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An ankle injury proved to be a serious setback for the talented Noosa Yacht and Rowing club Laser dinghy sailor Klade Hauschildt as he focuses his career on being fully fit to contest the Australian championship on Brisbane’s Waterloo Bay.
Racing the single handed Laser at the required boat speed to be competitive encompasses a combination of finely tuned human element skills and while Klade has proved with his career results to be on the pace tactically the injury meant he was far from being on the pace physically.
Naturally this set back with the Brisbane nationals just three months away and being forced to leave his Laser in the cradle was not what Klade Hauschildt planed but rather than miss sailing altogether he focused his attention towards helping the new generation Laser sailors perfect their individual skills.
He was a popular guest coach at the recent Yachting Queensland Youth Development camp at Yeppoon where he provided an informative set of guide lines on preparing both mind and body to spend the important time of hiking hard and sailing fast in the competitive discipline of Laser dinghy racing.
Just a few years ago Klade Hauschildt like his training mate Ryan Palk was in the same position as the present day Youth development squad looking for the refined skills that would lift their career from being a clever club sailor to becoming respected in State, National and International regattas. Read more…
By Ian Grant.
Whitsunday Sailing Club brother and sister sailors Klaus and Eva Lorenz have understandably spent the school holidays gaining more important skills about dinghy racing.
Like most children they have left the class room environment to spend the break from school doing what the like best and in the case for the Lorenz siblings it has meant spending two weeks away from sailing of Airlie Beach to visit Yeppoon for the Yachting Queensland youth training camp.
Both Klaus and Eva are members of the Yachting Australia accredited program and are no strangers to testing the skill on the open waters of Rosslyn Bay.
While they renewed their friendships with other Yachting Queensland Youth Development team members their personal focus was on improving their skills under the guidance of Australian high performance coach Adrian Finglas and YQ’s Ben Callard.
This opportunity allowed Klaus and his crew mate Ollie Annear to gain important sail-fast techniques as the face the new sailing season in the highly competitive 420 Olympic training class.
Klaus a self taught sailor who has spent endless hours of mid-week training and weekend racing on Pioneer Bay to achieve a career best Bronze Medal result in the 2011 Australian Optimist championship earlier this year will be presented with a supreme challenge to master the 420 with his school mate Ollie Annear.
Last week the gained some important sail-fast tips from a former Australian 420 champion Adrian Finglas who also coached Lisa Charlson and Sarah Roberts Thomson to win the Women’s World championship in South Africa.
However as Klaus, Ollie and Eva understand their career results are purely determined from making the right decisions on the race course and those skills are progressively refined with the time they are prepared to spend on training.
“Ollie and I are good mates and understand what is needed to become competitive”. Klaus said.
Later this year their skill and boat speed will be measured on the result from the Australian championship on the unfamiliar and open water course on Brisbane’s Deception Bay.
Meanwhile the new young and enthusiastic 420 Whitsunday Sailing Club team have a little over three months to be race ready.
As expected their busy schedule will included mid-week after school training sessions on Pioneer Bay while Klaus will also remained involved with the WSC Optimist sailing team as the their ‘new leader’ Eva Lorenz heads into the National championship with the prospect of being the only Lorenz on the list of entries.
However like her older brother the talented 12 year old promises to continue a climb up the National rankings.
NEWS RELEASE Friday Sept. 23rd 2011 1700 hrs.
Trilogy too Classy.
Keith Glover and his Trilogy crew set a new standard in Australian Multihull championship racing when they claimed the 2011 Corsair Marine/Seawind series trophy with six wins from six races.
They had claimed the championship after scoring a comfortable win in race 5 on Thursday however both Keith Glover and his principal crew mate Ben Kelly believed they had a point to prove.
Sure skipper Keith Glover, Ben Kelly, Brendon Mann and Harry Bethwaite enjoyed a small crew celebration after race 5 however the ‘crew vote’ was unanimous on chasing a possible six from six.
Trilogy the unchallenged form boat of the series was again cleverly sailed in the bay passage race outpacing her .939 handicap correction factor to eventually claim a comfortable 4minute 40 second win over the South Australian trimaran Wilparina 11 (Rob Remilton) with the Julian Griffiths steered Sunshine Coast catamaran Hot Vindaloo into third another 1 minute 55 seconds off the pace.
“I guess the result has justified taking on the new learning curve associated with the canting mast, however Trilogy now races with a smaller sail area and is certainly faster”. Keith Glover said.
