A-Class Europeans 2012: Andrew Landenberger 1st

All images All Photos Roberto Vuilleumier /Promovideo.tv | 600 Images Here Selected Gallery at CSN FCBK
--Landy is Back. An excellent championship for him after being out for a while without even being able to walk! Great event for the A-Class Association too, organized by Circolo Vela Arco. The top three were close, Chris Field only lost his chances on race 8, and Brad suffered a collision that left him out for the last 3. He was finally re dressed and ended 3rd, leaving Scott Anderson 4th after 3 last consecutive 2nd places.
As per the reports they had the full range of winds, so it was a truly competitive event with Landy performing   in every condition.
In the final races bullets for Ben Moon and Brewin that peaked early, maybe getting used to his new mast.
Mischa Heemskerk only lacked consistency as he managed several top ten results. I think some A sailors need to return favors and participate on the F18 too making sinergy between both classes.

AC45s @Newport: Day 1

"Live" transmission was not good, you had a delay fleet race while they were racing the matches and at the same time they were reporting Live in Twitter MR results, 2 minutes later they broadcast those same duels, worth little to watch being informed of their results minutes ago beyond some good action going.
/www.americascup.com/en/Results/

Match Racing SemiFinals Schedule:
ORACLE TEAM USA Spithill vs Artemis Racing
ORACLE TEAM USA Coutts vs Luna Rossa Piranha

Fleet Race One, Provisional Results:
1. ORACLE TEAM USA Spithill
2. ORACLE TEAM USA Coutts
3. Luna Rossa Piranha
4. Artemis Racing
5. Energy Team
6. Emirates Team New Zealand
7. Luna Rossa Swordfish
8. Team Korea

AC45s @Newport: Dean's Touch & Go...

Sequence Guilain Grenier - Click for hq.

A-Class Europeans @Garda: Day 4, Landy secures lead with 1 to spare

All images All Photos Roberto Vuilleumier / Promovideo.tv | 600 Images Here

1st Dervio Team Race: June 30, 2012

A new format that is catching up some popularity, initiated by Mischa de Munck. Now Lamberto Cesari is organizing one at home. --- 
30th of June. Dervio Teamrace to raise founding for the damage of the earthquake in Emilia,Italy  last month.

Same format of the Bolster Knockout, and we are developing Sailing instructions together with ISAF umpires. The goal is to develop an official "format" for F18 Teamraces.
Among the partecipants Vittorio Bissaro, Silvia Sicouri, Vincenzo Sorrentino (former Tornado sailor).

Raid Revenge 2012: Report & Images

All Photos by Love Strandell

A-Class Europeans @Circolo Vela Arco: Day 3

All images All Photos Roberto Vuilleumier / Promovideo.tv | 600 Images Here

AC45 Youth Team from Argentina

I always like how the old guard and naysayers get frustrated when they try to debunk natural evolution like cats in the Americas Cup:  "Coutts this , Coutts that", "Cats can´t Match Race", "What whapened with the Youth AC", "Paint is faster"... (ah no that's from other old and non informed guard), "Development kills a class" (Tell that to the 100 sailors at Circolo Vela Arco racing the 2012 Europeans) and  blalbalblabla...

A-Class Europeans: Day 2

Images by Roberto Vuilleumier / Promovideo.tv

One race completed only today. Landy still leads with another bullet. Great event just looking at the pics. Hey, watch out, as if this class catch up in Arg we will travel en masse! Where is 2013 Worlds?

Equipment analysis is futeless, forget about it, as a Landy told me, there is too much combo around, so the class proving once more that the latest toy wont get you anywhere if you are not up to the highest racing level  of this 100 boat fleet.
I'm wondering why Thilo wants a wing...??? He is third right now and some little bird told me with an old used sail. Oracle design team member, Mike Drummond also racing well (Coutts is calling him for the AC45s?).  When people are going to throw their Lasers away? These machines are simply too good to not be riding one. Congrats to the class for the continuous good work, 100 boats at an European in these times is quite an achievement in this high tech development class.
Some girls also racing. I guess this class in the future in Europe will hold +150 Worlds event like the F18.

