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SCUTTLEBUTT EUROPE #1567 - 21 JULY

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CITY OF CAPE TOWN CREW IS OVERALL WINNER OF ACCBANK CORK WEEK Champagne sailing conditions returned to ACCBank Cork Week for Friday's finale that saw South Africans Dave and Steve Hudson collect the overall Boat of the Week trophy for their win in the 40-strong Laser SB3 event.

Dave Hudson runs a Sailing School in Cape Town and is a veteran Fireball sailor who only recently turned his hand to the Laser SB3. The class will hold its first World Championship in Ireland later this year when 150 boats are expected on Dublin Bay.

In addition to the 26 class winners, trophies were also awarded to Jonathan Anderson's Playing FT$E who received the inaugural Sisk Group Corinthian Cup in Class Zero while Niklas Zennstrom's Ran won the Carroll Cup for his win of the TP52 class. Agne Nilsson's Fortis Excel was awarded the Prix d'Elegance.

Final results were close across most of the classes and none more so than the Super Zero division that saw Dan Meyers' Numbers win on tie-break when Niklas Zennstrom's Ran was awarded redress after a starting-time error that tied both boats for the overall win.

Several classes held their week-long leads. Although none were on board due to eligibility rules, the impact of professional sailors was credited with one victory. "Having pros on the boat has sharpened up our game but without them this week we're very happy with the win but must thank them for improving our performance, said Dave Dwyer, owner of marinerscove.ie the Class One winner.

Meanwhile, in Class 5 IRC, series leader Barry Rose on Obsession VI slipped to second place following a series-win by Corby 25 sister-ship Kinetic owned by Richard Colwell. And in the Corporate Class, Peter Newlands' Beneteau 40.7 produced the best score across the entire 410-strong entry list with a perfect nine straight wins record.

Final Results Class Leaders:

Boat of the Week - Kinsale Kettle: City of Cape Town (David & Roger Hudson) Sisk Group Corinthian Cup: Playing FT$E (Jonathan Anderson) Prix d`Elegance: Fortis Excel (Agne Nilsson) TP52 Carroll Cup: Ran (Niklas Zennstrom) IRC Super 0: Numbers (Dan Meyers) TP52: Ran (Niklas Zennstrom) IRC 0: Oystercatcher XXVI (Richard Matthews) IRC 45: Werewolf (Jerry Otter) IRC 1: Marinerscove.ie (David Dwyer) IRC 1 ACC: Trilogy II (Jean Gabriel Samzun) IRC 2: Rosie (Roy & Vera Dickson) IRC 2 ACC: Barafundle of Mumble (Neil White) X35: Nexus (Mike Budd) IRC 3: Bengal Magic (John Moorehead) IRC 3 ACC: Eos (David Scott) IRC 4: Dick Dastardly (Stuart Kinnear) IRC 4 ACC: Dick Dastardly (Stuart Kinnear) IRC 5: Kinetic (Richard Colwell) IRC 5 ACC: Chia Chia (Phil Eagleton) IRC 6: Bandit (Ian Travers) IRC 6 ACC: Bandit (Ian Travers) 1720: Wet n Ready (Nicholas O`Leary) J109: J Dream (David & Kirsty Apthorp) SB3: City of Cape Town (David & Roger Hudson) Sigma 38: Errislannan (Patrick Kirwan) Corporate Class: Anticipation (Peter Newlands) Gentlemens Class 1: Orna (Philip Dilworth) Gentlemens Class 2: Minx III (Tom McNeice) X332: X Rated (John & Gair Gordon) Beneteau 31.7: Alpaca (Paul & Deirdre Tingle)

Full results on http://www.accbankcorkweek.ie

THE 7TH TRANSAT QUEBEC SAINT MALO BEGINS With just over 3 knots of SE'ly breeze, it was the dreaded current of the Saint Lawrence River which set the tone amongst the 18 Class 40s setting out at 1500 hrs UT and the 6 Open 50' trimarans and 4 FICOs released by the starting gun at 1530 hrs UT, for the start of the 7th Transat Quebec Saint Malo.

