Sailing by Davis: septiembre 2012

domingo, 30 de septiembre de 2012

Sailing by Davis

Musto, Charlie Parker and the Transatlantic Solo 2013

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:23 AM PDT

Musto will be sponsoring Charlie Pitcher in his campaign to row solo across the Atlantic in January 2013.

We were there at the launch event earlier this week and look forward to the race kicking off next year, when Charlie will be taking Musto LPX on his world record attempt. Read more at transatlanticsolo.com.

sábado, 29 de septiembre de 2012

Sailing by Davis: “Alpari WMRT: Tiller the Suprise Package in Marseille” plus 4 more

Alpari WMRT: Tiller the Suprise Package in Marseille
Living Doll Switches to Doyle
Record de navegación a vela en 24 horas
Museum fun for local children
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015.- “Este es un gran momento para la mujer en el deporte” Adrienne Cahalan

Alpari WMRT: Tiller the Suprise Package in Marseille

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Having edged through the Qualifying round after a countback, Tiller (NZL) Full Metal Jacket Racing recorded an impressive 3-1 win against Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA) Vannes Aggle Sailing Team in the Quarter Final. He then followed up with an outstanding 3-0 Semi Final victory over the form skipper of the event, Laurie Jury (NZL) Kiwi Match Racing, on the penultimate day of sailing.

Tiller qualified for Match Race France by winning the Race Sails of White Nights Grade 1 event in St Petersburg and came into the event confident that his team could challenge for the title at the sixth stage of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. He said: "We came here to win. It's our third Tour event and we're always looking to compete at this top level. There are so many top New Zealand teams at the moment so we need to beat them at the highest level to try and move up the world rankings.

"It was a lot tighter than the scoreline suggested but we did a great job getting around the course fast and were able to take advantage of the small errors that Laurie [Jury] made."

It was a composed Semi Final performance from Tiller and his crew. In the second match of the first to three points encounter, Jury had built a slim lead on the final downwind but carried a penalty from the pre-start. Jury tried to slow up and lure Tiller into tussle in an attempt to offset his penalty. Reflecting on that finish, which would eventually put the young Kiwi 2-0 up, he said: "It got pretty tight there on the last downwind. He tried to slow up at the finish line to trap us. We were probably a bit excited and got too close but we managed to stay out of trouble and keep a bit more pace to roll him at the end there."

After taking the final match to make it a clean 3-0 sweep, Tiller then looked ahead to his opponent for the Final, either of which he felt would prove an interesting battle: "It won't make a big difference who we face. We're sailing well and I reckon we've got a good chance against either. Both Ian [Williams] and Keith [Swinton] are great yachties so it'll come down to our own performance in the Final."

Jury was certainly no passenger in the tie and threatened several times before ultimately coming up second best. He said: "Today we really let ourselves down and to be honest I especially let the team down a lot with a few stupid mistakes. I got us one penalty in the prestart which was ridiculous and I hit the top mark to get another. Just stupid, you know.

"The guys were sailing the boat well and we were leading the races and winning the starts but 3-0 is what it is. We were definitely in all the races, we were leading a lot of the time. We just gave it away."

Jury will now start to prepare for the season-finale Monsoon Cup in Malaysia in December. "We'll go back to New Zealand, get the five guys together and do some training. We've been there twice before crewing for other teams so we're looking forward to doing well again this year."

In the day's other Semi Final, some fantastic sailing from both Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar and Keith Swinton (AUS) Black Swan Racing resulted in a tightly-fought 3-2 victory for the Brit, who will now move into first on the overall Tour leaderboard, regardless of his result tomorrow. Swinton had battled back from a 2-0 deficit but was unable to stop Williams, despite leading the must-win fifth match over the start line.

The bad start from Williams was quickly recovered with some excellent boat handling in the first downwind, he said: "We made it hard for ourselves today. I'm not sure we won a single start and in that final prestart, we lost concentration and Keith just shut us out at the committee boat end. We brought it back though when we managed to get across him up the first beat, allowing us to round the top mark ahead. We were consistently faster downwind so we were away."

