Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Defi Saint-Malo Agglo purchase former Prince de Bretagne Multi50
Defi Saint-Malo Agglo have purchased the Multi50 Prince De Bretagne. Previously they were competing on the early ORMA60 Elf Aquitaine which was not competitive with the Multi50 of Erwan Le Roux FenetreA Cardinal 3. The next Quebec-St Malo race should be a lot more hotly contested.
America's Cup update, Artemis Team receive AC72 catamaran #2
The Artemis Team have a big present in their workshop, here awaiting unpacking their second AC72 catamaran!
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| Photo Beau Outteridge, Artemis Racing |
GC32 catamaran prepares to make racing debut on Lake Traunsee, Austria
From the following article on www.thegreatcup.com
http://www.thegreatcup.com/newsitem.aspx?newsId=cf8eb8b0-ebf6-4e2a-948b-7e9546f5029a&month=05&year=2013
While there appeared to be no wind on Lake Traunsee today, the experienced race committee, led by former Star Olympic sailor Stefan Puxkandl, moved the three GC32 catamarans down to the southern end of the lake at Ebensee and the area known as ‘Little Garda’, where there always seems to be the most breeze on this picture postcard Austrian lake.
All the teams got a chance to race with different winners in each of these informal races: Marwin Team of Swiss Star sailor Flavio Marazzi taking the first, Laurent Lenne’s Spax Solution Sailing Team claiming the second and their Dutch team mates, Firefly, first home in the third.
The Great Cup’s Chief Operating Officer Andrew Macpherson says that the one design aspect of the Martin Fischer-designed 32ft catamarans and the equality of their performance is working: “Over the last few days of test racing, we’ve all been lining up and no one seems faster.”
For the first time today all the crews and their skippers assembled. Austria’s great hope is AEZ GC32 Racing skipper Andreas Hagara, who over his lengthy career in the Olympic Tornado catamaran has been World Champion and has won 15 medals at World and European championship level. Hagara has also competed in the Extreme Sailing Series and was skipper of the China Team AC45.
Hagara is enthusiastic about The Great Cup and the GC32 catamaran: “I think the concept is really good, the size is good, it is state of the art, the latest you can get, apart from the wing rig [which the GC32 doesn’t have, but is fitted to the AC45 and AC72 America’s Cup catamarans], but that is not in line with the idea of the boat - a wing wouldn’t work for private owners.”
read more here
http://www.thegreatcup.com/newsitem.aspx?newsId=cf8eb8b0-ebf6-4e2a-948b-7e9546f5029a&month=05&year=2013
While there appeared to be no wind on Lake Traunsee today, the experienced race committee, led by former Star Olympic sailor Stefan Puxkandl, moved the three GC32 catamarans down to the southern end of the lake at Ebensee and the area known as ‘Little Garda’, where there always seems to be the most breeze on this picture postcard Austrian lake.
All the teams got a chance to race with different winners in each of these informal races: Marwin Team of Swiss Star sailor Flavio Marazzi taking the first, Laurent Lenne’s Spax Solution Sailing Team claiming the second and their Dutch team mates, Firefly, first home in the third.
The Great Cup’s Chief Operating Officer Andrew Macpherson says that the one design aspect of the Martin Fischer-designed 32ft catamarans and the equality of their performance is working: “Over the last few days of test racing, we’ve all been lining up and no one seems faster.”
For the first time today all the crews and their skippers assembled. Austria’s great hope is AEZ GC32 Racing skipper Andreas Hagara, who over his lengthy career in the Olympic Tornado catamaran has been World Champion and has won 15 medals at World and European championship level. Hagara has also competed in the Extreme Sailing Series and was skipper of the China Team AC45.
