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Scuttlebutt Europe #1638 - 13 OctoberBrought to you by Boats.com Europe, Yachtworld.com Europe, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BERNTSSON WINS GOLD CUP
"I'm only the guy holding the tiller, the credit goes to the guys on my team," said a modest Berntsson. "When I would put us into trouble, it was always my guys who got us out." This trouble included having earned a pre-start penalty in Match Three of the Finals from umpires Sally Burnett (GBR) and Jan Stage (DEN) for not keeping clear of an aggressive Minoprio and his team at the start, but managed to get ahead off the start for an early lead in the match. Minoprio kept the race close, managing to challenge the Swedes for the lead at the second top mark rounding on the three-lap course. After a protracted dial-up well to windward of this mark, the pair broke off, Berntsson tacking to complete his penalty, but ceding the lead to the Kiwis downwind.> But Berntsson never gave up, chasing Minoprio around the track, splitting when the shifts were favorable, and managed to dig back to gain control once again at the top of the third and final beat. This time Berntsson held the lead and even managed to extend slightly to take the series to 2-1, and after having a slight edge off the start in the final match, the Swedes would simply extend and hold this lead all the way to the finish. In Petite-Final action, Ben Ainslie (GBR) and his Team Origin held off an aggressive Rahm to win the first-to-three point series in three straight matches, using the same smooth style he's displayed all week with excellent timing and calling of shifts with help from fellow Olympian Iain Percy. -- Dobbs Davis Overall results
a href="http://www.bermudagoldcup.com">www.bermudagoldcup.com ALFA ROMEO IS THE WINNER OF BARCOLANA 40
At the start the race took off at the two ends of the line, over one kilometer long. On one side, Mitja Kosmina started sailing close to the wind (around 2 knots) near the coast with its Maxijena thanks to a perfect knowledge of the Gulf of Trieste. On the other side off-shore Miramare, Paolo Cian and Tommaso Chieffi, tactician and helmsman of Shosholoza, have chosen to leave all the competitors leeward, hoping to find more wind at the first mark. Alfa Romeo, instead, was lagging behind at the start in the central part of the race course. Crichton's boat sailed along the the first leg to reach a good speed. Following the same tactics of the Slovenian crew captained by Kosmina, also Russel Coutts, three times America's Cup winner, sailed close to the coast and after the first half of the leg, when wind conditions were more favourable (slightly stronger in Slovene waters) he hoisted the gennaker of Banco Espirito Santo, Patrick De Barros' RC44. A perfect maneuver which enabled the boat, less than half the size of Alfa Romeo, to gain speed and turning second at the mark 7'30'' after MaxiJena. The Slovenian boat turned first around the buoy offshore Koper with a good advantage from all the others, followed by Banco Espirito Santo, Shining-Umag surprisingly third (winner of Barcolana 2000 with strong wind), Alfa Romeo fourth, with a 11'40'' gap from MaxiJena, Sayonara of Roberto Bertocchi fifth. Among the guests on Russel Coutts' boat, 4th with Banco Espirito Santo, there were Luca Devoti and Cristian Griggio. Banco Espirito Santo was sailing at a speed of 3 knots at the start, reaching 4-5 knots later on. "In this race, tactics have been fundamental - declared Coutts in the Barcolana press room, " We did an excellent race, we are very happy". Coutts hopes to come back to Trieste next year. Banco Espirito Santo's owner Patrick De Barros, announces he will take part in next year's Barcolana. "I cannot miss such an exciting event". Barros would have never imagined such an explosive regatta: "I must be sincere, I would have never expect it. I've been racing for 55 years but I have never seen in my life so many boats all together, neither during the America's Cup. It's incredible and unique." De Barros then speaks about his race: "It has been a tough, complex and difficult race due to the little wind and to the waves caused by the many boats at sea", said Portuguese boat owner. "We did an excellent start; I'm really satisfied, our race was prefect with no mistakes". De Barros praises Trieste and its people: "This city is interesting, full of history and culture; piazza Unità is charming and I have personally been impressed with the old part of the city". -- Event site First ten to finish:
