RC44 Championship Tour, quattro team vicinissimi in classifica
MonotipiaRC44Vela 2 Maggio 2010 Zerogradinord 0
RC44 Championship Tour – Lago Traunsee – Dopo aver dominato l’evento di match race, BMW Oracle Racing continua a mostrare i muscoli anche nelle regate di flotta valide per la seconda tappa dell’RC44 Championship Tour. Non a caso, infatti, USA-17 (Vickers e Kostecki) e USA-18 (Ellison-Coutts), si dividono la testa della clasifica dopo quattro regate, incalzati a uno e due punti da Team No Way Back e Team Ceeref.
La giornata non si era certo aperta al meglio per Isog Lah e il suo Team Ceeref: fortuna – e bravura – per loro che dopo il decimo rimediato in apertura sono arrivati un terzo e due primi che hanno portato il team sloveno al quarto posto, dietro al vincitore del circuito 2009, No Way Back di Pieter Heerema (2-1-3-8).
Le prove odierne si sono disputate sfruttando il vento medio-leggero che ha soffiato da nordest. A risultare più conveniente è stata la navigazione sulla destra del percorso, quindi verso costa. Talvolta però, il vento ha girato più del previsto, permettendo clamorosi rientri.
RC44 Championship Tour, fleet race
1. BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison, 1-2-8-2, pt. 13
2. RC44 Challenge, Ian Vickers, 5-2-3, pt. 13
3. Team No Way Back, Pieter Heerema, 2-1-3-8, pt. 14
4. Ceeref, Igor Lah, 10-3-1-1, pt. 15
5. Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist, 4-9-4-5, pt. 22
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Video courtesy RC44 Championship Tour.
RC44 CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR, FOUR TEAMS ON TOP OF THE RC44 AUSTRIA CUP
[RC44 Championship Tour Press Release] The America’s Cup team BMW Oracle Racing is on great form since the beginning of the year, and confirms it in the RC44 Austria Cup. Indeed, USA-17 (Ian Vickers-John Kostecki) and USA-18 (Ellison-Coutts) share the lead at the end of day one of the fleet regatta, ahead of Pieter Heerema’s No Way Back and Igor Lah’s Ceeref.
The wind was blowing from the north-east this afternoon, between 5 and 12 knots. In most cases, the right of the course proved favourable and the RC44’s had to head for the coast and stay as close as possible from the shore in order to benefit from land effects. However, the left proved favourable on rare occasions, allowing some spectacular come-backs.
It was definitely a tough day for the tacticians and the results show it clearly: except for RC44 Challenge – who finished all the races in the top five – all the teams scored at least one counter performance, finishing 8th, 9th or even 10th. On the other hand, some well known teams such as Torbjorn Tornqvist’s Artemis or Chris Bake’s Team Aqua didn’t manage to score a top three.
Igor Lah and his team onboard Ceeref started the day with a disastrous tenth place but finished with two consecutive wins. Katusha’s owner Guennadi Timtchenko also had an interesting time: today he discovered the sport of sailing, the RC44 Class and yacht racing! Benefiting from Paul Cayard’s advice, Timichenko spent most of the day fighting in the middle of the pack, racing hard and discovering why this sport – and this particular Class – are such a passion for its members.
The RC44 Class proposes for the first time a live GPS tracking and 3D visualization of the event, available on the Class website (http://www.rc44.com). Today, no less than 2191 armchair sailors from all over the world followed the races. They will have the opportunity to analyse the world’s best sailors’ moves in the coming days. With four teams separated by three points and the top teams showing fairly high score averages, the fleet race remains totally open and the next days will with no doubt be interesting.
RC44 Championship Tour, fleet race
1. BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison, 1-2-8-2, pt. 13
2. RC44 Challenge, Ian Vickers, 5-2-3, pt. 13
3. Team No Way Back, Pieter Heerema, 2-1-3-8, pt. 14
4. Ceeref, Igor Lah, 10-3-1-1, pt. 15
5. Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist, 4-9-4-5, pt. 22
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