America’a Cup, il commento di Alinghi
AlinghiAmerica's CupVela 10 Febbraio 2010 Zerogradinord 0
America’s Cup – Valencia – Il primo match valido per l’assegnazione dell’America’s Cup si svolgerà venerdì, condizioni meteo permettendo. Dopo il rinvio di lunedi, infatti, il Comitato di Regata è stato costretto ad annullare un’altra volta il programma giornaliero a causa dell’onda morta residuo del Maestrale violento che ha soffiato durante la notte.
“Le onde erano senza dubbio il problema più grande. Penso fossero di circa un metro e mezzo nell’area di partenza – ha commentato lo stratega di Alinghi, Murray Jones – Ciò significa che le onde più alte potevano raggiungere quasi i due metri. Inoltre il moto ondoso arrivava con una direzione trasversale rispetto a quella del vento. Credo che il Comitato di Regata abbia fatto bene a non mandarci fuori”.
[flashvideo filename=video/americascup/Alinghi_100210.flv /]
Intervista a Murray Jones. Video coutesy Alinghi.
AMERICA’S CUP, ALINGHI’S COMMENT
[Alinghi Press Release] Race 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup Match has been postponed until Friday. Today’s attempt to commence the best-of-three Deed of Gift Match between defender Alinghi and challenger BMW Oracle Racing was postponed due to rough sea conditions on the Mediterranean outside Valencia.
“The waves were the biggest problem. I think they were about 1.3m average size in the start area – said Alinghi strategist Murray Jones – That means we could’ve had a peak of 1.8m and that’s the biggest issue. There was a swell coming from one direction and waves from an offset of 90 degrees to that. We’ve been out in conditions not quite that bad, but it’s heinous. I think they’ve done the right thing by not sending us out there”.
Jones explained that strong winds in the north of Spain near France were churning up the sea, which was confirmed over the phone by Will McCarthy, an Alinghi sailing team member, out spotting at noon: “It’s very bumpy out here, confused, cold and we have seen 20knots this morning”.
The next attempt to commence the match is scheduled for Friday at 10.06. The race schedule is for one day to intervene between each race day as agreed with the challenger. Paragraph 6.5 of the Notice of Race states that: “If a race is cancelled, abandoned or postponed that race will be sailed on the next scheduled date and the subsequent races shall be postponed for the day accordingly”.
The first attempt on Monday was postponed until today due to unstable wind conditions.
No comments so far.
Be first to leave comment below.