the team but today it is a delightful feeling in coming out of waters leading. He also stated that the team’s main aim is to move forward in continuing with the form and is looking forward to carry this form for the rest of the event.

Not only the team ended their day on top of the charts but they even came out in recording the fastest speed among all the other teams in the fleet. Their average speed was recorded as 16.27 Knots when sailing downwind while sailing upwind the team maintained an average speed of 11.80 knots. This racing was held in open waters at the Marmara Sea at the entrance of Bosphorus. The start was good and it will be interesting to see whether the New Zealand team will be able to hold it up throughout.

Falmouth rescuers use grapnel and rope to free trapped yacht

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Lifeboat volunteers used a grapnel and ropes to free a yacht that had trapped on Sunday on a lobster pot buoy in the Gerrans Bay. Falmouth inshore lifeboat was afloat looking after another incident off the St Anthony Lighthouse when it was turned aside at 5 pm on 17th August to help yacht Peerless II that had become entangled 2 miles south of Gull Rock.
A Falmouth RNLI spokesperson told that the inshore lifeboat attended on scene at 5.08 pm and saw that the rope from the lobster pot was caught around the yacht’s keel. Utilizing ropes as well as a grapnel the inshore lifeboat crew were able to finally retrieve the rope and free the boat. Once, at 6 pm, it was confirmed that there was no damage to the yacht, it was able to carry on its passage to Helford.
The statement added that the boat with 2 persons on board had been on passage to Helford when its keel had become caught on the lobster pot marker. With the weight of the yacht, their crew members were unable to free the line and they asked for help from the coastguard.
Meanwhile, the Torbay RNLI lifeboat went to the help a yacht which was taking on water seventeen miles off Brixham. On Monday, it was around 9.10 am that the alarm was raised by 2 yachts that saw spotted the vessel Seahawk in difficulties.

Lifeboat volunteers used a grapnel and ropes to free a yacht that had trapped on Sunday on a lobster pot buoy in the Gerrans Bay. Falmouth inshore lifeboat was afloat looking after another incident off the St Anthony Lighthouse when it was turned aside at 5 pm on 17th August to help yacht Peerless II that had become entangled 2 miles south of Gull Rock.

A Falmouth RNLI spokesperson told that the inshore lifeboat attended on scene at 5.08 pm and saw that the rope from the lobster pot was caught around the yacht’s keel. Utilizing ropes as well as a grapnel the inshore lifeboat crew were able to finally retrieve the rope and free the boat. Once, at 6 pm, it was confirmed that there was no damage to the yacht, it was able to carry on its passage to Helford.

The statement added that the boat with 2 persons on board had been on passage to Helford when its keel had become caught on the lobster pot marker. With the weight of the yacht, their crew members were unable to free the line and they asked for help from the coastguard.

Meanwhile, the Torbay RNLI lifeboat went to the help a yacht which was taking on water seventeen miles off Brixham. On Monday, it was around 9.10 am that the alarm was raised by 2 yachts that saw spotted the vessel Seahawk in difficulties.