News from China Cup 09 - Shenzhen

 

Greetings from China Cup 09! Arguably one of the biggest sailing events in the Asian region and only getting bigger with each passing year! For me, it is great to be back, after having done the inaugural event 3 years ago on the prototype Longtzes. This time round, we are racing in the one-design beneteau 40.7 fleet. Fantastic turnout with 30 boats, now that's 30 one-design boats on a startline, which certainly is rare! First race was a 30 nautical mile (to verify please) passage race from Hong Kong, which took slightly over 3 hours in a fading breeze. Nice view of the Chinese coastline as the fleet pushed out from Sai Kung, off Ching Chau island... the 40.7 fleet gradually thinned out as the upwind progressed, developing into a lead group of 4 (Sheraton Team from RSA, Simpson Marine, ? (can you see who was 3rd?) and ourselves) and and a chasing pelaton... as it soon became a one-tack drag race with the fleet hugging the coastline.   RSA with some former Shosholoza boys from Cape toen eventually edged ahead of the lead pack to claim line honours, while we dropped back to end up 4th.   Great day, with more fantastic racing in the next 3 days... and there's always the soirees and parties to look forward to even if it all goes 'apeshit' on the water! With over 500 participants and even more volunteers and guests, it is going to be big! ............................ 'Wearn Haw, Grey Goose China Boating Team'

 

Statement - Russell Coutts, Skipper and CEO BMW ORACLE Racing

Valencia is the best option to get the America’s Cup back on track as soon as possible. This is what sailing fans from

around the world are waiting for.

 

Both BMW ORACLE Racing and Alinghi still have bases in the Port America’s Cup. The infrastructure created to the specification of the Swiss defender is in place, available and ready to recreate the atmosphere of the previous America’s Cup in 2007.

 

Last week Cristobal Grau, Director of Sport for Valencia City, said it would only take a few weeks to have Valencia back in action. Today the Mayor of Valencia, Rita Barbera, said her city would welcome the Cup back with open arms.

 

In her ruling at the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday, Justice Shirley Kornreich confirmed the primacy of the governing Deed of Gift document for the America’s Cup. This means that Société Nautique de Geneve (SNG) must choose a Deed-compliant location. Although Valencia is in the Northern Hemisphere, it is possible to hold the 33rd Match there in February because both SNG and Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) had agreed to it by mutual consent.

 

Were SNG to propose a location in the Southern Hemisphere instead of Valencia, we ask the defender to name it as soon as possible so that we have the maximum opportunity to make an informed assessment. We say this noting that nearly three months of the court-ordered six month minimum notice period for the venue has gone already.

 

We again confirm our willingness to sit down immediately with SNG/Alinghi for talks to resolve the outstanding issues surrounding the 33rd America’s Cup. There is no reason why SNG should not ask the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to appoint an independent, neutral jury with the usual duties and powers of an international sailing jury, and to do this immediately. In that way any future disputes involving sailing rules and related issues could be referred to the jury instead of needing to go back before the court.

 

GGYC and BMW ORACLE Racing are eager to race in the Match, starting on 8 February 2010. Our BOR 90 is back in the water in San Diego, more refined than ever and there are further technical developments in the pipeline that we are very excited about.

 

For further information:

Jane Eagleson

www.ggyc.com

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DesTopNews N°50

ENGLISH HERE: Welcome in Perth for DesTopNews 50, week commencing October 26th - In week’s show:
• The Yellow Knight’s return in the Longtze European Circuit
• Team Finland makes it two in a row in the Clipper Race
• Thomas Ruyant is the Transat 650’s King
• Australia ruled the waves in Geneva
• Massive split in the Solidaire du Chocolat
• The World’s best are gathering in Annapolis
• Back in the water and in Court for the America’s Cup

DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program hosted by Sébastien Destremau in both French and English and dubbed in German by Tim Kroger.

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FRANÇAIS ICI : Bienvenue cette semaine à Perth pour DesTopNews 45, semaine du 26 octobre 2009: Au sommaire de cette semaine
• Le retour du Chevalier jaune dans le Circuit européen des Longtze
• Deux sur deux pour Team Finland dans la Clipper Race
• Thomas Ruyant Roi de la Transat 650
• L’Australie règne en maitre à Genève
• Scission dans la Solidaire Chocolat
• Les meilleurs du monde se réunissent à Annapolis
• Et le retour sur l'eau et aux tribunaux dans L’America’s Cup
DesTopNews est un JT nautique hebdomadaire présenté en Anglais et Français par Sébastien Destremau et doublé en allemand par Tim Kroger.

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DEUTSCH HIER: Willkommen in Perth Western Australia für das Programm 50 dieser Woche:
• Der gelbe Ritter ist zurück im Longtze Europa Zirkus
• Team Finland mit Doppelschlag im Clipper race
• Thomas Ruyant – der neue König des Minitransat
• Australien dominiert in Genf
• Getrennte Wege im Solidaire du Chocolat
• Die weltbesten treffen sich in Annapolis
• Zurück auf dem Wasser aber auch im Gerichtssaal beim America’s Cup

Die DesTopNews sind eine wöchentliche Segelschau, die von Sébastien Destremau in Französisch und Englisch präsentiert und von Tim Kröger mit deutschen Kommentaren versehen werden.

