64th JJ GILTINAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

64th JJ GILTINAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
RACE DATES
FridayFebruary 15, 2013
SaturdayFebruary 16, 2013
SundayFebruary 17, 2013
TuesdayFebruary 19, 2013
WednesdayFebruary 20, 2013
ThursdayFebruary 21, 2013
SaturdayFebruary 23, 2013
SundayFebruary 24, 2013
Invitation Race
Race 1***
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5
Race 6
Race 7
*** Race 1 will also be sailed for the George Calligeros Trophy
Races start at 1500 hours, with the exception of Races 1 and 6 (February 16 and 23),
which will start at 1600 hours.
SPECTATOR FERRY
The Australian 18 Footers League will charter a spectator ferry to follow the seven races of the championship
This ferry will leave from Double Bay Wharf, alongside the club, at 2.30pm each day,
With the exception of February 16 and 23, when it will leave at 3.30pm.
COST
Adults......................$20
Children under 16 (accompanied by an adult)...........Free
FOLLOW THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Results, Race Reports, Pointscores, Photographs, Video Coverage and Live Tracking,
Go to the club’s websites:
www.18footers.com.au
www.flying18s.com
www.18footerstv.com
Giltinan 2013 Entries
1
Gotta Love It 7 Australia Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris
2
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers Australia
Michael Coxon, Dave O’Connor, Trent Barnabas
3
Appliancesonline.com.au Australia
Micah Lane, Paul Montague, Tom Anderson
4
Smeg Australia
Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings
5
Yandoo
Australia
John Winning, Andrew Hay, Jim Beck
6
C-Tech
New Zealand
Alex Vallings, Josh McCormack, Peter Burling
7
CST Composites
USA
Howie Hamlin, Matt McKinlay, Dave Gibson
8
Pica
UK
James Mears, Stewart Mears, Tristan Hutt
9
Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel Australia
Jack Macartney, David Witt, Mark Kennedy
10
Mojo Wine
Australia
James Dorron, Ricky Bridges, Mike McKensey
11
Pure Blonde
Australia
Tom Clout, Matthew Wark, Rob Bell
12
The Black Dog UK
Jarrod Simpson, Euan McNicol, Geoff Bauchop
13
Asko Appliances
Australia Marcus Ashley-Jones, Ash Rooklyn, Jeronimo Harrison
14
The Kitchen Maker Australia Malcolm Page, Darren McKavanagh, Cameron McDonald
15
De’Longhi-Rabbitohs Australia
Simon Nearn, Keegan York, James Smithers
16
Winning Appliances Australia
Shane Smith, Jake Restall, Shane Dickson
17
Yamaha New Zealand
David McDiarmid, Andrew Archibald, Mark Overington
18
Fisher & Paykel Australia Andrew Chapman, Tim Baraclough, Ewan Duckworth
19
Lumix Australia Jonathan Whitty, James Hozack, Aron Everett
20
Rabbitohs-Kenwood Australia
Brett Van Munster, Kieryn Cowan, Joel Castle
21
Haier Appliances Australia
Pedro Vozone, Sam Ellis, James Slee
22
Lomax Financial Group
Australia Alexandra South, Lizzi Rountree, Saskia Tidey
23
Team Daly Australia
Nick Daly, John Walton, Peter Nicholson
24
Southern Cross Australia
Oliver Hartas, Brad Greenrod, Olly Jones
25
Maersk Line New Zealand
Graham Catley, Chris Dawson, Brad Collins
26
Brisbane 18 Footers Australia
Daniel Jack, Tristan Hamilton, Barry Flanagan
27
Bluewavetbatba
28
Southern Engineering Services USA
Katie Love, Christine Neville, C.C. Childers
29
ASCC New Zealand
Murray England, Rowan Swanson, Matt Randell
30
Events Clothing New Zealand
Riley Dean, John Little, Scott Randell
31
Bridge Marina Travelift
New Zealand
Kez Cameron, Adrian France, Stephen Jones
32
Yamaha 2 New Zealand
Sam Marshall, Tom Peet, Ben Gladwell
AUS
The Giltinan 2013 has a “red hot
local” Australian contingent with a
diversity of age and experience and a wealth
of talent.
Obviously, defending champion Seve
Jarvin (Gotta Love It 7) and 2006, 2007
winner Michael Coxon (Thurlow Fisher
Lawyers) will share honours for pre
series favourtism, but the challengers for top honours come with
some great sailing records.