Hagara is enthusiastic about The Great Cup and the GC32 catamaran: “I think the concept is really good, the size is good, it is state of the art, the latest you can get, apart from the wing rig [which the GC32 doesn’t have, but is fitted to the AC45 and AC72 America’s Cup catamarans], but that is not in line with the idea of the boat - a wing wouldn’t work for private owners.”
read more here
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Team Lalou interview plus sailing footage from Grand Prix Guyader
The sailing segment starts at about 4 minutes in. An interview with Lalou Roucayrol (in French) re: the new Multi50 Arkema. They came in second overall in the Multi50 class in the Grand Prix Guyader behind the revamped Maitre Jacques a very impressive debut.
http://www.tebeotv.fr/emission/jt.html
http://www.tebeotv.fr/emission/jt.html
Bay to Bay race 2013, article and results from the race
From the following article on the Hervey Bay Sailing Club website:
http://www.herveybaysailingclub.org.au/node/157
Trailable yachts flock to the Bay Trailable Yacht Race
http://www.herveybaysailingclub.org.au/node/157
Trailable yachts flock to the Bay Trailable Yacht Race
The change of the Labour Day long weekend from May did little to dampen the enthusiasm of trailable yachts from North Queensland to Melbourne in the south for this most prestigious event on the trailable yacht calendar.
It is expected that this passage race out of the Tin Can Bay Inlet, through the Great Sandy Strait marine national park with the heritage listed Fraser Island to the east and into Hervey Bay will attract large fleets of trailable yachts into the foreseeable future both from Queensland and the southern states as their sailing winds down with the onset of the cold winter months.A quality fleet fought hard to wrest the coveted corrected time trophy cups from last year’s winners.
The 33rd Annual Bay to Bay Trailable Yacht saw Sunshine Coast based Bruce Nix in the modified Hartley 18 Hardly Normal sailed close to his CBH rating to win the Standard Monohull CBH cup. Graham Coffey returned from Sydney to claim back the Australian Sports Boat Association SMS sports monohull cup with a well prepared boat and crew and an impeccable tactical race sailed his Thompson 8 Rush under that huge blue spinnaker just above his SMS rating to narrowly win from Matt Bonzer out of Nelson’s Bay NSW in his Melges 24 Watch Me. Chris Chapman in Coco, an Ostac Tramp Tri sailed above his PBH rating to win the standard multihull cup and George Owen in the Tony Considine Mad Max Grainger 101 showed the large sports multihull fleet a clean set of rudders to convincingly regain the OMR sports multihull cup and PBH trophy.
read more here
It is expected that this passage race out of the Tin Can Bay Inlet, through the Great Sandy Strait marine national park with the heritage listed Fraser Island to the east and into Hervey Bay will attract large fleets of trailable yachts into the foreseeable future both from Queensland and the southern states as their sailing winds down with the onset of the cold winter months.A quality fleet fought hard to wrest the coveted corrected time trophy cups from last year’s winners.
The 33rd Annual Bay to Bay Trailable Yacht saw Sunshine Coast based Bruce Nix in the modified Hartley 18 Hardly Normal sailed close to his CBH rating to win the Standard Monohull CBH cup. Graham Coffey returned from Sydney to claim back the Australian Sports Boat Association SMS sports monohull cup with a well prepared boat and crew and an impeccable tactical race sailed his Thompson 8 Rush under that huge blue spinnaker just above his SMS rating to narrowly win from Matt Bonzer out of Nelson’s Bay NSW in his Melges 24 Watch Me. Chris Chapman in Coco, an Ostac Tramp Tri sailed above his PBH rating to win the standard multihull cup and George Owen in the Tony Considine Mad Max Grainger 101 showed the large sports multihull fleet a clean set of rudders to convincingly regain the OMR sports multihull cup and PBH trophy.
read more here
Grand Prix Guyader, article on letelgramme.com summing up the event
From the following article on letelgramme.com
http://www.letelegramme.com/sports/voile/grand-prix-guyader-a-douarnenez-un-premier-acte-magique-07-05-2013-2094753.php
and the rough bing translate:
The curtain fell, yesterday in Douarnenez, on the first act of the Grand Prix Guyader, little windy but sunny. A cocktail which met crews who ensured the show in a magical Bay.
