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IYRU SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1994 LA ROCHELLE - FRA / 25 JULY - 7 AUGUST 1994 FINAL RESULTS - MEN Rank Country Helmsman Crew Points 123456M 1 GBR John MERRICKS Ian Walker 74142283 34 2 JPN Kan Yamada Seiji Saito 10 5 1 20 20 1 6 49 3ITAPaolo Cian Marco Scotto di Vettimo 6123061671 50 4 SWE Marcus Westerlind Henrik Wallin 1 3 17 30 3 21 7 59 5 FRA Fabrice Knipping Philippe Gasparini 8 1011125 304 62 6 GBR Andrew Richards Ian Parks 20219177172 66 7 GRE Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigonis 5PMS246 8 3 10 66 8 ARG Mariano Castro Marcos Casciola 14 1 5 8 30 25 5 67 9 UKR Yevgen Braslavets Igor Matvienko 4 11 9 21 14 6 9 67 10 SWE Claes GREGART Martin Andersson 24 19 20 3 10 5 8 79 11 SUI Matthias Renker Alain Stettler 3 20 4 10 24 34 12 ITA Lorenzo Bressani Francesco Della Torre 9 1019181319 13 POR Victor Hugo ROCHA Nuno Barreto 15 PMS 25 13 11 4 14 GRE Iordanis Paschalidis Athanassios Pahoumas 28 7 YMP YMP 4 22 15 FRA Benoit Petit Jean‐François Cuzon 21 16 13 23 17 2 16 RUS Dmitri Berezkin Yevgeniy Burmatnov 13 PMS DSQ 7 9 16 17 ISR Zeevi Kalach Elad Ronen 10 18 20 22 10 11 FLEET 18 FRA Jean‐François Berthet Gwenael Berthet 25 PMS 7 1 34 10 19 AUT Christian Binder Marcus Piso 11 22 10 28 6 23 20 GER Ronald Rensch Torsten Haverland 12 6 29 20 14 27 21 USA Christopher Rast Jean Pierre Ziegert 32 17 3 4 35 25 GOLD 22 POL Marek Chocian Zdzislaw Staniul 23 9 17 27 25 12 23 POR Joaquim Moreiro Diogo Cayolla 19 PMS 20 10 15 14 24 CAN Paul Hannam Brian Storey 34 8 27 9 12 32 25 ESP Jordi Calafat Francisco Sanchez 16 PMS 6 31 1 PMS 26 SLO -
470 Olympic Medallists
OLYMPIC GAMES 470 Class Medallists Women's category Number Year Gold Silver Bronze Venue of boats 2016 Hannah Mills - Saskia Clark (Great Britain) Jo Aleh - Olivia Powrie (New Zealand) Camille Lecointre - Hélène Defrance (France) Rio de Janeiro - Brasil 20 2012 Jo Aleh - Olivia Powrie (New Zealand) Hannah Mills - Saskia Clark (Great Britain) Lisa Westerhof - Lobke Berkhout (Netherlands) London (Weymouth) - Great Britain 20 2008 Elise Rechichi - Tessa Parkinson (Australia) Marcelien De Koning - Lobke Berkhout (Netherlands) Fernanda Oliveira - Isabel Swan (Brazil) Beijing (Qingdao) - China 19 2004 Sofia Bekatorou - Emilia Tsoulfa (Greece) Natalia Via-Dufresne - Sandra Azon (Spain) Therese Torgersson - Vendela Zachrisson (Sweden) Athens - Greece 19 2000 Jenny Armstrong - Belinda Stowell (Australia) Jennifer J. Isler - Pease Glaser (USA) Ruslana Taran - Olena Pakholchik (Ukraine) Sydney - Australia 20 1996 Theresa Zabell - Begonia Via Dufresne (Spain) Yumiko Shige - Alicia Kinoshita (Japan) Ruslana Taran - Olena Pakholchik (Ukraine) Atlanta (Savannah) - USA 22 1992 Theresa Zabell - Patricia Guerra (Spain) Leslie Egnot - Janet Shearer (New Zealand) Jennifer J. Isler - Pamela Healey (USA) Barcelona - Spain 17 1988 Allison Jolly - Lynne Jewell (USA) Marit Soderstrom - Birgitta Bengtsson (Sweden) Larissa Moskalenko - Irina Tchounikhovskai (USSR) Seoul (Pusan) - South Korea 21 Men's category Number Year Gold Silver Bronze Venue of boats 2016 Šime Fantela - Igor Marenić (Croatia) Mathew Belcher - William Ryan (Australia) Panagiotis Mantis - Pavlos -
2000 Europeans Malcesine
