DesTopNews N°8-2010

ENGLISH HERE: Welcome for your DesTopNews N°8 - Week commencing February 22nd - DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program released each Wednesday and translated into German by Tim Kroger. It brings around the world sailing news to viewers and is hosted by Sebastien Destremau in French and English.

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FRANÇAIS ICI : Bienvenue pour votre DesTopNews N ° 8 - Semaine du 22 Février - 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: Herzlich willkommen zu Ihrer Ausgabe von DesTopNews Nr.8 - für die Woche ab dem 22. Februar - Die DesTopNews sind eine wöchentliche Segelschau, die von Sébastien Destremau in Französisch und Englisch präsentiert und von Tim Kröger mit deutschen Kommentaren versehen werden.

33rd America's Cup - Valencia Daily

DesTopNews N°7-2010

ENGLISH HERE: Hola - Welcome in Valencia for a DestopNews N°7 special America’s cup – Week commencing February 15
What a magnificent 33rd America’s Cup it has been!!
With two completely different platforms and two years of blind developments, both races were as fascinating and close as any other America’s cup match.
DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program released each Wednesday and translated into German by Tim Kroger. It brings around the world sailing news to viewers and is hosted by Sebastien Destremau in French and English.


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FRANÇAIS ICI : Hola - Bienvenue à Valence pour un DesTopNews N°7 spécial America’s Cup – Semaine du 15 février
Quelle magnifique 33e America's Cup!
Avec deux plates-formes totalement différentes, deux ans d’'évolution en aveugle, les deux manches de la 33e America’s Cup ont été passionnantes à suivre.
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: Hola und willkommen zu DesTopNews Nr 7 America’s Cup Spezial für die Woche ab dem 15ten Februar.
Was für ein America’s Cup! Jeder der glaubte, das MatchRacing in Multihulls langweilig sei muß definitiv umdenken. Mit zwei so unterschiedlichen Booten und der geradezu blinden Entwicklung von zwei Jahren waren beide Rennen so spannend wie jedes andere, normale America’s Cup Match.
Die DesTopNews sind eine wöchentliche Segelschau, die von Sébastien Destremau in Französisch und Englisch präsentiert und von Tim Kröger mit deutschen Kommentaren versehen werden.

The 33rd America's Cup in Numbers

The second successive victory for BMW ORACLE Racing against Alinghi on Sunday 14th February 2010 marked the end of the 33rd America’s Cup in Valencia. As an international sporting event it was without precedent in terms of the organization.

 

One month before Consorcio Valencia 2007 jointly with an international team of specialists staged a global event which again placed Valencia on the world stage.

 

The Société Nautique de Geneve delegated the land-side organization of the 33rd America’s Cup to Consorcio Valence 2007.

 

On 7th February the Port America' S Cup located in the Marina Real Juan Carlos I of Valencia inaugurated the 33e edition of the oldest international sporting trophy in the world in front of more than 60.000 people.

 

Over 10 days, more than 150 people of 10 nationalities were engaged in the smooth operation on the ground  of an event which welcome over 200, 000 visitors and which concluded with the ceremony of handing-over of the spectacular trophy crowned by an exceptional fireworks display.

 

TV

39 TV channels acquired the broadcasting rights : Sky (Great Britain), Canal + (France), Teledeporte and Canal 9 (Spain), Eurosport (Europe), Show Time (the Middle East), ESPN (the USA) FOX Live (Australia), TVNZ and Sky (New Zealand).

15 hours of live broadcasting to 216 territories

27 hours of special programs

2,160 million potential viewing audience.