Déclaration de la Société Nautique de Genève sur le défi fiduciaire du GGYC

“En déposant leur huitième action en justice contre le Defender de l'America's Cup en deux ans, Larry Ellison et son Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) démontrent une fois de plus que leur véritable intention est de gagner le plus prestigieux trophée nautique dans les tribunaux plutôt que sur l'eau. Après avoir échoué dans leurs tentatives de contourner les termes fixés par le Deed of Gift, Ellison cherche maintenant à arracher la Coupe à la Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) avec une nouvelle série d'allégations sans fondement", a déclaré Fred Meyer, Vice-Président de la Société Nautique de Genève.

"En tant que double vainqueur de l'America's Cup et organisateur de ce qui fut largement reconnu comme la meilleure édition de l'America's Cup à Valencia en Espagne en 2007, la SNG et Alinghi continueront de se battre pour leurs droits légitimes afin de promouvoir la voile sportive dans le monde entier. Nous espérons que le GGYC abandonnera cette conduite anti-sportive et choisira alors soit de rejoindre la compétition sur le plan d'eau de Ras al-Khaïma en février prochain, soit de laisser la place à d'autres équipes qui souhaitent participer au défi pour la Coupe".

"BMW Oracle devrait balayer son attitude anti-sportive avec une bonne dose d'eau salée et de soleil et venir se battre sur l'eau pour la Coupe. Ou alors ils devraient se retirer et laisser d'autres équipes régater", a ajouté Brad Butterworth, skipper de l'équipe Alinghi.

"La plainte est une insulte à l'America's Cup, aux Émirats Arabes Unis, aux relations de notre pays avec un allié important, et au processus judiciaire. C'est simplement un coup médiatique. Il n'y a rien dans cette plainte qui ne fasse pas déjà l'objet de poursuites passées ou en cours. En fait, le GGYC ne veut pas affronter la SNG sur l'eau, après avoir privé 19 autres clubs du droit de régater et démis des centaines de marins et de participants de l'industrie nautique", a conclu le principal avocat de la Société Nautique de Genève, Barry Ostrager, de Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
 Eugenia Manzanas de las Heras
Alinghi

BREACH OF FIDUCIARY SUIT FILED AGAINST AMERICA'S CUP TRUSTEE

Reckless and repeated disregard in its stewardship of the America’s Cup by the Société Nautique de Geneve (SNG) has prompted the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) to ask the New York Supreme Court to remove the Swiss yacht club from its position as Trustee in a Breach of Fiduciary Duty complaint filed today.

In its place, GGYC – the Challenger of Record the 33^rd America’s Cup - has requested the Court to appoint a faithful, fit and proper substitute to oversee the next Match to be sailed in 2010, starting 8 February.

A new Trustee would provide equitable terms for both competitors, something SNG has denied GGYC by its orchestration and manipulation of the rules and processes designed to ensure that the defending sailing team, Alinghi, can not lose.

GGYC, and its sailing team, BMW ORACLE Racing, remain committed to sailing the Match on the dates in February 2010 set by the Court. There is no desire by this action to change Alinghi’s role as SNG’s sailing team and defender.

Foremost among a catalogue of failures of SNG and listed in a Breach of Fiduciary Duty complaint are:

 

• Offering the America’s Cup hosting rights in order to extract secret commercial deals

 

• Repeated attempts to seize control of the rules and officiating processes to ensure that Alinghi can not lose

 

• Moves to disqualify GGYC’s yacht despite assurances to the New York Supreme Court that this would not happen

 

• Selecting Ras Al Khaimah for the 33^rd Cup to further its own business interests whilst exposing GGYC to unnecessary danger

 

“Winning the Cup brings not just honor and pride, but responsibilities too. The honor may have gone, but the responsibilities remain,” said Russell Coutts, Skipper and Chief Executive of GGYC’s challenging team, BMW ORACLE Racing.

“The America’s Cup is meant to be hard to win, not impossible to lose,” added Coutts.

The complaint also states that the America’s Cup was used as a powerful bargaining chip to extract enormous commercial benefits through secret and complex side deals in selecting Valencia and Ras Al Khaimah as host venues for the 32^nd and 33^rd Matches.

 

It is clear that entities associated with Ernesto Bertarelli leveraged the America’s Cup for gain.

 

“SNG says it has the right to change the rules for the America’s Cup races at any time and select all the umpires. It’s like letting the Phillies change the rules for the World Series after it starts and select all the umpires,” said David Boies, chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner.

 

“Basic fairness and sportsmanship require that a contest be played with set rules and judged by umpires free of interference. The Courts have already had to stop SNG from negotiating unfair rules with a sham competitor orchestrated by SNG. We hope that SNG will now abandon its efforts to win with rule manipulations and back-room deals. Let the best boat win on the water,” added Boies.

 

GGYC is also contesting SNG’s choice of Ras Al Khaimah in a separate case before the New York Supreme Court because it is in direct contravention of the Deed of Gift’s clear stipulation that the Cup can only be sailed in the Northern Hemisphere between 1 May and 1 November.

 

Nevertheless as Trustee, and in breach of its duty, SNG did not consult GGYC at any stage in selecting Ras Al Khaimah, a location it knew did not meet the clear language of the Deed of Gift and one which exposes the American challenger to unnecessary danger.