OPEN 470 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (for men and mixed crews) MALCESINE - ITALY - 5-14 JUNE 2000 FINAL RESULTS (Scores take into account two discards) - 76 boats - 31 nations (EUR rank = rank in European Championship - European champions in bold) EUR Total Final races Rank Nation Sail Number Crew Rank scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 1 New Zealand NZL 188 Simon Cooke / Peter Nicholas 44 2 3 4 8 11 11 15* 3 2 15* 2 1 France FRA 2574 Gildas Philippe / Tanguy Cariou 53 8 2 10 30* 9 10 8 14* 4 2 3 USA USA 1722 Paul Foester / Bob Merrick 60 10 16* 2 6 10 2 14 1 15 18* 4 2 Italy ITA 42 Matteo Ivaldi / Francesco Ivaldi 62 21 4 5 12 30* 29* 1 15 3 1 5 3 Spain ESP 1769 Gustavo Martinez / Tunte Cantero 65 14 9 7 17* 8 6 9 4 17* 8 6 4 Great Britain GBR 791 Nick Rogers / Joe Glanfield 71 18 7 29* 9 29* 1 6 6 18 6 7 5 Slovenia SLO 141 Tomaz Copi / Mitja Margon 77 12 11 3 22* 33* 9 7 7 7 21 8 6 Germany GER 4859 Stefan Meister / Frank Thieme 80 7 15 1 27* 5 13 dnf* 5 21 13 9 7 Spain ESP 1738 Alberto Garcia / Dimas Wood 80 23* 12 21* 2 3 7 20 11 11 14 10 8 Greece GRE 131 Andreas Kosmatopoulos / Kostas Trigonis 83 6 18 20* 15 18 dnc* 3 2 5 16 11 9 Israel ISR 127 Eli Zukerman / Elad Ronen 85 3 1 16 28* 15 ocs* 16 19 6 9 12 Argentina ARG 70 Javier Conte / Juan DelaFuente 85 5 6 24* 10 6 27* 13 9 19 17 13 10 Sweden SWE 315 Johan Molund / Matias Rahm 89 13 8 6 31 7 15 2 dsq* 32* 7 14 11 Finland FIN 136 Petri Leskinen / Kristian Heinila 108 26* 17 19 25* 1 18 5 8 16 24 15 12 Ukraine UKR 7 Evgeny Braslavets / Igor Matvienko 115 31* 22 22 26* 2 8 4 13 22 22 16 12 Great -
Real Federación Española De Vela
PHEJYD: REAL FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE VELA PATRIMONIO HISTÓRICO ESPAÑOL DEL JUEGO Y DEL DEPORTE: REAL FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE VELA Patricia Quilón De La Hoz Raúl Ráez Sánchez Adrián Ruiz Yagüe AÑO 2012 MUSEO DEL JUEGO Raúl Raez Sánchez, Patricia Quilon de la hoz , Adrian Ruiz Yagüe PHEJYD: REAL FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE VELA INDICE 1. PRECEDENTES Y CREACIÓN DE LA FEDERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA. 2. DESARROLLO DE LA FEDERACIÓN DESDE SUS INICIOS HASTA NUESTROS DÍAS. 3. ESTRUCTURA ACTUAL DE LA FEDERACIÓN 4. CAMPEONATOS DE ESPAÑA 5. ACTIVIDAD INTERNACIONAL 6. ENLACES DE INTERES 7. INDICE BIBLIOGRAFICO 8. INDICE DE IMÁGENES MUSEO DEL JUEGO Raúl Raez Sánchez, Patricia Quilon de la hoz , Adrian Ruiz Yagüe PHEJYD: REAL FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE VELA 1. PRECEDENTES Los primeros clubes náuticos de los que se tienen noticias son de la primera parte de la década de los setenta del siglo XIX. Así, no sería aventurado pensar que algunos años antes la afición a la náutica deportiva habría comenzado a florecer en las costas españolas; testimonios de ese tipo encontramos, incluso, en algunas novelas de ambiente marinero de Baroja, donde un nuevo rico regresa al puerto guipuzcoano de donde emigrara de joven y trae consigo un yatch, una pequeña balandra para uso deportivo. También el cántabro Pereda relata en Sotileza, su arquetípica novela de ambiente marinero, la existencia de ligeros esquifes aparejados de balandra y de diferentes tipos de botes a vela, aparejados al tercio, que se utilizaban en Santander a mediados del XIX para realizar navegaciones de ocio por la bahía. Al hablar de la vela de competición, que también da sus primeros pasos a finales del XIX, podemos mencionar La Copuca. -