 

INTERNET (www.americascup.com)

2,800,000 visits

1,200,000 unique visitors

656,000 unique visitors watched the live racing direct through the official web site

(this audience does not include the streaming broadcasting by 350 other Internet sites worldwide)

346,000 was the record number of unique visitors, occurring on the 12 of February 16,000 Facebook fans and 13,000 followers on Twitter in the three official languages of all the communication of the Web (Spanish, English and French)

More than 300 articles published more in three languages on www.americascup.com

 

PUBLIC AT THE MARINA REAL JUAN CARLOS 1(from the 7th to the 14th of February)

Global number of visitors: 201,000 between the 7th the 14th of February

Record: 7th of February 2007 - 60,000 people at the event inauguration

More than 2,000 children of Valencian schools in organized visits

More than 1,200 hamburgers more served

More 5,000 served plates of paella

More than 800 fondues (150 kg of cheese) served

More than 1,400 kilos of powder in `mascletás'

 

PRESS CENTRE

965 Requests accreditation requests from 37 countries (Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Great Britain, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, the Faeroes, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Holland, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Islands Vírgenes and the Ukraine)

More than 8,000 articles were published

400 daily users connected to the Internet to the Wi-Fi network of 120 Mbs

10 kilometers of optical fiber installed

15 official Vehicles that have realised 13,244 kilometers in more than 700 services

5 official press conferences in the conference hall

 

PROMOTION

2,000 sq m of canvases

500 banners

180 bus stop advertising panels

1,000 1 minute adverts of the 33rd America's Cup in the trains of the Mediterranean corridor area

Continuous advertising of 35 seconds in 345 buses of Valencia

10,000 official programs distributed.

Presence in airports of Madrid and Barcelona

 

THE REGATA – 33rd AMERICA'S CUP

2 boats: the catamaran Alinghi 5 and the trimaran the USA

2 regattas: 12th of February and 14th of February 2 formats of racing: Windward/Leeward (12th of February) and triangle (14th of February)

79 nautical miles of racing: 40 in the first and 39 in second

24 sailors in the official crew listing: 14 on Alinghi 5, 10 in the USA

2-0, the score in favor of BMW ORACLE Racing

15 minutes and 25 seconds, the delta of first race, the 12 of February

5 minutes and 29 seconds, the delta of second race, the 14 of February

 

AMERICA'S CUP

33 editions of America's Cup between 1870 and 2010

4 countries have defended the America's Cup: The United States, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland

28 editions defended by the United States: 1870 to 1983, 1988, 1992, 1995

1 edition defended by Australia: 1987

2 editions defended by New Zealand: 2000 and 2003

2 editions defended by Switzerland: 2007 and 2010

7 countries have reached the America's Cup Match (England, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and the United States)

6 venues in 159 years: New York (the USA), Newport (the USA), Fremantle (AUS), San Diego (the USA), Auckland (NZL) and Valencia (ESP) 1 trophy: the America's Cup

1 America's Cup

33rd America's Cup: BMW ORACLE Racing's USA win 33rd America's Cup Match

BMW ORACLE Racing Team’s revolutionary wing sail powered trimaran USA convincingly won Race 2 off Valencia today to win the 33rd America’s Cup match outright.

The American team, founded ten years ago by software mogul Larry Ellison, achieved its ultimate goal when they powered across the finish line of Race 2 with a margin of 5 minutes and 26 seconds to defeat the Swiss Defender’s Alinghi 2-0.

Ellison sailed on board USA today, his first America’s Cup Match race proving a winning one.

BMW ORACLE Racing become the first American team to win the America’s Cup since 1992 when America3 defeated Il Moro de Venezia off San Diego.

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Yacht Club become the 28th American Defender of the America’s Cup.

Russell Coutts, CEO of BMW ORACLE Racing, has now won the America’s Cup four times, twice with his native New Zealand, once at the helm of the Swiss Alinghi team and now masterminding the success of Ellison’s American team.

In the evening twilight the giant black and white trimaran USA speared across the finish line off Valencia, a long way ahead of the Swiss team who first won the America’s Cup in New Zealand in 2000 and then successfully defended it against Emirates Team New Zealand in July 2007.

After a delay of over six hours waiting for the SE’ly wind to settle, Race 2 of the best of three series was contested in around 6-9 knots of breeze.

The showdown immediately unfolded in dramatic fashion when Alinghi were penalised for an error in the start box, the second successive penalty during the Pre-Start sequence. USA lead off the start line by 24 seconds but the Swiss team hooked into extra wind pressure on the right side of the course and a favourable 20 degrees shift in wind direction.

