Oracle Team USA deducted five AC72 sailing days for spying on Luna Rossa

[Fonte: America's Cup]

The International Jury for the 34th America’s Cup has deducted sailing days from ORACLE TEAM USA as the final decision in the espionage case brought against the defender by Italian syndicate Luna Rossa Challenge 2013.

Last week the International Jury announced that it found in favor of Luna Rossa, which alleged that ORACLE TEAM USA had breached part of the Reconnaissance Article (37.2(g)) of the Protocol for the 34th America’s Cup by being within 200 meters of the Italian AC72 during a training session in New Zealand in early November.

Citing the importance of the Reconnaissance Article in the Protocol and the importance of a meaningful penalty, today the International Jury announced that it has deducted from ORACLE TEAM USA the final five sailing days, April 26-30, 2013, of the Second AC72 Sailing Period (Feb. 1-Apr. 30, 2013).

The International Jury acknowledged that ORACLE TEAM USA has returned 10 photos as instructed and also levied costs of €11,500 (approximately $15,200) against the team.


The International Jury for the 34th America’s Cup (from left): Josje Hofland, John Doerr, David Tillett, Bryan Willis, Graham MacKenzie. Photo copyright America’s Cup / Gilles Martin-Raget

SB20 World Championship hat trick for Geoff Carveth

Fonte: Worlds SB20



It was a gripping finish on the deciding day at the UON SB20 World Championships at Hamilton Island with Geoff Carveth sailing into the class history books, crowned SB20 world champion for the third time.

It was the closest finish at any SB20 worlds with Carveth’s British WKD team, Glenn Bourke’s Australian entry, Club Marine, and Rodion Luka’s Team Russia all wrapping up their series tied on 41 points after six days and 12 races. A countback was needed to separate the ultimate victor from second and third.

“Going into race two today we decided to take a risk. We gambled for a better ranking and took the right hand side of the course,” said Carveth this afternoon. “It’s the only time, during the whole event that the right hand side paid off. Glenn and Rodion went left and suddenly the chance came. When we finished we were in disbelief that we’d put the number of boats between us.

“The crew have worked really hard. We trained hard here just days before the event started. Lesley and Squirrel really got up to speed and Roger has been fantastic. He’s broken his run of seconds at SB20 world championships!”

WKD’s South African bowman, Asenathi Jim, leapt off the boat once the result was known while the crew of Roger Hudson, Lesley Dhonau and Carveth embraced, then fell in, joining Jim for a victory swim.

“We’ve got to say a huge thank you to WKD and Joe Woods for making it possible for us to be here,” Carveth added.

Hamilton Island CEO Glenn Bourke almost added another world title to his belt. “I have the utmost respect for the two guys we tied with,” said Bourke. “It’s testament to Geoff’s talent and their crew work that they kept working their way out of deep positions, particularly in the last six races”.

Team Russia’s helmsman Rodion Luka was gracious in defeat, “Geoff is a great mate and I am happy that he won. We’ll be back for another event and we look forward to that. Hamilton Island is beautiful and a great place to sail. The competition has been so tight, it’s not often you have three boats tied on points at a world championship”.

Winds were easterly and shifty for the final day of competition at 7-9 knots for the first race and up to 14 knots for the decider. Denis Thompson pulled his black flag out again in race 11 after three general recalls due to wind shifts and antsy crews. On the fourth attempt the fleet got away cleanly. Three SB20s were pinged and individually recalled in the final race 12.

A countback separated first and second, Team Russia and Club Marine, with WKD, a mere three points off the frontrunners heading into today’s final two sprints. The tension on the dock this morning was palpable with a world title riding on the final act for the three contenders, and points still to be claimed for those with their sights on the minor placings.

Competition at the UON SB20 World Championships began last Friday in light to moderate ESE breezes and after Monday’s layday, midway through the competition, fresher ENE winds made for a very different set of conditions and a change in gears for the one design fleet of 42 international entries representing nine countries.

“I’m very pleased for Hamilton Island that we’ve had a range of conditions and such depth of talent for this truly international competition,” said Bourke.

“I think the island put on a great regatta and the race management was outstanding. I feel Hamilton Island has come of age in terms of running world class sailing events.”

Bourke also took the opportunity to acknowledge a number of valuable event partners. “I would like to acknowledge UON not only for their naming rights, but for entering two boats and being an active part of these world titles.

“Events Queensland gave us tremendous support to run a truly international event by assisting with shipping the SB20s to the island, which in turn attracted many overseas competitors and their families to the Whitsundays.”