1994 Worlds Helsinki
470 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (for men and mixed crews) HELSINKI - FINLAND - 16-25 AUGUST 1994 FINAL RESULTS (Scores take into account one discard) 121 boats - 26 nations - 5 continents Final Final races Rank Nation Sail no Crew scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Netherlands NED 878 BEN KOUWENHOVEN / JAN KOUWENHOVEN 43,5 1 2 1 7 11 17 5 21* 2 Japan JPN 3274 KENJI NAKAMURA / MASATO TAKAKI 51 3 5 8 12 17 23* 4 2 3 Sweden SWE 294 MARKUS WESTERLIND / HENRIK WALLIN 53,75 17 1 20 8 dnf* 2 2 4 4 Estonia EST 1 TÖNU TÖNISTE / TOOMAS TÖNISTE 54 6 3 10 5 13 11 6 27* 5 Great Britain GBR 716 JOHN MERRICKS / IAN LOVERING 62,75 16 dnc* 11 ymp 1 5 11 10 6 Belgium BEL 1194 JOHAN BELLEMANS / DIRK BELLEMANS 64 21* 8 15 14 5 7 9 6 7 France FRA 12502 OLIVIER PONTHIEU / DIMITRI DERUELLE 65 11 7 14 1 14 10 17* 8 8 France FRA 12440 JEAN-FRANCOIS BERTHET / GWENAEL BERTHET 67,7 2 9 2 ymp dnf* 13 14 18 9 Spain E 1748 JORDI CALAFAT / FRANCISCO SANCHEZ 68,75 5 dnf* dnc 6 9 4 1 11 10 Israel ISR 13 SHAI BACHAR / EREZ SHEMESH 72 14 4 3 23 12 9 dsq* 7 11 Israel ISR 14 RAN SHENTAL / MIR SHENTAL 72 7 14 6 9 dnf* 6 7 23 12 Ukraine UKR 7 EVGUENI BRASLAVETS / IGOR MATVIENKO 74,75 27* 12 23 3 8 1 13 15 13 Germany GER 4751 RONALD RENSCH / TORSTEN HAVERLAND 77 8 10 16 11 4 18 10 19* 14 Germany GER 4734 MICHAEL KOCH / STEFAN THEUERKAUF 82,55 13 18 21 ymp 6 29* 12 1 15 Finland FIN 120 RISTO TAPPER / MARKKO TAPPER 85 4 17 7 15 2 30* 16 24 16 Sweden SWE 298 BJÖRN BENGTSSON / JOHAN NYSTRÖM 85 10 6 18 4 dnf* 15 20 12 17 Spain ESP 1715 LUIS MARTINEZ / JUAN-LUIS WOOD 97 22 15 12 17 dnf* 14 3 14 18 Finland -
OPENING DAY Sailing Season
mainsheet Winter 2012 mainsheet WINTER 2012 OPENING DAY of the 128th Sailing Season 1 September 2012 ENTER NOW Published by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Published by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Malcolm Page & Mathew Belcher Current International 470 World Champions “The first time I used Maui Jim’s, I could not believe the difference in clarity of the colours. For us, the difference in seeing the enhancement of the wind on the water can be the difference between winning and losing. Now I would not wear anything else.“ Code Flag K from Commodore Greg Clarke One of the characteristics of Having utilised all the necessary and share the pride of a 127 year any successful entity, be it a skills and knowledge to the best organisation that will no doubt business, personal relationship of our ability we find ourselves experience similar moments of or sporting team is its ability at the anchorage, the sun truth again in the future. to have a robust discussion in is shining and we reminisce challenging times. This should how this sometimes torrid As your skipper I thank you for be in a way that all sides of the experience has made us better the mature skills you have shown argument can be aired without people (members) and our boat in recent times and look forward fear of criticism and every (Squadron) is healthier for it. to smooth sailing. party is desirous of reaching a mutually acceptable outcome. Life is full of challenges and rewards. The rewards we This journey, like crossing easily enjoy. -
470 Etimes Issue: Dec Ember 2009
