64th JJ GILTINAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

RACE DATES

Friday February 15, 2013 Invitation RaceSaturday February 16, 2013 Race 1***Sunday February 17, 2013 Race 2Tuesday February 19, 2013 Race 3Wednesday February 20, 2013 Race 4Thursday February 21, 2013 Race 5Saturday February 23, 2013 Race 6Sunday February 24, 2013 Race 7

*** Race 1 will also be sailed for the George Calligeros Trophy

Races start at 1500 hours, with the exception of Races 1 and 6 (February 16 and 23), which will start at 1600 hours.

SPECTATOR FERRYThe Australian 18 Footers League will charter a spectator ferry to follow the seven races of the championship

This ferry will leave from Double Bay Wharf, alongside the club, at 2.30pm each day,With the exception of February 16 and 23, when it will leave at 3.30pm.

COSTAdults......................$20

Children under 16 (accompanied by an adult)...........Free

FOLLOW THE CHAMPIONSHIPResults, Race Reports, Pointscores, Photographs, Video Coverage and Live Tracking,

Go to the club’s websites:

www.18footers.com.auwww.flying18s.com

www.18footerstv.com

Giltinan 2013 Entries

1 Gotta Love It 7 Australia Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris

2 Thurlow Fisher Lawyers Australia Michael Coxon, Dave O’Connor, Trent Barnabas

3 Appliancesonline.com.au Australia Micah Lane, Paul Montague, Tom Anderson

4 Smeg Australia Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings

5 Yandoo Australia John Winning, Andrew Hay, Jim Beck

6 C-Tech New Zealand Alex Vallings, Josh McCormack, Peter Burling

7 CST Composites USA Howie Hamlin, Matt McKinlay, Dave Gibson

8 Pica UK James Mears, Stewart Mears, Tristan Hutt

9 Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel Australia Jack Macartney, David Witt, Mark Kennedy

10 Mojo Wine Australia James Dorron, Ricky Bridges, Mike McKensey

11 Pure Blonde Australia Tom Clout, Matthew Wark, Rob Bell

12 The Black Dog UK Jarrod Simpson, Euan McNicol, Geoff Bauchop

13 Asko Appliances Australia Marcus Ashley-Jones, Ash Rooklyn, Jeronimo Harrison

14 The Kitchen Maker Australia Malcolm Page, Darren McKavanagh, Cameron McDonald

15 De’Longhi-Rabbitohs Australia Simon Nearn, Keegan York, James Smithers

16 Winning Appliances Australia Shane Smith, Jake Restall, Shane Dickson

17 Yamaha New Zealand David McDiarmid, Andrew Archibald, Mark Overington

18 Fisher & Paykel Australia Andrew Chapman, Tim Baraclough, Ewan Duckworth

19 Lumix Australia Jonathan Whitty, James Hozack, Aron Everett

20 Rabbitohs-Kenwood Australia Brett Van Munster, Kieryn Cowan, Joel Castle

21 Haier Appliances Australia Pedro Vozone, Sam Ellis, James Slee

22 Lomax Financial Group Australia Alexandra South, Lizzi Rountree, Saskia Tidey

23 Team Daly Australia Nick Daly, John Walton, Peter Nicholson

24 Southern Cross Australia Oliver Hartas, Brad Greenrod, Olly Jones

25 Maersk Line New Zealand Graham Catley, Chris Dawson, Brad Collins

26 Brisbane 18 Footers Australia Daniel Jack, Tristan Hamilton, Barry Flanagan

27 Bluewave tba tba

28 Southern Engineering Services USA Katie Love, Christine Neville, C.C. Childers

29 ASCC New Zealand Murray England, Rowan Swanson, Matt Randell

30 Events Clothing New Zealand Riley Dean, John Little, Scott Randell

31 Bridge Marina Travelift New Zealand Kez Cameron, Adrian France, Stephen Jones

32 Yamaha 2 New Zealand Sam Marshall, Tom Peet, Ben Gladwell

The Giltinan 2013 has a “red hot local” Australian contingent with a diversity of age and experience and a wealth of talent.

Obviously, defending champion Seve Jarvin (Gotta Love It 7) and 2006, 2007 winner Michael Coxon (Thurlow Fisher Lawyers) will share honours for pre series favourtism, but the challeng-ers for top honours come with

some great sailing records.

Major local challengers are expected to be past champion John Winning (Yandoo), four times Inter-dominion

12ft Skiff champion Nick Press (Smeg), former Australian champion Mi-cah Lane (Appliancesonline.com.au), Jack Macartney (Coopers-Rag & Famish

Hotel, twice Australian 16ft Skiff champion James Dorron (Mojo Wine) and Shane Smith (Winning Appliances) from the Brisbane fleet.

Olympic 470 Gold Medalist Malcolm Page (2008 Beijing and 2012 London) is back in the fleet with a strong chance in The Kitchen Maker while Alexandra South be-comes the first skipper of an all-girl team in a Giltinan Championship (Katie Love of the US will share the honour with Alex).