Bourke also thanked the SB20 World Council for its decision to grant Hamilton Island the event rights, and for their ongoing cooperation and assistance.

The SB20 class will hold their 2013 World Championship in Hyeres in the south of France next September.

Full results here


Asenathi's victory swim_credit Hamilton Island Photography


WKD's winning crew L-R Geoff Carveth Roger Hudson Lesley Dhonau Asenathi Jim_credit Hamilton Island Photography

Clube do Mar de Coimbra com novo centro de vela na Figueira da Foz

Depois de mais de três meses em que as actividades de treino estiveram impedidas no Centro de Vela de Figueira da foz, foi com grande satisfação que as mesmas foram retomadas nos passados dias 5,6 e 7 de Outubro com os treinos das frotas Bettertech Optimist, Laser e ainda da equipa de cruzeiros Pegaso Bettertech.
Para além dos treinos de mar houve ainda “espaço” para confraternização e para “umas bebidas frescas” num ambiente ainda “campista” à sombra do contentor dos Optimist.
Significativa esta presença inicial da equipa de cruzeiros Pegaso Betttertech nomeadamente com o “patrão” Engº Jorge Marques.
Espera-se que esta sessão de treinos seja o início de muitíssimas outras e que este “pequeno convívio” após a velejada seja a “pedra de toque” que se pretende dar àquele espaço como centro de vela desportiva e de lazer para velejadores e acompanhantes.

Fonte: CMCoimbra

Campeonato Europeu de Match Race

Álvaro Marinho e a BBDouro conseguiram o bronze neste importante campeonato, ganhando as regatas contra a medalha de ouro olímpica, Tamara Echegoyen que foi 4ª classificada.

Parabéns a toda a tripulação.

Campeonato Europeu de Match Racing

Fonte: BBDouro

Campeonato Europeu de Match Racing - mais um dia longo no mar em Baiona!

O dia de hoje começou com os quartos de final. A BBDouro Sailing Team venceu a equipa da Estónia, de Sepp, por 3-0, em regatas bem disputadas!

À medida que o dia foi avançando, as condições no campo de regata foram ficando cada dia mais instávei
s, com o vento a variar muito de intensidade e direcção. Nas meias finais, a equipa enfrentou o campeão europeu Mads Ebler e, apesar de ter feito 3 pré-largadas muito boas, perdeu as três regatas!
Assim, amanha terão de enfrentar a campeã olímpica Tamara Echegoyen e sua equipa na disputa dos terceiro e quarto lugares..

Queremos sentir essa força a vir de Portugal! We do Sailing...

ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL wins second consecutive America’s Cup World Series San Francisco

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ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL (Jimmy Spithill) rebounded from last place at the first turning mark of the “Super Sunday” fleet race finale to win the America’s Cup World Series San Francisco Championship.

Spithill and crew Dirk de Ridder, John Kostecki, Jono MacBeth and Joe Newton were “dead last” off the start line, but fought their way back through the fleet. They rounded the last windward gate first and held on for a 17-second win over teammates ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS (Russell Coutts).

Spithill won 40 points for the race and totaled 79 points for the series. That put the crew in a tie with J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie) for the series championship, which placed fourth in the final race. Spithill won the championship based on the final race finishes.

“The difference is the four guys on the front of the boat,” said Spithill, referencing his crew. “We were dead last off the start line but it didn’t faze these guys. We have a real team of fighters here. We’re really, really happy.”

ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL put an emphatic stamp on this regatta. Yesterday the crew won the Match Racing Championship after capsizing and breaking frames in the wingsail during a fleet race. The crew also won the August AC World Series San Francisco Championship by 1 point, previously the closest finish at an AC World Series event. The tiebreaker surpasses that mark.

“We’ve always said we need to be able to come from behind and overcome adversity,” said Spithill, who skippered the team to victory in the 2010 America’s Cup. “I thought I gave them that yesterday with the capsize, but it's really a sign of a strong team. The shore crew, our coaches, it's been a fantastic team effort.”

Artemis Racing – White (Terry Hutchinson) placed third in today’s race and finished third overall. Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker) placed fourth overall and ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS fifth.