At the end of morning Loïc Ponceau took advantage of a small South stream to launch fleet, the Class 40, IMOCA, Multi 50 and maxi-multis on a 19-mile coastal course. Once more, the spectacle, visible from the Rosmeur Pier, was superb under a sky that had begun to be filling. Lionel Lemonchois, indented Sunday, was the first to launch the slender hulls of «Prince de Bretagne» at the Committee boat before the powerful 'People's Bank'.
Second curtain, Mod 70 "Musandam" and "Virbac" pasted-tight began a match that was going to last, and even to continue before the jury.
It was nothing next to the epic jam that brought together all the series in the first brand under the cliffs of Crozon. This ultimate day was placed under the sign of light and unstable winds with episodes instead. "" The day the tactician nightmare because the wind was erratic, said laughing Roland Jourdain. ".Oman"(Musandam) has played, they made a u-turn almost and the Tower of the parish to find wind".
Sidney Gavignet and his crew won this final round before "Virbac» of Jean-Pierre Dick who has managed its entry into runway in am. 70. In general, the "Bank-popular" maxi, which was the first release in competition, managed to keep the supremacy narrowly.
In Multi 50, Loïc Féquet and the crew of "Maître Jacques" sign a perfects with four victories on the four disputed coastal. Yesterday, Malouin, assisted by Franck-Yves Escoffier to the tactics, has signed a beautiful fourth place overall, at 20 seconds of "Prince de Bretagne» Lionel Lemonchois and the"Banque Populaire"maxi, it is true little favoured in these light airs.
"We are pleased with this result and the manner in which it happened. We have a good speed in the small time, but above all, the crew is, every season, a little more ground. Everything is flowing between us, it is a huge asset, entrusts the Malouin which perfectly began his season.
IMOCA, "Groupe Bel" concluded on a victory for sleeve and stood out to the general. His victory at Douarnenez is balm to the heart of Kito de Pavant after not yet closed injury of the Vendée Globe. "The boat has been superbly repaired CDK and lost nothing in performance. In conditions complicated with little wind, we demonstrated its qualities and took a lot of fun to race with buddies such as Jacques Caraës and Bertrand de Broc. It's a beautiful weekend, sporting and humanly. «Win made a very foolish ", says Kito de Pavant, moved slightly.
On the side of the Class 40, a series that displays a beautiful vitality, there was game to the end. On the momentum of his double on Sunday, Victorien Erussard ("solidarity in platoon") won a new victory yesterday. But "EDF GDF Suez" by Sébastien Rogues, second in this final round, is necessary to the general. "What a day! It was the Bay of Douarnenez in all its States but we managed to escape,"unleash in chorus the skipper and his tactician, Fabien Delahaye, come relax in a month of the Solitaire.
Four days Grand prix Guyader really brought together sailors from all walks of life.
http://www.letelegramme.com/sports/voile/grand-prix-guyader-a-douarnenez-un-premier-acte-magique-07-05-2013-2094753.php
and the rough bing translate:
The curtain fell, yesterday in Douarnenez, on the first act of the Grand Prix Guyader, little windy but sunny. A cocktail which met crews who ensured the show in a magical Bay.
At the end of morning Loïc Ponceau took advantage of a small South stream to launch fleet, the Class 40, IMOCA, Multi 50 and maxi-multis on a 19-mile coastal course. Once more, the spectacle, visible from the Rosmeur Pier, was superb under a sky that had begun to be filling. Lionel Lemonchois, indented Sunday, was the first to launch the slender hulls of «Prince de Bretagne» at the Committee boat before the powerful 'People's Bank'.
Second curtain, Mod 70 "Musandam" and "Virbac" pasted-tight began a match that was going to last, and even to continue before the jury.
It was nothing next to the epic jam that brought together all the series in the first brand under the cliffs of Crozon. This ultimate day was placed under the sign of light and unstable winds with episodes instead. "" The day the tactician nightmare because the wind was erratic, said laughing Roland Jourdain. ".Oman"(Musandam) has played, they made a u-turn almost and the Tower of the parish to find wind".
