I’m Rasmus Johnsen. On behalf of ACTIVE institute, I would like to thank you all for a fantastic event. It’s been great, working together with Sailing Aarhus, trying to give you the best possible coverage of the 2011 Ronstan A-Cat World Championships. A special thank-you to Jack Punch, our volunteer live commentator, and Finn Beton [...]
BREAKING NEWS: The 2011 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Champion is Steve Brewin (AUS)
The 2011 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Champion is Steve Brewin (AUS) – results her. “This has been my best win ever! I stood up and delivered,” said Steve Brewin. After eight successful races in weather conditions ranging from clear blue skies, with 4–6 knot breezes, to harsh, rainy days with up to 22 knot gusts, [...]
BREAKING NEWS, day 5
[updated: 14:33]: Check the photos – her! Kaløvig Sailing Center, Aarhus, Denmark – there is a hectic and tense mood right now at the Kaløvig Sailing Center. After a dramatic and action-packed eighth race, with lots of accidents and capsizing, which only the best of the best managed to complete (the mean wind speed was [...]
2011 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Championship – race day 4 update
Two races were scheduled for Thursday, but the wind was not on the race management’s side. It took two General Recalls to get the fleet off, and even then, 12 cats scored a BFD! Images by Kristoffer West. It was a tactical race in which German Bob Baier had a great start, but Australian Steve [...]
Guys, hit those buttons and get the effect
Based on some of the feedback we’ve received, we’ve made some improvements (we hope!) to the site’s interface. Now the ‘LIVE’ button in the upper-left corner is red and no longer says ‘LIVE – mashup’ (What’s a mashup? You might know if you’re a nerd, but not necessarily if you’re a sailor). Now it reads [...]
Press release, day 3, 17th August 2011, from Sailing Aarhus
The 2011 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark – six races have now been completed, and a clear Aussie dominance is starting to appear. Images by Kristoffer West Wednesday, 17th August again resulted in two completed races. Today’s first race, the fifth race in the World Championship, started with a solid 12 knot [...]
Daily schedule: Day 4, Thursday, 2011 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Championship
Remember to use #acat2011 on twitter. MORNING INTERVIEWS 09.00– 09.15: Live video streaming, pre-race interview. RACE 7: 11.00 – : Live video streaming, live tracking, live chat and tweets (race 7 1. warning). Approximately at 12.30: Race 7 is over. Longest race may last up to 2 hours. RACE 8: Approximately at 13.45: Live video streaming, tracking, [...]
Problems with live streaming day 3
[Update]: Bambuser is up again! Last tweet: “We’re back on track again. Our ISP problems are finally solved. Many thanks for your patience.” During the day and especially the last half of race 6 we were experiencing problems with the live streaming. There was nothing we could do. None of our systems came up with [...]
The 2011 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark – in progress.
The first race day at 2011 Ronstan A-Cat Worlds was sunny, with a light breeze from west; shortly before the start, however, the wind died down and Principal Race Officer Andreas Kuchler wisely chose to set the postponement pennant. After a brief pause, the wind came back; this time from the south, however. Images by [...]
Daily schedule: Day 3, Wedensday, 2011 Ronstan A-Class Catamaran World Championship
Remember to use #acat2011 on twitter. MORNING INTERVIEWS [updated]: 9.00 – 9.15: Live video streaming, pre-race interview. RACE 5: 11.00 – : Live tracking, live chat and tweets (race 5 1. warning). Approximately at 12.30: Race 5 is over. Longest race may last up to 2 hours. RACE 6: Approximately at 13.45: Live tracking, live chat and [...]
