Top offshore sailors and adventures inducted into new Champagne Mumm-backed club
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First event of the season, the GP42 Quebramar Cup due to start tomorrow
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A report from the JOG’s Hayling Bay Race
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British America’s Cup syndicate reduce their team to allow pursuit of other projects 30/4/08
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Ben Ainslie rejoins the Finn circuit in the run-up to the Olympic Games 30/4/08
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Glasgow: Scotland with style hold onto lead in light conditions and thick fog 30/4/08
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Latest ipop design from Studio 3
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Le design team d’Alinghi a déjà eu d’incroyables défis à relever et en aura encore dans les mois à venir car ils sont notamment responsables de la sécurité des marins de l’équipe…
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Le design team d’Alinghi a déjà eu d’incroyables défis à relever et en aura encore dans les mois à venir car ils sont notamment responsables de la sécurité des marins de l’équipe…
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Les 10 bateaux de la flotte D35 s’apprêtent à régater sur le Lac Léman pour le Challenge Julius Baer dont le programme a été annoncé aujourd’hui lors d’une conférence de presse à la Société Nautique de Genève (SNG)…
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Les 10 bateaux de la flotte D35 s’apprêtent à régater sur le Lac Léman pour le Challenge Julius Baer dont le programme a été annoncé aujourd’hui lors d’une conférence de presse à la Société Nautique de Genève (SNG)…
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But race leaders expecting a day of ‘transition’ in the Transat AG2R
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Jersey Regatta added to the Quarter Ton Association race calendar
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Santa Margherita Ligure, 30 April 2008: A few hours separate us from the start of the Regate Pirelli – Trofeo Carlo Negri in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, organized by the Yacht Club Italiano, the opening event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup 2008.
The line up for the inaugural event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup 2008 is impressive and scores of America’s Cup and Olympic sailors will be racing on the waters of the beautiful bay of Santa Margherita.
All boats are now side by side on the Italian city’s yacht club pier and despite the cold and rainy weather, shore crews are putting the final touches on the GP42 yachts in order to have them race ready for tomorrow, Thursday, first day of the event.
There are great expectations for this season’s newcomers in the class, Roma GP42.2 and Airis from Italy, Near Miss from Switzerland and MADRID from Spain, that have decided to have a new boat designed and built in order to participate in this growing class and that will undoubtedly use every minute before the races in order to fine tune their yachts and crew.
The GP42 fleet getting ready for the Trofeo Pirelli. Santa Margherita, 30 April 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / GP42
The Italian boat Roma GP42.2 will be helmed by top match racer Paolo Cian, freshly arrived victorious from the Brazilian stage of the world match racing circuit, while another world-class match racer, Sébastien Col, will be calling tactics. At the same time, Roma GP42.1, a vintage 2006 boat and the very first one of the class will be helmed by its owner and class president, Filippo Faruffini. Sandro Montefusco and Roberto Benamati, both world-class Olympic sailors, will be leading the crew of Airis. The fourth Italian team, Seawonder 007, will continue last year’s excellent performance, second overall, with Argentinean 470 Olympic medallist Javier Conte.
The America’s Cup crowd will also have a strong presence here, among them Alicia Ageno, the only woman and navigator aboard Canarias Puerto Calero, the Spanish team that despite a late start in last year’s season showed a very promising performance. It goes without saying that last year’s champions, Spanish EL DESAFIO, will once again aim at the top spot, with a modified boat and an all-America’s Cup crew lead by helmsman Laureano Wizner and tactician Santiago Lopéz-Vasquez. The third Spanish team, MADRID, is making its debut in the GP42 class, skippered by Finn and Star champion and Olympic medallist Jose Maria Van Der Ploeg.
Last but certainly not least, a Swiss team will make its debut in the GP42 class. Near Miss, flying the colors of Société Nautique de Genève, will hit the waters of the Santa Margherita bay with Bertrand Pacé at the helm, Tanguy Cariou calling tactics and Alinghi’s Tom Schnackenberg as navigator.
The level will undoubtedly be very high and all 8 boats will have to race smartly and efficiently from Thursday, May 1st. A maximum of 3 upwind/downwind races are scheduled for the opening day, starting at 11am.
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The second UK Moth GP event of the season took place in Bristol
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Robert Deaves has a look at the form book for the Finn Europeans starting next week
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Competitors line-up for this weekend’s North Sea Race
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The biggest overseas Optimist deal in 60 years brings 300 Optimists from China to Finland
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This year North Sea Week has many new features including a Rolex Commodores’ Cup qualifier
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250 entries have already been recieved for the ISAF Youth Worlds in à rhus, Denmark
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Word from the British America’s Cup campaign
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Thomas Jundt unveils his new three man foiler
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Breeze continues in Antigua making for yet more Champagne sailing 29/4/08
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Rich Roberts reports from day one of the Congressional Cup match racing
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Valencia Sailing is in Santa Margherita, Italy, for the inaugural event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup.
