Around the World of Sailing
28 November 2001
Event News: Volvo Ocean Race
Available on line at:
http://www.torresen.com/atwos/2001/no/1128/ms.htm
Last week the fleet was deep in the harsh Southern Ocean.
Straight man vs. nature stuff with no sure winner. While
there, SEB sailed 460 miles in 24 hours to set a new VOR 60
class record.
SEB crew members Gareth Cooke and Tony Mutter finish last of the porridge
as they lead the fleet around Eclipse Island
Credit: Magnus Team SEB
When they got to the leg's first waypoint Eclipse Island,
what was all the hard striving worth? Well, anywhere from
1 hour and 20 minutes to 3 hours and 42 minutes of a lead.
Once past Eclipse Island, off the SW tip of Australia, the
fleet needs to sail across the Australian Bight to Sydney.
SEB and 2nd place Illbruck went south towards the expected
new wind. This tactic paid off with SEB leading by 12 miles
or 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Keith Kilpatrick is taken from Amer Sports One
Credit: İRick Tomlinson
In addition to the hard, close, racing there has been a pair
of human dramas. Amer Sport One crew Keith Kilpatrick
suffered from intestinal problems. This necessitated an
airdrop of medical supplies and Kilpatrick's removal from
the boat at Eclipse Island. Upon reaching shore his health
was good and he may continue on for Leg 3.
Also at Eclipse Island SEB navigator Marcel Van Triest
literally jumped off SEB. This was due to the death of a
close family friend. He made the decision to take transport
to land and eventually Europe. He will also be back for
Leg 3.
illbruck crew perform masthead work
Credit: İRick Tomlinson
There will likely be more protests once the fleet is in
Sydney. Amer Sports 2 and Djuice have been protested by the
race committee for contravening the International
Regulations For Preventing Collisions At Sea during the
first hours of leg two. Djuice made a 720° penalty turn once
being notified of the protest. Considering the odd decision
to penalize Illbruck in monetary terms after Leg 1, there is
no telling how this situation could turn out.
Links:
Position Report
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/result/leaderboard
Kilpatrick OK
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/news/leg_2/n2_011127_kilpatrick.html
Navigator Overboard
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/news/leg_2/n2_011128_marcel.html &
http://www.teamseb.com/teamseb/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=428&a=1483
Protests
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/news/leg_2/n2_011128_protest.html
Djuice on Protest
http://dragons.djuice.com/web/index.do?a=goNews&s=_Category&i=/content/en/news/articles/247771006942774_N.xml&p=newsjambean
Live Chat with Assa Abloy
http://www.assaabloyracingteam.com/verktygsladan/nyheter/nyheter_detaljbild.asp?id=224&inter=False
Illbruck picks up parts
http://www.illbruck-challenge.com/en/news/cgi-bin/showdetail.cgi?id=00395&b=challenge
Team Tyco Update
http://www.teamtyco.com/teamtyco/FullStory.jsp?story=740
Theme: Clothing for Sailing
Available on line at:
http://www.torresen.com/atwos/2001/no/1128/ms.htm
The third layer of sailing clothing is typically considered
the most important. Years ago it was oilskins, then foul
weather gear and now breathable foul weather gear. This is
the third part of a warm and dry clothing system for
sailing.
Outer layers come in several weights and types. Depending
on the maker the weights will go from Ocean to Offshore to
Coastal to Inshore.
An ocean jacket maybe made of heavy weight breathable Gore
Tex while a more basic inland set may have non-breathing PVC
as its fabric.
After years of sailing I would advise not skimping when
purchasing your outer layer. If you feel you will only need
an Inshore suit, spend the bucks and get Coastal gear. This
will save you that one time you make an overnight passage in
pouring rain. You only need to say dry and warm when it's
wet and cold so this layer should be overpurchased so it
overperforms and you stay warmer and dryer than expected!
Links:
Douglas Gill http://www.douglasgill.com/
Gore Tex http://www.gorefabrics.com/
Helly Hansen http://www.hellyhansen.com/
Henri Lloyd http://www.henrilloyd.com/
Musto http://www.musto.co.uk
Polar Tec http://www.polartec.com/
Event News: Jacques Vabre
Available on line at:
http://www.torresen.com/atwos/2001/no/1128/ms.htm
Last Thursday the final class winner was determined. Alex
Bennett and Paul Larsen on One Dream One Mission finished
early Thursday morning in Brazil. Their official time was
18 days 16 hours and 34 minutes.
2nd in the Open 50's was Saving (Le Youdeac/ Bacave)
finishing 7 hours back, with Setra Brio 3rd finishing this
Monday. One boat in the Open 50 class, Olympian Challenger
is still sailing 250 miles out.
After finishing, the 25 year old Alex Bennett made the
decision to enter Around Alone. Bennett plans to sail the
venerable and successful Thompson designed Open 50 that
began as Aqua Corum. This will be the boats 3rd trip
around the globe, but first time in Around Alone.
To date there are 7 entries in the Open 50. Brad Van Liew
will sail the boat that was 2nd in class in the last Around
Alone, while Tim Kent of Milwaukee will compete against
these ocean seasoned sailors on Everest Horizontal.
Links:
Alex Bennett http://www.oceanchallenges.co.uk/home.htm
Tim Kent: http://www.everesthorizontal.com
Brad Van Liew http://www.oceanracing.org
Rankings
http://193.104.87.4/default_Multi.htm
http://193.104.87.4/default_Mono60.htm
http://193.104.87.4/default_Mono50.htm
Event News: FICO World Champions
Available on line at:
http://www.torresen.com/atwos/2001/no/1128/ms.htm
For the first time ever a women has won the FICO World
Sailing Championship. Finishing off the FICO events with a
2nd, Ellen Macarthur beat out Roland Jourdain by 27 points,
who narrowly pipped Jacques Vabre multi hull winner Frank
Cammas by 1.5 points. Cammas' crew Steve Ravusson was the
crew champion, his sponsor insurance company Groupama the
top scoring sponsor.
The FICO championship serves as a world championship for
offshore sailors be they short handed or fully crewed.
In addition to being the first woman, Macarthur is the first
non French winner since Canadian Mike Birch in 1991-92. In
the offshore part of the FICO scoring Macarthur scored a 1st
in the Europe 1 Transat on Kingfisher, and a 1st in the
Challenge Mondial on the trimaran Foncia-Kingfisher. She was
2nd in the Vendee Globe on Kingfisher and 2nd in the Jacques
Vabre on Foncia-Kingfisher. 1 year ago prior to the Vendee
Globe Macarthur ranked 10th and Jourdain 11th.
Links:
FICO Website
http://www.fico-sailing.org/
Kingfisher Challenges:
http://www.kingfisherchallenges.com/
Roland Jourdain
http://www.jourdain-sill.com/
Frank Cammas
http://www.cammas-groupama.com
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