Who would want to sit on the Ericsson 4 substitutes’ bench?
The team lists are in and once again Torben Grael’s crew is unchanged, meaning they have now kept the same 11 men onboard for the entire race.
‘Why would we want to change?’ the Brazilian asked. ‘It is always good to have as few changes as possible. We tried to do the same with Brasil 1 in the last race, but we knew we would change for Knut (Frostad, the current race CEO) for the Southern Ocean legs because we had no experience there. We also changed the navigator for technical reasons…Â DetailsÂ
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‘The Valencian Government has just issued a press statement to the effect that it now considers itself free of any contractual obligations with America’s Cup Management (ACM) in the light of the New Your Appeal Court finding.
‘The statement adds that the contract that was signed between the Town Hall, the Valencian Government and ACM envisages this possibility and therefore with this contract we have guaranteed that in the case of a finding that went against Alinghi, the interests of the Valencian Community would be protected.
‘However Major Project coordinator Jose Luis Villanueva stated that whilst the Valencian government had protected the interests of the Community, it was still hoped that the pre-regattas would be staged in Valencia.’ …Â Details
Officials say the French Navy has stormed a French sailboat being held by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, and that one hostage was killed in the operation.
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office says two pirates were killed in the operation and three others taken prisoner. The boat, the Tanit, was seized by pirates Saturday with …Â Details
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The 2009 Summer Course Racing season got underway on Sat 21st March in the Midlands and London Regions, both of whose events were blessed with glorious spring weather, even tempting the occasional shortie out of the wardrobe. The Midlands sailors, at Hollowell SC, were luckier with the wind than the Londoners, starting off with 6 knots or so then building up to 12-14 later in the day, whereas the southerners, at Bough Beech SC near Sevenoaks had to be content with occasional puffs of 8 knots maximum.
29 Midlands competitors were on the water, 15 Technos and 14 Raceboards, including a couple of the new Starboard 380 Phantoms which are beginning to …Â Details