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BETE won the Melges 24 Worlds by sailing consistently in the 119-boat fleet.
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FASTEST IN THE WORLD
UK-HALSEY SAILS WIN MELGES 24 WORLDS |
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| The winning crew waiting for another race to start. |
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Both UK-Halsey lofts worked together to support the Melges 24 World Champion. From the left to the right are UK-Halsey’s Davide Innocenti, Dede De Luca, Nicola Celon (new Melges 24 World Champion), Mafio De Luca, and Marco Holm. Just one more example of the support UK-Halsey gave Team BETE.
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BETE, owned by Ezio Amadori of Italy, helmed by Nicola Celon and
crewed by Manuel Giubellini, Ralmondo Tonelli and Alberto Bolzan, overcame
an 11-point deficit on the last day to win the 2006
Melges 24 World Championship in Hyeres, France. The
119-boat fleet represented the best sailors of Europe
and North America. Team BETE was the only boat in the
championship division powered by UK-Halsey sails! Now
there is a new sheriff in town.
“The sails are very fast in every wind condition -- both upwind and downwind,” said Celon. “More importantly they’re easy to trim, which allowed us to keep our heads out of the boat so that we could concentrate on the other boats and the wind. Other sails that we’ve used took constant tweaking to get the most speed possible. In heavy air we were very fast and that helped us to recover from some ‘less then championship’ starts.” The 11-race regatta put a premium on all-around sails since the winds blew from three to thirty knots. In fact, two days of racing were cancelled because of high winds.
Dede De Luca of UK-Halsey Verona said that his loft has been working with Amadori, Celon and their team for three years on a set of sails that are fast and easily trimmed. Because the competition is so close in this fast-paced class, it’s imperative that crew be able to concentrate on what’s going on outside the boat. Creating the sail designs took many of hours of on-the-water development, but those exacting efforts paid off. “We can now say that UK-Halsey makes the fastest sails of the world!” said De Luca.
De Luca made the point that Team BETE got the loft’s standard sails — nothing special. In fact, the asymmetric spinnaker that BETE used was made for and rejected by the French team that ended up second. UK-Halsey is the only sailmaker in the class recommending one spinnaker with an all-around shape. The only time BETE used a different chute was in light air when they used the same spinnaker design, but an older one because the softer cloth and rounder leech of the well-used sail worked better in light air. Another innovation of the UK-Halsey inventory was that the jib without battens.
For more information about UK-Halsey’s world championship winning Melges 24 sails, go to UK-Halsey Verona Italy’s page on the UK-Halsey website: www.ukhalsey.com |
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Using a Life Raft:
UK-Halsey’s 4th Safety At Sea Movie Has Been Posted |
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How to deploy, inflate, right and climb into a life raft are the subjects of the latest UK-Halsey safety at sea video. Losing your boat is the worst thing that can happen at sea. Don’t let losing your liferaft be the second worst thing that happens. Winslow Life Raft’s Charles Daneko explains the whole process, and shows an actual raft inflating in the water. In early April 2006, UK-Halsey was a sponsor of the first-ever hands-on Safety at Sea Seminar at the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. We shot video throughout the day and have been posting segments on the UK-Halsey website for several months. Previous videos show the Quick Stop Man Overboard Recovery process when sailing upwind as well as when sailing under spinnaker. Click here to see the videos. |
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ISKRA WINS 2006 FARR 40 GREAT LAKES CHAMPIONSHIP |
 Consistent crew and superior speed allowed Borys Jarymowicz’s ISKRA to win the season-long Great Lakes Farr 40 Championship. By winning the Brian Jackman Regatta just prior to the Verve Cup Regatta, ISKRA compiled a lead that they would not lose. Throughout the season ISKRA was recognized by her competitors as being consistently the fastest boat in the fleet. Bo Jarymowicz (helmsman) and Paul Exner on mainsail, combined with the UK-Halsey sails, proved to be an unbeatable combination. "For the most part, calling tactics was easy because of our boatspeed advantage,” said UK-Halsey’s Mike Considine. “We worked hard at tuning the rig and making the appropriate adjustments for the conditions." ISKRA’s consistent crew provided the teamwork necessary to get the job done around the corners.
Congratulations to the entire crew: Borys Jarymowicz, Bo Jarymowicz, Luke Jarymowicz,
Paul Exner, Ed Hughes, Matt Reid, Phil Pollard, Mike Considine, Amy Ray, Melissa
Farrell, Virginia Jarymowicz, Joey Harris, Will Hansmann. |
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CORRECTION. |
In the last issue of the UK-Halsey online newsletter we misspelled the name of the photographer Damien Menu, who took the picture of the Beneteau First 36.7 CIAO. You can visit Damien’s web site at www.vuesdunord.com.
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