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Above
is a Malö 40 sailing with UK-Halsey’s premium performance cruising inventory.
Malö Yachts of Sweden (www.maloyachts.se)
builds quality boats with top quality components, which means they come
standard with UK-Halsey’s Spectra Tape-Drive sails. Another attribute
of Malö boats is that they are sturdy enough to cross oceans, but
are still capable of a good turn of speed. To get the most speed out of
the boat’s convenient roller-furling mast, Malö specified UK-Halsey’s
VB Max Roach main, which is a roller-furling main with a full cruising
roach supported by vertical battens. Most mains that roll into the mast are batten-less and have negative
roach, which makes them perform terribly. Any boat with an in mast furler
can benefit from upgrading to the VB MaxRoach main. |
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| SAILS TOO BIG TO CHANGE? OR ARE YOU JUST TIRED OF THE EFFORT? |
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Top:
Everything is huge on J Class Yachts. Shown
is SHAMROCK V’s
sistership ENDEAVOUR. Above: A
46-foot performance cruiser (Arcona 460)
with Spectra Tape-Drive sails |
Tired
of the hassle of switching from cruising sails
to racing sails? Wish you could have one set of
sails to do both? That’s
why the 120-foot J-boat SHAMROCK has ordered new
UK-Halsey loadpath laminate sails from our Hamble
loft in England — which
means UK-Halsey sails are simultaneously on an
historic America’s Cupper and on a current
contender (TEAM CHINA). SHAMROCK’s owners
and crew wanted higher performance sails for the
superyacht racing they do - without needing to
swap to cruising sails for chartering, which pays
the yacht’s
bills. Not wanting to switch is understandable
since SHAMROCK’s mainsail has a 140-foot
luff, is 4375 sq.ft., and requires a crane to be
moved. For the same single-inventory convenience
on yachts under 70-feet, UK-Halsey’s Spectra
Tape-Drive offers proven racing performance and
cruising durability. Whether you have a J-giant,
a J/Boat™ or something in-between, contact
UK-Halsey for sails. |
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| ROLEX MIDDLE SEA RACE |
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Congratulations
to Arthur Podesa and his Beneteau 45f5 ELUSIVE
for winning IMS 2 Division as well as taking fourth overall
in IRC in the Rolex Middle Sea Race. The 607-mile
race drew 64 boats that comprised some of the
biggest and fastest racing monohulls on the planet,
crewed by America's Cup stars and round the world
race winners, from 18 different countries. This
is the Bermuda Race of southern Europe.
Another UK-Halsey France customer to take home
silverware was the Beneteau 40.7 LADY V, who finished second in IRC 2A and fourth
overall in IMS. Cheers to both crews for doing so well overall, even against
the professional crews of the SuperMaxis. ELUSIVE and LADY V sported a full sets
of Carbon TiTanium and Carbon Tape-Drive sails.
The course is sailed counter-clockwise from Malta,
north to the eastern coast of Sicily to the Straits of Messina, around the Aeolian
Islands and the active volcano of Stromboli, west to the Egadi Islands, south
towards the island of Lampedusa and then back to the finish at Marsamxett Harbor.
Enroute, the crews take in an amazing diversity of landscape and sea conditions,
all of which combine to create the attraction and challenge of the race. |
The Beneteau 45f5 ELUSIVE at the start of the Middle Sea Race.
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Des McWilliam of UK-Halsey Ireland at the helm while drifting past Stromboli, an active volcano – part of the storied scenery of the Middle Sea Race. |
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| BIG
RESULTS IN THE BIG STATE: UK-HALSEY BOATS TAKE
3 OF THE TOP 4 PLACES IN THE TEXAS J/24 CIRCUIT |
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Weakley sailing RED STRIPE at the 2006 J/24 Nationals.
He finished second overall in the 2006 Texas
Circuit. |
UK-Halsey customers finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th overall at the 2006 J/24 Texas circuit. A total of 46 boats and 200 sailors took part in this year’s event. “This is a great result for UK-Halsey. Throughout the year, we have been re-designing and improving the UK-Halsey Texas J/24 One Design sails,” said Pedro Gianotti, the head designer and owner of UK-H Texas.
One of these top crews will represent the USA at
the 2007 J-24 Worlds in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Texas J/24 Circuit includes
seven stops in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and other diverse venues throughout the
state. This year, the second stop on the tour was also the J/24 US Nationals,
which was held at Houston Yacht Club. Each stop showcased a full regatta, with at least
six races over the weekend schedule. For UK-Halsey to dominate the top spots
in the standings is a well-deserved triumph. Not only was this a great local
result but a step forward for UK-Halsey's One Design program. If you demand quality
and expect only the best for your program, take a glance at our online website and
let us show you how UK-Halsey can help! |
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| UK-HALSEY’S BUTCH ULMER WINS IN THE CARIBBEAN PRO-AM |
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| The skippers of the 2006 Vineyard Vines Pro-Am sailed at the Bitter End YC. Front Row: left to right: Keith Musto, Butch Ulmer, Lowell North, Rod Johnstone, Bruce Kirby. Back Row: Tom Farquhar (Chief Umpire), Dave Perry, Russell Coutts, Paul Cayard, Dawn Riley, Ken Read, Tom Leweck, Barbara Farquhar (Umpire). |
The Vineyard Vines Pro-Am Regatta at the Bitter End Yacht Club was sailed for the 20th time this past October. The event consisted of some fleet racing and some match racing. For the first time both Masters (peers of the racing world) and Juniors (reigning champions) sailed in IC 24's (modified J-24s).