APC Mad Max again dominated the line honours but skipper George Owen who had seemed certain to wrap up the Silver Medal comfortably had his back to the wall to ward off a late charge from Hot Vindaloo.
The APC Mad Max crew who finished the fastest with an elapsed time of 2 hours 25 minutes 32 seconds understood that their handicap calculated time of 2-45-37 was under a serious threat from their lower handicapped rivals.
Thankfully Wilparina 11 which managed to win her match race against Hot Vindaloo by 2 minutes 37 seconds ultimately allowed APC Mad Max which finished sixth fastest on corrected time to win the Silver Medal on count back over Hot Vindaloo.
Veteran multihull sailor Tony Goshnick produced a form reversal when he steered Outrage to a runaway 32 minute 31 second win over the Division 2 champion the Linda Renouf skippered Dash.
However Outrage which previously recorded a 5-8-8-8 only managed 7th place overall while Dash which finished all six races in the top 3 won the Division 2 championship by six points from Frassid (Shaun Fishley) with another two points to Iain MacDougall in Goldfinger.
Further Information is available from Mike Hodges 041188 8850 or Ian Grant 0427 592 664.
NEWS RELEASE Friday 23rd Sept 2011. O800 hrs.
Tactical testing final.
The forecast of a light variable sea breeze promises to test the tactical awareness in the final race of the Corsair Marine/Seawind Australian Multihull championship on Moreton Bay today.
Since the highly competitive championship started on Monday the fleet of fast lane sailing multihulls representing South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland have experienced a demanding test in a mixed range of wind and sea conditions.
Thankfully the predicted forecast will not result in a lazy breeze however the expected 5-10 knot wind will freshen during the day and is expected to be spiced with numerous changes in velocity and direction.
Keith Glover (Trilogy), Linda Renouf (Dash) and Phil Day (Rhythmic) who won their respective Division 1, 2 and 3 championships with a race to spare yesterday will enjoy their sail today free from any tactical pressure while interest focuses on the tactical ‘dogfight’ to resolve the minor places.
All three class results hang in the balance with only a point separating the George Owen skippered Victorian catamaran APC Mad Max and Queensland’s Hot Vindaloo (Julian Griffiths) who promise to become involved in a mate against mate match race to decide the Division 1 medals.
Naturally Julian Griffiths and his Hot Vindaloo crew must become the tactical aggressor to hold any hope of outpacing the speed sailing APC Mad Max which holds the advantage of finishing ahead of Hot Vindaloo in three of the five races.
This is not an impossible task as Julian Griffiths is well known to lay his skill on the line to test the tactical defence of the experienced George Owen and his APC Mad Max crew.
Victorian Shaun Fishley promises to protect his consistent score of 1-3-4-3-3 at the helm of Frassid when he becomes engaged with his closest rival Iain MacDougall (Goldfinger) to decide Division 2 minor medals.
Frassid while being clearly outpaced by the Linda Renouf skippered championship winner Dash only needs to finish better than 4th place today to win a deserved Silver Medal.
The battle for the minor places in Division 3 is also close with the Mike Hodges Renaissance poised to protect their 1 point advantage over the George Bulka skippered Skedaddle to wrap up a very successful and professionally run regatta hosted by The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.
Further information is available from Mike Hodges 041188 8850 or Ian Grant 0427 592 664.
The second day of the Yeppoon Queensland Development Camp got underway yesterday as the athletes prepared for another fantastic day, working on their boat handling and boat speed.
Another sunny day greeted the large group of aspiring champions as they rigged their boats, overlooking Keppel Bay.
The Laser fleet consisting of both Radials and 4.7s are under the instruction of experienced Laser Sailor Klade Hauschildt, who took them through a hard days drills involving boat handing, and sailing with feel.
The morning session had the fleet on the water by 10:00 for a two hour session working on feel, sailing with their eyes shut and stop start drills. Some extremely important training that was taken onboard well by the athletes.
“We were doing stop start drills off the line, and working on boat handling and sailing with feel, all things that are extremely important” said Hauschildt.
This summer the Queensland Cherub Association is hosting the 2011-2012 Cherub Australian Championships at the Keppel Bay Sailing Club in tropical Yeppoon. The series is to run from the 28th of December to the 4th of January and will be comprised of 12 heats. In addition to the full sailing program the Queensland Association is planning a full social program including a trivia night and a New Year’s Eve Hawaiian party.