1st class pictures by Roberto Vuilleumier/Promovideo.tv  371 Images at http://www.slidebox.it/CircoloVelaArco/Europeo-Classe-A/  
Results and info at www.acateuro2012.ch
Selected pics at Catsailingnews FCBK.

Full Resutls after Day 2 http://www.acateuro2012.ch/dp/sites/default/files/a-class_day_2.pdf

No	Sailno		Name		Tot	1	3	3
1	AUS	308	LANDENBERGER	ANDREW,	5	3	1	1
2	GBR	7	FIELD	CHRIS,	10	2	3	5
3	GER	45	KELLER	THILO,	23	5	6	12
4	ESP	11	CALAVIA	MANUEL,	24	4	17	3
5	AUS	10	COLLETT	BRAD,	26	15	5	6
6	GER	14	BAIER	BOB,	32	6	10	16
7	AUS	4	BREWIN	STEVEN,	32	10	12	10
8	AUS	902	ANDERSON	SCOTT,	35	1	14	20
9	NZL	945	DRUMMOND	MIKE,	36	24	8	4
10	GER	12	BEIKE	DONALD,	41	19	20	2

AC45 Airborne: More images by Guilain Grenier

All Photos Guilain Grenier - Click to enlarge.

F18 Worlds 2012 @Long Beach: Are you Ready?

I don´t know about you, but the ABYC, John Williams along  US and ARG teams are ready, 11 (!?) Argentine teams confirmed and registered... Speaking of commitment, supporting and caring for the Class major events.
To compare, current A-Class Europeans: 100 Boats, F18 2011 Worlds 100 boats.
On International Class matters you'd better think global. Manage your local class affairs at will. In 2016 I think we will hold the Worlds in Buenos Aires.

AC45 Airborne: Ehhh.... Excuse me?????

OK....... http://www.voilesetvoiliers.com/popup/34e-coupe-de-l-america-s-cup-san-francisco-scoop-l-ac45-d-oracle-a-chausse-des-foils/ Photo: Giulain Grenier / Oracle Team USA.

Link sent by Thibault Laudren. We've seen the previous non flying pics and the Viper flying video: http://www.catsailingnews.com/2012/02/ac45s-ahpc-airborne-lfoils.html, but this image is too strong. It's different from an Hydroptere one or any other high complex setup, as we can relate to it, even a small beachcat like the Viper used it, so it is technology at hand. Incredible how stable it looks. Wait for more news on another Flying project soon.....
Check the T foil rudder on the windward side. Right there lies the control and how stable the platform looks.

A-Class: 100 boats @Europeans: Day 1

Photo: Dominik Scheurer. Landy is back after some time on land due to a horse accident in Australia. But now it seems he is riding no problem his Scheurer and his new membrane Maxx mainsail. (to confirm as he was training with several different equipment)
A-Class a mini Worlds, 100 boats limited, yep the class is on crisis...............
Chris Field is racing a Catamaranparts.nl Vision.
Thilo is riding the Wing? So much tobeinformed,  someone should make a report! No pics or additional report available yet:www.acateuro2012.ch/

Full Results http://www.acateuro2012.ch/dp/sites/default/files/files/a-class_day_1.pdf

No	Sailno		Name		Tot	1	2
1	AUS	308	LANDENBERGER	ANDREW,	4	3	1
2	GBR	7	FIELD	CHRIS,	5	2	3
3	ITA	2	CALABRIA	EUGENIO,	9	7	2
4	GER	45	KELLER	THILO,	11	5	6
5	AUS	902	ANDERSON	SCOTT,	15	1	14
6	GER	14	BAIER	BOB,	16	6	10
7	AUS	10	COLLETT	BRAD,	20	15	5
8	ESP	11	CALAVIA	MANUEL,	21	4	17
9	AUS	4	BREWIN	STEVEN,	22	10	12
10	USA	11	MOON	BEN,	24	11	13

