NEWS
1/28/2010 - Hot
Carbon!
1/1/10 - Happy New Year
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February 28th, 2010 -
Anacortes, Washington
Kellen Betts, of JBEinc,
sends the latest update on the Carbon Rudder and Tiller
that may be used to replace the OEM rudder/cassette
system (the rudder is not class legal, yet, but the
Class Executive Committee is working on a proposal to
amend the class rules that should be up for vote by the
class members.
Our "Standard
Package" rudder will fit the stock 12mm pin. We are
providing a 1/2" 316L stainless pin as an additional
option, in which case the bracket would need to be
machined out.
Additional testing
of the rudder will be done this month at the NOOD
regatta, however, we are ready to start taking
orders and are currently building rudder #3.
Attached is an order form that can be used to hold a
production position. We set up a page on our website
for the rudder with additional information and
pictures. The website also will be capable of taking
orders online soon.
http://www.jbeinc.com/projects/ft10_rudder.html
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March 2nd, 2010 -
Sydney, Australia
The second Australian FT10
National Titles will be held in Sydney this coming
weekend 6-7 March as part of the Audi Sydney Harbour
Regatta. We currently have 11 Tigers entered which is
probably one of the largest FT10 fleets to get together
anywhere in the World. What next , maybe the World
Titles. The Audi Regatta will be conducted in "The
Sound" which is the area between North Head , South Head
and Middle Head just inside Sydney Harbour for anyone
who wants to check this out on Google Earth.
Just to get your appetite
wetted, here are some shots from last weeks NSW State
Titles held in the inner harbour.
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February 22nd, 2010 -
Sydney, Australia
8 Tigers lined up for the
2nd NSW State Titles at the Royal Australian Navy
Sailing Association ( RANSA ) on the weekend of Feb
20/21 . Australian FT10 Class Association Chairman sent
the following message to Participants and other
interested parties today...
"Hi Guys
Thanks very much
for a great weekend of One Desing Racing... that's
what our Tigers were built for !!
The racing was
close and furious all weekend, with a mix of
equipment failures , navigation errors , poor Gybes
, a couple of broaches ,very fancy wine glasses and
an incorrect approach to that wonderful start line
in Race 4 keeping the final results very close. In
fact we had a count back for 1st place and another
for 3rd place. I know that everyone had a story to
tell and I have heard most of them. The real story
was that 8 Tigers were out there in quite fresh
conditions particularly on Saturday with all the
crews doing themselves justice and making a real
Tiger Spectacle for the large number of boats on the
harbour and ferry passengers etc. That's the kind of
exposure that will build our Fleet. As Bruce Tav
saild, the Farr40 guys must have been looking at us
and saying "That looks like a lot of relatively
inexpensive fun".
I have attached a
copy of the Results for both Ourtright and Handicap.
For those who just
want the highlights here are the winners...
Outright...
1st - 12pts Hello
Tiger
2nd - 12pts Ophir
3rd - 14pts 5 String Circus
Handicap
1st - Sabre
2nd - Flying Brandy
3rd - Balmain Tiger
This was a great
shake down of crews and boats and I am sure that
everyone is looking forward to a great National
Titles at the Audi Regatta. At the moment we have 11
entries which is fantastic news. We are all just
hoping that Shere Khan and Sophia will be released
from boat hospital in time for the fun.
Special Thanks to
RANSA for hosting the NSW FT10 State Titles once
again. The Race Management and support was first
class and a credit to the Club and its hard working
officials.
And here are the
elapsed times.... Thanks to all! Great couple of
days."

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Great Fun for SCYA Midwinters
February 22nd, 2010 -
San Diego, California
A ten
boat Fleet was out this past weekend to celebrate the
end of the winter at the SCYA midwinters in San Diego.
After 5 races USA 11 "Anarchy" of the duo Tempesta/Ricard
won by 1 point over USA 22 "Dangerous When Striped" of
Chris Winnard that travelled all the way from Seattle.
More fun ahead on March 19-21 with the 13 boats FT10
fleet at the San Diego NOODs.
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February 8th, 2010 -
Pensacola, Florida
January 28th, 2010 -
Anacortes, Washington
Jim
Betts' rudder prototype for the FT10 is fresh out of the
moulds. Too hot to handle! Stay tuned for more details.
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January
1st, 2010 - San Diego
California
USA 11
Anarchy, of the duo Tempesta/Rickard, takes first in the
15 boats
PHRF 2 division at the traditional SDYC New Year's
Day Regatta in San Diego. Mark Mallaby's USA 62 Jelani
takes 2nd, while Neil Senturia on USA 19 Occam's Razor
finishes 5th. Happy New Year Tigers!
| Place
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#
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Boat Name |
Owner |
Rating
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Boat Type |
| 1
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11 |
Anarchy |
Tempesta / Rickard |
48 |
Flying
Tiger |
| 2
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62 |
Jelani |
Mark Mallaby |
48 |
Flying
Tiger |
| 3
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46996 |
caper |
John Laun |
42
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J/120 |
| 4
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61119 |
Stars & Stripes |
Dennis Conner |
-72
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Farr 60 |
| 5
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19 |
Occam's Razor |
Neil Senturia |
48 |
Flying
Tiger |
PHOTO By:
DA-WOODY.COM
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Dennis St.Onge
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