RC44 Championship Tour, nuovi team si uniscono al circuito
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RC44 Championship Tour – Portorose – Saranno ben 11 i team che a fine mese si daranno battaglia nelle acque di Portorose in occasione della penultima tappa dell’RC44 Championship Tour.
Alla flotta, infatti, si uniranno due nuovi equipaggi: oltre al competitivo Team Katusha, del quale abbiamo dato notizia qualche settimana fa, della partita sarà anche Team Blue Grove Miss Slovenia, una vecchia conoscenza del circuito, cui prese parte in passato con il nome di Ekipa 44, rimediando il terzo posto nell’evento di Trieste nel 2007.
Il gruppo che regaterà a Portorose, infatti, sarà piuttosto simile a quello del 2006 e comprenderà l’olimpionico Gaspar Vincec, destinato a timonere nel corso dei match race, e il nuovo armatore Michael Reardon, alla ruota durante le regate di flotta.
Le regate valide per la RC44 Portoroz Cup, evento sponsorizzato da Bank Sarasin, avranno inizio lunedì 28 settembre con la practice race. Il match race si disputerà tra il 29 e il 30, mentre le prove di flotta si svolgeranno tra il primo e il 3 ottobre.
RC44 Portoroz Cup, entry list
Team Aqua, Chris Bake-Cameron Appleton
Team Ceeref, Igor Lah-Sébastien Col
Sea Dubai, Yousef Lahej, DIMC-Markus Wieser
BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison-Russell Coutts
Team Organika, Maciej Nawrocki-Karol Jablonski
Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, Jose Juan Calero-Jose Maria Ponce
Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist-Dean Barker
No Way Back, Pieter Heerema-Ray Davies
Team Austria, René Mangold-Christian Binder
Team Katusha, Paul Cayard
Team Blue Grove Miss Slovenia, Michael Reardon-Gasper Vincec
NEW TEAM JOIN THE RC44 FLEET FOR THE BANK SARASIN RC44PORTOROZ CUP
[RC44 Press Release] Team Katusha and Team Blue Grove Miss Slovenia will participate in the Bank Sarasin RC44 Portoroz Cup, bringing the total number of entries to eleven.
Team Katusha joins the Championship Tour with ambition, having hired Paul Cayard as skipper. Cayard already competed with the RC44 Class in Lugano in 2008 as well as in the Austria Cup last June.
Team Blue Grove Miss Slovenia was one of the first teams to join the Championship Tour back in 2006, under the name Ekipa 44. The team that will sail in the Portoroz Cup 2009 is very similar to the initial one; it is mainly made up of Olympic and dinghy sailors, with Gasper Vincec at the helm for the match race and Michael Reardon steering the fleet series. This team finished 3rd of their last regatta, in Trieste in 2007, proving the depth of their talent. Team Blue Grove Miss Slovenia is now headed by Michael Reardon and it will sail on its home waters with a strong desire to perform.
With also Dean Barker, Markus Wieser, Jose Maria Ponce, Karol Jablonski, Cameron Appleton, Russell Coutts, Ray Davies, Christian Binder and Sébastien Col, the RC44 Class is now clearly established as one of the most competitive series in the world.
The Bank Sarasin RC44 Portoroz Cup begins on Monday September 28 with the practice Race and media day. The match race event will take place on Tuesday September 29 and Wednesday 30 whilst the fleet regatta will take place from Thursday October 1 till Saturday 3.
RC44 Portoroz Cup, entry list
Team Aqua, Chris Bake-Cameron Appleton
Team Ceeref, Igor Lah-Sébastien Col
Sea Dubai, Yousef Lahej, DIMC-Markus Wieser
BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison-Russell Coutts
Team Organika, Maciej Nawrocki-Karol Jablonski
Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, Jose Juan Calero-Jose Maria Ponce
Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist-Dean Barker
No Way Back, Pieter Heerema-Ray Davies
Team Austria, René Mangold-Christian Binder
Team Katusha, Paul Cayard
Team Blue Grove Miss Slovenia, Michael Reardon-Gasper Vincec
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