470 Worlds Stats Men‘s 470 Top 10 10 nations/4 continents Women‘s 470 Top 10 9 nations/4 continents :: Page 8 Joe Glanfield: —I love the 470. It‘s a boat that incorporates every aspect of dinghy racing.“ :: Page 4 Photo: Sander van der Borgh 470 ETIMES ISSUE: DEC EMBER 2009 Photo: Getty Images WWW.470.ORG 470 ETIMES The eTimes is the official newsletter of the International 470 Class Association All rights reserved: 470 Internationale© DISTR IBUTION Beijing 2008 Women‘s 470 bronze medallist Isabel Swan and World‘s best - National Class Associations - Sailing Federations soccer player Pele support Rio de Janeiro‘s bid for the 2016 Olympics. - 470 sailors & spectators WHAT THE BEIJING M EDALLISTS DID NEXT? - (Sailing) Sport Media ANDY RICE CAUGHT UP WITH THE 470 OLYMPIC M EDALLISTS FROM BEIJING - ISAF :: P AGE 3-4 The 470 eTimes is distributed 470 ET IMES INDEX through the International 470 WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENT Class emailing list, and through 470 CLASS SAILORS‘ SUPPORT PRORAMMES the official 470 Class web site: ñ WHAT HAPPENNED AFTER BEIJING ? MORE PROGRAMMES, www.470.org ñ SAILOR’S SU PPORT PROGRAMME S ñ CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW S INCREASING GLOBAL EXPA NSION. P HOTOGRAPHY With many thanks to: ñ MASTERS AND LEGENDS The International 470 Class offers more Support programmes, more knowledge transfer and more support to sailors‘ Olympic campaigns. - Getty Images ñ ISAF WORLD CU P - Sander van der Borgh - Thom Touw ñ ATHLETES’ COMMISSION ñ CALENDAR :: P AGE 5 -6 EDITORIAL: ñ OLYMPIC Q U ALIFICATION Contributions of Luissa Smith ñ 470 ATHLETES Andy Rice Rick van Wijngaarden WOMEN‘S SA ILING - WORLDS‘ FLEET T OP 20 Edward Ramsden Five 420 Ladies‘ World Championship medallists, two 470 ATHLETES Hubert Kirrmann out of three girls who have ever won the overall Top players in the International 470 Nicholas Guichet Class. -
For Immediate Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Marx Darren Dunkley-Smith StFYC Race Office StFYC Marketing President, Intl 470 Class Assoc. 415-820-3713 917-340-4889 +61 411 633 470 [email protected] [email protected] ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB TO HOST 2005 INTERNATIONAL 470 CLASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Olympic-Class Regatta To Feature World’s Top Sailors In Countdown to Beijing 2008 San Francisco, CA – 198 sailors from 27 countries will gather on San Francisco Bay from August 19th – 28th for the 2005 International 470 Class World Championships hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club. Racing begins Monday, August 22 and will showcase some of the world’s best male and female small boat sailors including past and present world champions as well as 2004 Olympic Silver Medalists Nick Rogers and Joe Glan (BRITAIN) and Natalia Via-Dufresne and Sandra Azon (SPAIN). The course will be set on San Francisco Bay along the city front from Alcatraz to Crissy Field. With up to six races daily through Sunday, August 28th, there will great viewing from Marina Green and Crissy Field. “A fleet of 470’s running downwind reaching speeds of 15 knots in the waves of SF Bay will be a truly spectacular sight,” commented Doug Holm, Commodore of the St. Francis Yacht Club. “The 470 is one of the most exciting of the Olympic classes and the St. Francis is proud to be hosting such a strong field of competitors.” Course types will be Olympic courses applicable to 470s such as the Olympic trapezoid (with outer loop or with inner loop). -
