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CAMPBELL-JAMES AND ASQUITH WIN FIRST WORLD CUP |
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GBR London 2012 hopefuls Paul Campbell-James and Mark Asquith can’t wait to get back to Australia next year following an overwhelmingly successful month in the  country, culminating with a resounding victory in the 49er Class at Sail Melbourne.
Across two weeks of international class sailing, Campbell-James/Asquith have not finished worse than second and in a relatively small, yet competitive fleet this week, to win by 21 points was even better than they expected. “Obviously we are really, really pleased with our sailing … after we won SIR’s (Sydney International Regatta) last week, we just wanted to come here and keep the momentum going,” skipper Campbell-James said. “We aimed to not finish worse than second again this week, however we our week finished even better than even we expected,” he added. Will and Sam Phillips trailed behind the English in second place on 41 points, with Kiwi crew David McDiarmid and Andrew Archibald third on 54 points.
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New Carbon Mast - Interview with John Clinton |
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Carbonising the 49er
It’s one of the fastest growing Olympic classes, with over 1000 yachts sailed in over 40 countries. The 49er is a One Design class known for its high performance, adrenaline pumping speeds. And it’s only going to get better given the latest development in moving to a carbon rig. Read an interview with John Clinton of Southern Spars here
Read an e-mail from sailors testing the new rig at Sail Melbourne below:
Hi Dave
Both us and the British pair of Paul Cambell James and Mark Asquith sailed our 49ers from Sorrento to Sandringham on Sunday. 30nm downwind in 20+ knots with waves left over from a southerly gale from the day before. The trip took 3 hours half of which we were swimming for, we each had about 10 capsizes, all from nosediving, both kite bags were torn to pieces.
We were both very impressed with the rigs, they held up extremely well. On the British boat they used the ease technique on their kite to slow their boat down to stop nosediving. That meant that their kite was flogging for large parts of the trip especially at the end, even with this shock loading the rigs showed no weakness. Both us and the brits said that if we had the old rigs on, at least one would not have made it! Apart from being more reliable they were generally easier to handle when in the sky and the water.
looks like the 49er class is onto a winner
Will Phillips
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LATEST ISAF RANKINGS UPDATED |
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Check the website for the latest updated ISAF Rankings posted December 10.
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Register Online Today for Rolex Miami OCR |
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Mandatory registration for US SAILING’s 2009 Rolex Miami OCR is now available online. All competitors and coaches must register online before January 19, 2009, as there will be no on-site registration. All women’s match racing teams or Member National Authorities (MNAs) must indicate their interest by registering before December 16, 2008. US SAILING’s 2009 Rolex Miami OCR will also be the only ranking regatta for American athletes who aspire to make the 2009 US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics and US Disabled Sailing Team AlphaGraphics.
The 2009 event, scheduled for Sunday, January 25 through Saturday, January 31, with racing beginning on Monday, is one of seven regattas chosen by the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) for the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup.
http://rmocr.ussailing.org |
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49er CONFIRMED IN 2012 OLYMPICS |
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The 49er was confirmed by ISAF in the high performance men's dinghy category as equipment for the 2012 Olympic Games to be sailed in Weymouth, England. |
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