Die Herren des Genfer Sees
Russel Coutts, kein Unbekannter im Yachtsport, hat die Décision 35 'Banque Gonët zum Sieg über die 577 teilnehmenden Boote geführt. Kurz nach ihm trafen weitere bekannte Namen, wie Philippe Cardis und Loïck Peyron ein.
Die Leichtwindbedingungen ermöglichten es auch einigen kleineren Booten nach vorne zu kommen. Interessant aus Multihuller's Sicht: Der Ventilo M2 Katamaran "Team New Wave" beendete die Regatta im Feld der D35er gerade mal 20 Minuten nach dem Sieger.
Kenbeek/Brouwer overall winners Zwitserleven Round Texel
Texel / Netherlands: Remco Kenbeek and Paul Brouwer, sailing a F18
Capricorn, are the overall winners of the 29th Zwitserleven Round Texel.
They were only forty seconds ahead of Hans Primowees, who rounded the isle
single-handed with his 26-year-old Prindle. The F18 world champions,
Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby (AUS) finished in third position with their
Hobie Tiger.
In the lap to Oudeschil
d, not a leaf was stirring. There seemed to be a
breeze on the sea, so a lot of teams tacked to go there. After that, the
wind picked up from the shore and the cats over there managed to overtake
the rest of the fleet. In this way, Team Zwitserleven Booth/Dercksen, but
also Carolijn Brouwer and Sebbe Godefroid forfeited their chances on line
honours.
When nobody expected it, Hans Primowees from Beverwijk almost gained the
overall win. His wife could hear through the speakers that after 5:23:20
hours, he was only a few seconds away from victory. She shouted from the
beach that he had to go for it. When he crossed the line, for an instant
it seemed as though Primowees was the winner, but after the calculations,
it turned out he lacked forty seconds. Primowees: "I was just lucky. It
was a strange day and the wind behaved strangely. On the Wad I overtook at
least two or three hundred cats, all heading for the sea." During the
first lap, the sailor fell overboard: "I had sunscreen on my hands, and I
slipped away." His second position is not only unexpected, but also
noteworthy. He actually sailed a 26-year-old Prindle 15 and a main sail
age twelve. He paid two thousands guilders for it once. Primowees: "And
there is a dent in my mast, it no longer turns as it should." Liesbeth
Primowees could not keep dry eyes at the price giving: "It's so beautiful.
He's not sponsored. Sails with his own old rubbish. Just marvellous."
Darren Bundock could laugh about the fact that he was beaten by a
Prindle-15 sailor: "That's cool. I used to sail a Prindle once."
Top five overall Zwitserleven Round Texel 2006:
1. Kenbeek/Brouwer (NED), F18, 4:13:58 hours corrected time
2. Primowees (NED), Prindle 15, 4:14:36 hours corrected time tijd
3. Bundock/Ashby (AUS), F18, 4:15:39 hours corrected time
4. Huntelman/Van der Kamp, F18, 4:18:46 hours corrected time
5. Heemskerk/De Boer, F18, 4:19:06 hours corrected time
http://www.roundtexel.com
Pete Goss - Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Race
From Pete Goss and Paul Larsen:
At the start, Pete Goss and Paul Larsen showed the large spectator fleet
exactly what their SeaCart can do. She is the latest 30 ft trimaran
designed by Marc Lombard and built by Tornado legends Marstrom up in
Sweden. Her construction is all pre-preg carbon and nomex and she weighs
in at around 900 Kgs (roughly half that of KENMORE). Totally untouchable
in under 15 knots she is more than a handful in big breeze and it will
take all their combined experience to keep her the right way up throughout
the race! They blasted over the top of us to pass the breakwater first but
we held off Waverider a 45 tri and Alacrity a 50 ft tri to pass 2nd.
It was upwind to the Eddystone and with the breeze already dropping and a
big swell we had a painful 10 miles with the bigger boats using their
additional waterline length well to pass us just before the rock. We
rounded almost on top of the rocks (so much for our conservative
approach!!) before heading off downwind towards the Scilly Isles.
As we rounded Bishop's Rock, just south west of the Scilly's, at around
0900, we saw that our hard work during the night had paid off and we were
well ahead of both the big tri's in 2nd. The SeaCart was already well
across the Irish Sea! With a fairly flat sea and 15 knots we were off and
quickly disappeared over the horizon. As the breeze built to over 20 knots
and the waves became bigger we had to first reef the mainsail and then the
solent. With boat speed between 15 and 20 knots we were going well but the
big tri's overhauled us around 40 miles from the finish. They powered past
with full sail up and looking in considerable more comfort than us who by
this stage were more under water than on it.