Swinton came into the event off the back of a win at the St. Moritz Match Race and was targeting a strong finish to his Tour season in a bid to challenge for a podium position come Monsoon Cup. He said: "We're disappointed not to have done better after our win in St. Moritz. It was a difficult match with a few small mistakes and some bad luck. Frustratingly, we held the lead in each of our races against Ian but just couldn't seem to make the lead count by pulling away.

"Overall though, we're happy with how we're sailing, we're in a good position going towards Malaysia, hopefully lying in third after France. We want a podium finish – that would be a great season for the team."

Williams will target a victory tomorrow before looking ahead to Bermuda and then the Monsoon Cup as he chases down Tour leader, Hansen: "We just want to get as close as possible to him. Sometimes it's better to be the hunter and not the hunted. I think, now, whoever wins out of us and Bjorn in Malaysia will probably win the title."

Photo Credit: Gilles Martin-Raget

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Living Doll Switches to Doyle

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:48 AM PDT

One of Australia's highest profile and most successful racing campaigns is Michael Hiatt's Farr 55 Living Doll. Living Doll recently took delivery of a full inshore racing inventory of Doyle Stratis GPx sails. Michael gave us some feedback after the boats first regatta with the new Doyle sails: "After deciding to invest in a full [...]

Record de navegación a vela en 24 horas

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Francis Joyon pulveriza el record de 24 horas navegando en solitario a vela!La WSSC (World Sailing Speed Record Concuil) valida el registro de Joyon en solitario. ¡666.2 millas naúticas, 1233 km! este es el nuevo record de distancia recorrida en 24 horas por un navegante en solitario. El skipper Francis Joyon establecía el pasado mes de julio un nuevo record de velocidad abordo del trimarán

Museum fun for local children

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

A group of 80 children from a local school in Alicante, Colegio Agustinos, visited the Museo Volvo Ocean Race on Friday and participated in a sailing workshop.

Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015.- “Este es un gran momento para la mujer en el deporte” Adrienne Cahalan

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 06:27 AM PDT

Un equipo femenino puede inspirar y competir.Adrienne Cahalan, la última mujer navegante que compitió en la Volvo Ocean Race, piensa que las nuevas generaciones se inspirarán en 2014-15 con la vuelta a la competición de las tripulaciones femeninas.Cahalan, que ha participado en dos ocasiones en la Volvo y es todo un icono de la vela en Australia, opina que los equipos femeninos, como el que

viernes, 28 de septiembre de 2012

Sailing by Davis: “Camper, patrocinador oficial del Melges 32 japonés "Mamma Aiuto"” plus 19 more

Camper, patrocinador oficial del Melges 32 japonés "Mamma Aiuto"
Vendeé Globe 2012/2013.- Dominique Wavre, preparado para la regata más exigente y completa que existe
Shore crew complexity - Volvo Ocean Race
Mundial de Platú 25 2012.- Suerte desigual para los nuestros.
Chaos theory - Volvo Ocean Race
Chunky knit, peacoats and wax jackets: being an old seadog never looked so good
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay
Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay

Camper, patrocinador oficial del Melges 32 japonés "Mamma Aiuto"

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:24 AM PDT

La marca mallorquina de zapatos, Camper, continúa con sus 26 años ligados a la vela. Por este motivo, se enorgullece de anunciar la colaboración con el equipo japonés "Mama Aiuto" perteneciente a la clase Melges 32."Mamma Aiuto" representa a Japón en las World Series de los Melges 32. Este equipo ha competido a lo largo de 2012 en regatas de primer nivel haciéndose con una victoria en Barcelona

Vendeé Globe 2012/2013.- Dominique Wavre, preparado para la regata más exigente y completa que existe

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:10 AM PDT

A menos de 45 días para la salida de la Vendée Globe, los competidores entran en una fase muy específica de su preparación.Para Dominique y sus futuros diecinueve adversarios, el trabajo continúa a un ritmo continuo. El patrón del Mirabaud cuenta ya con su nueva vela mayor, ha probado los foques que le acompañarán en su vuelta al mundo y ha seguido con las pruebas en compañía de su equipo

Shore crew complexity - Volvo Ocean Race

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:58 AM PDT

There's a lot to discuss, the shore managers are in town making some big decisions about the way the race will be run.

