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In Korea, the young BlackMatch racing crew have finished third in the Korea Match Racing Cup.

Now sailing under the auspices of Emirates Team New Zealand, and with double America's Cup winner, Tony Rae, aboard they dispatched world #1 Mathieu Richard (FRA) in the quarterfinals. After getting on the wrong side of some umpiring decisions, they failed to progress to the finals by a margin of 3-2.

However BlackMatch could take some consolation in winning the sail-off for third place, in the richest regatta on the World Match Racing Tour.

In this issue we have featured the daily reports from BlackMatch, and you can read how this dramatic series unfolded for them.

Those who have followed the rise of this young crew of RNZYS Youth program graduates, will be particularly heartened with the result from Korea.

This was a regatta, which with a bit of luck going the Kiwi way, was very winnable for BlackMatch. The fact that it carried substantial prizemoney - with the winner taking away a six figure prize (in NZD) - is sufficent to attract the top match racers from around the world.

Significantly two of the big names exited the regatta at the conclusion of the Round Robin.

However for BlackMatch this was a great result from a Grade 1 event.

Also third, but a long way distant in the Mirabaud Bol d'Or regatta in Geneva, Switzerland was Alinghi sailing in the D35's. Winner of the 60 mile race sailed in light conditions was a D35 sailed by Frank Cammas of Groupama fame and one who is closely associated with BMW Oracle Racing.

In this issue we have a full report from Valencia Sailing, along with photos from this light airs regatta.

Also on the multihull front have a look at the spectacular capsize shots from the iShares Cup which concluded over the weekend.

In the New York YC Regatta, the supermaxi Speedboat has had her first race, but was eclipsed on IRC by by Numbers (Dan Meyer) - over 30ft shorter than the stunning supermaxi. Also racing was the Volvo 70 Puma (Ken Read) - however although beaten around the buoys Puma and Speedboat are expected to show the Newport Bermuda race fleet a clean pair of heels when straight-lining.

At the other end of the scale, Philippa Wood, has become the first person to sail Cook Strait in an Optimist. She achieved this feat on Sunday, taking five and a half hours for the crossing. We have featured the report from The Nelson Daily Mail, plus the video clip (almost five minutes duration) of this remarkable voyage.

It's a must see.

Good Sailing!

Richard Gladwell NZ Editor

BlackMatch finishes third in Korea Match Race Cup BlackMatch Racing reports from the final day of the Korea Match Racing Cup - third stage of the World Match Racing Tour: 'After narrowly missing out on making the final stage of the regatta, we had to front up today to take on world number 19 and former World Tour Champion Jesper Radich, in a best of three race off for third place.'... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45362&ntid=19

Optimist conquers Cook Strait For someone who had just set a record by sailing the notorious Cook Strait in a 2.3m dinghy, 14-year-old Hope schoolgirl Phillippa Wood was pretty blase. She said the five and a half hour crossing from the outer Marlborough Sounds took as long as she had expected but was 'quite hard towards the end'. 'I'm a bit tired still.'... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45402&ntid=19

Modral wins Bucks Match Race 3 Owen Modral a British citizen currently working in NZ, won the Bucks Match Race 3 sailed over the weekend. The event was sailed in BBYC fleet of five J24 keelboats; the weather for the weekend was near perfect, except for the rain, with 42 races sailed in conditions varying between 7-20 knots. Jonathan Rankine finished top of the table from the round robin and chose to race Modral in the semi... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45399&ntid=19

Numbers shows its IRC prowess in NYYC Regatta Anticipation ran high throughout the New York Yacht Club's 154th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, hosted Saturday and Sunday from the NYYC's Harbour Court Clubhouse in Newport, R.I. Competitors, designers, journalists and spectators alike were anxious to see how the newest, hottest IRC boats measured up against one another in seven IRC classes.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45397&ntid=19

Alinghi finishes 3rd in the Bol D'Or; Cammas wins Zebra 7 rounded the Bouveret buoy 5th, 7 minutes behind leader Zen Too, while Alinghi was 9th, a whopping 28 minutes behind Zen Too. The winning strategy in the second half of the race was to go as close as possible to the Swiss coast, on the northern side of the lake. Although there are no general wind patterns in the region, a nice breeze, reaching 11 knots, picked up after 5pm and paid off hand... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45403&ntid=19