We were holding a steady 18 knots when out of no where with no chance to
avoid it, we piled into a wooden pallet. Fortunately it hit the leeward
float which was partially submerged so the damage was high up. With it
being far too dangerous to inspect let alone repair we carried on as if
nothing had happened. The next issue was the water pressure on the leeward
float had peeled back part of the solar panel which is bonded on there.
Again any work on that float is totally impossible at high speed so we
hoped it would stay on long enough for us to finish and pressed on. We
crossed the finish line at 1846, thirty minutes behind Alacrity and twenty
minutes behind Waverider.
We crossed the Irish Sea at an average of just under 15 knots, or to put
into context a 24 hour run of over 350 miles! This was not in ideal
conditions either, as for most of this part of the leg we had to back off
slightly to keep the bows in front of us (KENMORE has a tendency to try to
flip if you trip into the back of waves at too high a speed, it's not
easy to watch all three hulls at the same time!!). A 400 mile day is
certainly within us if the conditions are right, what we really need is
flat water and 15 to 20 knots at an angle of about 60 degrees. Not bad for
a 30 ft boat that was designed in the late 80's! Anyway we are off again
on Wednesday at 1846 (48 hours after we arrived) and are determined to
quickly catch back the thirty minutes on Alacrity to regain 2nd on the
water.
Stapellauf des Maxi Groupama 3 Trimaran
Der 31,50 m lange Monster-Trimaran für den französischen Skipper Cammas ist der 6. Maxi-Multi der Werft Multiplast in Vannes seit dem Jahr 2000. Designed
von Marc Van Peteghem & Vincent Lauriot-Prévost, reiht sich der Trimaran in die Gruppe von jetzt 7 Multihulls dieser Größenordnung über 105 Fuss ein.
Groupama 3 ist das Ergebnis der sehr effektiven Zusammenarbeit der Designer mit der Werft (die beide nur einen Steinwurf voneinander entfernt arbeiten) und dem technischen Team von Groupama 3. Insgesamt waren zeitweise 50 Leute an der Konstruktion dieses weltgrößten Trimarans beteiligt. Der Trimaran ist eine Kohlefaser-Sandwich-Konstruktion, die sich aus mehr als 400 Komponenten zusammengesetzt, wobei jeders einzelne Teil bei Temperaturen zwischen 100 und 120 ° im Ofen gebacken wurde. Multiplast verfügt über Öfen,, die bis zu 50 Meter lang sind.
Beinahe alles an Deck ist aus Kohlefasern und in das Boot integriert, anstatt angebaut zu sein. Die Schwertkästen wurden von vorenherein so konzipiert, daß nachträgliche Anpassungen problemlos möglich sind. Der Mastfuss wurde statt aus Titan wie früher ebenfalls aus Kohlefasern gebaut. Die Gewichtseinsparung geht soweit, daß auf den Primer unter der Lackierung verzichtet wurde.
Nach dem Stapellauf geht es sofort zur Basis in Lorient (Süd-Bretagne). Dort wird sie ersten Belastungstests unterworfen, um sicher zustellen, daß die berechnete Statik auch ausreicht. Als letzte Bestätigung vor den ersten Seetests.
Diese werden MItte Juni anlaufen und unter der Aufsicht von Multiplast durchgeführt. Erst anschließend wird das Boot an Franck Cammas und sein Team übergeben. Diese werden dann ihre Trainings aufnehmen, um möglichst bald nach den üblichen Rekorden zu greifen - Transatlantik, schnellstes Etmal, etc.
Technische Daten:
Länge 31,50 m
Breite 22,50 m
Mast 38,40 m
Tiefgang 5,70 m
Höhe insgesamt 41,00 m
Gewicht 18,00 t
Segelfläche Kreuz 557 qm
Großsegel 356 qm
Genua 201 qm
Segelfläche Vorwind 828 qm
Gennaker 472 qm+
www.multiplast-yachts.com/
Indonesische Jukung-Flotte zu verkaufen
Eine einmalige Gelegenheit, exklusiv über multihull.de angeboten: Eine Flotte von insgesamt 8 authentischen indonesischen Jukungs von 4,5 bis 7,5 m Länge (Bambus-Ausleger bis 12m). Die Boote waren alle vor der Einlagerung um die 2 Jahre alt und wurden noch in Indonesien sorgsam überholt. Die Boote werden nur zusammen verkauft und können z.B. im Süden Europas als Attraktion in einem Ferien-Club eingesetzt werden. Die Boote sind gut in einer Halle in der Nähe von Hamburg eingelagert und müssen dort abgeholt werden. Auch eine Fracht in einem 12 m Container ist möglich.
