Showing posts with label America's Cup interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label America's Cup interviews. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Sailing Anarchy interview with Jimmy Spithill of Team Oracle USA on AC34 and the future
A comprehensive interview carried out by Sailing Anarchy's "Mr Clean" with Team Oracle USA's helmsman Jimmy Spithill.
http://sailinganarchy.com/2013/10/12/video-weekend/
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
America's Cup update, Sail Racing Magazine interview with Grant Dalton of ETNZ
Sail Racing magazine have published an audio interview with Grant Dalton of Emirates Team New Zealand on the America's Cup.
http://www.sailracingmagazine.com/blog/episode-9-grant-dalton-emirates-team-new-zealand
http://www.sailracingmagazine.com/blog/episode-9-grant-dalton-emirates-team-new-zealand
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
America's Cup update, Vsail interview with Max Sirena of Luna Rossa team.
From the following Vsail interview by Pierre Orphanidis submitted to Sail-World.
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Luna-Rossas-Max-Sirena-reviews-their-time-in-Auckland/108283
Pierre Orphanidis of leading European sailing website vsail.info spoke with Luna Rossa skipper, Max Sirena, with the Italian team's AC72 yacht scheduled to arrive in San Francisco in a week and the sailing team preparing in Naples for the final America's Cup World Series event, Max Sirena gave us an update on the latest developments at the Italian America's Cup Challenger - Luna Rossa:
VSail.info: You must be happy to be back racing in Italy with Luna Rossa?
Max Sirena: I'm always happy to be back here, especially after last year's incredible event. I had never, ever, seen so many people watching a sailing competition.
VSail.info: Let's talk about the period Luna Rossa spent in Auckland. Do you think you have reached the goals you had set?
Max Sirena: I'm convinced the period we spent in Auckland has been very positive and in fact we might we have done and achieved a lot more than what we thought would be possible. You should keep in mind we started more than a year later than the other teams and, given the complexity of the AC72's, we feared we wouldn't be able to achieve what we wanted. On the contrary, the team worked very well and this allowed us to advance greatly both on and off the water. We were able to do much more than what we had initially scheduled even if, on purpose, we decided to keep a very low-profile communication. We decided not to issue press releases every day, the way the other teams are doing.
read more here
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Luna-Rossas-Max-Sirena-reviews-their-time-in-Auckland/108283
Pierre Orphanidis of leading European sailing website vsail.info spoke with Luna Rossa skipper, Max Sirena, with the Italian team's AC72 yacht scheduled to arrive in San Francisco in a week and the sailing team preparing in Naples for the final America's Cup World Series event, Max Sirena gave us an update on the latest developments at the Italian America's Cup Challenger - Luna Rossa:
VSail.info: You must be happy to be back racing in Italy with Luna Rossa?
Max Sirena: I'm always happy to be back here, especially after last year's incredible event. I had never, ever, seen so many people watching a sailing competition.
VSail.info: Let's talk about the period Luna Rossa spent in Auckland. Do you think you have reached the goals you had set?
Max Sirena: I'm convinced the period we spent in Auckland has been very positive and in fact we might we have done and achieved a lot more than what we thought would be possible. You should keep in mind we started more than a year later than the other teams and, given the complexity of the AC72's, we feared we wouldn't be able to achieve what we wanted. On the contrary, the team worked very well and this allowed us to advance greatly both on and off the water. We were able to do much more than what we had initially scheduled even if, on purpose, we decided to keep a very low-profile communication. We decided not to issue press releases every day, the way the other teams are doing.
read more here
Saturday, 6 April 2013
America's Cup update, Interview with Grant Simmer of Team Oracle USA
An excellent two part interview of Grant Simmer COO of Team Oracle USA by Richard Gladwell
Part 1:
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Oracle-boss-says-Kiwis-favourites---for-the-moment/108108
With just over 20 weeks left on the clock until the start of the 34th America’s Cup, Grant Simmer, COO of Defender Oracle Team USA, is playing the usual psychological games, picking challenger Emirates Team New Zealand to win the America’s Cup.
'Emirates Team NZ is the favorite. I would say that they are the favorites to win the Cup, at the moment - from what we have seen of their on the water performance.