Major local challengers are expected to be past
champion John Winning (Yandoo), four times Inter-dominion
12ft Skiff champion Nick Press (Smeg), former Australian champion Micah Lane (Appliancesonline.com.au), Jack Macartney (Coopers-Rag & Famish
Hotel, twice Australian 16ft Skiff champion James Dorron (Mojo Wine) and Shane
Smith (Winning Appliances) from the Brisbane fleet.
Olympic 470 Gold Medalist Malcolm Page (2008 Beijing and 2012 London) is back
in the fleet with a strong chance in The Kitchen Maker while Alexandra South becomes the first skipper of an all-girl team in a Giltinan Championship (Katie Love
of the US will share the honour with Alex).
AUS
GILTINAN COURSES 2012
COURSE 1 – NORTH-EAST
Start line in vicinity of Clarke Island
Beashel Buoy – YA
Shark Island – YA
Clarke Island – LM
Beashel Buoy – YA
Clarke Island – LM
Beashel Buoy – YA
Shark Island – YA
Finish line in vicinity of Clarke Island
COURSE 2 - EAST
Start line in vicinity of Robertson Point
Rose Bay – LM
Clarke Island – LM
Kurraba Point – LM
Rose Bay – LM
Kurraba Point – LM
Rose Bay – LM
Finish line in vicinity of Clarke Island
COURSE 3 - SOUTH-EAST
Start line in vicinity of Taylors Bay
Rose Bay – LM
Robertson Point – LM (PORT)
Clarke Island – LM (PORT)
Chowder Bay – LM
Rose Bay – LM
Taylors Bay – YA
Rose Bay – LM
Robertson Point – LM (PORT)
Finish in vicinity of Clarke Island
COURSE 4 - SOUTH
Start line in vicinity of Athol Bay
Clarke Island – LM (PORT)
Obelisk Bay – YA
Shark Island – YA
Athol Bay East – LM (PORT)
Clarke Island – LM (PORT)
Obelisk Bay – YA
Shark Island – YA
Athol Bay East – LM (PORT)
Finish line in vicinity of Clarke Island
COURSE 5 - WEST
Start line in vicinity of Rose Bay
Kurraba Point – LM (PORT)
Clarke Island – LM (PORT)
Rose Bay – LM (PORT)
Kurraba Point – LM (PORT)
Rose Bay – LM (PORT)
Kurraba Point – LM (PORT)
Finish line in vicinity of Clarke Island
COURSE 6/3 - WINDWARD/LEEWARD
Start line
Mark 1 (PORT)
Gate 2
Mark 1 (PORT)
Gate 2
Mark 1 (PORT)
Finish line to port side of Committee Vessel
COURSE 6/4 - WINDWARD/LEEWARD
Start line
Mark 1 (PORT)
Gate 2
Mark 1 (PORT)
Gate 2
Mark 1 (PORT)
Gate 2
Mark 1 (PORT)
Finish line to port side of Committee Vessel
NOTES:
All marks to STARBOARD unless otherwise noted.
YA marks are YNSW permanently fixed yellow spar marks.
LM marks are temporarily laid white inflatable marks with fluro band.
In Course 6/3 and Course 6/4, Mark 1 will be laid to windward of the start line.
(Distance and bearing will be displayed from the Committee Vessel)
Gate 2 will be laid approximately 50 metres to windward of the start line.
MAP OF THE COURSE
All rounding marks are to be left or rounded to Starboard unless marked PORT in which case the mark is rounded to Port
POINTSCORE SYSTEM
The Low Point System will apply. There will be seven (7) races scheduled, of which a minimum of five (5) races must
be completed to constitute the series. To calculate each boat’s final score for the series the worst race score shall be
discarded from the boat’s point score.
(Each boat starting and finishing and not thereafter retiring, being penalized or given redress shall be scored points as
follows:
1st – 1 point, 2nd – 2 points, 3rd – 3 points, 4th – 4 points, 5th – 5 points, 6th – 6 points, 7th – 7 points. For each
place thereafter add 1 point.
A boat that did not start, did not finish, retired after finishing or was disqualified shall be scored points for the finishing
place one more than the number of boats entered in the series).
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BUILDING HIGH TECH 18FT SKIFFS
Van Munster Boatbuilders
Construction of the modern 18ft Skiff hull is obviously critical to its performance and longevity as a highly competitive
racing machine, so the building of these high-tech hulls can only be assigned to the talents of a top class boat builder.
Van Munster Boats, at Morisset (north of Sydney), has been the registered builder of all18ft Skiff hulls in Australia for
the past seven years.
To give some idea of how the task is undertaken, Brett Van
Munster gives a simplified explanation of what is a highly
technical and very precise building process.
“Our challenge is to build boats which are very light yet
strong enough to meet the high demands of 18ft Skiff
Racing”.