Hobie 16 North Americans 2012 for Enrique Figueroa

Photos Pressure-drop.us / hcana
Left Quique Figueroa concentrated ... on the AC45! while winning with 10 bullets, this is an instant classic.
More info and pics Hobie Class North America

AC45s Training @Newport

 All Photos. Gilles Martin Raget

Spanish Long Distance Cup 2012

Sent by Adecat--  More info at Catassur.com

A-Class: Europeans 2012 @Garda, June 22-29

Above, 2012 German Nats movie Produced by Catarina Jentzsch and filmed by Johannes Obermaier, who made the very best sailing short I've seen for the 2011 edition :  http://www.catsailingnews.com/2011/10/class-german-nats-short-film.html
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A-CLASS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Lake Garda - Arco, June 22nd – 29th 2012
www.acateuro2012.ch

Lets see if Thilo test his wing, Landy will be racing his Membrane main as he is walking again it seems after some accident in Australia.
Top European rider Bob Baier, riding a Nikita, the timeless 2001 design by Nils Bunkenburg, and the 2011 World Champ Steve Brewin will also be there. 100 boats and limited??? Make two fleets guys! Full list at www.acateuro2012.ch/dp/node/21

CSN Interview: Carolijn Brouwer

Photo: Astrid Van der Niet.
I'm trying to figure out which other classes have girls like Carolijn racing 1 on 1 against the elite boys, and I can´t recall a single one. This speaks highly on her but also on the versatility needed to race multihulls, brute force or the supposed superior physical edge for men are not enough, you need finesse to ride multis, and Carolijn is one of our best riders and promoters along Nahid Gaebler, Celine Van Dooren, Audrey Ogerau and all the girls involved in the catracing scene, from H16 to the F20.
Beyond her Olympic Tornado campaign, Winning the Texel was a great achievement,and I also put her as my choice for winning the 2012 Worlds at LA some weeks ago.Needless to say that if she goes to Rio many might be already racing for silver? I can only add that we must expect even more from her in the future.
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Texel 2012
- How was winning the Texel for the first time, and in the process marking history for girls at the event.
Carolijn Brouwer:It was an amazing and special day in lots of ways. First of all, a big thank you goes out to the organisation of the event. To postpone the event from Saturday to Sunday was a huge task but they did it and made it happen...impressive.

Bol d'Or 2012

Photos Chris Schmid / LadyCat / Artemis / boldormirabaud.com

Not much info available and no record as Alinghi had last year, although is interesting to see how part of Energy Team is racing with LadyCat... Alinghi and Artemis racing the Boldor and the D35 circuit. Last event was won by LadyCat. Photos: Chris Schmid. i bet on an Energy Team funded in the background by the Bertarelli family.

Also I can´t believe how much money and effort are being invested in building "fast" monohulls.

Fast and effcient monohulls are the Volvo Ocean Race ones, those are hardcore boats and sailors...but these foiler and trap monohulls lake racers performance attemps are oxymorons... just invest in building multihulls , you'll get the speed you are looking for in a wider range of conditions.

Monohull images by More info at boldormirabaud.com

Order	Time	Race Number	Sail	Boat	Helmsman	Class
1	10:52:28	907	SUI 7	Realstone Sailing	CLERC	M1
2	10:59:26	903	SUI 3	de Rham Sotheby's	Cardis	M1
3	11:37:05	904	SUI 4	Zen Too	LE PEUTREC	M1
4	11:41:31	901	SUI 1	Alinghi 1	Bertarelli	M1
5	11:49:24	910	SUI 10	Ladycat	Bertarelli	M1
6	11:49:48	908	SUI 8	Romandie.com	MOURA	M1
7	12:03:08	1312	SWE 12	ARTEMIS RACING IV	TORNQVIST	M1
8	12:08:59	902	SUI 2	Okalys-Corum	Grange	M1
9	12:25:21	921	SUI 10	KSR	PFISTER	M2
10	12:31:42	934	SUI 17	Team Tilt	SCHNEITER	M2

