RC44 Championship Tour, il via a Puerto Calero
RC44Vela 19 Febbraio 2009 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic=1095,250,170,,left]RC44 Championship Tour – Lanzarote – Team e volti nuovi si affacciano sull’universo RC44. Luis Doreste, Karol Jablonski, José Maria Ponce, Philippe Presti e Martin Kirketerp saranno infatti tra i protagonisti del Champioship Tour 2009, evento che si aprirà a Puerto Calero la prossima settimana.
In programma a partire dal prossimo 25 febbraio, la Puerto Calero Islas Canarias RC44 Cup offrirà ai debuttanti l’occasione di prendere la mano con gli stretti spazi di una classe estremamente competitiva. L’apertura sarà come sempre riservata al match race, mentre, nel week end, sarà tenpo di regate di flotta e della lunga valida per l’assegnazione del Trofeo DHL.
Due i nuovi team in gara. Pieter Heerema guiderà No Way Back, equipaggio danese di caratura Olimpica reduce da una lunga serie di allenamenti a Copenhagen assieme a Philippe Presti, skipper e tattico nelle regate di flotta e timoniere negli eventi di match race. Il team Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, invece, gli allenamenti li ha addirittura fatti impiegando due barche e potrà contare sull’esperienza di uomini come Carlos Morales e Luis Doreste da una parte (ESP-2) e Juan Calero e José Maria Ponce dall’altra (ESP-2).
Ritorno ad alto livello anche per Karol Jablonski, timoniere di Desafio Espanol durante l’ultima Coppa America. Per il velista polacco si è aperta la porta del Team Organika. Tra le boe anche Sebastien Col, sostituto di James Spithill dalle parti di Team Ceeref in attesa di impegnarsi su K-Challenge, l’RC44 del team francese che sarà disponibile a partire dalla trasferta di Cagliari.
Puerto Calero RC44 Cup, entry list
Ceeref, Igor Lah-Sébastien Col
Team Aqua, Chris Bake-Cameron Appleton
Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist-Dean Barker
BMW Oracle Racing, Russell Coutts
ESP – 1 Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, José Juan Calero-José Maria Ponce
ESP – 2 Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, Carlos Morales-Luis Doreste
Team Organika, Maciej Nawrocki-Karol Jablonski
No Way Back, Pieter Heerema-Philippe Presti
BACK IN ACTION: THE RC44CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK IN PUERTO CALERO
[RC44 Press Release] With the participation of new teams and sailors, including Luis Doreste, Karol Jablonski, José Maria Ponce, Philippe Presti and Martin Kirketerp on top of the usual world Class RC44 sailors, the season’s first regatta will be interesting. The RC44 Class also announces new features that will allow media and the public to better follow the events.
The RC44 fleet is back in action, with the Puerto Calero Islas Canarias RC44 Cup – the season’s first regatta – starting on Wednesday February 25. Organised by Puerto Calero, a superb real estate development on Lanzarote’s seafront, the RC44 Cup will begin with two days of match racing, followed by three days of fleet racing. The DHL coastal race will take place on Sunday; it will count for double points.
Two new teams join the Class for this regatta. Led by Pieter Heerema, No Way Back has been training hard over the winter in Copenhagen, with sometimes sub zero temperatures. Philippe Presti is the team’s pro skipper and helmsman for the match races. He will also advice Heerema and be the tactician during the fleet regattas. Other members of the team include America’s Cup sailors Yann Gouniot and Christian Scherrer, as well as the 49er Olympic Gold medallist Martin Kirketerp and other Scandinavian sailors.
Team Islas Canarias Puerto Calero will have two boats sailing under its colours next week, with Carlos Morales and Olympic champion Luis Doreste sailing on board ESP 2 for the first time whilst José Juan Calero and Spanish match-race champion José Maria Ponce will share helming duties onboard ESP 1.
Also new on the circuit, Karol Jablonski – helmsman of the Spanish team Desafio during the last America’s Cup – joins the Polish team Organika, who will undoubtedly benefit from Jablonski’s huge experience in match racing. As for Sébastien Col, the match race world champion, he will sail the Puerto Calero Cup onboard the 2008 champion Ceeref, replacing James Spithill for this regatta before joining K-Challenge’s new RC44 in Cagliari.
Puerto Calero RC44 Cup, entry list
Ceeref, Igor Lah-Sébastien Col
Team Aqua, Chris Bake-Cameron Appleton
Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist-Dean Barker
BMW Oracle Racing, Russell Coutts
ESP – 1 Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, José Juan Calero-José Maria Ponce
ESP – 2 Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, Carlos Morales-Luis Doreste
Team Organika, Maciej Nawrocki-Karol Jablonski
No Way Back, Pieter Heerema-Philippe Presti
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