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The 33rd America's Cup starts at last
Posted 25 minutes ago by Vela for Fun
Valencia, Spain - (2010-02-08) Alinghi 5, the 33rd America's Cup defending yacht, left the Alinghi base this morning for Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup amid a cacophony of Swiss bells and cheers from Alinghi fans, friends and families. This moment has been long awaited. ''We have been looking forward to this moment for a long time,'' said Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi team president and principal helmsman. ''It is good to be going racing at last. The designers have done an amazing job in creating this boat for us and the shore team have done a phenomenal job in building it. It's time to go racing.'' Race 1 of the America's Cup is a 40 nautical mile windward/leeward course (20nm upwind and 20nm down) and is due to start at 10:06 this morning, weather permitting. Defender vs. Challenger Alinghi 5, Soci?t? Nautique de Gen?ve (SUI) vs. BMW Oracle Racing, Golden Gate Yacht Club (USA) Alinghi, the Defender of the America's Cup, has the blue flag, which means port entry in to the ... continua ... more »
Sailing Talk Podcast from Day 1, AC33
Posted 25 minutes ago by Sail Juice
The first podcast from Valencia, with regular podcasters Andy & Justin talking to Matt Sheahan of Yachting World. Topics discussed include: The Weather, Rocky The Movie, and Armageddon The Movie. And a bit about sailing, or lack of it… http://www.sailjuice.com/articles/sailing-talk-podcast-day-1-americas-cup more »
Rain Stopped Play
Posted 25 minutes ago by Sail Juice
Maybe it was too much to expect. Maybe it was a symbol of the last two-and-a-half years of stop-start frustration that has marked the 33rd America’s Cup. No racing. Not even a sniff of it. After the whoop-whoop send-off for the two protagonists this morning, the building excitement seeped away as Day One of the 33rd America’s [...] more »
Copa America, más fotos de un día sin viento
Posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago by Juanpa Cadario
Foto copyright Jesus Renedo
Linda vista del tri americano
Foto copyright Jesus Renedo
Si hoy se corría Alinghi era el favorito
Foto copyright Jesus Renedo
Ernesto y sus chicos, impacientes
Foto copyright Jesus Renedo
Los chicos americanos en la dulce espera
Foto copyright Jesus Renedo
El oficial de día, aburridíiiiisimo more »
Noticias del Groupama 3, día 8
Posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago by Juanpa Cadario
Fuente info Groupama
Press release of the 2010/02/08
2010/02/08 - 16h19
Slow rotation ...
Jules Verne Trophy
The position of the Saint Helena High isn't favouring progress towards the Cape of Good Hope: Groupama 3 has been forced to pick out a course to the SSW before slowly straightening out her trajectory to the South this Monday afternoon... As a result her lead over the reference time is diminishing.
Franck Cammas and his nine crew are still holding back a little in view of the grib files, which aren't making the entry into the Indian Ocean very clear! The high pressure in the Southern Atlantic is forming a barrier off Argentina and forcing the giant trimaran to trace a course way out to the West, along the Brazilian coast. Just 150 miles from shore, Groupama 3 made good headway over the weekend though, before the tradewinds switched round onto a more N'ly track during the course of last night.
"On deck it's really pleasant with glorious sunshine and a light breeze under large gennaker... Down below though, it's an oven! We found it difficult to sleep last night as it was stifling. We're finally diving southward now as the wind is gradually shifting round to the NE. The breeze is fluctuating but last night we were still able to sail faster than planned: we were regularly making headway at over thirty knots. As such we're a little bit ahead in relation to the weekend's routing. We lost a bit of ground this morning as things have calmed down: we're making headway at between twenty and twenty-five knots. The wind began to rotate last night between the clouds. We're soon going to have to gybe when the breeze backs rounds to the North..." explained Lionel Lemonchois during the radio link-up with Groupama's Race HQ in Paris at 1130 UTC.
Rendez-vous with a front
Offshore of Vitoria this Monday afternoon, Franck Cammas and his men will have to wait another day or two before they can straighten the helm! It's not yet clear whether they'll be able to hook onto a cold front forming over Porto Alegre as it shifts across towards Africa. However, if they make contact at the right time, the descent towards the Cape of Good Hope will be extremely fast. As a result there is a considerable amount of work in prospect, as much on deck as at the chart table, in order to extract themselves from this tricky section as quickly as possible.
