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Mark Hansen's
J/145 Sweet Lorraine on its way to an IRC 50 class win in the Block
Island Race.
See story below. www.photoboat.com
image.
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MatriX
VE: UK-Halsey’s Proprietary Continuous String Sails
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MatriX VE
was developed by UK-Halsey Sailmakers Sydney, Australia, to meet
demand from the UK- H Group for modern, continuous string sails.
Continuous fiber membranes have no joining seams where weak points
can develop, so the uninterrupted fibers transmit loads to the
reinforced corners. This construction method combines extra strength
while saving weight and gives it an ability to hold the intended
designed shape for longer.
Over
several years, the membranes have proven themselves to be more than
up to the task with the original, fat fiber pre-production sails
still on the water and showing no signs of de-lamination or failure.
They have competed in the Sydney to Hobart Race the Asian Yachting
Circuit and in many other regattas.
Today,
narrow fiber MatriX VE skins are made up of scrim, or taffeta
combinations depending on the sailor’s requirements and the membrane
layers are engineered to address the secondary loadings. They are
produced in a dedicated facility in N. Sydney using a 5 step process
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1.
Design,
can be in-house, or from a local UK-H loft. Sydney accepts a variety
of software programs
2. Cutting,
using a Maxxis computer controlled plotter cutter
3. Fiber
Laying, with Aeronaut’s latest equipment mounted on
an 11m carbon fiber gantry. The head keeps the fibers under constant
tension to ensure the sail shape is locked in. Once the matrix of
load-path fibers have been bonded to the base skin, the cover skin is
then applied over the top and in between these layers is a flexible
bonding and thermoplastic agent to assist the next step of
4. Lamination,
the process ensures the fibers are extremely flexible, which inhibits
fiber breakage sometimes seen in stiff laminates with impregnated
fibers. The laminator is computer controlled with pressure, infrared
heat and speed settings. The ram has the ability to press down with
10 tons in a localized area as the sail passes through, while a mixture
of infrared heat and pressure combines the thermo-bonding agents to
create a strong membrane.
5. Finishing,
can be carried out either in Australia, or in the local UK-H Loft
The
end result is a sail with a soft hand that is very light, yet has
great shape holding ability and it comes from one of only two
companies world-wide that manufactures continuous fiber membranes.
To
meet the needs of every sailor, membranes are produced from the
following combinations -
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• Scrim,
a layer of Mylar with a polyester mesh for fore and aft shape retention
with clear Mylar bonded over the top to encapsulate the fibers.
• Single
Taffeta, a layer of polyester taffeta with a centre
facing Mylar film for extra strength and clear Mylar bonded over the
top of the fibers
• Double
Taffeta, a Base layer of polyester taffeta with a
centre facing Mylar film and a second layer of polyester taffeta
sandwiching the fibers.
Talk
to your nearest UK-Halsey loft for pricing and more information on
MatriX VE.
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NEW
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS FOR LEARNING THE RULES
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 UK-Halsey
has just produced three new instructional videos on the rules of sailing,
but they are only viewable by owners of the UK-Halsey Rules Quiz
program, which is available from our online store for $55. Since the
program is a download (not a physical CD), UK-Halsey updates the
program often with new quizzes, instructional PDFs and videos – at no
extra charge. Owners of the UK-Halsey Rules Quiz program are
continually reaping the benefits of their purchase. The new streaming
videos have been posted to the Lifted Tack section of the program.
Theses three videos were shot at rules
seminars that Butch Ulmer taught this spring. We have edited out
nuggets from those seminars to give viewers compact lessons. The first
new video is not so compact; in fact, it’s 21 minutes. This video is so
long because it covers the very important definitions that are the
basic building blocks for understanding the buoy room rule (Rule 18).
This video goes through the ins and outs of the definitions of “room,”
“mark-room” and “zone.”
The second new video covers when Rule 18
applies and when it “shuts off.” The third new video shows Butch
teaching Quiz 18, which is a quiz about two boats returning to the
starting line after being over early. Many experienced sailors have
gotten this one wrong.