They profited progressively and at one stage were some 600 metres ahead of the BMW ORACLE Racing Team’s trimaran.

Unlike Friday’s whitewash, when USA sailed steadily away from Alinghi 5, the windward leg was nailbiting right until the American trimaran was able to round the first mark with a small lead.

On the approach to the windward mark of the 39 miles triangle shaped course, USA came back when they were able to squeeze inside the line of Alinghi, to turn 28 seconds ahead. Surging to 30 knots at times on the first of two 13 miles reaches, the powerful trimaran with its 223ft high solid wing sail rig was able to gain 2 minutes and 16 seconds by the second turning mark, the gybe, going on to win by 5 minutes and 26 seconds.

Valentine’s Day sees bright sunshine and light winds this morning around the Marina Real Juan Carlos 1, the beating heart of the 33rd America’s Cup.
The forecast looks fairly promising for Race 2 which is due to start around midday, although the race committee do plan to wait until the forecasted SE’ly breeze arrives and won’t be hurried. In many respects it is a similar situation to Friday Race 1 where the offshore breeze is due to give way a breeze from the southerly quadrant.

Alinghi 5 docked out first with Swiss timing at 0900hrs to their signature Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Can’t Stop’. If this proves to be their last day as America’s Cup holders, team president Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI) wore a huge smile and looked relaxed as he stepped on board. They have the advantage of entry with right of way on starboard tack today and may try for revenge in the start box, and aim to pin a penalty of USA.

BMW ORACLE Racing’s USA crew looked equally relaxed and focussed. They left their base knowing they can make sailing history today. The triangle course is more of a challenge in terms of manoeuvres, boat handling and sailing on the tight reaches. But, once more we are heading into unknown territory. Some say Alinghi will be stronger around the reaching course, but others simply point to the extra righting moment of USA and the power to drag ratio of their wing weapon.

It could be a red letter day for Russell Coutts (NZL) the CEO of  BMW ORACLE Racing. In 1995 he skippered Black Magic to win the America’s Cup for New Zealand 5-0 against Dennis Conner’s Young America Team and in 1993 he skippered Alinghi to win the America’s Cup 5-0 for Switzerland. In

Race officer Harold Bennett (NZL) said this morning:

“ We are going out for looking to midday but I am not sure we will see the breeze by then, and we have to wait for this offshore breeze to die away and for the wind to turn into the SE, it is going to be in that quadrant, southerly or SE. So we have to wait and see until it develops.”

Provisional Deltas Race 2:
                                        Start    Mark 1    Mark 2     Final
Alinghi                    
BMW ORACLE Racing     0:24    0:28        2:44        5:26

Race 2 official crews line up:

BMW ORACLE Racing Team
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

Alinghi 5
Piet van Nieuwenhuijzen (NED),Bow 1
Curtis Blewett (CAN),Bow 2
Jan Dekker (RSA/FRA),Bow 3
Rodney Ardern (NZL),Pitman
Simon Daubney (NZL),Trimmer upwind
Nils Frei (SUI),Trimmer downwind
Warwick Fleury (NZL),Mainsail trimmer
Pierre-Yves Jorand (SUI),Traveller
Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI),Helmsman
Brad Butterworth (NZL),Tactician
Murray Jones (NZL),Strategist
Juan Vila (ESP),Navigator
Loïck Peyron (FRA),Floater
Peter Evans (NZL), Pre-start

 

Le triangle de la Coupe

La grande différence entre le parcours « aller-retour » de la manche 1 et le parcours « triangle » de la manche 2 réside dans les deux bords de reaching qui suivront le bord de près.

 

Régater à 120 degrés du vent pendant 13 milles est un réel challenge pour les deux compétiteurs. Les multicoques aiment le reaching mais à des angles si serrés, ils seront au maximum de leur puissance sous génois et ces bords pourraient bien être les plus dangereux de l’America’s Cup Match.