2006 Worlds Rizhao
MEN'S 470 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - RIZHAO - CHINA - 4-13 SEPTEMBER 2006 FINAL RESULTS (Scores take into account one discard) - 87 boats - 28 nations - 5 Continents dpi : 3 points added to race score Final Qualifying races Final races Rank Nation Sail no Crew scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Great BritainGBR 828 Nic Asher / Elliot Willis 64 7 5 4 3 4 2 115*5 12 7 6 4 2 Australia AUS 311 Nathan Wilmot / Malcom Page 71 3 10 1 1 16* 1 5 11 8 2 10 3 8 3 Israel ISR 7 Gideon Kliger / Udi Gal 77 2 6 5 6 6 8 13* 7 4 7 11 5 5 4 Italy ITA 2 Gabrio Zandona / Andrea Trani 79 2 18* 6 5 6 2 11 5 6 18 6 8 2 5 Croatia CRO 83 Sime Fantela / Igor Marenic 83 8 16* 4 2 8 9 2 4 12 3 9 10 6 6 France FRA 11 Benjamin Bonnaud / Romain Bonnaud 88 6 16 3 5 6 122* 8 10 5 20 2 3 7 France FRA 7 Nicolas Charbonnier / Olivier Bausset 94 18 2 6 9 4 11ocs*13 1 15 1 12 1 8 Netherlands NED 1 Sven Coster / Kalle Coster 101 10 6 2 10 5 5 8 2 3 14 1825* 9 MEDAL RACE 9 USA USA 1734 Mikee Anderson / David Hughes 102 3 18 6 7 4 4 4 26* 2 4 17 19 7 10 Great Britain GBR 817 Nick Rogers / Joe Glanfield 113 5 7 2 2 8 10 9 16 23* 23 2 9 10 multiplied(scores by 2) 11 France FRA 17 Alex Pallu de la Barriere / Aymeric Chappellier 114 1 12 1 19 3 15 3 25 9 dsq* 8 1 7 12 Spain ESP 769 Gustavo Martinez / Dimas Wood 116 3 11 10 1 2 6 10 19 16 1 28* 23 4 13 France FRA 24 Ronan Dreano / Ronan Floch 124 1 7 9 9 13 6 21 6 13 22 4 bfd* 3 14 Australia AUS 361 Mathew Belcher / Nick Behreins 125 4 10 5 10 12 5 6 1 22 16 23 27* 1 15 France FRA 2588 Gildas Philippe / Nicolas Le Berre 128 12 7 12 -
1995 Europeans Bastad
470 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (for men and mixed crews) BASTAD - SWEDEN - 8-17 JUNE 1995 FINAL RESULTS (Scores take into account one discard) - 75 boats - 24 nations (EUR rank = rank in European Championship - European champions in bold) Overall EUR Sail Total Final races Nation Crew rank rank Number scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 1 Great Britain GBR 749 John Merricks / Ian Walker 81,5 28 2 2 16 8 11 11 1 1 33* 2 dnf* 2 2 Finland FIN 123 Petri Leskinen / Mika Aarnika 84 21* 18 7 4 6 9 14 4 22* 12 8 2 3 3 Germany GER 4805 Ronald Rensch / Torsten Haverland 84,25 20 1 26* 28* 12 5 5 23 3 1 14 1 4 4 Greece GRE 131 Andreas Kosmatopoulos / Kostas Trigonis 100 11 15 15 9 2 21* 7 20 10 27* 5 6 5 5 Germany GER 4734 Michael Koch / Stefan Theuerkauf 107 2 35* 9 8 3 28 4 2 dsq* 8 32 11 6 6 Sweden SWE 301 Claes Gregart / Martin Andersson 107 3 21 5 3 11 4 18 6 30* 18 22* 18 7 7 Italy ITA 3933 Paolo Cian / Delatorre 115 4 32* 19 2 25 3 17 24 6 5 28* 10 8 8 Croatia CRO 92 Ivan Kuret / Marko Misura 119 15 11 12 7 14 29* 15 21* 18 11 4 12 9 9 Portugal POR 118 Hugo Rocha / Nuno Barreto 124,75 1 31* 8 11 23 23 3 7 19 21 9 32* 10 10 Sweden SWE 298 Bjorn Bengtsson / Johan Nystrom 125 14 9 28* 27 17 10 30* 5 16 2 12 13 11 11 Sweden SWE 294 Marcus Westerlind / H. -
470 Men Results
