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No racing took place on the fourth day of the RC 44 Austria Cup. Today’s fleet regattas got cancelled at 5:00 PM after a long day waiting for the breeze to settle.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back
Alinghi était de retour sur l’eau avec un nouveau mât ce matin, après avoir passé une grande partie de la soirée vendredi à le gréer et à le préparer pour la régate. L’équipe suisse a donc pu reprendre la compétition aujourd’hui.
Original post by Alinghi News and software by Elliott Back
Alinghi était de retour sur l’eau avec un nouveau mât ce matin, après avoir passé une grande partie de la soirée vendredi à le gréer et à le préparer pour la régate. L’équipe suisse a donc pu reprendre la compétition aujourd’hui.
Original post by Alinghi News and software by Elliott Back
Fleet racing day cancelled at the RC44’s Austria Cup
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Fleet racing day cancelled at the RC44’s Austria Cup
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iShares Cup’s only female skipper dominates proceedings on a light second day of racing on Lake Lugano
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
The most videoed catamaran flipping in history
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Images from day two of the iShares Cup event in Lugano
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
It was interesting but it wasn’t what we were expecting or what we would have liked to listen or see. This pretty much sums up Friday night’s presentation by Tom Ehman, head of external affairs, and Manolo Ruiz de Elvira, senior designer, at the premises of Valencia’s yacht club. The two men from America’s Cup Challenger of Record BMW Oracle talked to an audience of around 40 people on the America’s Cup for about an hour and a half, touching almost all aspects of the world’s oldest sports competition, ranging from its history to the most recent legal issues and the current state of affairs of their own team.
It was initially planned to be a “private” talk, restricted to the yacht club’s members but finally the media were allowed, a fact that in my view definitely altered the issues, tone and philosophy of the presentation. It suffices to say that around 25 minutes into the show, the crew of Valencia’s main TV station was asked to turn off the cameras and take them out of the room. Obviously, Valencia Sailing doesn’t have any footage either, despite the fact I had my camera ready. In addition, even the liberty of taking pictures was restrained and I was once asked to put it away, when the presentation’s most “revealing” slide appeared (it was the oven where, according to Ehman, the the biggest parts of the yacht’s hull are baked; more on that later). It is true though, there was hardly anything revealing or new for anybody with some knowledge or understanding of the issues. Don’t expect any scoops here.
As I said, around 35 members and 5 journalists were present. This is not Anacortes or New York, so nobody was expecting a huge turnout although any club member would have liked it, it was entertaining. The audience ranged from the old commodore down to the 9-year old kid and optimist sailor who took the microphone and stated his dream was to become a sailor of BMW Oracle. In fact, the whole show was a good PR action by the team towards the host city of the event, rather than a meeting of the design heads. The point was to make the American team look more pro-Valencian than Alinghi.
Given that aim, the show had to be fun and of course try to portray the Defender in a disadvantaged position. Seconds after getting the microphone, Ehman’s first question to the audience was who was supporting Alingi and who his team. I can assure you there were more pro-BMW Oracle hands raised. After that he went on presenting the history of the America’s Cup, from 1851 to the 32nd edition. He cunningly praised Alinghi and Ernesto Bertarelli for the all the “great things” they achieved in the 32nd America’s Cup that resulted in the best racing ever.
But of course he was not their to praise Bertarelli. His next slide was titled “Why not continue with what we already had in the 32nd Cup?”. Because, according to Ehman, “our friend Ernesto had a different idea” and created the CNEV (Club Nautico Español de Vela) in order to better control the America’s Cup. When the now-infamous photo of the Protocol signature aboard Vava flashed on the screen, I was surprised by the boos heard, the voices of contempt and the shouts of “shame” or “disgrace”. It is true though, that Valencia’s yacht club had high expectations to be the Challenger of Record, instead of the newly-formed CNEV.
Ehman and Ruiz de Elvira gave an overview of the legal steps taken by BMW Oracle after the presentation by Alinghi and the CNEV of the new protocol, always trying to choose the worst looking photos when anyone related to Alinghi was shown. In fact, with all my respect to him, the face of SNG’s secretary while receiving GGYC’s challenge, on July 11, was funny. He surely didn’t seem happy at all.