Setting out 30 minutes after the Class 40s, the multihulls and the FICO Classes saw themselves subjected to the same pattern. Gennakers for the multis and asymmetric spinnakers for the monohulls enabled them to contend with the current and from the outset the favourites took the lead. Pierre Antoine and his "Imagine" demonstrated their ease in the light airs but soon saw a comeback by "Crepe Whaou!". A fierce duel raged between the most high performance multihulls measuring 15.24 metres and the only Imoca 60 footer of the fleet, Cervin ENR skippered by Yannick Bestaven. The 'local' of the stage, the ever popular Georges Leblanc, didn't disappoint his countless supporters as he set off under big spinnaker in 4th position, ahead of the trimarans driven by Herve Cleris (Prince de Bretagne) and Victorien Erussard (Laiterie de Saint Malo). The Belgians aboard "Ocean of smiles" brought up the rear.

As regards the Class 40s, the experienced Italian, Giovanni Soldini, almost let himself get carried away by the current, his Class 40 Telecom Italia being reversed towards the starting line just a few seconds from kick-off. Pushing along at 4 knots, the current in the great river will continue to set the tone amongst the racers until the tide turns tonight. Patrice Carpentier and his "Entreprises Lorraines" delayed hoisting his gennaker until the last minute and it is he who was first across the start line thanks to some spotless timing, leaving the British sailor Miranda Merron (40 Degrees) to leeward. Using his advantage Patrice Carpentier pushed towards the north bank of the river whilst the bulk of the fleet opted for the south bank. Ahead a compact crowd gathered along the bank from the start line, nearly 3 km upstream, and all the way to the tip of the port. The yachts were clearly drifting rather than being pushed by the wind, and the fleet of 40 footers w! ere quickly strewn right across the immense river.

Ranking at 21/07 00:30 UTC

Class 50' Open 1. Herve Cleris Prince De Bretagne 2. Pierre Antoine Imagine 3. Victorien Erussard Laiterie De Saint-Malo

Class 40 1. Tanguy De Lamotte Novedia Group - S.E.T. Environnement 2. Halvard Mabire Pogo Structures 3. Giovanni Soldini Telecom Italia

FICO 1. Christophe Bullens An Ocean Of Smiles 2. Georges Leblanc Port De Quebec 3. Denis Douillez Saint Malo Team

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ICOM-UTOPIA WINS 2008 CYCA AUDI WINTER SERIES WITH BAINBRIDGE SAILCLOTH ICOM-Utopia sailed to victory in the 2008 CYCA Audi Winter Series Sydney 38 Division using a Bainbridge Diax2 LP main and medium jib. The series was based on a performance handicap and was hotly contested. The 14th and final race on Sunday saw ideal conditions for ICOM-Utopia to use their DIAX2 LP sails and they led around every mark to finish 3rd on handicap and take the series by 2 points. DIAX2LP sails are lighter than cross cut sails, with continuous yarns running from corner to corner and corner to edge to support the membrane and take care of all seam loading.

For more information visit http://www.bainbridgeint.com

MEDALS DECIDED AT VOLVO YOUTH SAILING ISAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Arhus, Denmark: Great Britain topped the medal table as the podium positions were decided on the final day of racing at the 2008 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Århus, Denmark.

The Volvo Trophy went to Britain but the fight for second place was a close fought one with New Zealand pipping Australia to the post with only two points separating them.

Team Cyprus has only three competitors in the championships, making their two gold medals, one by Pavlos Kontides in the Laser and the other in the Boy's RS:X fleet by Michalis Malekkides, even more impressive. Kontides won his last race and straight after praised his team for doing so well. "I can't believe that we won two gold medals it is great for a country as small as mine that we have two World Champions at this event. I hope this makes more people start sailing at home. It still hasn't sunk in yet and I can't believe I have won two golds."

