Boats on TV - World On Water

World on Water - Week 04 - JAN 27 2012

2012-01-27T11:27:35+00:00

“World on Water” Global Boating Weekly News Show reports on Gold Coast Australia has claiming victory in Race 7 of the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race after the Race Committee made the decision to shorten the course from the Gold Coast to Singapore, 2011-12 VOR Arab Dhow Race Abu Dhabi where 0ver 70 teams were on-hand for the Abu Dhabi Sailing Festival Race, which featured a 16-nautical mile race into Abu Dhabi and a $1 million prize pot across the race fleet, 2012 Royal Langkawi International Regatta celebrating its 10th anniversary where the Malaysian Armed Forces took the title on count-back from Singapore Management University, 2012 IFDS world organizing body for disabled sailing where it conducts an annual world championship regatta for Paralympic class boats, the 2.4mR, the SKUD-18 and the Sonar at the Charlotte Harbour Regatta Florida USA, Leighton O'Connor onboard Big Booty a 42 foot Lutra with footage from the Quantum Key West 2012 race report, and In "Fresh to Frightening" we show how to get Audi ultra, a 90 foot yacht, fully rigged with a 39 metre mast under a 9 metre bridge in Singapore! It was a tight squeeze! "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 03 - JAN 20 2012

2012-01-20T09:26:46+00:00

“World on Water” Global Boating Weekly News Show reports on Glenn Ashby of the Emirates Team New Zealand America’s Cup team winning the 2012 John Cootes Furniture A Class Australian Championships on Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing making it two victories in two days on home waters in the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3 Start Abu Dhabi to Sanya China, the 2012 Ben Ainslie press conference in which he announced the launch of a new team that will initially compete in the next edition of the America’s Cup World Series along with plans to join ORACLE Racing for the defence of the 34th America’s Cup, the World Ice and Snow Sailing Association 2012 World Ice and Snow Sailing Championships being held in the USA on February 20-26th in St. Ignace Michigan, the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race from Abu Dhabi UAE, and in "Fresh to Frightening" we feature the 2010 San Francisco International Skiff Regatta's Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 02 - JAN 13 2012

2012-01-20T08:57:17+00:00

“World on Water” Global Boating Weekly News Show reports on the finish of Leg 2 of the Global Ocean Race in Wellington, New Zealand, in the Volvo Ocean Race, Sanya returns to racing in Leg 2 Stage 1 Madagascar, the World Optimist Champion is named in Napier, New Zealand, the rest of the VOR fleet have a quick 98 mile sprint race in Leg 2 Stage 2 into Abu Dhabi, UAE, Loick Peyron and his crew are crowned Jules Verne Trophy Champions by sailing around the world faster than any other crewed vessel and in our action segment “Fresh to Frightening” we see the official footage of the RNLI rescuing the grounded yacht Kestral. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 01 - JAN 06 2012

2012-01-13T09:00:53+00:00

“World on Water” Global Boating Weekly News Show reports on the controversy in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at 1914 Wednesday December 28th as the tack for tack sailing between Wild Oats XI and Investic Loyal which had its finale on the Derwent River, Hobart, Tasmania, The 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 Cape Town-Abu Dhabi Secret-Safe-Haven Boat life where the five racing yachts were lifted onto a commercial ship and readied for a transfer across the Indian Ocean to a set-down point off the Sharjah coastline in the northern Emirates, The 2012 Pittwater-Coffs Harbour race where 45 yachts started the 31st Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's annual passage race from their home on Pittwater, Sydney, north to Coffs Harbour, 210 competitors from 48 countries competing in the 2012 Optimist World Championships, Napier, New Zealand, Loïck Peyron and his men on the Maxi-Tri Banque Populaire V entering the northern hemisphere in the 2011-12 Jules Verne Trophy with 2500 miles remaining, and in "Fresh to Frightening" we feature Race 3 in the Sydney 18 Footers New South Wales Championships which saw 25 knot winds batter the fleet with many capsizes. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 52 - Dec 30 2011

2011-12-30T10:12:10+00:00

2011-12 Jules Verne Trophy. 2011 Sail Sydney Regatta. 2011 Clipper Race. 2011 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 Cape Town-Abu Dhabi. 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. "Fresh to Frightening" this week features what happens when a crew member is overboard and a helicopter is called to save them.

World on Water - Week 51 - Dec 23 2011

2011-12-30T10:11:59+00:00

"World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television. The ISAF World Championships for 10 Olympic classes were held over 16 days with 1100 athletes sailing for both a world title and to qualify for next year's London Olympic Games, Anna Tunnicliffe was named TAG Heuer Female Sailor of the week, Tom Slingsby was Male Sailor of the week and Moldova's Alex Denisuic won the Emerging Nations Programme rising star award, Anna Tunnicliffe secured the USA team gold on Friday in the Women's Match Racing final, Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen finished fourth in the 49er skiff Medal Race on Sunday to claim the world championship, Tom Slingsby won the Laser event. Skippered by New Zealand's Mike Sanderson, Team Sanya suffered damage in the Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 to part of their rigging early on Monday and are heading to a port in southern Madagascar in order to assess the damage, the current placing's are Puma from Telefonica, Camper, Groupama, Azzam and Sanya. Marcus Blackmore has successfully defended his 2010 Rolex Trophy – Rating Series title, winning the final passage race north to Long Reef last Sunday to break the tie between his TP52 Hooligan and the same-design Shogun V by three points in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted event. The exciting concluding day of racing at the 2011 Phuket King’s Cup Regatta saw the best winds of the week, the conditions played into Team Premier's hands as skipper Hannes Weimer and crew took a win from the first race and a second in the final race to conclude the series as IRC Zero Class winner on 13 points, ahead of Neil Pryde's Hi Fi and Sam Chan's Freefire. In the IRC 1 Class, Yasuo Nanamori and his all-Japanese Karasu team took first in the class. Loïck Peyron and his team on Banque Populaire V are dealing with light winds and extra miles to avoid icebergs, which has reduced their margin to 936.6 nm over the non-stop circumnavigation Jules Verne Trophy record set by Franck Cammas on the 103-foot Groupama 3 in 2010, there are no islands to the South of them and they had just passed 100 miles South of Macquarie Island, part of New Zealand. "Fresh to Frightening" features the fearless Kite and Windsurfers who break speed records in Luderitz, Namibia, strong wind is endemic to Luderitz due to the cold Atlantic and hot desert being in close proximity to one another, the four years of development paved the way for the incredible 55.65 knots in 2010.

