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>Welcome to the Lake
Taupo Yacht
Club , the 'centre' of sailing in the North
Island .
Lake
Taupo
We have a great clubhouse on
the
The club currently has
approximately 40 family members with about 25 dinghies and 25 trailer sailers
sailing on a full club day. We have hosted regattas with over 150 boats.
Like many clubs, we are a voluntary
organisation run by generous people who willingly donate their time and effort.
If you are interested in
racing or learning to sail at our club click here. The club has dinghies
available for beginners.
http://www.ltyc.org.nz/bulletinboard/oldllines/NewsletterMay08.pdf
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As always some stunning inside coverage
from Valencia Sailing.
Check it out!
BMW Oracle completes second session of multihull training
[Source: BMW Oracle] BMW ORACLE Racing enjoyed a productive week of sailing
on Groupama 2 in
Helmsman James Spithill took the opportunity to log more hours driving the high
performance multihull while the session also gave some design team members the
chance to sail the 60-foot trimaran.
Groupama’s Franck Cammas and Bruno Laurent led the session to continue the
team’s multihull learning.
More here and some great videos…
Grant Dalton talks to Bloomberg TV
Grant Dalton, managing director of Emirates Team New
This
is a great interview,
You
should take the time to watch it.
Alex Thomson's world record ratified
The World Sailing Speed Record Council has
announced the ratification of a new 60ft Monohull 24 Hour World Record set by
Alex Thomson and Andrew Cape (see photo) onboard the Open 60 Hugo Boss.
Sailing a distance of 501.3nm at an average speed of 20.9kts, this impressive
record was established during the Barcelona Double handed world race 2007
beating the previous record of 468nm at an average speed of 19.5kts, which was
also set by Alex Thomson in 2003.
33 year old Alex has his sights set on becoming the first Briton to win one of
the world's toughest sailing challenge - the solo 26,000 mile, non-stop Vendee
Globe Ocean Race, commencing 9 November 2008. "Achieving the world record
has definitely given me confidence as the Vendee gets closer and closer. Hugo
Boss is laid out very well for me sailing on my own," explained Alex.
He has just returned from a period on board testing and putting the boat
through its paces in UK and Irish waters with some of those who have assisted
with the boat 's building, including: Gautier Sergent - North Sails New
Zealand;
"It is great to be able to do some testing with those who contributed to
the concept, design and build. The jobs list gets smaller and we'll be 100%
ready, tried and tested for the main event in November," Alex continued.
Press Report/Yachting World, 11 June
2008
Getting very close to 50
Crossing over the speed gates last Tuesday 16th
June from 35 to 46knots and feeling very confident with their yacht.
http://www.hydroptere.com/_en/galerie-videos-hydroptere.html#centre
I love this game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_hICmJ0grg
SPEEDBOAT 19 - Sea Trials
Speedboat 100ft Maxi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFFVkf9p40
Speedboat Sailing in Light air
This story was printed in
Hedges on handicap
PHRF was used by the offshore committee of NZYF some
years ago to bolster the dwindling offshore fleets.
The details of the American PHRF system, form the
basis on which the
Dozens of race results from various clubs are
analyzed. Calculations show for each yacht what TCF ( Time Correction Factor )
would have needed for all yachts to dead heat. The resulting TCF’s for each
yacht for a number of races are averaged. This gives a fair indication of each
yacht’s average performance compared with others.
In the
Currently 2008 Farr 1020 PHRF
handicaps range from 0.750 to 0.790
If any Cav 32, Farr 38, H28 or whatever owner
complains his TCF is too high, the PHRF assessors can point to yachts which
have consistently sailed up to that rating. In
To over come this problem the assessors have to look
at average TCF of each yacht and ask themselves how much faster that yacht
would go if it was sailed by an expert. This has to be a subjective decision
but there seems to be no other way.
To help solve the problem the assessors are people
racing actively with the various fleets and in different-sized yachts. They
have a reasonable view of the way various big medium and small yachts are
sailed.
Having decided that a yacht could be sailed X% faster
if the crew was more skilful, the average TCF is raised by that amount. For
instance, two yachts might have the following history:
A - 0.7364, 0.7621, 0.7510, 0.7120, 0.7375, 0.7210 and
0.7401 Average = 0.7372 add 1 ½% potential factor = 0.7482
B - 0.8240, 0.8809, 0.8761, 0.7998, 0.8345, 0.8541,
and 0.8492 Average = 0.8455 add 3% potential factor = 0.8709
A running average is kept for all yachts in the system
as results come in. If the new average varies by more than 1% up or down the
TCF for that yacht is reviewed.
Various problems arise. For instance, what rating to
give a new yacht, a designer can often advise on that. How about one which is
seldom raced but wants to go to
One advantage of PHRF system is that boats not designed
specifically to a rule such as a Lotus or Twilight can race offshore and win if
they are well sailed. A disadvantage is that no allowance is made for
inexperienced crew or poorly maintained yachts. The system therefore chiefly
appeals to the better-than-average owners who have confidence in their ability.
The proof of a handicap system, is its acceptance. More than 200 yachts have
current (1984) PHRF Certificates more than twice those with IOR ratings. In
most offshore races twice as many boats race under PHRF so a lot of people are
gaining experience of offshore racing who would not otherwise be out.
