An article on the race:
http://www.sail-world.com/2015-Round-the-Island-Race---Leopard-takes-line-honours/135914
the finish JP Dick on the MOD70 Paprec recyclage claimed line honors with the first of the GC32 catamarans Sultanate of Oman about 20 minutes behind. The results for all classes in the race are here:
http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=rir15&style=std&ui=rir4&override§ion=results&page=results2015&classrequest=85&submit
Showing posts with label GC32 foiling catamaran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GC32 foiling catamaran. Show all posts
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
GC32 catamaran update, results from the recent Key West Race week:
The Great Cup press release on the Key West event:
http://www.gc32racing.com/
Quantum Key West Race Week provided the opportunity for the GC32s to make a spectacular debut in the USA.
During the five days of racing held in balmy temperatures off the southernmost tip of Florida, crews experienced a range of conditions. The beginning of the week saw lighter winds in which the foiling catamarans could sail at almost twice wind speed and the 20 knots on the final day enabled them to foil not only downwind, but upwind too.
Four GC32s took part: Flavio Marazzi’s ARMIN STROM Sailing Team and Erik Maris’ ZouLou made the trip from Europe to line up against two US teams – two time Melges 32 World Champion Jason Carroll on ARGO and fellow Melges 32 sailor Alex Jackson racing Leenabarca.
ARGO set the pace at the regatta. Despite Quantum Key West Race Week being its first competitive GC32 outing, Carroll’s team benefitted from training time in Key West prior to the start and familiarity with the race course and seemed to relish the light to moderate winds early on. ARGO led up until the penultimate day, but was not dominant, with all but Leenabarca claiming bullets in races along the way.
By Thursday the ARMIN STROM Sailing Team and ZouLou crews were getting into their stride, and two races in stronger winds left the top three boats impressively tied, but with ZouLou ahead on countback, going into the final day.
Former Olympic Star sailor Flavio Marazzi’s team won the first race on the last day, the Swiss crew demonstrating their experience in the brisk conditions. They led around the top mark and then extended away.
Sadly while lying in second, one point off the lead, ARGO was forced to retire after this race when one of the fittings broke holding her transom-hung rudder to her hull – a race course littered with lobster pots providing an additional hazard for the crews.
“We thought about whether or not we could repair it or lash it in place, but given how rough it was out there it was going to be a recipe for further damage if we continued to race,” explained Jason Carroll.
With ZouLou claiming the final race, a second was enough for ARMIN STROM Sailing Team to win the GC32’s inaugural prize at Quantum Key West Race Week.
While the GC32 can easily handle 20 knot winds, Friday’s short sharp chop meant crews had to throttle back. Marazzi explained: “The problem was that if you went too fast on the downwind, you jumped out of the waves and that was a risk. Since we just had to finish the race, it was a balance between holding back and going fast enough to win the regatta.”
Despite three crews making their GC32 race debuts at Key West, Marazzi was pleased with the high level of racing and there being no stand-out crews. “It was great that everyone was on the same points going into the final day and that it doesn’t come down to the boats or materials or different sails, but boat handling and team work.”
Despite his disappointment, Jason Carroll enjoyed his week: “It was awesome - I had a great time. Clearly this was the boat to be on at this event.”
ZouLou skipper Erik Maris has previous experience on Extreme 40 and D35 catamarans, but had only spent one week training in October aboard the GC32 prior to Key West. America’s Cup multihull sailor Thierry Fouchier, the jib and the genniker trimmer on board and who has sailed most top racing multihulls, commented: “I am pretty impressed with the boat and all the systems work pretty nicely. It is still early days for the class, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t attract more and more owners and get some very good racing. The boats are easy to sail and you can learn foiling fast. And they are pretty safe which is good.”
Former Team New Zealand helmsman Cameron Appleton was calling tactics on Alex Jackson’s Leenabarca, which suffered some technical set-backs. “I’ve never come last in a regatta before and had so much fun! Alex walked away with a huge smile on his face. These boats have made multihull foiling accessible to less experienced guys. You can get into them and steer them well, then it is about refining your skills. The learning curve is huge, but it is not on a level you can never achieve.”
During the latter part of the week Appleton said they had been hitting speeds into the high 20s, but it was the GC32’s handling that was impressive: “Once you get up on the foils and you are used to the sensation, the boats are actually a lot more comfortable than you’d think. We were doing stuff that you couldn’t do on other multihulls – bearing away and so forth - you would have flipped over. After racing we power reached at an angle that you would never usually consider on a multihull, but the sense of power and control was right there.”
Flavio Marazzi is also President of the GC32 Class Association and says that he hopes GC32 racing in Florida will become a regular feature over future northern hemisphere winters.
In the meantime the GC32s are gearing up for the start of the Europe circuit, the GC32 Racing Tour, kicking off with the GC32 Austria Cup, to be held on Lake Traunsee, Austria over 27th-31st May. The participation of more teams will be announced over the next few weeks.
