[Source: BMW Oracle] Spithill and Co. earn top prize at catamaran match race event. After three days of closely fought match racing in X40 catamarans off Italys east coast, James Spithill and his BMW ORACLE Racing crew took home the Jaeger-Lecoultre Just the Best Trophy.

In doing so, Spithill defeated his teammate and skipper Russell Coutts who was calling tactics for Pete Melvin, an American leading multihull sailor and coach for the team. In the three-day, 11-race series in Cattolica on the Adriatic Coast, the face-off between Coutts and Spithill came down to the final day. Read the rest of this entry »

[Source: Team French Spirit] Team French Spirit begins an intensive optimisation programme of its numerical simulation methods

- Performing numerical simulation methods for the Jury of the Designers Contest.
- The H2X yard in La Ciotat is milling two 7 m. long models.

To build an Americas Cup Team able to compete with the best, Team French Spirit is taking into account the various components required for a great team : resources in terms of men, material, finances as well as making the best use of the time available. In view of the 34th Americas Cup, the designers contests is a major component of this strategy. Read the rest of this entry »

Russell Coutts, CEO and skipper of BMW Oracle, is leading James Spithill, helsman of the same team, 3 to 1 after the first day of the Jaeger-LeCoultre JUST THE BEST match race, an event held in Cattolica, on the northern Adriatic coast of Italy, and organized by their Italian teammate Max Sirena.

Still, in order to be exact, Coutts only helmed in two of the day’s four races, alternating with Pete Malvin, the American multihull expert BMW Oracle has hired in order to prepare for the upcoming 33rd America’s Cup against Alinghi.

The conditions that prevailed during the opening day of the event were quite enjoyable and the two star sailors battled out in front of the new Cattolica marina in a truly summer, sunny day, with the local Scirocco breeze blowing between 6 and 10 knots. Without any doubt, these are excellent conditions for the millions of tourists that will flock the Italian Adriatic coast but hardly the stuff to bring the “beast” out of the Extreme 40 catamarans. Read the rest of this entry »

Saturday was the second day of Jaeger-LeCoultre JUST THE BEST and James Spithill clearly took revenge of his BMW Oracle boss, Russell Coutts, after winning all four races. Unfortunately, we barely have any information on the races, given the extremely laconic press release in Italian.

Weather conditions were “ideal”, according to the press release, with sunny skies and a breeze between 10 and 12 knots throughout the day. Racing started at 3pm and Spithill “dominated the emotional duels”, pocketing 4 points. He is now now leading the overall score table 5 to 3. Read the rest of this entry »

[Source: Team Origin] Well only one day to go now before the start of the Newport to Bermuda race and the 100ft supermaxi Speedboats inaugural race debut. SPEEDBOAT is owned by Alex Jackson, designed by Juan K, skippered by Mike Sanderson (also Team Director of TEAMORIGIN) and has a number of the TEAMORIGIN Americas Cup sailing squad onboard. If the wind plays ball, it is hoped that SPEEDBOAT will achieve line honours and may also have a shot at the unofficial race record set by Hasso Platners Morning Glory in 2004 of 48 hours, 28 minutes and 31 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »

James Spithill and Russell Coutts, helmsman and CEO of BMW Oracle respectively, warmed up in practice races yesterday, on the eve of the “Just the best” exhibition regatta they start later today. The two star sailors race on Extreme 40 catamarans, in two teams named “Blue” and “White”.

Here’s a short and rather mediocre video from the practice race or better said, a 30-second glimpse of the two catamarans sailing in straight line, filmed from 500 meters away. They could have done better than that!!!

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At this stage, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to any reader of Valencia Sailing but the influential Spanish journalist Jaume Soler reminded us that the Vuelta de Espaa a Vela (Spain Sailing Tour) should have ended today, according to the official calendar, but it hasn’t even started, let alone there isn’t any indication it is about to start in the near future.

The Vuelta de Espaa was one of the three “annual” regattas the CNEV (Club Nautico Espaol de Vela) was allegedly organizing in order to fulfill the requirements set by the Deed of Gift, according to what Manuel Chirivella, its president and vice-president of the Spanish Sailing Federation (RFEV), stated last year, in an email sent to Valencia Sailing. Read the rest of this entry »

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[Source: Team Russia] Team Russia put the seal to a weekend of celebrations in an official naming ceremony of its Volvo Open 70 yacht Kosatka, (Russian for Orca, Killer Whale) in a christening at Gunwharf Quays Marina, Portsmouth (UK) on Monday 16th June.

Birgitta Westerberg, co-founder with Oleg Zherebtsov of the Solntse (Sun) Foundation charity for sick and underprivileged children in St Petersburg was asked to be godmother to the boat. She named Kosatka in honour of the speed, power and exemplary teamwork shown by Orcas. Breaking slightly with tradition a bottle of champagne was sprayed over the bow of the VO70 while the audience toasted the boat with a shot of Nemiroff vodka. Read the rest of this entry »