The first two races were held yesterday, January 3. According to their results, Daniil Krutskikh – 14 “Laser-standard”. While women in “the Laser-a radial” Yekaterina Zyuzina on 44th place, Maria Kisluhina – 63-m, Alexander Lukoyanov – 75-M.

Today the race due to weather conditions had to cancel.

The Australian will last until January 8th.

Detailed results after two races

http://sailingresults.net/?ID=80313

Today

      Australia already chasing
      In Port Phillip Bay, not far from Melbourne, the Australian Championship started in the Laser Standard, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7 classes. The regatta is attended by a group of sailors of the Krestovsky Ostrov Sailing School, led by coach Vladimir Krutskikh.

The first two races took place yesterday, January 3. According to their results, Daniil Krutskikh is the 14th in the “Laser Standard”. Whereas women in “Laser Radial” Yekaterina Zyuzina is in 44th place, Maria Kislukhina is in 63rd place, and Alexandra Lukoyanova is in 75th place.

Today, the race had to be canceled due to weather conditions.

The Australian Championship will last until January 8, inclusive.

Detailed results after two races –

http://sailingresults.net/?ID=80313

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Yesterday

      In the finals – Australia and Japan
      Yesterday, the final – fifth – stage of the international sailing league – SailGP, started in Marseille, where, recall, teams from six countries are fighting on F50 high-speed catamarans.

Three races took place on Friday. Two of them won the team of Japan, one – the Australians. Thus, both of them became unattainable for the rest of the crews by the sum of the points scored in all five stages, and if desired, the race, which will be held today and tomorrow, could not be held.

Recall that on Sunday – after the end of the stage – there, in Marseilles, there will be a decisive, super-final race, in which the first and second teams of SailGP will converge – Australians and Japanese. The winner will get the main and only prize of the series (the largest in the sailing world!) – a million dollars. The rest of the teams will not receive anything.

Recall that the initiators of the creation of SailGP are one of the richest people on the planet, the owner of Oracle Team USA Larry Ellison and his right hand, five-time winner of the America's Cup Russell Kutts. They announced their project in early October 2018.

The results of the first day (places taken in three races, and the total points):

1. Australia (skipper Tom Slingsby) – 2-1-2, 28
2. Japan (Nathan Outterwich) – 1-4-1, 27
3. United Kingdom (Dylan Fletcher) – 3-2-3, 25
4. China (Fml Robertson) – 5-3-5, 20
5. France (Billy Besson) – 4-5-4, 20
6. USA (Rome Kirby) – 6-6-6, 15

Overall SailGP

1. Australia – 197
2. Japan – 192
3. Great Britain – 145
4. USA – 137
5. China – 137
6. France – 135

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On Friday held three races. Two of them were won by the Japanese team and one for the Australians. Thus, both those and others become unreachable for the rest of the crew by the sum of points scored on all five stages, and if you want a race that will be held today and tomorrow, it would be possible not to.

We will remind that on Sunday after the end of the stage there, in Marseille, will take decisive, the super-final race, in which converge the first and second teams SailGP, Australians and Japanese. The winner will get the main and only prize in the series (the biggest in the sailing world!) – a million dollars. The rest of the team get nothing.

We will remind that initiators of SailGP are one of the richest people on the planet, owner of Oracle Team USA, Larry Ellison, and his right hand, five-time winner of the America’s Cup Russell Coutts. About your project, they announced at the beginning of October 2018.

The results of the first day (the space occupied in three races, and amount of points):

1. Australia (skipper Tom Slingsby) – 2-1-2, 28
2. Japan (Nathan Outteridge) – 1-4-1, 27
3. United Kingdom (Dylan Fletcher) – 3-2-3, 25
4. China (FML Robertson) – 5-3-5, 20
5. France (Billy Besson) – 4-5-4, 20
6. USA (Rome Kirby) – 6-6-6, 15

The overall SailGP

1. Australia – 197
2. Japan – 192
3. UK – 145
4. USA – 137
5. China – 137
6. France – 135

Yesterday

      Tragedy off the coast of Australia
      All the Australian news sites this morning reported: 7 kilometers off the coast of New South Wales in the Newcastle area, the catamaran rolled over: three out of five people on board were dead.

