RC44 Championship Tour, a Copenhagen il match race è di Team Aqua
RC44Vela 9 Giugno 2010 Zerogradinord 0
RC44 Champinship Tour – Copehagen – Reggendo bene alla pressione di tre match estremamente importanti, Team Aqua si è aggiudicato l’evento di match race valido per la RC44 Copenhagen Cup, manifestazione valida ai fini del circuito riservato al monotipo disegnato da Russell Coutts e Andrej Justin. L’equipaggio di Chris Bake e dello skipper Cameron Appleton ha chiuso la serie di regate con un bilancio di otto vittorie e una sconfitta e ha messo in fila BMW Oracle Racing, Artemis e Team No Way Back, giunti a quota sei. In quinta posizione, a un punto dai tre equipaggi a pari punti, si è piazzato James Spithill con il suo 17.
Giornata di felicità per l’equipaggio austriaco di AEZ. Per loroè giunta una vittoria importante contro Paul Cayard e Team Katusha. Niente male per un team che ha deciso di passare da nove a dieci uomini di equipaggio ingaggiando Gerd Habermuller: campionissimo di bob che al peso ha fatto registrare 105 chili.
L’RC44 Copenhagen Cup riprenderà venerdì con lo svolgimento delle manche di flotta. Domani, infatti, è in programma la regata di provache vedrà impegnati tutti i team iscritti.
RC44 Copehagen Cup
1. Team Aqua, 8-1, pt. 8
2. BMW Oracle Racing, 6-3, pt. 6
3. Artemis, 6-3, pt. 6
4. Team No Way Back, 6-3, pt. 6
5. 17, 5-4, pt. 5
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Vidoe courtesy RC44 Championship Tour.
RC44 CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR, TEAM AQUA WINS THE MATCH RACE EVENT
[RC44 Championship Tour Press Release] The pressure was on Team Aqua for the last day of the match race event. Unbeaten yesterday, Chris Bake’s team – helmed by Cameron Appleton – had three difficult duals ahead, against Team Sea Dubai, Ceeref and Artemis.
The first race of the day was a copy-paste of yesterdays’ for the Aqua boys, who benefited from their opponent’s premature start to sail away and win an easy point. Next came a race that could prove decisive, against Ceeref. The Slovenian team skippered by Rod Davis – second overall yesterday – had the mathematical possibility to win the contest by beating Aqua and then winning their last match against Paul Cayard’s Katusha, on little form in this event.
Team Aqua and Ceeref started even and exchanged tacks throughout the first beat. The decisive moment of the race took place when Aqua – on port tack – surprised Ceeref by dipping them, gaining the inside at the top mark and winning the race and the title thanks to this move. As for Ceeref, it went on to loose the next match against Katusha, ending up sixth overall…
Out of the five teams who were on a tie in third this morning, BMW Oracle Racing, Artemis and No Way Back had the best day, winning three matches each and thus remaining on a tie, with BMW Oracle Racing grabbing the second spot overall ahead of Artemis and No Way Back thanks to their direct confrontations.
Another happy team is the Austrian team AEZ, winner of their match against Paul Cayard’s Katusha and eighth overall – their best result in a match race so far. Team AEZ recently announced the appointment of Gerd Habermüller – a retired top bobsled athlete, 185 centimetres and 105 kilograms of muscles – and their team going from nine to eight crewmembers.
Tomorrow will be a practice day for the fleet regatta, due to start on Friday.
RC44 Copehagen Cup
1. Team Aqua, 8-1, pt. 8
2. BMW Oracle Racing, 6-3, pt. 6
3. Artemis, 6-3, pt. 6
4. Team No Way Back, 6-3, pt. 6
5. 17, 5-4, pt. 5
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