World on Water - Week 50 - Dec 16 2011

2011-12-16T10:48:45+00:00

"World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television. Italian team Luna Rossa won the final Act of 2011 Extreme Sailing Series and became Overall Champions of the 2011 Series, Max Sirena, Paul Campbell-James, Alister Richardson and Manuel Modena, who have raced together on the Extreme 40 all season, hardly put a foot wrong over the 35 races held in Singapore, the 2011 series goes down in history in delivering the most capsizes and crashes within a season with every Act being decided in the final moments of the final day. Team Telefónica surged to victory in Saturday’s Cape Town V&A Waterfront In-Port Race to strengthen their overall lead, Telefónica, last in the first in-port race in Alicante, finished in 52 minutes 55 seconds, with CAMPER in second 43 seconds back and PUMA third a further nine seconds behind them, then the six-strong fleet started Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race to Abu Dhabi. Arif Al Zafeen and Mohammed Al Marri produced a faultless display to win race 2 of the Skydive Dubai & Dubai Duty Free Grand Prix and clinch the 2011 UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship. Four new world champions took to the podium as dusk fell over Perth and marked the end of a full day of medal racing in the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, British Finn sailor Giles Scott won the title of Finn world champion and the Finn Gold Cup, in the Laser Radial, Marit Bouwmeester claimed her first world championship title, Ben Ainslie's campaign for a sixth Finn World Championship title came to an end after he was disqualified for both of the day's two races after an incident with a media boat driver. The 2011 SOLAS Big boat Challenge Race took place on Sydney Harbour, the race is an important event for the Safety Of Life At Sea Trusts which was set up by the CYCA after the tragic 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race when six lives were lost, the SOLAS Big Boat Race was predictable as it was a match-up of Bob Oatley's 100 foot R/P Wild Oats XI against Anthony Bell's Investic Loyal, Grant Wharington's Wild Thing and Peter Millard and John Honan’s Lahana but Wild Oats won, Marcus Blackmore was the handicap winner in his very quick TP52, Hooligan. "Fresh to Frightening" features the big crash in the 2010 UIM Class 1 Swedish Grand Prix Powerboat Race 1 when Jorn Tandberg and Kolbjorn Selmer's race ended dramatically at the first corner of lap 1, crashing after taking evasive action to avoid Fazza, both pilots emerging unscathed from the escape hatch of the upturned Welmax.

World on Water - Week 49 - Dec 09 2011

2011-12-09T10:54:47+00:00

The China Cup International Regatta is the largest international keel-boat sailing event held in China organized by Chinese Yachting Association and city government of Shenzhen, the annual event is committed to promoting sailing in China and attracts sailors from China, Hong Kong, Australia and beyond, the regatta starts with the Passage Race, then Windward/leeward and island races in Shenzhen for classes, Beneteau First 40.7 One Design, IRC A and IRC B, HKPN and the OPEN Division, this year is the 5th year and was very successful, all crews are looking forward to returning for a bigger regatta next year. As the Class 40 Global Ocean Race 2011-12 Race Committee decided to postpone the Leg 2 start in Cape Town, news arrived at the race HQ of keel problems with one of the Class 40s, Nico and Frans Budel had been working on Akilaria, Sec. Hayai when both keel-head bolts failed, the six crews crossed the Leg 2 start from Cape Town to Wellington and headed into the Southern Ocean for 7,000miles through the Indian Ocean with ETA after Christmas, Nico and Frans dismasted before the Cape of Good Hope and returned to Cape Town, the fleet passed the southern tip of Africa and dropped south towards the GOR’s 2,000mile Western Indian Ocean ice, leading trio Cessna Citation, BSL and Campagne de France are constantly trading pole position. The 2011 PWA Wave World champion Philip Köster won the Supremesurf Big Days in Ahrenshoop, Germany last week beating Lars Gobisch, 50knots challenged the 36 participants on the Baltic Sea, Philip Köster, Matze Bade, Leon Jamer or Lars and Stefan Gobisch battled for victory, in the final 54knot gusts made it hard for Köster and Gobisch, Köster scored high with a tweaked Pushloop and was rewarded the victory. The Maxi Banque Populaire V has shattered the record time to the Cape of Good Hope in their attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy round the world record, 11days 21hrs 48mins 18secs since leaving Ushant they crossed the Cape at the end of the second segment of the Trophy, with 8245 miles behind them Loïck Peyron and crew set a second record, now in the Indian Ocean they are heading towards the Kerguelen Islands, difficult seas slowed them down, they are expecting difficulties due to ice on the control and must avoid icbergs north of Kerguelen, Loïck said they should reach Cape Lewin, Australia within a week and they will leave the Indian Ocean in six days. Five teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are busy checking their boats in Cape Town while Puma Mar Mostro Powered by BERG is on a freighter to join them, Team Sanya is repairing the bow section, Team Telefónica technical director Horacio Carabelli said they will be on the water on Monday, CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand Shore crew manager Neil Cox said they want to be on the water on Monday, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing skipper Ian Walker had everything under control and hope to sail on Tuesday, all this for the Cape Town in-port race on 10th December. "Fresh to Frightening" features the 130ft Racing Maxi-Trimaran, Banque Populaire V at 35knots meeting a catamaran and races past at stunning speed. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 48 - Dec 02 2011

2011-12-02T11:27:32+00:00

Ian Williams has added the Monsoon Cup to his third ISAF Match Racing World Champion crown after defeating Johnie Berntsson 3-1 in the final of the WMRT finale in Kuala Terengganu – Malaysia, Williams joins Russell Coutts, Chris Dickson, Peter Gilmour and Ed Baird as the fifth skipper to win the World Championship three times, Williams paid tribute to his Team GAC Pindar crew of Bill Hardesty, Mal Parker, Gerry Mitchell and Matt Cassidy, Berntsson’s run to the Monsoon Cup capped a strong late season Championship surge, finishing third in the overall Championship behind Bruni Racing, petit final saw Adrian Lee & Partners and YANMAR Racing, Gilmour would’ve snatched third with a win however Radich won 2-0. Yannick Bestaven and Eric Drouglazet powered off the start line leading 16 Class 40 yachts in the Transat Jacques Vabre, they battled to be ready after damaging their rudder during delivery to Le Havre, during the first ten days leading they fought big seas, their nearest rivals were British duo Ned Collier Wakefield and Sam Goodchild on Concise 2 had to retire in the Azores with hull damage, giving free rein of the race but keeping loose cover on the chasing duo on ERDF Des Pieds and Des Mains, Hannah Jenner (GB) and Jesse Naimark-Rowse (USA) on 40 Degrees crossed the finish third, Naimark-Rowse had been helping prepare 40 Degrees and stepped in as co-skipper. The Vendée Globe Yacht Race is synonymous with absolute simplicity, a round the world under sail, single-handed race, without stopovers and without assistance, born from the union between nature in its raw state and high technology, the Vendée Globe is an event born by people whose gaze has always been the high seas, the Vendée Globe is evolving in 2012, with the constant aim of innovating without betraying its basic values, Mike Golding (Gamesa) and Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) have already announced they will be taking part and several other British competitors would also like to be there at the start of the 7th Vendée Globe, they will join French sailing superstars Michel Desjoyeaux, Vincent Riou and others, the Vendee Globe starts in Les Sables d’Olonne 10th November 2012. The crew of Maxi Banque Populaire V, led by Loïck Peyron, left the dock at the port of Brest Castle, to reach the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy off Ushant, the crew started the stopwatch for the World Sailing Speed Record Council, trying to break the record held by Franck Cammas, Loïck Peyron and his men decided to take advantage of the front which stretched between Ireland and Portugal, taking the opportunity they had waited for in the past month, by crossing the start they are undertaking the Jules Verne Trophy, Banque Populaire V then began its journey around the world - a 21,760mile challenge and a loop by the three Capes - Good Hope, Lizard and Horn, to write their names on the Jules Verne Trophy Loïck Peyron will have to stop the WSSRC timer before Monday 9th of January 2012 at 17h15min34 and are currently sailing down the East African coast on schedule. Team Telefónica with skipper Iker Martínez crossed the finish in Cape Town last Saturday after 6,500nm and 21days 5hrs 14mins 25secs of Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, back out in the Atlantic off Tristan da Cunha Puma was needing diesel so they called up a cargo ship who stopped and transferred some diesel, on-board CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, the nominated surgeon was at work on a crew member as they throttled back in winds gusting 35 knots, at daybreak they were up to speed and crossed the finish to take 25points, Groupama 4 was third into Cape Town, Abu Dhabi's Azzam is on the way to Cape Town by ship as is Sanya, all three damaged boats need huge efforts to get them back into the race for leg 2 to Abu Dhabi. "Fresh to Frightening" features the Ice Sailors who sail at speeds of up to 100kph over frozen lakes at minus 29 degrees with no brakes. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 47 - Nov 25 2011