Sidney Gavignet and his crew won this final round before "Virbac» of Jean-Pierre Dick who has managed its entry into runway in am. 70. In general, the "Bank-popular" maxi, which was the first release in competition, managed to keep the supremacy narrowly.
In Multi 50, Loïc Féquet and the crew of "Maître Jacques" sign a perfects with four victories on the four disputed coastal. Yesterday, Malouin, assisted by Franck-Yves Escoffier to the tactics, has signed a beautiful fourth place overall, at 20 seconds of "Prince de Bretagne» Lionel Lemonchois and the"Banque Populaire"maxi, it is true little favoured in these light airs.
"We are pleased with this result and the manner in which it happened. We have a good speed in the small time, but above all, the crew is, every season, a little more ground. Everything is flowing between us, it is a huge asset, entrusts the Malouin which perfectly began his season.
IMOCA, "Groupe Bel" concluded on a victory for sleeve and stood out to the general. His victory at Douarnenez is balm to the heart of Kito de Pavant after not yet closed injury of the Vendée Globe. "The boat has been superbly repaired CDK and lost nothing in performance. In conditions complicated with little wind, we demonstrated its qualities and took a lot of fun to race with buddies such as Jacques Caraës and Bertrand de Broc. It's a beautiful weekend, sporting and humanly. «Win made a very foolish ", says Kito de Pavant, moved slightly.
On the side of the Class 40, a series that displays a beautiful vitality, there was game to the end. On the momentum of his double on Sunday, Victorien Erussard ("solidarity in platoon") won a new victory yesterday. But "EDF GDF Suez" by Sébastien Rogues, second in this final round, is necessary to the general. "What a day! It was the Bay of Douarnenez in all its States but we managed to escape,"unleash in chorus the skipper and his tactician, Fabien Delahaye, come relax in a month of the Solitaire.
Four days Grand prix Guyader really brought together sailors from all walks of life.
Monday, 6 May 2013
Tour de Belle Ile, results
From the following article on www.letelgramme.com
http://www.letelegramme.com/sports/voile/grand-prix-guyader-a-douarnenez-ca-commence-bien-04-05-2013-2091964.php
Here is the rough bing translate (good enough to get the idea)
Yann Guichard and the crew of "Spindrift" won, yesterday, the Tour de Belle - Ile, shortened to 15 miles due to the weakness of the wind.They have beaten Sébastien Josse ' Gitana 11' and 'Prince of Brittany' of Lionel Lemonchois.
476 registered, once the Tour de Belle Ile has also full of competitors. Amateurs, of the sailors cautioned, the stars of the racing as Yann Guichard, Lionel Lemonchois, Sébastien Josse, Alain Gautier, Thomas Coville. For the first time, all had the same desire to do battle at the start of this sixth edition. As promised, the Sun was good to go to La Trinité-sur-Mer but wind, he, was absent in the Bay of Quiberon smooth as a lake. These crews were forced to arm themselves with patience before dashing at 11:35 in a Southwest of barely 4-5 knots wind. With this weather windless, the event record, held for two years by Sébastien Josse and the crew of Gitana 11', might not fall. But expected with curiosity the first exit in competition of the 80 foot trimaran "Prince de Bretagne' face 'Gitana 11' (77 feet). It'll have to wait because the very soft conditions really helped these cars to three hulls to express themselves. Approaching the entrance to the channel of the Teignouse, these multihulls were becalmed, and against all odds, it is the TP 52 'Paprec recycling', skippered by Stéphane Névé, who had taken the head of the fleet. The wind being slightly back, "Spindrift" regained power in the laborious ascent of this channel.
Arrival in foals
History likely to drag on indefinitely, especially for the more small vessels engaged, Denis Hughes race Director decided to reduce the course and judge the arrival at the point of foals. The MOD 70 "Spindrift" was the first to cut this line at 15 h 25' 31', ' after a little less than four hours, anticipating less five minutes 'Gitana 11', twice taking the test. Nineteen minutes after the winner, "Prince de Bretagne" cut the line, become two-minute "Ocean Sensation" the former 60 foot Orma of Alain Gautier, 4th as last year. The victory of Guichard and his crew in mind almost all the time, was deserved.