In deciding on a venue for the 2011-2012 Australian Championships the Queensland Cherub Association decided on a tropical destination renowned for its spectacular scenery and fantastic sailing. Keppel Bay at Christmas time has an average temperature of 30 degrees and wind strength ranging from 10-25 knots. In addition Keppel Bay Sailing Club has extensive experience running major sailing regattas and will run a top quality event.
All cherubs of any era are welcome (however, your boat and sails must be measured by your state measurer prior to attending the regatta). For more information and contacts for State Measurers please go to Cherub Central:
www.Cherub.org.au
https://www.facebook.com/#!/AustralianCherubs
Queensland Ensign Yachts Beneteau Cup and French Yacht Challenge
Media Release
20 September 2011
QLD Ensign Beneteau Cup: late entries welcome for friendly challenge
Fun in the sun in Queensland is what the ‘travel brochure’ promises for competitors in the Ensign Yachts Beneteau Cup and French Yacht Challenge to be held on 1st and 2nd October 2011.
Even though entry is now officially closed, the event organisers are still welcoming late comers. When the objective of the event is fun with some competition thrown in, all French yacht owners should consider joining in, racing with or without spinnakers.
Saturday’s passage race, which constitutes the French Yacht Challenge, will pit 30 plus Francophile boat owners, racing cruisers, racers and cruiser/racer Dufours, Jeanneaus and Beneteaus, on the start line and then back at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron for some post-race fun.
Looking for a podium finish is one of the fleet’s newest boats and the first one in Queensland, the Jeanneau 409 cruiser/racer Axiom, owned by Glenda Davis. “We have teenage children and they really appreciate the racing rather than the cruising. They don’t like anything worse than third so we will have to be out to win,” skipper Mark Davis joked.
Glenda and Mark put the new boat in the water last week and had their first sail on Friday. They still have some work to do in getting the boat ready for the French Challenge including taking receipt of some more sails. “We don’t have spinnaker as yet, but if all goes to plan, it should arrive on the 28th. Hopefully we will have to time to put it up once before the start.”
Competing in the French Yacht Challenge for the Axiom team will also be about having fun. “Ours is a family boat with everyone getting involved.”
In the Beneteau fleet, Tony Kinsman’s brand new First 40, Blunderbuss, is another yacht straight out of the box and busily being commissioned this week by the team from Ensign Yachts at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. Kinsman has previously campaigned in the Beneteau Queensland title his First 40.7 of the same name.
“The boat hasn’t got a mast in it yet. It has been antifouled and faired underneath. We are now waiting on a fitting for the mast which is due this week. The sails are ready so we just need to get it rigged and we can go sailing,” Kinsman said.
The Blunderbuss team will be up against another new First 40, Rob Robertson’s Lunchtime Legend, launched in July. Kinsman is hesitant about his team’s ability to match it with Robertson’s boat since Blunderbuss it is new in the water and yet to receive the full complement of sails while Lunchtime Legend has had the advantage of two months of tuning and racing.
“It will be interesting to see how we go against Robbo as he has had a full series up at Hamilton to shake things down a bit so I wouldn’t say we are going to be super competitive at this stage. The crew are itching to go though as we have been waiting for this boat for a long time.”
The Queensland Beneteau Cup and French Yacht Challenge is sponsored by Ensign Yachts, Doyle Fraser Sails, Ullman Sails, Muir Marine, The Hatchman, JSA Marine, North Sails, Manly Marina Cove Motel, Nautilus Marine Insurance, Bias Marine, Bottoms Up Marine, Sailtech Sailmakers, Dulon, Boaststyle, NU Bolt and Hose Supplies.
The full entry list, Notice of Race and online entry is available from the event website, www.sailing.rqys.com.au
For more information, please contact event organiser, Jane Virtue on jane.virtue@bigpond.com
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Photo – QLD Beneteau Cup 2010 Tony Kinsman’s Blunderbuss alongside Samskara in the soft air second race of day two
Photographer – Tracey Johnstone
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By Ian Grant.
Julian Griffiths has temporally laid up his boat building tools in his Sunshine Coast boat shed to test his gifted skills in the Corsair Marine Australian Multihull championship on Brisbane’s Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron courses.
Griffiths well known in the industry for his meticulous boat building craftsmanship is also respected in the sport as a very talented sailor and has recently focused his attention on racing in the fast lane as skipper of the speedy catamaran Hot Vindaloo.
The impressively fast 8.5m Firefly catamaran originally built in Mackay by John Strickland has continued to show her pace racing against a number of more modern rivals representing South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
However while Hot Vindaloo has been seriously tested the combination of skipper Julian Griffiths and crew have proved that the ‘Old Girl’ still has a turn of speed to remain as a major medal contender.