2011-12-02T11:27:30+00:00

The 26th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers set sail from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria bound for Saint Lucia, 217 boats are in this year’s edition being split into divisions, the gun fired for the start of the catamarans and open divisions with first catamaran across the line was Catana 47, Rafale, followed by Lagoon 620, Foxy Lady, the Open Division was led by maxi Rothmans followed by trimaran Rayon Vert , Med Spirit then Oceans Seven2, in the IRC racing division the fleet was lead by Swan 56 Clem, Akilaria 40 Vaquita and IMX-45 Maline, Scarlet Oyster headed-up a tight group of five yachts, leading boat the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49 Buzios VII flew their spinnaker across the. ORACLE Racing Spithill swept across the finish ahead of Energy Team to a 2-0 win in the America’s Cup World Series in San Diego, the victory gave ORACLE the Match Racing Championship, ORACLE came from behind to win the Fleet Racing Championship becoming the first team to secure a double win at the ACWS, Team Korea, Emirates Team New Zealand, Team Energy and Aleph fought for second, a poor gybe on Korea allowed the Kiwis and both French boats to pass, at the line it was ETNZ in second with Energy ahead of Aleph and Korea fifth. There were three yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race as the mast crashed overboard on Puma's Mar Mostro in the Southern Atlantic Ocean 2150nm from Cape Town, skipper Ken Read reported that they were reaching 23knots with 10ft waves when the mast failed, the shore team are working on a recovery plan to ensure the yacht can re-join, Iker Martínez's Team Telefónica was continuing to reach south at 18.5knots while behind Mar Mostro is limping, Telefónica is continuing her course taking care to avoid the threatening Saint Helena High, Camper skippered by Chris Nicholson seized the opportunity and is now 55nm to behind Puma's Mar Mostro, further back Groupama 4 is averaging 18.4knots, Camper bowman Mike Pammenter has sustained injuries while changing sails and suffered a broken tooth. Jean Pierre Dick and co-skipper Jérémie Beyou brought Virbac Paprec 3 across the finish of the tenth edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre to win in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Dick also won Barcelona World Race and the Solitaire du Figaro this summer, they set a new record time from Le Havre to Puerto Limon in a time of 15days 18hrs 54secs, Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill sailed Hugo Boss across the finish in second in the IMOCA Open 60 Class, the Multi 50 of Yves Le Blevec and Samuel Manuard Actual crossed the finish to win the Multi class which was an achievement for Le Blévec as he capsized on the first night of the 2009 edition of the race, in the Class 40 division leader Aquarelle.com has the finish less than 600miles away leading by 113miles over ERDF Des Pieds et Des Mains. The 2011 RC44 World Championships came down to the final race, Katusha made a late comeback and Artemis Racing held their nerve, it was Katusha who relished the windier conditions in Puerto Calero winning every race, three wins was not enough to get close to leaders Artemis, the Swedish team to be assured victory they needed to finish in the top seven, Ironbound were pushing Katusha for the lead and Artemis Racing were eighth, by the finish Torbjorn Tornqvist’s team had gained one place to seventh enough to give them the title, the RC44 World Championships also doubled up as the final event of the RC44 Championship Tour, with Team Aqua already securing the Tour title Artemis needed to win in Lanzarote to secure second, Puerto Calero was a double celebration for Artemis, third went to ORACLE Racing. "Fresh to Frightening" features crazy action of the Honda Formula 4-Stroke powerboats in Lowerstoft in UK in 2008. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 46 - Nov 18 2011

2011-11-18T09:32:33+00:00

After nine days there is virtually nothing between the two leaders in the Volvo Ocean Race, Ken Read’s PUMA Ocean Racing and Iker Martínez’s Team Telefónica as they approach the Doldrums, currently Martinez is ahead, Read urged his crew to fight back, both teams focussed on achieving the fastest transition through the Doldrums, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing retired from Leg 1 following a dismasting, Azzam will be shipped to Cape Town ready for the Cape Town In-Port Race on December 10, Sanya is still in Spain and needs a 6x3m section replaced in the hull. There are two traditional America’s Cup venues in the US, on the East coast Newport Rhode Island was the venue for all the defences by the New York Yacht Club and on the west coast, San Diego where the San Diego Yacht Club held theirs, Russell Coutts is sitting this event out having given the driving stick of Oracle Racing to Darren Bundock and Tom Slingsby, the nine teams competing got a taste of the Southern California venue during the Port Cities Challenge, Emirates Team New Zealand and Artemis led the first day after two races, ETNZ were the last crew to arrive in town, Dean Barker’s team still won the Port Cities Challenge, racing began with the San Diego Match Racing Championship. In a ceremony in San Juan, Puerto Rico the winners of the 2011 ISAF Rolex Sailor of the Year were selected, where Anna Tunnicliffe claimed the female award and the two-man crew of Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez won the male prize, Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez have twice been nominated for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year and were unable to attend the ceremony as they’re currently at sea competing for Team Telefonica in leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The 2011 Transat Jacques Vabre is nearing the finish as Multi 50 leader Yves Le Blevec and Sam Manuard in Actual passed their milestone at the edge of the Caribbean when they passed St Barts and headed towards the finishing line in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, last Monday Jean-Pierre Dick and Jérémie Beyou on Virbac Paprec 3 were 60 miles ahead of Hugo Boss, the chasing pack are not posing any threat, Macif, François Gabart and Seb Col are leading the chase pack, in Class 40 there is still a big lead for Aquarelle.com, the advance of Hannah Jenner and Jesse Naimark-Rowse on 40 Degrees and Norway’s Ruune Aasberg is looking good as the duo rise to third and fourth respectively 34 miles apart, they have 130 miles to gain to be a threat to second placed ERDF. Father and son Ross and Campbell Field took first in Leg 1 of the Class40 Global Ocean Race crossing the line in Cape Town after 32 days of racing from Mallorca on BSL finishing 89 miles ahead of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron on Campagne de France, in third Marco Nannini and Paul Peggs on Financial Crisis ahead of Conrad Colman and Hugo Ramon on Cessna Citation, Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire came fifth on Phesheya-Racing leadind Nico Budel and Ruud van Rijsewijk with Sec. Hayai in sixth, Marco Nannini announced that he has a new co-skipper for the remainder of the race because his current partner Paul Peggs was unable to carry on, the next leg to Wellington New Zealand starts on November 27th. The two sections of the ISAF Sail Melbourne Sailing World Cup are the sailing action on Port Phillip Bay and the "Lifestyle" on-shore events at the Sandringham Yacht club, the Australian sailors dominated the ISAF Sailing Worlds and claimed its first Gold in the 49er class with Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen prevailing in a tight final, Tom Slingsby already had the Laser Gold medal secured thanks to his 19 point lead but went on to claim the title in style, with a medal race win giving him a 27 points over Nick Thompson (GB), Elise Rechichi and Belinda Stowell continued their dominance of the 470 women’s class, Matt Bugg finished the 2.4mR regatta with a Gold, the crews now move to Perth in early December for the ISAF Sailing World Championships. "Fresh to Frightening" features the Eastbourne RNLI lifeboats being launched into urgent service to a 30ft yacht which had run aground on Beachy Head Ledge and was taking on water fast. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 45 - Nov 11 2011

