SWAN WORLD CUP
UK Customers continue to do well

Porto Cervo, Sardina, Sept 10-15 -- In the nine times this regatta has been run, a boat with UK Sailmakers' sails has won the event three times. All of those wins were taken by Michael Vaccari's Swan 46 EUROSIA. This year EUROSIA won Class C, but corrected out to 15th in fleet. The fleet awards were dominated by the brand new breed of Swans. Another outstanding performance was put in by Ben James's 1972 designed Swan 48 JACOBITE that finished second in Class D and 11th overall.

As usual the Swan Cup has not been shy in providing over 2,000 sailors with a host of challenges from navigating the intricate shoreline of the Costa Smeralda, happily delivering 90-degree windshifts, to surviving in over 40 knots in the notorious Bisce Straits. Six races were sailed with no throwouts. Whether a coastal race between 50 - 100 miles or a three mile windward / leeward race, the fleet of over 112 Swans has provided a week of extraordinary racing.

John Brinkers from UK Sailmakers in Hamble, England wrote: "I just returned from the Swan Worlds where I sailed on JACOBITE. She's a lovely old boat and in great shape, but its really hard to hold a lane off the line as she is relatively slow, although her rating reflects that. Anyway we ended up 2nd overall in our class of about 50 boats so not too bad. (Her finishes were 1,1,7,3,1,2)

"The first day saw 35 to 40 knots with a lot of breakages. Using our new reduced size kite we managed to set a new speed record aboard JACOBITE of 13.7 knots. This may not sound like a lot but those of you who have sailed 15 ton Swans in 40 knots will know a fresh change of underwear was needed at the end of the kite run."

UK Italy's Marco Holm praised the crew work on EUROSIA and JACOBITE saying they were the two most consistent boats in the whole regatta. Vacco Vaccotto drove EUROSIA to finishes of 4,10,2,4,3,1. Her sails were Kevlar with carbon fiber tapes.

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UK J/105s DOMINATE 2002 CHICAGO BOAT OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Of the 20 J/105s that qualified for the Chicago Area Three Boat of the Year Series, the top three were UK customers. The Boat of the Year award is a year-long series that covers more that 20 races. Winning with a comfortable lead was George Petkovic sailing USA 370, followed by Art Wong's CERTARE and Doran Candea's MESSY JESSY. What's even more interesting about these results is that only four UK customers qualified this year and three of them took home the silver. UK Sailmakers provided the winning speed in this fleet.

The J/105 North Americans start September 20th in Chicago and 50 boats are expected. See the next issue of UK Sailmakers electronic update for a story.

LARCHMONT NOOD REGATTA:
UK TAKES OVER TWO CLASSES AND MAKES A SPLASH IN ANOTHER

LARCHMONT, NOOD Regatta -- A new gunslinger came to town in the Henderson 30 fleet and the J/30 fleet at the Larchmont NOOD. For the first time, UK Sailmakers customers won both fleets. In fact, this was the first major Henderson 30 regatta won by Tape-Drive sails.

The Larchmont NOOD was primarily light air, with the wind never blowing stronger than nine knots for the three-day event. Half of the divisions opted to sail just two days since taking a day off right after the Labor Day holiday can be difficult for some.

Neil Rattan's Henderson 30 LOVE LETTER won three races and took second twice in the five race series. Seven Hendersons raced. "Our downwind dominance was obvious," said UK Sailmakers's Kerry Klingler. "In two of the three races that we won, we weren't in the lead around the first windward mark. But our kite gave us the speed to eat boats up downwind. We could sail deeper and the same speed as others, or we could sail faster at the same angle."

Joe McCann's J/30 PADDY WAGON was the only boat with UK Sailmakers's sails in the top five and she was first in the nine-boat class. Joe is a new UK customer who just got his UK main and No. 1 genoa this summer. "We are very happy with our new sails," said McCann. "This was the third time we've won the J/30 East Coast Championships, but this year we had better speed than ever before." One week later PADDY WAGON sailed the J/30 North Americans and finished seventh. McCann said, "I can't blame our finish on a speed problem."

In the seven-boat Express 37 fleet, Tape-Drive sails took all the silverware. First through third in order were: SOULMATES (Adam and Jenni Loory), LORA ANN (Richard du Moulin) and WALRUS (Al Minella).

	At the awards ceremony the Express 37 fleet continued to be the loudest group. For the last four years this rowdy bunch has thrown the winning skipper in the water as part of the trophy presentation. A different boat has won this "honor" in each of the four years the NOOD has been run at Larchmont. This year it was Adam Loory's turn as the picture shows.
Richard du Moulin presenting the Schumacher Trophy to Adam and Jenni Loory, winners of the Express 37 East Coast Championship. DuMoulin created the trophy dedicated to the memory of Carl Schumacher, the designer of the Express 37, who passed away unexpectedly this spring.

Both SOULMATES and LORA ANN sailed with UK No. 1s. These sails are very light and took their shape even in Long Island Sound's faintest zephyrs. Yet both boats have used the same sails in the top of heavy No. 1 conditions and the sails have plenty of strength. UK represents the next step in the evolution of Tape-Drive. Instead of applying the load path structural members to a pre-made sail skin, we fabricate the sail skin and load path structure as one integral product. The load path yarns are laid between the two Mylar films. For more information click on the UK link on our home page .

REMEDY WINS MORC INTERNATIONALS

This year the MORC Internationals were sailed as part of Annapolis Race Week over the long Labor Day weekend. A light turn-out but fierce in competition predominated the event's two MORC classes, consisting of 13 boats in all. The racing, both boat for boat and in the corrected times, was often incredibly close, as the measurement-based handicap rule continues to attract top level crews and well-prepared skippers.

When the regatta closed, three MORC A boats returned to the dock carrying the same number of total points. Once the spray dried, and the spreadsheets were checked, the Mumm 30 BLOCKADE RUNNER came out on top.

The MORC B class was won in convincing style by Bert Carp and the crew of REMEDY, his custom Donovan 27. REMEDY posted a 1-1-1-1-2 in class and overall scores which earned her skipper and crew the coveted Rudder Trophy, emblematic of first overall in the MORC International Championship. The REMEDY crew included Scott Allan, Bert Carp, Garrett Donovan, Jon Downey, Ryan Duffy, Seamus Duffy, and Bill Ward. The humble Carp, who drove throughout the regatta, says, "Scott encouraged us to build the boat (Donovan 27), made the sails, coached us all for years, and called brilliant tactics over a range of conditions. He deserves the credit, along with Jim Donovan who designed a 27 foot boat that can sail with 30 footers."

This article was reprinted from SPINSHEET magazine.

	UK Sailmakers Hamble recently made a set of sails for a brand new Andre Hoek designed 82 footer called BHARLIN BLUE. The sails were Tape Drive Carbon / Kevlar with taffeta both sides for long distance performance cruising and racing. These pictures were taken on her inaugural sail.

THE UK SAILMAKERS REAL TIME RACING RULES CD

This is our first edition of the Real Time Racing Rules CD. It is our intention to offer regular updates with new quizzes and new features. Sailors who have purchased a CD will receive a preferred rate on all updates.

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