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Tutima J80 Worlds are over...
July 12th, 2008
In a moving ceremony Peter Hecht, participant and class offical, declared the Worlds to be over. Cathy Kietzer, President of the City of Kiel, summed up once more, what the sailors had experienced the whole week over. "It was a terrific week, everyone enjoyed...". And she gave the prizes to the winners.
1. Ignacio Camino Rodriguez/Alberdo Padron/Gomez Jose Luis/Armando Gutierrez (ESP)
2. Jeff Johnstone/Bo Teichmann/Stella Mau/Florian Föh/Henning Mittelmann (USA)
3. Carlos Martinez/Chencho Ortega/Eugenio Pedreno/Juanma Barrionuevo(ESP)
Fouth Day: Spain remains first...
July 12th, 2008
The winner the Tutima J80 Worlds and World Champion of the J80 Class comes from Spain. Ignacio Camino Rodriguez and his "Nextel engineering"–crew could complete the fourth day of the races unchallenged too. All four days of Tutima J80 Worlds the Spanish team was on first place in the daily overall rankings.
First time skippering a J80 in a Worlds,
Foto: Tom Körber
the president of the J80- Class, Jeff Johnstone, USA, sailed into the second place, just two points behind the World Champion of the class.
With the boat, chartered from a German trader and equipped with sails of the Kiel sail makers Faber and Münker the 48-year-old sailor needed a couple of races to get used to the conditions in Kiel, but showed then with two day wins and further rankings in front that he knows his own boat type very well.
The fleet of 63 Boats and crews from 12 nations was dominated by, besides the Spanish crews, especially teams of France, Great Britain and Sweden under the top ten of the fleet. After all French sailor Patrick Bot could achieve four wins in the daily valuations. But after some worse places ingrate rank 4 was left for the French team.
Although seldom worse than 15th, Kevin Sproul (GBR), the Briton sailed himself into the total rank 5.
The hosts and initiators the Tutima J80 Worlds Uli Münker and Peter Hecht became the best German team. Temporarily being on rank three finally he Kiel ones had to be satisfied with 9th.
“We always had terrific conditions here in Kiel, all the time winds between 10 and 20 knots and very seldom a strong rain shower. With a total of eleven races we could deliver a terrific performance", head of organisation, Thore Hansen, summed up.
Third Day: Spain or USA? We'll see on Saturday..
July 11th, 2008
A real perfect performance was shown by the boat with bow number USA 1151 on the third day of Tutima J80 Worlds in Kiel. Jeff Johnstone, president of J-Boats himself, steered his J80 on the second place overall. Going further ahead to fetch the title, the crew of Ignacio Camino Rodriguez is leading with eleven points in front of Johnstone.
Foto: Tom Körber
Top five after ten races:
1. Ignacio Camino Rodriguez/Alberdo Padron/Gomez Jose Luis/Armando Gutierrez (ESP) 2,2,6,8,3,4,(11,00),4,5,8/42 points;
2. Jeff Johnstone/Bo Teichmann/Stella Mau/Florian Föh/Henning Mittelmann (USA) 7,11,3,5,13,(14,00),7,1,1,5/53;
3. Carlos Martinez/Chencho Ortega/Eugenio Pedreno/Juanma Barrionuevo(ESP) 4,18,7,2,6,5,2,(65,00),4,10/58;
4. Javier Padron/Juan Gonzalez/Abelardo Queuedo/Cesar Obregon (ESP) 1,9,4,9,8,8,8,2,10,(21,00)/59;
5. Kevin Sproul/Yoann Richomme/Robert Gullan/Aarian Gray (GBR) 3,14,2,4,14,15,10,(32,00),3,3/68.
Mr. J80 - Jeff Johnstone No 2 after ten races
July 11th, 2008
"All boats we built must pass the test by the family"', emphasizes Jeff Johnstone, sole American Skipper at the J80 Worlds. He belongs to the second generation of the boat- builder family Johnstone from Newport/ Rhode Island who has put J-Boats of all seizes on the worldwide market for a long time, and did that with great success.
Foto: Tom Körber
The J80, designed by his brother Alan in 1993, which is represented here in Schilksee 63 times, stands out due to her wide dynamic and " ... she is, nevertheless easy to handle ", as Jeff stresses. He gives daily proof that he controls his "own" boat perfectly. He holds the second place in the overall ranking after the ninth race already. He appreciates very much that the J80 class takes it for granted to be open for young people. That's why 14-year-old Stella Mau and 15-year-old Florian Föh belong to his crew. It is the first time that Jeff Johnstone takes part in a World Cup. Until now he was known more to be an adviser and measurer in the regatta scene. In the harbour environment the 48-year-old sailor enjoys a good reputation and is liked well by his sailing buddies.. He does not have any airs and graces and behaves like the "common" sailor. And if he looks around the Schilksee Olympiahafen and views all the pretty ambiance, you at once believe him when he exclaims:"It is the pure joy to see all this here..".