The spread of corrected times between first and last
yachts is also usually better under PHRF. Local club handicaps are designed to
handicap yachts on how they are sailed not how they could be sailed. Some clubs
have an automatic adjustment for coming first, second or third. Many clubs
however have versions of the average TCF as described above but without adding
in the percentage ‘potential factor’ This gives good results. The spread in the
RAYC race results last winter (1983) show what a good job the handicappers were
doing. Many other clubs are equally successful. Using the average TCF method,
if yacht A turned in a really appalling race result of 0.6500 this would only
reduce her average from 0.7372 to 0.7263 even if the handicappers did not
notice that it was a phoney result and disregard it.
To sum up all three handicap systems have their uses.
IOR gives a very accurate and fair result, but yachts
must be well designed with the rule in mind. It only caters for yachts which
conform to its patterns. Measurement is complicated and expensive.
PHRF is complementary to IOR. It gives a reasonably
reliable estimate of a yachts potential weather it is an IOR design or a
typical gulf cruiser. The system is cheap to operate and encourages a lot of
people to race offshore.
Local Club handicap gives good competition for the
majority and allows less skilled owners or less expensively fitted yachts to
win races on those days when they sail above themselves, or make fewer mistakes
than their opposition.
It’s a bit of a never ending
story, the handicap one, these days with no one designs being produced in
But.
We also live in an age of high
speed computers able to calculate corrected times in the blink of an eye,
surely a system like Race Track is the way forward?
Did you understand all that
Any Day Now
It’s a proa???
Kids love this game too, read her sailing stories at
night
This is turning into another classic Yachtyakka
Doesn’t look that hot here does it?
A wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Name these two Jims
Here is a clue
The Young Yachtyakka is coming
Just got this press release.
Training full
on for NZL Yachting Trust Optimist Worlds Team
There is now
just under 3 weeks to go before the
Our team for
Turkey is Logan Dunning Beck from Wakatere, Sam Mackay from Napier, Andrew
McKenzie from Kohimarama, Erica Dawson from Murrays Bay and Naomi Mannering
from Napier. Andrew Wills will be their coach for his 3rd
Optimist World Championships.
The team
departs for
All together
some 40 Opti sailors from around the country will be getting some hard earned
international experience.
The
Fundraising
has finished now with the completion of the Gala night held at RNZYS, and the
coin collections made at the Boat Show. Aside from the many supporters
who attended the Gala night and/or made donations to the auction which raised
$40,000 the NZIODA would like to gratefully acknowledge the sponsors and
supporters who are helping our Opti Teams get overseas.
They are: NZL
Yachting Trust , Kalmar Properties, Southern Trust, Scottwood Trust, Yamaha and
Southern Pacific.
For the latest
results from all the international regatts please refer to the NZIODA website. www.optimist.org.nz
Would you buy a rope from this guy?
Here he is folks, yes this is Knot Me,
that genneka challenged Ross 930 owner
who likes lots
Dodgy eh, lock up your
nearest and dearest, he sells rope, chain and Anchors!
Two hemispheres, two objectives, one
victor
Two
countries in opposing hemispheres are now vying to be the first to break the
current world speed sailing record and crack the 50 knot barrier, regarded as
the equivalent to the aeronautical sound barrier.
"No one remembers the second man to walk on the moon," says Sean
Langman, the creator and pilot of the radical purpose-built Australian 9m sail
boat/sail plane Wot Rocket, who is acutely aware of the race against the
French to the 50.
Wot Rocket's 500m world speed sailing record attempt was forced to shift gears
following the launch of the French flying trimaran l'Hydroptere on 22
May. "I want to go official now because the French have. Everything's been
stamped urgent," admitted Langman.
He is currently awaiting advice from the World Sailing Speed Record Council on
whether a Trimble GPS receiver can officially record Wot Rocket's speed. This
would negate the need to have an official timekeeper on the course each time
Wot Rocket heads out to attempt to beat French sail boarder Antoine Albeau's
fastest time over 500m of 49.09 knots (90.9 kph), and break through the magic
50 knot milestone.
According to their web site l'Hydroptere clocked 46.8 knots last
Saturday. The "brutish French design can probably be pushed harder, but I
believe we have the ability to go faster" Langman added.
In the past few weeks, Wot Rocket has undergone further refinements following three
more sea trials on
The latest test sail, conducted yesterday, saw the entire project team
including designer Andy Dovell on site for the first time. While the 8-12 knot
forecast breeze failed to materialise at the upper end, "it was good to
get the program back on track following a number of setbacks," said
Langman. "We have suffered some issues with our control systems and have
spent more than 300 hours further modifying the design. It's really been a
process of elimination".
Yesterday also marked the first successful trial of a newly built wing
extension. "Because the rules state we have to have a standing start, we
plan to initially use the wing extension for more horsepower to get the pod
free of the water. Then, once we reach 30 knots of speed we shall fire off the
top wing section," explained Langman.
Once the Trimble GPS is installed, likely to be this weekend, and the Wot
Rocket project team is given the green light by the Speed Council to record its
own speed, a notice of intention to make a record attempt will be lodged with
the Council. From that point onwards, each sail will be regarded as an official
attempt on the current world record. "There is no time to waste. The
French launching has definitely moved our plans along," co-pilot Martin
Thompson added.
Press Report/Yachting World, 19 June
2008
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