December 2006
New Year Might it be the year of the Tiger, as in Flying Tiger? This is a little drawing that Bob Perry did of the FT, and we have to say that so far we really like our boat. After a ton of prep, we are finally ready to race and will be doing so in the SDYC New Year's Day Race. We just don't know how fast it is and we'll certainly find out something! We'll file a race report next week. 12/29/06 |
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Dominator 12/29/06 |
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Anarchy
2007 The
Ed |
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School The Landing School's new 10-month Composite Program received accreditation from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) making it the first of its kind in the Nation. This is a bitchin looking program that you should take a look at. Wonder where the skilled boat builders of tomorrow might come from? This looks like the place. 12/29/06 |
Shark
Attack? You might think so, but you'd be wrong. This is the new Radical 40, and click here to see what it actually is. Like another shot? And here's a really good downwind pic. Once again some fantastic work from Christophe Launay. Looks a bit tip with the wing in the air? Get the skinny in the forum. 12/28/06 |
A
Little 'Tude With Yer Buzz, Sir? had
to buy a bottle just to see what it tastes like. 40%
Syrah, 29% Zin, 31% Mourvedre, it should be tasty.Produced by Four Vines Cellars of Paso Robles. It comes complete with a quote (without caps): "a mind cannot be controlled. it cannot be restrained. it has no boundaries. it has its will. anarchy is the true nature of all things" -Alex Battig Happy New Year! Bill Gibbs Afterburner 12/28/06 |
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Gone 12/.27/06 |
Go
And Then Stop! Breaking News: Both Maiximus and fleet leader ABN AMRO ONE have been dismasted, sailing in approx 30 true. There are some injured sailors aboard Maximus. Get the latest news here. The boys are on their way to Hobart, and of course the big boys are out in front. Early leader so far is Wild Oats (pictured here by a very on the spot Andrea Francolini) Get the latest dope in our new Ocean Racing Forum. 12/26/06 |
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of the Week Next? The New Year is just around the corner, and with it brings the promise of new opportunities, new ideas, new direction. Given your perspective on the sport, what do you think the best new development, technology, class, personality, or race will emerge from the New Year? You may add to this, or choose none of the above. The idea here is to foster a bit of forward thinking - one never knows where tomorrow's ideas might come from. Post up. 12/27/06 |
Happy Anarchy! From us to you, here's hoping you get everything you asked Santa to bring you! We'll be back at it Tuesday. 12/25/06 |
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Able 12/22/05 |
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Media Old/New Rag
Marian Martin recently did some detailed research (SA forums, most likely) that showed that most people get their news online, months before it gets anywhere near the print rags. At the same time, Marian believes that these same people want the capability to print something out in a format they can read when they have the time, which to me means while I’m on the crapper. So today she relaunches The Magazine from BYM News. It’s pretty good, so take a look. If you don’t like it, don’t whine to me. 12/22/06 |
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Stumble Before the Fall
This
is Diabetes, (the former Nicorette) in some very unflattering
moments. Worse, they later dropped their rig! Thanks to Christophe
Launay for the great shots. |
Big
Blue Another great shot from Amory Ross at the Antigua Superyacht Cup. This is the regatta winner, Patient Falcon. 12/21/06 |
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In
Build In
Bloom |
R/P S/T Jim Pugh from Reichel/Pugh sent us the latest renderings of their new Storm Trysail 65. Here is a view much of the competition is likely to see. Oh yeah, those stripes say Morning Glory to us... 12/20/06 |
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Says... Our friend Bruce Schwab has put together an online survey, in part to help with sponsorship opportunities for his future shorthanded ocean racing endeavors. Bruce is of course one of the most dedicated sailors in the US, and if you can take a few minutes to fill this on line survey out, that would be cool. Oh yeah, there will be a drawing of those who fill it out with the first place prize being a half model of Ocean Planet! Thanks. 12/20/06 |
Vitamin
B We'll bet upon first look, you knew right away that this was a Brenta. What you likely did not know was that this is the new B60, newly built at Knierim Yachts in Germany. This beauty will be presented at the Dusseldorf boat Show (as will the B30 and B38). We of course will have a report from the show from one of our European correspondents. 12/19/06 |
| Question
of the Week Sail Making When it comes to sails, everybody has an opinion, and usually a strong one. Based upon what you know, or at least think you know, and based upon the type of racing you primarily do, who do you think makes the best sails? When you give your answer, simply say what and where you race, and what sailmaker you think stands above the rest. Have fun. 12/19/06 |
