En direct de l'Européen

Comme il n'y aura pas 35 manches au Mondial, on a donc aucune chance de faire un départ correct.
Mais si, rassurez-vous, on a une chance sur 180. Si c'est nous qui faisons le lièvre, on doit être capable de partir correctement, enfin je crois.

Le lièvre est souvent celui qui a terminé 10ème à la manche précédente, si vous faites le lièvre c'est une très bonne nouvelle (et que votre départ à la manche précédent était bon).
Il y a peut-être un tirage au sort pour la première manche...

Trouvé sur le site de l'UKFA...

"Day 1 Holt Fireball UK National, Open and European Championships
Saturday 6th August, and a truly international fleet gathered on the Green in Teignmouth in preparation for the up and coming Championships. A special mention should go Pam Johnston and here team of event measurers who managed to get ninety nine Fireballs through full international measurement within the day. This procedure involved weighing hulls, foils and mast as well us hull rocker and spar bands.

Sunday 7th August, as part of the event briefing there was a presentation by the Met Office the synopsis for the first half of the week was light North or North-easterly winds with the prospect of sea breezes.

With a 3pm start scheduled on the first days racing there had been plenty of time for the sea breeze to settle down and it was with a steady F2 to F3 breeze that the fleet of one hundred and twenty two boats put to sea. The Fireball fleet has never been one with a reputation of being line shy. It was therefore no surprise that Mike was to get his black flag out after only the first recall. The second start was also a general recall so under the back flag rule Mike sent some eighteen boats home. Just to prove that he would show no favour, no matter who you are, this even included UKFA class Chairman Keryn Henwood-Fox.

The fleet eventually managed to get away at the third attempt. It was 2000 World Champion DJ Edwards and his crew Dan Newman who made the best start, was able to tack across to the right and lead at the windward mark and maintained his lead to the finish. Second spot was closely contested between Richard Estaugh and crew Rob Gardner and Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend. It was Richard and Rob who were to pull ahead and take second spot.

The perusing group of three boat consisted of 2004 European Champion Tomas Musil & Jan Stantejsky form the Czech Republic, 2004 World Champion Andy Smith and Jonny Mildred and Dave Wade and Crew Richard Wagstaff. Tomas & Jan just pipped Andy and Jonny on the line. However on getting home Andy and Jonny discovered that they were also victims of Mike “Black Flag” Pearson.

In the evening the Commodore’s Reception was help at Bitton House, with free wine and buffet.

Positions:

1st 14908 GBR David Edwards & Dan Newman
2nd 14904 GBR Richard Estaugh & Rob Gardner
3rd 14830 GBR Chips Howarth & Vyv Townend
4th 14879 CZE Tomas Musil & Jan Stantejsky
5th 14880 GBR David Wade & Richard Wagstaff
6th 14898 GBR Paul Cullen & Jonathan Ching
7th 14820 GBR Andy Pearce & Adam Broughton
8th 14887 GBR Steve Goacher & Tim Edlund
9th 14867 GBR Veronica Falat & Ben Falat
10th 14877 GBR Phil Popple & Andy Scott
...
61st 14703 FRA Franck Juin & Pierre Perdon
...
88th 14408 FRA Georges Godin & Anthony Godin"

119 classés dont 22 BFD (parmi eux Vince Horey, Shane Mac Carthy et Andy Smith)

Et déjà une flopée de photos sur le site de Yachts & Yachting...

Et pis encore tout plein de photos sur www.fotoboat.com !

Classement général après 3 manches :

1 - GBR 14880 David Wade / Richard Wagstaff 13 (5-5-3)
2 - GBR 14908 David Edwards / Dan Newman 14 (1-1-12)
3 - GBR 14904 Richard Estaugh / Rob Gardner 15 (2-6-7)
4 - CZE 14879 Tomas Musil / Jan Stantejsky 26 (4-18-4)
5 - GBR 14820 Andy Pearce / Adam Broughton 26 (7-4-15)
6 - GBR 14830 Chips Howarth / Vyv Townend 28 (3-23-2)
7 - SUI 14897 Kurt Venhoda / Sonja Zaugg 35 (21-8-6)
8 - GBR 14898 Paul Cullen / Jonathon Ching 36 (6-13-17)
9 - GBR 14877 Phil Popple / Andy Scott 36 (10-12-14)
10 - CZE 14552 Martin Kubovy / Roman Rocek 36 (13-10-13)
...
34 - GBR 14870 Vince Horey / Gavin Tillson 130 (BFD-9-1)
35 - GBR 14895 Andy Smith / Jonny Mildred 131 (BFD-2-9)
...
46 - FRA 14912 Jeniffer Green / Malcolm Green 157 (51-52-54)
47 - FRA 14703 Franck Juin / Pierre Perdon 160 (61-47-52)
...
88 - GBR 14834 Shane MacCarthy / Andy Thompson 248 (BFD-BFD-8)