Next year's event will be held in Buzios, Brazil on 9-18 July 2009.

Top three by class:

Boy's One Person Dinghy - Laser 1. Pavlos Kontides, CYP, 13 points 2. Luke Lawrence, USA, 32 3. Sam Meech, NZL, 40

Girl's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial 1. Gabrielle King, AUS, 19 2. Susana Romero, ESP, 36 3. Cushia Hume-Merry, NZL, 44

Boy's Two Person Dinghy - 29er 1. James Peters / Edward Fitzgerald, GBR, 39 2. German Billoch / Gaston Cheb Terrab, ARG, 50 3. Judge Ryan / Hans Henken, USA, 51

Girl's Two Person Dinghy - 29er 1. Frances Peters / CLaire Lasko, GBR, 24 2. Annemiek Bekkering / Jeske Kisters, NED, 27 3. Hannah Nattrass / MIchelle Muller, AUS, 41

Boy's Windsurfer - RS:X 1. Michalis Malekkides, CYP, 26 2. Thiseas Kampas, GRE, 30 3. Oliver-Tom Schliemann, GER, 34 Girl's Windsurfer - RS:X 1. Laura Linares, ITA, 14 2. Maja Dziamowska, POL, 21 3. Patricia Freitas, BRA, 26 Multihull - SL16 1. Valentin Bellet / Romain Bellet, FRA, 21 2. Matthew Whitehead / Michael Ovenstone, RSA, 35 3. James Ellis / Andrew Glover, GBR, 39 http://www.sailing.org/youthworlds

ADAM MINOPRIO WINS TOYOTA SOPOT MATCH RACE Sopot, Poland: In the final of the Toyota Sopot Match Race 2008 ISAF Grade 1 Adam Minoprio (NZ) defeated Eric Monnin (SUI). In the fight for the third place Keith Swinton (AUS) has won with Ian Ainslie from Republic of South Africa.

Great day here in Sopot today sun lots of wind, a broken mast and a great show for the large amount of spectators on the Sopot pier.

Saturday was the day of surprises. All expected Trorvar Misky in and Staffan Lindberg in the semis but it all came different. Top 4 after the quarterfinal where: Swinton, Minoprion, Ainlie and the surprise of the day Monnin who also won the sponsor race and got the Tag Heuer watch.Adam Minoprio managed to qualify for the final with a clear 3 - 0 against Ainslie. The other semifinal between Swinton and Monin was a real battle and Monnin won it with a 3 - 1.

The attraction on the final day was even better, already during the skipper meeting we had 15 knots of wind, at the start of the first flight 25 knots of wind. Many lead changes in the first flight on both matches, in the petit final the young talent from AUS Keith Swinton managed to beat Ian Ainslie 2-1.

The final matches where even harder lead change after lead change in all races with a solid breeze with gusts up to 30 knots. At the 4 min signal just when Adam Minoprio's crew was entering the start box suddenly the mast came down.

With a new boat the first race was sailed in great conditions, and the winner was again Minoprio, giving him the well deserved 3 point to win the event. Crew from Adam Minoprio was Dave Swete, Tom Powrie, Nick Blackman and on Eric Monnin boat was, Marc Monnin, Simon Brugger, Yann Maillet. End result 3:1. - Jurg Kaufmann

Final standings of the Toyota Sopot Match Race 2008 ISAF Grade 1 :

1. Adam Minoprio (NZ) Black Match Racing 2. Eric Monnin (SUI) Swiss Match Race Team 3. Keith Swinton (AUS) Black Swan Racing 4. Ian Ainslie (RSA) 5. Peter Wibroe (DEN) Wibroe Sailing Team 6. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team 7. Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Yachting Australia 8. Andrew Arbuzov (RUS) Arbuzov Team 9. Przemek Tarnacki (POL) Tarnacki Racing 10. Eugeniy Neugodnikov (RUS) Ecowave - Lord of the Sail 11. Rafal Sawicki (POL) 12. Marek Stanczyk (POL) Polish Match Tour/Nautiner