And a video of the racing filmed from a drone:
GC 32 Racing Key West Race Week 2015 from Nick Bowers on Vimeo.
http://www.gc32racing.com/
Quantum Key West Race Week provided the opportunity for the GC32s to make a spectacular debut in the USA.
During the five days of racing held in balmy temperatures off the southernmost tip of Florida, crews experienced a range of conditions. The beginning of the week saw lighter winds in which the foiling catamarans could sail at almost twice wind speed and the 20 knots on the final day enabled them to foil not only downwind, but upwind too.
Four GC32s took part: Flavio Marazzi’s ARMIN STROM Sailing Team and Erik Maris’ ZouLou made the trip from Europe to line up against two US teams – two time Melges 32 World Champion Jason Carroll on ARGO and fellow Melges 32 sailor Alex Jackson racing Leenabarca.
ARGO set the pace at the regatta. Despite Quantum Key West Race Week being its first competitive GC32 outing, Carroll’s team benefitted from training time in Key West prior to the start and familiarity with the race course and seemed to relish the light to moderate winds early on. ARGO led up until the penultimate day, but was not dominant, with all but Leenabarca claiming bullets in races along the way.
By Thursday the ARMIN STROM Sailing Team and ZouLou crews were getting into their stride, and two races in stronger winds left the top three boats impressively tied, but with ZouLou ahead on countback, going into the final day.
Former Olympic Star sailor Flavio Marazzi’s team won the first race on the last day, the Swiss crew demonstrating their experience in the brisk conditions. They led around the top mark and then extended away.
Sadly while lying in second, one point off the lead, ARGO was forced to retire after this race when one of the fittings broke holding her transom-hung rudder to her hull – a race course littered with lobster pots providing an additional hazard for the crews.
“We thought about whether or not we could repair it or lash it in place, but given how rough it was out there it was going to be a recipe for further damage if we continued to race,” explained Jason Carroll.
With ZouLou claiming the final race, a second was enough for ARMIN STROM Sailing Team to win the GC32’s inaugural prize at Quantum Key West Race Week.
While the GC32 can easily handle 20 knot winds, Friday’s short sharp chop meant crews had to throttle back. Marazzi explained: “The problem was that if you went too fast on the downwind, you jumped out of the waves and that was a risk. Since we just had to finish the race, it was a balance between holding back and going fast enough to win the regatta.”
Despite three crews making their GC32 race debuts at Key West, Marazzi was pleased with the high level of racing and there being no stand-out crews. “It was great that everyone was on the same points going into the final day and that it doesn’t come down to the boats or materials or different sails, but boat handling and team work.”
Despite his disappointment, Jason Carroll enjoyed his week: “It was awesome - I had a great time. Clearly this was the boat to be on at this event.”
ZouLou skipper Erik Maris has previous experience on Extreme 40 and D35 catamarans, but had only spent one week training in October aboard the GC32 prior to Key West. America’s Cup multihull sailor Thierry Fouchier, the jib and the genniker trimmer on board and who has sailed most top racing multihulls, commented: “I am pretty impressed with the boat and all the systems work pretty nicely. It is still early days for the class, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t attract more and more owners and get some very good racing. The boats are easy to sail and you can learn foiling fast. And they are pretty safe which is good.”
Former Team New Zealand helmsman Cameron Appleton was calling tactics on Alex Jackson’s Leenabarca, which suffered some technical set-backs. “I’ve never come last in a regatta before and had so much fun! Alex walked away with a huge smile on his face. These boats have made multihull foiling accessible to less experienced guys. You can get into them and steer them well, then it is about refining your skills. The learning curve is huge, but it is not on a level you can never achieve.”
During the latter part of the week Appleton said they had been hitting speeds into the high 20s, but it was the GC32’s handling that was impressive: “Once you get up on the foils and you are used to the sensation, the boats are actually a lot more comfortable than you’d think. We were doing stuff that you couldn’t do on other multihulls – bearing away and so forth - you would have flipped over. After racing we power reached at an angle that you would never usually consider on a multihull, but the sense of power and control was right there.”
Flavio Marazzi is also President of the GC32 Class Association and says that he hopes GC32 racing in Florida will become a regular feature over future northern hemisphere winters.
In the meantime the GC32s are gearing up for the start of the Europe circuit, the GC32 Racing Tour, kicking off with the GC32 Austria Cup, to be held on Lake Traunsee, Austria over 27th-31st May. The participation of more teams will be announced over the next few weeks.
And a video of the racing filmed from a drone:
GC 32 Racing Key West Race Week 2015 from Nick Bowers on Vimeo.
Monday, 27 October 2014
Argo team set new round Jamestown record onboard a GC32 foiling catamaran
From the Argo Teams facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Argo32Racing/photos/a.631436306876748.1073741828.236858699667846/837163102970733/?type=1&fref=nf
Job done - 1st sub 1 hour lap of Jamestown - new record at 58 minutes 31 seconds.