2011-11-16T14:49:35+00:00

35 crews in the Transat Jacques Vabre race to Puerto Limon Costa Rica started west out of the Channel with challenging weather conditions, first to retire was Thierry Bouchard on Comiris Pole Sante Elior and is heading towards the French coast, next the crew of Lecoq Cuisine abandoned due to an injury for skipper Eric Lecoq, last Friday skipper Arnaud Boissières’ mast broke on Akena Vérandas, Lionel Lemonchois and Matthew Souben informed Race director that they have suffered damage, the forward cross beam on Prince de Bretagne has been damaged and the crew have been forced to divert towards La Coruna, Erwan Le Roux and Didier Le Vouch heard cracking reports from their Fenetrea-Cardinal, also Franck-Yves Escoffier and Antoine Koch on Crepes Whaou! had to abandon, leading the IMOCA Class is Cheminées Poujoulat of Bernard Stamm, Jean-Francois Cuzon activated their emergency beacon requiring a rescue, Vincent Riou is heading to the Azores for a pit-stop to fix a fracture in the bulkhead, at time of recording Virbac Paprec 3 was leading IMOCA, Actual the Multi 50's and Aquarelle.com the Class 40's. The 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race started in Alicante where the fleet crossed the start heading for Gibraltar into the Atlantic to Cape Town, Team Abu Dhabi yacht Azzam dismasted and are motoring back to Alicante to find a new mast, Aksel Magdahl navigator on board Team Sanya reported hull damage and was returning to port for repairs, 60,000 watched as Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe fired the gun to set the boats away, Zinedine Zidane joined Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing on the inshore course, positions as of last Tuesday were Team Telefonica leading with 6,000nm to finish with Groupama Sailing Team second, Puma Ocean racing third and Camper with ETNZ fourth, Mike Sanderson from Team Sanya retiremed from leg 1 due to damage to the yacht's bow, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing hope to be racing again by Thursday. The ten teams taking part in the Clipper 11-12 Race have set sail from Geraldton, Western Australia, for Tauranga, New Zealand in Race 5 of the 40,000-mile circumnavigation, teams raced away from the line, around the turning mark and back towards the second mark 50m off the beach, Welcome to Yorkshire was first across, followed by New York, Derry-Londonderry and the Dutch team, De Lage Landen, home port favourite Geraldton Western Australia was fifth across followed by Visit Finland, Gold Coast Australia, Qingdao, Singapore and Edinburgh Inspiring Capital. The 2011 Australian Yachting Awards, held at Sydney’s Luna Park saw more than 230 guests coming together to celebrate an outstanding year for Australian sailing, the Male Sailor of the Year Award was won by triple Laser World Champion Tom Slingsby, who won 2010 Laser World Championship, ISAF Sailing World Cup and two regattas at the London 2012 Olympic Games venue, Queensland Laser Radial sailor Lyndall Patterson was named Female Sailor of the Year, Yachting Australia President David Gotze presented the President’s Award to Bob Oatley for contributions to sailing. Last week saw the offshore event in Eastern Europe, at the Marmaris International Yacht Club, Turkey, more than 140 boats participated, the fleet is divided into four IRC racing and four IRC Charter classes, 1400 sailors participated in 2011 22nd Marmaris International Raceweek plagued with light winds, on the last day there was one inshore race scheduled, the boats came out to the gulf in the morning and the race committee finally started the race in 14knts of pressure, overall results were: MAD X won IRC 1 followed by BY FAR LEMON and COURRIER DU CŒUR, IRC 2 MATRIX beat MATADOR in second and MATRAK in third, LETLLAND won IRC 3 with ARMADOR second and AVALON third, in IRC 4 BOOMERANG won with second ARMADOR and AVALON third. In "Fresh to Frightening" we feature footage from fast and furious P1 Powerboat races. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 44 - Nov 04 2011

2011-11-04T10:27:24+00:00

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing picked up the first points of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 with a victory in the Iberdrola In-Port Race in Alicante, Abu Dhabi timed kept their noses in front of rivals CAMPER and PUMA Ocean Racing, rounding with an advantage of 15secs, as the wind died a sail change from Abu Dhabi saw them round the second 26secs ahead of CAMPER who lost second to PUMA’s Mar Mostro, Abu Dhabi will go into the first offshore leg with six points, in-port races take place in all Host Ports where more than 20% of all are up for grabs, the race proper starts Saturday November 5th. In the Cape Town to Geraldton leg of the Clipper Round the World Race Gold Coast Australia secured victory with their fourth win of the Race, Dutch entry De Lage Landen secured their second podium position as the sprint for third continued with New York, Visit Finland and Geraldton Western Australia, race 5 from Geraldton to Tauranga, New Zealand, begins Sunday 6 November. There are two major Trans-Atlantic Races happening this week, the Transat 6.50 Brazil and the Transat Jacques Vabre France, in La Havre a storm swept across the Atlantic towards it and put on hold the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, this delay has given competitors like Brit, Mike Golding more time to ready his new Open 60 yacht Gamesa, he said they could be looking at very large seas, strong winds, and seas in excess of 15m, in Brazil David Raison has won the singlehanded Transat 6.50 in TeamWork Evolution. The French team is the new defender of the Student Yachting World Cup after winning the first race of the final day it was clear that they were far ahead from the rest of the fleet, the two places left at the podium were taken by England and the Irish, the first race the majority of the fleet chose the right side of the course but the French performed their magic again and after securing on the right side crossed the course area and reached the left lay-line securing the rest of the fleet as well. This year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race was one for the small boats, nine out of the top ten boats were under 45ft, four out of the top five yachts were from Malta, winning their classes overall in ORC were Niklas Zennstrom's Rán in Class 1; Marco Serafini's Tyke in Class 2; Jaume Binimelis' Petrouchka III in Class 3; Lee Satariano and Christian Ripard in Artie in Class 4, putting an end to the drought of Maltese winners Artie was named overall winner, 70 yachts started the 32nd edition of the race on 22 October, the RLR Line Honours Trophy and a Rolex Chronometer was presented to Igor Simci of Esimit Europe 2, the IRC winners were Niklas Zennstrom and Rán (GB), Class1; Pit Finis and Dralion (Malta), Class 2; Andrew Calascione and Jaru Team EC (Malta), Class 3; Lee Satariano and Christian Ripard and Artie in Class 4. The 38th Hempel Yacht Paint Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race started Saturday on the start line between Barrenjoey headland and Lion Island in Broken Bay, Sydney, Australia, this race across the Tasman Sea is a distance of 416nm, line honours favourite was The Stick, all the fleet have now reached Lord Howe Island, the CYCA's Roger Hickman added another win to his record when his yacht Wild Rose was named provisional winner of Race, provisionally winning by more than two hours on corrected time from Greg Zyner’s Radford 12 Copernicus from Manly Yacht Club, in third is Peter Tucker’s Mummery 45 Icefire which was second in fleet to The Stick. "Fresh to Frightening" features the wild action in last year's Cork Week races when big winds hit the racing fleet. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 43 - Oct 28 2011