GT300 Raid for John Casey & Dalton Tebo

www.gt300.com20 hours of racing in four stages at the last of  the main coastal events in USA after the Worrell and the Tybee 500 were gone. But the GT300 is holding strong after 10 years.
Photos Steve Piche / GT300.com
Image Gallery here. - Legs results here
Read their report below:

P	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	C	Boat	Rtg	Elapsed	Corrected	BCE
1	CIRRUS R USA	CASEY	TEBO	F18	CIRRUS	.624	20:46:06	1:9:16:57	00:00:00
2	2WIRESAILING	TOMKO	BILLINGS	F18	AHPC C2	.624	21:18:23	1:10:08:41	00:32:17
3	SAILBOAT SHOP	ROHRER	HOLT	F18	TIGER	.624	22:36:27	1:12:13:48	01:50:21
4	QUIKSILVER	BEUERLEIN	BETTLER	F18	C2	.624	22:44:03	1:12:25:59	01:57:57
5	MONKEY BUSINESS	PICHE	BALL	F18	C2	.624	22.59.20	1.12.50.28	2.13.14
6	YOST AUTOMOTIVE	YOST	VERRET	F18	INFUSION	.624	1.0.32.19	1.15.19.29	3.46.13
7	CHUMS	WICKLUND	CERDAS	I20	I20	.593	23.31.06	1.15.39.36	3.46.54
8	YO BABY!	GALWAY	ATWOOD	F18	TIGER	.624	1.0.58.15	1.16.01.03	04/12/09
9	SALVA VIDA	KERSEY	KERSEY	F18	C2	.624	1.3.30.24	1.20.04.52	6.44.18
10	DALLAS	WEBSTER	FOXALL	I20	I20	.593	1.14.02.41	2.16.09.23	18.18.29

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GT 300 - Last Leg Top 10 List -  www.gt300.com
Ten years of sailing the Great Texas and I officially declare yesterday’s leg the craziest ever! So, we have lots to cover in this top 10 list. Enjoy!


1. Pressure Outside: So how did John Casey pull off the big win yesterday? After we got out on the course, we had pretty good wind for a spin reaching at first but it only lasted about 10 minutes. When it died down, JC saw Lee Wicklund running good speed a little further out. He also saw a cell up in front and offshore. He decided to head out and get in the pressure with Lee and head for the cell. John was closer to the shore and ahead but got trapped on-shore with the light wind and could not match JC’s move. JC, Lee and Mike Rohrer got hooked up in the pressure outside and rode it to a big lead as everyone else dogged it in light wind.

Raid at Texas, GT300: Day 2

Great work for the GT300 crew and Jeremy Leonard on broadcasting Live from the beach. I saw it yesterday and the quality was pretty good, specially sound.
Fight at the top between Tomko/Billings and Casey/Tebo after 2 stages.
All photos by Jeremy Leonard / SurfCityRacing
More pics at CSN Facebook
Check it Live every day at GT300.com

P	Boat	HelmName	CrewName	Fleet	Class	Rating	Elapsed	Corrected	BCE
1	2WIRESAILING	TOMKO	BILLINGS	F18	AHPC C2	.624	11:33:04	18:30:41	00:00:00
2	CIRRUS R USA	CASEY	DALTON	F18	CIRRUS	.624	11:41:02	18:43:27	00:07:58
3	MONKEY BUSINESS	PICHE	BALL	F18	C2	.624	12.24.27	19.53.02	0.51.23
4	QUIKSILVER	BEUERLEIN	BETTLER	F18	C2	.624	12:28:39	19:59:46	00:55:35
5	SAILBOAT SHOP	ROHRER	HOLT	F18	TIGER	.624	12:45:18	20:26:27	01:12:14
6	CHUMS	WICKLUND	CERDAS	I20	I20	.593	13.00.50	21.56.45	02/02/12
7	YOST AUTOMOTIVE	YOST	VERRET	F18	INFUSION	.624	14/04/54	22.34.00	2.31.50
8	YO BABY!	GALWAY	ATWOOD	F18	TIGER	.624	14.32.07	23.17.37	2.59.03
9	SALVA VIDA	KERSEY	KERSEY	F18	C2	.624	16.54.05	1.3.05.08	5.21.01
10	DALLAS	WEBSTER	FOXALL	I20	I20	.593	19.56.23	1.9.37.31	8.57.45