'We are obviously working to overcome the lead that they’ve had, and are confident that we are going to get there.'
An Australian, Simmer makes a grab for the underdog role, the high ground so beloved of teams from either side of the Tasman Sea. Then he twists the thumbscrews further on the New Zealand team, adding 'at the moment they are the favorites, and when you are the favorite it puts you under a lot of pressure.
'I would say that Dean (Barker, skipper of Emirates Team NZ) has got a lot of pressure on him, not only from within the team, but the whole nation.
'New Zealand is so into the America’s Cup, that it is putting a lot of pressure on him and his key guys.
'It is a matter of whether they can maintain that advantage, and if they can keep developing,' he finished, taking the opportunity, once again, to rattle the Kiwi’s cage in a very measured way.
Of the other two teams, Simmer says 'Luna Rossa clearly have a good boat. From what we have been able to see, they haven’t been able to beat Team NZ in any of the practice racing they have been doing.
'Even though they have been working together very closely it looks like there is a performance difference, at the moment, between Team NZ and Luna Rossa.
'Artemis sailed with us for just a short time, and they apparently weren’t very happy with their configuration. They’re modifying their boat, as has been reported, and we’re hoping they will be out on San Francisco Bay in the next few weeks. We would be happy to line up with them and do some racing when they turn up again.'
read more here
Part 2:
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-The-more-things-change,-the-more-they-remain-the-same/108153
Part 2 of the interview with Oracle Team USA's COO, Grant Simmer, a mechanical engineer, whose experience spans nine America's Cup campaigns, including three wins in 1983, 2003 and 2007.
The story so far, is that while Oracle have suffered their setbacks, Simmer is of the view that they are well positioned to successfully defend in September. But as with all America's Cup campaigns, time is the one commodity whih is limited and can't be bought.
That was true in his first America's Cup campaign in 1983 as the 26-year-old navigator of Australia II. And even more so in his previous gig as design team co-ordinator for the 120ft giant catamaran Alinghi 5, which lost the 33rd America's Cup Match, to Oracle Racing's 120ft wingsailed trimaran.
Simmer picks up the story, revealing that the launch date for Oracle Team USA’s second AC72 will be prior to the end of April, and elaborates on the program through to the end of the America's Cup Match.
'It will take a while to commission the new boat, then we will have two boats capable of lining up against each other. There will be some one-boat sailing, particularly with the new boat, and there will be days when we take both boats out and we will be able to test certain configurations.
'This Cup is not like in Version 5 monohull boats, used in the 2007 America’s Cup in Valencia. We are looking for big developments. There will be no argument to stop the development of our Boat 2. We are trying to make that boat the best boat possible.
'It has been evolving during its construction process, and I think it will continue to evolve, with appendages and various other changes and new equipment as we head towards the Match.
'I think we will keep learning even in the America’s Cup Match.
'We are set up to be open and able to discuss what’s happening on the water, the mistakes and what you the other competitors doing. If you can keep doing that to the very end, then you’ll keep getting stronger and stronger.'
Simmer points out that it is difficult to do one boat testing because it is a fraught exercise trying to accurately determine windspeed because of the variation in wind profile above the water.
'That is why historically people go through the expensive two boat testing process,' he says.
Simmer believes that the big speed differences between boats will make two boat testing less important. For Oracle Team USA, the main purpose of the two-boat sailing is to help get the racing crew ready for the Match.
'We don’t get to sail against all the other Challengers throughout the Louis Vuitton Cup. So that is a disadvantage for the Defender and we have to try to mitigate that,' he explains.
The Challengers are expected to run single boats only in San Francisco. Logistics are cited as being a significant barrier to launching and retrieving two AC72 catamarans a day.
Simmer is confident that Oracle Team USA can get the job done with one shore crew and a single crane.
'It takes us 45 minutes to launch. We don’t have to pull the boats out each night. They are reasonably well behaved on moorings. The logistics of dealing with two boats in a single day is still a big task. We are going to ease ourselves into it and see how it goes.
read more here
Part 1:
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-Oracle-boss-says-Kiwis-favourites---for-the-moment/108108
With just over 20 weeks left on the clock until the start of the 34th America’s Cup, Grant Simmer, COO of Defender Oracle Team USA, is playing the usual psychological games, picking challenger Emirates Team New Zealand to win the America’s Cup.