The line up is impressive, with a number of America’s Cup sailors and Olympic medalist ready to battle for the second year of racing of the up and coming GP42 class.
Among the favorites are last year’s champions, EL DESAFIO, entirely crewed by America’s Cup challenger Desafío, sailing on their modified boat.
Among the newcomers in the class are Roma 02, building upon the success of Filippo Faruffini’s first GP42 yacht, Roma. Roma 02 will be helmed by Paolo Cian, freshly arrived victorious from Brasil Sailing Cup while another start match racer, Sébastien Col, will be calling tactics.
Société Nautique de Genève, Alinghi’s yacht club, will be also represented for the first time in this class by Franck Noël’s Near Miss. The Swiss boat will certainly be a tough competitor, helmed by BMW Oracle’s former navigator Bertrand Pace and crewed by AREVA Challenge sailors.
Racing begins on Thursday and ends on Sunday.
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Official launch of BT IMOCA 60 in London with the Sugababes as crew
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The first boat to sail non-stop around the world returns to Hamble this evening 29/4/08
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Following the retirement of two yachts, the remaining 24 all round Madeira heading for Atlantic 29/4/08
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Voici ce qui attend l’équipe navigante d’Alinghi cet été ! Brad Butterworth, skipper, John Barnitt, directeur sportif et Ed Baird, barreur, nous dévoilent comment le team se prépare pour un duel en multicoque tout en continuant d’affuter son savoir-faire en monocoque…
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Voici ce qui attend l’équipe navigante d’Alinghi cet été ! Brad Butterworth, skipper, John Barnitt, directeur sportif et Ed Baird, barreur, nous dévoilent comment le team se prépare pour un duel en multicoque tout en continuant d’affuter son savoir-faire en monocoque…
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Massive split in the Transat AG2R as competitors tackle a tricky passage west
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Sunshine and thunder clouds mark the end of this year’s Solent season opener
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Jeudi dernier, Alinghi a annoncé son ‘retour sur l’eau’…
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Some old faces return for the French campaign for the 34th America’s Cup
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Phil Sharp reports from the Transat AG2R race course
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It was rumored, at least here in Valencia, that right after the end of the RC44 Cagliari Cup, Larry Ellison would drop by the city in order to meet local authorities and discuss the possibility of holding the 34th America’s Cup here, if of course BMW Oracle wins the 33rd edition against Alinghi.
If one is to believe Las Provincias, Valencia’s main newspaper, the American billionaire was indeed in Valencia on Monday and held a secret meeting with Francisco Camps, the president of the Valencia Region, and Rita Barberá, the city’s mayor. The meeting was held in Camps’ office and lasted an hour and a half, always according to the newspaper.
Las Provincias has a mainly right-wing orientation, as do the two governments (local and regional) and as a result, it enjoys a very good relationship with both of them and has the privilege of accessing very reliable high-ranked officials. If the information comes from within the local authorities, it is very reliable.
There are very few, if any, details in the article about what Ellison discussed with the two politicians. It appears that BMW Oracle’s owner came to Valencia with a proposal for holding the 34th edition in 2010, based on the assumption the 33rd edition takes place next October. Of course, this is purely theoretical, given the legal uncertainties but it shows Ellison’s intention to move on as quickly as possible once the 33rd America’s Cup is out of the way.
Last but not least, there is a brief mention in the article of the financial terms the city proposes. According to the article, Valencia’s politicians are thinking of offering BMW Oracle what Alinghi proposed a couple of weeks ago. That is 50 million euros for the 33rd edition and 75 to 100 million euros for the 34th. According to the newspaper, no matter who organizes the 34th edition, Valencia will offer exactly the same financial considerations and rights. This isn’t only related to the cash amount but also advertising and television rights, the marina as well as the commercial exploitation of the entire America’s Cup complex.
No matter how you do the math, it is impossible to justify the 50 million for a race between two boats that will not last more than a week while a regatta involving up to 10 teams and lasting almost two years is valued at only twice that amount. If Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi’s owner, gets that deal, then he’s a hell of a negotiator.
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The 49er and 29er fleets found the conditions difficult at their joint Datchet Water Open
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Nigel Pitt and Alex Shafer have won the US Multihull Championship
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The UK 12ft Skiff fleet enjoyed fantastic conditions in Rutland
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Mike Slade’s record-breaking 100ft supermaxi wins YW Trophy on day two of Stanford Antigua Sailing Week 28/4/07
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Alinghi lawyer Lucien Masmejan gives us a state of the nation over the 33rd America’s Cup
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