 

SNG’s actions since winning the America’s Cup in 2003 and defending it 2007 has brought a clamor of complaint from the sailing community around the world.

"Ernesto Bertarelli has taken advantage of the Cup holder’s inherent competitive balance in the Deed of Gift to absurd and obscene levels. By his actions on land he has tried to make sure that he can not be beaten on the water,” commented Bill Koch, whose America³ team was the successful defender of the America’s Cup in 1992.

 

Italy’s Vincenzo Onorato, a three-time challenger, said of Alinghi’s proposed rules for the next Cup: “This is the most unsporting document ever done.”

 

The America’s Cup has prospered for 158 years, despite the American Civil War, two World Wars and several economic depressions.

The oldest international trophy in sport is now in peril because of the selfish and self-serving acts of the Swiss yacht club, its representative sailing team Alinghi, America’s Cup Management (both controlled by Ernesto Bertarelli) and other affiliates.

 

 

Golden Gate Yacht Club:

Jane Eagleson

www.ggyc.com

Statement from Société Nautique de Genève on GGYC fiduciary challenge

By filing their eighth legal action against the Defender of the America's Cup in two years, Larry Ellison and his Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) have demonstrated yet again that their true intention is to win sailing's most prestigious trophy in court instead of on the water. After failing in their attempts to circumvent the terms set in the governing Deed of Gift, Ellison is now seeking to snatch the Cup from Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) with a new round of baseless allegations,” said Fred Meyer, Société Nautique de Genève Vice-Commodore. “As two-time winner of the America's Cup and organiser of what was widely considered the most successful America's Cup event ever in Valencia, Spain, in 2007, SNG and Alinghi will continue to fight for their legitimate rights in order to promote the sport of sailing around the world. We hope that GGYC will abandon this unsportsmanlike conduct and either join the competition on the waters off Ras Al Khaimah this February or let other teams who want to participate challenge for the Cup,” he concluded.

Alinghi team skipper Brad Butterworth said: “BMW Oracle should clean up their unsportsmanlike behaviour with a dose of saltwater and sunshine and challenge for the Cup on the water. Otherwise they should stand aside and let other teams compete.”

 

"The complaint is an affront to the America's Cup, to the UAE, to our country's relationship with an important ally, and to the judicial process. It is just a PR stunt. There is nothing in the complaint that hasn't been the subject of prior or pending legal proceedings. Basically, GGYC doesn't want to race SNG on the water after it disenfranchised 19 other clubs from competing in an elimination series and dislocated hundreds of sailors and participants in the sailing industry,” concluded lead counsel for the Société Nautique de Genève, Barry Ostrager of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

 

 Daphne Morgan Barnicoat
Alinghi

BOR - Readying for a return to the water.

The BMW ORACLE Racing team is putting the final touches on the latest modifications to its trimaran, the BOR 90, before it returns to the water to resume testing ahead of the 33rd America's Cup Match.

John Kostecki (USA) is the team's tactician and he's excited by the prospect of returning to the water next week as the team continues its preparations for the February Match.

 The boat has been 'on the hard' for a month and extensive modifications have been made, including the addition of an engine, major changes to the deck configuration and layout on board and reworking of numerous on-board systems. When the team resumes training, the sailing crew will be without the grinders as they have been replaced by the engine.

 He says while the boat has undergone extensive modifications this month, the crew was already thinking about how it would sail in the new configuration during its last testing session in September.

"We have made big changes but I think we were mentally prepared for the new systems on the boat," he said. "As we were winding down the last session, we were thinking about how the boat would be sailed after the changes. So I think we're as prepared as we could be for it and we're looking forward to sailing this new configuration.

"Some of the guys have been lending a hand with the work on the boat, so that helps in the sense that they're already quite familiar with it. We know it's a big change, but we think it's an important move, and hopefully things are going to happen a bit faster on the boat with the engine."

 When the team resumes testing early next week Kostecki says he expects to have immediate feedback as to how beneficial the latest changes have been.

 "Normally we can tell right away," he said. "This boat is revolutionary and any small change usually results in a pretty big difference. It's a lot different compared to the last Cup boats when many times you'd make changes, but it would be very hard to measure the gains; it was hard to see and sometimes, you really didn't know if you'd made a gain or not. That's certainly not the case with this boat."

 With the America's Cup scheduled for early February, time is now at a premium, and Kostecki doesn't expect any further breaks before the Match.

 "These past few weeks were our chance for the sailing team to re-charge the batteries. We know we'll be on a big push from now until the end," he said. "As in past America's Cups, boat speed wins races, so we're working very hard on making this boat as fast as we can over the next couple of months."

 

BMW Oracle Racing

Open letter from Brad Butterworth

Seven-time participant to the America’s Cup and four-time winner

In Defence of Mr. Schuyler’s Deed

Some have been calling for a rewrite of the America’s Cup Deed of Gift, offering the Defender their own vision for the sailing competition. These shrill calls have been common before every match in recent times, usually from those with no record of success in the Cup. Claims of imminent death of America’s Cup competition have always proven to be greatly exaggerated.

