Foto copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Foto copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Frank Cammas junto a Russell Coutts
Foto copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Foto copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Foto copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Foto copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Foto copyright Gilles Martin-Raget
Tres días de regatas para los chicos malos de la copa al mejor de 9 regatas en Valencia y en los catamaranes Extreme 40. Empezó hoy con vientos de 14 nudos del seabreeze. Esto es parte del entrenamiento de cara a la 33rd America´s Cup del año próximo.
Fuente BMW Oracle
BMW ORACLE Racing Competes in Extreme 40s
Valencia, Spain, 20 May 2008 – BMW ORACLE Racing skipper Russell Coutts and helmsman James Spithill are going head-to-head this week in Extreme 40 catamarans in a nine-race, in-house battle as part of the team’s race training for the 33rd America’s Cup.
Today was the first day of the three-day series off Valencia’s Malvarossa beach. After some fickle spring weather the past few days in Valencia, the sunny spring day brought a steady 14 knots of afternoon sea breeze and plenty of action. Much of the afternoon, the catamarans were “flying a hull” (one of the two hulls out of the water), reaching speeds of 15 knots upwind and over 20 knots downwind.
In today’s racing, multihull expert-consultant Franck Cammas (FRA) was helming Coutts’ boat with team members Jonathan Macbeth (NZL) grinding and Alberto Barovier (ITA) on the bow. On the Spithill team, John Kostecki (USA) was calling tactics, Dirk de Ridder (NED) was grinding and Alan Smith (NZL) was on the bow. The crews will remain the same but they will swap boats throughout the three days of racing.
“The conditions were just perfect today,” Spithill said. “It doesn’t get any better than this. It was really good fun.”