“We only have a small team but we’ve got the expertise
to work with the same materials as those used in Formula
One Racing and the aircraft industry”.
“Our first task is to source the pre-impregnated carbon
fibre material (to our specifications) from the U.S. and have
it shipped to Australia under refrigerated conditions”.
“We also purchase 1cm (width) Kevlar Nomex honeycomb
paper, which is used as the core material”.
“The hull and deck are then constructed from the Kevlar
Nomex honeycomb paper, which is sandwiched between
two layers of the pre-preg carbon fibre”.
“This carbon fibre is a little more sophisticated but essentially the same as pioneered by Iain Murray and John Mc
Conaghy back in the late 1970s”.
“Laminating is done in an air conditioned, climate controlled environment and processing of the boats and the
pre-pregs is a little more refined – but, again, essentially
the same as Murray and Mc Conaghy used”.
“Once the hull and deck have been laminated in their
moulds they are individually baked in a custom built oven
at more than 80 degrees celcius for 14 hours”.
“This done, the internal structure and framing are set up inside the hull and both are ‘trimmed up then fitted to each
other”.
“The deck is glued onto the hull in a very precise operation
then placed in a holding jig where maximum force is applied to ensure a minimum use of glue. This is a complex
and critical procedure which requires extreme care as it
basically holds the entire boat together”.
“It is important that the finished product is not only light
but also important that every single piece of carbon is in
the right spot. Carbon is an extremely strong material and
doesn’t take much to hold the boat together, but if you get
it in the wrong spot it also doesn’t take much for it to blow
up”.
“The final step is to prepare and spray paint the underside
and deck of the boat to the smoothest possible race quality
finish”.
“This is a lot harder and time consuming than it sounds
as during this process we are continually conscious of
keeping weight to a bare minimum as the boat receives an
undercoat and three high gloss coats”.
“Weight is critical in 18ft Skiff Racing. We produce the
bare hull shell at about 20kg and the overall weight of the
boat before fittings are added is approximately 62.5kg.
By the time it’s ready to race the weight is around 170kg,
which gives some idea of what goes onto an 18 in racing
condition”.
Van Munster Boats also build the centerboard and rudder
from carbon composites.
USA
The United States have put together an exciting group of three teams for the championship with a mixture of experience, youth and female competitors.
Obviously, 2002, 2003 Giltinan champion Howie Hamlin (CST Composites) leads the stand out team for the USA as
he has long been one of the best 18ft Skiff competitors in the world.
Aside from his two Giltinan victories, Howie has won the annual International Regatta in San Francisco on no less
than six times and the European Championship on four occasions.
He has Matt McKinlay back with him again, but his other regular crewman Mike Martin was unable to make it this time.
Howie managed to get Dave Gibson (one of Australia’s most experienced 18ft Skiff sailors) for the championship and
so his challenge will certainly be as strong as ever.
Howie has been a driving force behind the US 18ft Skiffs, along with Chad Freitas, who has organized the two new
teams at the Giltinan 2013.
Mike Radziejowski heads a young team on a locally-chartered skiff.
This group represents the ‘American Youth Sailing Force’ which was officially selected by Oracle Team USA to represent the City of San Francisco in the 2013 Youth Americas Cup.
Chad’s Angels, Katie Love, Christine Neville and Emma Shaw have been competing at the International Regatta on
San Francisco Bay and have also chartered a local skiff (from Brisbane) for the championship.
The team has been looking to test itself on Sydney Harbour and has the added incentive of having direct competition
with another all-female team.
Photos courtesy of Erik Simonson/www.h2oshots.com
UK
The two British teams, ‘The Black Dog’ and ‘Pica’ are both strong crews and will be a force in the Giltinan 2013 Championship.
Jarrod Simpson has been a good, regular competitor at the Giltinan and this year has assembled a top class crew for
the challenge.
Jarrod is a world class sailor with 2nd places in many regattas, including Fireball Worlds, Olympic Trials in both 470
and Tornado classes and 14 worlds.
Sheet hand on ‘The Black Dog’ is three-times Giltinan champion Euan McNicol, with Grant Rollerson (3rd in 2011 at
the Giltinan) in the bow.
Joining this highly experienced team is a rookie crew at the Giltinan (Pica) but a crew which has been the best UK/European team for the past three years.
Lack of experience on Sydney Harbour will be a disadvantage to this team but their record against top Australian
teams at recent European Championships suggests they will be strong competitors in the skiff previously sampaigned
by Rob Greenhalh at the 2010 Giltinan.
