Destopnews #22 | Series Olympiques Delta Lloyd | Super Azzura -52 Super Series

Le Journal de la Voile Destopnews #22:

1. Dragon percute un rocher et passe de douze nœuds a zéro.
2. Series Olympiques Delta Lloyd Regatta - Medemblik
3. Super Azzura -52 Super Series -- Capri Italie
4. Première Menorca Maxi -- Port Mahon Minorque

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PROMO: 2014 Match Race Germany, Stage 1 Alpari World Match Racing Tour

Part of the Tour since 2000, Match Race Germany will be celebrating its 17th anniversary this year kicking off from the 5th of June. The season opener of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour is staged at Langenargen on the shores of picturesque Lake Constance in Southern Germany. 

For five days, 12 of the best sailors from around the world will be competing against one another fighting for 50,000 euros in prize money and points on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour competition.

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PWA World Cup GP Catalunya Costa Brava - friday

In this video we explain the basic rules of Slalom, which is the type of competition that is being held now in Costa Brava, an the winner of the 1St round explains us who are the favourites to beat. Don't miss the great sunrise, the first at the Iberian Peninsula.

The 2014 Costa Brava PWA World Cup - Part 3

Hugo Boss remporte la Hugo Boss Watches Charity Race avec Jimmy Graham (NFL)

L'Imoca 60 Hugo Boss skippé par Ryan Breymaier et Pepe Ribes a remporté la Hugo Boss Charity Race qui s'est déroulée àNew York dans l'Hudson River le 29 Mai 2014. Cette course qui rassemblait tous les bateaux qui participeront à la New York to Barcelona Race était dotée de 10 000 euros qui seront reversés à une oeuvre de charité. Le footballer Jimmy Graham de la NFL naviguait à bord du bateau vainqueur.

La course à la voile Imoca Ocean masters New York to Barcelona Race fait partie du championnat du monde Ocean Masters. Les cinq concurrents prendront le départ le 1er juin de New York. ils sont attendus à Barcelone entre el 12 et le 15 juin 2014. Les cinq équipages sont composés de: Ryan Breymaier et Pepe Ribes (Hugo Boss), Marc Guillemot et Morgan Lagravière (Safran), Anna Corbella et Gerard Marin (Gaes), Guillermo Altadill et Jose Munoz (Neutrogena), Nandor Fa et Marcell Goszleth (Spirit of Hungary)

Ocean Masters est une nouvelle marque de l'univers du sport, une nouvelle marque héroïque faite pour des héros. C'est le nouveau nom du Championnat du Monde de la classe IMOCA. C'est une quête pour élire le nouveau champion. Le Championnat du Monde sera décerné tous les deux ans.
Le Championnat du Monde « Ocean Masters » inclut la totalité du programme d'événements auxquels participe la classe IMOCA, y compris les deux courses autour du monde, le Vendée Globe et la Barcelona World Race, et plusieurs courses océaniques telles que la Route du Rhum, la Transat Jacques Vabre, NewYork-Barcelone et la Rolex Fastnet.
Fondée en 1991 et reconnue par l'ISAF depuis 1998, l'IMOCA est l'association de classe qui gère les monocoques open de 60 pieds Imoca 60 (18,28 mètres). Plus de 30 skippers participent à son championnat du monde qui inclue deux courses autour du monde (le Vendée Globe en solitaire et la Barcelona World Race en équipage) ainsi qu'une course autour de l'Europe et plusieurs transatlantiques.

