Breaking news: There has been an incident involving the trimaran Foncia and members of the Alinghi sailing team during training off Lorient all crew members are safe and without serious injury.
More info as we get it.
Originaly from Source
[Source: Alinghi] AT 11:30 this morning, in 20 plus knots and a lumpy Atlantic swell, the 60ft trimaran Foncia capsized off Lorient with Alinghi sailors onboard. Of the 10 crew onboard, Piet van Niekerk and Francesco Rapetti were airlifted to hospital, both are safe and with no serious injuries. The rest of the crew along with consultant Alain Gautier were involved in securing the boat and towing it ashore, the sailors are shaken but unhurt.
Ed Baird, who was onboard, provides some insight into what happened: As we were bearing away, always the highest risk situation on a multi-hull, both the leeward and the central hull dug into the water and the rudders came out. From then it was out of our hands and we capsized forwards. As the mast hit the water, it broke, followed by the rear beam. He continues: The crew reacted very quickly in getting everyone back on board, doing a head count and checking injuries before calling for help and beginning to secure the boat. Read the rest of this entry »
Yeah, I’m picking on them again. This time I refer to the following News24 artical:
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2296246,00.html (http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2296246,00.html)
How, oh how, it is…
Originaly from Source
- Alinghi’s letter to Justice Cahn, dated 26 March 2008
[Source: Alinghi] In a bid to accelerate the process of returning the 33rd Americas Cup to the water and having been stonewalled by the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), the Socit Nautique de Genve (SNG) has decided to request Justice Cahn determine the dates for the event, as contemplated in his Order of 19 March 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
I have received numerous requests to intervene, also in the light of the ruling passed by New York Supreme Court. Over the past few years I believe I have been quite restrained in commenting on the difficulties facing the Cup. You’ll have noticed that I wrote Cup with a capital “C”, and this is indicative of my respect and my passion for sailing and for the America’s Cup in particular. We undoubtedly now find ourselves in extremely choppy waters, and it is therefore important to chart our position before plotting our course.
The whole problem stems from the protocol drawn up by Alinghi for the 33rd America’s Cup which was presented at the end of the regattas in Valencia. This affirmation might appear a trite observation but, as time has passed, I have become increasingly convinced that very few people, including journalists have taken the trouble of reading this document. Whoever has done so with a minimum of attention, but with a sense of humour, will not have been able to hold back a smile, because this is a document designed to regulate a competition which totally lacks any sense of fair play: Alinghi claims the right to choose, at its sole discretion, the regatta judges, the committee, the umpires and the measurers, even going so far as to state that they must be its employees; in short, it unilaterally lays down the rules of the game. Alinghi, again at its sole discretion, claims the right to accept a challenge or to penalise a rival. Read the rest of this entry »
The America’s Cup situation move on positively last week with the NY court decision, the project of a competition with challengers series in 2011 is more realistic than ever.
After a preparation period which began at the end of the last America’s Cup in Valencia, K-Challenge never stopped working, and the team is now happy to reveal its program for the 34th America’s Cup.
The essentials of K-Challenge 2
K-Challenge is back in the America’s Cup quest and will carry again the colors of its yacht club, Le Cercle de la Voile de Paris, with a determined group built around a core team whose members want to work and to succeed together. Read the rest of this entry »
- GGYC letter to Justice Cahn, dated 26 March 2008
[Source: BMW Oracle] The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) confirmed today that it has asked the New York State Supreme Court for a speedy ruling on the date for the next Americas Cup. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: BMW Oracle] The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) said
today that it was very pleased at the decision by the New York State Supreme
Court to grant a hearing next week in order to resolve the date for the next
Americas Cup match.
The Court confirmed today that it will hold a hearing next Wednesday, April 2nd. From the very beginning this whole process has been about stopping the defender from imposing a wholly one-sided set of rules on the Cup that was strongly opposed by the great majority of challengers, Tom Ehman, the clubs spokesman said. Read the rest of this entry »
[Source: Mean Machine] Hello again everyone! Welcome to the fourth edition of the Mean Machine Newsletter. Its been another eventful month in the Mean Machine camp (when is there one that isnt!). Weve had racing, building and lots and lots of preparation and training for the upcoming European TP 52 season. Heres a summary of exactly whats been going on
MEAN MACHINE #22
The eagle hasnt quite landed but its finally on its way!
Yes, the moment all Machines had been waiting for came this month with the long awaited departure of the brand new Mean Machine TP 52 from the Salthouse shipyard in New Zealand. Read the rest of this entry »