phil_taipan117 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 The A Class National and World title results can be sourced here: http://www.belmont16footers.com.au/sailing/results_regattas.asp?regattaID=36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_taipan117 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Another Ashby win....ho hum. His talent will go to waste if he can't sail in the next Olympics. P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_taipan117 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Another Ashby win....ho hum. His talent will go to waste if he can't sail in the next Olympics. P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_taipan117 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Another Ashby win....ho hum. His talent will go to waste if he can't sail in the next Olympics. P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_taipan117 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Another Ashby win....ho hum. His talent will go to waste if he can't sail in the next Olympics. P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dowling Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 There was no ho hum about it. Glenn continues to improve his skills each year. His boat is no faster than any of the top 50 boats. He simply positions himself in the right places more often than anybody else and his boat handling is superb. His Olympic experience of the last two years has clearly kept him just one jump ahead of the pack in arguably the hottest fleet assembled for some time. THe Worlds will be very interesting - can't wait. Cheers John Dowling AUS9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard campbell Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 I couldn't agree with John more,We went to watch them yesterday,And he is correct that any of the top 10 oats could have won as boat speeds where all equal,However he just seemed to be able to sail the breeze better,To the point that he was 3 coming down the last leg to home sailed through the 3rd place to second,Then with 50 metres to the line gybed later than the second place boat and crossed in front,Doesn't sound much now when relaying in a post but to see it, it was very good sailing Just my thoughts Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad dog Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Sounds like an amazing race, needs to be seen close up - maybe an old dog like me can learn some new tricks! Can we get out on the water close to the action during the Worlds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard campbell Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 We watched from the club house,The courses where sailed in front.We could have been lucky with the wind. There is an open area with shade protection,They are close enough to see,But to get sail/hull numbers you do need binoculars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Ashby said he worked to 2.30am with the boat builder he'd flown in from Victoria to repair his cat after a collision with a competitor. Any details on that or other incidents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dowling Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 The damage wasn't that dramatic. A hole from a bow of another boat in the side of Glenn's boat between rear beam and transom. It happenned in the water at the beach as boats were coming in as the storm was approaching when the race was shortened. Todd was coming up for a look anyway. There have been a few bumps and scrapes and the odd hole. Nothing too bad and only to be expected with such a large fleet sailing at close quarters in heavier breeze. The boats are fast and the margins are small - all part of the excitment. Cheers John Dowling AUS9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacraholic Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Looking through the list of competitors i see many names who race monohull classes at the top level, with this huge attraction to catamaran sailing, I would think this to be a strong arguement for Olympic re-selection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_taipan117 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Well done to Mr Ashby, again!! His effort in winning so many World titles against top opposition is Bradmanesque. It was good to see so many NT boats competing; 5 or 6 all from the one club. Unfortunately, to get home they will have to take a couple of thousand km diversion through Broken Hill and Port Augasta as the Barkly Highway linking the Territory to Queensland is washed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB2 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 So were there any older As that did well or do you have to have the latest model to rate a chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooD Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 three MK4 boyer boats out there... last three places.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dowling Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Like any competitive fleet, the top sailors tend to have the newest boats. In this event the boats designed and built in the last ten years seemed to have an edge particularly downwind. They are all based on wave piercing, high volume keel design. The Flyer 1's which first appeared in the 99 Worlds were certainly on the pace. Places 11 and 13 went to boats older than 10 years in design. I would say in the right hands about 80 of the boats in the fleet were capable of winning. This was a regatta clearly about putting yourself in the right place and threading through the crowd. Ashby's win wasn't from superior boatspeed - he has the smarts, experience and consistency to win. Incidently a boat built in 1983 came in 77th and the last three boats were Flyers. Cheers AUS9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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