En effet, le risque est que la coque sous le vent n'enfourne. Grâce à sa largeur et à sa stabilité latérale, le trimaran USA devrait être plus à l’aise, alors qu’Alinghi devra compenser avec ses ballasts.

 

Plus on va vite, plus l’étrave sous le vent a tendance à plonger et il ne faudra donc pas faire d'erreur. L’équipage devra aussi se déplacer rapidement sur la plateforme pour aider à optimiser l’assiette générale du bateau."

 

 

Sebastien Destremau

 

Triangular Course

Thoughts on the key differences between the Race 1 and Race 2 Deed of Gift courses.

The major difference between this race and Race 1 sailed on Friday is the two reaching legs. Sailing at 120° angle for 13 miles will be more of a challenge for both competitors.

Multihulls are not made to sail at such tight angles and they will be massively overpowered with their genoa. These are the most dangerous legs of this America’s Cup Match as the leeward hulls will want to bury itself underwater.

USA thanks to their huge width and natural lateral stability (righting moment) should feel comfortable meanwhile Alinghi will compensate that with their ballasts.
However the danger is the faster you go the riskier it is to nose dive. At this angle the leeward hull will want to go underwater and the trick is to know whether you bear away fast or come up hard to depower –

The crews will also have to be pretty quick to adapt their trim in order to avoid the windward hull to take off too much always synonymous of speed loss.
A very interesting day here in Valencia with hopefully both boats returning safely home tonight.

Sebastien Destremau

 

La grosse dame n'a pas encore chanté

La question sur toutes les lèvres aujourd'hui est devons-nous considérer la 33e America's Cup comme déjà jouée ?

Vendredi, après avoir assisté au premier duel entre les deux géants, écouter les responsables de chaque équipe parler à la presse mais également discuter avec plusieurs spécialistes, la réponse est NON, ... avec un grand N.

Pendant les trois heures ou 40 milles de course, BMW Oracle était plus haut/plus vite au près et plus vite/plus bas au portant.

Naviguer en multicoques est une question d'équilibre entre la puissance des voiles et les dérives ou foils. Trop de l'un ou de l'autre et la coque fait le "Yoyo".

Autre fait marquant pendant cette 1ère manche : les deux équipes avaient les mêmes prévisions météorologiques donnant du vent faible et ils ont dû s'adapter lorsque le vent est monté à 14 ou 16 nœuds. 

Il est évident qu'USA pouvait régler son bateau beaucoup plus vite et enlever de la puissance quand nécessaire.

Entrant dans la ligne de départ à l'angle exact de 120 ° par rapport au vent, ils ont réussi à faire voler leur bateau alors qu'Alinghi a dû changer de cap et faire atterrir sa coque au vent brutalement pendant ce moment crucial. Un « dial up » ne faisait pas partie de la stratégie de départ américaine, mais il est inutile de demander deux fois à James Spithill de saisir une occasion pareille quand elle se présente.

Le choix entre une configuration de voiles pour vent léger avec un code zéro ou un gennaker, plus petit, avait été difficile pour l'équipe américaine. Au cours du pré-départ, le vent s'est suffisamment renforcé pour qu'USA soit sur des rails. L'équipe a reconnu avoir poussé sa machine bien au-delà des limites du raisonnable avec plusieurs des alarmes installées à bord qui se sont déclenchées pendant la course.

Naviguant sur le fil du rasoir et espérant ne rien casser, James Spithill et ses équipiers ont fait un travail remarquable en s'assurant une victoire confortable pour se retrouver a un point du match. Comme Russell Coutts le soulignait lors de la conférence de presse d'après-course. « C'est le premier jour d'une série de matchs. Demain est une nouvelle journée dans une campagne où vous devez toujours travailler pour progresser. »

Alinghi, de son côté, était dépassé par la puissance développée par la configuration choisie pour un vent plus léger. Avec leurs dérives droites, leur grand foc et leur immense gennaker, l'équipage Suisse avait du mal à maitriser sa machine.