The event is truly unique in that the hotel guests
get to select with which pro they’d
like to sail with and the skipper/crew combinations are changed every day. A
lot of great sailors have been part of this regatta over the past 20 years and
the Pro-Am honor roll includes such names as Ted Hood, Tom Blackaller, John Bertrand
and Scuttlebutt Founder Tom Leweck. This year’s cast was no exception (see attached
picture).
Masters and Juniors are teamed up in pairs and
this year’s winning team was Paul Cayard and Keith Musto. Individual winners
were Ken Read (Junior Match Race Winner), Paul Cayard (Junior Fleet Race Winner)
and Butch Ulmer (both Masters Fleet and Match Race Winner).
For more about this great event, click here: www.beyc.com
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| SOUTHERN
TURKEY'S WOODEN BOAT SHOW AND RACE |
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Above:
It was all smiles on RANDA, the winning boat.
Below left: The massive DRAGON FLY, which was built in Istanbul in
2006.
Below right: RANDA going to windward. |
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The Bodrum Cup International Wooden Yacht Regatta
is one of the largest events in the world for wooden boats. This year, 106 wooden
yachts attended and 75 of them raced the four-race series in the Gökova Gulf
in Southern Turkey. The fleet included boats up to 120 feet (36 m). UK-Halsey
customers finished first, second, third and fifth.
For the third time, the 28-meter gullet, RANDA,
won the championship. Second was the 35-meter DRAGON FLY. Third place was taken
by STS BODRUM, which is Turkey’s sole sail training ship. |
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| SPECTRA/CARBON TAPE-DRIVE SAILS LOOKING GOOD |
Here is the latest Waterline 50 with Spectra Tape-Drive sails. The owners of Isolabella are very pleased with their new sails and the service they got from the local loft in Sidney, British Columbia. Tim Knight of UK-Halsey Northwest wrote, "The other great service part of the project was that we used an air-less sprayer to apply both Bio-shield from Contender and SailKote from McLube. The sails are now protected from mildew and they roll much tighter on the furler and in the Leisurfurl boom than we have experienced in the past. We can offer this service for new or older sails that are properly prepared (professionally cleaned)."
The second photo is of an Arcona 400 also with Spectra Tape-Drive sails. If those aren’t the best looking sails... |
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USING STORM SAILS:
UK-HALSEY’S 5TH SAFETY AT SEA VIDEO IS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED
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Using storm sails is the subject of the next safety at sea video that
will be viewable on the UK-Halsey web site. Storm Trysail
Club Commodore Richard du Moulin takes viewers through
setting up and trimming the storm trysail and storm jib.
He shows how to practice in light air and goes over what
to expect in true gale conditions. Besides being Commodore
of the preeminent ocean-racing club in the world, du
Moulin is the three-time winner of the doublehanded division
in the 630-mile Newport to Bermuda Race. The video is
currently in post-production and will be posted before
the end of the year. The sixth video in our series will
be the care and feeding of inflatable life jackets.
The first four videos were shot at the first-ever
hands-on Safety at Sea Seminar at the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point,
N.Y, in April 2006. The first three show the Quick Stop Man Overboard Recovery
process when sailing upwind as well as when sailing under spinnaker, and the
fourth covers how to deploy, inflate, right and climb into a life raft. Click
here to see the videos. |
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Richard du Moulin sailing under storm trysail
and storm jib |
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| LOOKING FOR THAT PERFECT PRESENT FOR YOU, YOUR SKIPPER OR YOUR CREWMATES? |
Check
out our on-line store for some essential gifts for
your crew and yourself: the Rules Quiz CD, great duffels,
apparel and more. We are shipping out orders the day
they are received to get to you your gifts in time for
the holidays. If you need anything sent express, send
an e-mail to: store@ukhalsey.com,
and we’ll let you know how much the cost for FedEx
is. 
The Rules Quiz CD is a great gift since the protest room is the wrong place to learn the racing rules, especially when the easiest and most pain-free method is using UK-Halsey Sailmakers Real Time Racing Rules Quiz CD. The CD is packed with animated quizzes, sound effects, exciting video clips, the complete rule book, the appeals, and a protest form you can print out when needed.
The quizzes help you learn the rules because
you look at situations the way a protest committee would. The difference
is that, instead of hearing two different stories about a situation, you
watch an animation. After analyzing the video, you can read the “Facts
Found” followed by the “Conclusions and Rules That Apply”. In the text,
each rule is hot-linked so that you can call it up on the screen with a
click of the mouse. The animations can be enlarged to full screen for easy
viewing, or you can choose to view the animation along with the answer to
the quiz and the text of any rule you have a question about – all on the
same screen, no page flipping. Truly the easiest way to learn the rules.
The cost is $45, or $25 for those who are upgrading from a previous version
of the CD. A heck of a deal, considering all the effort and expense you
put into going racing. Why leave an event with a sour taste in your mouth
because a protest committee DSQ’d you? Order now by clicking here.
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