2011-10-28T09:17:10+00:00

The VESTAS Sailrocket 2 team returned to Walvis Bay in Namibia to attempt on the outright world speed sailing record, current world record is held by kite surfer Rob Douglas who set it in Luderitz last year at 55.65knts, on 19 October the Sailrocket 2 took another attempt at the record, in her first run the boat reached 54knts, the VESTAS Sailrocket 2 is a bold step beyond their Mk1 which still holds the 'B' class record of over 52knts, it is specifically designed to remain stable if the conventional foils fail at speed, the Sailrocket 2 is moving close to claiming the speed sailing world record. La Charente-Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 Leg 2 is underway with the seventy-seven strong fleet set sail and headed for a windward buoy in front of the Club naval de Funchal before heading towards the islands of Santo Antao and Maio in the Cape Verde archipelago, the Mini Transat Class are 21ft boats which are raced solo across the Atlantic, Eric Llull (566 – Noble Cocoa) isn't the Serie classes' leader anymore, David Raison (747 – TeamWork Evolution) is still protos n°1 but chasers Thomas Normand (787 – Financière de l’Echiquier) and Bertrand Delesne (754 – Zone large) have closed the gap, forced to head east Llull has attempted everything to escape the wind hole he was stuck in to get to Bahia Salvador and the Bay of All Saints, Scott Cavanough (797 - brainchild.org.au) was forced to abandon his 2010 Brett Bakewell-White's design prototype and boarded an escort boat, Mathieu Claveau (405 – Okoume Les chevaux du Beal) boarded an escort boat after abandoning his boat after a collision with an unidentified floating object. Victory in Race 1 of the UIM Class One Italian Grand Prix went to Victory’s Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir bin Hendi who took a step towards retaining their European title, they took their 24th career win and extended their lead in the World Championships to 16 points over Spirit of Qatar 96, race 2 on Sunday saw Victory winning, Fendi Racing’s day ended by hooking and rolling on lap seven, the pace boat led the fleet before releasing them, Victory immediately opened up a commanding lead and took their fourth win of the year. The Student Yachting World Cup founded in 1979 by students at the École Polytechnique, the best sailing teams from worldwide universities meet and compete in thrilling yacht races, the race became the only competition to deliver the ISAF title of "Student Yachting World Champion", the boat used for the competition is the Grand Surprise, on day one of the races the wind was howling and Race Committee had to cancel racing and the same happened on day 2, wind was strong all night and continued like this during the day exceeding 40knts and with massive waves. The "Luderitz Speed Challenge" has been held in Namibia since 2007 and has produced more than 40 World and National Records, the organisers Sophie Routaboul and Sébastien Cattelan have constantly innovated in their attempt to push limits, in the 2010 Challenge the kite surfers established the World Record in Speed Sailing with 55.65knts, a full scale event is planned for 2012, the stakes are increasing and the speeds achieved are being pushed higher, it is here where kite surfing has been named as the world’s fastest craft on water. Crowds enjoyed the build up around Le Havre’s Paul Vatine Basin as the countdown to the start of the tenth Transat Jacques Vabre approached, the duos of sailors begin their final week on land and for the French sailors the 80mins on Sunday all thoughts of ocean racing was cast aside to watch the Rugby World Cup final pitting the French against New Zealand where France lost 8-7, the crews then donned their work clothes to go out on the water, the races rolled on all the afternoon in a breezes of 15knts, all three classes (Class 40, Imoca and Multi50) are represented on the podium. "Fresh to Frightening" this week pays tribute to the Volvo Ocean Race crews who drive their Volvo Open 70 yachts at warp speeds, the first in-port race is on in Alicante and the race proper starts on November 5. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 42 - Oct 21 2011

2011-10-26T10:09:53+00:00

It came down to the wire in the final race of Extreme Sailing Series Act 8 in Almeria, Swiss team Alinghi were in a strong position to claim overall victory, in the end they won by 22 points over Italy’s Luna Rossa, the fight for second was close with Luna Rossa holding off Ben Ainslie's Oman Air, Almeria has hosted the event for the last 2 years, this year’s round set the stage for the final in Singapore on 7-11 December, Alex Schneiter’s Swiss Team TILT debut in the Extreme 40 circuit was rewarded with two race wins and they ended Act 8 in 9th four points ahead of Roland Gaebler’s Team Extreme and Barovier’s Niceforyou team. The opening race of the Australian 18 Footer League’s 2011-2012 Season the R. Watt Memorial Trophy on Sydney Harbour was won by Appliancesonline.com.au skippered by Micah Lane, Lane’s team were always near the lead winning over The Kitchen Maker, three time world 14 Footer champions Archie Massey, Dan Wilsdon and Mike McKensey were back in third ahead of Kenwood-Rabbitohs, Smeg and Thurlow Fisher Lawyers, most crews chose their bigger #1 rigs while Gotta Love It 7 went to a #2, Yandoo took the lead but a capsize ended their day, The Kitchen Maker held a narrow lead over Appliancesonline.com.au for the run to the finish but Appliancesonline won the tactical gybing battle and won. The Monaco Yacht Show served up the perfect recipe for a successful Superyacht business in the Mediterranean's sunshine, more than 100 superyachts lined the docks inside Port Hercules, 28,200 visitors came to view the superyachts, this year’s yacht line up included Steven Spielberg’s Seven Seas , Cakewalk and Prima, adrenaline junkies loved Shooting Star, a superfast Superyacht from Espen Oeino while sailing enthusiasts crowded around Hemisphere to catch a glimpse of the world’s largest catamaran for luxury cruising, a 42m Turkish built Superyacht sailed into the show as Nomade and departed as Bar Tender having been sold during the show. The crews on board the ten entries of the Clipper Race are currently racing through the Southern Ocean towards Geraldton, Western Australia with Gold Coast Australia with skipper Richard Hewson leading the fleet where they claimed the maximum three extra points after reaching the course scoring gate in first, it was the Big Apple entry which beat De Lage Landen to second to win two extra points, Gold Coast has under 2,500miles to the finish, Qingdao's skipper said strong winds and big waves made it exciting. Day three of the UNO Farr 40 European Championship in Istanbul, Turkey provided three exhilarating races in 20knts of wind, there were numerous lead changes, photo finishes and a reshuffle at the top of the overall classification, Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad managed to inch into pole position with a 2,2,3 score line bumping Alberto Rossi’s Enfant Terrible into second, Wolfgang Schaefer’s Struntje Light has moved back to third one point clear of current class World Champion Transfusion, tactician Hamish Pepper on Barking Mad explained how good sailing and luck moved his team from third to first, provisional results as of last Saturday were: 1. Barking Mad Jim Richardson, 2. Enfant Terrible Alberto Rossi, 3. Struntje Light Wolfgang Schaefer, 4. Transfusion Guido Belgiorno-Nettis. Thousands of people flocked to the Volvo Ocean Race as the Alicante Race Village opened for the 2011-12 race, Alicante’s Puerto de Salida opened its doors to the public last Friday, the race finishes in Galway Ireland July 2012, the six teams competing in the world’s toughest yacht race were presented to the public, the centrepiece of the Race Village will be the six 70-ft Volvo Open 70 yachts that will race them 39,000nm through the world’s oceans, the race begins October 29 with the Iberdrola In-Port race and depart for the first leg to Cape Town, South Africa on November 5, Team Telefónica, CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, Team Sanya, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, Groupama sailing team and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG Propulsion are the teams taking part. "Fresh to Frightening" features the rescue of Jean Le Cam when his boat capsized near Cape Horn in the 2008-09 Vendee Globe. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 40 - Oct 07 2011