Details are not much. Weather conditions in the area did not contribute to sailing. Rain, strong waves, wind of 25 – 30 knots … Nevertheless, five on a catamaran with a length of 11.7 meters went out to sea.

What happened is a mystery. It is only known that one of the five activated an emergency beacon. The two survivors — a 16-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man — were in the water for a long time, clinging to an upturned ship, suffered from hypothermia (the water temperature in the area is about 17 degrees), is in serious condition and was urgently taken by helicopter to the nearest hospital . Rescuers found the bodies of three victims (they are all middle-aged people of sixty to seventy years old) in the water.

A terrible story. Peace be upon you

P.S. Catamaran. meanwhile, carries it further away from the coast. Under storm conditions, it is not possible to turn it over and tow it to the port.

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Details are not many. Weather conditions in the area did not contribute to sailing. Rain, heavy sea, wind force of 25 – 30 knots… However, five on a catamaran with a length of 11.7 meters out to sea.

What happened is a mystery. We only know that one of the five activated the distress beacon. Two survivors – 16-year-old girl and 40-year-old man – were long in the water, clinging to overturned vessel, suffered from hypothermia (the water temperature in the area is about 17 degrees), are in serious condition and was rushed by helicopter to the nearest hospital. The bodies of three victims (all of them elderly people sixty to seventy years), the rescuers found in the water.

Terrible story. Rest in peace.

PS The Catamaran. meanwhile, will carry farther from the shore. In the storm turn it over, and towed into port is not possible.

Yesterday

      Getting started with Australia
      A month before the start of the world championship in the discipline “match races”, which will be held from 11 to 17 August in Yekaterinburg and included in the list of especially significant events of the Ministry of Sports of Russia, the press service of the Komatek Yacht Club began to acquaint fans with future participants regatta

https://yacht-express.net/the-acquaintance-began-with-australia/ Read more]]> Over a month before the world championship in the discipline of “match racing”, which will be held from 11 to 17 August in Ekaterinburg and entered the list of the most significant events of the Ministry of sports of Russia, the press service of the Provincial yacht club “Komatek” started to get our readers acquainted with the future participants of the regatta.

The first crew was from Australia. The skipper of the team – Tom Grimes. He and his Shkotovo – James Hodgson, Harry Hall and Jesse Grimes are members of the cruising yacht club of Australian Academy of sailing.

Last year, the youth of this school, the Australian Academy celebrated its 25th anniversary. Over the years, the Youth sailing Academy has produced world Champions, Olympians, winners of the Volvo Ocean Race and the Champions of the America’s Cup.
The team of Tom Grimes won the last two Australian sports racing. Tom and Jess Grimes – the world Champions among students.

To Ekaterinburg there will arrive also sailing teams from the USA, the Czech Republic, Sweden, UK, France, Argentina, Poland, Italy, New Zealand and Japan.

Who can become a participant of the world championship in match race from our country, find out after the championship of Russia which will pass in Ekaterinburg from the 18th to the 21st of July.

The organizing Committee of the world championship is headed by Vice-Governor Pavel Krekov. The venue of the world championship and championship of Russia in a match race: Ekaterinburg, Verkh-Isetsky pond, provincial yacht club “Komatek”.

January 30, 2019

      Three days to Australia
      The 14th day of the nonstop race around the world of the 40-meter maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 with skipper Jan Guichard ended the day.

Spindrift 2 is still going better than the graphics of its virtual rival – IDEC-SPORT trimaran with skipper Francis Juyon, who has owned Jules Verne Trophy since 2017. The advantage of Gishar and his crew of 11 people is currently (at 15.30 Moscow time on Wednesday) 357 nautical miles (about 15 hours).