C'était un grand jour mais pas un « grand Alinghi », complètement déséquilibré et incapable de naviguer à son meilleur niveau. Avec des voiles plus petites et des foils courbes, le comportement du catamaran aurait été sans doute différent.

Il ne fait aucun doute qu'Alinghi a le dos au mur. Cependant, les chances du double vainqueur de l'America Cup restent intactes.

« La grosse dame » n'a pas encore chanté.

 

Sebastien Destremau

 

USA - Un Zéro contre Alinghi

Après quasiment une semaine d'attente, le départ de la première manche de la 33^e America's Cup a été enfin donné vendredi à 14h35 en baie de Valence. Et quelle course, quel match !

 

Après quelques heures d'attente afin de permettre au vent de s'établir, les deux multicoques sont entrés dans la ligne à plus de 24 nœuds de vitesse

 

Malgré une ligne de départ fortement favorable pour le bateau babord, Alinghi réalisait qu'il ne pouvait pas croisé devant USA. Il devait virer très vite pour s'écarter du bateau américain prioritaire.

 

James Spithill a parfaitement aligné Ernesto Bertarelli et a forcé Alinghi a virer juste devant ses étraves. Les arbitres ont pénalisé le bateau suisse toutefois quelques secondes avant le départ, James Spithill perdait le contrôle de son bateau permettant à Alinghi de partir 1minute 27 devant USA.

 

Il n'aura fallu que quelques minutes aux nombreux spectateurs pour comprendre qu'Alinghi, semble être moins stable qu'USA contre le vent.

 

Le bateau américain développe plus de puissance grâce à son mat aile qui permet à la coque centrale de se stabiliser à quelques centimètres au-dessus de l'eau ... et d'y rester.

 

Cependant dès que le vent passe la barre des dix noeuds, le bateau suisse semblait être plus vivant et a réellement pu suivre la cadence imposé par les americains ... voir être un peu plus vite pendant quelques minutes.

 

Malgré un départ complètement raté de l'as australien James Spithill, le delta à la marque haut vent était de 3'21mn ou 1500 mètres en faveur de USA. Au bout d'une heure et quart sous gennaker, l'équipe américaine doublait cette distance pour terminer la course avec plus de 3000 metres d'avance … alors que le delta officiel était d'un peu plus de quinze minutes.

 

Suite à la première manche de l'America's Cup, BMW Oracle Racing Team n'est qu'a une victoire de remporter la Coupe ... mais la course est loin d'être finie et la route est encore longue.

 

 

Sebastien Destremau

 

USA - one up on Alinghi

After almost a week of patience, the wait was finally over. Race one of the 33^rd America’s Cup took place on Friday afternoon in Valencia. And what a race it has been.

 

Following a few hours of waiting for the wind to settle both boats entered the start-box going head to head at 24knots of speed

 

Despite having the starting line being heavily pine biased, when Alinghi realized they could not quite cross in front of USA, they had to quickly turn and give way.

 

James Spithill lined up Ernesto Bertarelli beautifully and caught Alinghi taking in USA’s water. The umpires gave a penalty on the Swiss boat however a few seconds before the start, James Spithill lost controle of USA allowing Alinghi to sail away.

 

It only took a few minute for the many observers to notice that Alinghi seems to be less stable than USA going upwind.

 

The American boat develops more power with her huge wing sail allowing the middle hull to stay a few centimeters above the water … and stay there.

 

However as soon as the wind picked up a little to the low teens, the Swiss boat looked more alive and could actually keep up with the American boat … or even be a touch faster at times.

 

Despite a somewhat poor start from Australian ace James Spithill, the delta at the top mark was 3’21mn in favor of USA or a 1500 meters lead. In about an hour and quarter going downwind, the American team increased this distance to complete the race with a staggering 10 minutes lead although the official delta was 15 minutes

 

So after race one of the 33^rd America’s Cup Match, USA is one up on Alinghi and one win away from taking the Cup .. but there is still a long way to go to get there.

