[Source: Barcelona World Race] The fight to get on the podium in Barcelona is intensifying as Mutua Madrilea has taken more miles out of Temenos II over the past 24 hours. At one stage overnight, the delta was down to just 20 miles, before Temenos II stretched away again.
This afternoon, just 44 miles separate the two boats after 79 days of racing. Thats close enough that just one small mistake in the variable South Atlantic weather could be the difference maker. Although theyve left the Southern Ocean, the pressure hasnt eased at all for these two competitors. Read the rest of this entry »
- Affirmation of SNG attorney Barry Ostrager
- Submissions and affidavits from Nigel Irens (designer and fellow of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects), Gran Marstrm (founder of Marstrm, the company that builds the ISAF Tornado Class catamaran), Nicolas Grange (president of the Swiss Multi-hull Association), John Risley (Director and Trustee of Team NZ in 2003) as well as Jochen Schuemann
[Source: Alinghi] (New York, Monday 28 January) Socit Nautique de Genve (SNG), the 33rd Americas Cup defending yacht club, submitted further evidence to the New York Supreme Court today in support of a court order declaring the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) challenge invalid. Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:55 PM MST
UAF's Marius Korthauer, who won Wednesday's SuperTour sprint freestyle in Duluth, continued to show impressive speed and strength, taking Saturday's 10km SuperTour race by 12 seconds ahead of strong efforts by NMU/Atomic's Bryan Cook and Fischer-Craft's Brayton Osgood. Former US Olympic Team standout John Bauer (Rossignol), semi-ex-retired for about the 3rd time, finished just off the podium with NMU's Martin Banerud in fifth. Conditions were reasonably fast despite some light accumulation of new snow over a relatively firm base.
NMU women went 1-2-4, led by Maria Stuber and Morgan Smyth. Stuber had the victory by 7 seconds, while Johanna Winters of the CXC elite senior development team (based out of nearby Hayward, WI) took third just 4 seconds behind Smyth and a mere tenth of a second ahead of NMU's Laura Dewitt. Winters' CXC teammate was fifth, another 12 seconds back.
Full results: http://www.pttiming.com/raceresults/100290-FreeStyleResults-Overall.pdf
Sunday brings the exciting mass-start classic distance events, with the men racing 15km followed by the women's 10km.
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I see that another country is having all too similar problems…
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I wonder if they are going to blame racism…
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Here’s a short quiz for the weekend. What racing yacht is the one appearing in the photo?
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For the convenience of our readers we publish today a brief “factbox” with the documents that were presented during or before yesterday’s hearing in the New York Supreme Court before Justice Cahn. All these documents concern Alinghi’s motion against Justic Cahn’s decision, on the grounds that the certificate of the challenging boat presented by GGYC is not valid. According to Alinghi, in brief, BMW Oracle states it will challenge with a keel yacht but its dimensions correspond to a multihull. Always according to Alinghi, a keel yacht and multihull are two incompatible notions. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Barcelona World Race] Paprec-Virbac 2’s great “Trade Winds escape” continues, and the Franco-Irish duet has gained a whopping 169 miles over the past 24 hours. The situation is still tactically uncomplicated for Hugo Boss, but despite the “lovely conditions” described by Alex today, things could be a bit better as speeds stay in the lower range, while things remain unsettling on the rudder front. During the night, Temenos II made a move to the west and has reduced the lateral gap with Mutua Madrilea, but as predicted Dominique and Michle dramatically slowed down today. The two boats fighting for third place now have to face a very unclear weather situation. Read the rest of this entry »
- Notice of Challenge
[Source: Team Origin] On 9th January this year TEAMORIGIN, with the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC), lodged a Deed of Gift (DOG) Challenge with the Socit Nautique de Genve (SNG). It called for a Match in 2011 in Valencia to be sailed in AC90 yachts and it outlined their willingness to consider a mutual consent match with a protocol along similar lines to the one signed in July last year. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Barcelona World Race] Conditions are getting better on the comfort front for the majority of the fleet, yet from a strategic perspective more difficulties lie ahead. It seems today that only race leader Paprec-Virbac 2 can actually look forward to tomorrow: having picked up some steady wind, Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall are leaving Hugo Boss behind, the Anglo-Australian duet fighting upwind in light airs. Further back, Temenos II and Mutua Madrilea are still neck and neck, coping with decreasing winds and having to work their way around the high pressure system on their path… Read the rest of this entry »