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SOME 2000 YEAR OLD WISDOM FROM LUCRETIOUS, Roman Poet, 97-54 BC
From, “The Nature of Things”
How sweet it is when stormy
winds assail
The mighty main, safe on shore to view
Another’s sore distress; not that tis joy
To feel another’s woe, but that tis sweet
To know thyself from like affections free.
Sweet too, to scan war’s panoply far-flung
Across the plain, thyself from danger free.
Yet Naught more gladsome than to hold secure
Those heights serene, by wise men’s doctrine reared,
From which thou mayst lookdown, and all about
Behold thy fellows, wandering here and there,
Search for the way of life and find it not,
Striving with native wit and noble birth,
Straining both night and day with toil supreme
To master wealth and stand forth Lords of Things!
Photo courtesy of
J. Gunther Photography,
Sausalito, California USA.
AMERICA'S CUP NEWS FROM VALENCIA
Critical Date for Challengers December 17, 2004 200,000 Euro penalty for
late entry for America’s Cup Race in Valencia, Spain. The “good News”;
we could see as many as 12 syndicates competing in 2007. I will post the
paid list after December 17th and available E-Mail contacts. VO7,
Valencia and ACM, America’s Cup Management are working together well for
readiness for 2007.
King Juan Carlos met with President Bush in the US for a little fence
mending. He also greeted the Cup Challengers in Valencia. He viewed the
improvements and was the 18th man on board Alinghi vs. Emirates Team New
Zealand in a race, Emirates defeated Alinghi. The King graciously gave
Bertarelli and Bonnefous his endorsement. Maybe eight syndicates for
sure, one thing is certain, it will be a venue we all will treasure, the
America’s Cup Race, Valencia, Spain, 2007. Check here for syndicate
updates and information after December 17th. Here are names currently
involved; the following seem definite to compete; Team Shosholoza, South
Africa, +39, Italy, Luna Rossa, Italy, K Challenge, France, (Dawn
Riley,Manager); Emirates Team New Zealand, and BMW Oracle Racing. US.
Maybe we will see the following; Spain, two groups trying to put
together syndicates, GBR. Britain, a German Challenger, plus others
scrambling for money.
VOLVO 2005 AROUND THE WORLD COURSE ANNOUNCED
See Volvo web site; www.volvooceanrace.org. Get out your Atlas, the race starts Vigo, Spain to Cape Town, to Melbourne, to Rio de Janeiro, to Baltimore, to New York, to UK, to Amsterdam to finish at Goteborg, Sweden.
MOST OUTSTANDING SAILING EVENT OF 2004
French sailor, Francis Joyon, multi-hull, single handed round the world - 72D, 22H, 54M, 22S.
BEST SURPRISE NEWS - NEW ZEALAND WILL BE IN VALENCIA!
After their defeat, it was chaos. Grant Dalton, new blood, new team, new attitude, Rod Davis, afterguard coach, new money, from Bertarelli, that is class. World sailing experience other than Southern Hemisphere is part of the plan.
TECH TALK - AC CLASS RULE 4 AND 5
Nothing
can be more parlous than delving into the technical intricacies of
sailing. For most of us, “doing” sailing is better than trying to
understand the hydrodynamics. Leave VPP, V/L o.5. Cv, wave drag,
righting moment, SM, LM, and all of the other mysterious acronyms to the
Naval Architects, Engineers and those born with tech genes. Suffice it
to say that all is a balancing act between variables of length,
displacement and sail area coupled with design concepts to maximize
speed and minimize drag. The new materials and overall technology have
done for sailing what digital cameras have done for photography, created
a revolution.
The next advance remains for the mind to be conditioned to make
consistently the reflexive intuitive decisions instantly to “win”.
Photo courtesy of
J. Gunther Photography,
Sausalito, California USA.
MOVING FORWARD - BERTARELLI AND COUTTS
Get over it ! These are two very bright men maybe on different courses to the same mark. The better bout remains, Bertarelli vs. Ellison.
KUDOS TO THE OLYMPIC SAILORS FROM ALL NATIONS
Paul Cayard, great effort in
the Star Class; 5th, Paul Foerster &Kevin Burnham, 1st in Doublehanded
Dinghy; McDowell & Kinsolving womens Doublehanded Dinghy; 8th, Meg
Gaillard 14th in Singlehanded Dinghy; Peter Wells 16th Men’s Mistral,
Lanee Beashel 16th Women’s Mistral; Mark Mendelblatt 8th in the Laser
Class, ( I attended the Laser World Championships;in Bitez, Turkey in
April, very impressive); Lovell & Oglrtree 2nd inTornado; Kevin Hall
11th in the Finn Class; and also Paul Cayard and Phil Trenter 5th in the
Star Class.
Paul T. Rivard
America's Cup News
Misty Cumberlege
International Yachting Consultancy
11 December, 2004