2011-10-14T09:54:08+00:00

The 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race fleet are preparing in Alicante, six teams featuring the world’s best sailors have converged on the Spanish port for the 39,000nm round the world race, the arrival of PUMA Ocean Racing’s Mar Mostro completed the cast list, the six teams battling are Team Telefónica, Team Sanya, Groupama Sailing Team, CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG Propulsion, racing begins with an In-Port Race before the first leg to Cape Town on November 5. The Régates Royales last and decisive event of the 2011 Panerai Trophy ended last week in Cannes, France, extremely light winds on the bay of La Napoule meant organizers had to abandon racing, Nan, Moonbeam IV, Arcadia, Léonore and Shamrock V won in their respective classes, the 33rd edition of event was a success, after four races it was the fore and aft cutter Nan of Fife to get on the first step of the podium for the classic gaffers, second place went to Italy’s Bona Fide designed by Charles Sibbick and third was Avel tied at points, in the Big Boat division Moonbeam IV, Moonbeam III and Mariquita were also tied but thanks to a win in the last race Moonbeam IV was crowned champion, Mariska and Cambria folloed by 2 points, the biggest competing yacht competing Elena schooner designed by Nathanaël Herreshoff finished seventh. Gale force winds continued on Lake Michigan in the final day of the Chicago Match Cup at Navy Pier, Australian Keith Swinton and his crew of Olaf Lundgren, Jakob Gustafson, and Rick McGarvie won the Chicago Cup, Swinton's emerged from the initial Round Robin in third place but things got better, dispensing with Reuben Corbett in the Quarter-Finals 3-0 before coming into today's Semi-Final against Phil Robertson, in this first-to-three point series Swinton won the first two and due to a spinnaker broach on the finish line he ceded that match to Robertson, in Petit-Final, Robertson defeated Alvaro Marinho 2-0. The Reno World Cup, Sylt, Croatia was hit by low breezes but was still an incredible event from the stars of the PWA, spectators got to meet the stars of the PWA, see the trade stalls, listen to the interviews and to enjoy the warm weather, crowds were treated to four tow-in freestyle competitions, SUP races, wave tow-in action, slalom racing, surfing and world champions being crowned, the results and world rankings remained unchanged, the official winner of the 2011 men’s slalom rankings was Bjorn Dunkerbeck, men’s freestyle Steven Van Broeckhoven, men’s wave Philip Koster, women’s wave Daida Ruano Moreno and first for the boards, first Starboard and Sails, First NeilPryde. Gold Coast Australia continued their winning streak by finishing first in the third stage of the 40,000-mile Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Cape Town, South Africa, the 68-foot yacht crossed the finish in Table Bay at the end of the 3,300-mile race across the South Atlantic leading the fleet for the last eleven days, the victory has also consolidated their position atop the overall Clipper 11-12 leader-board, De Lage Landen was keeping the pressure on Visit Finland in the duel for second, Visit Finland came second, fourth came Singapore, then Derry-Londonderry, Qingdao, Welcome to Yorkshire, New York, Geraldton Western Australia and finally Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, the next race South Africa to Western Australia, started last Wednesday crossing the Southern Ocean to Geraldton. Going into the final day of the Adris RC44 Cup Team Aqua was going for the double, they had within their sights a third event victory and the prospect of being crowned 2011 RC44 Tour Champions, with two more races to sail and no discards allowed a double figure finish could wipe out their 16 point cushion, they rounded the windward mark in 13th in the first race, an early gybe got Team Aqua up to 10th at the leeward gate and gained two places to finish eighth, they had done enough to win in Croatia and become 2011 RC44 Tour Champions, the final places went to Artemis Racing (Sweden), then Team CEEREF (Slovenia), Aleph Sailing Team (France) and ORACLE Racing (USA), the final event for the Championships is in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. "Fresh to Frightening" shows the near catastrophe in the 2008 Honda Formula 4-Stroke Powerboat action in the Steam Packet G.P. on the Isle of Man. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 39 - Sep 30 2011

2011-10-14T09:54:00+00:00

Leigh McMillan’s team on The Wave, Muscat won Act 6 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ with 283 points, 9 points ahead Groupe Edmond de Rothschild, Oman Air with Ben Ainslie came third, then Max Sirena’s Luna Rossa and Roman Hagara’s Red Bull Extreme Sailing, Luna Rossa’s result put them atop the 2011 Overall Extreme Sailing Series leaderboard, 1 point ahead of Groupe Edmond de Rothshild, at the finish of the fourth race Red Bull, Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and Luna Rossa charged into the finish area neck and neck fighting for the lead, Red Bull dived in on the inside and got a nose ahead, Hagara held his nerve and his miniscule lead to cross first ahead of Pierre Pennec’s team, Act 7 starts September 30th in Nice, France. Following Loïck Peyron in 2010 Nicolas Charbonnier added his name to the winners of the Trophée Clairefontaine of Sailing Champions after the 22nd edition held at La Grande Motte France, Nicolas Charbonnier finished ahead of François Gabart with Pascal Bidégorry taking third ahead of Michel Desjoyeaux in the final, Charbonnier won by garnering points during the first of the two days and took four second places, his crew members were Tanguy Cariou and Christophe Espagnon, in 5th was Netherlands skipper Carolijn Brouwer, 6th Armel Le Cléac’h, 7th Roland Jourdain and 8th Jean-Pierre Dick. Six double-handed Class40’s in the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 fleet started in Palma, Mallorca, with Leg 1 and 7,000 miles to Cape Town ahead, Jacques Fournier fired the start gun with Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron in Campagne de France crossing first, close behind was Ross and Campbell Field with BSL, in close order Nannini and Peggs with Financial Crisis and Nico Budel and Ruud van Rijsewijk on board Sec, Hayai crossed third and fourth, with Nick Leggatt and Phillippa, Hutton-Squire with Phesheya-Racing crossing ahead of Conrad Colman and Hugo Ramon with the new Cessna Citation, they will sail the Med before reaching the Straits of Gibraltar and then the busy Traffic Separation Scheme between Gibraltar and Morocco to negotiate before entering the Atlantic heading south for Cape Town, in the lead at the moment is the Kiwi father and son ahead of Campagne de France, in third behind Campagne de France is Phesheya Racing. The inaugural Audi MedCup Circuit 40 Series title was Iberdrola Team skippered by Jose Maria Torcida with a day to spare, they also won their fourth Trophy of the season with another pair of race wins on the last day, Inaki Castaner’s Noticias IV took second on the 40 Series Circuit with Tony Buckingham’s Ngoni finishing their season third after winning in Cartagena, visiting potential Soto 40 owners attended the final and Lance Adams is one of the first to confirm an order for a new boat for next season, other interest has come from Australia. Goombay Smash is the 2011 Melges 32 World Champion in Palma de Mallorca, Samba Pa Ti and Fantastica complete the podium, the last day promised to be exciting due to the one point difference between leader Goombay Smash (William Douglass) from Samba Pa Ti (John Kilroy) and Fantastica (Lanfranco Cirillo), bad wind and weather in Mallorca did not allow racing so Goombay Smash became the Melges 32 world champion, the Douglas team became leader of this World championship after beating Samba Pa Ti (Vasco Vascotto), who finished in a second place tie, 42 points with the Italian boat, Fantastica (Michele Paloetti) who ended third, but Samba Pa Ti having two firsts ended in second, Yasha Samurai of Yukihiro Ishida and Hamish Pepper finished fourth 10 points from Goombay Smash. The 2011 Farr 30 World Championship raged until the final leg, Deneen Demourkas won when it mattered, in the lighter air Demourkas in Groovederci trailed Jim Richardson in Barking Mad by 1 point in second with another 3 points up to local Scott Easom (Eight Ball) in first, Demourkas was on a winning streak, in race 8 Demourkas had a huge lead when disaster struck thanks to light winds and flood tides as they hit the mark, the resulting penalty turn allowed 4 boats including Barking Mad to escape ahead of Groovederci, while Eight Ball finished in 8th, in Race 9 Demourkas started strongly, leading Jim Richardson around the track with John Demourkas slipping in between the two on the last leg, John surfed down a big wave close to the finish, popping ahead of wife Deneen and winning the race by inches, still five points back Deneen was chipping away at Barking Mad’s lead, Deneen took the championships with tactician Cameron Appleton, trimmers Darren “Twirler” Jones, Cameron Biehl and Austin Herlihy, bowman Andrew Hudson, and floater Patrick Gavin-Byrnes. "Fresh to Frightening" features action in the recent Chicago Match Race Centre's Grade 2 Invitational Stadium Racing event off Navy Pier when the weather turned for the worst and boats rounded up and crashed into each other. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 38 - Sep 23 2011