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"At one stage we tried to put up a big spinnaker, but were totally out of control," wrote Bouwe Bekking in his missive to Race HQ this morning. "Only one rudder was working, so we had a beauty of a wipe-out. We had to take the spinnaker down and have been sailing slowly for nearly six hours," he added. Bekking says that two of his team, Pepe Ribes (ESP) and Xabier Fernandez (ESP) have been working on a repair, but the possibility of having to make a stop is not out of the question. "Still not sure if we are going to stop, we know it will be expensive, as the boats ahead will always sail in more pressure and will stretch away from us," said Bekking. Telefonica Blue's shore team is on standby, but Bekking says the crew is 'gutted'. >The first sign of the problem was only 20 nm out from Alicante when the crew heard a sickening crack. They were neck and neck with Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) at the time.Meanwhile, at 1300 GMT today, it's an Ericsson one/two as the rest of the fleet approaches Gibraltar and these next few hours could be the most important in the race. According to the Ericsson 3 crew, the first boat to pass through Gibraltar will hit the trade winds first and probably get a big advantage. The spirit and mood was understandably high onboard Ericsson 3 as the two Ericsson boats headed out into the Atlantic The rest of the pack, led by Green Dragon (Ian Walker/GBR), is still approaching Gibraltar. Green Dragon is 37 nautical miles behind Ericsson 3. The Irish/Chinese crew is settling into their watch system of four hours on and four hours off. The skipper and navigator (Ian Moore/IRL) snatch sleep whenever they can, but as the team is in third place, sleep is rare. "The sea is flat, the sky is clear and we have more boats behind than in front so life is pretty good," said Ian Walker. Puma (Ken Read/USA) has the two Spanish boats, Telefonica Black (Fernando Echavarri/ESP) and the wounded Telefonica Blue nipping at his heels, but Team Russia (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT) and Team Delta Lloyd (Ger O'Rourke) are posing less of a threat and have already slipped to the back of the pack as the fleet funnels through the Gibraltar Straits and heads out into the Atlantic. Leg One: Day Two 1300 GMT Volvo Ocean Race Positionsbr />(boat name/country/skipper/nationality/distance to leader) 1. Ericsson 3 ESP (Anders Lewander/SWE) DTF 6,200.0nm
* The International Jury has ruled that it will not re-open the case involving the keel fin of Ericsson 3. In a statement, Ericsson Racing Team, said that they were informed of the Jury's decision Friday night (10 October) at 6:30 pm, 20 hours before the start of the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race. The statement went on: "This follows a request from the team to re-open the case due to significant errors during the hearing that followed the Rules Management Group (RMG) ruling on Sept. 23.The Organizing Authority (OA) then applied to the International Jury for permission to allow Ericsson 3 to participate in the Volvo Ocean Race by invoking Amendment 9 of the Notice of Race. "The Organizing Authority, the RMG, the International Jury, and ERT have all agreed that Ericsson 3 is a valid entry in the race and does not have any performance advantage. The International Jury ruled on 28th September that Ericsson 3 would be subject to a point score penalty for every in port race, every scoring gate and every offshore leg. "We very much hoped that the International Jury would re-open the case. This could have allowed us to present our evidence and have a oral hearing, rather than one by e-mail," said Richard Brisius, Managing Director, Ericsson Racing Team. "This is obviously disappointing for Ericsson Racing Team, and in particular to the crew of Ericsson 3. We are now going to put this to one side and get on with racing." "We came here to race against the other teams, and with a 4-point penalty by the time we get to Cape Town, we're going to have to work even harder," said Ericsson 3 skipper Anders Lewander. "Despite this blow, we are looking forward to racing and competing on an equal level with the other teams in the race." Ericsson have confirmed that they currently have a new keel in construction in Italy and the team are striving to ensure that this is ready in time for the departure from Cape Town to Cochin, India. Last night's preliminary response email from the International Jury will be followed by a full decision in one to two days' time. * The Port of Algeciras was the destination chosen by the Telefonica Blue crew to carry out checks on the steering system aboard the Spanish entry led by Bouwe Bekking and Iker Martínez, which suffered damage last night. The boat continued to sail whilst the problem was identified and repairs were carried out, but with the breeze dropping as the fleet headed towards the Strait of Gibraltar the crew took the decision to make a stop and perform a thorough check of the boat before entering the Atlantic. This way they can be sure everything is in full working order without dropping too many miles on the rest of the fleet. If all goes to plan, Telefonica Blue should be back in the race early tomorrow morning having completed the penalty period imposed for making a stop-off. PORTIMAO GLOBAL OCEAN RACE