'Emirates Team NZ is the favorite. I would say that they are the favorites to win the Cup, at the moment - from what we have seen of their on the water performance.
'We are obviously working to overcome the lead that they’ve had, and are confident that we are going to get there.'
An Australian, Simmer makes a grab for the underdog role, the high ground so beloved of teams from either side of the Tasman Sea. Then he twists the thumbscrews further on the New Zealand team, adding 'at the moment they are the favorites, and when you are the favorite it puts you under a lot of pressure.
'I would say that Dean (Barker, skipper of Emirates Team NZ) has got a lot of pressure on him, not only from within the team, but the whole nation.
'New Zealand is so into the America’s Cup, that it is putting a lot of pressure on him and his key guys.
'It is a matter of whether they can maintain that advantage, and if they can keep developing,' he finished, taking the opportunity, once again, to rattle the Kiwi’s cage in a very measured way.
Of the other two teams, Simmer says 'Luna Rossa clearly have a good boat. From what we have been able to see, they haven’t been able to beat Team NZ in any of the practice racing they have been doing.
'Even though they have been working together very closely it looks like there is a performance difference, at the moment, between Team NZ and Luna Rossa.
'Artemis sailed with us for just a short time, and they apparently weren’t very happy with their configuration. They’re modifying their boat, as has been reported, and we’re hoping they will be out on San Francisco Bay in the next few weeks. We would be happy to line up with them and do some racing when they turn up again.'
read more here
Part 2:
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup:-The-more-things-change,-the-more-they-remain-the-same/108153
Part 2 of the interview with Oracle Team USA's COO, Grant Simmer, a mechanical engineer, whose experience spans nine America's Cup campaigns, including three wins in 1983, 2003 and 2007.
The story so far, is that while Oracle have suffered their setbacks, Simmer is of the view that they are well positioned to successfully defend in September. But as with all America's Cup campaigns, time is the one commodity whih is limited and can't be bought.
That was true in his first America's Cup campaign in 1983 as the 26-year-old navigator of Australia II. And even more so in his previous gig as design team co-ordinator for the 120ft giant catamaran Alinghi 5, which lost the 33rd America's Cup Match, to Oracle Racing's 120ft wingsailed trimaran.
Simmer picks up the story, revealing that the launch date for Oracle Team USA’s second AC72 will be prior to the end of April, and elaborates on the program through to the end of the America's Cup Match.
'It will take a while to commission the new boat, then we will have two boats capable of lining up against each other. There will be some one-boat sailing, particularly with the new boat, and there will be days when we take both boats out and we will be able to test certain configurations.
'This Cup is not like in Version 5 monohull boats, used in the 2007 America’s Cup in Valencia. We are looking for big developments. There will be no argument to stop the development of our Boat 2. We are trying to make that boat the best boat possible.
'It has been evolving during its construction process, and I think it will continue to evolve, with appendages and various other changes and new equipment as we head towards the Match.
'I think we will keep learning even in the America’s Cup Match.
'We are set up to be open and able to discuss what’s happening on the water, the mistakes and what you the other competitors doing. If you can keep doing that to the very end, then you’ll keep getting stronger and stronger.'
Simmer points out that it is difficult to do one boat testing because it is a fraught exercise trying to accurately determine windspeed because of the variation in wind profile above the water.
'That is why historically people go through the expensive two boat testing process,' he says.
Simmer believes that the big speed differences between boats will make two boat testing less important. For Oracle Team USA, the main purpose of the two-boat sailing is to help get the racing crew ready for the Match.
'We don’t get to sail against all the other Challengers throughout the Louis Vuitton Cup. So that is a disadvantage for the Defender and we have to try to mitigate that,' he explains.
The Challengers are expected to run single boats only in San Francisco. Logistics are cited as being a significant barrier to launching and retrieving two AC72 catamarans a day.
Simmer is confident that Oracle Team USA can get the job done with one shore crew and a single crane.