"We're not going to be able to hang a left straightaway! We'll probably have to link together a series of gybes almost as far down as the Roaring Forties before we can set a course for the East... We're on track to make a sizeable detour to hook onto a front in the South however, if we miss it, we'll be two days behind on passing Cape Leeuwin! We're going to have to pull out all the stops. The situation is changing from one grib file to the next so it's still hard to know when we're going to round the first cape, Good Hope. There's going to be very little in it..."
In any case Groupama 3 should pass the symbolic 20,000 miles to go mark on this Jules Verne Trophy from noon on Tuesday. Indeed somewhat paradoxically, the giant trimaran is really lengthening her stride, but is losing ground on the reference time: by being forced to distance herself from the direct route, the 600 mile average across the water translates into a distance of just 305 miles VMG...
Groupama 3's log (departure on 31st January at 13h 55' 53'' UTC)
Day 1 (1st February 1400 UTC): 500 miles (deficit = 94 miles)
Day 2 (2nd February 1400 UTC): 560 miles (lead = 3.5 miles)
Day 3 (3rd February 1400 UTC): 535 miles (lead = 170 miles)
Day 4 (4th February 1400 UTC): 565 miles (lead = 245 miles)
Day 5 (5th February 1400 UTC): 656 miles (lead = 562 miles)
Day 6 (6th February 1400 UTC): 456 miles (lead = 620 miles)
Day 7 (7th February 1400 UTC): 430 miles (lead = 539 miles)
Day 8 (8th February 1400 UTC): 305 miles (lead = 456 miles)
Best passage time to the equator from Ushant
Groupama 3: 5d 15h 23' (November 2009)
Jules Verne Trophy reference time to the equator
Orange 2: 7d 02h 56' (January 2005) more »
Y si ganás, ¿también en Valencia?. La foto del día
Posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago by Juanpa Cadario
Foto copyright Ricardo Castro more »
33 Copa America, regata 1 suspendida por falta de viento. Próxima cita miércoles 10
Posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago by Juanpa Cadario
Foto copyright Ricardo Castro
Foto copyright Ainhoa Sanchez
Foto copyright Ricardo Castro
Foto copyright Ricardo Castro
Foto copyright Ricardo Castro
Fuente info 33nd America´s Cup
Lo Intentarán de nuevo el miércoles
El Comité de Regatas lo ha intentado durante casi cuatro horas, pero el viento no ha querido colaborar.
El programa de esta primera jornada de competición de la 33 America's Cup se inició puntualmente, con los dos multicascos abandonando el Port America's Cup a las 6:30 (Alinghi 5) y 7:00h (USA) respectivamente. Barcos de prensa, fotógrafos, invitados, televisión, organización, el barco del Comité y los barcos de espectadores salían al mar animados por una previsión meteorológica favorable.
Poco antes de las 10:00h, hora programada para la señal de atención, el Comité de Regatas izaba la bandera de aplazamiento por la inestabilidad del viento. Una hora y media más tarde, iniciaba un cambio de recorrido, y la baliza de Barlovento se recolocaba a escasas tres millas de la playa de El Saler para probar suerte. El viento no dejó de oscilar en intensidad y dirección, entre 10 y 2 nudos, y con diferencias de más de 100º en algunos casos.
A las 13:45h, el Comité presidido por el neozelandés Harlod Bennett anunciaba que la regata ya no se celebraría hoy.