There is also a detailed article on the race over at the excellent SailRaceWin blog
http://sailracewin.blogspot.fr/2013/05/tour-de-belle-ile-sunshine-and-petole.html
http://www.letelegramme.com/sports/voile/grand-prix-guyader-a-douarnenez-ca-commence-bien-04-05-2013-2091964.php
Here is the rough bing translate (good enough to get the idea)
Yann Guichard and the crew of "Spindrift" won, yesterday, the Tour de Belle - Ile, shortened to 15 miles due to the weakness of the wind.They have beaten Sébastien Josse ' Gitana 11' and 'Prince of Brittany' of Lionel Lemonchois.
476 registered, once the Tour de Belle Ile has also full of competitors. Amateurs, of the sailors cautioned, the stars of the racing as Yann Guichard, Lionel Lemonchois, Sébastien Josse, Alain Gautier, Thomas Coville. For the first time, all had the same desire to do battle at the start of this sixth edition. As promised, the Sun was good to go to La Trinité-sur-Mer but wind, he, was absent in the Bay of Quiberon smooth as a lake. These crews were forced to arm themselves with patience before dashing at 11:35 in a Southwest of barely 4-5 knots wind. With this weather windless, the event record, held for two years by Sébastien Josse and the crew of Gitana 11', might not fall. But expected with curiosity the first exit in competition of the 80 foot trimaran "Prince de Bretagne' face 'Gitana 11' (77 feet). It'll have to wait because the very soft conditions really helped these cars to three hulls to express themselves. Approaching the entrance to the channel of the Teignouse, these multihulls were becalmed, and against all odds, it is the TP 52 'Paprec recycling', skippered by Stéphane Névé, who had taken the head of the fleet. The wind being slightly back, "Spindrift" regained power in the laborious ascent of this channel.
Arrival in foals
History likely to drag on indefinitely, especially for the more small vessels engaged, Denis Hughes race Director decided to reduce the course and judge the arrival at the point of foals. The MOD 70 "Spindrift" was the first to cut this line at 15 h 25' 31', ' after a little less than four hours, anticipating less five minutes 'Gitana 11', twice taking the test. Nineteen minutes after the winner, "Prince de Bretagne" cut the line, become two-minute "Ocean Sensation" the former 60 foot Orma of Alain Gautier, 4th as last year. The victory of Guichard and his crew in mind almost all the time, was deserved.
There is also a detailed article on the race over at the excellent SailRaceWin blog
http://sailracewin.blogspot.fr/2013/05/tour-de-belle-ile-sunshine-and-petole.html
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Extreme Sailing Series update, The Wave Muscat triumph in Qingdao
From the following article on the Extreme Sailing Series website:
http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/return-to-form-for-leigh-mcmillan-to-clinch-victory-in-qingdao-by-the-small#.UYZFmlpArrd
Qingdao saved its best for last on the final day of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ and the pressure was understandably on from the first start gun with no quarter given on the water as the teams used classic match racing tactics to try and outwit their nearest rivals. The nine races came in thick and fast in the best conditions the fleet have sailed in all week in the heart of Fushan Bay which has once again demonstrated how they became such a successful Olympic sailing venue. Heading into the final classic Extreme Sailing Series style deciding double-points race, the battle for victory was well and truly on between Alinghi and The Wave, Muscat tracking each other around the course and mirroring each other’s moves. The Swiss America’s Cup winners used their experience to try and outwit Leigh McMillan’s team and although they won the final double pointer, it wasn’t enough to win the Act and an ecstatic, and somewhat relieved McMillan commented: “It's a massive relief! To actually get the better of Alinghi in the light winds was a big achievement for us. When it comes to the pure boat on boat battle, they (Alinghi) tend to get the better of us. It's a tough battle, they are a very tough team to beat and tough competitors. The rest of the year is shaping up to be really exciting.”