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MASSEY AND NOBLE ARE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL 14 WORLD CHAMPIONS Warnemunde, Germany: The only people to get wet in Warnemunde today were Archie Massey and Matt Noble, after they were thrown in the water for becoming the new International 14 World Champions. Other teams just below Massey and Noble on the leaderboard were hoping the race officer would send the 90-boat fleet out for one last race, but with the westerly breeze gusting in excess of 30 knots, that was never a sensible option. After waiting in vain for the wind to abate, the last race was cancelled and the championship was complete.

So the Anglo-American Massey-Noble duo were crowned World Champions, thanks to a superlative performance in the strong winds that swept across the Baltic Sea this week, where they won three of the six races. Anglo-Australian partnership Jarrod Simpson and Grant Rollerson took second overall, just edging out Australians Dave Alexander and Cameron McDonald on countback.

With the fleet experimenting with ultra-lightweight PBO rigging in place of the customary stainless steel wire, along with developments in T-foil rudder technology and square-top mainsails, success this week was running the balance between ultimate speed and reliability. Even Massey came dangerously close to losing his grip on the championship when his new rudder gave way, forcing him to complete the week with a borrowed replacement.

Even some of Britain's Olympic sailors tried their hand at 14 sailing for the first time this week, with Dave Evans and Simon Hiscocks gradually getting to grips with the quirks of the International 14 to finish 11th overall.

While the top places were dominated by British and Australian teams, the biggest nation in numerical terms is the fast-growing German fleet. Best of the Germans were Olly Voss and Jens Holscher who finished in 12th place. After 17 years competing in the 14, Voss was contemplating retirement into family cruising, but he has been tempted to postpone delivery of the X-99 yacht until after the next Worlds.

Warnemunde turned on a spectacular, high-thrills week of racing in strong wind and big waves. Now the fleet's attention turns towards the next World Championship will take place on Sydney Harbour in January 2010. With the last two World titles having gone to American and British teams, the Aussies will be working hard to ensure a home victory in their famous harbour.

Final top six results overall

1. Archie Massey/Matt Noble, GBR, 15 points 2. Jarrod Simpson/ Grant Rollerson, GBR, 19 3. Dave Alexander/Cameron McDonald, AUS, 19 4. Roger Blasse/Andrew Gilligan, AUS, 25 5. Mike Lennon/ Andy Rice, GBR, 27 6. Martin & Neale Jones, GBR, 34

http://worlds2008.de

FUERTEVENTURA KITESPEED GRAND SLAM: DAY 3 Racing day two brought the conditions everybody hoped for: 25-30 knots, with flat water in the beginning and quite a big chop in the second leg.

Top Speed of the day was set by Sebastien Cattelan (FRA) with 39.26 knots, an impressive speed for this conditions. But it was another Frenchman who took the overall lead, as Catman only finished third in round two. Alex Caizergus is leading the overall ranking now, and is also clear ahead in the world championship race. In third is Chrstophe Prin-Guenon now, ahead of Robert Douglas and Chris Dick.

In the ladies fleet, Charlotte Consorti (FRA) took two bullets and is clearly ahead of Sjoukje Bredenkamp (RSA) now. Katja Roose in third.

The forecast for tomorrow looks even better than today, and the race committee plans for three legs then, if the conditions are suitable.

The race can be followed live until the 23rd of July, as all competitors are equiped with special tracking devices. The link to the Championchip Live Tracke is available at http://www.speedworldcup.com

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SPOTLIGHT ON OLIN STEPHENS Saturday July 19th may go down as the most memorable at the New York Yacht Club's (NYYC) sixth biennial Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. With 53 classic yachts gathered here to race in celebration of Olin Stephens's 100th Birthday, plenty of friends and admirers were on hand at Harbour Court this evening when the famous designer -- of S&S (Sparkman & Stephens design firm) fame -- joined them for dinner and a birthday cake.

