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Around the World of Sailing
25 April 2001
College Sailing Report
Available on line at:
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The Kennedy Cup was sailed at the Naval Academy in 44 keelboats.
Massachusetts Maritime was the winner by 5 points over Rhode Island.
The winners won only a single race, but kept no score lower than a 4th.
The Thompson Trophy was also held at a service academy in this case
the Coast Guard Academy. Teams sailed Flying Juniors and 420's. Led
by a victory in 'B' division Old Dominion (ranked 5th) won the regatta
by 20 points over Dartmouth. 2nd ranked Harvard finished 4th.
In the Midwest the Women's dinghy championship was sailed in JY 15's at
the University of Michigan.
This coming weekend will see the Midwest Team Racing Championship, and
then the co-ed dinghy championship's 5 & 6 May. All of these regattas
have a berth to the national championships on the line.
Links:
Kennedy Cup
http://www.nadn.navy.mil/SailingTeam/offshore/44regattas/kcup01results.html
Thompson Trophy:
http://www.collegesailing.org/00intersx/s01/thompson.htm
Theme Article: Securing your boat
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This article concludes our April theme series docking and docklines.
The topic is securing your boat to the dock. The article covers ways
to tie a line to a cleat or a post.
When you come to a dock that features a horn cleat you will want to use
a cleat hitch. Start at the horn of the cleat furthest from the load
of the line. Start and then a figure 8 on the opposite horn. Finish
with a half hitch turned under to lock the line in place. This simple
method is all that is required. For more on this see:
http://www.boatsafe.com/marlinespike/cleathitch.htm
Two basic knots for tying to posts are the clove hitch and the round
turn and two half hitches.
The clove hitch can be used to secure a line to a post, or a fender
to a lifeline. An animated demonstration of a clove hitch is at:
http://www.goals.com/vyc/knots/clove.htm. To tie it, make a loop around
the piling, following with a second loop that crosses over the first.
Go around the piling and tuck in the bitter end and the tighten. For
another clove hitch demonstration see:
http://www.cptdave.com/clove-hitch.html
The second knot is the round turn and half hitches. This is a
versatile knot that takes strain well and can be readily untied. To
tie make a round turn around the dock post, put the bitter end over
the working part, then throw in 2 half hitches and tighten. For a
visual demonstration see:
http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/knots_roundturn.html
Next month's theme is safety and will include articles on PFDs and
EPIRBs.
Links to all articles in this theme series:
April 4
What Makes a Good Dockline?
http://www.torresen.com/atwos/2001/ap/0404/0404_ms.htm
April 11
Fender Info Bits
http://www.torresen.com/atwos/2001/ap/0411/ms.htm
April 18
Handling
http://www.torresen.com/atwos/2001/ap/0418/ms.htm
Congressional Cup Preview
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Today off Long Beach California the annual Congressional Cup match
racing regatta will begin. Sailing Catalina 37's, 10 crews will battle
for the crimson blazer that goes to the winner of America's most
prestigious match race event.
Three of the skippers are in the top 10 worldwide. Bertrand Pace is
3rd, Luc Pillot 4th, and Jesper Radich 7th. Rod Davis ranked 95th and
Peter Holmberg ranked 32nd are past champions. Morgan Larson ranked
272 represents One World America's Cup challenge. A second team from
One World is skippered by 13th ranked James Spithill. Ken Read with
Terry Hutchinson on tactics and his team represent Team Dennis Conner.
From the Great Britain Challenge is Andy Green the 11th ranked skipper
with Adrian Stead on tactics. Finally, Sebastian Destremeau is ranked
18th.
The schedule calls for a double round robin, meaning 20 races for each
team. The top 4 head to the semis on Sunday. After 2 more are
eliminated a final 2 race for $ 25,000 in prize money on Sunday.
Link: http://www.lbyc.org/cup.html
Around Alone Changes Owners
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Today UK-based Clipper Ventures Plc announced its acquisition of the
Around Alone race from US based Great Adventures Ltd. Clipper Ventures
is currently running the Times Clipper 2000 Around the World Race.
Sailed since 1982 Around Alone has traditionally started in the USA.
From 1982 to 1990 Newport was its homeport, with Charleston serving
that role in 1994 and 1998. Clipper Ventures will make a decision on
a starting port either in the Europe or the USA by August of this year.
Unlike the recently completed Vendee Globe which is non-stop, Around
Alone has usually had 4 legs. Clipper Ventures may add one leg.
For the 20th Anniversary sailing of Around Alone 79 solo sailors from
17 countries have applied.
Link:
http://www.clipper-ventures.com/news/news-article.asp?category=1&ID=80