'It takes us 45 minutes to launch. We don’t have to pull the boats out each night. They are reasonably well behaved on moorings. The logistics of dealing with two boats in a single day is still a big task. We are going to ease ourselves into it and see how it goes.
read more here
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Sailingworld interview Russell Coutts on progress at Oracle Team USA and the upcoming America's Cup
From the following Sailingworld article by Michelle Slade
http://www.sailingworld.com/blogs/racing/americas-cup/riding-high
These days, Russell Coutts spends a lot more time in his office than out on the water. But for the America’s Cup most successful skipper, it’s all part of the challenge of the game. In fact, he appears to be thriving amidst the barrage of criticism from fans, other teams, and San Francisco politicians. Though, to be fair, many people have been much more positive about the new look of the America’s Cup. He remains confident that once the event starts, the negativity will die down considerably and the racing will command everyone’s attention, just as he hoped it would.
read more here
http://www.sailingworld.com/blogs/racing/americas-cup/riding-high
These days, Russell Coutts spends a lot more time in his office than out on the water. But for the America’s Cup most successful skipper, it’s all part of the challenge of the game. In fact, he appears to be thriving amidst the barrage of criticism from fans, other teams, and San Francisco politicians. Though, to be fair, many people have been much more positive about the new look of the America’s Cup. He remains confident that once the event starts, the negativity will die down considerably and the racing will command everyone’s attention, just as he hoped it would.
read more here
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
America's Cup Update, AC Uncut speak to Dirk De Ridder of Oracle Team USA on the role of wing trimmer
In this edition of AC Uncut Genny Tulloch talks to Oracle Team USA wing trimmer Dirk De Ridder about the techniques of trimming a wing versus a soft sail.
http://youtu.be/tEEbJCngseo
http://youtu.be/tEEbJCngseo
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
America's Cup update, AC uncut video interview with Nathan Outteridge of Team Artemis
Genny Tulloch of AC Uncut speaks to Nathan Outteridge of Team Artemis about their current development work on AC45 and AC72 catamarans.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
America's Cup update, Jimmy Spithill of Team Oracle interview
An excellent two part Sail-World interview with Jimmy Spithill of Team Oracle:
Part 1
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup-update-with-Oracle-helm-James-Spithill-(part-1)/107367
The 2013 America's Cup is now just six months and the pressure is mounting on all the teams...
Oracle skipper and helm, James (Jimmy) Spithill is a straight talking Australian. In 2010, aboard BMW Oracle Racing, Spithill became the youngest ever winner of the America's Cup. Sail-world interviewed him at length last week. Some of his observations were predictable and diplomatic but others less so and there is obviously some needle between Oracle USA and the Team New Zealand already.
read more here
Part 2
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup---Oracles-James-Spithill-tells-it-like-it-is!!-(Pt-2)/107433
The 2013 America´s Cup is now just six months and the pressure is mounting on all the teams...
Oracle skipper and helm, James (Jimmy) Spithill is a straight talking Australian. Sail-world interviewed the 2010 America´s Cup winning skipper last week. In Part I of this interview Spithill detailed the progress of the Oracle USA team and made some blunt comments about Emirates Team New Zealand. There is more of the same in Part II.
read more here
Part 1
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup-update-with-Oracle-helm-James-Spithill-(part-1)/107367
The 2013 America's Cup is now just six months and the pressure is mounting on all the teams...
Oracle skipper and helm, James (Jimmy) Spithill is a straight talking Australian. In 2010, aboard BMW Oracle Racing, Spithill became the youngest ever winner of the America's Cup. Sail-world interviewed him at length last week. Some of his observations were predictable and diplomatic but others less so and there is obviously some needle between Oracle USA and the Team New Zealand already.
read more here
Part 2
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Americas-Cup---Oracles-James-Spithill-tells-it-like-it-is!!-(Pt-2)/107433
The 2013 America´s Cup is now just six months and the pressure is mounting on all the teams...
Oracle skipper and helm, James (Jimmy) Spithill is a straight talking Australian. Sail-world interviewed the 2010 America´s Cup winning skipper last week. In Part I of this interview Spithill detailed the progress of the Oracle USA team and made some blunt comments about Emirates Team New Zealand. There is more of the same in Part II.
read more here
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