2014 Alpari WMRT Tour - A happy boat is a fast boat.

A happy boat is a fast boat London, UK (29th May 2014): Like Phil Robertson, Swede Björn Hansen has been hovering around the podium for the last two seasons on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour, finishing second in 2012 and fourth last year. He reigned supreme on home waters, winning his third Stena Match Cup Sweden last year and followed this up with a third at Chicago Match Cup, but before this had failed to make the top eight in Korea. A shade more consistency through the season and Hansen stands every chance of taking the elusive big prize this season.  One of the main aspects for a team to remain consistent is its crew and for 2014 Hansen will be racing with the same line-up as he has had for the last couple of seasons. This comprises well known Swedish fighter pilot tactician/mainsail trimmer Gustav Tempelman, Danish headsail trimmer Phillip Kai Guhle, pitman Sebastian Wedel and the longest member of Hansens’ team, bowman Mathias Bredin, who has been sailing regularly with him for ten years now and helps Hansen run the project. As Hansen explains: “We sat down after last season and discussed whether to continue or not and we all agreed if we were going to do it, we’d only do it with the same five of us. We really think we have a good shot at the World Championship title if we are doing it together and if each one of us tries to improve a little bit. So everyone signed up for that and hopefully we will go all the way this year.” So why does Hansen repeatedly keep coming back to the World Tour? “It’s because I think match racing is a fantastic type of sailing - you really need to be good on the rules, preferably better than the umpires! I get very frustrated when I go back to fleet racing, when you don’t have the umpires on the water and you know that people around you don’t know the rules as well as you. When they break a rule, they don’t even know they break a rule and if you want to protest, you know you’ll be in the protest room for hours...” In addition to this, Hansen points out that match racing on the World Tour is also the fairest type of sailing because everyone uses the same equipment. “You cannot put in €300,000 extra and get an extra 0.2 knots - that is impossible in match racing. The only way to become better is to keep on practising and having good people around you, having good crew members. That really attracts me.” This year the Alpari World Match Racing Tour features three new Tour Card holders. On the line-up for 2014, Hansen says: “I feel and I say this every year, but I think it is true that the Alpari World Match Racing Tour is getting better and better each year, and with Richard and Bruni coming back, it is a really strong line up. Young Mr Gilmour is going to upset quite a few people in the regattas. I think he will be on a steep learning curve, but by the end of the season, we will definitely see him on the podium at a few regattas. Maybe he won’t win the World Championship title this year, but, I would say all of the other seven crews can if they have a good year. That’s good for the tour, good for media and it’s pretty much good for everyone.” Like Australia and New Zealand, Denmark and Sweden have a lengthy tradition in match racing, which Hansen and his crew are continuing. However Hansen advises that there is likely to be a transition coming soon. “We have been struggling a bit in Stockholm for the last five or so years to get young sailors to commit to match racing. The problem is that we have had several quite strong Swedish teams recently, with Magnus Holmberg, Johnie Berntsson, Mattias Rahm and ourselves, and we’ve all been fighting for the spots at the Stena Match Cup Sweden and it has been impossible for anyone else to get in. But now Magnus has stopped, and I don’t think Johnie or I will be doing this for too many more years, I think it will be an opportunity for a few young crews to come in. There are some doing really well in Gothenburg at the moment.” In the meantime, Hansen would like to nail the World Championship title finally. “We try to make our practice very good quality, we plan our practice well in advance - really pinpoint our weaknesses and our individual weaknesses, so we all have a few areas that we can work on for this year. If everyone raises their level a little bit, we can go all the way.” As to the Alpari World Match Racing Tour venues this year, Hansen is one of the few on the World Tour who has previously raced in the Sopot, Poland, where there is a new event this season. “It’s a fantastic venue, I think that will be a really nice event. They will put on a great show. They have one of these piers like in the south of England - it’s a holiday place for Polish people.” Hansen is now 47, making him the oldest skipper on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour, although he is keen to point out that his crew is younger. “Maybe I am a little bit childish, which is why we work well together! It feels like we have a good set-up. The guy I started racing keelboats with always said ‘a happy boat is a fast boat’ and it was always great fun sailing with him, so I am trying to keep it that way on our boat. We are doing this because we think it is extremely fun and when we don’t think it is fun anymore we should do something else.” Follow Björn Hansen and his team on the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour atwww.wmrt.com and Twitter @worldmrt The 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour championship kicks off at Match Race Germany next week beginning 5 June – 9 June. The Alpari World Match Racing Tour is one of five special events sanctioned under the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) including America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race, the Extreme Sailing Series and the PWA World Tour.