2011-09-23T11:33:54+00:00

The 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup by Rolex hosted 22 yacht club teams representing 16 nations, eleven races using identical Swan 42s were sailed on Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay, there was no stealing gold from Royal Canadian Yacht Club on the final day who converted their 10-point lead over New York Yacht Club into a win by 20 when they were first across the finish, the three final races were won by different clubs, final top ten were: 1, Royal Canadian YC, 2, New York YC, 3, Annapolis YC, 4, Eastern YC, 5, Newport Harbor YC, 6, Japan Sailing Federation, 7, Royal Ocean Racing Club, GB, 8, Royal Cork YC, Ireland, 9, Royal Hong Kong YC, Hong Kong, 10, YC Argentino, Argentina. The America's Cup World Series raced to a dramatic conclusion on Plymouth Hoe, Oracle Racing Spithill won the Plymouth Fleet Racing Championship, James Spithill won an emphatic victory in the winner-takes-all race, with winds up to 30knots avoiding a capsize was a challenge, leading up to the start Energy Team capsized trying to avoid Team Korea, although Loïck Peyron uprighted the boat and re-joined the race, there was a dramatic collision with Artemis Racing and Green Comm Racing, Green Comm retired without crossing the start, the two ORACLE Racing boats and Emirates Team New Zealand burst off the start line with other teams following, at the first mark China Team capsized, when Artemis capsized later in the race Charlie Ogletree’s Chinese team moved past and crossed the finish 10mins after the winner, the America’s Cup World Series now moves on to San Diego starting November 12. Klitmøller provided insane conditions for the third stop on the Men’s Wave Tour, allowing Philip Koster to claim the world title, winds over forty knots and waves breaking over mast height thrashed Klitmøller, the combination of the conditions and radical wave riders led to an insane show, in order to win the event Koster had to defeat Campello for a second time, Koster went on to up his game as he launched into a wave 360 then boosted straight into a huge double forward on the way out, Campello replied with a monster double forward in front of the judges, Koster was awarded the world title. Laurie Jury (New Zealand) and Claire Leroy (France) won the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final Open and Women’s division in Sheboygan USA, she went 3-0 against Rita Goncalves (Portugal) in the women’s division, sailed in Elliott 6m, this is the third straight Nations Cup win for Leroy, with a 2-1 lead going into race four of the open division sailed in Sonars, Jury sailed clean while top-seeded Mads Ebler (Denmark) was able to clear his first penalty, but received another at the final top mark during a luffing match, Jury was able to sail ahead to the finish to win. Quantum Racing (USA) wrapped up the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit 52 series with a win in the penultimate race of the season and Niklas and Catherine Zennstrom (Sweden) and their TP52 RÁN crew lifted the Conde de Godo City of Barcelona Trophy when they finished with a final fourth place with their regatta title, rivals Bribon (Spain) in seventh and Quantum Racing eighth, Bribon had a one point lead on RÁN and two on Quantum, with RÁN winning in Barcelona, trophy regattas have been shared evenly through the fleets, Quantum Racing won in Cascais, Container in Marseille, Audi ALL4ONE in Cagliari, Bribon in Cartagena, RAN in Barcelona, Quantum Racing secured the 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit 52 Series title on the year’s penultimate race winning their second Audi MedCup title ahead of Jose Cusp's Bribon with Audi Azzurra Sailing third. The RSX European Windsurfing Championships have now completed day five, the first start was launched on to the course in 8-10 knots enough to get everyone hooked in upwind but downwind the track was forward and no one was planning, over in the RS:X Men's fleet, Piotr Myszka (POL82) was unphased dominating the fleet with nine wins, two seconds, a fourth and a 22 point lead going into the medal race, in the Women's division the rolling battle went on all the way downwind and up to the top mark again but it was Maja and Lee who stamped their authority on the race, Maja was in command at speeds of 18 knots punching into the slalom section to take the race by 80m, Lee's 2nd secured a 24 point advantage over 3rd Pauline Perrin (FRA53), the new champion is Sofia Klepacka (POL8) winning overall by 8 points. "Fresh to Frightening" features the Team Russia Volvo Open 70 in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race broaching at speed, on-board footage shows the boat rolling over with the gennaker holding it down, dead in the water and not able to right its self the crew work furiously to let off the sails so the yacht could come back up again. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 37 - Sep 16 2011