Two American yacht clubs: the New York Yacht Club and the San Diego Yacht Club held the America’s Cup between them for 140 years. For them everything was perfect, “the wind was in their sails,” as some would say. There were no calls then to strip the winner of its trusteeship, to strip the winner of organising the next regatta or for an independent entity to manage the America’s Cup (although they perhaps did pass a few of those Trustee Interpretive Resolutions to keep the challengers at bay.) Now the Cup is again in foreign hands and after nine failed American challenges to get the Cup back – all failing even to make it to the match – it is time (according to some Americans and their fellow travellers) while their tenth challenge is in progress to rewrite the Deed of Gift; to strip the winner of its fruits of victory, making it easier for a challenger to win. If the Deed and the competition it created are really that defective, where were all those reforms when the Cup was in American hands? The answer of course is that it is not defective. The answer is that a few are still having difficulty adjusting to losing the Cup and failing to get it back again. They are now seeking to make winning it easier.

It is important not to judge and write off the competition based on the present difficulties, which will soon pass, but instead to judge with the wider perspective of 150 years of competition. Yes, there have been in our time two rogue challenges without mutual consent and both of those challengers dragged the competition through the courts, but within the 150 year time frame of the competition, these are only brief exceptions, although we all agree it is twice too many. If there is to be a change, all that is needed to help keep disputes out of the courts is to add a simple arbitration clause to the Deed for speedy dispute resolution within the sport so that competition remains on the water. For sure the Deed is not perfect, but it is hardly broken down and in need of major surgery or the wholesale butchery that some now propose.

The mutual consent clause is the key to the Deed, it enables the competition to move and respond to changing times and circumstances. What may look like a good idea now may not be in 10, 50 or 100 years time. The last thing any generation should do is lock in and impose its will on future generations. If anyone wants to manage the competition differently – go and win the Cup and agree it with your challenger of record, it is really that simple. But please don’t pretend to be George Schuyler and paste the vision of what you think the America’s Cup should be on to his Deed. No one is stopping anyone from acquiring a trophy, pen and paper, and creating another competition. Just don’t try to steal Mr Schulyer’s competition to seek credibility for your own.

The America’s Cup is a tough demanding competition. It is, to use the words of my friend and broadcaster P.J. Montgomery, “the Everest of sailing”. These days, however, anyone’s granny can get dragged up Everest for a fee. The Cup, to continue PJ’s climbing analogy, is more like K2: difficult, technical and merciless, and must remain so. The old phrase “there is no second” truly captures the demanding and ruthless spirit of the competition. Defeating the Defender with all its advantages is an essential part of the foundation, history and fabric of the Cup. For those who seek a level playing field, go and race in any of the numerous competitions that exist in the world. Of course what often happens are those that are successful, end up competing in the America’s Cup because it is the ultimate sailing challenge and the ultimate proving ground, with real rewards for the successful. Lowering the mountain serves no one.

When I think of Larry Ellison’s litigious challenge, I am reminded of a comment made by my old friend Dennis Conner in his great book of 1998 “The America’s Cup: The History of Sailing’s Greatest Competition in the Twentieth Century”. He said of the lack of success of our early Kiwi challenges for the Cup:

“Sir Michael [Fay], however would be condemned to repeat the past: This “backdoor man,” who came to Perth with a plastic 12-Metre in 1986-87, and to San Diego with a superyacht in 1988, returned to San Diego in 1992, as we will see, with an oddly designed boat that flew and jibed its spinnaker in an unorthodox fashion. Once the Kiwis came in through the “front door” in 1995, they left with the America’s Cup.”

Great sportsmen seek victory on the field of play, or in our sport; on the high seas. A sportsman seeking to win through the courts or through what Dennis called the “backdoor” only demeans themselves as sportsmen and taints any victory, as well as the sport.

Having challenged for and defended the America’s Cup successfully, I have always found it has been won by designing and building the fastest boat and sailing with the best team. It is hard to win, as it should be for such a trophy. Reducing the challenge might make the conquest easier, but gone is the attraction and achievement.

Changing the Deed to make it easier for challengers to win only cheapens the America’s Cup and reduces George Schuyler’s challenge to succeeding generations of yachtsmen and yachtswomen to emulate America’s 1851 victory to the realms of the ordinary and mundane.

www.alinghi.com

DesTopNews N°49

ENGLISH HERE: Welcome in Perth Western Australia for DesTopNews 49, week commencing October 19h
• Roma, the champion of the GP42 Global Cup in Lanzarote
• The messy Doldrums in the Transat 650
• Samba dance in Rio and Stealth for the Clippers
• Huge storm ahead for the Solidare du Chocolat
• World record breaker IDEC on route to Mauritius
• Alinghi’s first sail in Ras Al Khaima
DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program hosted by Sébastien Destremau in both French and English and dubbed in German by Tim Kroger.

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FRANÇAIS ICI: Bienvenue cette semaine à Perth en Australie occidentale pour DesTopNews 49, de semaine du 19 octobre 2009:
• Roma, champion de la GP42 Gold Cup à Lanzarote
• Le Pot au Noir met le désordre dans la Transat 650
• La Samba à Rio et le mode furtif pour les Clippers
• L'énorme tempête de la Solidaire du Chocolat
• IDEC sur la route de l’ile Maurice
• Première navigation d'Alinghi à Ras Al Khaima

DesTopNews est un JT nautique hebdomadaire présenté en Anglais et Français par Sébastien Destremau et doublé en allemand par Tim Kroger.