PWA World Cup GP Catalunya Costa Brava - wednesday

Europa certifica que el litoral valenciano ya no tiene puntos negros para el baño

Europa certifica que el litoral valenciano ya no tiene puntos negros para el baño

Publicado por jonkepa en mayo 28, 2014

Europa certifica que el litoral valenciano ya no tiene puntos negros para el baño

El último informe sobre calidad de las aguas para el baño elaborado por la Comisión Europea certifica la desaparición de los últimos puntos negros en el litoral y una sensible mejora en los parámetros que posteriormente son esenciales para la concesión de las banderas azules.
De las 127 playas monitorizadasalgunas con dos y hasta tres puntos de muestreo 106 tienen una calidad «excelente», según la Comisión Europea, en otras 14 se considera que existe una «buena» calidad del agua y solo en siete la calidad del agua se considera «suficiente» para cumplir los mínimos establecidos por la directiva de aguas de baño pero no alcanzan los valores guía recomendados.

Cabe destacar que en 2012, el litoral valenciano todavía registraba dos puntos negros con agua que no cumplía con los parámetros mínimosplayas de Motilla (Sueca) y Barri dels Pescadors (El Puig) nueve pasaban el corte aunque sin cumplir los valores guía.
Según el último informe europeo correspondiente a las mediciones realizadas en 233 puntos del litoral a lo largo de 2013, los únicos puntos con calidad «suficiente» aunque sin cumplir la «recomendada» se sitúan, de norte a sur, en las playas de Medicalia (El Puig), Massamagrell, Patacona (Alboraia), Mareny de Barraquetes y Motilla (Sueca) y Rabdells y Les Deveses (Oliva).

Respecto a las zonas interiores de baño, las aguas de las fuentes del Algar han recibido la calificación de «buena» mientras que las de la Albufera de Anna y la «playa» de Montanejos mantienen la calidad «excelente» que lograron ya hace uno años.

En el ámbito nacional, el 87,2% de las zonas costeras españolas examinadas en 2013 tiene playas con agua de calidad «excelente», por encima de la media europea del 85,2%, y el 96,9% de ellas son aptas para el baño y cumplen los valores obligatorios de calidad, una décima más que la media europea. No obstante, España es el quinto país con más zonas de calidad de aguas insuficiente o pobre, con el 3,3% del total, frente al 0,2 por ciento de media en el resto de Europa.

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Europa certifica que el litoral valenciano ya no tiene puntos negros para el baño

No permitas que arrasen las profundidades marinas

No permitas que arrasen las profundidades marinas

Publicado por jonkepa en mayo 28, 2014

En el fondo del mar, a varios cientos de metros de profundidad, se encuentran algunos de los ecosistemas, hábitats y especies más singulares y desconocidos de nuestro planeta. Especies sorprendentes como corales que superan los mil años de edad o increíbles tiburones que tardan décadas en reproducirse. Frágiles organismos que han logrado adaptarse a unos ambientes extremos.

A pesar de lo remoto de su localización, estas especies no escapan a los impactos de las actividades humanas, especialmente a los de la pesca de profundidad: una actividad mal regulada que a menudo destruye arrecifes de coral o agregaciones de esponjas, y captura tanto que las especies no pueden recuperarse y colapsan.

Ante esta realidad, la Unión Europea está en el proceso de reformar el vigente reglamento de pesca de profundidad para el Atlántico Nordeste. Es una gran oportunidad para acabar con la destrucción del fondo marino en las grandes profundidades, asegurar la protección de esta enorme reserva de biodiversidad, y cumplir con los compromisos internacionales de gestión para este tipo de recursos. España, como país líder en este tipo de pesca, con cerca de la mitad del volumen de capturas de la UE, tiene una gran responsabilidad en este proceso.

Pide a la Ministra García Tejerina que en las negociaciones del nuevo reglamento de pesca de profundidad apoye y proponga medidas que minimicen el impacto ambiental sobre los ecosistemas marinos y aseguren la explotación sostenible de los recursos.

¿Nos ayudas a conseguirlo?. Las especies y ecosistemas de profundidad lo merecen.

Gracias por tu firma. ¡Difunde la petición!

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Carta a la Ministra española de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente

Estimada Sra Ministra,

Con motivo de las negociaciones que se están llevando en el Consejo de Agricultura y Pesca de la UE respecto a la reforma del reglamento de pesca de profundidad en aguas del Atlántico Nordeste, quiero formularle mi petición para que España apoye y proponga medidas de gestión relacionadas con la minimización de los impactos sobre los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables y la explotación sostenible de los recursos pesqueros.