Mundial de Platú 25 2012.- Suerte desigual para los nuestros.

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:19 AM PDT

Sori asciende, Mar de Frades resiste y Sperry Cooper Dental afloja en la 3º jornada del Mundial de Platú 25.
El barco de los hermanos Paz firman su segundo triunfo parcial en aguas de Cala de'Medici, situándose a sólo cuatro puntos de líder después de las tres pruebas completadas ayer y en la que ha entrado en juego el descarte.

Suerte desigual para los tres representantes españoles en el

Chaos theory - Volvo Ocean Race

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:58 AM PDT

There's a lot to discuss, the shore managers are in town making some big decisions about the way the race will be run.

Chunky knit, peacoats and wax jackets: being an old seadog never looked so good

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:10 PM PDT

'Chunky knit, peacoats and wax jackets. Being an old seadog never looked so good. Here's what to keep warm in this winter…'

'It seems that the British summer that never really was is finally starting to dissipate for good, which means that it's time for us to start pulling out our jumpers, jackets and heavy coats. For men, this is generally a good thing with autumn and winter fashions usually providing us with a lot more to work with, along with slimming down the risk of exposing our pasty legs or wrestling with the age old argument of to vest or not to vest.

One of many brands that will doubtlessly catch our eye this Autumn is Musto who've managed to create just the right blend of functionable, quality fashion with up to date trends in their latest collection. If you're not familiar with the clothing company, they're a decidedly nautical outfit set up by British sailor Keith Musto to keep real sailing blokes warm and dry whilst avoiding looking like they're wearing a few stitched-up waxed-canvas sails.

Keeping real sailing blokes warm and dry whilst avoiding looking like they're wearing a few stitched-up waxed-canvas sails.

Their price range can be on the steeper side but considering their rich heritage (they have two royal warrants) and the high-end quality of their gear, this shouldn't really come as a surprise. Personally, we say, if it's going to last you a lifetime and fits into the zone of a 'classic' it's worth every penny – especially if it saves you the bother of buying multiple items that can't even handle the first tumble wash.

Their new range takes influence from the suave casual end of the 50s and the 60s, which is quite apt really as they're calling it the 1964 Collection. Here's our pick of the bunch.'

The Beaufort Pea Coat, £325

It goes without saying that the Pea Coat is something that unless you're Mika, you can't really get wrong and Musto don't fail with this classic item. Made from Italian Melton wool, their effort carries a slightly more modern feel than the norm with its tapered fit to both flatter the wearer and keep out the elements. This will doubtlessly look good with almost anything but give to it its deserved gravitas, we'd recommend keeping it smart.

The Wax Deck Coat, £200

The deck coat has been around for a good while but has seen something of a resurgence recently. Again, the Musto version has a flattering tailored fit with functionality at its forefront. At ¾ length it's a good casual jacket for harsher climes, coming equipped with an adjustable hood. It also pays a nice homage to traditional sailing jackets with its subtle corduroy collar. It's the kind of thing we'd imagine George Clooney wished he'd have worn in the depressing fish-wave-ship flick, Perfect Storm.

Stern Roll Neck, £120

Taking into account that this is a brand with its roots set quite firmly (or deeply, if you can excuse the water pun) in sailing it would be sacrilege to not include a roll neck jumper in here. Admittedly there's a risk you can come across a bit like Alan Partridge or Ron Burgandy but, let's face it, they're just so damn comfy. And warm. And this winter is going to be fricking freezing. This is a reasonably traditional cable-knit affair but for what it lacks in originality it more than makes up for in quality with it's special blend of Cotton and Merino wool. Just don't wear it with an elbow pad adorned blazer or when you're driving to Dudley barefoot.'

(Originally published in the Sabotage Times)

Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. by Christophe Launay

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:37 PM PDT

Onboard the MOD70 Race for Water, during a training session before the Marseille city race , skipper Steve Ravussin, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. (Christophe Launay)
Copyright: Christophe Launay