After the initial three races contested in a varied range of wind velocities and sea conditions from a glassy calm 4 knot drifter to a supreme test of survival sailing in a 26knot sea breeze and foam crested 2 metre waves Hot Vindaloo while being outpaced by the championship favourite the Keith Glover skippered Trilogy is placed second with an improving score of 4-3-2.
Trilogy recently re-rigged with all the latest developments of modern technology including a canting mast has proved the fastest corrected handicap performer at the championship winning race 1 by a runaway 19minutes 57 seconds and race 2 by 3-41 and race 3 by 3-48 for her experienced owner skipper to place a firmer grip on the 2011 National championship trophy.
Meanwhile with three races to sail before the final on Friday skipper Julian Griffiths and the Hot Vindaloo crew remain in the minor medal dog-fight against the former National champion Rob Remilton’s Wilparina 11.
Rob Remilton who races under the South Australian Goolwa Yacht Club burgee remains a serious threat with Hot Vindaloo (4-3-2) holding second provisionally over Wilparina 11 (2-5-3) by a narrow one point margin.
This suggests the Hot Vindaloo crew will need to protect their sailing space to be assured of winning a deserved silver medal in what promises to be an exciting final.
Naturally skipper Julian Griffiths and his Hot Vindaloo sailing team would prefer a ‘brute breeze’ where they have proved to be faster but they are warned that their South Australian medal rivals have never been known to back away from becoming engaged in a tactical dog-fight to protect their reputation.
EWS RELEASE Day 2 Tuesday 20-9-2011. 1700hrs.
A typical strong summer sea breeze gusting to 26 knots turned the Australian Multihull Championship into a test of survival sailing on a corrugated Moreton Bay today.
Today’s blustery breeze was in complete contrast to the opening race where the fleet of 25 crews representing multihull racing clubs from South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland struggled to register a competitive boat speed in a 4 knot ‘drifter’.
There was a degree of risk when the heavy wind specialists pressed a claim to improve their championship prospects which produced an exciting line honours struggle between the George Owen helmed Victorian entry APC Mad Max and the impressively fast Malice skippered by Mal Richardson from Port Douglas.
Both crews were evenly matched with only 14 seconds favouring Malice at the end of an exciting race over a tactically demanding 10 n/ml windward leeward course.
Unfortunately the moment of celebration for the Malice crew was turned into a rescue mission when the power sailing catamaran was dramatically flipped into a spectacular capsize during a heavy gust in early stages of race three.
Thankfully apart from finishing up to their neck in rough seas the Malice crew were uninjured while the failure to finish ended their championship aspirations.
Predicably the speed sailing APC Mad Max retained a stranglehold on the first to finish trophy when her crew showing a respect for the ‘brute breeze’ secured a 7 minute 19 second line honours win over Trilogy (Keith Glover) while the Julian Griffiths skippered Hot Vindaloo claimed third another 2 minutes 51 seconds astern.
However Trilogy remained as the star performer winning both of today’s energy absorbing windward leeward races by convincing margins to retain a perfect 1-1-1 scorecard in the Division 1 class while sole female skipper Linda Renouf skippered Dash to a consistent score of 3-1-2 to lead the Division 2 series.
Local Moreton Bay skipper Phil Day has continued to dominate the Division 3 class championship steering Rhythmic to another two impressive wins today.
Rhythmic a noted strong wind performer revelled in the fresh sea breeze winning race 2 over the Victorian skipper George Bulka’s Skedaddle by a little over 10 minutes followed by a similar result in race 3.
Further Information is available from Mike Hodges 041188 8850 or Ian Grant 0427 592 664.
With near perfect Queensland Sailing conditions, the Yeppoon Queensland Sailing Development camp got underway today as athletes travelled from around the state to participate in the training camp that leads into the Queensland Youth Championship for 2011.
The day began with a talk from High Performance head coach Adrian Finglas, who motivated this young group of aspiring athletes. After the introduction of the camps coaches, the teams rigged their boats, and hit the water for a morning two hour training session. The fleet was split up in their classes which consisted of 30 optis, 30 sabots,10 lasers, two 420s, two 29ers and one hobie. The double handers today were given some extremely important tips from 420 Youth Worlds Bronze medalist and 420 European champion Alex Gough who took over the role of coaching the younger teams. “We focused on boat handling, and a lot of the other classes did that…” Gough Said.