"It's hard to live up to what they say about me," said Stephens, whose designs comprise more than half the fleet here. "I don't know what all the fuss is about." In a presentation to a crowd of 600, John Rousmaniere, Olin's friend, author and NYYC historian, explained, "I've always said you have to know the man by his works because he's too humble to talk about his contributions to the world of ! sailing."

Stephens's birthday cake resembled one of the famous S&S designs competing here: Ed Kane's (Concord, Mass.) 73-foot Bolero, built in 1950. Bolero once belonged to John Nicholas Brown, whose family owned Harbour Court before it became the New York Yacht Club's summer clubhouse. After two races today, Bolero finished third overall in Class 1, which sailed "outside" on Rhode Island Sound on a course shared by the 12 Metre classes. Trevor Fetter's (Newport, R.I.) 68-foot S&S-designed Black Watch, built in 1938, currently stands in first in that class after two victories today.

Meanwhile, "inside" and up Narragansett Bay, two more race circles accommodated another six classes. Closely watched in Class 2 was Edgar Cato's (Charlotte, N.C.) 52-foot Dorade, one of Stephens' earliest designs, which revolutionized the future of yacht design and with which Stephens -- then in his early 20s -- handily won the 1931 Transatlantic and Fastnet Races. The accomplishment, unthinkable at the time for a yacht so small and being sailed by a young amateur crew, was rewarded with a Ticker Tape Parade down Broadway in New York during the height of the Depression.

Today, Dorade finished second after posting a 4-1 today, behind Tom Hill's (San Juan, Puerto Rico) newly acquired 52-foot "Q" Boat Falcon with a 2-2, and ahead of Samuel Croll's (Rye, N.Y.) 52-foot 8 Meter Angelita with a 1-4. All three boats, like most of the entries competing here this weekend, are beautifully restored to lines and perfection reminiscent of classic yachting's Golden Era.

While the 12 Metre class started Friday, a day earlier than the rest of the fleet, the eight-boat Shields class sailed Saturday, and for one day only, to determine overall winner Peter Clark (Newport, R.I.). Clark, sailing Virginia, won three of four races to post six points to Jeffrey Gladchun's (Middletown, R.I.) nine aboard Coffee Grinder. In 1963, Olin Stephens was commissioned by Cornelius Shields to design a modern follow-up to the International One Design; the 30-foot Shields was the result.

http://www.nyyc.org

THE 100TH RACE TO MACKINAC IS UNDERWAY Chicago, Illinois, USA: Thunderstorms and variable wind conditions welcomed sailors on over 430 boats to the start of 100th running of the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Lands' End. The Race Committee started the first boats in the Cruising Division at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, and despite the variable starting conditions among them, all 23 sections were started on time. A large portion of the fleet was able to pick up 8-12 knots of breeze as they made their way out of Chicago.

According to the tracking at 10:25 CDT, fleet is lead by Randall Pittman's Genuine Risk, which is north of 44th parallel. They are followed by last year's overall winner the Max Z86 Windquest, and a cluster of other boats in the Turbo and GL70 sections. And just behind the big boats is leading cruising section boat Windara, skippered by Glenn Gustafson of Chicago Yacht Club.

Denali (Grosse Point, Mich.) withdrew from the race early this morning due to an equipment failure.

As the fleet makes their way to the central part of the Lake today, AccuWeather.com forecasts winds south to southwest and shifting to the west and northwest in the afternoon increasing to 8-16 knots, with waves building to 2-3 feet. On Sunday night, wind northwest at 7-14 knots and waves 1-2 feet. On Monday, wind northwest to north at 8-16 knots and waves 2-3 feet.

To track the fleet in the 100th Race to Mackinac, go to http://www.chicagoyachtclub.org and click on "Track the Race to Mackinac."

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