Posts Tagged ‘Jud Smith’
Doyle 1-2-3 at Etchells 2011 Piana Cup
The 2011 Piani Cup was held December 10-11, 2011. Doyle boats were top 3 overall. Tom Lihan, Moose McClintock and Barr Batzer won the event. Jud Smith, Henry Frazer and Darby Smith finished 2nd, and Mike Dressell and Ernie Pomerleau came in 3rd.
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Jud Smith Wins 2010 Sonar North American Championship
Over 30 Sonars competed in the 2010 Sonar North American Championship hosted by the Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA. Jud Smith with Christian Giannini, Beannie Eissner and Lindsay Smith won the North Americans using new Doyle 2010 main and jib designs. Jud started the series strong with 3 wins in the first 4 races. After 11 races, Jud won the title with an 11 point margin.
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How Does the Design of the Maltese Falcon Sails Relate to Winning Star Sails?
Integrating High Performance Parallel Computing (HPC) with state-of-the art Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Structural Mechanics (FEA) software from industry leader ANSYS Doyle Sailmakers has recently begun utilizing a high resolution, fully coupled computational simulation environment designed specifically to answer real world sailing challenges.
The complex turbulent flow around sails, rigs, and hulls is calculated to solve for millions of data points in the flow surrounding the sails. The detailed stress distribution and deformation that results in the sails and rigs from the forces imposed by the flow is then calculated using a Structural Solver with a composites pre-processor to accurately model the complex overlapping fiber and panel layouts in modern sails.
As Jud Smith says: “I love the flow graphics, I don’t understand the process, but the results in improved sail performance are undeniable.”
Flow Visualization From Star CFD Upwind Simulation (AWA=22, AWS=15 kts)
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To learn how the DOYLE Engineering Department optimized the sail shape for a boat 88 meters in overall length, with a mast height of 53 meters off the water and maximum yard length of 22 meters, read Tyler Doyle, DOYLE’s head engineer, coauthored paper, Optimization of Yard Sectional Shape and Configuration for a Modern Clipper Ship.
Jud Smith Wins 2009 Bedford Pitcher
The 2009 Bedford Pitcher was sailed at the Cedar Point Yacht Club, Connecticut. Jud Smith and Stuart deLisser edged out John MacCausland and Kevin Murphy by 1 point to win the 2009 Bedford Pitcher. The historic Cedar Point Open Regatta for the Bedford Pitcher provided practice races for the 2009 North Americans on Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13.
Jud Smith Wins 2009 Star Class 1st District Championships
The 2009 Star Class 1st District Championship hosted by the Mid-Connecticut Star Fleet was held July 10, 2009 through July 12, 2009 at the Milford Yacht Club. The 20 boat fleet was delayed due to light winds on Friday, but eventually the breeze filled in and the races began. The top 4 boats were very competitive and consistent. Jud Smith with crew Luis Hornos dominated the regattta winning all 5 races to win the championship.
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Star Class Win at 2008 Schoonmaker Cup
Jud Smith and Stuart DeLisser were the victors in the first Star regatta of the 2008-09 Miami winter racing season. Teaming up for the first time, Jud and Stuart bested the fleet of 15 in the Schoonmaker Cup held November 8th and 9th. The five race series was primarily sailed in under 6 knots on Saturday with the winds picking to 8 to 14 for the final two races on Sunday. Squeaking out a 1 point victory over Andy Macdonald and Brian Fatih, Jud was 1.5 points ahead of Henrik Dannesboe and Edward Morey. Dan Coughlin with crew Harri Palm, hoisted their Doyle sails for the first time and had a very good series including a 2nd and a 4th. Dan has recently returned to the excitement of the Star after a period sailing big boats.
Jud Smith Wins 2008 Star Fall Windup
The 2008 Star Fall Windup was held October 4-5, 2008. Sixteen Stars competed in the Fall Windup sailed on the Choptank River. While 2008 Star North American Champion John Maccausland won the first race, Jud Smith and Brian Fatih won the regatta with finishes of 2-1-1-1. The conditions on Saturday were very light with under 5 knots of breeze. Sunday started out breezier with 8 to 12 knots of wind and then lightened up to to 4 to 6 knots.
