Oracle Team USA deducted five AC72 sailing days for spying on Luna Rossa

[Fonte: America's Cup]

The International Jury for the 34th America’s Cup has deducted sailing days from ORACLE TEAM USA as the final decision in the espionage case brought against the defender by Italian syndicate Luna Rossa Challenge 2013.

Last week the International Jury announced that it found in favor of Luna Rossa, which alleged that ORACLE TEAM USA had breached part of the Reconnaissance Article (37.2(g)) of the Protocol for the 34th America’s Cup by being within 200 meters of the Italian AC72 during a training session in New Zealand in early November.

Citing the importance of the Reconnaissance Article in the Protocol and the importance of a meaningful penalty, today the International Jury announced that it has deducted from ORACLE TEAM USA the final five sailing days, April 26-30, 2013, of the Second AC72 Sailing Period (Feb. 1-Apr. 30, 2013).

The International Jury acknowledged that ORACLE TEAM USA has returned 10 photos as instructed and also levied costs of €11,500 (approximately $15,200) against the team.


The International Jury for the 34th America’s Cup (from left): Josje Hofland, John Doerr, David Tillett, Bryan Willis, Graham MacKenzie. Photo copyright America’s Cup / Gilles Martin-Raget

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SB20 World Championship hat trick for Geoff Carveth

Fonte: Worlds SB20



It was a gripping finish on the deciding day at the UON SB20 World Championships at Hamilton Island with Geoff Carveth sailing into the class history books, crowned SB20 world champion for the third time.

It was the closest finish at any SB20 worlds with Carveth’s British WKD team, Glenn Bourke’s Australian entry, Club Marine, and Rodion Luka’s Team Russia all wrapping up their series tied on 41 points after six days and 12 races. A countback was needed to separate the ultimate victor from second and third.

“Going into race two today we decided to take a risk. We gambled for a better ranking and took the right hand side of the course,” said Carveth this afternoon. “It’s the only time, during the whole event that the right hand side paid off. Glenn and Rodion went left and suddenly the chance came. When we finished we were in disbelief that we’d put the number of boats between us.

“The crew have worked really hard. We trained hard here just days before the event started. Lesley and Squirrel really got up to speed and Roger has been fantastic. He’s broken his run of seconds at SB20 world championships!”

WKD’s South African bowman, Asenathi Jim, leapt off the boat once the result was known while the crew of Roger Hudson, Lesley Dhonau and Carveth embraced, then fell in, joining Jim for a victory swim.

“We’ve got to say a huge thank you to WKD and Joe Woods for making it possible for us to be here,” Carveth added.

Hamilton Island CEO Glenn Bourke almost added another world title to his belt. “I have the utmost respect for the two guys we tied with,” said Bourke. “It’s testament to Geoff’s talent and their crew work that they kept working their way out of deep positions, particularly in the last six races”.

Team Russia’s helmsman Rodion Luka was gracious in defeat, “Geoff is a great mate and I am happy that he won. We’ll be back for another event and we look forward to that. Hamilton Island is beautiful and a great place to sail. The competition has been so tight, it’s not often you have three boats tied on points at a world championship”.

Winds were easterly and shifty for the final day of competition at 7-9 knots for the first race and up to 14 knots for the decider. Denis Thompson pulled his black flag out again in race 11 after three general recalls due to wind shifts and antsy crews. On the fourth attempt the fleet got away cleanly. Three SB20s were pinged and individually recalled in the final race 12.

A countback separated first and second, Team Russia and Club Marine, with WKD, a mere three points off the frontrunners heading into today’s final two sprints. The tension on the dock this morning was palpable with a world title riding on the final act for the three contenders, and points still to be claimed for those with their sights on the minor placings.

Competition at the UON SB20 World Championships began last Friday in light to moderate ESE breezes and after Monday’s layday, midway through the competition, fresher ENE winds made for a very different set of conditions and a change in gears for the one design fleet of 42 international entries representing nine countries.

“I’m very pleased for Hamilton Island that we’ve had a range of conditions and such depth of talent for this truly international competition,” said Bourke.