Solo Sailor Treads Water all Night, Survives He had no life jacket and no safety line. The boom knocked the solo sailor overboard, stunning him. Automatically he trod water in the F66deg (18deg Celsius) Lake Erie and went on treading all night long. Twelve hours later, he was rescued - his number just wasn't up.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45394&ntid=19

A Download World Olympic sailing webcast to be online at nbcolympics.com with not a lot of television time but expectations are that there will be about 90 minutes of sailing able to be downloaded by online sailing fans.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45401&ntid=19

A million Sail-World Olympic newsletters The Olympic Sailing regatta in Qingdao China is just two months away. The Sail-World.com website will be providing more intensive coverage than ever before with a million dedicated online newsletters going to its audience world-wide. A great advertising opportunity.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45393&ntid=19

Marstrand Pit Stop announced for Volvo Ocean Race Marstrand, the famous sailing and recreational island close to Goteborg on Sweden's west coast, will be the Pit Stop for the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race en route to Stockholm, race organizers have announced... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45406&ntid=19

Marine Marketing online - Setting your Ad Budget Online marketing is now an essential part of marine advertising. The heaviest Internet adult users are now the 18-35 and 50-65 age groups - two very important age groups. Now the online marine audience is much larger than traditional print media and it's much cheaper to reach audiences online. The Marine industry around the world is finding more and more consumers have done their on-line hom... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45390&ntid=19

Rydge and Scarr's FD Europeans campaign images Bruce Hollis, sailmaker and travel companion to the Australian Flying Dutchman team of Norman Rydge and Richard Scarr has sent images from their recent trip to the FD European Championships in Croatia and from training sessions on Sydney Harbour... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45386&ntid=19

Crews prepare for final Clipper Race The Clipper crews are making last preparations today for their final ocean race of Clipper 07-08. The fleet arrived in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, at the easternmost limit of the maritime province of Nova Scotia on Friday evening following the 200-mile race from Halifax.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45382&ntid=19

Mixed fortune for Nick Moloney BT at iShares Cup Three race wins and a mix bag of results at the second round of the iShares Cup in Hyeres, France, has left BT in fourth place overall in the iShares Cup Extreme 40 Sailing Series after two events out of five... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45380&ntid=19

Albeau and Jaggi claim top spots at Costa Brava Antoine Albeau and Karin Jaggi slay the opposition to claim the top spots at the Catalunya Costa Brava PWA Slalom World Cup, slalom's second stop on the World Tour. Be sure to read the full summary of the event.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45376&ntid=19

2008 Tornado Worlds video clip - now in high res Extract from the 2008 Takapuna Worlds Video showing the 2008 Tornado Worlds segment. The whole production is by Silverfox Productions (Herb Pryde) and features segments on the RS:X Worlds, Tornado Worlds and Womens Laser Radial Worlds, all sailed off Takapuna beach. North Shore City from January to March 2008... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=43817&ntid=19

Alinghi win iShares Cup at Hyeres The 18-race iShares Cup Sailing Series went down to the wire, with two America's Cup teams dueling for the title in the double-point final race. The British TeamOrigin crew started the day with two wins in gusty 20-knot conditions. But as the wind eased over the afternoon it was America's Cup winner Ed Baird on Alinghi who came to the fore, taking three wins in a row to set-up a spectacular finale... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45372&ntid=19

Images of Speedboat The new Juan Kouyoumdjian, designed 100ft maxi, Speedboat, was launched in Auckland's Viaduct Basin on Monday. The product of Cookson Boatbuilders and Southern Spars, the supermaxi represents the latest in sailing technology and innovation.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45365&ntid=19

Col defeats Williams at Korea Match Cup Sebastien Col's (FRA) K Challenge/French Match Racing Team has defeated Ian Williams Team Pindar in the final of the Korea Match Cup... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45367&ntid=19

Mirsky Racing Team updates from Korea Match Cup Updates from the Mirsky Racing Team, competing at the Korea Match Cup Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45366&ntid=19

Record entries for 2008 Round the Island Race Two weeks before this year's JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, the Island Sailing Club has received more entries than ever in the history of the event, which was inaugurated 77 years ago. Until today, the entry record stood at 1,813, achieved in 1989, which marked the centenary of the Island Sailing Club... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45361&ntid=19

