RC44 Championship Tour, a Valencia rientra Mascalzone Latino
MonotipiaRC44Vela 29 Giugno 2010 Zerogradinord 0
RC44 Championship Tour – Valencia – La seconda parte dell’RC44 Championship avrà inizio il 27 luglio prossimo, quando a Valencia si svolgerà l’RC44 Valencia Cup, quarto evento del circuito riservato al monotipo disegnato da Andrej Justin e Russell Coutts. Tra gli iscritti si registrerà il ritorno di Vincenzo Onorato e del suo Mascalzone Latino, assenti da un paio di stagioni dai campi di regata frequentati dagli RC44.
La speranza degli organizzatori, reduci dalla perturbata trasferta a Copenhagen e prima dalla fredda serie di regate disputate sul Lago Traunsee, è quella di tornare a impegnare la flotta al fronte di condizioni meteo estive.
La serie valenciana dovrebbe disputarsi davanti alla spiaggia della Malvarrosa e si articolerà su due giorni di match race, su una regata lunga, da svolgersi lungo un percorso che avrà la linea di arrivo posizonata all’interno del Port America’s Cup, e su nove prove di flotta.
Jorge Gisbert, Direttore Generale del Consorzio Valencia 2007, ha commentato: “E’ la prima volta che le acque valenciane daranno il benvenuto agli RC44. Speriamo sia il primo di una lunga serie di appuntamenti da svolgere da queste parti, come accaduto per la Coppa America e il Gran Premio di Formula 1. Il Consorzio Valencia 2007 sta lavorando duro per assicurare che tutto sia pronto per garantire un evento al top”.
RC44 CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR, TENSION RISING AHEAD OF THE RC44 VALENCIA CUP
[RC44 Championship Tour Press Release] The second half of the RC44 Championship Tour 2010 will start in Valencia, Spain, on July 27. No less than eleven teams, including Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino and all the teams involved since the beginning of the season, will participate in the event.
The RC44 Valencia Cup will be the fourth event of the Championship Tour 2010. It will most probably coincide with the return of summer sailing conditions following an interesting first three events this season. Indeed, the Tour started in February in Dubai in superb yet challenging conditions, with a lot of sand and dust in the air carried by a nearby storm; it carried on under the snow-capped mountains that surround the stunning Austrian Lake Traunsee, before last month’s strong breeze in Copenhagen.
The summer weather in Valencia should bring back the sun and the warmth, alongside the nice and stable sea breeze that traditionally blows in the Mediterranean during the summer. The regatta will begin on Tuesday July 27 with a match race event held over two days. The team owners will then take the helm on Thursday 29th for a fleet race practice day followed by three days of fleet regattas.
Valencia, the iconic sailing venue, home of the America’s Cup 2007 and 2010, is a great site for sailing in general and the Championship Tour in particular. The races will take place in front of Malvarrosa beach (weather permitting) whilst one of them, on Saturday, will finish inside the Dársena, next to the famous Veles e Vents building.
General Director of Consorcio Valencia 2007, Jorge Gisbert explains that “It is the first time ever that the Valencian waters will welcome the RC44 teams. We look forward to welcoming them for what we hope will become the first of many editions here, and to organise an event as successful as other events organised at the Marina Real Juan Carlos I, such as the America’s Cup or Formula 1. The Consorcio Valencia 2007 team is working hard to ensure all the elements of the event are set in place. We are grateful for the support of the Real Club Náutico de Valencia and the Spanish and the Valencian Sailing Federations.”
The RC44 Championship Tour is one of the world’s top sailing events. With six regattas spread in the Middle-East, Europe and the United States, it involves up to twelve international teams that include last year’s winner Team No Way Back (Pieter Heerema-Ray Davies), Artemis (Torbjorn Tornqvist-Terry Hutchinson), Ceeref (Igor Lah-Rod Davis), BMW Oracle Racing (Larry Ellison-Russell Coutts), Team Aqua (Chris Bake-Cameron Appleton), Team Islas Canarias Puerto Calero (José Juan and Daniel Calero-José Maria Ponce), Katusha (Guennadi Timtchenko-Paul Cayard), Team Sea Dubai (Harm Müller Spreer-Markus Wieser), RC44 Challenge (James Spithill), Team Austria (René Mangold-Christian Binder) and Mascalzone Latino (Vincenzo Onorato).
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