“I think the island put on a great regatta and the race management was outstanding. I feel Hamilton Island has come of age in terms of running world class sailing events.”

Bourke also took the opportunity to acknowledge a number of valuable event partners. “I would like to acknowledge UON not only for their naming rights, but for entering two boats and being an active part of these world titles.

“Events Queensland gave us tremendous support to run a truly international event by assisting with shipping the SB20s to the island, which in turn attracted many overseas competitors and their families to the Whitsundays.”

Bourke also thanked the SB20 World Council for its decision to grant Hamilton Island the event rights, and for their ongoing cooperation and assistance.

The SB20 class will hold their 2013 World Championship in Hyeres in the south of France next September.

Full results here


Asenathi's victory swim_credit Hamilton Island Photography


WKD's winning crew L-R Geoff Carveth Roger Hudson Lesley Dhonau Asenathi Jim_credit Hamilton Island Photography

ORACLE TEAM USA "17" Capsize - The Whole Story

Fonte: Oracle Racing Team

Reparação do AC72 quase concluída

Fonte: Oracle








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With a little more than a week remaining in the year, the focus for ORACLE TEAM USA hasn’t changed. All eyes have been on 2013 for months, for years, with the same goal in mind: defending the America’s Cup in San Francisco next September.

Ask any member of the team their New Year’s resolution and it likely involves winning the Cup. Or more immediately, it’s sailing ORACLE TEAM USA 17 again.

“The capsize has definitely been a setback,” said ORACLE TEAM USA general manager Grant Simmer. “We have lost a lot of sailing time and a lot of time for the team to figure out the new boat, which will be difficult to recover. We’re a sailing team, and it’s not great to be watching your competitors sailing when we’re unable to – that’s been tough. But, all of the team has really focused on fixing the issues, fixing the boat and getting back on the water as soon as possible.”

When the team’s AC72 pitch-poled in San Francisco Bay on October 16, the schedule changed. The wing was in pieces, the pod beat up, the hulls damaged from both water and as a result of the wing breaking apart.

Instead of waiting until the end of the year to reflect, the team found itself evaluating the program a couple months early.

“We’ve used the time to really reassess the entire program, to be more realistic about our planning, to be careful not to try to do too much, but to do everything that’s important and critical to development,” Simmer said. “We’ve become more mindful of the risks.”

The boat was dismantled – beams disconnected, systems removed – and the broken wing stripped down to salvageable pieces.

Work began immediately, and two major boat build projects were soon underway at the team base at Pier 80. Repairs of boat 1 began side-by-side with the build of boat 2.

“We’re very grateful for all of the guys here who have had to dig deep to make this all happen,” said Mark Turner, ORACLE TEAM USA shore team manager. “The repairs of boat 1 certainly haven’t been the easiest of tasks to accomplish, and the list wasn’t small. That’s all been going on in parallel to building boat 2. So, there’s been a lot going on here, just as there’s been a lot going on in New Zealand with getting wing 2 built. Both places – here and in New Zealand at Core Builders Composites – have been going along at a good clip.

“The entire shore crew has pitched in and done things they’re not really accustomed to doing, whether it’s helping with the repairs on boat 1, composite work, putting together flaps for wing 2, or helping out with boat 2’s assembly process,” Turner said.

The second AC72 wing was already under construction, so timeline on completion was adjusted. That wing is scheduled to arrive to San Francisco early in the new year.

“After the capsize, the first step was assessing the extent of damage,” Simmer said. “Clearly we had almost totally lost the wing. Luckily we had another wing in production at that time, and so we accelerated that process. With the platform we found there was quite a lot of water ingress in the hulls and the areas where the boat had suffered damage. So, we’ve repaired all of that, and the platform is currently going back together.”

Composite repair work has been completed and beams reattached. As the team heads into a much-needed holiday break, the work list on boat 1 will be whittled down.

At the start of the year, “it’s all going to happen pretty quickly,” Turner said, with hydraulic systems, wench systems, nets and more going back in place. The new wing will arrive and testing will commence.

At the same time, boat 2 construction remains full steam ahead.