AC World Series San Francisco Fleet Racing Championship (After 7 of 7 races)
1. ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL (Jimmy Spithill) 8-1-6-5-DNF-2-1 – 79
2. J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie) 1-3-1-2-4-1-4 – 79 points
3. Artemis Racing – White (Terry Hutchinson) 10-2-2-1-3-3-3 – 72
4. Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker) 2-8-5-6-1-4-7 – 57
5. ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS (Russell Coutts) 3-5-8-7-8-10-2 – 56
6. Artemis Racing – Red (Nathan Outteridge) 4-4-4-4-9-8-5 – 52
7. Energy Team (Loick Peyron) 6-7-7-3-6-7-6 – 47
8. Team Korea (Peter Burling) 5-9-10-8-2-5-10 – 40
9. Luna Rossa Piranha (Chris Draper) 9-6-3-10-10-6-9 – 36
10. China Team (Phil Robertson) 7-10-11-9-5-11-8 – 28
11. Luna Rossa Swordfish (Iker Martinez) 11-11-9-11-7-9-11 – 20
(Scoring, Races 1-6: 1st = 12 points, 2nd = 10, 3rd = 9, 4th = 8, 5th = 7, 6th = 6, 7th = 5, 8th = 4, 9th = 3, 10th = 2, 11th = 1; Race 7: 1st = 40 points, 2nd = 25, 3rd = 20, 4th = 16, 5th = 13, 6th = 11, 7th = 10, 8th = 9, 9th = 8, 10th = 7, 11th = 6)

AC World Series San Francisco Match Racing Championship
1. ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL,

2. Emirates Team New Zealand, 

3. Artemis Racing – White,

4. Artemis Racing – Red, 

5. ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS, 

6. Energy Team, 

7. J.P. Morgan BAR, 

8. Team Korea, 

9.China Team, 

10. Luna Rossa Piranha, 

11. Luna Rossa Swordfish

Campeonato Europeu de Match Racing

Fonte: BBDouro

Campeonato Europeu de Match Racing - mais um dia positivo para a BBDouro Sailing Team!

No segundo dia de competição a equipa que representa a BBDouro esteve outra vez em grande forma, com mais um excelente balanço de 4 vitorias e 1 derrota, passando aos quartos de final em 3º lugar!

Amanha serão disputados os 4 lugares das meias finais entre 7 equipas! O dia de hoje foi longo, com 8 horas no mar, mas a equipa tem vindo a melhorar a sua performance e cada vez mais preparada para esta fase importante!

Acompanhe-nos! We do sailing...

Campeões Nacionais Dragão 2012

Fonte: CNCascais




Francisco de Lacerda, Diogo de Lacerda e Francisco Andrade sagrarão-se Campeões Nacionais de Dragão 2012. Em 2º ficou Pedro Mendes Leal, Pedro Rebelo Andrade e Jorge Ferlov Ribeiro seguidos de José Matoso, Gustavo Lima e Stefan Hellriegel a finalizar o pódio.

Campeonato Nacional Dragão 2012

No segundo dia do campeonato, José Matoso lidera em Cascais o campeonato nacional de dragões. 2º Pamalicam de Francisco Lacerda; 3º Christmas III de Pedro Mendes Leal

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
1	55	Drago	José S. M. Matoso	Gustavo Lima/Stefan Hellriegel	CNCascais	8	3	2	3
2	49	Pamalican IV	Francisco de Lacerda	Diogo de Lacerda/Francisco Andrade	CNCascais	9	1	1	7
3	50	Christmas III	Pedro Mendes Leal	Pedro Rebelo Andrade/Jorge Ferlov Ribeiro	CNCascais	12	6	5	1

TROFÉU MILANEZA – CAMPEONATO REGIONAL DE CRUZEIROS

Fonte: CVA


Terminou hoje mais uma edição do Troféu Milaneza – Campeonato Regional de Cruzeiros com vitória para o MUM30 MBA Atlântico de Francisca Barros

A regata de hoje foi caracterizada por um vento um pouco mais fraco do que no primeiro dia e variou entre os 8 e os 11 nós de intensidade do quadrante norte. A vitória na regata de hoje foi para o MBA Atlântico de Francisca Barros, seguido do Milaneza de Rui Amorim e do Wine Deck de José Carlos Vasconcelos.

A geral foi assim ganha pelo “MBA Atlântico” de Francisca Barros, seguido do “Palhas d’aço – Neoturf” de Paulo Palha e com o bronze para o “Winedeck” de José Carlos Vasconcelos.

Na classe open a vitória foi para o “Sport Spirit” de André Sá Coutinho

No final uma agradável cerimónia de entrega de prémios acompanhada do tradicional almoço MILANEZA coroou os vencedores.