94 - FRA 14408 Georges Godin / Anthony Godin 269 (88-87-94)

Salut Martin,
Merci de toutes ces infos en direct.
Continue, ça donne une bouffée d'air frais avant les vacances et c'est chouette de suivre nos petits amis au pays des british.
Bon courage pour le mondial
Rendez vous au national, j'espere.
Emmanuelle

Merci Emmanuelle
A bientôt pour le National

Compte-rendu de la deuxième journée trouvé sur le site de l'UKFA :

"The early morning westerly breeze was soon over come as sea breeze clouds started to build. By 1 pm a north-easterly breeze had filled in allowing race officer Mike Pearson to set a course. Once again he had his black flag on show. At the first attempt at starting a number of competitors managed to pick up there second black flag of the week and it is only race two!

When the fleet did get away it was race one winners DJ Edwards and Dan Newman who lead at the windward mark followed by the Fireball International Commodore Penny & Ian Gibbs. However the Jury boat decided that Penny & Ian were being over eager down wind leading them to have to do a 720 penalty turn allowing Andy Smith and Jonny Mildred into second. There were many place changes taking place on the first triangle with Dave Wade & Richard Wagstaff, Graham Newton & Mark Stephens and Andy Pearce & Adam Broughton constantly swapping third place. Down the final reach Graham and Mark managed to power past Andy and Adam to take third gun.

The race officer was quick to turn the fleet around for race three, however the fleet were also too quick with Mike Pearson once again having to send a number of competitors home with his black flag.

With the sea breeze still building race three eventually got away in a good force three to four breeze with many teams electing to rake back onto medium settings. At the windward mark it was the 2004 European Champions Tomas Musil & Jan Stantejsky from Czech who lead from Vince Horey and Gavin Tilson. Down the first reach Vince and Gavin managed to overhaul Tomas and Jan to take a lead which they would hold to the finish. By the end of the race Chips Howarth & Vyv Townend had pulled up to second spot with Dave Wade and Richard Wagstaff in third, relegating Tomas and Jan to fourth spot.

After three races, with many top sailors picking up at least one black flag, Dave Wade and Richard Wagstaff headed the leader board from DJ Edwards and Dan Newman in second and Richard Estaugh and Rob Gardner in third.

Tonight it is “Buddy” night where boats from each half of the fleet are paired up. Each boat is given a ticket and only when you find your buddy can you take you tickets to the bar and present then for a free drink from the bar."

Si j'ai bien compris tu gardes tes forces pour le mondial.

Le 14703 c'est le nouveau bateau que Franck a commandé chez Winder ?

Mais non t'as rien compris : Franck et Pierre sont deux p'tits jeunes bricoleurs, sympathiques et pleins d'avenir. Peut-être même un jour achèteront-ils un Fireball. L'asso a donc décidé de leur prêter le FRA 14703 pour une régate, afin qu'ils apprennent à naviguer.
Pierre était tout content hier soir : il avait réussi à se suspendre à un câble pour aider à tenir le bateau à plat. Devant leur progression fulgurante (au bout de 3 jours ils savent faire du près !) tous les observateurs leur ont conseillé de ne pas attendre la fin de leur stage de voile pour hisser le spi. La suite de leur progression est donc toute trouvée : demain le spi, jeudi les empannages et vendredi les départs...

Blague à part, Franck et Pedro ont pris une rouste aujourd'hui. Snif...

Une seule manche courue pour cause de pétole aggravée. Classement général après 4 manches :