While the schedule may have changed, and plans adjusted, all have remained clearly focused on 2013. All are anxious to get the first AC72 back on the water. And, all have the same goal in the new year – to win.

“The team has really had to stand up to take on the extra work on getting the boat fixed, and they’ve responded fantastically,” Simmer said. “You end up with more resolve at the end of a process like this. That’s true for this team, and I think we will be stronger because of it.

“We’ll be out sailing again at the beginning of February in our repaired and modified boat. We’re looking forward to a long list of testing and development that will ultimately lead us to the Cup. It’s going to be a busy and exciting year for all of us.”

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Britain's Olympic sailors plan return to top of medal table after funding boost

Fonte: The telegraph

Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic sailing teams were planning a return to the top of the medal table at Rio 2016 after their funding for the next four year cycle was increased to £24.5 million.

Britain's 470 silver medallists at London 2012 - Saskia Clarke, Hannah Mills, Stuart Bithell, Luke Patience Photo: Worldwide Images

Between 2009 and London 2012, the RYA received £22.9 million, which resulted in five Olympic medals, one more than the target set by team management. The investment in medals for Rio 2016 has increased by 7% to £24.5 million, a rise that was ‘broadly welcomed’ by the RYA.

The Paralympic sailors did even better, being awarded £2.8 million which was £1.1 million more than the last cycle thanks to Helena Lucas who won gold in the 2.4mR class and Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell who took bronze in the Skuds.

The two medals was in line with targets set but there were many who thought the RYA’s target of four Olympic medals at London 2012 was set deliberately low in order to protect funding for the next cycle.

“When you look at the global economic climate, to receive this level of increase is a great relief and I think we are really well placed against the rest of the world.”

The challenges over the next four years, Derbyshire added, revolved around the transition of their top quality youth sailors into fully fledged Olympic sailors. With the retirement of Ainslie and Iain Percy whose medals and experience were seen as key to Team GB’s achievements, there will be major knowledge gaps in the squad.

Finding disabled sailors to build on Team GB’s Paralympic success will also require some attention.

“After coming home from Beijing empty-handed for the third successive Games, the whole team worked tremendously hard to put that right for London, resulting in a gold and a bronze from two out of the three competing classes,” Derbyshire said.

“We’re delighted that these efforts have been recognised by UK Sport, and will allow us to build and develop our talent pathway to hopefully continue that success towards Rio and beyond.

The increase comes a day after the RYA heard their funding for grassroots sailing had suffered a small drop from £9.6 million to £9.3 million between 2013 and 2016 but the breakdown had shown a large increase in investment into the RYA’s talent pool

RYA Sport Development Manager Jon White said: “The RYA is hugely appreciative of the funding provided by the Government and the Lottery and will continue to work hard to drive participation in both able-bodied and disabled sailing and to inspire people to become lifelong sailors.

"We will also continue to nurture the talent underpinning our junior talent pathway.”

Luna Rossa one year later: already flying on the foils

[Source: Luna Rossa] On January 7, 2012, the first of the two AC 45 Luna Rossa catamarans was launched in Auckland, after rushing against time to put the yacht together and be ready to start training with Emirates Team New Zealand.

“It feels like yesterday, but it’s almost one year!” says Max Sirena, skipper of Luna Rossa Challenge, as he gets off the yacht after a training session at sea.

“An intense year” Max continues “when we lost not even a half day: we reached important goals and made substantial progress to make up for our late start. That was definitely a disadvantage, but from a different angle it was also a driver that pushed us to work better, more efficiently and quickly, by optimising everything.”

“In the last eleven months, we raced in the America’s Cup World Series, with excellent results, and at the end of October we launched our AC 72. It was not a point of arrival, rather a restart: we challenged ourselves to get to know the monster… Cautiously at first – our main concern was that of avoiding any damage that may delay our preparation! – then as we grew more and more confident, we pushed on the throttle ever more.”


Luna Rossa’s AC72 flying on her 13th day of testing. Photo copyright Luna Rossa

“We already sailed the yacht 13 times – in all wind ranges and sea conditions: from 5 knots and a flat sea to 27 knots with big waves – and we are planning to sail the 72 three more times before the Christmas holidays”.