At times it was not the photos that were funny but the captions used to describe them. There was one of the July 25 presentation, showing Bertarelli and Michel Bonnefous with the caption “I can’t lose - I have the best lawyers”
First family photo of BMW Oracle in September 2007. Valencia, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
He then showed BMW Oracle’s first family photo (see above) taken sometime in September 2007 after Russell Coutts had formed the core of the team. One of the following slides was by far the most imaginative. Ernesto Bertarelli was shown holding the America’s Cup and kissing it (it was difficult to tell whether it was from the 31st or the 32nd edition) with a hilarious caption “Kiss my cup”, probably referring to the Swiss billionaire’s refusal to negotiate. That was also an issue, Bertarelli’s alleged refusal to talk, when reflecting on the events from July 2007 to December 2007.
It was then time to talk about what BMW Oracle is currently doing, sailing-wise. So, they mentioned the RC44s, the TP52s and of course the Extreme 40’s. Surprisingly, there were photos of BMW Oracle’s catamaran capsize last week here in Valencia but that was a great opportunity to show that Alinghi also capsizes, showing Friday’s incident in Lugano both with pictures as well as video (that you can watch here). The audience was amazed to see the impressive capsize of Alingh’s white catamaran at the top mark.
BMW Oracle has also been training in trimarans as has Alinghi. Obviously, the slide showed the capsized FONCIA upside down with Alinghi’s crew onboard.
What happens next
Half of the talk being about the past, the rest was about the future, or at least what BMW Oracle thinks will happen. One of the slides was about the possible dates of the 33rd America’s Cup, stating that July 2008 was “improbable” but leaving a question mark for October 2008 or any month between January and July 2009. According to Ehman, all of Alinghi’s legal actions have one and only aim, to win more time.
The slide on possible venues was hilarious as well (see below). It appears that Bertarelli not only is in talks with all the remaining communist regimes of the world, he must have approached most of the kings, sheiks or sultans of the Persian Gulf.
Where will the 33rd America’s Cup take place? Valencia, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
An hour had passed since the start of the show and we still hadn’t heard or seen anything about BOR90×90, the team’s multihull under construction. Unfortunately, we didn’t learn much and we were even allowed to photograph less. Of course, there wasn’t much to see. The only photo of anything close to the boat is here below. This tent is called the “Vehicle Assembly Building” in BMW Oracle parlance. It adjoins the actual boat shed and as its name implies, the various parts of the yacht are assembled in there. It is nothing extraordinary, just a temporary construction in the city of Anacortes, Washington.
The only slide from inside the boat shed will not appear on Valencia Sailing since I was asked to put my camera away. It was a tent inside the boat shed, very similar to the ones used for outdoor parties. According to Ehman, it is the oven where the biggest pieces of the hull are baked. It was obviously completely covered and two, apparently, big pipes were coming out from its sides and merged into one, somewhere in the middle.
As it was expected, neither Ehman nor Ruiz de Elvira entered into any technical details. Still, one slide was educative. The future BOR90×90 is as big as two basketball courts, side by side.
The Vehicle Assembly Building in Anacortes, Washington. Valencia, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back
It was interesting but it wasn’t what we were expecting or what we would have liked to listen or see. This pretty much sums up Friday night’s presentation by Tom Ehman, head of external affairs, and Manolo Ruiz de Elvira, senior designer, at the premises of Valencia’s yacht club. The two men from America’s Cup Challenger of Record BMW Oracle talked to an audience of around 40 people on the America’s Cup for about an hour and a half, touching almost all aspects of the world’s oldest sports competition, ranging from its history to the most recent legal issues and the current state of affairs of their own team.
It was initially planned to be a “private” talk, restricted to the yacht club’s members but finally the media were allowed, a fact that in my view definitely altered the issues, tone and philosophy of the presentation. It suffices to say that around 25 minutes into the show, the crew of Valencia’s main TV station was asked to turn off the cameras and take them out of the room. Obviously, Valencia Sailing doesn’t have any footage either, despite the fact I had my camera ready. In addition, even the liberty of taking pictures was restrained and I was once asked to put it away, when the presentation’s most “revealing” slide appeared (it was the oven where, according to Ehman, the the biggest parts of the yacht’s hull are baked; more on that later). It is true though, there was hardly anything revealing or new for anybody with some knowledge or understanding of the issues. Don’t expect any scoops here.