These three new videos bring the total to
10 instructional videos in the Lifted Tack section. Click
here to see a sample.
The cost of the program is $55, $40 for
owners of the Rules Quiz CD. We also sell the program in a bundle with
the two best books on the Racing Rules of Sailing: Dave Perry’s
“Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012” and Bryan Willis’
“The Rules in Practice, 2009-2012.” These two books teach the rules
from complementary perspectives. Perry explains the rules in numerical
order, while Willis shows common race course encounters and explains
the rules that apply to each boat. We call this package the Ultimate
Rules Bundle. The cost is $100, $85 for owners of the Rules Quiz CD.
To buy the Quiz Program or the books, click
here and visit the UK-Halsey online store.
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Big wins for UK-Halsey in this year’s Newport
to Ensenada Race
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 The
big winner in this year’s Newport to Ensenada Race was Cleve Hardaker
and crew on the 1981 Catalina 30 SOJOURN. This popular 125-mile race between
Newport Beach, California and Ensenada, Mexico is known as the biggest
international yacht race in the world. Cleve won the race with a full
inventory of UK-Halsey sails, none of which was new this year. SOJOURN
didn’t just win, she took home a bundle of trophies — so many that
Cleve was worried about how to get them home on his boat. The crew won
“President of the USA” for best corrected time, “Tommy Bahama” for
overall corrected time, “Frank Butler” for first corrected Catalina,
“Converse Wurderman” for first in Class K, and the icing on the cake
was a fancy Corum watch for first overall. Cleve’s crew included Kathy
Spencer, her husband Mark Spencer, Buz Boyd, and Ensenada rookie
Brendan Inglis. Congratulations SOJOURN!
 Close
friends Larry Wilson and Tim Coker, who sailed the Catalina 27 CARPE
DUMANI to second overall in PHRF and first in the Doublehanded Division
and provided close competition throughout the race. Cleve and the CARPE
team have sailed with and against each other for 19 years, including a
TransPac race; their rivally in this race was intense.
CARPE DUMANI hit the line with four new
sails from UK-Halsey San Diego after being out of a commission for a
year-long refit that was completed just days before the start of the
race. Larry was very happy with the performance and the cost of his new
sails as well as the service he received from sail designer Luis
Gianotti. “The sails were really wonderful”, said Larry, “ They looked
great, were easy to trim and they caused the boat to perform extremely
well.” TO put their incredible performance in perspective, the average
age of Larry and Tim is 62.
For
a longer version of this article, click
here.
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CENTERING YOUR RIG: THE LATEST UK-HALSEY FREE
EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
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 With
the season just starting out, many sailors are getting the boat tuned
up for the new season. The one thing that you can do to improve the
tuning of your boat’s rig is to make sure the tip of the mast is
centered over the boat. If the rig is off to one side, just a little,
your boat will go better on one tack than the other. To help get this
crucial setting right, UK-Halsey has produced a short video to show you
a simple, fool-proof way to center your boat’s rig. Click
here to see the free video. (You will need to login to the
UK-Halsey site to see this video.
If you have created a login to see the
Rules Quizzes, Safety At Sea Videos or downloaded our screen savers or
AccuMeasure program, just login with your e-mail address. If you have
not created a login yet, we only ask for a little bit of information to
sign you up. Rest assured that UK-Halsey does not share, sell or lend
this information with any other company or person. We will simply send
you our online newsletter once a month, and you can always remove yourself
from our database at any time.)
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KATE
II NOT SHOWING HER AGE
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In cool, cloudy and typical San Francisco Bay conditions Mr. and Mrs.
Roger Emerick’s Seaborne 46 KATE II won the Ocean 1 division in the
Master Mariners regatta. As a result, she won the coveted Baruna Cup
for the second year in a row. KATE II has a complete sail inventory
from UK-Halsey. This year, UK-Halsey San Francisco’s Sylvain
Barrielle designed and delivered, on short notice, a “Blade” genoa to
cope with the brisk winds of the Bay. “Besides being good looking,
(and looking good is important for an old Lady) the boat was nicely
balanced in 20-25 knots of wind and she stepped out smartly upwind
with the new jib,” said Emerick. Peter Szasz who led the outstanding
crew from the St.Francis YC said, “Being able to point when needed,
and foot off in the chop proved the sail very adjustable. As the
course provided also lots of reaching, the A-kite was the prefect
choice for KATE II.”