Second Day: Two Spaniards are still ahead
July 10th, 2008
Fotos, shot by Tom Körber, that sometimes appear like paintings, show the other side of the sometimes hard sailing business.
Already two Spanish teams resume the lead in the Tutima J80 Worlds at Kiel, with Ignacio Camino Rodriguez (ESP) on top and Carlos Martinez on second place. From a position far behind yesterday the German team of "needles and pins" with Uli Münker and Peter Hecht celebrated their comeback into the tops today. With a series of 1, 3 and 5 today they take the third place in the fleet of 63 boats in Kiel.
While many collisions and unavoidable protests characterised the first race day, today constant southerly winds between 2 and 5 Bft brought calmness into the field.
Ignacio Camino Rodriguez from Spain has the lead unchallenged. Still without a first place in a race but always among the first eleven boats the vice- world champion of 2007 dominates the 63 boats fleet from twelve nations.
As the Spaniard, like all crews, could discard his worst result, he was able to enhance his balance to 25 points. Only one point behind ranks Carlos Martinez (ESP) with his crew.
While things didn't run not quite optimal on board "Needles and Pins" of Peter Hecht and Uli Münker at the start of Tutima J80 Worlds yesterday, the Kiel Yacht- Club team confirmed their world class condition and catapulted themselves into a potential bronze rank.
More than half of the Tutima J80 Worlds races have been accomplished with that. So until Saturday five races are left according to plan
First day with four races
July 9th, 2008
The first day
of Tutima J80 World Cups was characterised by winds up to 5 Bft and rain showers
of medium strength. As shown on the picture, "needles and pins" from Uli
Münker with Peter Hecht as helmsman , it immediately went to
the thing as of 11:25 (1st start). You find today's results on the appropriate
page..here..
Foto: Tom Körber
Winner of the first day races was Ignacio Camino Rodriguez (ESP 899). He was given the prize by Tutima Representative Rainer Hoffmann(left) in presence of race director Jobst Richter(right). See Foto below
'Have
a shower..', that was the motto for today's races. Heavy rain showers cooled
down the fresh winds during the first day of the Tutima J80 Worlds on Kiel
Bight. In between wind speed decreased a bit, but the wind came back punctually
for the third race. Finally four races were sailed in at least best conditions.
The courses were dominated by the crews from Spain, at the end Ignacio
Camino Rodriguez (ESP) and his crew took the lead in front of Javier
Padron ( ESP). The British team of Kevin Sproul
achieved the third place. J- Boats designer and maybe the first J80 sailor
in the world at all Jeff Johnstone from the US came in fourth
and showed how well he knows his 'own' boat. Race director Jobst Richter
had fired the signal for the first race of the day at firm winds from west
at 11:25 a.m. "We had very variable wind conditions on the courses and had
to lay out a new course for each new race. With every cloud the wind shifted
by at least twenty degrees, which made it a challenge for the sailors as well",
declared Jobst Richter. He will now give the race management responsibilities
into the hands of Mandus Freese for the rest of the Tutima
J80 World Cup. The new J80 World Champion will be determined on Saturday.
Tutima J80 Worlds opened....
July 8th, 2008
Commodore of Kieler Yacht- Club Otto Schlenzka, honorary citizen of the city of Kiel, opened the J80 Worlds tonight. Mayoresse Angelika Volquartz emphasized in her speech her gladness, to have all the J80 sailors in her city. Obviously Peter Hecht, J80 Chairman, shared her opinion....
Measurement and Equipment Controlling......
July 6th, 2008
Before the big rush will start tomorrow-monday-Uli Münker is doing a last rehearsal with the Measurement Crew. Responsible for all equipment control will be Mr. Boris Hepp, Official Measurer, from "Deutscher Segler- Verband" (DSV).
Important information concerning start eligibility....
June 17th, 2008
On checking the entry list the organisation committee has observed, that some entered boats and persons are not eligible to start in the worlds present time:
- every boat/owner must belong to a national J80 class association (J80 NCA).
- a helmsman, who is not owner of the boat, must belong to a NCA too and has to hold the ISAF Group 1 certificate.
