Volvo Ocean Race, Telefonica Blue protesta Ericsson 3

[singlepic=1207,250,170,,left]Volvo Ocean Race – Singapore – Telefonica Blue ha presentato una protesta contro Ericsson 3 per una presunta infrazione al regolamento di regata avvenuta durante la terza tappa della Volvo Ocean Race.

Lo skipper Bouwe Bekking aveva anticipato la decisione via mail: “Stavamo navigando sotto spi, ingaggiati con Ericsson 3. Ci hanno passato, poi li abbiamo superati nuovamente. Dovevamo attraversare una zona piuttosto pericolosa per i fondali bassi, e loro non ci hanno lasciato manovrare. Eravamo su mere opposte e avevamo diritto di rotta. Il risultato è che li protestiamo. Non voglio scendere nei dettagli per non influenzare la Giuria Internazionale. La buona notizia è che l’ingaggio è tutto documentato su video”.

Viste le imminenti festività, bisognerà attendere qualche giorno per sapere quando verrà fissata l’udienza.

Ranking after three legs
1 – Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael/BRA) pt. 35
2 – Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED) pt. 30.5
3 – Puma Racing Team USA (Ken Read/USA) pt. 27.5
4 – Ericsson 3 SWE (Anders Lewander/SWE) pt. 23.5
5 – Green Dragon IRL/CHN (Ian Walker/GBR) pt. 20.5
6 – Telefónica Black ESP (Fernando Echávarri/ESP) pt. 19.5
7 – Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT) pt. 10.5
8 – Team Delta Lloyd IRL (Roberto Bermudez/ESP) pt. 9.0

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VOLVO OCEAN RACE, TELEFONICA BLUE FILED A PROTEST AGAINST ERICSSON 3
[Volvo Ocean Race Press Release] Telefonica Blue has filed protest papers with the Race Committee alleging an infringement of the Racing Rules of Sailing by Ericsson 3 for an incident during the leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Skipper Bouwe Bekking wrote of the encounter in an email later that same day: “We were sailing under spinnakers and we were neck on neck with Ericsson 3. They passed us once, but then we passed them again. We had to navigate through an area of shoals, so tricky for the navigators, not to let us run aground. Then we got involved in an incident with Ericsson 3. We were both on opposite tack, and we had the right of way. It resulted in us protesting Ericsson 3… I won’t go into details what exactly happened so that I don’t influence the international jury. The good news is that we got the entire incident on video tape.”

Telefonica Blue would go on to win the leg, while Ericsson 3 finished in third place.

With the Christmas break imminent, it is likely that we’ll have to wait a few days to hear about a schedule for the protest hearing.

Ranking after three legs
1 – Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael/BRA) pt. 35
2 – Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED) pt. 30.5
3 – Puma Racing Team USA (Ken Read/USA) pt. 27.5
4 – Ericsson 3 SWE (Anders Lewander/SWE) pt. 23.5
5 – Green Dragon IRL/CHN (Ian Walker/GBR) pt. 20.5
6 – Telefónica Black ESP (Fernando Echávarri/ESP) pt. 19.5
7 – Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT) pt. 10.5
8 – Team Delta Lloyd IRL (Roberto Bermudez/ESP) pt. 9.0

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