Challenghe Julius Baer, Alinghi SUI-1 al comando della classifica
Julius BaerMultiscafiVela 29 Giugno 2009 Zerogradinord 0
Challenge Julius Baer – Ginevra – Dopo 5 regate, Alinghi SUI-1, il Decision 35 timonato da Ernesto Bertarelli, si è piazzato secondo nel Grand Prix Romandie Act II e si è ripreso la vetta della classifica del Challenge Julius Baer. Ad aggiudicarsi l’evento disputatosi nel corso del week end è stato Foncia di Alain Gautier, che segue SUI-1 nella graduatoria assoluta alla pari con Okalys -Corum, portato tra le boe da Loick Peyron. Il week end ha visto Alinghi SUI-6 di Ed Baird chiudere al sesto posto e giungere all’appuntamento con la pausa estiva del circuito in quinta posizione.
General Ranking Challenge Julius Baer
1. SUI-1 Alinghi, 5 pts
2. SUI-5 Foncia, 6 pts
3. SUI-2 Okalys-Corum, 6 pts
4. SUI-3 Julius Baer, 14 pts
5. SUI-6 Alinghi, 15 pts
6. SUI-9 Smarthome, 17 pts
7. SUI-7 Zebra 7 FirstCaution, 18 pts
8. SUI-4 Zen Too, 19 pts
9. SUI-12 Banque Populaire, 21 pts
10. SUI-10 Ladycat, 27 pts
11. SUI-8 Romandie.com, 33 pts
ALINGHI SUI-1 WINS RACE 2 OF GP ROMANDIE ACT II IN LIGHT AIRS
[Source Alinghi] After five regattas on Lake Geneva, Alinghi SUI-1, helmed by Ernesto Bertarelli leads the Challenge Julius Baer series. The crew of SUI-1 maintained consistant results over the weekend to rank second behind Alain Gautier on Foncia. Ed Baird’s Alinghi SUI-6 finished sixth at the Grand Prix Romandie Act II to go into the D35 summer break fifth overall, ahead of experienced lake sailors, in their first D35 season.
Quotes from the race boat
Nils Frei, trimmer on board SUI-1, gives some insight on how the day went for his team: “We had a good start in the first race but were on the wrong side of the course, so it was difficult to finish earlier. We had good starts in the other three races and managed to sail fast although the conditions were shifty and patchy. The key today was to get the right side of the race course, like Foncia did. They also had good speed so they deserved to win. We tried to be conservative but overall we are happy with the result.”
Ed Baird, helmsman onboard Alinghi SUI-6, also comments on this weekend’s regatta: “We are encouraged in some ways because we have been sailing better and the boat handling is improving, but we also feel a little disappointed because we chose incorrectly a couple of times in the lake conditions and ended up dropping down the fleet, so we know our final score could have ended up better this weekend. The main challenge was that there were a number of races in which one side was heavily favoured but this was not apparent at the start. Nervertheless, we are still behind but we are catching up.”
This is the last regatta of the Challenge Julius Baer before the summer break, but Alinghi sailors have a challenging task ahead of them, as Baird explains: “We now have a tremendous amount of work ahead of us with the new boat: to get it sailing and to learn about it. It’s great to have the chance to race these smaller boats against so many great teams but the real work starts a few weeks from now.”
The next of the three remaining regattas for the Décision 35 championsip is the Open de Nyon from 22-23 August.
General Ranking Challenge Julius Baer
1. SUI-1 Alinghi, 5 pts
2. SUI-5 Foncia, 6 pts
3. SUI-2 Okalys-Corum, 6 pts
4. SUI-3 Julius Baer, 14 pts
5. SUI-6 Alinghi, 15 pts
6. SUI-9 Smarthome, 17 pts
7. SUI-7 Zebra 7 FirstCaution, 18 pts
8. SUI-4 Zen Too, 19 pts
9. SUI-12 Banque Populaire, 21 pts
10. SUI-10 Ladycat, 27 pts
11. SUI-8 Romandie.com, 33 pts
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