La próxima jornada de competición programada será el miércoles, con señal de atención a las 10:00h more »
Los tripulantes de Alinghi y BMW Oracle hoy
Posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago by Juanpa Cadario
Alinghi
Proa: Piet van Nieuwenhuijzen (HOL)
Media proa: Curtis Blewett (CAN)
Trimmer de ceñida: Simon Daubney (NZL)
Trimmer de empopada: Nils Frei (SUI)
Trimmer de mayor: Warwick Fleury (NZL)
Carro de escota: Pierre-Yves Jorand (SUI)
Caña: Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)
Táctico: Brad Butterworth (NZL)
Burdas: Murray Jones (NZL)
Navegante: Juan Vila (ESP)
Flotante (tripulante que puede ayudar a cualquier otro): Jan Dekker (RSA / FRA)
Flotante: Loïck Peyron (FRA)
BMW Oracle Racing
Brad Webb (NZL) Bowman
Simone de Mari (ITA) Pitman
Ross Halcrow (NZL) Jib Trimmer
Dirk de Ridder (NED) Wing Sail Trimmer
Joey Newton (AUS) Wing Sail Caddy
John Kostecki (USA) Tactician
James Spithill (AUS) Skipper/Helmsman
Matteo Plazzi (ITA) Navigator
Thierry Fouchier (FRA) Aft Pit
Matthew Mason (NZL) Mast more »
Not Sailing Photo Of The Day - AC33 Race 1 Postponed
Posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago by Messing about in boats
Photo: Carlo Borlenghi, Luca Butto, Guido Trombetta/ALINGHI more »
America's Cup Images: People on the Water on Day 1
Posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago by Sail World UK
More images from off the water on Day 1 of the 33rd America's Cup Match, including several personalities associated with more »
America's Cup Images: Alinghi 5 close-up
Posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago by Sail World UK
The four hour postponement of Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup gave Sail-World a chance to have a look at Alinghi 5 up c more »
Images from Valencia: America's Cup - Day 1
Posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago by Sail World UK
Images for the first day of 'racing'in the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia. Racing was abandoned for the day after the star more »
33rd America's Cup: AC33 Special Sailing Talk Podcast now available for download from iTunes....
Posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago by Offshore Rules
Image by Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi. Together at last. The sight we have all waited so long, the Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing crews on the same piece of water ready to face off in the first race of the 33rd America's Cup. Only thing missing was the wind which failed to materialise in any meaningful way across the racecourse. After several hours of mind numbing waiting around, the RC finally pulled the plug mid-afternoon. Tomorrow is an enforced lay day, so both team... more »
Chartroom Valentines Buffet Lunch Menu
Posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago by ABYC, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
The Chartroom present a Valentines Day lunch for normal people - as opposed to those slightly salt water for blood persons who serenade their floating wives every Wednesday and Weekend ........ R150 per person gets you: Starters Tiger prawn cocktail salad Selection of assorted sushi Pot breads served with pates Tomato and mozzarella salad topped with basil pesto Mains Carvery of scotch fillet steak glazed with grain mustard served with selection of salads and fondant potato Stir fried chicken egg noodle chow mien in oyster and plum sauce New potato butternut and baby marrow with green chard stroganoff in garlic cheese sauce Served on barley rice infused with roasted onions and garden peas Sugar rush Mango Panna Cotta Double chocolate brownie Ice cream and chocolate dipped with strawberry For bookings telephone: 041 585 2893 more »
WE SAIL AGAIN!
Posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago by ABYC, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Sailing at Algoa Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) had gone into recession thanks to the October Storm damage to the marina. But you can't keep a good thing down for long. Sunday the 7th February saw 12 ABYC keel boats and 3 dinghies muster on the start line for the first official race since the marina disaster. Once the shipping movement was complete the race committee started the reverse pursuit race (all start together and sail out on a set course, after a set time all turn around and sail to the finish. Your speed or lack thereof is your handicap). The start of the race showed the lack of practice as the first boat was 15 seconds late and the last just over 3 minutes late (they were fined 1 carry pack of beers for the late start) The wind was the predicted SE 8 knots, the course St Croix Island. The fleet left the harbour in a stately procession, what a great sight, all heading out to sea. The conditions changed very slightly as the wind swung slightly into the South South East still between 5-8 knots. Exactly one hour after the start the sailing commodore gave the radio instruction to "turn and come back home". For all those having lunch in the restaurant they had more than their fair share of the wonderful ambience the ABYC Restaurant offers. 14 yachts sailed to the finish line right at the entrance to the moorings and all within 10 minutes. Some boats were "dicing" to the finish. It was quite spectacular to have 3 boats finish seconds apart on a 50 meter long finish line. First home were the old men of the sea on Maricia, followed by Spirit of Gardiol, then together Con Brio, and the 470 Dinghy 222 and Fuzzy Bosworth on an Xtra, They were followed by Talisker, High Spirit, Whisper, Jouster, Aon, Bonita, Sea Mole, La Chevalier. Odessy did not cross the line as they were concerned about the constraints the line posed on such big boat (they would have been third). A very big thank you goes to Odessy for hosting the students from Rhodes University Sailing Club for the week end. The prize giving was held on the balcony, the prizes being sponsored beers. Amid much mirth and hilarity beers were awarded and confiscated (due to late start) and couple of booby prizes were awarded. The consensus was that it was a great fun event, all got to the pub together and most of all it was great to be sailing again. It was such a great day that Aquabrat didn't finish the race, they went on sailing (they said it was too good out in the bay). Philip Stunden more »
33rd America's Cup - Day 1: No wind, no race
Posted 2 hours, 25 minutes ago by Valencia Sailing
The 33rd America's Cup didn't start with a bang. The light and unstable winds forced the race committee to cancel Monday's races, after the two yachts had spent more than 6 hours drifting around the coast of Valencia.