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DEUTSCH HIER: Willkommen in Perth Western Australia für das Programm dieser Woche:
• Roma, Sieger beim GP42 Global Cup in Lanzarote
• Die schwierigen Doldrums beim Mini Transat
• Samba Tänze und Stealth Mode beim Clipper Race
• Schwerer Sturm für das Solidare de Chocolat
• Rekordbrecher IDEC auf dem Weg nach Mauritius
• Alinghis erster Probeschlag in Ras Al Khaima

Alinghi begins training in Ras Al Khaimah, 33rd America's Cup Venue

The Defender of the 33rd America's Cup set sail today for the start of AC training in Emirati waters

 

Ras Al Khaimah, UAE - (2009-10-17)

Alinghi, the 33rd America's Cup Defender, cast off from the America's Cup Island of Al Hamra this morning and set sail for its first training day in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

“The conditions are ideal here for these boats,” said Brad Butterworth, Alinghi team skipper, “exactly the building sea breeze that we hoped for which means we can sail as much as six days a week; it couldn't be better for what we are trying to achieve.” The giant catamaran Alinghi 5 arrived in the Emirates from Europe on 30 September after a 12 day, 4,400nm voyage and since then the team has relocated, reassembled the boat and prepared it for the four-month training session ahead of the first race of the 33rd America's Cup in February 2010.

“I would like to thank Ras Al Khaimah, the United Arab Emirates, his Highness Sheikh Saud, his Highness Sheikh Omar and Dr Massaad among many others. This is a fantastic venue for the America's Cup. It is work in progress, but what has been achieved so far is second to none. It's an honour and a pleasure to be here and I can't wait to get sailing,” said Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi team president, at a press conference in Al Hamra Village on Saturday. “Some of the things I see from BMW Oracle read like the trailer of a Hollywood movie, do they really think we and the rest of the world ignore the fact that 40% of the world oil traffic goes through the Strait of Hormuz and as many goods are coming in to provide for what is the fastest growing region in the world over the last 10 years? If the Strait or this area had any security issues, we would know about it. So I say: Come on BMW Oracle, Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts and Tom Ehman; let's get real and let's get sailing. Stop inventing things for the sake of it.”

Preparations for the America's Cup continue apace, both on Al Hamra Island, home to the team bases, and within Al Hamra Village where the teams and America's Cup visitors will be accommodated over the next few months. The infrastructure is tailor-made for the event, courtesy of Ras Al Khaimah and Dr Khater Massaad, Advisor to H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, whose support has been invaluable. “We are proud to host such a world-acclaimed sporting event and welcome Alinghi with open arms,” said Dr Massaad, “we just hope to be able to welcome BMW Oracle, the challenger, soon in order to finalise preparations at their base on Al Hamra America's Cup Island. The government of Ras Al Khaimah and the UAE guarantee the security of both teams in the lead up and during the Cup,” he declared.

Grant Simmer, Alinghi's design team coordinator, has been on site during the early preparations and is delighted at the speed that work has progressed: “The difference between when we arrived here and now is amazing. The support from everyone involved in Ras Al Khaimah has been incomparable and we look forward to a successful America's Cup Match in February 2010.”

Alinghi will now settle in to a training schedule towards the America's Cup Match.

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Daphne Morgan Barnicoat
Alinghi

DesTopNews N°48

ENGLISH HERE: In this week’s show:
• Matador’s hold up at the TP52 World Championship in Palma
• Another Gold medal for Ben Ainslie in Bermuda
• A Dramatic finish in the iShares Cup in Spain
• The Transat 650 is running out of wind
• Half the Clippers got istuck in the Doldrums
• Alinghi latest’s bombshell in the America’s Cup

DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program hosted by Sébastien Destremau in both French and English and dubbed in German by Tim Kroger.


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FRANÇAIS ICI : Au sommaire cette semaine :
• Le holdup de Matador au Championnat du Monde des TP 52 à Palma
• Une nouvelle médaille d'or pour Ben Ainslie aux Bermudes
• Un final a coupé le souffle de l'iShares Cup en Espagne
• La Transat 650 est à court de vent
• La moitié des Clippers restent coincé dans le Pot au Noir
• La dernière bombe d’Alinghi dans l'America's Cup
En attendant, Bienvenue à Palma de Mallorca pour le Championnat du Monde des TP52 à bord de Paprec Recyclage. Nous reviendrons sur cet événement la semaine prochaine. DesTopNews est un JT nautique hebdomadaire présenté en Anglais et Français par Sébastien Destremau et doublé en allemand par Tim Kroger.


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DEUTSCH HIER: In dem Programm dieser Woche:
• Matador siegt bei der TP52 WM in Plama
• Eine weitere Goldmedaille für Ben Ainslie in Bermuda
• Ein dramatisches Endergebnis beim iShares Cup in Spanien
• Das Minitransat segelt in die Flaute
• Die halbe Clipper Flotte liegt in den Doldrums fest
• Und Alinghis letzte Bombe im America’s Cup.

