Charles Dunston’s TP52 cleans up at Antigua Sailing Week

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Well my laptop has returned and Mothcast show #9 is up.

In this episode recorded at the Australian nationals we chat to Bora Gulari and Simon Payne, about the US moth scene, sailing ice yachts, the upcoming worlds venue and the debut of the Mach 2.

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Mills 68 wins the opening coastal race of the Pirelli Trophy

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Alinghi, Defender de la 33e America’s Cup, débute cette semaine en Suisse sa campagne 2009-2010 sur multicoque en mettant à l’eau les deux catamarans Décision 35 qui lui permettront de participer au Challenger Julius Baer sur le Lac Léman et lui serviront de plate-forme d’entraînement pour une America’s Cup en multicoque, en mai 2010…

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[Source: Alinghi] Alinghi, 33rd America’s Cup Defender, has started its 2009-2010 multihull campaign in Switzerland launching the two Décision 35 catamarans that will be used as training platforms towards a multihull America’s Cup in May 2010. The sailing team will be dedicated to multihull training, racing the Challenge Julius Baer on Lake Geneva for the rest of the season and withdrawing from other monohull commitments.

In addition to Ernesto Bertarelli’s original SUI1, the team has chartered a second Décision 35 (SUI6) for the season and the two grand prix multihulls will race the eight events that span the summer, starting on 8 May with the Grand Prix Corum.

Ed Baird will helm Alinghi SUI6 with Brad Butterworth as tactician while Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi president, will helm Alinghi SUI1. “Ernesto and his team have been strong in this class for years, we look forward to learning from and with them throughout the season,” said Baird. “We realise we have a lot to learn, and there will be a number of great crews to race against, so we’re excited to have the opportunity to get back on the water in a competitive environment.”

The Alinghi multihulls will face a strong 10-boat fleet that includes some of the best offshore multihull sailors in the world, and while an Alinghi team has won the last two championships on the Lake, the group is candid in its expectations: “We are here to try to win, just as we did last year, but this season is going to be tough: the circuit has two new boats (Veltigroup and Banque Populaire) manned by highly professional multihull sailors with lots of experience, so the starts of the races will be more challenging. We will definitely be trying to keep the trophy in our hands though!” said Yves Detrey, Alinghi bow/mastman.

The first event, the Grand Prix Corum is from 8-10 May at the Société Nautique de Genève, so the Alinghi teams will start training from next Monday, “the D-35’s represent a more sophisticated racing multihull than we have experienced before, and we need all the training opportunities we can get as we prepare for an America’s Cup in multihulls,” Ed Baird concluded.

Crew lists

Alinghi SUI1
Club: Société Nautique de Genève
Ernesto Bertarelli, helmsman
Pierre-Yves Jorand, mainsail trimmer, performance
Nils Frei, trimmer
Yves Detrey, bow/mastman, boat captain
JC Monnin, trimmer, performance
Luc Dubois, helmsman, performance
Tanguy Cariou, tactician
Coraline Jonet, trimmer
Andrew Graham, spare
Claudy Dewarrat, coach
Christian Wahl, tactician

Alinghi SUI6
Club: Société Nautique de Genève
Ed Baird, helmsman
Brad Butterworth, tactician
Warwick Fleury, mainsail trimmer
Lorenzo Mazza, trimmer
Piet van Nieuwenhuijzen, bow/mastman
Curtis Blewett, bow/mastman
Murray Jones, tactician

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Video highlights from Antigua Sailing Week day five

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Video highlights from Antigua Sailing Week day five

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Avoid the Gulf of Aden warns ISAF guidelines

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The Swiss cats come out in preparation for the America’s Cup in May 2010

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For a price tag of €2.5m, Green Dragon could be yours as soon as the race finishes

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