As I said, around 35 members and 5 journalists were present. This is not Anacortes or New York, so nobody was expecting a huge turnout although any club member would have liked it, it was entertaining. The audience ranged from the old commodore down to the 9-year old kid and optimist sailor who took the microphone and stated his dream was to become a sailor of BMW Oracle. In fact, the whole show was a good PR action by the team towards the host city of the event, rather than a meeting of the design heads. The point was to make the American team look more pro-Valencian than Alinghi.
Given that aim, the show had to be fun and of course try to portray the Defender in a disadvantaged position. Seconds after getting the microphone, Ehman’s first question to the audience was who was supporting Alingi and who his team. I can assure you there were more pro-BMW Oracle hands raised. After that he went on presenting the history of the America’s Cup, from 1851 to the 32nd edition. He cunningly praised Alinghi and Ernesto Bertarelli for the all the “great things” they achieved in the 32nd America’s Cup that resulted in the best racing ever.
But of course he was not their to praise Bertarelli. His next slide was titled “Why not continue with what we already had in the 32nd Cup?”. Because, according to Ehman, “our friend Ernesto had a different idea” and created the CNEV (Club Nautico Español de Vela) in order to better control the America’s Cup. When the now-infamous photo of the Protocol signature aboard Vava flashed on the screen, I was surprised by the boos heard, the voices of contempt and the shouts of “shame” or “disgrace”. It is true though, that Valencia’s yacht club had high expectations to be the Challenger of Record, instead of the newly-formed CNEV.
Ehman and Ruiz de Elvira gave an overview of the legal steps taken by BMW Oracle after the presentation by Alinghi and the CNEV of the new protocol, always trying to choose the worst looking photos when anyone related to Alinghi was shown. In fact, with all my respect to him, the face of SNG’s secretary while receiving GGYC’s challenge, on July 11, was funny. He surely didn’t seem happy at all.
At times it was not the photos that were funny but the captions used to describe them. There was one of the July 25 presentation, showing Bertarelli and Michel Bonnefous with the caption “I can’t lose - I have the best lawyers”
First family photo of BMW Oracle in September 2007. Valencia, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
He then showed BMW Oracle’s first family photo (see above) taken sometime in September 2007 after Russell Coutts had formed the core of the team. One of the following slides was by far the most imaginative. Ernesto Bertarelli was shown holding the America’s Cup and kissing it (it was difficult to tell whether it was from the 31st or the 32nd edition) with a hilarious caption “Kiss my cup”, probably referring to the Swiss billionaire’s refusal to negotiate. That was also an issue, Bertarelli’s alleged refusal to talk, when reflecting on the events from July 2007 to December 2007.
It was then time to talk about what BMW Oracle is currently doing, sailing-wise. So, they mentioned the RC44s, the TP52s and of course the Extreme 40’s. Surprisingly, there were photos of BMW Oracle’s catamaran capsize last week here in Valencia but that was a great opportunity to show that Alinghi also capsizes, showing Friday’s incident in Lugano both with pictures as well as video (that you can watch here). The audience was amazed to see the impressive capsize of Alingh’s white catamaran at the top mark.
BMW Oracle has also been training in trimarans as has Alinghi. Obviously, the slide showed the capsized FONCIA upside down with Alinghi’s crew onboard.
What happens next
Half of the talk being about the past, the rest was about the future, or at least what BMW Oracle thinks will happen. One of the slides was about the possible dates of the 33rd America’s Cup, stating that July 2008 was “improbable” but leaving a question mark for October 2008 or any month between January and July 2009. According to Ehman, all of Alinghi’s legal actions have one and only aim, to win more time.
The slide on possible venues was hilarious as well (see below). It appears that Bertarelli not only is in talks with all the remaining communist regimes of the world, he must have approached most of the kings, sheiks or sultans of the Persian Gulf.