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Shoot Somewhere Else As we reported a while back, the US Coast Guard had concocted a really asinine plan to establish 34 "safety" zones for live-fire training on the Great Lakes. Sure, nothing safer than live fire shooting zones, 34 no less, in an area like the Great Lakes. It is frankly hard to imagine an idea much more stupid than this one. Maybe a disastrous, preemptive attack on a sovereign nation based on outright lies might top it, but that is a whole 'nother story. Thanks, however, to cooler heads with brains that actually function with some degree of rationality, that awful idea has been dismissed by the Coasties. 12/19/06 |
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In Flight Here is the humongous Maltese Falcon moving a lot of water at the Antigua Superyacht Cup in this great shot from Amory Ross. He's got a bunch more n his site so be sure to check them out. 12/18/06 |
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Not
Pretty 12/16/06 |
A Mean Program Peter de Ridder and team get a a feel for the VOR 70's as they take their Mean Machine (the former Pirates) out for an early romp. We hope to get an update from Peter, and here's a shout out to Sally Collison for some great shots. 12/15/06 |
3/11 Tuesday
we ran a blurb on the new Farr 11s 35' canter and here are
a few more details: Hulls # 1 and 2 are already sold, with
#3 available for June/July 2007 delivery. The boats are priced
@ $225,000, and built by Premier
Composite Technologies in Dubai (run by Hannes Waimer formerly
of DK Yachts). Looks like a bitchin' project for the right
sailors.12/15/06 |
| Opportunity Ocean Racing Forum We have renamed the old Vendee/VOR forum Ocean Racing, as we think it could be a really good place for all long distance racing topics, both crewed and short handed. We have an excellent exclusive title sponsorship opportunity available for the company that wants to brand that forum. Get in touch with us if you are interested. 12/15/06 |
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Caption
Contest Congrats,
Franklins Tower, you win a Rick Tomlinson Portfolio Calendar
- send us an e-mail.
We'll be sure to do another caption contest again soon |
Down Under  Christophe Launay from Marine Action Photography is literally down under with this view of a Sydney 38 from the Rolex One Design 2006. Dig it. 12/14/06 |
Rich
Dudes To
the rest of us, the world of wealthy boat owners is a fascinating
one. We heard that corporate criminal Dennis Kozlowski, the
former chief executive officer of Tyco sold off his classic
1934 America's Cup boat Endeavor for $13.1 million by Diversicolor
Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation, according to papers filed
in New York state Supreme Court. The sales contract also
named Sempervirens Ltd., another company with a Cayman address.
The
real owner is a man named Cassio Antunes, a resident
of Hawaii, who has big plans for the boat, according
to a statement released by his Miami lawyer and people
working on the boat in Newport, Rhode Island. Read
on. |
Winter Wonderland As in wonder where the wind went. Doing nothing to detract from the light-air reputation of Dago, Da Woody captures the magic of racing in San Diego Bay. That's the N/M 43 Vim slowly coming at ya. 12/13/06 |
Slay Ride  Nice to see something a bit more edgy. This is the new Farr 11s, now under build in Dubai. The owner is an anarchist, so we will no doubt get some early reports. Read more. Comment here. 12/12/06 |
| Media New Mag Our friends at the French Course au Large magazine have created a new on line magazine, called Ocean Racing. It is meant to be accessible to a larger (English) audience and will be a true magazine format, available via the web. They have made their first edition available for your viewing. 12/12/06 |
| Lost Called Off The search for Laura Gainey, daughter of former hockey player Bob Gainey, after she was washed overboard in the Atlantic Ocean during a storm while working on a ship bound for the Caribbean, was called off yesterday. She was not wearing a life jacket and is presumed drowned. We send our thoughts to her family and friends. 12/12/06 |
Mean Machine Swedish skipper Isabelle Mungsgård (first female skipper to do the attempt) and crew on a SeaCart 30 trimaran “3” start the Midwinter Challenge to set a new record round Gotland in the 30 foot multihull class. The course which is open from 1 December to end of February reaches 311 M and starts and finishes in Sandhamn. The previous record is 35 h, 58 min and 10 sec, this time the crew hopes to finish close to 24 hours. "We
have been waiting for the wind to shift to west after weeks
of south, now it looks very good. It´s going to be
a real challenge in the dark to beat the old record" says
Isabelle Mungsgård. This time of year the sun goes
up around nine a clock and sets around three. The SeaCart
30 is a pretty radical trimaran, small, fast, offshore
going and good for over 20 knots. Follow
alonghere. |
Cat Scratch Watch these Hobie's go at it. The one minding his own busies ends up much unhappier than the other! Thanks to our bros at LSD. 12/11/06 |