 

 

Sebastien Destremau

 

Facing off in Valencia

The 2001 Princess Sophia Trophy was my first visit here however I really discovered and started to love Valencia during the 32^nd America’s Cup. The place was buzzing with people and the city underwent a major clean up to welcome the oldest sporting in the world.

 

Unfortunately for thousands of workers and professional sailors like us, the legal battle between the two competing teams has forbid us from having the possibility to race in the 33^rd.

 

However, three years later, the Cup is back in Valencia with the two greatest teams sailing onboard the most technological advanced boats ever built.

 

The two boats are amazing but widely different. One of them should be much faster than the other in any given day depending on the wind conditions. One key issue will be reliability and it wouldn’t be surprising if one, or even both, cannot finish one of the two or three races planned.

 

Alinghi is a boat specifically designed for light wind and could win the races if the wind blows around 10 knots or less. Constructed in Switzerland, the catamaran is extremely lightweight and should be fast especially downwind.

 

USA is at the opposite end of the spectrum. The designers had to produce a boat not knowing where the cup was going to be. She is much heavier and look very powerful however the American team produced the biggest ever built wing sails to add more horse power to their boats. She should feel very comfortable when the wind blow and the sea get rougher.

 

It will take sometimes for the new defender to put the America’s Cup back on track at the end of this event however I see the 33^rd America’s Cup as a fantastic opportunity to watch these beasts facing off in Valencia’s water.

 

Sebastien Destremau

Monohull vs Multihull

By Sebastien Destremau

 

The America’s Cup is a race usually sailed in monohull. Heavy and quite slow, racing onboard these boats was all about refining the “package” to gain a tiny amount of speed and close combat tactics.

 

However the 33^rd America’s Cup will be a complete new game with two multihulls sailing upwind at 25 knots and capable of speed in excess of forty knots under gennaker.

 

One of the key issues for both team’s afterguard is maneuverability. Due to their width, a multihull has never been very good around tight corners. Any change in direction is extremely costly in term of distance and it become worse when they have to tack.

 

To give an example, Alinghi and USA can execute a complete tack in 20 to 40 seconds depending on the wind strength and sea state. This is more or less the same time as what we were able to do on the old America’s cup boat.

 

The massive difference is however, the monohull sailed at an average of 10.3 knots upwind. The speed usually dropped to roughly 7.5 during the tack and the loss was a mere ½ boat length.

 

With these guys, the boat is flying at 25 knots but the speed still drops to less than 10 during the tack and for a short while, the loss can be in vicinity 7 to 10 meters … per second.

 

This is one of the reasons why this 33^rd America’s Cup won’t be the usual tacking battle and more so a drag race and the afterguard will elect to keep the number of tack to a minum.

 

Sebastien Destremau

 

Race 1 of America’s Cup Match postponed until Friday

Waves in excess of 1m on the race course force organisers to issue a second postponement...

Race 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup Match has been postponed until Friday. Today’s attempt to commence the best-of-three Deed of Gift Match between Defender Alinghi and Challenger BMW Oracle Racing was postponed due to rough sea conditions on the Mediterranean outside Valencia.

The next attempt to commence the match is scheduled for Friday at 10:06. The race schedule is for one day to intervene between each race day as agreed with the Challenger. Paragraph 6.5 of the Notice of Race states that: “If a race is cancelled, abandoned or postponed that race will be sailed on the next scheduled date and the subsequent races shall be postponed for the day accordingly

DesTopNews N°6-2010

ENGLISH HERE: Hola - Welcome in Valencia for a DestopNews N°6 special America’s cup - Week commencing February 8th –
DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program released each Wednesday and translated into German by Tim Kroger. It brings around the world sailing news to viewers and is hosted by Sebastien Destremau in French and English.



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FRANÇAIS ICI : Hola - Bienvenue à Valence pour un DesTopNews N°6 spécial America’s Cup – Semaine du 8 février
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: Hola und willkommen zu DesTopNews Nr.6 America’s Cup Spezial

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Practice races in Valencia

The Race Committee for the 33^rd Americas Cup conducted two official practice races in Valencia waters:

·         A Windward Leeward Race on Wednesday, 3rd February

·         A Triangle Race on Thursday, 4th February

Open to both Competitors, all Race Committee Boats departed Port America's Cup and proceeded to the Race Course Area for a full scale repetition of what is about to happen in Valencia next week.