Where will the 33rd America’s Cup take place? Valencia, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
An hour had passed since the start of the show and we still hadn’t heard or seen anything about BOR90×90, the team’s multihull under construction. Unfortunately, we didn’t learn much and we were even allowed to photograph less. Of course, there wasn’t much to see. The only photo of anything close to the boat is here below. This tent is called the “Vehicle Assembly Building” in BMW Oracle parlance. It adjoins the actual boat shed and as its name implies, the various parts of the yacht are assembled in there. It is nothing extraordinary, just a temporary construction in the city of Anacortes, Washington.
The only slide from inside the boat shed will not appear on Valencia Sailing since I was asked to put my camera away. It was a tent inside the boat shed, very similar to the ones used for outdoor parties. According to Ehman, it is the oven where the biggest pieces of the hull are baked. It was obviously completely covered and two, apparently, big pipes were coming out from its sides and merged into one, somewhere in the middle.
As it was expected, neither Ehman nor Ruiz de Elvira entered into any technical details. Still, one slide was educative. The future BOR90×90 is as big as two basketball courts, side by side.
The Vehicle Assembly Building in Anacortes, Washington. Valencia, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back
A last report from the 2008 Artemis Transat
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
The first day of iShares Cup season proves a dramatic one for the America’s Cup holders
Original post by Jeffrey Davis and software by Elliott Back
Racing resumes after Alinghi capsize at the iShares Cup in Lugano
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Italian skipper wins round one in the build up to the J/24 Worlds in Sardinia
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
[Source: RC 44] With Igor Lah at the helm and James Spithill calling the shots, the Slovenian team had another excellent series on day one of the fleet race event of the RC 44 Austria Cup, taking the lead ahead of Team Aqua and Team Banco Espirito Santo.
Gmunden, May 30, 2008 – The specific conditions on Lake Traunsee definitely have an impact on the RC 44 Championship Tour. Some love it, others don’t. But at the end of the day, two teams clearly lead the way: Igor Lah’ Team Ceeref and Chris Bake’s Team Aqua, respectively winner and second of the match race event yesterday and clear leaders of the fleet race event after three races.
The fleet regatta started in the early afternoon, with a light thermal breeze (8 – 10 knots). Team Aqua took an excellent start and led the entire fleet throughout the race. At the other end of the ranking, BMW ORACLE Racing – with John Kostecki calling the shots for Larry Ellison, managed to fight its way back from last to second during the first downwind leg, benefiting from on a stronger pressure on the right of the course. During the last downwind leg, Ceeref made a fake jibe, sending BMW ORACLE Racing to the less favoured right side of the course and grabbing the second spot with style.
The second race was entirely dominated by Ceeref, who increased its lead leg after leg. On great form, Markus Wieser’s Team Sea Dubai managed to grab the second spot, just ahead of Team Aqua. Four teams got penalised at the first windward mark (Team Organika, BMW ORACLE Racing, Cro-Aut-Sail and Team Hiroshi) for establishing their bowsprits before reaching the windward gate. The strong action by the Jury reshuffled the cards and spread a certain amount of discontent within the fleet.
The last race of the day saw once again Team Aqua take a great start and lead the fleet. As for Ceeref, it started last and managed to fight its way back, shift after shift and puff after puff, overtaking Aqua in the last downwind leg to win the race; an impressive display of smart boat handling and strategic clairvoyance.
The event carries on until Sunday. Tomorrow Saturday, the RC 44s will compete in the long distance DHL Trophy, which is part of the fleet race ranking.
They said:
Igor Lah, helmsman, Team Ceeref: “Our team work was excellent and this is the main recipe to our success, together with our strategy. During the race, James Spithill and Michele Ivaldi were talking a lot at our different options and they clearly did a good job. As for me, I was just concentrating on optimal steering.”
Chris Bake, helmsman, Team Aqua: “We have done much more team work during this event than previously this year. Our set up is also good, and my focus is back. We can clearly see that it pays off. I also want to add, on another note, that our team sails under the colors of the World Land Trust. We sail with a zero carbon footprint; this is a message that I want to bring across and I want to encourage others to follow in our wake.”