Sixty-eight boats in 13 divisions
sailed the race this year. Entries ranged in size from the 23-ft Bear
Class to the 122-ft LOA topsail schooner LYNX. In age, they ranged
from the 1891 scow schooner ALMA to ‘new’ boats built to prewar
designs using pre-war materials and construction methods.
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UK-HALSEY’s ANIMATED QUIZZES AGAIN RECOGNIZED
AS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN THE RULES
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 Since
2002, UK-Haley has been teaching the Racing Rules of Sailing with
animated videos. We feel that it is much easier for sailors to
understand a rule situation if they are watching a clear animation,
rather than trying to visualize movement from static drawings and
diagrams. Our animations have been recognized as the best way to learn
the rules. Just recently the blog site Proper Course (http://propercourse.blogspot.com/)
came to the same conclusion. The author of the site “Tillerman” wrote
the following as part of a very long review of the UK-Halsey Rules Quiz
program:
There is no doubt in my mind
that it is much easier to learn the rules from animations than from
static diagrams. UK-Halsey has done a good job of presenting common
situations that you will run into on the race course and each quiz
typically presents several situations illustrating different aspects of
the rule or rules in question.
For the full review go to: http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2009/05/uk-halsey-racing-rules-quiz-program.html
The Proper Course Blog is a terrific blog
that covers sailboat racing. It is fun, entertaining and a great place
to learn about the game we love. Tillerman, while remaining nameless on
this site, describes himself as, “I am a grandfather who sails a Laser.
Even though I am over 60, I suffer under the delusion that it is not
too late to discover how to sail smarter and faster. In this blog I
write mainly about sailing and my endless pursuit to become a better
sailor. Read this blog if you want to learn from my mistakes -- there
are plenty -- and to share in the fun of Laser racing Tillerman style.”
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UK-HALSEY CUSTOMERS CLEAN UP IN PROMINENT
DISTANCE RACE
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 UK-Halsey
powered boats finished first in four classes and second in two more
classes of the 2009 Block Island Race. UK-Halsey boats were either
first or second in all but two of the eight classes. This annual
Memorial Day weekend distance race runs 185 miles from Stamford,
Connecticut, out Long Island Sound, around Block Island and back. This
year was a fast race: the wind only flattened out for a short while as
the southwesterly breeze gave way to a building easterly. Most boats
had a very quick ride home on a dead run in 20 knots of wind.
First in class and first overall in PHRF
was Rick Royce’s Tripp 33 PATIENCE. Rick is a professor of naval
architecture at Webb Institute and sailed with a crew of students. Even
with a 133% LP genoa as his No. 1, Royce was able to get through the
mid race doldrums to finish more than two-and-a-half hours in front of
his nearest competitor.
Under the IRC rule, under which all but
two classes were scored, UK-Halsey boats won the IRC 50 class, IRC 35
class, IRC 30 class and were second in the IRC 45 class.
Richard du Moulin’s Express 37 LORA ANN
not only won her class and corrected out to second in fleet, but also
won the vintage boat trophy and the trophy for best IRC corrected time
for boats rating less than 1.080.
Steve Cain’s Beneteau 36.7 SHOOTING STAR
(See photo) entered the race after winning her class the week before in
the 100th anniversary of the NYAC’s Stratford Shoal race. In the Block
Island Race, the little stock boat won the IRC 30 class and scored an
incredible third in fleet – four minutes behind LORA ANN. The only boat
to top LORA ANN and SHOOTING STAR in the overall IRC standings was the
brand new Reichel/Pugh 75 TITAN 15.