As Chris Bedford, BMW Oracle meteorologist, jokingly commented, the race committee did a great job in putting them in the middle of two different breezes, pretty much assuring that nothing would happen. The main pattern today off Valencia was of a southerly breeze well offshore that was ocasionally filtering in at the start area and a westerly breeze ahsore.
The westerly breeze had puffs of up to 14 knots and was stable for a fair amount of time at the weather mark. There was pressure trying to make it up the course but the convergence of the two breezes made it impossible to build a breeze strong enough up the 20-mile course to set a proper course. In addition, despite the immense size of the race area it would have probably been impossible to set a fair course. At 10am conditions were marginally close to allow a race but they never materialized. There was a nice southweserly breeze in the southern part of the race area but it never made it to the race committee boat.
Alinghi 5 and USA drifting around, waiting for the breeze. Valencia, 8 February 2010. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing
Since no racing was held on Monday, the 1st race of the 33rd America's Cup is now scheduled for Wednesday. Unfortunately, the forecast for that day isn't very encouraging either. A low pressure area is developing over central Spain, to the northwest of Valencia and will move off the coast on Monday night. Behind that area, a very strong westerly flow will come on Monday night and last through Tuesday and probably early Wednesday. Valencia will not be much affected but Bedford expects more waves as a big swell will be coming from the norheast. So, on Wednesday we will be in a waning westerly that might turn into a seabreeze in the afternoon, according to Bedford.
The nature of this America's Cup, a Deed-of-Gift race, makes it much more difficult to set a fair course. According to Bedford, it is a big task to have a consistent wind direction over 20 miles, not only in Valencia, but in many places throughout the world, especially when we are so close to the coast. There is fairly high terrain to the south-southwest of Valencia and a valley that create two different breezes. If we were to have a 5-mile race today, there could have been different areas to hold a fair race but with 20 miles it becomes fairly complicated.
At least, for once, there was one thing the two teams agreed upon. It was Harold Bennett's, Principal Race Officer, decision to call off racing at 1:45pm, almost 3 hours before the limit time, since it was apparent there wasn't going to be any improvement in conditions.
Jack Katzfey, Alinghi meteorologist, comments on Monday frustrating conditions. Valencia, 8 February 2010. Video copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing more »
Who Forgot 2 Buy The Wind 4 2Day?
Posted 2 hours, 25 minutes ago by Marine Blast Sailing Videos
I mean its been full of wind so far has it not? And after spending 22 Trillion dollars on boat stuff, somone forgot to buy any wind for today. Anyway I forgot all about it too so dont worry about it. By the way that boat /plane looks the Dogs Bollocks and a real humper. What [...] more »
America's Cup Images: Alinghi 5 close-up
Posted 2 hours, 25 minutes ago by Sail World Australia
The four hour postponement of Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup gave Sail-World a chance to have a look at Alinghi 5 up c more »
Images from Valencia: America's Cup - Day 1
Posted 2 hours, 25 minutes ago by Sail World Australia
Images for the first day of 'racing'in the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia. Racing was abandoned for the day after the star more »
AMERICAS CUP RACE 1 POSTPONED
Posted 2 hours, 25 minutes ago by Sail Karma
americascup.com
After a long period waiting for enough of a settled breeze, the two giant multihulls Alinghi 5 (SUI) and USA awaiting the scheduled start of Race 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup were sent back to their respective bases at around 1345h this afternoon.
Principal Race officer Harold Bennett (NZL) and his team on the water had made continuous attempts to seek out a breeze which was of sufficient strength and settled enough in direction across the proposed 20 miles windward Leg 1 to allow a fair race to be started.
But, despite their best efforts, the variance at times was over 100 degrees between the gentle breeze at the committee boat some 25 miles offshore, and the planned position of the turning buoy where there was a breeze of around 10-11 knots sometimes.
Race 1 will now be scheduled for Wednesday 10th with the time gun due at 1000hrs.http://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss more »