Noel Drennan, BMW ORACLE Racing: “We have spent our entire day looking outside of the boat, trying to anticipate the shifts and the gusts. This is very interesting sailing. It’s a nice change for us; we are used to 5 degrees shifts out at sea. It reminds me of my dinghy years. Both because of the lake and the RC 44: it reacts like a dinghy.”
Armando Giulietti, Team Hiroshi – Città di Milano: “I don’t like this. It’s very shifty, and we can’t anticipate the shifts. I am not very happy; we need to change the way we sail during the following days. We need to minimize the damage.”
Fleet-race, provisional results after three races (no discard):
(Name of team, helmsman, No of victories / defeats, points)
1) Team Ceeref, Igor Lah, 2, 1, 1 - 4 points
2) Team Aqua, Chris Bake,1, 3, 2 - 6 points
3) Team Banco Espirito Santo, Patrick de Barros, 4, 4, 4 - 12 points
4) BMW ORACLE Racing, Larry Ellison, 3, 9, 3 - 15 points
5) Team Beecom, Isao Mita 7, 5, 5 – 17 points
6) Sea Dubai, Markus Wieser 6, 2, DSQ – 18 points
7) Team Hiroshi - Città di Milano, Armando Giulietti, 5, 7, 6 - 18 points
Cro-Aut-Sail, Rene Mangold, 9, 6, 8 - 23 points
9) Team Organika, Maciej Navrocki, 8, 8, 7 – 23 points
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back
After day two of the Volvo Melges 24 pre-worlds in Sardinia
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Alors qu’il remontait à la seconde place dans la première manche de l’iShares Cup à Lugano, Alinghi a été touché par une violente rafale qui a fait chavirer le bateau. Le barreur Ed Baird revient sur cet accident et nous explique comment l’équipe prévoit de régater demain pour continuer son apprentissage en vue de la 33e America’s Cup sur multicoques.
Original post by Alinghi News and software by Elliott Back
Alors qu’il remontait à la seconde place dans la première manche de l’iShares Cup à Lugano, Alinghi a été touché par une violente rafale qui a fait chavirer le bateau. Le barreur Ed Baird revient sur cet accident et nous explique comment l’équipe prévoit de régater demain pour continuer son apprentissage en vue de la 33e America’s Cup sur multicoques.
Original post by Alinghi News and software by Elliott Back
Video and images of getting the Swiss cat back on her feet
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Rolex Middle Sea Race organisers to move from Fort Manoel
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
The Alinghi White Extreme 40 catamaran capsized in the Lugano lake, where the opening event of the 2008 iShares Cup is taking place.
Alinghi White Extreme 40 capsizes in the opening event of the 2008 iShares Cup. Lugano, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Vincent Curutchet/DPPI/OC Events
Alinghi White Extreme 40 capsizes in the opening event of the 2008 iShares Cup. Lugano, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Vincent Curutchet/DPPI/OC Events
Alinghi White Extreme 40 capsizes in the opening event of the 2008 iShares Cup. Lugano, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Vincent Curutchet/DPPI/OC Events
Alinghi White Extreme 40 capsizes in the opening event of the 2008 iShares Cup. Lugano, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Vincent Curutchet/DPPI/OC Events
Alinghi White Extreme 40 capsizes in the opening event of the 2008 iShares Cup. Lugano, 30 May 2008. Photo copyright Vincent Curutchet/DPPI/OC Events
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back
Enterpreneur and Xerox manager join forces in a Class 40 campaign
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
BMW Oracle, the Challenger of Record for the 33rd America’s Cup, will hold a presentation tonight at 8pm, local time, in Valencia’s Yacht Club.
Tom Ehman, spokesperson, and Manolo Ruiz de Elvira, designer, will talk to an audience of club members and media.
We still don’t know what these two gentlemen will talk about but if you have any question you would like to be asked, just leave a comment at this post.
We will try to publish online the video of the presentation later on Friday night.