Racing against two Santa Cruz 52s, Mark
Hansen’s J/145 SWEET LORRAINE (lead picture of this newsletter) won the
IRC 50 class while fellow Larchmont Yacht Club member Tom Carroll was
second in the IRC 45 class with his J/133 SIRENSONG.
Garry Grant’s J/120 ALIBI finished second
in the doublehanded division. For full results to Yacht
Scoring Dot Com.
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ZEYDON Z60 LUXURY SPORTSCRUISER SAILING YACHTS
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The
Z60 concept is more than sailing performance. It's about the total
experience. Based on the pleasure of being at sea this experience is
maximized through the combination of easy handling and reducing
visual complexity.
The result is a yacht with a powerful
yet refined character, combining a muscular exterior design, exciting
performance and bright and spacious interiors.
Looking down onto the bay, you want to
feel that your yacht is the most seductive around... and that's
exactly what the Z60 aspires.
It is no surprise that Zeydon chose a
breathtaking shade of blue for their first yacht to be presented to the
public last fall, a rather clear statement of the boat builder’s
focus on innovation and the aspiration to bring a fresh breeze to the
yachting segment. “Zeydon is different – we chose the color blue
because it perfectly communicates the characteristics that determine
our corporate identity: progressiveness, originality, courage, strict
authenticity and infinite emotion.”
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ZAC SUNDERLAND ON RECORD SETTING PACE
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 Zac
Sunderland is on the last leg of his around the world voyage, which is his
attempt to be the youngest solo circumnavigator. In late May he made it
through the Panama Canal and just has to make the upwind bash to Los
Angeles, California, before November, 2009. His Islander 36 INTREPID
has carried a full suit of UK-Halsey sails for the trip.
Like Robin Lee Graham’s trip on the boat
DOVE in the 1960s inspired generations of circumnavigators, including
Zac, this trip has already had a great effect on many people. Zac’s
father Laurence wrote in the April 25, 2009 blog, “This has been an
incredible experience for me. What started off as a quiet conversation
between a father and son just over a year ago, God has blessed and many
people both young and old have been encouraged and inspired. Check out
this email that just arrived.
Hey Zac,
I
just had to say hello. My name is Brian, I'm 28, and I'm a "door
to door" salesman for a cable company in Cottonwood, AZ. A
"door to door" salesman is usually considered one step lower
then a used car salesman, but hey, it pays the bills.
I just wanted to let you know I've been
following your story ever since I heard about your journey on NPR in
early 2008. I was inspired, somewhat jealous, but mostly amazed at your
willingness to tackle such an enormous goal.
Not long ago, I was working in a small
neighborhood that was a 55+ community, when I knocked on a door of an
elderly women (early 80's) and I preceded to give her my sales pitch
when I noticed a beautiful painting of a large sail boat on her wall. I
asked her where she got it and she explained to me she used to work on
a sailboat as a cook for a tourist company. She had seen the painting
somewhere and decided to purchase it.
I then mentioned a story I was following
about a sixteen year old who was sailing around the world solo, and she
became very excited and said, "Yes! I've been following him to! I
don't have Internet so I go down the road to my friends house and we
read this BLOG thing together!"
To make a long story short, she was very
happy to get her Internet hooked up, and the first page we opened was
your web site. We sat and talked for a couple of hours, and I got to
say, it was one of the most interesting conversations I've ever had. It
was like her youth was coming back to her just speaking about what you’re
doing.
Not only are you an inspiration, but so
are your parents. I am a father of two, and I'm the kind of dad who
gets nervous just watching my kids on the swing, much less watching
them sail off to conquer the globe. Your parents honestly make me want
to be a more trusting and motivational father.
So thanks to you and your family for the
Internet sale, and my new 80 something friend.
You’re almost there, and our thoughts and
prayers are with you.
Brian
A
major home coming celebration is in the works and the family is look
for contributions to help offset the cost of Zac’s trip. To sign up for
Zac’s newsletter or to donate to his trip, go to www.zacsunderland.com
To make contribution, click on the link at the bottom of the left-hand
column. UK-Halsey has been a corporate sponsor of this record breaking
attempt.
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