Como ciudadano/a europeo estoy profundamente preocupado/a por las deficientes medidas de gestión de los ecosistemas y especies de profundidad. Tras 12 años de aplicación del vigente reglamento, Reg. (EC) nº 2347/2002, resulta evidente que las medidas que contiene son totalmente insuficientes para proteger los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables frente a los impactos de las artes de pesca. Igualmente, las evidencias científicas apuntan a que la mayoría de los stocks pesqueros de profundidad de la UE se están explotando muy por encima de los niveles sostenibles, capturando elevadas cantidades de especies no comerciales que son finalmente descartadas.

Esta realidad no refleja los objetivos de gestión reflejados en distintas normativas europeas, ni en otros compromisos internacionales, como los adoptados por los Estados miembro de la UE en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas (Resoluciones 61/105 y 64/72). Una situación especialmente preocupante si tenemos en cuenta la reconocida vulnerabilidad de las especies que habitan estos ambientes.

España, como país líder en Europa en la pesca de profundidad, tiene la responsabilidad de proponer medidas de gestión basadas en la ciencia y en los compromisos internacionales adquiridos para proteger los Ecosistemas Marinos Vulnerables y explotar de manera responsable los recursos pesqueros de profundidad. A continuación, le resumo algunas de las principales propuestas que le pido tenga en consideración:
 Identificar las áreas que contienen Ecosistemas Marinos Vulnerables e impedir el uso de artes de fondo en las mismas,
 Elaborar evaluaciones de impacto de las actividades pesqueras en las zonas de pesca existentes y nuevas,
 Eliminar progresivamente el uso de las artes de pesca destructivas y poco selectivas, en particular el arrastre y enmalle de fondo en pesquerías de profundidad,
 Fijar las posibilidades de pesca estrictamente acordes al criterio científico y considerando la sostenibilidad de todas las especies capturadas, y
 Aplicar medidas que minimicen la captura de especies no deseadas, con especial atención a las especies más vulnerables.

Agradeciendo de antemano su atención, le deseo unas fructíferas negociaciones. Las especies y ecosistemas de profundidad lo merecen.

Ecologistas en Acción

No permitas que arrasen las profundidades marinas

El primer gran cargamento de ‘petróleos supercontaminantes’ llega a Europa por Bilbao

El primer gran cargamento de ‘petróleos supercontaminantes’ llega a Europa por Bilbao

Publicado por jonkepa en mayo 28, 2014

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El petrolero Aleksey Kosygin partió de Freeport, Texas, el pasado 14 de mayo con 600.000 barriles de arenas bituminosas procedentes de Canadá. Llegará previsiblemente a Bilbao con destino a la refinería de Muzkiz.

Al igual que la muralla china o los invernaderos del Almería, la minería a cielo abierto de las arenas bituminosas de Alberta (Canadá) es una de esas “huellas” humanas visibles desde el espacio. Los que ocupan actualmente las balsas de residuos mineros lo explican. La cicatriz se agrandará, según las previsiones: la producción de este combustible pasará de los actuales 2.2 millones de barriles diarios a  3 ,7 millones en 2025 si no se hace nada por evitarlo.

Las arenas bituminosas son una materia espesa, negra y viscosa compuesta de arena, arcilla, agua y bitumen -una especie de alquitrán-, que es necesario calentar o mezclar con hidrocarburos tóxicos más ligeros para poder transportarlas a través de un oleoducto. Las grandes reservas hacen de Canadá la        tercera potencia petrolera mundial, tras Arabia Saudí y Venezuela. Integran el grupo de los denominados petróleos no convencionales (junto al petróleo de esquisto o los petróleos de aguas profundas). Se llaman así porque los métodos de extracción son diferentes a los habituales, al tratarse de reservas de más difícil acceso. Son combustibles generalmente de peor calidad, peor rendimiento energético y de mayor impacto ambiental.

En el caso de las arenas bituminosas los efectos son variados y muy graves. El consumo de agua necesaria para la extracción es elevado, aproximadamente 4 barriles de agua por cada barril de petróleo obtenido; para acceder a los yacimientos de Alberta hay que abrir minas a cielo abierto, talando extensos bosques maduros y con ellos su potencial como sumidero de carbono; en el proceso se utilizan sustancias químicas que contaminan los ríos y producen enfermedades como enfisemas, asma o cáncer; tras agotarse las reservas, lo que quedan son enormes extensiones de lagos tóxicos que seguirán durante décadas filtrando contaminantes al agua y el suelo. Además, la construcción de oleoductos para transportar el crudo hasta la costa amenaza a varios pueblos indígenas en EEUU y Canadá.