“Every day we sailed we learnt something new, and we discovered the yacht’s potential little by little. In this stage, we split our training days in three parts: performance, onboard system mechanics and match racing with Team New Zealand. The latter is the best way to understand whether everything works and to make both technical and sports progress.”

“Today we can officially say that Luna Rossa does not just fly on the foils developed by our design team, but also that she flies very fast: many times we reached 37 knots of speed! It is an achievement we obtained thanks to hard work of all the team, and of the shore team and design team in particular, that allowed us to plunge on so fast; I want to thank them on behalf of all of us!”

“Now the team deserves some rest. On December 19, we will suspend our activities until the new year, and on January 7 we will resume both the training programme and the technical and sports development: next year is the year of the America’s Cup!”


Luna Rossa’s AC72 flying on her 13th day of testing. Photo copyright Luna Rossa


Luna Rossa’s AC72 flying on her 13th day of testing. Photo copyright Luna Rossa


Luna Rossa’s AC72 flying on her 13th day of testing. Photo copyright Luna Rossa


Luna Rossa’s AC72 flying on her 13th day of testing. Photo copyright Luna Rossa

TEAM CASCAIS na Red Bull Youth America’s Cup selection em Fevereiro

Fonte: America's Cup

Invitations have been extended to 12 of the best national youth sailing teams in the world to compete in the February Selection Series for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup.


The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, scheduled September 1-4, 2013, begins with the Selection Series in San Francisco in February. With the goal of ensuring the best of the best are on the starting line of the main event, the Selection Series will narrow the field through a rigorous training workshop and regatta, February 9-24, 2013.

Double Olympic gold medalists Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher, the Sports Directors for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, have selected the 12 teams invited to the February Section Series.

“There were a lot of applications to compete in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup – over 30, in fact,” Hagara said. “We looked at the teams to evaluate how they worked as a crew, to check their fitness level – as the AC45 is such a physically demanding boat – and of course they had to be very good sailors. The top 12 teams have been invited to continue their journey.”

“This is the best thing that could ever happen for youth sailors. It’s like a dream for me,” said Thomas Mermod of the Swiss youth team, TILT, invited to the February Selection Series. “This is a great way to improve our level and to become a professional sailor. It’s the best opportunity for young sailors.”


Twelve national teams will now go through a selection series for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Photo copyright Gilles Martin-Raget / America’s Cup Event Authority

Working in parallel to this selection process for international teams, ORACLE TEAM USA recently held its own trials to select two American teams to support with coaching and mentoring in advance of September’s regatta which has been specially created to give sailors, aged 19-25, a career pathway towards the oldest trophy in international sport: the America’s Cup.

Team America Racing (representing the USA), and American Youth Sailing Force (representing San Francisco) will both spend the next nine months training for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup under the tutelage of ORACLE TEAM USA.

Emirates Team New Zealand, Artemis Racing, China Team and Team Korea have also indicated they are supporting teams for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Youth crews with the support of an America’s Cup World Series team are eligible for direct entry in September’s regatta, at the discretion of the Regatta Director.

The Selection Series in February will be held on the same AC45 wing sail catamarans the teams will race in September. These are also the same boats the America’s Cup crews race in the AC World Series.

Teams invited to the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Selection Series:

Session #1 – February 9-15
Australia – Objective Australia
Austria – Team Austria
Denmark – Danish Vikings
Germany – STG/NRV Youth America’s Cup Team
New Zealand – Full Metal Jacket Racing
South Africa – Team i’KaziKati

Session #2 – February 18-24
Argentina – Argentina AC45 Youth Team
France – French Youth Team
Italy – Team Italy
Netherlands – Flying Dutchies
Portugal – Team Cascais
Switzerland – Team TILT

Emirates Team New Zealand conclude permitted testing and training on first AC72

Fonte: Emirates Team New Zealand

Emirates Team New Zealand today completed the permitted 30 days of testing and training in its first AC72 catamaran.

Rules for the 34th America’s Cup allow on 30 sailing days for the first boat between July 2012 and the end of January 2013.