Earlier in the day it was an emotional scene as the ten sailors in the race said their goodbyes. The African writer isak Dinesen said it best: The cure for everything is salt; sweat, tears and the sea. There has been a lot of sweat spent to get to this point. The tears were certainly in evidence as children hugged fathers and wives and girlfriends put on brave faces. Now all that remains for the sailors is the sea. Six thousand five hundred miles stand between the skippers and their first port of call, Cape Town, South Africa. They will sail thirty thousand miles before finally making it back to Portimao in June 2009. At 09:30 Padro Arsenio visited the docks to bless the fleet. As he spoke the last vestige of Saturday night's rain storm lifted assuring fair weather for the start. After the blessing the boats headed up the River Arade in a parade of sail to the center of town where a women's marathon was taking place. in a symbolic gesture the marathon runners saluted the sailor who are heading around the world in a marathon of their own. The first mark of the 30,000 nautical mile course was a compulsory gate one mile south of the stunning cape of Sagres on Portugal's Algarve coast. "The idea of the gate was two-fold," said Josh Hall. "For a mariner passing their first cape on a passage is always a big moment. Sagres is their first cape, but not their last. They will have to pass the big five southern capes before they get back to Portugal next June." Just over three hours into the race the Belgium skipper Michel Kleinjans on his Open 40, Roaring Forty, passed south of the famous cape followed eight minutes later by Beluga Racer. The British yacht Team Mowgli had moved up into third with Desafio Cabo de Hornos a scant two minutes behind. in what has to be a good omen for the race, dolphins joined in the fun as the boats sailed by the stunning cliffs of Sagres. baloceanrace.com">www.portimaoglobaloceanrace.com ATTENTION LAZY WEBMASTERS
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INTERNATIONAL MICRO MAGIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Limited to 51 boats, the UK team were joined by sailors from GER, NED, FRA, DEN, BEL, ESP, POR, SUI, SWE, CAN and AUS. As usual the racing was tight at the front, hectic in the middle and relaxed at the back.However it was always fun and friendly with no protests and using Micro Magic's own uncomplicated sailing rules. A total of 11 races were held in the Mediterranean sun, with variable winds from F1 to F4. The winner, a SB3 sailor, was Steven Oosterheert (NED88)
For the 2nd year in a row the UK won the team event with Holland in 2nd and the German team in 3rd. Next year's International Championship will be held at Vilamoura in southern Portugal. For more information and full results see www.magicmicro.org or ttp://www.micromagic.info">www.micromagic.info TRANSFUSION WINS PEPPERS ANCHORAGE FARR 40 REGATTAbr />Port Stephens, NSW, Australia: The battle lines were drawn early with two races remaining in the regatta and Transfusion was leading by 10 points from Estate Master and Hooligan both on 24 points. The eight boats racing had another delayed start to the day waiting for the Sou' East breeze to fill in. Racing was held inside the bay at Port Stephens in a building sou'easter that reached 18 knots. With the water in the bay flat the fleet were on their way in race eight on a three lap sou'east course. Lisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master displayed some fantastic sailing skills as they led the fleet after a great start. Estate Master went on to win race eight and did a repeat performance in the last race of the regatta to display the Boat of the Day flag for the second time in this regatta. Transfusion came close in both races to letting the win slip through their fingers but recovered well in both races to eventually win the regatta by two points. In race nine the Transfusion spinnaker touched Hooligan as they rounded the top mark and Transfusion took their penalty turn and managed to sail up the positions from seventh to fifth giving them the overall win.> The next event in the Australian Farr 40 2008-09 circuit is the Pittwater F40 Regatta being hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on October 24-26. Sponsoring the Port Stephens event were host resort Peppers Anchorage, Club Marine Insurance and Two Furlongs Wine from Mudgee. -- Peter Campbell FEATURED BROKERAGE
The France II was built by Egger for the French association for the America's Cup. The 12m JI was initially intended for boat racing. She has had several owners and several modifications. The main modifications were initiated by the present owner and after years of labour the boat was transformed into a performance cruising yacht by adding accommodation to the interior, setting up the engine and other machinery in good running order and replacing the rig and masts and superstructure. Down below her exceptional fine mahogany joinery gives an incredible impression of warmth and comfort. Impressive electronics includes Satcom, Tracvision Satellite fax-TV system, watermaker, generator, reverse cycle heating / air conditioning. Teak deck. Up to date rigging and new sails. Ready to go anywhere. Probably one of the fastest blue water cruising yachts. The France II is used as private pleasure boat sailed with professional crew. Her general condition is perfect and she can be viewed on the mainland of Spain. Brokerage through Whites International Yachts (Mallorca):
