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FIRST WARNING SIGNAL 14:50 h Stefano Morosin è nato su ITA 94, su ITA 86 e vibrazioni. Alla fine sono sono state, hai rilevato tra a l l e

a Padova trentatré anni sulle stazioni mobili meteo come dei bambini e alla sera, le diverse edizioni? n g

fa e da quando ne ha in mare. Alla base faccio coppia prima di metterli a dormire “Un'infinità ! Ad Auckland MATCH 1 e . c

trenta, vive in Spagna . fissa con Marco Donati, accendiamo anche eravamo partiti quasi da zero. DESAFÍO ESPAÑOL 2007, ESP 97 VS EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND, NZL 92 o m litighiamo talmente ildeumidificatore...”. Ora, memori delle passate MATCH 2 tanto che ci hanno I vostri processori saranno esperienze e lavorando con sicuramente all'avanguardia BMW ORACLE RACING, USA 98 VS LUNA ROSSA CHALLENGE, ITA 94 LUNA ROSSA soprannominati “Sandra e continuità dal 2000, siamo L U N

Raimondo”, io sarei Raimondo ma che particolarità hanno, arrivati molto lontano. Credo A R O

ben inteso, ma come per loro, se ne hanno una? comunque che i progressi più S S A ,

alla fine anche tra me e Marco “Sono i più performanti e rilevanti siano stati ottenuti I L G I

c'è grande sintonia. moderni oggi sul mercato per nell'ambito della qualità dei dati O R N

I dati trasmessi da una barca rispondere alle nostre esigenze oggi a nostra disposizione, A L E D

di Coppa America sono di rapidità di elaborazione, bassa questo grazie ai passi da gigante E L L A

indispensabili per sapere dove dispersione di calore e basso fatti dalle tecnologie di C O P P

e quando intervenire per consumo. Le batterie per la loro costruzione e programmazione A -

migliorarne le prestazioni, alimentazione costituiscono dei sensori che li registrano”. P R O J

li registriamo sulla pilotina per un aspetto chiave da risolvere, Quando i “ragazzi” vanno in E C T ,

poi elaborarli a terra. Luna Rossa in barca infatti, il peso gioca un mare ti senti con loro? Ti senti D E S I

è dotata di tre computer che ruolo fondamentale, per questo anche tu parte dell'equipaggio? G N

Fa parte dello shore team seppur modernissimi, temono motivo le nostre sono fatte “No, non proprio, il mio & P U B L

di Luna Rossa ormai l'acqua salata e le vibrazioni, su misura, uniscono la massima legame è con la barca. I S H E

da un decennio. “Mi occupo il nostro compito autonomia al minor peso”. È anche mia e dei miei colleghi, R Start again M

dell'elettronica di bordo e più è anche quello di renderli Stefano, Luna Rossa la sentiamo come nostra”. I C

H EMOZIONI FORTI NELLA SECONDA GIORNATA DI SEMIFINALI DELLA LVC. ORACLE SUPERA LUNA ROSSA SUL FILO DEL RASOIO E NEW ZEALAND CONFERMA LA SUPERIORITÀ SU DESAFÍO ESPAÑOL E

specificamente del cablaggio affidabili . Per evitare che si l'ha ormai nel sangue. L'emozione più grande che ti L E _ C e dei sensori. Collaboro usurino li rendiamo stagni, È alla sua terza campagna potrebbe dare la “Luna”? O N C I all'identificazione dell'hardware li proteggiamo dal caldo d'America's Cup. “Senza ombra di dubbio vincere N A @ H

più idoneo da utilizzare e quanto più possibile dalle Quali innovazioni, se ci la vecchia brocca d'argento”. O T M A I L . METEO C O M C O N L U C A O R I A N I E T O M M A S O O R I A N I , © C O P Y R I G H T G O T H A LVC Semi Fina l M S R L , I T A L Y - 2 0 1 0 0 M I L A N - 8 , V I A D E I P I A T T I , P R I N T E D I M P R E N T A L L O R E N S , V A L E N C I A - D . L . V - 2 0 2 6 - 2 0 0 7 IN EACH SEMI FINAL MATCH THE FIRST CHALLENGER TO WIN FIVE POINTS, ONE POINT PER WIN, ADVANCES TO THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP FINAL SEMI FINAL A: EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND: 2 POINTS - DESAFÍO ESPAÑOL 2007: 0 POINTS SEMI FINAL B: BMW ORACLE RACING: 1 POINT - LUNA ROSSA CHALLENGE: 1 POINT 0516_28 x merc:Layout 1 16-05-2007 1:08 Pagina 2

SEMI FINAL PHOTO Partenza da manuale di Spithill che costringe Dickson nei rifiuti • per liberarsi USA 98 vira due volte e prende la sinistra del campo di regata, alla prima boa accusa un ritardo di 58” • seconda metà della poppa, Oracle prende la destra e colma gran parte del distacco, al cancello ITA 94 ha 20” di vantaggio • ultima poppa, le barche proseguono vicine fino a 3/4, Oracle “rolla” Luna Rossa e vince con un delta di 13” 2