1 - GBR 14908 David Edwards / Dan Newman 17 (1-1-12-3)
2 - GBR 14904 Richard Estaugh / Rob Gardner 30 (2-6-7-15)
3 - CZE 14879 Tomas Musil / Jan Stantejsky 30 (4-18-4-4)
4 - GBR 14880 David Wade / Richard Wagstaff 31 (5-5-3-18)
5 - GBR 14830 Chips Howarth / Vyv Townend 33 (3-23-2-5)
6 - SUI 14897 Kurt Venhoda / Sonja Zaugg 37 (21-8-6-2)
7 - GBR 14820 Andy Pearce / Adam Broughton 42 (7-4-15-16)
8 - GBR 14898 Paul Cullen / Jonathon Ching 44 (6-13-17-8)
9 - GBR 14892 Penny Gibbs / Ian Gibbs 53 (15-7-18-13)
10 - GBR 14877 Phil Popple / Andy Scott 61 (10-12-14-25)
...
28 - GBR 14895 Andy Smith / Jonny Mildred 142 (BFD-2-9-11)
...
30 - GBR 14870 Vince Horey / Gavin Tillson 149 (BFD-9-1-19)
...
40 - FRA 14912 Jeniffer Green / Malcolm Green 181 (51-52-54-24)
...
53 - FRA 14703 Franck Juin / Pierre Perdon 226 (61-47-52-66)
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59 - GBR 14834 Shane MacCarthy / Andy Thompson 255 (BFD-BFD-8-7)
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99 - FRA 14408 Georges Godin / Anthony Godin 375 (88-87-94-106)
...
119 classés

Le 14703 ne semblait pas marcher si mal que ça au championnat sénior à Maubuisson.
Alors, vu les places que font Frank et Pedro en ce moment, nous, on a du soucis à se faire pour la semaine prochaine.
Mais peut-être ont-ils planifié une progression savament dosée (en démarrant dooooucement) pour parvenir au top de leur forme au début du Mondial. Je suis sur qu'ils vont nous surprendre.

C'est bizzare car Franck semble utiliser les mêmes méthodes de préparation que le team Brestois.

Ceux qui étaient absents cette saison (je sais, on a tord,bon....), peuvent-ils participer à la Private Joke ?

Sylvain

Compte-rendu de la journée d'hier (aujourd'hui c'est repos) :

"The morning started much as the previous day with a light westerly breeze & lots of sunshine. The anticipation was that the sea breeze would fill in by 12 o’clock. However 12 o’clock came and went and there was no sign of a sea breeze. Postponement flags were hosted and the fleet stayed ashore. It was not until nearly 3 pm that the breeze filled in and settled down.

Race officer Mike Pearson must have been in a generous mood as he did not get his black flag out straight away! However the fleet did not respond well to Mike’s generosity and Mike had to get his black flag out once more as he recalled the fleet once again.

Under the black flag the fleet got away to a clean start. Simon Maskell & Jon Watkins sailed the perfect beat to lead at the windward mark, closely followed by the Swiss team of Kurt Venhoda & Sonja Zaugg. They soon built up a generous lead which they would hold to the end of the race.

Over all the leader board was once again shuffled as more and more competitors picked up a big score. DJ Edwards & Dan Newman put in another top performance taking third place in race four and putting them back on top of the overall leader board, from Richard Estough and Rob Gardner in second place.

Taking up on tradition started last year at the European championships in Slovenia, a new approach to making sure competitors tally off and on correctly is being trilled this week. Competitors must collect there tally before launching and on returning them to the beach master after sailing they receive FREE BEER. Surprisingly there has not been a single tally failure so far.

Tonight the fleet are being treated to a traditional British cuisine; it is curry night with extra hot Fireball chilly source. It looks like it may be a late night for many as tomorrow is a layday."

Si quelqu'un trouve un sens satisfaisant pour le mot "tally" je suis preneur...

bonjour martin,

tally on and off semble être proche de sign in and out, autrement dit emargement de départ et de retour. Pour la traduction pure et dure tally = contrôle

Aujourd hui DAY OFF a Teignmouth, apres 3 manches de petit temps. Nous avons reussi a faire fonctionner a peu pres l accastillage du 14703 et a le mettre a la jauge (10 kg trop leger : voila pourquoi il marchait si bien au VOS).
Pour l instant la vitesse n est pas au rendez vous.
On y pense !

Nous attendons du renfort de toute urgence... au secours !

Pourquoi vous ne naviguez pas sur le bateau de Pedro ?

Premièrement, Nous pensions pouvoir réaliser une meilleure performance avec cette coque et deuxièmement l'association International Fireball avait souhaité, lors du dernier mondial en Australie, voir ce bateau naviguer lors des grands rvs internationaux.

Cette utilisation aura certainement permis de remettre un peu la coque et l'accastillage en état avant la prochaine attribution et de le mettre à la jauge (la coque était 10kg trop légère à la pesée !)...

Aujourd'hui ... pas un brin de vent... nous attendons sur le parking à bateaux.

Pedro... de son côté, était trop lourd à la pesée... mais cela n'a pas pu être compensé !