Classificação Final Milaneza

49er European

Fonte: http://2012euros.49er.org/news/

Local sailors Jacopo Plazzi and Umberto Molineris (ITA) used local knowledge and years spent on Lake Garda to move into the lead for the 49er European Championship. With an impending front approaching, the winds were light for Garda standards, with 8-10 knots maximum for the day. Posting a 1-3-3 for the day, Plazzi commented “ We were speedy upwind and doing simple things. We’re happy to be sailing here in our home waters.” He further commented to expect “strong winds from the north and bad weather” for tomorrow’s racing, but fully expects to be out on the water racing.




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Total rank	Competitor	Name	LDR	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	ITA 023	Jacopo Plazzi	14	4	3	1	3	3
2	POL 042	Lukasz Przybytek	9	2	2	4	DSQ	2
3	ESP 9	Federico Alonso Tellechea	1	1	3	6	9	9
4	CRO 113	Pavle Kostov	3	3	DSQ	2	7	6
5	POL 052	Tomasz Januszewski	7	9	2	5	8	1
6	IRL 300	Ryan Seaton	RDG	6	1	5	9	9
7	ESP 1283	Carlos Paz	19	2	7	2	17	1
8	FRA 8	Julien d'Ortoli	6	3	4	12	23	4
9	RUS 945	Pavel Kalinchev	20	4	9	7	10	2
10	GER 216	Jan Hauke Erichsen	2	6	11	13	12	4

Perceber os moth's

Moth Worlds 2012 - Day 3

Here’s a selection of the most spectacular photos from the third day of the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds in Campionde del Garda:





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik





Third day of racing at the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds. Campione del Garda, 22 August 2012. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Zhik

Fonte: VSail

With no racing on day two, the wind returned with a 25 knots and 1m waves on Lake Garda for the morning of day three of the Zhik Nautica Moth World Championship, giving way in the afternoon to the dwindling Ora wind.

These variable conditions seemed to make no difference to Australian Scott Babbage, who posted three bullets, in the first three of today's four races. Overall this leaves him nine points clear of second placed Anthony Kotoun, who proved to be a master of the light to moderate local Ora afternoon breeze. Comfortable in these conditions, the US Virgin Islands sailor pushed Joshua McKnight down to third overall with Bora Gulari (USA) and Joe Turner (AUS) completing the top five.

To make up for yesterday's lack of racing, so an 08:30 start was scheduled today, the Moth sailors bracing themselves for spectacular
conditions off Campione del Garda. And so in the big breeze there was plenty of capsizes, crashes and swims. But this separated the men from the boys.

In the Yellow fleet, Babbage led from start to finish while in the Blue fleet there was a fight between Joshua McKnight, Joe Turner and Rob Gough, the latter scoring his first victory so far.

When the race committee gave the signal for the second race, the Pelèr was already fading and shifting. Although still fresh, the lighter breeze and the flatter seas didn't provide the same amount of excitement.

Once again, Scott Babbage dominated the Yellow fleet with Chris Rashley coming second behind him. Although Babbage has denied the young British sailor any race wins his consistent performance has allowed him to make inroads to climb into the top five.

After a break ashore to wait for the Ora to build, the fleet took to the water for two more races.

For the Yellow fleet, the third race of the day was marked by the match race between Scott Babbage and Mach 2 designer Andrew McDougall. McDougall built an immense lead over the rest of the fleet at the first weather mark but metre by metre, Babbage closed in on him pipping him at the post.

In the fourth and last race of the day the shifting and dying breeze made it necessary for the Race Committee to shorten course at the bottom mark. Joe Turner dominated the Blue fleet from the outset while in the Yellow fleet Babbage had his worst result of the week so far. Although he was third at the top mark he slipped to 11th by the finish line.

Although Thursday was initially scheduled to be a lay day, the race committee will try to hold two more qualification races starting at 1400 local time. Once again, the weather forecast is quite similar to what we have seen so far and as a result the Moths will have to fly in a light to moderate Ora breeze.

“We had some very good racing in the morning," recounted Babbage on his performance: "The first race of the afternoon was a very close one with Andrew McDougall and I’m not sure whether I beat him or beat me. It was too close to tell. In the last race the breeze died at the top. A few boats got away and then the race committee decided to finish the race at the bottom, so there wasn’t any opportunity. I’m satisfied with my overall performance and I find the morning races much more fun than the afternoon ones. The afternoon races are pretty painful but the morning races are great fun. I hope we do more of these.“

While Babbage is dominating this Zhik Nautica Moth World Championship, the defending champion Nathan Outteridge isn't here, occupied at the helm of Team Korea at the America's Cup World Series in San Francisco. "It would have been good to have him here," said Babbage. "He’s always a good competitor and it’s good when you take races off him. He’s good fun to sail against and I beat him in the Australian nationals, the first regatta I've beaten him in in 10 years. That was good but I think that if he did the Worlds he would definitely be
hard to beat.”