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COURSE 1 – NORTH-EASTStart line in vicinity of Clarke IslandBeashel Buoy – YAShark Island – YAClarke Island – LMBeashel Buoy – YAClarke Island – LMBeashel Buoy – YAShark Island – YAFinish line in vicinity of Clarke Island

COURSE 2 - EASTStart line in vicinity of Robertson PointRose Bay – LMClarke Island – LMKurraba Point – LMRose Bay – LMKurraba Point – LMRose Bay – LMFinish line in vicinity of Clarke Island

COURSE 3 - SOUTH-EASTStart line in vicinity of Taylors BayRose Bay – LMRobertson Point – LM (PORT)Clarke Island – LM (PORT)Chowder Bay – LMRose Bay – LMTaylors Bay – YARose Bay – LMRobertson Point – LM (PORT)Finish in vicinity of Clarke Island

COURSE 4 - SOUTHStart line in vicinity of Athol BayClarke Island – LM (PORT)Obelisk Bay – YAShark Island – YAAthol Bay East – LM (PORT)Clarke Island – LM (PORT)Obelisk Bay – YAShark Island – YAAthol Bay East – LM (PORT)Finish line in vicinity of Clarke Island

COURSE 5 - WESTStart line in vicinity of Rose BayKurraba Point – LM (PORT)Clarke Island – LM (PORT)Rose Bay – LM (PORT)Kurraba Point – LM (PORT)Rose Bay – LM (PORT)Kurraba Point – LM (PORT)Finish line in vicinity of Clarke Island

COURSE 6/3 - WINDWARD/LEEWARDStart lineMark 1 (PORT)Gate 2Mark 1 (PORT)Gate 2Mark 1 (PORT)Finish line to port side of Committee Vessel

COURSE 6/4 - WINDWARD/LEEWARDStart lineMark 1 (PORT)Gate 2Mark 1 (PORT)Gate 2Mark 1 (PORT)Gate 2Mark 1 (PORT)Finish line to port side of Committee Vessel

NOTES:All marks to STARBOARD unless otherwise noted.

YA marks are YNSW permanently fixed yellow spar marks.LM marks are temporarily laid white inflatable marks with fluro band.

In Course 6/3 and Course 6/4, Mark 1 will be laid to windward of the start line.(Distance and bearing will be displayed from the Committee Vessel)

Gate 2 will be laid approximately 50 metres to windward of the start line.

GILTINAN COURSES 2012

POINTSCORE SYSTEM

The Low Point System will apply. There will be seven (7) races scheduled, of which a minimum of five (5) races must be completed to constitute the series. To calculate each boat’s final score for the series the worst race score shall be discarded from the boat’s point score.

(Each boat starting and finishing and not thereafter retiring, being penalized or given redress shall be scored points as follows:1st – 1 point, 2nd – 2 points, 3rd – 3 points, 4th – 4 points, 5th – 5 points, 6th – 6 points, 7th – 7 points. For each place thereafter add 1 point.A boat that did not start, did not finish, retired after finishing or was disqualified shall be scored points for the finishing place one more than the number of boats entered in the series).

All rounding marks are to be left or rounded to Starboard unless marked PORT in which case the mark is rounded to Port

MAP OF THE COURSE

Giltinan 2012

BUILDING HIGH TECH 18FT SKIFFSVan Munster Boatbuilders

Construction of the modern 18ft Skiff hull is obviously critical to its performance and longevity as a highly competitive racing machine, so the building of these high-tech hulls can only be assigned to the talents of a top class boat builder.

Van Munster Boats, at Morisset (north of Sydney), has been the registered builder of all18ft Skiff hulls in Australia for the past seven years.

To give some idea of how the task is undertaken, Brett Van Munster gives a simplified explanation of what is a highly technical and very precise building process.

“Our challenge is to build boats which are very light yet strong enough to meet the high demands of 18ft Skiff Racing”.

“We only have a small team but we’ve got the expertise to work with the same materials as those used in Formula One Racing and the aircraft industry”.

“Our first task is to source the pre-impregnated carbon fibre material (to our specifications) from the U.S. and have it shipped to Australia under refrigerated conditions”.

“We also purchase 1cm (width) Kevlar Nomex honeycomb paper, which is used as the core material”.

“The hull and deck are then constructed from the Kevlar Nomex honeycomb paper, which is sandwiched between two layers of the pre-preg carbon fibre”.

“This carbon fibre is a little more sophisticated but essentially the same as pioneered by Iain Murray and John Mc Conaghy back in the late 1970s”.

“Laminating is done in an air conditioned, climate con-trolled environment and processing of the boats and the pre-pregs is a little more refined – but, again, essentially the same as Murray and Mc Conaghy used”.

“Once the hull and deck have been laminated in their moulds they are individually baked in a custom built oven at more than 80 degrees celcius for 14 hours”.

“This done, the internal structure and framing are set up inside the hull and both are ‘trimmed up then fitted to each

other”.