- the verification of the start eligibility can be carried out online via www.j80measurement.com and www.sailing.org/isafsailor.
All NCA leaders will be informed in addition separately.
Organization Team starts fine tuning...
June 3rd, 2008
33 days to go til Tutima J80- Worlds begins. Reason enough to call the crowd of the many helpers together and start the fine tuning of the plannings. You see the heads of the organization in the picture (from left to right), Jobst Richter, race director - Thore Hansen, marketing (POS) - Uli Münker, J80 Class - Roland Rademacher, race secretary KYC - Peter Hecht, J80 Class
50% price reduction with Stena Line Ferries
January 3rd, 2008 at 20:30 GMT
Stena Line (Official carrier of the Tutima J80 Worlds) supports the participation in the Tutima J80 Worlds with a reduction of 50% on several ferry routes...
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Entry closes on June 9th, for the Tutima J80 Worlds 2008
June 2nd, 2008
From July 7th to 13th 2008 the J80 Sailors determines their official world champion in Kiel, Germany. The entry for interested J80 Sailors is possible until June, 9 th. Up to now already 24 boats from seven nations are announced for the Worlds.
For the participants from England, Ireland, Norway, Finland and Sweden the Stena Line (Official Carrier of the Tutima J80 Worlds) offers a 50% reduction on the regular fares to Kiel. This offer applies to the first 18 crews, which announce themselves for the discount.
The Tutima J80 Worlds are supported by the title sponsor and official time keeper Tutima, the Event Partner VW Nutzfahrzeuge, the supporter Liros, Stena Line, Faber+Münker and Henri Lloyd and the media partner Segler-Zeitung, Sailing Journal and Tango.
J80 Charter...
Mai 27th, 2008
A number of charter boats may be available through J/Boats Germany, Mittelmanns Werft to foreign competitors. Preference will be given to the 2007 Champion and existing overseas J/80 class members. For more details, please contact Mittelmannswerft
Amendment No 1 to NOR
April 27th, 2008
Please find the first amendment to Notice of Race under REGATTA/Amendments....
Lady Mayor to open the event
March 14th, 2008
We are very pleased to announce that the Lady Mayor, Angelika Volquartz has taken on the patronage for the Tutima J80 Worlds in Kiel.
With a reception by the provincial capital of Kiel, Mrs Volquartz will open the World Cup in the event centre in Schilksee on July 8th, 2008.
Kiel Sailing City and the Kieler Yacht-Club work closely together to lead the event to a success.
We are looking forward to seeing the yachts people of the J80 class.
Stena Line becomes "Official Carrier"
Segler-Zeitung and Sailing Journal become "Media Partners"
March 7th, 2008
Stena Line provides transportation for the participants of Tutima J80 Worlds from Scandinavia, Great Britain and Ireland by sea as of now and transports the yachtsmen with a discount of 50% on the regular fares. Besides the pure persons and vehicle transport the Stena line offers city trips to Gothenburg and London, short trips, party- and round trips as well as accommodations in Scandinavia, England, Wales and Ireland.
As media partners Segler-Zeitung and Sailing Journal will look after the technical reporting. Segler-Zeitung will summarize the events from the Olympiazentrum Kiel Schilksee daily. The reports will be completed by photos of the Sailing Journal.
Tutima as title sponsor and premium partner is already certain for the event next to Stena line, the Segler-Zeitung, the Sailing Journal as well as LIROS as a further partner.
The Tutima J80 Worlds are the first World Cups of the sporty and dynamic J80 class in Germany. Up to 300 sailors from 15 nations are expected in Kiel Schilksee Olympiazentrum from July 7th to 13th, 2008.
Tutima now Title Sponsor of J80 Worlds
January 21st, 2008 at 15:30 GMT
Jörg Delecate (right), managing director of Tutima Uhrenfabrik GmbH and Jobst Richter, Kiel Week's Chief Organizer, set seal on the partnership between Tutima and Kieler Yacht- Club.
"...we expand the successful co-operation with Kieler Yacht-Club and will provide a Tutima watch for each sailor of the winning crew", Jörg Delecate said in the course of signing the contract.
Jobst Richter, in July one of the race- directors also, emphasized: "We are pleased having won a competent and powerful sponsor for this dynamic and sportive sailing class".
50% price reduction with Stena Line Ferries
January 3rd, 2008 at 20:30 GMT
Stena Line (Official carrier of the Tutima J80 Worlds) supports the participation in the Tutima J80 Worlds with a reduction of 50% on several ferry routes...
Read more »