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"I'm only the guy holding the tiller, the credit goes to the guys on my team," said a modest Berntsson. "When I would put us into trouble, it was always my guys who got us out." This trouble included having earned a pre-start penalty in Match Three of the Finals from umpires Sally Burnett (GBR) and Jan Stage (DEN) for not keeping clear of an aggressive Minoprio and his team at the start, but managed to get ahead off the start for an early lead in the match. Minoprio kept the race close, managing to challenge the Swedes for the lead at the second top mark rounding on the three-lap course. After a protracted dial-up well to windward of this mark, the pair broke off, Berntsson tacking to complete his penalty, but ceding the lead to the Kiwis downwind.> But Berntsson never gave up, chasing Minoprio around the track, splitting when the shifts were favorable, and managed to dig back to gain control once again at the top of the third and final beat. This time Berntsson held the lead and even managed to extend slightly to take the series to 2-1, and after having a slight edge off the start in the final match, the Swedes would simply extend and hold this lead all the way to the finish. In Petite-Final action, Ben Ainslie (GBR) and his Team Origin held off an aggressive Rahm to win the first-to-three point series in three straight matches, using the same smooth style he's displayed all week with excellent timing and calling of shifts with help from fellow Olympian Iain Percy. -- Dobbs Davis Overall results
a href="http://www.bermudagoldcup.com">www.bermudagoldcup.com ALFA ROMEO IS THE WINNER OF BARCOLANA 40
At the start the race took off at the two ends of the line, over one kilometer long. On one side, Mitja Kosmina started sailing close to the wind (around 2 knots) near the coast with its Maxijena thanks to a perfect knowledge of the Gulf of Trieste. On the other side off-shore Miramare, Paolo Cian and Tommaso Chieffi, tactician and helmsman of Shosholoza, have chosen to leave all the competitors leeward, hoping to find more wind at the first mark. Alfa Romeo, instead, was lagging behind at the start in the central part of the race course. Crichton's boat sailed along the the first leg to reach a good speed. Following the same tactics of the Slovenian crew captained by Kosmina, also Russel Coutts, three times America's Cup winner, sailed close to the coast and after the first half of the leg, when wind conditions were more favourable (slightly stronger in Slovene waters) he hoisted the gennaker of Banco Espirito Santo, Patrick De Barros' RC44. A perfect maneuver which enabled the boat, less than half the size of Alfa Romeo, to gain speed and turning second at the mark 7'30'' after MaxiJena. The Slovenian boat turned first around the buoy offshore Koper with a good advantage from all the others, followed by Banco Espirito Santo, Shining-Umag surprisingly third (winner of Barcolana 2000 with strong wind), Alfa Romeo fourth, with a 11'40'' gap from MaxiJena, Sayonara of Roberto Bertocchi fifth. Among the guests on Russel Coutts' boat, 4th with Banco Espirito Santo, there were Luca Devoti and Cristian Griggio. Banco Espirito Santo was sailing at a speed of 3 knots at the start, reaching 4-5 knots later on. "In this race, tactics have been fundamental - declared Coutts in the Barcolana press room, " We did an excellent race, we are very happy". Coutts hopes to come back to Trieste next year. Banco Espirito Santo's owner Patrick De Barros, announces he will take part in next year's Barcolana. "I cannot miss such an exciting event". Barros would have never imagined such an explosive regatta: "I must be sincere, I would have never expect it. I've been racing for 55 years but I have never seen in my life so many boats all together, neither during the America's Cup. It's incredible and unique." De Barros then speaks about his race: "It has been a tough, complex and difficult race due to the little wind and to the waves caused by the many boats at sea", said Portuguese boat owner. "We did an excellent start; I'm really satisfied, our race was prefect with no mistakes". De Barros praises Trieste and its people: "This city is interesting, full of history and culture; piazza Unità is charming and I have personally been impressed with the old part of the city". -- Event site First ten to finish:
lana.it">www.barcolana.it HAVE A BLAST AT EARLS COURT
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"At one stage we tried to put up a big spinnaker, but were totally out of control," wrote Bouwe Bekking in his missive to Race HQ this morning. "Only one rudder was working, so we had a beauty of a wipe-out. We had to take the spinnaker down and have been sailing slowly for nearly six hours," he added. Bekking says that two of his team, Pepe Ribes (ESP) and Xabier Fernandez (ESP) have been working on a repair, but the possibility of having to make a stop is not out of the question. "Still not sure if we are going to stop, we know it will be expensive, as the boats ahead will always sail in more pressure and will stretch away from us," said Bekking. Telefonica Blue's shore team is on standby, but Bekking says the crew is 'gutted'. >The first sign of the problem was