RC44 Championship Tour, tra una settimana in regata a Copenhagen
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[singlepic id=6056 w=300 h=200 float=left]RC44 Championship Tour – Copenhagen – Sarà Copenhagen ad ospitare la terza tappa dell’RC44 Championship Tour. L’evento, in programma tra l’8 e il 13 giugno, sarà organizzato dal Royal Danish Yacht Club e vedrà al via dieci RC44, impegnati come d’abitudine in una serie di regate di flotta e di match race.
Padrone di casa sarà il campione uscente No Way Back. Nonostante la bandiera olandese, lo scafo di Pieter Heerema è il solo ad aver già navigato nelle acque del Baltico. Un’esperienza risalente al 2008-2009, quando il team di Heerema iniziò a prendere conoscenza con lo scafo disegnato da Russell Coutts e Andrej Justin.
Buona conoscenza del campo di regata anche per James Spithill che, nel corso delle regate, potrà contare sulla presenza di Sua Altezza Reale il Principe Frederik, cui sarà affidato il timone di 17, la seconda barca di BMW Oracle Racing.
Sarà quindi una settimane di regate molto intensa, da affrontare con un occhio fisso verso la classifica generale, guidata dal già citato Team No Way Back con quattro punti di margine su Team Sea Dubai e sette su BMW Oracle Racing e Artemis.
Dopo la tappa di Copenhagen, il circuito RC44 si sposterà a Valencia a luglio, alle Canarie ad ottobre e infine a Miami, negli Stati Uniti.
RC44 Copenhagen Cup, entry list
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 (Daniel Calero-José Maria Ponce)
Katusha (Guennadi Timtchenko-Paul Cayard)
Team Sea Dubai (Jes Gram Hansen)
AEZ RC44 Sailing Team (René Mangold-Christian Binder)
17 (James Spithill)
RC44 CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR, EXPLORERS NEW VENUE AND DISCOVERS COPENHAGEN
[RC44 Championship Tour Press Release] Copenhagen will host the third regatta of the RC44 Championship Tour 2010 on June 8–13. Organised by the Royal Danish Yacht Club, the event will bring together ten RC44 one-designs for a week of fleet and match racing.
Winner of last year’s Championship Tour and current leader of the overall ranking, Pieter Heerema and his Team No Way Back will be the RC 44 Copenhagen Cup “home team”. Despite sailing under the Dutch flag, No Way Back is the only RC 44 who already sailed in the Baltic Sea. Indeed Pieter Heerema and his crew test-sailed their boat in Denmark for the first time during the winter 2008-09; a practice session that paid off and allowed the Dutch team to immediately compete for the top spots.
James Spithill will also benefit from local advice thanks to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik, who will steer 17 – that’s the name of the boat – during the fleet race. Crown Prince Frederik is a keen sailor, a competitive Farr 40 skipper as well as an accomplished Dragon sailor.
Team No Way Back leads the RC44 Championship Tour 2010 after two events with 4 points, ahead of Team Sea Dubai, 7 points, BMW Oracle Racing and Artemis, 9 points. No Way Back also leads the fleet race ranking ahead of three teams on a tie in second: Artemis, Team Sea Dubai and Ceeref. Finally, three teams are joint leaders off the match race ranking with six points each: BMW Oracle Racing, No Way Back and Team Sea Dubai.
The teams involved in the RC44 Copenhagen Cup are the same as the ones involved in last month’s Austria Cup, with Jes Gram Hansen making a come back on the circuit as pro helmsman on board of Team Sea Dubai.
It is the first time that an RC44 regatta takes place in Northern Europe. Martin Bender, the Event Director of Wonderful Copenhagen, the event’s main partner, commented: “We are thrilled that Wonderful Copenhagen and Royal Danish Yacht Club can host such a fantastic sailing event. We are also confident that the sailors and their friends will enjoy the famous racing waters in Oresund, and the many experiences the City of Copenhagen gives visitors. We are all looking forward to welcoming the RC 44 families to Wonderful Copenhagen.”
After Copenhagen, the RC44 Championship Tour 2010 will carry on in Valencia in July and the Canary Islands in October for the first ever official RC44 World Championship. The RC44 fleet will then be shipped to the US, also for the first time, and will compete for the Oracle RC44 Cup Miami in December.
The teams involved in the RC44 Copenhagen Cup:
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 (Daniel Calero-José Maria Ponce)
Katusha (Guennadi Timtchenko-Paul Cayard)
Team Sea Dubai (Jes Gram Hansen)
AEZ RC44 Sailing Team (René Mangold-Christian Binder)
17 (James Spithill)
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