The Spread  Depending upon where you are in a downwind line up like this it can be comforting or depressing. This shot by GTS Photos from collegiate sloop nationals. See below for details on the GTS Intercollegiate Sailing Association Calendar. 12/08/06 |
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Contest Who is That Masked Man?  Yes, it is that time again. This shot from Rick Tomlinson should provide some good fodder for y'all. The best caption wins a Rick Tomlinson Portfolio Wall calendar. Have at it and have fun! 12/07/06 |
| Send It! On the way back from the Route du Rhum on a Class40'
Attached pic of interest from the first cold front we had to go through off Finisterre, solid 45 knots and gusting a lot more for 38 hours with some of the biggest breaking waves I've seen! You may also be interested that in these waves with just staysail and no main we managed to clock up a totally unbelievable 32.4 knots over the ground on the GPS, now that's what I call sending it! Cheers,
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Dr. No Something tells us that when some of you find out that Dr. Laura has named her brand new J/145 The Doc, you'll find it as pretentious and lame as we do. Good times though, right Doc? 12/07/06 |
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Forums Big League  Most
of you know of the huge yacht Mirabella, which has been a topic
a number of times in our forums. There have been some criticisms
of the boat (imagine that) and it is pretty cool to see that
Joe Vittoria Jr., the son of Mirabella's owner has joined in
on the latest discussion. Check
it out.12/07/06 |
Tangled Up In
Blue Nice work from Amory Ross at the Mumm 30 Worlds in Miami, won by Erik Meris. 12/06/06 |
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of the Week $64,000 Question This is literally the $64,000 question - if you had $64k to spend on a boat, how would you spend it? It can be any combination of new, old, partnership, boat/tow vehicle, boat/campaign budget, whatever. Have fun. Today's Question of the Week id brought to you by 1big think software - be sure to check out their marine programs. 12/06/06 |
Tiger By The
Tail This is one of the more interesting builder shots we've seen in quite some time. This is a Flying Tiger 10M being hung at the factory by its rudder cassette. Why, you ask? Because the first few FT's broke their cassettes under sail, and this is the factory's way of showing the new version of the cassette is strong enough. Perhaps not exactly how one does a strength test on a cassette, but we see the point. Here is a close up of the hanging. See what is being said in the FT forum. 12/05/05 |
| Velux First of Five  Bernard
Stamm and Open 60 Cheminees Poujoulat proved, again, what we
all know - he's the dominator in the world of singlehanding
as he won the first leg with a lead of nearly 1,000 miles of
second place Kojiro Shiraishi and Spirit Of Yukoh in the Velux
Five Oceans. Of course his class has been decimated (Mike
Golding officially retired from the race), but that only shows
the guy's toughness. Amazing. Photo by anarchist Glug.12/05/06 |
Between the
J120 and the J124 is the J122 Ya gotta love a market that seemingly has no end to its consumption of every possible size J/Boat. Click on the pic and check out the guy checking out the keel - thumping it to see if it is solid? Photo from anarchist Chris. 12/05/06 |
We'd Guess
They Didn't Win  The R/P 50 Staghound in something less than race winning form from Sunday's miserable Hot Rum Series. Hang the tactician, we say! A very on the spot Da Woody grabbed this shot and the tow! 12/04/06 |
Forty, Boy Our
friends at Owen
Clarke Design have a number of new designs under way, and
her is one of the new Class 40's for Alex Bennett and sponsored,
obviously enough, by Fuji Film. The boat is scheduled for launching
June 2007. Merfyn Owen will be writing some exclusive design articles for us in the near future, so be sure to stay tuned for that. 12/04/06 |
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World Apple Anarchy The mildly entertaining Apple Computer ads featuring the nerdy PC guy and the cooler Apple dude just took a turn for the better. Good Times. 12/04/06 |
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Look 2nd Grade Anarchy  Of
course the youth is what will not only carry
the torch for this sport in the future, but they
can also make it better. Here is a great example
of how you get kids geeked on the sport: Let
'em drive! Can you imagine how this kid is tripping
on being able to drive Dad's boat at this age?
For all of us that were fortunate to get to steer
early, can you remember just how awesome it was? Click
here for the story of this little dude. Good
Times!12/04/06 |
The Saints Come
Marching Home Mike Golding and Alex Thomson arriving into Cape Town on on Mike's crippled yacht Ecover, which was damaged after coming to the rescue of Alex's boat; Hugo Boss, which he had to be rescued from, 1,000 miles south of Cape town in the Southern Ocean, after keel damage and it started to sink. Much thanks to Tim Stonton and onEdition Photography. 12/02/06 |
Orange Float  A killer shot by Christophe Launay of the Aussie candidate for the next mini transat, Tom Braidwood (ex-team VOR Ericsson and SEB). Here's another. 12/01/06 |
Mondo This drawing is about to begin to become a 170' world class cruiser Mondango, designed by Dubois and built by Alloy Yachts. Beautiful. 12/01/06 |