only 20 nm out from Alicante when the crew heard a sickening crack. They were neck and neck with Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) at the time.Meanwhile, at 1300 GMT today, it's an Ericsson one/two as the rest of the fleet approaches Gibraltar and these next few hours could be the most important in the race. According to the Ericsson 3 crew, the first boat to pass through Gibraltar will hit the trade winds first and probably get a big advantage. The spirit and mood was understandably high onboard Ericsson 3 as the two Ericsson boats headed out into the Atlantic The rest of the pack, led by Green Dragon (Ian Walker/GBR), is still approaching Gibraltar. Green Dragon is 37 nautical miles behind Ericsson 3. The Irish/Chinese crew is settling into their watch system of four hours on and four hours off. The skipper and navigator (Ian Moore/IRL) snatch sleep whenever they can, but as the team is in third place, sleep is rare. "The sea is flat, the sky is clear and we have more boats behind than in front so life is pretty good," said Ian Walker. Puma (Ken Read/USA) has the two Spanish boats, Telefonica Black (Fernando Echavarri/ESP) and the wounded Telefonica Blue nipping at his heels, but Team Russia (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT) and Team Delta Lloyd (Ger O'Rourke) are posing less of a threat and have already slipped to the back of the pack as the fleet funnels through the Gibraltar Straits and heads out into the Atlantic. Leg One: Day Two 1300 GMT Volvo Ocean Race Positionsbr />(boat name/country/skipper/nationality/distance to leader) 1. Ericsson 3 ESP (Anders Lewander/SWE) DTF 6,200.0nm
* The International Jury has ruled that it will not re-open the case involving the keel fin of Ericsson 3. In a statement, Ericsson Racing Team, said that they were informed of the Jury's decision Friday night (10 October) at 6:30 pm, 20 hours before the start of the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race. The statement went on: "This follows a request from the team to re-open the case due to significant errors during the hearing that followed the Rules Management Group (RMG) ruling on Sept. 23.The Organizing Authority (OA) then applied to the International Jury for permission to allow Ericsson 3 to participate in the Volvo Ocean Race by invoking Amendment 9 of the Notice of Race. "The Organizing Authority, the RMG, the International Jury, and ERT have all agreed that Ericsson 3 is a valid entry in the race and does not have any performance advantage. The International Jury ruled on 28th September that Ericsson 3 would be subject to a point score penalty for every in port race, every scoring gate and every offshore leg. "We very much hoped that the International Jury would re-open the case. This could have allowed us to present our evidence and have a oral hearing, rather than one by e-mail," said Richard Brisius, Managing Director, Ericsson Racing Team. "This is obviously disappointing for Ericsson Racing Team, and in particular to the crew of Ericsson 3. We are now going to put this to one side and get on with racing." "We came here to race against the other teams, and with a 4-point penalty by the time we get to Cape Town, we're going to have to work even harder," said Ericsson 3 skipper Anders Lewander. "Despite this blow, we are looking forward to racing and competing on an equal level with the other teams in the race." Ericsson have confirmed that they currently have a new keel in construction in Italy and the team are striving to ensure that this is ready in time for the departure from Cape Town to Cochin, India. Last night's preliminary response email from the International Jury will be followed by a full decision in one to two days' time. * The Port of Algeciras was the destination chosen by the Telefonica Blue crew to carry out checks on the steering system aboard the Spanish entry led by Bouwe Bekking and Iker Martínez, which suffered damage last night. The boat continued to sail whilst the problem was identified and repairs were carried out, but with the breeze dropping as the fleet headed towards the Strait of Gibraltar the crew took the decision to make a stop and perform a thorough check of the boat before entering the Atlantic. This way they can be sure everything is in full working order without dropping too many miles on the rest of the fleet. If all goes to plan, Telefonica Blue should be back in the race early tomorrow morning having completed the penalty period imposed for making a stop-off. PORTIMAO GLOBAL OCEAN RACE