Pero sin duda el impacto mayor es el climático. Extraer, procesar y transportar este combustible consume una enorme cantidad de energía. Según un estudio de la Comisión Europea, la combustión de petróleo procedente de arenas bituminosas produce un 23% más de emisiones de CO₂ que la del petróleo convencional. El transporte por carretera provoca cada vez más emisiones de gases contaminantes. Es la gran asignatura pendiente de la Unión Europea en la lucha contra el Cambio Climático. Para abordar este problema se revisó la Directiva de Calidad de Combustibles (DCC) para lograr que en 2020 los carburantes produjeran un 6% menos de emisiones respecto a 2010.

La entrada de petróleo producido con arenas bituminosas aniquila ese objetivo.

Canadá presiona desde hace años para que se le abran las puertas del mercado europeo. La UE, sedienta de combustible y con una alta dependencia energética del exterior, parece haber cedido por fin a las pretensiones canadienses, renunciado a sus objetivos climáticos. Actualmente ambas potencias negocian un tratado comercial (CETA, por sus siglas en inglés) y no parece casualidad que de forma paralela la UE haya anunciado que l a DCC no continuará más allá de 2020.

Según denuncia el Natural Resources Defence Council, las importaciones pasarán de 4000 barriles diarios en 2012 a 700.000 en 2020. En España ya son tres las refinerías que han realizado adaptaciones para poder procesar ampliamente este combustible, dos de ellas de Repsol.

La llegada del petrolero Aleksey Kosygin podría marcar el inicio de la era de los petróleos supercontaminantes y la renuncia de la Unión europea a reducir sus emisiones de CO₂. Le estaremos esperando para decir que no queremos arenas bituminosas ni aquí, ni en ningún sitio. El planeta no puede permitírselo, si pretende frenar el cambio climático.

Samuel Martín-Sosa Rodríguez - Ecologistas en Acción

El Diario

El primer gran cargamento de ‘petróleos supercontaminantes’ llega a Europa por Bilbao

World Sailing News - 28 May 2014 - ISAF

It's just one week to go until the start of the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship and four of the top five ranked sailors will be in attendance ready to put up a fight. World  #1 Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) has been preparing for the event training with her team in J/80's. World #2 Anna Kjellberg (SWE) will be hoping to better her 5th place from last year whilst World #4 Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN ) and World #5 Stephanie Roble (USA) will be fighting for top honours. Take a look at the previews below. ISAF have announced the 28 young sailors from 17 nations who will receive Athlete Participation Programme (APP) funding for the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships. APP sailors will benefit from subsidised entry, travel and the coaching of Hugh Styles, World Youth Sailing Trust coach, who will guide the athletes. This year is the first that Tanzania will compete at the ISAF Youth Worlds with Laser Radial sailor Sahala Imamu set to sail thanks to APP funding. Nations are starting to announce the sailors that will fly their flag at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, this week the Kiwi team has been announced and we will continue to bring you updates of sailors as soon as they are announced. Juan Pedromo (PUR) sailing's athlete role model for Nanjing 2014 was featured in Sea Master Sailing this month, view the piece on the ISAF channel here. Also in this week's World Sailing News we have highlights from the Rolex Capri Sailing Week, PWA World Cup, Delta Lloyd Regatta, ISAF Graded Match Racing events and much more. ISAF 28 May 2014

El ‘Rainbow Warrior’ de Greenpeace visita Ibiza contra los sondeos

El ‘Rainbow Warrior’ de Greenpeace visita Ibiza contra los sondeos

Publicado por jonkepa en mayo 28, 2014

Greenpeace intenta evitar la llegada a puerto de Rotterdam de un petrolero ruso.

El buque insignia de la organización ecologista Greenpeace, el Rainbow Warrior, recalará en Valencia, Ibiza y Mallorca entre el 8 y el 15 de junio para mostrar su oposición y recordar los peligros de los proyectos petrolíferos en Baleares, Canarias, mar de Alborán y golfo de Valencia.

