America’s Cup, Glenn Ashby in forze a BMW Oracle Racing
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[singlepic=1339,250,170,,left]America’s Cup – San Diego – A poche ore dalla conquista del sesto titolo mondiale Classe-A, Glenn Ashby, vincitore della medaglia d’argento ai Giochi di Qingdao in coppia con Darren Bundock, ha reso noto che volerà a San Diego per svolgere una serie di allenamenti a bordo di BMW Oracle Racing 90, il multiscafo fatto costruire dal team di Larry Ellison in vista del possibile Deed of Gift Match contro Alinghi.
“Il mio compito sarà quello di aiutare il team nel corso degli allenamenti a San Diego: è davvero una grande opportunità per me – ha spiegato Ashby – BMW Oracle Racing è uno dei consorzi più attrezzati in vista della Coppa del 2010. Questo incarico potrebbe portarmi a far parte dell’equipaggio, ma è ancora troppo presto per parlarne. Se dovessero propormi di fare parte del team non me lo farei certo ripetere due volte. Dopo le Olimpiadi, credo che un velista non possa ambire ad altro che alla Coppa America. Le tecnologie che team come BMW Oracle Racing hanno a disposizione e i budget sono analoghi a quelli della Formula Uno”.
“Ora che per un pò di tempo non dovrò pensare alle Olimpiadi, mi concedo l’opportunità di provare un pò di cose nuove. Ci sono molte porteche sistanno aprendo per noi olimpionici e anche il mondo dei Maxi pare offrirmi interessanti chance. I catamarani Classe-A, seppur piccoli, sono tecnologicamente molto evoluti e c’erano molte persone con idee innovative che sono venute ad assistere alle regate del Mondiale. Spero che questo mi consenta di cimentarmi sulle big boat in Europa e America”
GLENN ASHBY WILL SAIL WITH BMW ORACLE RACING
[Source Bendigo Advertiser] Glenn Ashby is about to embark on a one-month trial in the United States that could lead to a role in the world’s most prestigious sailing event, the America’s Cup. Later this month the Strathfieldsaye sailor will head to the world-famous San Diego Yacht Club where he will begin a four-week stint with the BMW Oracle Racing team, the American challenger in the 2007 America’s Cup, which was won by Swiss boat Alinghi.
“I’m going to do some sailing with the America’s Cup crew on their big trimaran – Ashby said – I’ll do some coaching work with them in San Diego, which is a wonderful opportunity for me. BMW Oracle Racing is one of the main contenders for the next America’s Cup in 2010. It could lead to a spot on the crew for the next America’s Cup, but that’s a long way down the track at this stage. If the opportunity arose to be part of an America’s Cup team I’d love to be part of it. The Olympic level is one end at the elite level of the sport and the America’s Cup is the other ultimate level of sailing and yacht racing that I’d like to experience – not just for the racing side of things, but the design aspects and technology. The technology these guys have access to is pretty much the same as what the Formula One teams have. They have the same sort of budgets, so it would be a great experience for me from a business point of view as well.”
Ashby runs his own sailing business in Strathfieldsaye. He won his sixth A-class catamaran world championship at Lake Macquarie this week and that, combined with his silver medal in the Tornado class at the Beijing Olympics, has made him hot property in sailing ranks.
“Now that the Olympic stuff is finished for four years, I’m taking the opportunity to try a few things in the next couple of years. There’s quite a lot of doors opening after the Olympics and there’s potentially some offshore opportunities for me on the big boats. The A-class catamarans are a technology base for the bigger boats and there were a lot of people around watching the world titles this week looking for new ideas. I guess that’s helped me to get these opportunities in America and Europe with the big boats.”
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