read more here
http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/return-to-form-for-leigh-mcmillan-to-clinch-victory-in-qingdao-by-the-small#.UYZFmlpArrd
Qingdao saved its best for last on the final day of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ and the pressure was understandably on from the first start gun with no quarter given on the water as the teams used classic match racing tactics to try and outwit their nearest rivals. The nine races came in thick and fast in the best conditions the fleet have sailed in all week in the heart of Fushan Bay which has once again demonstrated how they became such a successful Olympic sailing venue. Heading into the final classic Extreme Sailing Series style deciding double-points race, the battle for victory was well and truly on between Alinghi and The Wave, Muscat tracking each other around the course and mirroring each other’s moves. The Swiss America’s Cup winners used their experience to try and outwit Leigh McMillan’s team and although they won the final double pointer, it wasn’t enough to win the Act and an ecstatic, and somewhat relieved McMillan commented: “It's a massive relief! To actually get the better of Alinghi in the light winds was a big achievement for us. When it comes to the pure boat on boat battle, they (Alinghi) tend to get the better of us. It's a tough battle, they are a very tough team to beat and tough competitors. The rest of the year is shaping up to be really exciting.”
read more here
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| Qingdao winners The Wave Muscat, photo courtesy Extreme Sailing Series |
Spindrift Racing take the victory in the Tour de Belle Ile
From the following article on the Spindrift Racing website:
http://www.spindrift-racing.com/fr/2013/05/francais-spindrift-vainqueur-du-tour-de-belle-ile/
Spindrift Racing have now issued a press release on the race in English:
http://www.spindrift-racing.com/2013/05/francais-spindrift-vainqueur-du-tour-de-belle-ile/
http://www.spindrift-racing.com/fr/2013/05/francais-spindrift-vainqueur-du-tour-de-belle-ile/
Spindrift Racing have now issued a press release on the race in English:
http://www.spindrift-racing.com/2013/05/francais-spindrift-vainqueur-du-tour-de-belle-ile/
Saturday, 4 May 2013
Spindrift Racing team ready to tackle the Tour de Belle Ile on their MOD70
The Spindrift Racing Team are ready to tackle the challenge of the Tour de Belle Ile
From the following article on Spindrift Racing's website:
http://www.spindrift-racing.com/2013/05/francais-tour-de-belle-ile-spindrift-en-son-jardin/
Yann Guichard and his crew of five men will make their comeback on the MOD70 Spindrift this Saturday at the sixth edition of the Tour de Belle île. “The Bay of Quiberon and around the Belle île is like our back garden,” Guichard said of the team based in La Trinité-sur-Mer.
The 44 miles of the “bigger” Belle île course – ‘Le Grand Tour’ – will serve as the first and last test for the Spindrift racing team, who won the MOD70 championship last year. The crew have only been back together for a few days on board their big black and white trimaran, which has been modified this winter. “The pleasure of sailing on this amazing machine has resurfaced in the first runs this week” Guichard said. “In a few seconds we slipped up to 35 knots.” With the experience of last year and the triumphs in the Krys Ocean Race and the European Tour, Guichard has again assembled a crew according to the strict criteria of complementary skills, ability to work in a team and expertise in a multihull. “We are entering the season with some confidence, as the crew seems to me motivated and able,” Guichard said.
read more here
From the following article on Spindrift Racing's website:
http://www.spindrift-racing.com/2013/05/francais-tour-de-belle-ile-spindrift-en-son-jardin/
Yann Guichard and his crew of five men will make their comeback on the MOD70 Spindrift this Saturday at the sixth edition of the Tour de Belle île. “The Bay of Quiberon and around the Belle île is like our back garden,” Guichard said of the team based in La Trinité-sur-Mer.