Con esta campaña, Greenpeace quiere dejar claro que el petróleo no es necesario para garantizar el suministro de energía, porque es posible un modelo energético cien por cien sostenible y renovable, ha informado la entidad en un comunicado.

La organización ecologista apoya a la ciudadanía y las plataformas que han levantado su voz contra los planes de extracción de petróleo y ha señalado que la riqueza medioambiental, el turismo y la pesca de Baleares y Canarias están en grave peligro ante los proyectos de Repsol y Cairn Energy en las aguas de ambos archipiélagos, mar de Alborán y golfo de Valencia.

Greenpeace ha destacado el amplio rechazo a las prospecciones petrolíferas que existe actualmente por parte de la sociedad civil y gran parte de las administraciones como gobiernos autonómicos, consells, cabildos, diputaciones y ayuntamientos que se han mostrado en contra.

El portavoz de Greenpeace, Julio Barea, ha advertido de que “no existe ninguna forma segura de extraer petróleo en aguas profundas, ya que esos pozos suponen enormes riesgos de vertidos, incendios y contaminación”.

Según Barea, la extracción de petróleo “degrada aún más los ecosistemas y la biodiversidad marina, ya muy vulnerable por la actividad humana, como la sobrepesca, la contaminación o el cambio climático” y además “aumenta la presión y los riesgos en otros sectores económicos como la pesca o el turismo y daña gravemente a las comunidades locales”.

El Rainbow Warrior llegará a Ibiza procedente de Valencia el 11 de junio, acompañado por una flotilla de bienvenida a la que se sumarán todas las embarcaciones pitiusas que lo deseen, y culminará su recorrido para esta campaña en Mallorca los días 14 y 15 del mismo mes.

Durante su estancia en las islas, la organización presentará un informe sobre las prospecciones y alternativas de energía sostenible en una rueda de prensa y abrirá las puertas a aquellos que deseen conocer su buque insignia por dentro.

Invitará además a autoridades y líderes de la comunidad para que expresen su rechazo a estos planes, incluido también las prospecciones en el Ártico.

Greenpeace ha informado de que el Rainbow Warrior es uno de los barcos más ecológicos existentes, un velero tan rápido como la mayoría de los buques industriales y un claro ejemplo de que otro modelo energético es posible, sin necesidad de prospecciones.

La campaña contra prospecciones petrolíferas es una de las prioridades de la organización a nivel internacional que lleva más de dos años oponiéndose a las que se realizan en el Ártico.