2011-09-16T10:00:54+00:00

The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2011 concluded with Germany's Claus Peter Offen's Y3K winning the Wally division, Italy's Danilo Salsi's DSK Pioneer Investments in Racing/Cruising division, British yachts Nilaya in Supermaxi division and Sir Irvine Laidlaw's Highland Fling in Maxi Racing fleet, winner of Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship was Niklas Zennstrom with Ràn 2, Race Committee made two windward-leeward races for the Mini Maxi and Wallys and a coastal race for remaining divisions once the breeze stabilized, George Sakellaris' Shockwave gained their second bullet in the first Mini Maxi race of the day but Ràn 2 took their fourth victory in the series, second overall was Alegre ahead of Shockwave, in the Maxi Racing Highland Fling pasted Igor Simcic's Esimit Europa 2 claiming first overall and the Rolex trophy. Plymouth America's Cup preliminaries saw large crowds to watch the America's Cup World Series and saw excellent racing, Emirates Team New Zealand won two of three fleet races, Russell Coutts and ORACLE Racing set the pace in the AC500 Speed Trials posting the fastest time over 500m, on "Capsize Sunday" three boats rolled over, Artemis lead the pack and slow tacking saw the team’s hopes of first vanish, during their second tack they made contact with ETNZ resulting in a penalty, Terry Hutchinson made the call to retire from racing, Aleph was first then Team Korea and Green Com outdid everyone by having a double dunk in Plymouth Sound, Jimmy Spithill on Oracle Racing 4 held Dean Barker's Kiwis on ETNZ to win the only Fleet Race, in the Sunday Speed Trials Kiwi Russell Coutts of Oracle Racing 5 was fastest over 500m passing 30knots. The ten-strong fleet of the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race set sail from Rio de Janeiro at the start of Race 3 of the 40,000mile circumnavigation, the leg to Cape Town is three weeks and 3,300miles, the start was a case of last in first out as Derry-Londonderry who finished Race 2 in tenth were fastest out of the blocks, followed by New York, Qingdao, Gold Coast Australia, De Lage Landen, Singapore, Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, Geraldton Western Australia, Visit Finland, Welcome to Yorkshire were delayed as they dropped their sails half-an-hour before the start, the delay didn’t damage their chances as others had to change course to avoid a tanker in the harbour, at the first mark Gold Coast Australia was in the lead with New York, Singapore and Visit Finland. The 2011 Rolex Big Boat Series delivered fast action for 81 teams in eight classes - four IRC and four for one-design, the “Bay Tour” distance race showed seven classes (IRC A, B, C, D J/105, J/120, Express 37) the corners of San Francisco Bay, anchored by the Golden Gate Bridge, Alacatraz Island, Treasure Island and Bay Bridge, while an eighth class (Farr 30) topped off its world championship with four races on the “North Course”, spectators were treated to the true beauty and emotion when before racing all boats paraded in honour of 9/11 victims, a colourful line-up of spinnakers roared past to Crissy Field, triggering cannon fire from the decks of St. Francis Yacht Club where six trophies and the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Stainless Steel Submariners were awarded to winners, winners were IRC A, Vesper, IRC B, TNT, IRC C, Double Trouble, IRC D, Dayenu, J 105, Blackhawk, J 120, Chance, Express 37, Golden Moon and Farr 30, Groovederci. Two Volvo Ocean Race teams visited capitals this week as CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand sailed up the Thames through London and Team Sanya docked in Dublin, Ireland, CAMPER’s boat sailed past London’s Tower Bridge, the trip up the Thames and sail through Tower Bridge continues a tradition began by earlier Kiwi entries in the Volvo Ocean Race, such as Lion New Zealand and New Zealand Endeavour, further west in Ireland’s capital, Team Sanya was greeted by a warm Irish welcome, the team led by Mike Sanderson is sponsored by Discover Ireland and features Irishman Frankie Leonard as the Media Crew Member, leaving Dublin team Sanya departed on the home leg and their 2,000mile qualifying sail, the first race of this year's Volvo Ocean Race is October 29 in Alicante, Spain. In Newport Rhode Island, the Museum of Yachting 32nd Annual Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by Officine Panerai, was held last week and it wrapped up the final segment of the second-annual North American Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge circuit, Southerly winds and sunny skies prevailed for the weekend, the pressure was 15-18 knots building to around 20 by the end, the S-boats sailed a short course allowing them to stay in flat water, Sunday's conditions saw the larger boats heading south to round R4 then north toward Prudence Island before finishing between Goat and Rose islands, class winners were: Wild Horses - Spirit of Tradition fleet; Valiant took - classic non-spinnaker class; Belle - 6-Meter division; Firefly - S-Boat class; Columbia - 12-Meter class, Gary Gregory was overall winner of the Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta, great action pictures from George Bekris dot com. "Fresh to Frightening" features scary action as we look at two New Zealand Trawlers in huge waves with big troughs and gigantic seas. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.

World on Water - Week 36- Sep 09 2011

2011-09-09T09:14:28+00:00

Torvar Mirsky beat Pierre-Antoine Morvan in the final of the 2011 St. Moritz Match Race, Ian Williams finished third moving to first in the overall Championship going into stage 7 of the WMRT, the Maloja breeze was present all week however on the final day heavy clouds and light rain created lighter conditions and wind shifts made racing impossible, the Race Committee decided to end racing with no races in the final, the Tour top standings are: Ian Williams, Francesco Bruni, Torvar Mirsky, Peter Gilmore, the next event is the Argo Group Gold Cup, Bermuda October 3-9. Gold Coast Australia has won the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race sprint from Madeira to Rio de Janeiro Brazil against ten 68-foot yachts, the pivotal moment was deciding to sail through the Cape Verde Islands utilising the funnel-like effect of the islands on the wind, Gold Coast Australia was locked in a three-way contest for the last 3,000 miles, they stretched their lead and were first to cross the Equator into the Southern Hemisphere, all the boats finished and are in Rio waiting for Race 3 to South Africa on September 10. The 88m clipper Maltese Falcon won the 2011 Perini Navi Cup at the Yacht Club Costa Smerelda in Porto Cervo, participants had been looking forward to the battle between the top three yachts separated by one point, the final classification equalled the second day's racing with The Maltese Falcon taking overall victory, the 54m Parsifal III was tied on points but took second thanks to Maltese Falcon having gained a bullet in the first, third went to Panthalassa, twelve Perini Navi yachts gathered in Sardinia for the event. The US Sailing's Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship concluded on Lake Ontario, 36 teams of all-women sailors from 16 U.S. states, Canada, GB and Netherlands left Rochester YC, first overall was Anna Tunnicliffe, followed by Sally Barkow, five points back was local favourite Cory Sertl, Carol Cronin and JoAnn Fisher rounded the top five, Tunnicliffe posted 18th in the tenth race which turned focus to Barkow and Sertl who were tied with a six point margin on Tunnicliffe, with 30mins left before the 3pm deadline, the final race of the day began in 10-11 knots, the race concluded with a protest between the two leaders, Barkow won the race but lost the protest, awarding Sertl the title, Top 5 final Standings were 1. Cory Sertl, 2. Anna Tunnicliffe, 3. Sally Barkow, 4. Carol Cronin, 5. Kirsten Werner. The Picchiotti Superyacht Galileo G by Perini Navi was designed by Vitruvius Ltd, and features naval architecture by Philippe Briand, the Picchiotti-Vitruvius 55m yacht is ice class rated, built to circumnavigate the globe and travel harsh environments, she carries a 4.2m rescue boat, a 6m dingy, 2 lasers, 2 kayaks, water skis and bicycles, it has a tonnage of 725 tons, displacement of 580 tonnes, a reduced draught of 3m for shallower waters and a range of 9000miles at 11knots, two yachts have been sold and a further one is under construction ready in 2013. The Soto 40 fleet battled in the Audi MedCup Cartagena levelling the early advantage of Iberdrola Sailing Team, Ngoni came around with 3 wins, two new crews made their debut in Cartagena, Australian Brent Fowler brought a young crew for their first experience on the Audi MedCup Circuit, the final results after eight races: 1. Ngoni, 2. Iberdrola Team, 3. NH Resorts, 4. Patagonia By The Australia, 5. www.cruiser-racer.com. The latest leg of the Downhill Skiff Cross in 29erXX class was held in Izmir Çeşme Marina, Turkey September 2-5, 16 teams arrived early to prepare their boats, the racing was exciting for the crews and fans as the course was inside the marina where “speed” and “manoeuvring skills” were tested, organized by Olay Nautic, 16 teams of female sailors raced in 29erXX boats a 2016 Olympic candidate in the style of a Slalom “Match Race”, Ida Marie Baad and Marie Thusgaard Olsen (Denmark Champions) won the event. Before the start of the America's Cup World Series Regatta in Plymouth the new Spanish team Green Com Racing was out on the course and capsized in a gust around 30 knots, the crew went to drop the gennaker causing the boat's bows to dig in, causing slight wing damage and they missed a day's training. "Fresh to Frightening" shows action from the St Francis YC Heavy Weather Laser Slalom regatta in San Francisco. "World on Water" is produced by WWW.BOATSON.TV which has the best sailing, boating and powerboating action and news on the Internet plus the largest free-to-view archive. Sailing, Boating, Powerboating, Internet Television.