OLYMPIC GAMES 1996, 470 MEN SAVANNAH - UNITED STATES - 24 JULY - 1 AUGUST 1996 FINAL RESULTS (Scores take into account two discards) - 36 boats - 5 continents Race 1Race 2Race 3 Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9 Race 10 Race 11 Total w. Rank Country Helmsman Crew Total Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. discard 1 Ukraine Yevhen Braslavets Ighor Matviyenko 2 2.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 16 16.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 9 9.0 10 10.0 7 7.0 DNC 37.0 93.0 40.0 2 Great Britain John Merricks Ian Walker 15 15.0 1 1.0 4 4.0 27 27.0 DSQ 37.0 4 4.0 2 2.0 6 6.0 15 15.0 2 2.0 11 11.0 124.0 60.0 3Portugal Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto 5 5.0 10 10.0 17 17.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 8 8.0 9 9.0 5 5.0 2 2.0 12 12.0 15 15.0 94.0 62.0 4 Finland Petri Leskinen Mika Aarnikka PMS 37.0 14 14.0 19 19.0 4 4.0 7 7.0 6 6.0 8 8.0 1 1.0 16 16.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 121.0 65.0 5 Russia Dmitriy Berezkin Yevgeniy Burmatnov 13 13.0 25 25.0 5 5.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 11 11.0 20 20.0 19 19.0 4 4.0 8 8.0 111.0 66.0 6 France Jean‐Francois Berthet Gwenael Berthet 16 16.0 6 6.0 9 9.0 28 28.0 15 15.0 23 23.0 3 3.0 2 2.0 17 17.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 123.0 72.0 7 Argentina Martin Billoch Martin Rodriguez 12 12.0 23 23.0 1 1.0 22 22.0 20 20.0 3 3.0 4 4.0 12 12.0 1 1.0 8 8.0 12 12.0 118.0 73.0 8 United States Morgan Reeser Kevin Burnham 20 20.0 9 9.0 6 6.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 11 11.0 DSQ 37.0 4 4.0 PMS 37.0 1 1.0 13 13.0 148.0 74.0 9 Spain Jordi Calafat Francisco Sanchez 1 1.0 17 17.0 14 14.0 20 20.0 2 2.0 19 19.0 5 5.0 PMS 37.0 3 3.0 13 13.0 2 2.0 133.0 76.0 10 Estonia -
Risultati 16-21 Giugno 2005
Risultati 16-21 giugno 2005 DOMANI AL VIA I VALENCIA LOUIS VUITTON ACTS 4&5 DELLA 32MA AMERICA’S CUP. Valencia, 15 giugno 2005 – La stagione 2005 della 32ma America’s Cup inizia domani con la prima regata del Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 4. Come da tradizione alla vigilia delle regate, c’è stata la conferenza stampa di apertura con gli skipper dei 12 team in gara per la 32ma America’s Cup. Molta serenità da parte del Defender Alinghi, rappresentato da Peter Holmberg, che giudica la rosa dei concorrenti competitiva e preparata, aspettandosi regate combattute ed un bellissimo spettacolo sull’acqua. Anche Francesco De Angelis, team leader di Luna Rossa Challenge, si dichiara soddisfatto del suo nuovo team internazionale, uno di quelli che ha trascorso più tempo a Valencia, in test e allenamenti. “Sembra un campo di regata facile e stabile come condizioni; in realtà nell’arco della stessa giornata il tempo cambia moltissimo e ci sono insidiosi salti di vento”. Vasco Vascotto tattico di Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team, è allegro e divertente come sempre ma non nasconde una “certa tensione all’idea di scendere in acqua per l’America’s Cup”. All’inizio di questi Act vedremo quasi sicuramente Hamish Pepper alla ruota nella fase di prepartenza sostituito immediatamente dopo da Flavio Favini, uno dei migliori timonieri del nostro paese. Iain Percy, il fuoriclasse inglese scelto da + 39 per timonare ITA 59 è consapevole di avere ancora da imparare ma è contemporaneamente certo di aver fatto passi da gigante rispetto all’anno passato e sa di poter contare su un pool di olimpionici bravi, motivati e decisi a farsi rispettare anche in America’s Cup.