El ‘Rainbow Warrior’ de Greenpeace visita Ibiza contra los sondeos

2014 Alpari WMRT Tour - Robertson raises his game for 2014 Alpari Tour.

Robertson raises his game for 2014 Alpari Tour London, UK (28th May 2014): New Zealander Phil Robertson and his Waka Racing team return to the Alpari World Match Racing this year for their fourth successive season as Tour Card holders. The tour caught up with the multi talented skipper and his team before heading over to Germany next week.  Robertson, now 27, followed an orthodox route through the classes during his childhood. Aged 10, he first competed in Optimists, graduating up to the popular New Zealand dinghy, the P-class, before joining the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s Youth Training Programme. This Programme has been the forming ground for many top Kiwi pro sailors, including leading match racers like Adam Minoprio, Will Tiller and Laurie Jury. At this time Robertson was also racing on the Australian-New Zealand match racing circuit, where his record included winning the prestigious Warren Jones International Regatta in Perth when he was 19, a result he repeated three years later. Robertson began racing at Grade 2 and 3 events in the Northern hemisphere in 2009 and followed this with a phenomenal 2010 when he never finished off the podium, a performance that was strong enough to earn him his first Tour Card in 2011. In both the last two years Robertson has finished third overall on the Tour. In 2013 his results were mixed. There were moments of brilliance such as winning the season’s grand finale, the Monsoon Cup and finishing runner-up at the Stena Match Cup Sweden. However he contrasted this by posting disappointing results at both Match Race Germany and the Argo Group Gold Cup. Final Match at Monsoon Cup 2013 Makes Two very happy teams  2 ratings 1,441 views Going into this season, Robertson and his team have been doing as much match race training as they can back in Auckland, along with other big boat sailing, to stay sharp. “We try to mix it up,” explains Robertson. “We have done quite a lot of fleet racing and also been sailing some foiling cats - the SL33s.” This follows his stint as China Team skipper on the America’s Cup World Series and his three event foray last year on the Extreme Sailing Series as helmsman for China Spirit. Contrary to the popular view, Robertson maintains there are many similarities between cat sailing and match racing: “The main difference is their speed, but other than that much of it comes down to the same crew work, communications and strategy – an of course the tactics, they all cross over. Sailing is moving much more into short course racing, close to shore, something that match racing has been doing for the last 10 years at least.” He’s even been offshore: “We’ve been over in Sydney doing some big boat sailing on Giacomo [the former Groupama VO70, winner of the last Volvo Ocean Race], working with them and their campaign and doing a lot of sailing with them, just trying to broaden our horizons.” Wherever possible, Robertson brings the rest of his match race crew along, including tactician/mainsail trimmer Garth Ellingham, headsail trimmer James Williamson, pitman Nick Catley and bowman Adam Martin. As he says: “The more we can sail together, the better we are going to be when we start match racing.” Sailing many different types of boats on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour also improves their adaptability – another key requirement for a top match racer. “You are in a different boat at each event, so obviously the skill set has to include adapting to each boat. You have to know and understand how boats work.” However Robertson acknowledges that his track record indicates he and his team have often had their best results in bigger boats. In addition to all this, Robertson says that this year he wants to focus more on training for specific World Tour events, spending more time in trace venues in order to raise his team’s game. “But that is an expensive exercise,” he warns. While they get some sponsorship from New Zealand companies such as Tax Management NZ, foul weather gear manufacturer Line 7, Event Clothing and KZ Race Furlers, plus IT company Front End, they are still looking for additional funding so that they don’t have to rely solely on prize money from Tour events to survive. “All the guys in the team, we pay for a lot of it ourselves. Much of our prize money goes straight back into the campaign or training.” Clearly one of the most talented sailors of his generation, Robertson could be fleet racing or other avenues in pro sailing. So why does he choose match racing? “The main reason is that it is definitely some of the best sailing you can do in the world and it keeps you extremely sharp. The enjoyment factor of that is huge and there is a great skill set that you get out of it. “One design fleet racing is never really one design - it comes down to money and how far you can push the rule, whereas with match racing, you can’t touch your boat. In fact, the most equal fleets you’ll find are in match racing. It is absolutely team versus team and that is a huge draw for us.” As to the form going into the 2014 season, Robertson says that once again it is very stiff. “The competition is wide open. We are going to put in a solid effort to win, but it is going to be a tough year.” To get to the top of pile this year, Robertson will have to overcome the 2013 Match Racing World Champion Taylor Canfield and his USOne team. “I think Taylor has done the most match racing over the last couple of years,” says Robertson of why the US Virgin Island skipper came out top of the pile last season. “A big factor for him was working at the Chicago Match Race centre and he did a large number of Grade 1s and Grade 2s last year and that always pays off.” But, given the amount of sailing he’s already done this year, maybe 2014 will be the year it also pays off for Robertson. Follow Phil Robertson and his WAKA Racing team on the 2014 Alpari Tour atwww.wmrt.com and Twitter @worldmrt The 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour championship kicks off at Match Race Germany next week beginning 5 June – 9 June. The Alpari World Match Racing Tour is one of five special events sanctioned under the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) including America’s Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race, the Extreme Sailing Series and the PWA World Tour.

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Enterprise Open 2014

Scammonden Water Sailing Club is hosting an Enterprise Open meeting on Sunday,
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2014 Alpari WMRT Tour - The most challenging Tour yet for Francesco Bruni