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VALENCIA QUOTES OF THE DAY Flavours to test the taste buds Another tough day on the water There is much more to Spanish is All I Pebre, hunks of eel in a and rich in pasta and gobs of Benicarlo are a local speciality. With a typical Valencian sea breeze settling in, the conditions were more suited to classic match racing but the starts food than paella. Originating peppery sauce. Another meat. Much of the protein in Other veggies from the huerta and the downwind legs proved anything but predictable. The tacticians struggled to keep in phase with the oscillating in Valencia it is named favourite starter is escarrat, the inland diet comes from include: lettuces, beans, peppers, breeze. Again the two match races were sailed quite differently, one with close clover the other with big splits after the wide, shallow pan strips of salted cod and roasted lamb and, especially tomatoes, aubergines, carrots, in which it simmers. red pepper bathed in olive oil. in the maestrazgo, pork. courgettes, potatoes, onions, Locals usually only eat it at Although the fishing fleet is Its popular tombet, which brims cabbages and cauliflower. lunchtime especially on a Ensalada Valenciana, a regular Sunday afternoon. There are starter in local restaurants, is 2 main varieties; de carne, with a salad of lettuce, tomato, olives chicken and rabbit, and tuna. Oranges are probably the traditional Valencian variety, the other most famous export and de marisco, with seafood. from Valencia. They are But there are many more exported all over Europe and rice-based dishes that have their if you travel north from Valencia origins in the region. Cultivated up the A7 autopista you will see around the Albufera Lake, rice rows and rows of plantations. is the staple diet of many other The harvest season is in Ray Davies John Cutler Peter Isler Michele Ivaldi Valencian dishes such as Arroz November but they are plentiful Strategist Tactician Navigator Navigator a Banda, rice cooked in a fish at all times of the year. Emirates Team New Zealand Desafio Espanol 2007 BMW Oracle Racing Luna Rossa Challenge stock, Arroz Negro, rice with Lemons, grapefruit and We have a good crew and a great boat It was a fantastic start by James, our squid, or Arroz al Horno, rice mandarins are also one We certainly liked the upper right hand We wanted the right hand side, baked in the oven. Arros amb of the day’s great starters. side of the course, we saw we thought there was slightly more and comebacks are part of the scene, goal was to get the best start and our fesols I naps, is rice with haricot You’ll also find the more exotic a phasing breeze left and right. pressure there but we just got a bit out sometimes your not going to get off weather team made a good call, I think beans and turnip. Rice dishes are nispera and soft squishy caquis, We spend a lot of time working out of phase. It was an oscillating sort of the line first, get the first shifts, so you we accomplished that very well. often accompanied by a dish of persimmons. They are usually the numbers. Dean did a really a breeze today so we were happy to put have to have that comeback ability Downwind we got out of phase and it aioli, very garlicky mayonnaise. planted around orange orchards good job in the pre-start and made it some pressure on Team New Zealand to win the Cup. It didn’t matter which was tough to keep our lead. You cannot As a typical Mediterranean port, as a windbreak. a lot easier for the weather team and but as it was they ended up with side we wanted because we didn’t have close that advantage just by boat fish and shellfish feature large depleting in the main port with both, or puchero, a slow Inland where its cooler, juicy the guys at the back of the boat. a slightly better start than us and the any choices at the start, James speed, its impossible. It was a turning on the diet. Behind many a bar, at Valencia, the majority of the simmering of meat, potato, cherries grow in and around We set up to windward and protected race unfolded from that point. and the team did a great job, point when we got out of phase, and seafood unloaded on the Spanish onions, green beans and chard the Vall de Gallinera. you’ll see a dish of boquerones, the right and made We seem to struggle a bit going basically neutralising the port entry we couldn’t go back. It was the time fresh anchovies, served as a tapa. Costa’s still comes from or cabrito al horno, roast kid. Another typically refreshing a big gain continuing out that way. to windward but pretty competitive and gaining control of the pre-start. of day that the left pressure Juicy, raw and pickled in vinegar, the Valencian region. A regular on the menu will be drink originating from From there it was an oscillating came back and they made a big gain, they’re quite different from There is nothing like good carnes de cordero, lamb chops. the Alboraia village in Valencia The day was very shifty, downwind. Whether that’s the salty, thirst-inducing wholesome food to keep out the Benefiting from a rich fertile soil is Horchata de Chufas. the conditions deteriorated and on a speed aspect or going in type of a day and the thing we were a little slow reacting, variety in tins. cold of winter. Inland traditional and a long warm summer, It’s made from tiger nuts, water the last run it was really tough to cover a different direction that’s hard to say. we didn’t want to do was get we barely had a piece of them and As you travel beside the Albufera cooking owes more to the the huerta provides an ample and sugar and served ice cold. the boat behind and the Spanish We have to focus hard on the start, out of phase and lose even more. gybed as late as possible. Lake you will see local meseta. Gazpacho, not the cold supply of some of the freshest There are a number of small made a big gain on us. I think strategy for the first shift and if It’s completely maddening to sail I cannot attribute all the loss fisherman tending to the eel sloppy Andalucian kind but vegetables your ever likely carts selling Horchata around the other match learnt more from we can get in front or close, we can against a boat that won’t tack on you or to boat speed or we have wasted traps. A freshwater favourite gazpacho manchego, steaming to taste. The artichokes of the America’s Cup Parks. watching us than we did from them. make a tough race out of it. gybe on you, when you’re way behind. millions in research!