Anthony Kotoun added: “I had a good day. The morning winds are usually not my strength and I’m not as good in the waves. It showed in the first where I led at the weather mark and then downwind went for a bunch of swims. I gained boats on the upwind but then lost on the downwind. I still finished tenth, which was much better than I thought. In the second race of the morning it got light, I sailed well and finished second. This afternoon upwind was my strength and I got a second and a third.

"I’m very, very, very satisfied with my second place overall so far. My goal here was to finish in the top 10. I’ve never done a World Championship in the Moth before. I’ve been sailing this boat for year and a half, so I was hoping for a top ten. I thought a top five would be possible if I had a really good regatta. I realise I am still a rookie and I have some hurdles to overcome but these conditions are mine. If it gets out of this range I don’t expect to keep this train rolling but for now I’ll take it.”

2012 Zhik Nautica Moth World Championship – Top 10 results after 7 races (1 discard)
1. Scott Babbage (AUS), 1+1+1+1+1+1+(11)=6
2. Anthony Kotoun (ISV), 3+3+2+(11)+2+2+3=15
3. Joshua McKnight (AUS), 6+1+1+2+4+3+(12)=17
4. Bora Gulari (USA), 2+2+7+(14)+4+4+3=22
5. Joe Turner (AUS), (9)+9+2+3+3+5+1=23
6. Chris Rashley (GBR), 4+(7)+4+4+2+5+7=26
7. Julian Salter (AUS), 7+4+3+7+(12)+1+8=30
8. Andrew McDougall (AUS), 2+8+5+7+(21)+2+6=30
9. Rob Gough (AUS), 5+3+(17)+1+11+7+5=32
10. Jason Paul Belben (GBR), (60 DNF)+10+6+3+3+10+2=34

Fonte: The Daily Sail

Canoagem e vela queixam-se de falta de apoios

Retomando uma noticia antiga...



08.08.2012 18:31 | Por Lusa, PÚBLICO

No dia em que a canoagem portuguesa chegou ao primeiro pódio olímpico, os responsáveis federativos alertaram para a falta de apoios. O mesmo acontece com os velejadores que finalizaram a sua prova na classe 49er.

“Nenhuma federação pode estar satisfeita com as verbas que tem, muito menos a canoagem, que no ‘ranking’ dos apoios [estatais] é praticamente ‘medalhável’... mas de baixo para cima. Estamos quase em último lugar em termos de apoio, mas no topo em termos de resultados”, sintetizou José Sousa, um dos vice-presidentes da federação, em declarações à Lusa.
O mesmo dirigente deixou uma recado ao Governo, defendendo que “no futuro, todas as verbas e apoios devem ser dados pelo mérito e pelos resultados.
Neste ano, a federação vai receber 377.000 euros do Instituto de Desporto de Portugal, enquanto do Comité Olímpico de Portugal chegam 124.000, um valor que coloca a canoagem perto da cauda dos apoios, quando, em termos de resultados, não tem havido modalidade em Portugal ao mesmo nível.

O velejador Francisco Andrade, que ao lado de Bernardo Freitas terminou no oitavo lugar na classe 49er, queixou-se que as equipas adversárias têm orçamentos “ridiculamente superiores” aos dos portugueses e interrogou como é possível pedir medalhas numa “batalha tecnológica desigual”.

“Os nossos adversários têm orçamentos ridiculamente superiores ao nosso.

Scott Babbage com 3 vitórias - Day 1

Thierry Martinez / www.thmartinez.com/ Sea & Co


Zhik Moth World Championship sets sail on Lake Garda
Monday August 20th 2012, Author: James Boyd, Location: Italy

After his victory in last week's Zhik Nautica Italian Moth Open, Australia's Scott Babbage got to a strong start on the opening day of the Zhik Moth World Championship being held on Lake Garda, Italy.

Laser 4.7 European - Final day

O campeonato europeu de laser 4.7, chegou hoje ao fim. Estiveram presentes 342 participantes, entre masculinos e femininos.

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Hoje sendo o ultimo dia do campeonato e com o calendário ainda por cumprir, não se conseguiram fazer as duas regatas previstas sendo os resultados finais os mesmos de ontem.

SOF - Dia 3

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