ALL4ONE: A NEW TEAM IS BORN

A new era has come, a new top level sailing team is born, gathering its members under the name of ALL4ONE

Imagine two nations that created the greatest success in the history of the European industry. Imagine two nations teaming up again to launch the first (but long awaited) sailing team of its kind.

That’s no imagination any more as another French-German connection is turning a vision to reality. Two sailing enthusiasts, Stephan Kandler (CEO of K-Challenge) from France and three times Olympic Champion and two times America’s Cup winner Jochen Schümann from Germany, teamed up to create the sailing campaign ALL4ONE which will stand out in the future.

Driven by congenial virtues and excellence in sailing, ALL4ONE has the goal to take up the most challenging and demanding achievements of international team sailing. And the story starts now with the participation of ALL4ONE in the Louis Vuitton Trophy.

Stephane Kandler, K-Challenge's CEO : “This is an important step in our history after 20 years of investment and involvement in sailing first through K-Yachting our charter company created in 1989 and then K-Challenge who has participated in the last America's Cup. We know each other with Jochen since a long time and finally we realized that we had a close vision and that we were complementary. France and Germany have many good sailors and those two countries have always been the leaders for European major projects, so we are now on the way to launch the foundation of a new international sailing force based on French-German background. This is why we decided to join forces: He will manage the technical and sailing area and I will take care of the management part. With our assets from the last America's Cup, our common experience and all the other people working with us (like the French Sailing Federation, FFV), ALL4ONE is a trustful and powerful platform offering new opportunities for sponsors in our sport. And we are proud that our historical partners Canal+ and Saint Honoré watches are now joined by adidas, which is one of the biggest brands in sport.”

Jochen Schümann, Skipper and Sport Director : “ALL4ONE will build a new sailing team platform based on inspiration, respect, innovation and performance.

We have set our priorities on four international sailing circuits – Louis Vuitton Trophy, TP52, RC44, World Match Racing Tour – around which we build our team, perform against best sailors of the world and be present for our partners and visible for public all year around.

One common objective is leading us – becoming number ONE.”

A new partner joining ALL4ONE before the Louis Vuitton Trophy starts in Nice

ALL4ONE is very proud to announce that adidas has already joined the team as Official Supplier:

“Jochen Schümann, is a world class sailor who has been part of the adidas family for the past 30 years. He works closely with us providing significant support, testimonials and advice to test and develop our perfectly crafted adidas Porsche Design Sport sailing range. We are extremely proud & grateful to have him share his and his team's sailing expertise, allowing us to continuously perfect our sailing specific products.” - Hermann Deininger, CMO, adidas Sport Style Division.

A team with a strong group of sailors able to take up any challenge

The ALL4ONE team is based on the experience of America’s Cup winners and Olympic Gold medalists as well as on the ambition of young upcoming talents, building an international team with strong roots from Europe, including sailors from France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy.

ALL4ONE's crew will be formed of :

Jean-Marie Dauris FRA – Bow (2 America's Cup campaigns)

Christophe André FRA – Mid-bow (1 America's Cup campaign, French Match Racing Team)

Michi Müller GER – Mast (1 America's Cup campaign, Volvo Ocean Race)

Albert Jacobsoone FRA – Pit (7 America's Cup campaigns)

Gilles Favennec FRA – Pit Assist (2 America's Cup campaigns, French Match Racing Team)

Carlo Castellano ITA – Grinder (3 America's Cup campaigns)

Jorge Ondo ESP – Grinder (1 America's Cup campaign)

Virgilio Torrecilla ESP – Afterguard Grinder (2 America's Cup campaigns)

Christian Scherrer SUI – Jib Trimmer (3 America's Cup campaigns, 1 win, Whitbread)

Matti Paschen GER – Spinnaker Trimmer (1 America's Cup campaign)

Peter van Niekerk NED – Mainsail Grinder (2 America's Cup campaigns, 2 wins)

Yann Gouniot FRA – Mainsail Trimmer (5 America's Cup campaigns, 1 win)

Jordi Calafat ESP – Traveller (1 America's Cup campaign, 1 win, Volvo Ocean Race, Olympic Gold Medalist)

Sebastien Col FRA – Helmsman (2 America's Cup campaigns, French Match Racing Team)

John Cutler NZL – Tactician (5 America's Cup campaigns, Olympic Bronze Medalist)

Philippe Mourniac FRA – Navigator (3 America's Cup campaigns, multihull)

Jochen Schümann GER – Skipper and Strategist (3 America's Cup campaigns, 2 wins, 3 times Olympic Gold Medalist, and 1 Silver Olympic medal)

Andrea Pavan ITA - Grinder (1 America's Cup campaign)

 

The ALL4ONE team has arrived today in Valencia, Spain, where the team members will take up a one week session of sea trials and testing with FRA93. The French-German team's boat will be teamed up with GBR75 to sail as a pair in the Louis Vuitton Trophy – Nice from 7 to 22 November.

ALL4ONE will proudly carry the colors of both yacht clubs Cercle de la Voile de Paris and Kieler Yacht Club:

Cercle de la Voile de Paris, was founded in 1858 and has a long and distinguished history in international sailing. The club was founder of the “One Ton Cup” and organizer of the sailing competitions of the Olympic Games held in Paris in 1924. The Cercle de la Voile de Paris was also the Yacht Club of Baron Bich, who launched the first French team participating in the America’s Cup in 1974.

