document.write('<h3>Scuttlebutt Europe #2516 - 27 January</h3><p>Brought to you by <a href="http://uk.boats.com">Boats.com Europe</a');
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document.write('MI OCR DAY FOUR</b><br />Miami, Florida, USA: A final showdown awaits three Paralympic classes tomorrow and ten Olympic');
document.write(' classes on Saturday at US Sailing\'s Rolex Miami OCR, which has, thus far, gifted sailors with four days of sublime suns');
document.write('hine and satisfying winds. The event is the only one of seven ISAF Sailing World Cup events to grace a shore on this con');
document.write('tinent and has attracted 529 sailors from 41 countries from as close as Canada and as far away as New Zealand and China.');
document.write('</p><p>"It\'s looking pretty exciting," said Brazil\'s Star sailor Robert Scheidt, who with crew Bruno Prada has perha');
document.write('ps one of the most impressive sailing records here. (Together, they are two-time Olympic medalists and just off their se');
document.write('cond straight title win at the Star World Championships). "Some of the guys who have already got a spot in the Olympics ');
document.write('are here and they are really sailing well."</p><p>No one has been proving that theory better than Sweden\'s Fredrik L');
document.write('oof/Max Salminen who yesterday trailed Scheidt/Prada by two points and today tied on points with the Brazilians after fi');
document.write('nishing 6-2 to their 3-7. With both teams posting 26 points, Norway\'s Eivind Melleby/ Petter Moerland Pedersen are nippi');
document.write('ng at their heels with only 29 points.</p><p>As will happen at the Olympics, only the top-ten boats after tomorrow\'s');
document.write(' racing will be allowed to progress to Saturday\'s single medal race, which will determine gold, silver and bronze medals');
document.write('.</p><p>For the Paralympic sailors here, tomorrow will be the final day of racing (two races each scheduled for Skud');
document.write('-18, Sonar and 2.4mR classes) and determine who takes home medals. (This is the same format that will be followed at the');
document.write('ir Games.)</p><p>Top three podium positions:</p><p>Sonar, 10 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Jourden Bruno / Vimont Vi');
document.write('cary Nicolas / Flageul Eric, FRA, 19 points<br />2. Udo Hessels / Marcel van de Veen / Mischa Rossen, NED, 20<br />2. ');
document.write('John Robertson / Hannah Stodel / Steve Thomas, GBR, 22</p><p>Star, 29 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Robert Scheidt / Bru');
document.write('no Prada, BRA, 26<br />2. Fredrik Loof / Max Salminen, SWE, 26<br />3. Eivind Melleby / Petter Moerland Pedersen, NOR,');
document.write(' 29</p><p>49er, 23 boats, - 12 races<br />1. Nico Luca Marc Delle Karth / Nikolaus Resch, AUT, 29<br />2. Erik Sto');
document.write('rck / Trevor Moore, USA, 33<br />3. Allan Norregaard / Peter Lang, DEN, 61</p><p>Skud-18, 6 boats, - 8 races<br />');
document.write('1. Daniel Fitzgibbon / Liesl Tesch, AUS, 13<br />2. Alexandra Rickham / Niki Birrell, GBR, 13<br />3. Jennifer French ');
document.write('/ Jean-Paul Creignou, USA, 20</p><p>2.4mR, 25 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Damien Seguin, FRA, 13<br />2. Paul Tingley');
document.write(', CAN, 33<br />3. Megan Pascoe, GBR, 39</p><p>Laser Radial, 60 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Lijia Xu, CHN, 19<br />2.');
document.write(' Marit Bouwmeester, NED, 25<br />3. Evi Van Acker, BEL, 38</p><p>470 Men, 22 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Mathew Belch');
document.write('er / Malcolm Page, AUS, 20<br />2. Sven Coster / Kalle Coster, NED, 24<br />3. Lucas Calabrese / Juan Maria de la Fuen');
document.write('te, ARG, 32</p><p>470 Women, 15 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Lisa Westerhof / Lobke Berkhout, NED, 22<br />2. Hannah M');
document.write('ills / Saskia Clark, GBR, 23<br />3. Maria Fernanda Sesto / Consuelo Monsegur, ARG, 31</p><p>Laser, Gold,, 37 boats');
document.write(',- 8 races<br />1. Paul Goodison, GBR, 15<br />2. David Wright, CAN, 17<br />3. Bruno Fontes, BRA, 18</p><p>Laser');
document.write(', Silver,, 37 boats,- 8 races<br />1. Marcin Rudawski, POL, 100<br />2. Ricardo Montemayor, MEX, 103<br />3. Matthew ');
document.write('Ryder, CAN, 114</p><p>Finn, 25 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Zach Railey, USA, 9<br />2. Jonas Hogh Christensen, DEN, 1');
document.write('9<br />3. Brendan Casey, AUS, 25</p><p>RS: X Men, 14 boats, - 8 races<br />1. Nick Dempsey, GBR, 7<br />2. Elliot');
