Sydney-Hobart 2012

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  1. michael pierzga
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    The diesel powered technology is interesting and it produces exciting boats . But these BIG, go for glory, thrill seekers overshadow design and performance advances way back in the rest of the fleet.

    What was the new, breakthrough , equipment, sail, hull design , in this years Hobart ?

    Certainly buried back in the small boats is something interesting like a Mini scow.
     
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    That's about what I expected.

    Just a personal observation as a spectator Paul, from the other side of the country and not as someone who has a boat and the means to do it.
     
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    A bit OT but when Sean Langman gave a speech to the MYCV he mentioned that when he approached the CYCA that they would entertain the running of a multihull division if five boats meeting an appropriate safety standard for offshore racing could be procured they felt that was the minimum required to justify a division (fair enough). There are some difficulties because the constitution of the CYCA nominates the club as a monohull only association it is possible to overcome those difficulties but only if sufficient interest is shown. It's testament to the sad state of offshore multihull racing in Australia that it's hard to raise that many boats when in the 80's there were at least a dozen offshore cruiser/racer and racing multis that could have done the race. So far Team Australia and Team Vodafone Sailing have said they will compete and Peccadillo a 46' Chris White Atlantic catamaran owned by the current MYCV commodore and a veteran of the Three Peaks Race have agreed to race just need two more multis to be prepared and ready to make it happen.
     
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    That sounds encouraging-at least the part about CYCA agreeing to this. Should be big news......
     
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    A few multihulls have done Sydney to Hobart in cruises, but tis too cold for them.

    They prefer the tropics, ( eg Gladstone races) , and have said so in a few articles over the years.

    It seems monohulls are more comfortable for the colder climate.
     
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    Isn't there a pretty strong multi contingent for the 3 peaks ?
     
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    last year -

    http://www.threepeaks.org.au/teams2012.html

    8 monohulls, 4 multis

    but you don't get the constant on the nose long term open ocean smashing for 3 days in that event. Plenty of breaks and creature comforts hopping from town to town.

    If it wasnt for the stupid running up and down mountains, it would be the yacht race of the season.

    The premier event this year will be 30th Jan 2013 – 8th Feb 2013 'Raid' run by the Wooden Boat Trust

    from Cockle Creek to Sullivans Cove – culminating with the
    8th – 11th Feb 2013 Australian Wooden Boat Festival

    http://tawe-nunnegah.rforster.org/about-tawe-nunnugah
     
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    The groundwork has been done by Sean Langman and as he pointed out to the CYCA the Royal Ocean Racing Club in the UK has been integrating multihulls into their events for years you know all those easy races like the Fastnet etc.. Maybe if Bruce Arms on Big Wave Rider and the Deguello crew choose to come onboard for the SH or one of those smart new Schionning Geforce catamarans from QLD it will happen.

    btw I nearly died of shock when I saw Team Vodafone Sailing's ORMA60 shown for a moment on Channel 7 when they were talking about the results of Hamilton Island Race Week.
     
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    QUOTE=rwatson;604098


    If it wasnt for the stupid running up and down mountains, it would be the yacht race of the season.

    ROFLMAO !

    How about a 3 pubs race ?
     
  10. whitepointer23

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    Sorry for the late reply doug. Yes the volvos are motor sailers. They need an engine to operate so thats what they are as far as i am concerned.
     
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    Well, sorry you "feel" that way. As far as I'm concerned that is a very distorted view of the facts. And its a shame......
     
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    Gee..they press buttons to trim sails , then brag about how fast their primaries can trim a sheet in a jibe or center the main.


    Its all OK on big goofy J boats with luxurious wine filled interiors. .

    With real race boats I find it unfortunate.

    I sailed many years on Maxis..Its was challenging to bull them around a race course.

    Motorized race boats should compete in their own class for the LEWMAR POWERPACK TROPHY !
     
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    SH-Wild Oats XI second triple is official!

    Wild Oats XI is officially the fastest sailboat in the history of the Sydney-Hobart Race!

    from the SH website:

    At 12.00pm today, Wild Oats XI was officially confirmed the overall winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

    The win cements Wild Oats XI, owner Bob Oatley and skipper Mark Richards' place in history as the first to claim the treble; line honours, first overall and the race record - twice.

    Richards steered the yacht to the treble in 2005, but it came in easier style than this time around, when the record was on, then off and on again in the closing stages. He said today that laying his hands on the Tattersall's Cup (awarded to the overall winning yacht) was the ultimate achievement.

    "There's only a couple of boats competing for line honours, but the Tattersall's Cup - it's nearly the whole fleet - it's a big deal," he said.

    The yacht shaved 16 minutes and 58 seconds off her 2005 record when she crossed the finish line on Friday 28 December at 07.23.12 AEDT.

    Only one other yacht has ever won the trifecta; Captain John Illingworth's Rani in the inaugural race in 1945.

    This is Wild Oats' sixth line honours victory. Only one other yacht Morna, later re-named Kurrewa IV, has done better. She won line honours seven times, but never won the race outright.

    Richards is now setting his sights on equaling the record seven wins.

    "You get close to something like that and it becomes a real goal for us," he said. "I'm sure there'll be bigger and better boats out next year, so we'll just see what happens."


    By Danielle McKay, Rolex Sydney Hobart media team

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    Picture: Robert Oately, Mark Richards and Patrick Boutellier presenting the Rolex Yacht-Master:
     

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    Fastest power vessel - they can have canting keels, but they need to be wind or muscle powered to count as sailboats.


    No there wont be. Most sailors want more from sailing than extravagant solutions.
     

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    Got to say it Doug, you're sounding like some tea party-ist regarding "cheating" motor powered sailboats; they are ALL motor sailers: Volvos, Open 60's (aside from the lone Italian green example), the obscene WOXI and the other half dozen in SydHob, undeniably crewed by deniail-ists deluding themselves that they're not cheating. This answer is not the same as the original purist canters like Jim Young's Fiery Cross or David Hubbard's Red Herring or the enlightened Mini-Transat 6.5's - different fish entirely.
     
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