Ovington ships 29ers to ISAF Youth Worlds Forty-six 29ers built by Ovington Boats are ready to be shipped to the 2008 ISAF Youth World Championship. The event will boast the largest number of participating countries in its history. The Championship takes place in Arhus, Denmark and starts on the 12 July 2008... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45358&ntid=19

Devil in the detail for Speedboat's sails Speedboat is the name of the latest 30m canting keeled racing sloop to make a challenge for speed records and offshore titles. Launched in Auckland this April the boat is described as more like a giant version of the Volvo Ocean Race winning ABN Amro than your stock-standard supermaxi.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45360&ntid=19

Tommy Hilfiger goes vertical! Day 2 of the iShares Cup saw USA team, Tommy Hilfiger, recover from a near capsize in spectacular form in gusty conditions in the bay of Hyeres (France).... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45359&ntid=19

Asher and Willis 470 European Champions Reigning World Champions, Nic Asher and Elliot Willis are the new 470 European Champions. A fifth place in the final Medal race was enough to take them into Gold, despite the Dutch team of Sven and Kalle Coster winning the final race. The Netherlanders took Silver and Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal of Israel the Bronze... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45343&ntid=19

Col and Williams in Final of Korea Match Cup In front of thousands spectators lining the shoreline, Sebastian Col (FRA) and his K Challenge/French Match Racing Team and Ian Williams (GBR) and his Team Pindar each defeated their Quarter and Semi-Final opponents today to qualify to battle each other in tomorrow's Final round of the Korea Match Cup.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45348&ntid=19

Fast pit stop - Earthrace heads for World Record Earthrace pulled into Kochi, India port at 2.30pm local time yesterday. Refuelling with the help of Kochi Port trust and GAC shipping took just 80 minutes. The total in port time was three hours and fifteen minutes.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45347&ntid=19

Day 1 and Day 2 images - 2008 Archipelago Raid Images from Day 1 and Day 2 of the 2008 Archipelago Raid - The Raid is currently led by Team Kalix, Eric Proust and Romain Motteau from France... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45346&ntid=19

Costa Brava PWA Slalom World Cup - Fun Race The arrival of the weekend draws hordes of windsurf enthusiasts to Sant Pere Pescador to rub shoulders with the legends of the Professional Windsurfers Association. By 4 o'clock the thermal had leveled off at a consistent six knots, which, although not suitable for official competition, was ideal to run a fun race.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45342&ntid=19

BlackMatch makes Semis, misses Finals in Korea BlackMatch Racing reports from the Korea Match Racing Cup: Today was the end of the quarter finals and the completion of the semi finals. We started the day 1-0 up against World #1 Mathieu Richard, needing only one more win to proceed through to the semi finals. We took out the next match in style against the highly regarded Frenchman, convincingly winning the start and extending throughout the ra... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45335&ntid=19

Richard Stenhouse leads Musto Skiff Nationals After two days of the Musto Skiff Championships at Whitstable Yacht Club it is Richard Stenhouse who leads with four wins from the first six races completed. Ian Trotter is in second place and Graeme Oliver third. Excitement on day 1 included squalls, hail, water spouts and general mayhem - The maximum gust recorded was 47 mph... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45327&ntid=19

Mergenthaler & Clark on Womens 470 Europeans 2008 US Olympic representatives Sarah Mergenthaler and Amanda Clark report on the Womens 470 Europeans on Lake Garda, Italy: 'After two days of racing, we are leading the regatta with a 4, 1, 1! Conditions so far have been fairly light (5-12 knots), flat water and scattered rain showers everyday. However, these factors have not detracted from the beauty of Lake Garda'... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45318&ntid=19

International Contender Europeans summary The 2008 International Contender European Championships took place at Punta Alta, Tuscany in Italy from the 31st May through to the 7th June. The regatta was held at the PuntAla Camping Resort who catered for the 92 competitors from all over the world including Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45404&ntid=19

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's 40th anniversary On 14 June Sir Robin Knox-Johnston celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day he set off to set the record for the world's first ever solo and non-stop circumnavigation on Saturday. Sir Robin left Falmouth with his 32-foot Bermudan ketch Suhaili on 14 June 1968 and returned 312 days later on 22 April 1969 to become the first person to sail single handed and non-stop around the world.... http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=45400&ntid=19

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