document.write(' Carney, GBR, 19<br />3. Mariano Reutemann, ARG, 20</p><p>RS: X Women, 12 boats, - 6 races<br />1. Demita Vega De ');
document.write('Lille, MEX, 10<br />2. Carolina Mendelblatt, POR, 21<br />3. Farrah Hall, Annapolis, Md., USA, 22</p><p>Women\'s Ma');
document.write('tch Racing<br />TOP FOUR ADVANCING TO SEMIFINALS<br />Sally Barkow / Alana O\'Reilly / Elizabeth Kratzig-Burnham, USA, ');
document.write('3 wins- 0 losses<br />Silja Lehtinen / Silja Kanerva / Mikaela Wulff, FIN, 3 wins- 0 losses<br />Olivia Price / Nina C');
document.write('urtis / Lucinda Whitty, AUS, 3 wins- 0 losses<br />Lucy Macgregor / Annie Lush / Kate Macgregor, GBR, 3 wins- 2 losses');
document.write('</p><p><a href="http://rmocr.ussailing.org">rmocr.ussailing.org</a></p><p><b>TELEFONICA PREYS ON CAMPER IN RACE ');
document.write('TO MALACCA STRAIT</b><br />In contrast to the port tack beat for the first four days of this leg, the last 24 hours hav');
document.write('e been nothing short of dramatic. This afternoon at 1600 UTC, Team Telefonica with Iker Martínez was screaming through t');
document.write('he fleet, sailing up to two knots faster than the rest and picking off places without remorse. Her final victim was Chri');
document.write('s Nicholson\'s CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand who, tonight at 1900, also fell prey to Telefonica who are now back ');
document.write('at the top of the leg leaderboard as well as leading the race overall.</p><p>Nicholson, who took the lead from PUMA\'');
document.write('s Mar Mostro earlier today after last night\'s tacking frenzy, dared not look over his shoulder this afternoon as Team Te');
document.write('lefonica gobbled up his hard-earned lead.</p><p>"What we are trying to do is get over to the Indonesian shore as fas');
document.write('t as possible and take a right hand shift. Telefonica\'s leverage will be hard for them to use if we can manage that," sa');
document.write('id Nicholson earlier today. But it was in vain, and Telefonica is now half a mile in front of the red boat and sailing q');
document.write('uicker.</p><p>Groupama 4 (Franck Cammas/FRA) too was swiftly relegated to third place at 1600 UTC, only to lose out ');
document.write('as well at 1900 UTC tonight to Mar Mostro, who earlier collided with some ocean debris costing the team precious miles a');
document.write('s well as causing minor damage to their leeward daggerboard.</p><p>Meanwhile Ian Walker and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing a');
document.write('re struggling to keep up the pace. Walker is expecting thunderstorms and lots of cloud activity again tonight, which cou');
document.write('ld again affect the leg leaderboard again.</p><p>Bringing up the rear is Team Sanya who continue to seek out any opp');
document.write('ortunities they can to climb up the order and claim some much-needed points. "We have done all we can, despite some frus');
document.write('trating losses to the new boats, and yet we still remain in pouncing distance," said MCM Andres Soriano today.</p><p>');
document.write('By noon tomorrow, the fleet will have arrived at the entrance to the Malacca Strait and the order could be shaken up ag');
document.write('ain during this 500 nm trip through some of the most congested and hazardous waters in the world.</p><p><a href="htt');
document.write('p://www.volvooceanrace.com">www.volvooceanrace.com</a></p><p><b>CADIZ TO SAN SALVADOR RECORD ATTEMPT</b><br />The ');
document.write('first ambitious challenge at a speed record in the North Atlantic by Giovanni Soldini and Maserati was announced today i');
document.write('n Milan. As from early February a crew of eight led by Soldini will be engaged in seeking to become the new record holde');
document.write('r between Cadiz (Spain) and San Salvador (Bahamas) on board Maserati, which has been completely overhauled. Maserati is ');
document.write('a 70-foot racing yacht optimized for extreme speed. (Editor\'s note: Maserati is the ex-Ericsson 3 from the 2008-2009 Vol');
document.write('vo Ocean Race). </p><p>In addition to skipper Soldini, Maserati will be crewed by 7 capable yachtsmen with a past tr');
document.write('ack record in open ocean-going regattas and in competitions such as the America\'s Cup. German Boris Herrmann (navigator)');
document.write(', American Brad Van Liew (watch leader) and Spaniard David Vera (watch leader) will make up a team completed by four Ita');
document.write('lians: Gabriele Olivo (trimmer), Guido Broggi (boat captain), Gerardo Siciliano (second bowman), and Corrado Rossignoli ');