Kieler Yacht-Club, Yacht Club of Kiel, is one of the oldest yacht clubs in Germany. It was founded in 1887 as “Marine Regatta Verein”. In 1891 Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II became the Commodore of the Club and the Club changed his name to “Kaiserlicher Yacht Club”. The “Kieler Yacht Club” is also well known for the annual organization of the “Keel Week”. Moreover the Olympic sailing competitions in 1936 (Berlin) and 1972 (Munich) took place in the Kiel Bay and the yacht club had a major role in the organization of the regattas.

Visit our website : www.all4onechallenge.com

Contact :

Stéphanie Nadin

ALL4ONE : UNE NOUVELLE EQUIPE EST NEE

Un nouveau jour est arrivé, une nouvelle équipe de voile de haut niveau est née, rassemblant ses membres sous les couleurs de ALL4ONE

Imaginez deux nations à l’origine des plus grands succès de l’histoire de l’industrie européenne. Imaginez ces deux mêmes nations faisant à nouveau équipe pour lancer la première équipe de voile de son genre.

Ce n'est pas une utopie : grâce à un nouveau concept Franco-Allemand, cette vision devient une réalité.

Deux grands noms de la voile, le Français Stéphane Kandler (CEO de K-Challenge), et Jochen Schümann, triple Champion Olympique Allemand et double vainqueur de l’America’s Cup, ont uni leurs forces pour créer ALL4ONE, une équipe porteuse d'un nouveau concept dans la voile de haut niveau qui marquera l’avenir.

Construite autour de valeurs communes et de l’excellence dans la voile de haut niveau, ALL4ONE a pour objectif de participer aux épreuves les plus prestigieuses et les plus exigeantes de la voile internationale en équipage. Et l’histoire débute dès maintenant avec la participation de ALL4ONE au Louis Vuitton Trophy.

Stéphane Kandler, CEO K-Challenge : “C'est une étape très importante dans notre histoire après 20 ans d'investissement et d'implication dans la voile, tout d'abord à travers notre société de location K-Yachting créée en 1989, puis K-Challenge qui a participé à la dernière America's Cup. Nous nous connaissons depuis longtemps avec Jochen, et nous avons réalisé que nous avions une vision très proche, mais surtout que nous étions complémentaires. La France et l'Allemagne comptent nombre d'excellents marins et ces deux pays ont toujours été leaders dans les grands projets européens. Nous suivons cette voie pour mettre en place dès maintenant les fondations d'une nouvelle force dans la voile internationale, basée sur une coopération Franco-Allemande. C'est pourquoi nous avons décidé d'unir nos forces: Jochen prend la direction technique et sportive, et je suis en charge du management. Avec nos actifs de la dernière America's Cup,, notre expérience commune et tous ceux qui travaillent avec nous (telle que la Fédération Française de Voile), ALL4ONE est une plateforme fiable et puissante qui offre de nouvelles opportunités pour les sponsors dans notre sport. Nous sommes également fiers que nos partenaires historiques Canal+ et les montres Saint Honoré soient à présent rejoints par adidas, qui est l'une des plus grandes marques du sport.”

Jochen Schümann, Skipper et Directeur Sportif : “ALL4ONE est une nouvelle plateforme de voile basée sur l'inspiration, le respect, l'innovation et la performance.

Nous avons défini nos priorités autour de quatre grands circuits internationaux – Louis Vuitton Trophy, TP52, RC44, World Match Racing Tour – autour desquels nous construisons notre équipe, nous régatons contre les meilleurs marins du monde, et enfin nous offrons de la visibilité à nos partenaires ainsi qu'une histoire que le public peut suivre toute l'année.

Un seul objectif commun nous anime – devenir l'équipe numéro UN.”

Un nouveau partenaire rejoint ALL4ONE avant le Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice

ALL4ONE est fier d'annoncer qu'adidas rejoint l'équipe en tant que Fournisseur Officiel :

« Jochen Schümann est l'un des meilleurs marins du monde qui fait partie de la famille adidas depuis près de 30 ans. Nous travaillons en étroite collaboration et il nous apporte un soutien important, à travers son retour d'expérience et ses conseils pour tester et développer notre ligne aux finitions soignées : la ligne voile sportive adidas Porsche Design. Nous sommes extrêmement fiers et reconnaissants que Jochen et son équipe partagent leur expertise avec nous, ce qui nous permet de perfectionner en permanence nos produits spécifiques pour la voile. » - Hermann Deininger, CMO, adidas Sport Style Division.

Une équipe avec un groupe de marins de haut niveau capables de relever n'importe quel challenge

L'équipe ALL4ONE est basée sur l’expérience de vainqueurs de l’America’s Cup et de Champions Olympiques, mais aussi sur le talent et l’ambition d’une nouvelle génération, constituant une équipe internationale avec de fortes racines Européennes à travers des régatiers d’origines Française, Allemande, Suisse, Néerlandaise, Espagnole ou Italienne.