The 1^st official practice race started at 15:20 in 4 knots of breeze. Conditions were very shifty and unstable throughout the 20-mile-leg Deed of Gift upwind/return race. Only Alinghi took part in the practice race meanwhile BMW Oracle elected to practice nearby.

It took only 2.30 hours for Alinghi to complete the course in a breeze reaching a maximum of 7 knots registered at the committee boat.

At 17:20, the Swiss boat crossed the finish line at speed believed to be in the low twenties concluding the first official training race of the 33rd America's Cup in Valencia.

On the water observers mentioned how, even in such light breeze, Alinghi 5 was an impressive sight, fully powered and flying a hull.

Returning to the shore, Principal Race Officer Harold Bennett was delighted with the race operation's team to have successfully conducted a fully fledged practice race in such a light and shifty wind conditions.

The second practice race took place on Thursday afternoon as scheduled. Once again Alinghi seized the opportunity to sail the 39 nautical miles Deed of Gift Triangular course.

Meanwhile BMW Oracle elected to sail in the southern part of the racing area probably in anticipation to the wind, forecast to be coming from the South on Monday.

In 1.5 meters of swell and a Northerly building quickly to 18/20 knots, the committe decided not to conduct the race as the wind conditions and sea state were getting too rough.

DesTopNews N°5-2010

ENGLISH HERE: You are watching DesTopNews N°5 for week commencing February 1st 2010
This week’s summary
• One race, one chance in Miami
• Festival of sails in Melbourne
• Only a few days to go in Valencia
• Groupama 3 cast off Brest
• Crazy Series in Muscat

DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program released each Wednesday and translated into German by Tim Kroger. It brings around the world sailing news to viewers and is hosted by Sebastien Destremau in French and English.


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FRANÇAIS ICI : Vous regardez DesTopNews N°5 pour la semaine du 1 Février 2010
Sommaire de la semaine
• Unique chance à Miami
• Festival de régates à Melbourne
• Seulement quelques jours avant le choc de Valence
• Groupama 3 repart pour un Tour
• La folie s’empare de Muscat

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: Sie sehen DesTopNews Nr5 für die Woche ab den 1 Fabruar Januar 2010.
Die Zusammenfassung dieser Woche
• Ein Rennen – Eine Chance in Miami
• Festival of Sails in Melbourne
• Valencia – der Countdown läuft
• Groupama – auf dem Weg um die Welt
• Extreme Serie in Muscat
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America's Cup Jury denies BMW Oracle request for redress

The ISAF appointed international jury denied BMW Oracle's request for redress regarding measurement of the competing yachts

 The ISAF International Jury for the America's Cup issued an interim decision late Tuesday night rejecting the challenger, BMW Oracle's latest complaint regarding the position and volume of the water ballast onboard the racing yachts during measurement.

“We are pleased that the jury upheld the New York Supreme Court and expert panel decision of November 2009. This is a positive step towards the America's Cup – we are glad that measurement can go ahead as scheduled and that the challenger's request for redress has been denied. With just a few days to go before the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, the team is fully focused on race training and preparations,” said Grant Simmer, Alinghi design team coordinator.

 

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La version complète du site de la 33e America's Cup sera officiellement lancée le 1er Février . www.americascup.com

 

 

Extremely comprehensive America's Cup website due to be launched on February 1st - www.americascup.com

Back in 2007 for the 32nd America’s Cup, the defender Alinghi team did produce an extremely comprehensive website that included extensive event history.

 

Look for the full release of the website for the 33rd Match on February 1st

www.americascup.com

 

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Pour la 32e America's Cup de 2007, l'équipe du Defender Alinghi avait produit un site internet très complet incluant l'historique des événements passés.

 

La version complète du site de la 33e America’s Cup sera officiellement lancée le 1er Février . www.americascup.com