document.write('(first bowman).</p><p>The record for Cadiz-San Salvador run, 3884 miles long, is monitored by the World Sailing Spee');
document.write('d Record Council, the international body that gives official status to the fastest sailing times along the historical ro');
document.write('utes once plied by clippers. In the past the record was set only by maxi trimarans. Maserati will attempt to be the firs');
document.write('t to establish the record for the monohull category. Two additional North Atlantic records that Soldini and crew will at');
document.write('tempt to break in 2012 aboard Maserati include Miami-New York and New York-Lizard Point (UK).</p><p>American Brad Va');
document.write('n Liew and Soldini have a notable history together, having both competed in the Around Alone race of 1998-99, when extre');
document.write('me weather in the Southern Ocean forced Soldini to the rescue of a capsized fellow competitor (Isabelle Autissier) and V');
document.write('an Liew to a dismasting.</p><p>Those keen to have live coverage of the yachting ventures of Maserati should go to th');
document.write('e new website <a href="http://www.maserati.soldini.it">www.maserati.soldini.it</a> which will be on line starting today.');
document.write(' In addition to news, video footage, and photos directly from the boat, browsers can be sure to find reports on the mete');
document.write('orological conditions and to keep tabs on the position and the speed of Maserati.</p><p>News will be provided on the');
document.write(' three record attempts, as well as on movements between regatta locations and the onshore preparatory work. There will a');
document.write('lso be constant updates using prominent social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, shown on the home page.</');
document.write('p><p>Backing for this challenge is provided by Maserati, the main partner in the endeavour, which gives its name to t');
document.write('he boat. It is flanked by the Swiss bank BSI (Generali Group), and by Generali, which are co-sponsors.</p><p><b>18F');
document.write('T SKIFFS: AUSTRALAN CHAMPIONSHIP, RACE 3</b><br />Sydney Harbour: The Smeg 18ft Skiff team of Nick Press, Dan Phillips ');
document.write('and Dave Ewings held on in a gripping finish to defeat defending champion and series leader Thurlow Fisher Lawyers in Ra');
document.write('ce 2 of the Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour today.</p><p>Smeg defeated Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Cox');
document.write('on, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas) by just 4s after four laps of the windward-return course in a fluky, shifting light ');
document.write('breeze.</p><p>Lumix (Graeme Ferguson, replacing Jonathan Whitty, Greg Dixon and James Hozack) was a further 1m7s beh');
document.write('ind Thurlow Fisher, followed by Mojo Wine (Archie Massey), Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin) and Pure Blonde (Tom Clout).</');
document.write('p><p>Smeg\'s win puts the team on six points for the event, just two points (one with discard) behind Thurlow Fisher o');
document.write('n four points.</p><p>Gotta Love It 7 is next on 15 points, followed by Lumix on 18, Mojo Wine on 19 and applianceson');
document.write('line.com.au (Micah Lane) on 21 points.</p><p>This season has been plagued by poor wind conditions and today was anot');
document.write('her testing one for all crews as they struggled to pick the best course.</p><p>The race began in a 5-knot breeze and');
document.write(' the work to the windward mark was slow.</p><p>Thurlow Fisher\'s crew challenged the Smeg team hard down the final sp');
document.write('innaker run to the finish but the Smeg crew, led by Interdominion 12ft Skiff champion Nick Press, covered every move the');
document.write(' Coxon-led team made.</p><p>Race 4 of the championship will be sailed next Sunday, 29 January and the last race of t');
document.write('he championship on Sunday 5 February.</p><p>The JJ Giltinan Championship, the world\'s premier 18ft Skiff regatta, wi');
document.write('ll be sailed on Sydney Harbour from 17-26 February. Approximately 30 teams from USA, New Zealand and UK as well as Austr');
document.write('alian teams representing NSW, Queensland and Western Australia will contest the 63rd JJ. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18');
document.write(' Footers League</p><p><a href="http://www.18footers.com.au">www.18footers.com.au</a><br /><a href="http://www.flyin');