The most challenging Tour yet for Francesco Bruni  London, UK (27th May 2014): Italian Francesco Bruni may not have done much keelboat match racing in recent years, but the talented match racer has always shown a remarkable talent for learning the ropes quickly. As the 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour prepares to kick off in Germany next week, we speak to the America’s Cup skipper from Luna Rossa about his most challenging Tour ever;  There are few better ways to keep yourself race sharp than competing on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour, says Francesco Bruni. While he and his Luna Rossa team mates currently train in Sardinia as they wait to learn the details of the next America’s Cup edition, they know it is just as important to keep racing in high-level competitions. Which is why Bruni wanted a Tour Card for this season on the Alpari Tour. “As a sailor, you can really choose different paths for keeping your mind sharp,” he says. “You can choose any kind of circuit, as long as it's high quality. The Alpari World Match Racing Tour is definitely one of those high-quality circuits, even if the boats we race are not the same as the multihulls we are training in for the America’s Cup.” After a frenetic summer racing aboard Luna Rossa’s 40-knot foiling AC72 in San Francisco, it would be hard to think of more of a contrast than the classic International One Designs used in the Argo Group Gold Cup. Yet in Bermuda last October, Bruni battled a path all the way to the final to find himself face to face with Sir Ben Ainslie, fresh from America’s Cup victory with Oracle Team USA, and perhaps the most feted sailor of the modern age. Unbowed by the weight of Ainslie’s living-legend status, Bruni got the better of Sir Ben to win the final 3-2 despite having done little keelboat match racing in recent years. Bruni created history that day as the first Italian ever to be named on the oldest match racing trophy, the King Edward VII Gold Cup. Argo Group Gold Cup 2013 - All the action from the finals!  3 ratings 2,669 views It gave Bruni greater desire for more match racing action and, even if a trip to the Monsoon Cup didn’t go quite so well, Bruni threw his name in the hat for a 2014 Tour Card with Luna Rossa. Having secured it, he is relishing the prospect of going head to head with the match race specialists. “I am really looking forward to competing at this high level and it was interesting going to the Congressional Cup in Long Beach, because I can see that everyone is very fired up for this year’s World Tour. It will be the first time that I will do the full World Tour, and with other commitments this may be my only chance to do the whole series.” Despite missing one of the events a few years ago, Bruni managed to finish runner-up to Ian Williams. “That was a busy season - for me it was too busy. I do prefer to have only six events, because you can do them all and be 100% focused on those ones.” Asked which is his favourite of the venues, Bruni laughs: “Well, after last October it has become Bermuda! But I love Chicago too. We have a couple of Tom 28s in Cagliari, where Luna Rossa is based, which are the same boats we’ll be sailing in Chicago. For me, and I’m guessing many others, the new event in Poland is still an unknown. Obviously I would like to do better at the Monsoon Cup, because Malaysia has always been a bit of an issue for me. I have never been able to sail well there. I always stopped at the quarter-finals and that's where I lost my world title against Williams three years ago. So I am looking forward to doing better there this year.” Bruni struggles with the apparent randomness of conditions at the Monsoon Cup, which is where last year’s world title was decided in a very close showdown between Williams and Taylor Canfield. Phil Robertson beat Williams in the final, which gave Canfield his first world title by a whisker. It’s also the biggest prize money event on the Tour with a USD $500,000 prize purse, so there are plenty of reasons for Bruni to want to up his game for Malaysia. But how to do it? “Maybe with a little training on the same boats before the Monsoon Cup. That's the only thing I can think of. And trying to simulate the craziness of the Malaysia conditions!” If Bruni finds it hard to adapt to the randomness of the conditions in Kuala Terengganu, one thing the 41-year-old is famed for is his ability to adapt very quickly to different types of boat. He has represented Italy in three very different Olympic classes. “I did the Laser as a first Olympic attempt in Savannah '96, then I steered the 49er in Sydney 2000 with my brother. Then, the last one I did it was in 2004 in Athens with the Star class. Three very different classes and in the middle of that I did America's Cup campaigns with Luna Rossa, match racing as a crew and as a skipper.” Bruni has always enjoyed the challenge of learning new skills quickly. “Adapting quickly to any kind of boat, is not a quality that everybody has naturally. That has always been one of the good - and challenging - things about the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. I don't know if there is something in your chromosomes, I don't think so, it's just a matter of doing it many times in many different boats…” Follow Francesco Bruni and the Luna Rossa team on the 2014 Alpari Tour atwww.wmrt.com and Twitter @worldmrt The 2014 Alpari World Match Racing Tour championship kicks off at Match Race Germanynext week beginning 5 June – 9 June. The Alpari World Match Racing Tour is one of five special events sanctioned under the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) including America's Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race, the Extreme Sailing Series and the PWA World Tour.