Der Wahnsinnspreis für alle 8 Boote: 2.500,- Euro . Kontaktaufnahme unter E-Mail an www.multihull.de:
Die Boote sollten ursprünglich u.a. am Ratzeburger See für Rundfahrten verwendet oder für Werbezwecke eingesetzt werden. Homepage der ehemaligen Jukung-Idee
... und wer sich mehr mit diesen interessanten Multihulls beschäftigen will, dem kann ich die folgende Homepage empfehlen: A Jukung from Madura Island
Traditional Indonesian Trimaran
. Wenn man sich hier die Bilder und Zeichnungen genau ansieht, sollte es einem guten "Bastler" gelingen, selber eine Jukung zu bauen.
Invitation to Marström Cup the 20th of July
The regatta is held in Västervik, Sweden the 20 th of July 2006 as a part of Baltic BoatMeet, website www.boatmeet.se . The event Baltic BoatMeet gathers approximately 30 000 visitors and is held in the port of Västervik 19-23 of July. The event focuses on boat culture, sea life, sailing and gather boat enthusiasts for an interesting and actionfilled longweekend in idyllic Västervik. Baltic BoaMeet is a mix of regattas, exhibits, fairs, great artists and a packed program for
sailors and boat-people for five days.
Marström Cup is an open regatta for all multihull classes and take place in the harbour of Västervik. Attached you´ll find the Notice of Race. Please spread this information to multihull-clubs and associations in your country.
The Organising Authority is Westervik Sailracing Club.
To request more information on the event, travel arrangement,
advertising, press facilities, etc see the website or please contact:
Westervik Sailracing Club
Box 246
SE-593 23 Västervik
SWEDEN
Website: www.kappseglingsklubben.se
E-mail: info@kappseglingsklubben.se
Phone: +46 490 370 41
Cellphone: +46 70 547 88 71
Fax: +46 490 835 85
The Tourist Agency can help you with all kind of questions about your stay in Västervik.
Västerviks Turistbyrå
Strömsholmen
SE-593 30 Västervik
SWEDEN
Website: www.vastervik.se/turist
E-mail: turistbyran@vastervik.se
Phone: +46 490 88 900
Fax: +46 490 88 915
Multicup
The first Grand Prix of the season starts this Friday at Trapani, with
weather conditions which promise to be enlivened by a westerly flow. The
conditions should be ideal for exploiting these technically demanding
Sicilian waters and confirming that the changes made to Gitana 11 this
winter are bearing fruit. Gitana 12, unfortunately, is unable to take
part.
While the repair work on Gitana 12's stay bulkhead which was damaged in
Nice has been completed, the wing mast could not be remade in time as the
entire lower section of the tube needed to be moulded over a length of
about ten metres. So the white trimaran won't be able to race at Trapani
but will be operational for the Grand Prix de Marseille Métropole at the
end of June. Gitana 11 will therefore take on Groupama 2, the winner of
the first two events of the Cafe Ambassador Multi Cup Championship, and
also Géant skippered by Michel Desjoyeaux. From Friday, these three
trimarans will fight it out for three days in these waters which played
host to the America's Cup Class last September.
The weather forecasts are particularly favourable, as a mild depression is
going to settle over the Adriatic this weekend, generating a 15-20-knot
westerly flow for Friday and Saturday, followed by a north-westerly breeze
of around ten knots on Sunday. It should be enough to really get moving,
just a stone's throw from Sicilian shores.
Multi Cup Cafe Ambassador's placings:
After the London-Alpes Maritimes race (coefficient 2) and the Trophée du
Conseil des Alpes Maritimes (coefficient 0,5) :
1. Franck Cammas (Groupama 2) : 12,5 points (10+2,5)
2. Pascal Bidégorry (Banque Populaire IV) : 9 points (8+1)
3. Michel Desjoyeaux (Géant) : 8 points (6+2)
4. Frédéric Le Peutrec (Gitana 11) : 5,5 points (4+1,5)
5. Thierry Duprey du Vorsent (Gitana 12) : 2,5 points (2+0,5)