document.write('g18s.com">www.flying18s.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.18footerstv.com">www.18footerstv.com</a></p><p><b>RETIRIN');
document.write('G THE RNLI WINCH AT KIRKCUDBRIGHT</b><br />On Sunday 22 January, using, for the last time on exercise, what is thought ');
document.write('to be one of the oldest winches in the RNLI, Mr Tommy Thomson, a retired lifeboat crew member, launched the Kirkcudbrigh');
document.write('t Inshore Lifeboat the Sheila Stenhouse.</p><p>Tommy whose long service stretched over 49 years remembers the Clark ');
document.write('Chapman winch being brought in by sea to the lifeboat station in 1962 where it was fitted by local engineer Andy Fairwea');
document.write('ther.</p><p>Over 50 years it has proved to be totally reliable launching the last four lifeboats stationed in Kirkcu');
document.write('dbright - the all weather lifeboats, J.B. Couper and Mary Pullman and the inshore lifeboats Peter and Grace Ewing and th');
document.write('e current Sheila Stenhouse.</p><p>Sadly due to new technology it has to be replaced by an electric winch powered by ');
document.write('its own generator. The first winchman was Jimmy Smith, a local taxi driver who also drove the crews to the callouts befo');
document.write('re the RNLI supplied a landrover.</p><p>It is hoped that the engine can be sold to raise money in this the 150th ann');
document.write('iversary year of Kirkcudbright Lifeboat Station.</p><p>It is a Clark Chapman winch driven by 2 cylinder lister diese');
document.write('l engine. The winch drum is fitted with 59m of 22mm dia.steel wire rope. Drive is through a single speed mechanical gear');
document.write('box. The winch only pulls in one direction, it is gravity/mechanically pulled out. The engine is electric start, but can');
document.write(' be hand cranked if power is unavailable.</p><p>Further details can be obtained from John Collins Lifeboat Operation');
document.write('s Manager Tel: 01557331475 or e-mail <a href="mailto:Kirkcudbright@rnli.org.uk">Kirkcudbright@rnli.org.uk</a></p><p>');
document.write('<b>PORSCHE PARTNERS WITH MATCH RACE GERMANY</b><br />Fresh winds and a lot of power for Germany\'s leading match race: ');
document.write('Porsche has chosen the 15th anniversary to come on board as a new main partner. The Stuttgart-based car manufacturer has');
document.write(' decided to enter into the duel and spectator sport under sail and selected Match Race Germany Langenargen on Lake Const');
document.write('ance as their stage, which heralds this year\'s World Match Racing Tour opener from May 23 to 28 over Germany\'s long Pent');
document.write('ecost weekend.</p><p>Porsche will mainly use the commitment for internal purposes, especially to encounter customers');
document.write(' and prospective customers in an exciting environment with the Porsche models displayed on shore. </p><p>The new par');
document.write('tner now being part of the family of main partners of Match Race Germany, including STIHL, MHP, Ultramarin, Rolf Benz an');
document.write('d Bavaria is very welcome. </p><p>30,000 and more visitors were regularly on site to watch and enjoy the atmosphere ');
document.write('at Germany\'s number 1 in match racing and the only German stop of the World Match Racing Tour in recent years regularly.');
document.write(' "It will be the same in 2012 again," says Thierer, "the Pentecostal appointment was and is great for our fans." The hig');
document.write('h level of TV transmission technology used by Match Race Germany and and Red Handed TV is offering live reports on the I');
document.write('nternet and is constantly developed in cooperation with an international team of experts.</p><p>The same applies to ');
document.write('the sporty fleet of 7 yachts type Bavaria 40S Match Race Edition, which last year celebrated its successful premiere and');
document.write(' international launch at Match Race Germany. "The Yachts have passed their baptism of fire in excellent style. They are ');
document.write('the largest on the World Match Racing Tour and in perfect race shape after 1 year of use and optimisation, "says sports ');
document.write('director Eberhard Magg,"for us this investment in the future has been a great decision and are very happy to have such a');
document.write(' strong partner like Bavaria both in Match Race Germany as well as in Match Center Germany." The organisers and their ne');
document.write('w partner Porsche to be guests at the Bavaria booth during boot Dusseldorf.</p><p><a href="http://www.matchrace.de">');