The 44 miles of the “bigger” Belle île course – ‘Le Grand Tour’ – will serve as the first and last test for the Spindrift racing team, who won the MOD70 championship last year. The crew have only been back together for a few days on board their big black and white trimaran, which has been modified this winter. “The pleasure of sailing on this amazing machine has resurfaced in the first runs this week” Guichard said. “In a few seconds we slipped up to 35 knots.” With the experience of last year and the triumphs in the Krys Ocean Race and the European Tour, Guichard has again assembled a crew according to the strict criteria of complementary skills, ability to work in a team and expertise in a multihull. “We are entering the season with some confidence, as the crew seems to me motivated and able,” Guichard said.
read more here
Great Cup 32 Catamaran makes it's racing debut at Lake Traunsee, Austria as part of the Allianz Traunsee Week
From the following article on the Great Cup 32 website:
http://www.thegreatcup.com/newsitem.aspx?newsId=04f65659-6828-4c4e-b962-e7b22e263e9a&month=05&year=2013
Grand prix catamaran racing comes to the idyllic setting of Lake Traunsee, Austria next week (8-12 May) with the much anticipated debut of The Great Cup, as part of Allianz Traunsee Week.
Competing will be the first three GC32s built (a fourth is already en route to Europe from the UAE).
For the event, the three carbon fibre catamarans will sail under the colours of the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria and to maximise the number of teams competing, each boat is being allocated two crews, who will alternate.
Thus, Spax Solution Sailing Team from the Netherlands, skippered by creator of The Great Cup, Laurent Lenne, and whose four man crew includes Aussie catamaran ace Andrew Macpherson and Swedish Volvo Ocean Race and America’s Cup sailor Micke Lundh, will be swapping with another exclusively Dutch crew led by ex-Tornado Olympian Pim Nieuwenhuis. The latter team includes Thijs Visser, who won the new Nacra 17 catamaran class at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma in March.
read more here
http://www.thegreatcup.com/newsitem.aspx?newsId=04f65659-6828-4c4e-b962-e7b22e263e9a&month=05&year=2013
Grand prix catamaran racing comes to the idyllic setting of Lake Traunsee, Austria next week (8-12 May) with the much anticipated debut of The Great Cup, as part of Allianz Traunsee Week.
Competing will be the first three GC32s built (a fourth is already en route to Europe from the UAE).
For the event, the three carbon fibre catamarans will sail under the colours of the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria and to maximise the number of teams competing, each boat is being allocated two crews, who will alternate.
Thus, Spax Solution Sailing Team from the Netherlands, skippered by creator of The Great Cup, Laurent Lenne, and whose four man crew includes Aussie catamaran ace Andrew Macpherson and Swedish Volvo Ocean Race and America’s Cup sailor Micke Lundh, will be swapping with another exclusively Dutch crew led by ex-Tornado Olympian Pim Nieuwenhuis. The latter team includes Thijs Visser, who won the new Nacra 17 catamaran class at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia in Palma in March.
read more here
Multi 50 update, First day at the Grand Prix Guyader
The Multi50 Association has put up a short news item on the Season opening Grand Prix Guyader which is held in the bay of Douarnenez.
From the following article on the Multi50 Association website:
http://www.class-multi50.org/bon-depart-pour-la-saison-multi50/a8.html
and the rough bing translate below.
The Multi50 launched the 2013 season this morning under ideal conditions in Douarnenez. The departure of the first round of the Grand Prix Guyader is played under a Sun of lead and with a breeze of 10 to 12 knots, sector North, perfect to wake up trimarans and crews. Maître Jacques took the best start. Arkema France has refined its settings. For Lalou and his crew, this is the first confrontation. Venue this evening with the skipper Aquitaine to learn more about his first impressions.
From the following article on the Multi50 Association website:
http://www.class-multi50.org/bon-depart-pour-la-saison-multi50/a8.html
and the rough bing translate below.
The Multi50 launched the 2013 season this morning under ideal conditions in Douarnenez. The departure of the first round of the Grand Prix Guyader is played under a Sun of lead and with a breeze of 10 to 12 knots, sector North, perfect to wake up trimarans and crews. Maître Jacques took the best start. Arkema France has refined its settings. For Lalou and his crew, this is the first confrontation. Venue this evening with the skipper Aquitaine to learn more about his first impressions.
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