In the last 24 hours Spindrift 2 crossed 838 nautical miles, while its average speed was 34.9 knots. Excellent, but the problem is that IDEC-SPORT had about the same indicators during the passage of the Indian Ocean. In order not to slow down the pace, Guichard decided to go far south of his predecessors (there is the most favorable wind situation), although he understands how risky it is: icebergs are visible on satellite images.

Recall that on Tuesday Spindrift 2 crossed the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope. Now ahead is the second famous cape – Lewwin in southwestern Australia. IDEC-SPORT, during its record attempt, crossed its longitude 17 days 07 hours and 01 minutes after the start.

Let's see what the result on this segment will show Spindrift 2. The wait is long.

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February 15, 2019

      Japan, followed by Australia
      Today, on February 15, three races of the first stage of the new international sailing league – SailGP – took place in Sydney Bay.

Recall (although we wrote in detail about this the day before) that the initiators of the creation of SailGP are one of the richest people in the world, owner of Oracle Team USA Larry Ellison and five-time winner of the America's Cup, Russell Cutts. An important detail: World Sailing not only declared its full support for the new league, but also included it in the list of the most important sailing competitions in the world.

The races are held on the fastest ships of the world sail – 50-foot winged catamarans of the F50 class, which were specially designed for SailGP and, according to the developers' assurances, are capable of speeding over 50 knots.

On the first day, however, it remained only to dream of such speeds: in the starting race the wind was moderate, in the other two – fresh, but no more.

On the sum of three races ahead, the team representing Japan (there are 6 teams in total). There is no sensation in this. Three crew members out of five – famous Australian racers. Nathan Outerridge, helmsman – 2012 Olympic champion in 49er class, winner of 19 medals at world championships in different classes, skipper Artemis Racing in two America Cup competitions. In addition, Autteridge was directly involved in the development and testing of F50 fireballs, so he has much more experience managing this catamaran than his other helmsmen.

Trimmer Ian Jensen is also the 2012 Olympic champion and multiple world champion in the 49er class (along with teAutteridge). Tactician Luke Parkinson is the bronze medalist of the world championships in the 470 class, and he, like Outteridge and Parkinson, participated in the America's Cup as part of the Artemis Racing team. As for the grinders – Yugo Yoshida and Yuki Kasatani – they have fewer regalia, of course, but they also played in the America's Cup – as part of the Japanese team. That, you see, says a lot.

It's time to announce that the winner gets 10 points for winning the race, the second place winner is 9, and so on. Accordingly, the one who came last, the sixth, gets 5 points. So, on the basis of Friday at Japan Team SailGP, one victory and two second places, 28 points, is an excellent result! The second position of the owners is the Australian team, 27 points (two wins and fifth place).

Now it's time to explain why you need glasses. Tomorrow, on Saturday, February 16, three more races will be held, and then the final one, in which only two teams will take part – the first and second places in terms of points. Who will win this match flight, he will be the winner of the stage.

Race number 1
1. Japan (steering Nathan Autteridge) – 10 points; 2. China (Phil Robertson) – 9 points. 3. Great Britain (Daylan Fletcher) – 8 points; 4. USA (Rome Kirby) – 7 points; 5. Australia (Tom Slingsby) – 6 points; 6. France (Billy Besson) – 5.

Race number 2
1.Australia – 10 points; 2. Japan – 9; 3. United States – 8; 4. Great Britain – 7; 5. France – 6; 6. China – 5.

Race number 3
1. Australia – 10 points; 2. Japan – 9; 3. France – 8; 4. Great Britain – 7; 5. United States – 6; 6. China – 5.

Results of the first day (the sum of three races)
1. Japan – 28 points; 2. Australia – 27; 3. Great Britain – 22; 4. United States – 20; 5. France – 19; 6. China – 19.

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