L'équipe ALL4ONE sera composée de :

Jean-Marie Dauris FRA – Numéro un (2 America's Cup)

Christophe André FRA – Plage avant (1 America's Cup, Equipe de France de Match Racing)

Michi Müller GER – Mât (1 America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race)

Albert Jacobsoone FRA – Piano (7 America's Cup)

Gilles Favennec FRA – Piano Assist (2 America's Cup, Equipe de France de Match Racing)

Carlo Castellano ITA – Wincheur (3 America's Cup)

Jorge Ondo ESP – Wincheur (1 America's Cup)

Virgilio Torrecilla ESP – Wincheur/Bastaqueur (2 America's Cup)

Christian Scherrer SUI – Régleur de génois (3 America's Cup - 1 victoire, Whitbread)

Matti Paschen GER – Régleur de spi (1 America's Cup)

Peter van Niekerk NED – Wincheur de grand voile (2 America's Cup - 2 victoires)

Yann Gouniot FRA – Régleur de grand voile (5 America's Cup - 1 victoire)

Jordi Calafat ESP – Chariot de grand voile (1 America's Cup - 1 victoire, Volvo Ocean Race, 1 Médaille d'Or Olympique)

Sebastien Col FRA – Barreur (2 America's Cup, Equipe de France de Match Racing)

John Cutler NZL – Tacticien (5 America's Cup, Médaille Olympique de Bronze)

Philippe Mourniac FRA – Navigateur (3 America's Cup, multicoque)

Jochen Schümann GER – Skipper et Stratège (3 America's Cup - 2 victoires, 3 Médailles d'Or Olympique, et 1 Médaille d'Argent Olympique)

Andrea Pavan ITA - Wincheur (1 America's Cup)

L'équipe ALL4ONE est arrivée aujourd'hui à Valencia, en Espagne, où les membres de l'équipe vont participer à une session d'essais et de tests à bord de FRA93. Le bateau de l'équipe Franco-Allemande sera associé à GBR75 en tant que bateau officiel pour naviguer sur le Louis Vuitton Trophy – Nice du 7 au 22 novembre.

ALL4ONE portera avec fierté les couleurs de ses deux yacht clubs le Cercle de la Voile de Paris et le Kieler Yacht Club :

Le Cercle de Voile de Paris, a été fondé en 1858. Très impliqué dans les grandes régates internationales, il a été notamment à l’origine de la création de la One Ton Cup et organisateur des épreuves de voile lors des Jeux Olympiques de Paris en 1924. C’était aussi le Yacht Club du Baron Bich, qui a lancé la première équipe Française dans l'America's Cup en 1974.

Le Kieler Yacht-Club est l’un des plus anciens yacht clubs d'Allemagne. Il a été fondé en 1887 en tant que “Marine Regatta Verein”, c'est à dire une association de régatiers. En 1891, l'Empereur Friedrich Wilhelm II devient le Commodore du Club qui prend le nom de “Kaiserlicher Yacht Club”. Le Kieler Yacht Club est aussi très connu pour l’organisation annuelle de la célèbre “Kiel Week”, et il a joué un rôle très important dans l’organisation des épreuves Olympiques de voile lors des Jeux de Berlin en 1936 et de Munich en 1972, qui se déroulaient dans la baie de Kiel.

Nouveau site web : www.all4onechallenge.com

Contact :

Stéphanie Nadin

DesTopNews N°47

ENGLISH HERE: DesTopNews 47, for week commencing October 5th is taking you this week to :
• to Slovenia for the RC44 Portoroz Cup
• the Voiles de St Tropez in France.
• the restart of the Mini Transat 650 in Funchal,
• Porto Cervo in Sardenia for the Melges 32 World
• Alinghi arriving in Ras Al Kaimah
• the latest in the America’s Cup legal battle.
Meanwhile, Welcome in Palma de Mallorca onboard Paprec Recyclage for the TP52 World Championship. We’ll have a better look at this event next week.
DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program hosted by Sébastien Destremau in both French and English and dubbed in German by Tim Kroger.

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FRANÇAIS ICI : DesTopNews 47, pour la semaine du 5 octobre 2009 vous emmène à :
• Slovénie pour la RC44 Portoroz Cup
• Les Voiles de St Tropez en France.
• Funchal sur l’ile de Madeire pour la deuxième étape de la Transat 650,
• Porto Cervo en Sardaigne pour le Championnat du Monde des Melges 32
• L’arriver d’Alinghi à Ras Al Kaimah
• et le nouveau procès de l'America's Cup.
En attendant, Bienvenue à Palma de Mallorca pour le Championnat du Monde des TP52 à bord de Paprec Recyclage. Nous reviendrons sur cet événement la semaine prochaine. DesTopNews est un JT nautique hebdomadaire présenté en Anglais et Français par Sébastien Destremau et doublé en allemand par Tim Kroger.

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DEUTSCH HIER: Willkommen an Bord der Paprec Recyclage vor Mallorca bei der Weltmeisterschaft der TP52. Nächste Woche werden wir berichten. Diese Woche gehen wir nach Slovenien zum RC44 Cup und zu den Klassikern der Voile de St.Tropez. Der zweite Etappenstart der MiniTransat steht in Funchal an und in Sardinien besuchen wir die Melges 32 WM. Zum Schluß blicken wir nach Ras Al Kaimah und sind bei der Ankunft Alinghis dabei und werfen einen Blick auf die letzten gerichtlichen Auseinandersetzungen des Cups.