A-Class, Winged: Interview with Thilo Keller

Wings have been a part of catamaran racing  for a while now. Some are still developing to get best performance out  of current standard equipment, Thilo Keller goes farther, aiming to what is going to become the defacto technology in the future: Wings.. I'll be 60 and  riding my kids winged A-Cat.
Weight and breakage are still an issue, but it will be solved. When I think of the future of catracing I see this picture to the left.
Below a full detailed interview made by german  A-Class member Rainer Bohrer. Check also his dynamic presentation with video at http://prezi.com/qm-slsakdqt3/wingsail-development/
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Interview by Rainer Bohrer - A-CAT Wing-
Interview with Thilo Keller (age 24), majoring in naval architecture in Berlin and an passionate A-CAT sailor.

GT300 Live

300 Miles on F18s. Follow the end of the 1st leg Live. Check www.gt300.com for the broadcast and more info.

F18 Italy: Cat Ora Cup 2012 for Bissaro-de Paoli

Photo: Pierrick Contin

This one of the best event videos I've seen. Original has no music and I left it that way, 10 minutes but excellent photography showing what is Formula 18 racing all about.
When we are having a Worlds at Garda??
Hobie F18 top team gathering more experience together, Vittorio already was 3rd at Balaton with Cesari, and it seems ex Laser sailor de Paoli is catching up pretty fast, so we might see them performing at LA.
Second place for Marco Radman on a Mattia.

Full results: http://www.leganavale.it/img/RivadelGarda251/CLASSIFICA%20CAT%20ORA%20CUP%202012.pdf

Raid Revenge @Nordic Archipelago: June 15-17

Little relax after so much tight full on course racing, this "race" is unique.
Check 2011 report by Jeroen Van Leeuwen www.catsailingnews.com/2011/06/raid-revenge-bundock-vanleeuwen-1st.html 
This year Heemskerk-Tentij and Carolijn going too.

www.raidrevenge.com

Historic win @Round Texel for Carolijn Brouwer & Wouter Samama

Photos by Laurens Morel. First win for a helm girl at the biggest catamaran race in the World, Carolijn Brouwer-Wouter Samama enter records books... but leave that page open for september.....

CSN bet for the 2012 F18 Worlds grabs the Round Texel with their C2 on corrected time over Sander Pols-Dubbeldam (Nacra F20C) and Larsen Frank (Inf MKII.)

Pols-Dubbeldam winning line honours over Sunnucks-Egan on their M20. Nacra is winning all long distance races with their mother ship, the F20C , they also have the N17 being selected as Olympic, but one thing no brand can never secure before hand is the F18 Title, and in LA we will have as always a tough fight for the 2012 crown.

Jack Benson and Celine Van Dooren 11th overall with the Viper, not Olympic but still a weapon performing among the big boys. French Opympic hopes, Audrey Ogerau&Mathiew Vadame were 26 overall on corrected and first Nacra 17, and The Booth bros also with the N17c 37th.

Great result for the argies Gonzalez Smith/Heuser with 15th overall and a 9th on the F18 fleet. Juan Faustin-Lucas Gonzalez Smith 24th &14th.

Selected official images by bootinbeeld.nl and Emmanuel Rey at CSN Facebook page
Full Texel gallery at http://www.roundtexel.com/en/medialib/index.asp
Check and buy your pic at bootinbeeld.nl

Below official report by Diana Boogards
 

Top 20 Full Results
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