Tomorrow the shore crew starts to decommission the yacht while the team concentrates on finishing Boat 2.

Winch drums and some hardware will be removed from the yacht and fitted to Boat 2.

Boat 1 will be refitted in the near future and held in reserve, to be commissioned quickly in the event it’s needed.

Components for the new boat are being built at Auckland companies Cookson Boats and Southern Spars. The second wing is being assembled now at the team’s Viaduct Harbour base. Hulls, beams and other parts of the platform will be delivered to the base early in January for a launch in early February.


Emirates Team New Zealand’s first AC72 yacht is taken out of the water as she concludes the 30 days of permitted testing prior to February 2013. Auckland, 12 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand

Managing director Grant Dalton said the team was fortunate to be able to complete the sailing programme in good time, giving plenty of time to commission Boat 2.

“We never considered sailing both boats together because of the logistics and cost involved.

“It takes 35 people 11Ž2 hours to launch the AC72. Three hours out of morning to launch two 72s and three hours at the other end of the day to retrieve them is out of the question.

“The only solution would be to have two separate operations to launch, retrieve, maintain and improve two AC72s and that is not a realistic prospect for Emirates Team New Zealand.”

He said the team would gain many of the benefits by race training with another boat through the arrangement with Luna Rossa.


Emirates Team New Zealand’s first AC72 yacht is taken out of the water as she concludes the 30 days of permitted testing prior to February 2013. Auckland, 12 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand


Emirates Team New Zealand’s first AC72 yacht is taken out of the water as she concludes the 30 days of permitted testing prior to February 2013. Auckland, 12 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand

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VIDEO: TIME TO PUSH IT ON DAY 28

With a limit of only 30 days of sailing until February 1st allowed in the rules and the clock abruptly ticking down the days left for the team on the water, it was time to push the AC72 further than it has been pushed so far.
However, day 28 just happened to coincide with one of the most destructive days of weather Auckland has seen in some time.

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“Mundialito” de J80 em Santander para Granuja

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You can’t play tennis by yourself

Fonte: Vsail.info

It’s the difference between hitting a tennis ball against the wall vs playing a real tennis match. That is what it means for Emirates Team New Zealand to train against Luna Rossa.


When we’re race training against another boat, a bad gybe or tack cannot be dismissed as something that doesn’t matter. Everyone can see what it cost in terms of time and distance.

It’s not rocket science: teams training together. Olympians from different countries have joint training programmes before the games but it’s a new concept in the modern America’s Cup where paranoia runs deeper than the ocean.

Training with Luna Rossa will force us to sail better as team. Luna Rossa has immense sailing talent and their boat is the same design as ours (at least for the time being).

Some people think we are training a competitor. They don’t see what we see – opportunity. As sportsmen we have to prepare ourselves to win, then back ourselves to get the job done on race day.


Emirates Team New Zealand carry out their 26th day of training on their AC72. Auckland, 3 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand

Racing together lifts us both above the other teams putting us in a stronger position to win the America’s Cup. It was satisfying to see that on the first day training with Luna Rossa everything that we, the coaches, had been banging on about became a reality. Little things make little differences, but add them up and they matter.

On board the level of intensity was up five times, so the rate of learning went up five times. This learning is our race within the race. He who learns the fastest will have an advance on judgment day.

It’s a new America’s Cup. Sweeping changes require new thinking, new ways of doing things across the board. From design, to funding, to sailing; past experience must not restrain teams from looking forward and adjusting to the changed environment,

In the coaching and sailing world: When it comes to the taming the big Cat “keep the blinkers off”.

Echoing in my head is President Kennedy’s quote: “Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say………..”why not?”


Emirates Team New Zealand carry out their 26th day of training on their AC72. Auckland, 3 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand


Emirates Team New Zealand carry out their 26th day of training on their AC72. Auckland, 3 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand


Emirates Team New Zealand carry out their 26th day of training on their AC72. Auckland, 3 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand


Emirates Team New Zealand carry out their 26th day of training on their AC72. Auckland, 3 December 2012. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirates Team New Zealand

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