Earlier in the day it was an emotional scene as the ten sailors in the race said their goodbyes. The African writer isak Dinesen said it best: The cure for everything is salt; sweat, tears and the sea. There has been a lot of sweat spent to get to this point. The tears were certainly in evidence as children hugged fathers and wives and girlfriends put on brave faces. Now all that remains for the sailors is the sea. Six thousand five hundred miles stand between the skippers and their first port of call, Cape Town, South Africa. They will sail thirty thousand miles before finally making it back to Portimao in June 2009. At 09:30 Padro Arsenio visited the docks to bless the fleet. As he spoke the last vestige of Saturday night's rain storm lifted assuring fair weather for the start. After the blessing the boats headed up the River Arade in a parade of sail to the center of town where a women's marathon was taking place. in a symbolic gesture the marathon runners saluted the sailor who are heading around the world in a marathon of their own. The first mark of the 30,000 nautical mile course was a compulsory gate one mile south of the stunning cape of Sagres on Portugal's Algarve coast. "The idea of the gate was two-fold," said Josh Hall. "For a mariner passing their first cape on a passage is always a big moment. Sagres is their first cape, but not their last. They will have to pass the big five southern capes before they get back to Portugal next June." Just over three hours into the race the Belgium skipper Michel Kleinjans on his Open 40, Roaring Forty, passed south of the famous cape followed eight minutes later by Beluga Racer. The British yacht Team Mowgli had moved up into third with Desafio Cabo de Hornos a scant two minutes behind. in what has to be a good omen for the race, dolphins joined in the fun as the boats sailed by the stunning cliffs of Sagres. baloceanrace.com">www.portimaoglobaloceanrace.com ATTENTION LAZY WEBMASTERS
A single line of code, placed once onto a webpage, will pull daily updates from our servers automatically. Forever. Your readers will think you've formatted out little broadsheet by hand every single day, hardworking webmaster that you are. Simply pluck the code from ion.html">www.scuttlebutteurope.com/syndication.html
INTERNATIONAL MICRO MAGIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Limited to 51 boats, the UK team were joined by sailors from GER, NED, FRA, DEN, BEL, ESP, POR, SUI, SWE, CAN and AUS. As usual the racing was tight at the front, hectic in the middle and relaxed at the back.However it was always fun and friendly with no protests and using Micro Magic's own uncomplicated sailing rules. A total of 11 races were held in the Mediterranean sun, with variable winds from F1 to F4. The winner, a SB3 sailor, was Steven Oosterheert (NED88)
For the 2nd year in a row the UK won the team event with Holland in 2nd and the German team in 3rd. Next year's International Championship will be held at Vilamoura in southern Portugal. For more information and full results see www.magicmicro.org or ttp://www.micromagic.info">www.micromagic.info TRANSFUSION WINS PEPPERS ANCHORAGE FARR 40 REGATTAbr />Port Stephens, NSW, Australia: The battle lines were drawn early with two races remaining in the regatta and Transfusion was leading by 10 points from Estate Master and Hooligan both on 24 points. The eight boats racing had another delayed start to the day waiting for the Sou' East breeze to fill in. Racing was held inside the bay at Port Stephens in a building sou'easter that reached 18 knots. With the water in the bay flat the fleet were on their way in race eight on a three lap sou'east course. Lisa and Martin Hill's Estate Master displayed some fantastic sailing skills as they led the fleet after a great start. Estate Master went on to win race eight and did a repeat performance in the last race of the regatta to display the Boat of the Day flag for the second time in this regatta. Transfusion came close in both races to letting the win slip through their fingers but recovered well in both races to eventually win the regatta by two points. In race nine the Transfusion spinnaker touched Hooligan as they rounded the top mark and Transfusion took their penalty turn and managed to sail up the positions from seventh to fifth giving them the overall win.> The next event in the Australian Farr 40 2008-09 circuit is the Pittwater F40 Regatta being hosted by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on October 24-26. Sponsoring the Port Stephens event were host resort Peppers Anchorage, Club Marine Insurance and Two Furlongs Wine from Mudgee. -- Peter Campbell FEATURED BROKERAGE
The France II was built by Egger for the French association for the America's Cup. The 12m JI was initially intended for boat racing. She has had several owners and several modifications. The main modifications were initiated by the present owner and after years of labour the boat was transformed into a performance cruising yacht by adding accommodation to the interior, setting up the engine and other machinery in good running order and replacing the rig and masts and superstructure. Down below her exceptional fine mahogany joinery gives an incredible impression of warmth and comfort. Impressive electronics includes Satcom, Tracvision Satellite fax-TV system, watermaker, generator, reverse cycle heating / air conditioning. Teak deck. Up to date rigging and new sails. Ready to go anywhere. Probably one of the fastest blue water cruising yachts. The France II is used as private pleasure boat sailed with professional crew. Her general condition is perfect and she can be viewed on the mainland of Spain. Brokerage through Whites International Yachts (Mallorca):
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