America’s Cup, BOR 90: domani si imbarca l’ala
America's CupOracle Team USAVela 13 Dicembre 2009 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic id=4785 w=300 h=204 float=left]America’s Cup – San Diego – Completato il carico di BOR 90, dei mezzi appoggio e dei container, ieri pomeriggio lo shore team di BMW Oracle Racing ha provato a imbarcare sull’Ocean Lady, ferma nel porto di San Diego, anche l’enorme ala rigida che costituisce il sistema propulsivo del maxi trimarano di Larry Ellison.
Purtroppo per gli uomini di Russell Coutts un improvviso peggioramento delle condizioni meteo ha imposto la conclusione anticipata delle operazioni e il loro rinvio a domani mattina, a patto che la situazione migliori.
Julien Di Biase, responsabile delle attività svolte dallo shore team, ha dichiarato: “Abbiamo capito che non c’era nulla da fare e abbiamo deciso che trasportare l’ala nel capannone era la cosa migliore”.
AMERICA’S CUP, SHIP LOADING TO CONTINUE ON MONDAY
[Source BMW Oracle Racing] With the BOR 90 trimaran platform loaded aboard the Ocean Lady on Friday, the shore team turned their focus to getting the wing on board Saturday.
It was a delicate operation. The wing was to be suspended in the air by a floating crane which would then move through the water from the base to where the ship was berthed – several hundred metres away.
The wing was lifted well by the crane and the transport phase started. But the weather was far from ideal with heavy rain showers and occasional gusts of wind. During one of these gusts, the load on the wing increased and one of the four straps attaching it to the crane failed. Given this, the shore crew elected to abandon the operation and return the wing, still suspended by three straps on the crane, to the base.
“We had a hard time of it today,” said Julien Di Biase (SUI), who is overseeing the operation. “The safest thing was to bring the main wing element back to the base and wait for the weather to improve.”
The wing is now back inside the big tent at the base in San Diego. Loading will resume on Monday, weather permitting.
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