document.write('www.matchrace.de</a></p><p><b>AUDI ORCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP</b><br />With over six months to go before the start of');
document.write(' racing, organizers from the Merenkävijät Sailing Club and the Finnish Offshore Sailors Association have already attract');
document.write('ed 42 entries from six countries to the Audi ORCi World Championship, held over 4-11 August 2012. Based on the historic ');
document.write('fortress island of Särkkä in Helsinki harbor, this 14th annual ISAF-sanctioned event is expected to attract an additiona');
document.write('l 30-40 teams from another four countries in boats ranging from 33 to 60 feet in length, and when racing is finished wil');
document.write('l crown two new offshore World Champions.</p><p>The Audi ORCi World Championship will top a long list of over 125 na');
document.write('tional and international ORC events held in 40 countries for 2012, with most now listed at www.orc.org/calendar. Among t');
document.write('hese are two major continental events, the ORCi European Championship at YC Punta Ala in Italy, held over 23-30 June, an');
document.write('d the ORCi Mediterranean Championship, held over 10-16 June in Cres, Croatia, site of the 2011 World Championship event ');
document.write('that drew 119 entries from 16 countries.</p><p>ORC National Championships will also be held this year in 14 countrie');
document.write('s on 3 continents, including Germany, Latvia, Peru, Holland, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Russia, Croatia, No');
document.write('rway, Cyprus and Austria. Other ORC national and regional championship events are also being planned but are not yet fin');
document.write('alized, including an ORC Iberian Championship for Portugal and Spain, an ORC National Championship for Portugal, and an ');
document.write('ORC Brazilian Championship.</p><p>Among the entries committed to race in Helsinki are some past World Champions keen');
document.write(' on winning World titles once again. These include Christian Plump from Germany, who won the 2010 ORCi World Championshi');
document.write('p in Class A in Flensburg, Germany on his Rodman 42 Beluga Sailing Team but this year will be campaigning his new J/V 42');
document.write(' Elena Nova. Jurgen Klinghardt, who won the Class B World title in Flensburg, will also be in Helsinki with his German t');
document.write('eam on his X-332 Sport patent 3. Even current World Champions Alberto Rossi with his Farr 40 Enfant Terrible and Giusepp');
document.write('e Giuffre with his M-37 Low Noise have hinted that they may come from Italy to defend their respective Class A and Class');
document.write(' B titles earned last year in Cres.</p><p>For more information and a schedule of events for the 2012 Audi ORCi World');
document.write(' Championship, contact event manager Pekka Lopmeri on +358 40 5130 888, at <a href="mailto:toimisto@merenkavijat.fi">toi');
document.write('misto@merenkavijat.fi</a> , or visit the event website at <a href="http://www.orciworlds2012.com">www.orciworlds2012.com');
document.write('</a></p><p>For more information on ORC, ORC events and past ORCi/IMS World Championships, visit <a href="http://www.');
document.write('orc.org">www.orc.org</a></p><p><b>SNELLGROVE SECURES THE MARLOW ROPES AWARD</b><br />Rising Laser Radial sailor Ha');
document.write('nnah Snellgrove has received an additional boost to her thriving campaign after she was awarded the coveted Marlow Ropes');
document.write(' Award at the 2012 Tullett Prebon London Boat Show.</p><p>The Marlow Ropes Award was introduced in 2002 with the aim');
document.write(' of rewarding Britain\'s most promising young sailors for their determination, focus and talent.</p><p>Snellgrove is ');
document.write('a current member of Skandia Team GBR Transitional Squad giving her access to an array of world class training resources ');
document.write('used by Britain\'s Olympic gold medal winning sailors - a real stepping stone to succeeding at the highest level.</p><');
document.write('p>The 21-year-old from Lymington, Southampton has been in fine form in recent regattas, with her career highlight comin');
document.write('g at the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, last month, where she finished 14th.</p><p>The Marlow award en');
document.write('titles Snellgrove to free Marlow rope for a year; a financial boost previous winners, double World 470 champions Nic Ash');
document.write('er and Elliot Willis and 2008 Olympic Yngling gold medallist Pippa Wilson, have also benefitted from.</p><p><a href=');
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