“The deck is glued onto the hull in a very precise operation then placed in a holding jig where maximum force is ap-plied to ensure a minimum use of glue. This is a complex and critical procedure which requires extreme care as it basically holds the entire boat together”.

“It is important that the finished product is not only light

but also important that every single piece of carbon is in the right spot. Carbon is an extremely strong material and doesn’t take much to hold the boat together, but if you get it in the wrong spot it also doesn’t take much for it to blow up”.

“The final step is to prepare and spray paint the underside and deck of the boat to the smoothest possible race quality finish”.

“This is a lot harder and time consuming than it sounds as during this process we are continually conscious of keeping weight to a bare minimum as the boat receives an undercoat and three high gloss coats”.

“Weight is critical in 18ft Skiff Racing. We produce the bare hull shell at about 20kg and the overall weight of the boat before fittings are added is approximately 62.5kg.

By the time it’s ready to race the weight is around 170kg, which gives some idea of what goes onto an 18 in racing condition”.

Van Munster Boats also build the centerboard and rudder from carbon composites.

The United States have put together an exciting group of three teams for the championship with a mixture of experi-ence, youth and female competitors.

Obviously, 2002, 2003 Giltinan champion Howie Hamlin (CST Composites) leads the stand out team for the USA as he has long been one of the best 18ft Skiff competitors in the world.

Aside from his two Giltinan victories, Howie has won the annual International Regatta in San Francisco on no less than six times and the European Championship on four occasions.

He has Matt McKinlay back with him again, but his other regular crewman Mike Martin was unable to make it this time. Howie managed to get Dave Gibson (one of Australia’s most experienced 18ft Skiff sailors) for the championship and so his challenge will certainly be as strong as ever.

Howie has been a driving force behind the US 18ft Skiffs, along with Chad Freitas, who has organized the two new teams at the Giltinan 2013.

Mike Radziejowski heads a young team on a locally-chartered skiff.

This group represents the ‘American Youth Sailing Force’ which was officially selected by Oracle Team USA to repre-sent the City of San Francisco in the 2013 Youth Americas Cup.

Chad’s Angels, Katie Love, Christine Neville and Emma Shaw have been competing at the International Regatta on San Francisco Bay and have also chartered a local skiff (from Brisbane) for the championship.

The team has been looking to test itself on Sydney Harbour and has the added incentive of having direct competition with another all-female team.

USA

Photos courtesy of Erik Simonson/www.h2oshots.com

The two British teams, ‘The Black Dog’ and ‘Pica’ are both strong crews and will be a force in the Giltinan 2013 Cham-pionship.

Jarrod Simpson has been a good, regular competitor at the Giltinan and this year has assembled a top class crew for the challenge.

Jarrod is a world class sailor with 2nd places in many regattas, including Fireball Worlds, Olympic Trials in both 470 and Tornado classes and 14 worlds.

Sheet hand on ‘The Black Dog’ is three-times Giltinan champion Euan McNicol, with Grant Rollerson (3rd in 2011 at the Giltinan) in the bow.

Joining this highly experienced team is a rookie crew at the Giltinan (Pica) but a crew which has been the best UK/Eu-ropean team for the past three years.

Lack of experience on Sydney Harbour will be a disadvantage to this team but their record against top Australian teams at recent European Championships suggests they will be strong competitors in the skiff previously sampaigned by Rob Greenhalh at the 2010 Giltinan.

UK

Photo of Pica courtesy of Christophe Favreau/www.christophefavreau.photoshelter.com

NZ

Alex Vallings (C-Tech), Graham Catley (Maersk Lines) and David McDiarmid (Yamaha) all have new Van Munster built hulls with high quality rigging and sails and will definitely be top challengers for the 2013 title.

Alex Vallings’ C-Tech, which won the Mark Foy Trophy (Auckland) and In-ternational Regatta at San Francisco, will also have Peter Burling, the 2012 London Olympic 49er Silver Medalist in the team which could become the first New Zealand winner since Terry McDell’s Travelodge New Zealand in 1974.

Photos courtesy of Richard Gladwell/www.photosport.co.nz and Erik Simonson/www.h2oshots.com

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GILTINAN CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

Appreciation

The Australian 18 Footers League extends its appreciation to our sponsors, supporters and media organizations, who make our level of 18ft Skiff Racing possible:

AEGAppliancesonline.com.au

Asko AppliancesCarlton & United Breweries

Channel 7 NetworkCoopers

De’LonghiFisher & PaykelHaier Appliances

KenwoodLomax Financial Group

Mojo WinePanasonic

Rabbitohs (South Sydney Leagues)Rag and Famish Hotel

SmegSouthern Engineering Services

The Kitchen MakerThurlow Fisher Lawyers

Winning Appliances

Photographers:Erik Simonson

Christophe FavreauRichard Gladwell

Ali Chapman

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Sail-WorldThe Daily Sail

My SailingXS Racing

Pressure DropSailing Anarchy

The many other individuals and media organizations which cover our racing throughout the world.