The Around Jamestown record has a facebook page that covers record attempts on the route:
https://www.facebook.com/AroundJamestownRecord
https://www.facebook.com/Argo32Racing/photos/a.631436306876748.1073741828.236858699667846/837163102970733/?type=1&fref=nf
Job done - 1st sub 1 hour lap of Jamestown - new record at 58 minutes 31 seconds.
The Around Jamestown record has a facebook page that covers record attempts on the route:
https://www.facebook.com/AroundJamestownRecord
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| The Argo team ready to celebrate, the prize is the skippers weight in Mt Gay Rum |
Monday, 23 June 2014
J.P. Morgan Round the Island Race, GC 32 catamarans of Team Richard Mille takes line honours Spax Solutions second overall but soft conditions not conducive to improving record
From the following article on My Sailing:
http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/longest-day-lives-up-to-its-name-for-round-the-island-race-competitors
22 Jun 2014
http://www.mysailing.com.au/news/longest-day-lives-up-to-its-name-for-round-the-island-race-competitors
22 Jun 2014
The longest day of the summer came close to delivering the longest J.P.Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race ever, writes Kate Laven, as winds ranging from zero knots to painfully light tested the patience of crews with high performance catamaran Team Richard Mille emerging as line honours winner with a time of almost nine hours.
Most of the 1,585 entries started the race around the Isle of Wight in around 3 knots and bright sunshine and as the hours went by, temperatures rose but wind speed dropped leaving hundreds of boats becalmed and a large proportion of the 16,000 crew desperately seeking ways of making their boats go faster or resorting to stretching out on deck to enjoy the sunny conditions.
read more here
Most of the 1,585 entries started the race around the Isle of Wight in around 3 knots and bright sunshine and as the hours went by, temperatures rose but wind speed dropped leaving hundreds of boats becalmed and a large proportion of the 16,000 crew desperately seeking ways of making their boats go faster or resorting to stretching out on deck to enjoy the sunny conditions.
read more here
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
J.P. Morgan Round the Island race (UK) is set to start on the 21st of June
The Round the Island race welcomes a vast fleet of diverse sailing craft to race. This year the multihull division has some interesting entries including the foiling GC32's of Team Richard Mille and Spax Solutions:
http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?section=home
http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?section=home
Monday, 2 June 2014
GC32 Catamaran, Austria Cup event wraps up with the silverware going to Team Luna Rossa
From the following article by Sail-World:
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=122797&refre=y&ntid=0&rid=1
The final day of the GC32 Austria Cup started just as expected, with ultra-light conditions on the beautiful Lake Traunsee, but as the day progressed, both the Gold and Silver fleets got the opportunity to show off these spectacular flying machines at their best.
Racing started early at 0930 on the final day of the inaugural GC32 Austria Cup in just 5-6kts of wind. After just one race organisers we had to pause and wait, due to the lack of wind and the shifting wind direction. The people from Lake Traunsee shaked their head and told us: 'You are now officialy introduced to the Alpine lake weather conditions.'
A few hours later the eight team fleet enjoyed we had perfect sailing conditions with a good wind direction (south/south-east) and 15 to 18 knots of wind.
With the eight teams separated in the Gold Fleet and the Silver Fleet, it was soon decided that Seb Col Racing was the winner in the Silver Fleet. After some spectacular flying in the Gold Fleet, Luna Rossa Challenge won the first GC32 Austria Cup ever!
read more here
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=122797&refre=y&ntid=0&rid=1
The final day of the GC32 Austria Cup started just as expected, with ultra-light conditions on the beautiful Lake Traunsee, but as the day progressed, both the Gold and Silver fleets got the opportunity to show off these spectacular flying machines at their best.
Racing started early at 0930 on the final day of the inaugural GC32 Austria Cup in just 5-6kts of wind. After just one race organisers we had to pause and wait, due to the lack of wind and the shifting wind direction. The people from Lake Traunsee shaked their head and told us: 'You are now officialy introduced to the Alpine lake weather conditions.'
A few hours later the eight team fleet enjoyed we had perfect sailing conditions with a good wind direction (south/south-east) and 15 to 18 knots of wind.
With the eight teams separated in the Gold Fleet and the Silver Fleet, it was soon decided that Seb Col Racing was the winner in the Silver Fleet. After some spectacular flying in the Gold Fleet, Luna Rossa Challenge won the first GC32 Austria Cup ever!
read more here
Sunday, 1 June 2014
Team Richard Mille to attempt to better multihull Round the Island Race record on foiling GC32 catamaran
Manufacturer of extraordinary and uncompromising watches, Richard Mille is proud to be involved in the team’s ambitious aim of beating the current record of just 2:52:15. The Swiss watch brand’s involvement in the sailing world already stretches across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, where it sponsors the Voiles de St Barth Regatta, the latest addition to the Caribbean Racing Series.
In its 83rd edition, the 50 nautical mile race will take place on Saturday 21st June, when as many as 1500 yachts will sail around the Isle of Wight, starting and finishing in Cowes, the home of British sailing.
read more here
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