Photo of Pica courtesy of Christophe Favreau/www.christophefavreau.photoshelter.com
NZ
Alex Vallings (C-Tech), Graham Catley (Maersk Lines) and David McDiarmid
(Yamaha) all have new Van Munster built hulls with high quality rigging and
sails and will definitely be top challengers for the 2013 title.
Alex Vallings’ C-Tech, which won the Mark Foy Trophy (Auckland) and International Regatta at San Francisco, will also have Peter Burling, the 2012
London Olympic 49er Silver Medalist in the team which could become the
first New Zealand winner since Terry McDell’s Travelodge New Zealand in
1974.
Photos courtesy of Richard Gladwell/www.photosport.co.nz and Erik Simonson/www.h2oshots.com
GILTINAN CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS
1938TareeBert SwinbourneAust
1939ManuGeo. ChamberlainNZ
1948Crows NestBill HaywardAust
1949Marjorie TooTony RussellAust
1950KomutuJack LoganNZ
1951Myra TooBill BarnettAust
1952IntriguePeter ManderNZ
1954IntriguePeter ManderNZ
1956Jenny VINorm WrightAust
1958Jantzen GirlLen HeffernanAust
1960SurpriseBern SkinnerNZ
1961VenomBen LexcenAust
1963SchemerKen BeashelAust
1964ToogaraCliff MonkhouseAust
1965TravelodgeBob HolmesAust
1966TravelodgeBob HolmesAust
1967Associated Motor ClubDon BarnettAust
1968Daily TelegraphKen BeashelAust
1969TravelodgeBob HolmesAust
1970Thomas CameronHugh TreharneAust
1971TravelodgeBob HolmesAust
1972SmirnoffDon LidgardNZ
1973TravelodgeBob HolmesAust
1974Travelodge New ZealandTerry Mc DellNZ
1975KBDave PorterAust
1976Miles FurnitureStephen KulmarAust
1977Color 7Iain MurrayAust
1978Color 7Iain MurrayAust
1979Color 7Iain MurrayAust
1980Color 7Iain MurrayAust
1981Color 7Iain MurrayAust
1982Color 7Iain MurrayAust
1983Tia MariaPeter SorensenAust
1984Tia MariaPeter SorensenAust
1985BradmillRobert BrownAust
1986EntradRobert BrownAust
1987Chesty BondTrevor BarnabasAust
1988**Chesty BondTrevor BarnabasAust
**Southern CrossRobert BrownAust
1989PrudentialMichael WalshAust
1990Bank of New ZealandScott RamsdenAust
1991AAMIJulian BethwaiteAust
1992AAMIJulian BethwaiteAust
1993
Winfield Racing
Michael Spies
Aust
1994NokiaNeil CashmanAust
1995
Winfield Racing
Michael Spies
Aust
1996AEI-Pace ExpressStephen QuigleyAust
1997Omega Smeg-2UETrevor BarnabasAust
1997SmegTrevor BarnabasAust
1998Omega Smeg-2UETrevor BarnabasAust
1999RockportTim RobinsonUK
2000AMP CentrepointJohn WinningAust
2001Rag & Famish HotelJohn HarrisAust
2002GE-US ChallengeHowie HamlinUSA
2003GE-US ChallengeHowie HamlinUSA
2004RMW MarineRob GreenhalghUK
2005Club MarineEuan Mc NicolAust
2006
Casio Seapathfinder
Michael Coxon
Aust
2007FiatMichael CoxonAust
2008Gotta Love It 7Seve JarvinAust
2009
Southern Cross Constructions
Euan Mc Nicol
Aust
2010Gotta Love It 7Seve JarvinAust
2011Gotta Love It 7Seve JarvinAust
2012Gotta Love It 7Seve JarvinAust
**
Denotes Joint Champions
Appreciation
The Australian 18 Footers League extends its appreciation to our sponsors, supporters and media organizations, who
make our level of 18ft Skiff Racing possible:
AEG
Appliancesonline.com.au
Asko Appliances
Carlton & United Breweries
Channel 7 Network
Coopers
De’Longhi
Fisher & Paykel
Haier Appliances
Kenwood
Lomax Financial Group
Mojo Wine
Panasonic
Rabbitohs (South Sydney Leagues)
Rag and Famish Hotel
Smeg
Southern Engineering Services
The Kitchen Maker
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers
Winning Appliances
Photographers:
Erik Simonson
Christophe Favreau
Richard Gladwell
Ali Chapman
Websites:
Yachts & Yachting
Sail-World
The Daily Sail
My Sailing
XS Racing
Pressure Drop
Sailing Anarchy
The many other individuals and media organizations which cover our racing
throughout the world.