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back
News of the second leg of the Quebramar GP42 Cup
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
AC defenders fall victim to an intense rain squall in the first race of the iShares Cup
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
[Source: Quebramar GP42 Cup] After an eventful start in Santa Margherita, Italy, the GP42 fleet will now move to Saint-Tropez, France for the second event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup, the Giraglia Rolex Cup, held from June 8th to 10th.
Eight boats, representing eight top-level teams lead by some of the world’s best sailors will be competing off the coast of the famous French port city of Saint Tropez, the first time ever the GP42 class holds a regatta in France. Despite the absence of a French team, many boats will not be racing in uncharted territory, given the presence of many America’s Cup and Olympic French sailors.
Will the bay of Saint-Tropez and its tricky breeze reshuffle the cards in the Quebramar GP42 Cup and upset the leaderboard hierarchy? Despite being just the second year of the up-and-coming GP42 class, the arrival of top-notch sailors significantly increased the already high level and raised the bar even further.
Dozens of America’s Cups, world championships and Olympic medals will be getting onboard the 8 GP42 boats every day. Paolo Ciàn, José Maria Van der Ploeg, Cameron Appleton, Bertrand Pacé, Sébastien Col, Laureano Wizner, Gabriele Bruni, Santi López-Vázquez, José Maria Ponce, Tanguy Cariou, Paolo Montefusco or Tom Schnackenberg are just some of the names that helm, call tactics or trim mainsails in the GP42 fleet. One thing is for sure; Desafío will now face even stronger opposition.
The Spanish all America’s Cup crew of Desafío dominated the opening event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup with 3 bullets and a 3rd place, obtaining a handsome 12-point margin from second placed. Still, Desafío’s crew had to work and think harder than last year in order to cross the finish line ahead of the fleet.
The score table gets much tighter and exciting, since a mere 3 points separate second placed Canarias Puerto Calero from 6th Roma GP42.2, and every single race will be as important as ever. Canarias Puerto Calero, the boat from the Atlantic island of Lanzarote, helmed by Spanish match-racing champion José Maria Ponce, didn’t win any race but clearly showed that consistency paid.
One point behind them is AIRIS and Near Miss, two newcomers to the GP42 class. The former, an Italian entry, was helmed by the famous kiwi sailor Cameron Appleton while the latter, representing the Société Nautique de Genève, was helmed by Bertrand Pacé and its crew was an America’s Cup who is who of French sailors.
Another newcomer, MADRID, is one point down the table. Helmed by Olympic gold medallist José Maria Van der Ploeg, the Spanish boat had an excellent start but was unfortunately unable to keep up. Another point further down is Roma GP42.2 that had a difficult first event on their brand new yacht. Everything is open and we could well be for some surprises in Saint-Tropez.
The Giraglia Rolex Cup is organized by the Yacht Club Italiano (YCI) in collaboration with the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, the co-organizer for the 7th consecutive year. It is run under the supervision of the Federazione Italiana Vela, the Fédération Française de Voile, and with the collaboration of the City of Saint-Tropez and the Yacht Club de France. Racing will take place right inside the Saint-Tropez bay, a couple of miles from the city’s Vieux Port and unlike the rest of classes taking part in the event, the GP42 fleet will only sail windward/leeward races.
The remaining four events of the Quebramar GP42 Cup 2008 are the Rolex Trofeo de la Reina in Valencia (July 10th to 13th); the Copa del Rey AUDI MAPFRE in Palma (July 26th to August 2nd); the Trofeu Quebramar-Chrysler in Cascais (August 28th to 30th); and the grand finale, the Trofeo César Manrique in Puerto Calero (October 16th to 18th).
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back
Our look at the teams for this year and the boats they are sailing
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Hamble’s entry in the Artemis Transat cuts the line in Marblehead
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Camera crew already in tow for documentary series
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
The National 18 Foot class secured a sponsor for their Championships this August
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Sailors at the British Dragon Association East Coast Championship only managed two races over the bank holiday weekend
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Boston College has won the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Women’s National Championship
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back
Rotten conditions continue in Sardinia for the J/24 Italian Championship reports Chris McLaughlin
Original post by Bruce McLeod and software by Elliott Back