Fonte: ETNZ
It takes long, hard work, big sacrifice and total commitment, but the end goal and the chance of winning the America’s cup will make it all worthwhile, and of course the chance to do what you love everyday.
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quarta-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2013
VIDEO: It’s not just a job
It takes long, hard work, big sacrifice and total commitment, but the end goal and the chance of winning the America’s cup will make it all worthwhile, and of course the chance to do what you love everyday.
AC72 Mk II goes sailing for the first time
Fonte: ETNZ
Emirates Team New Zealand took its second AC72 catamaran sailing for the first time today. It was a much-anticipated day, another big step on the way to the 34th America’s Cup competition at San Francisco.Chris Cameron’s pictures from today are here and here
Racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the challenger elimination series, start in less than five months.
Before that, the team has to complete an exhaustive two-month testing and training programme on the AC72 at Auckland, before packing the base and shipping race yachts, chase boats and the team’s entire support infrastructure to San Francisco.
The team expects to be sailing on San Francisco Bay towards the end of May.
Today, after waiting for the breeze to fill in, the cat left the dock at 12.30pm in a north-easterly between 8-11 knots.
Under the watchful eyes of designers, engineers, and system specialists on chase boats, the sailing crew eased into the day’s sailing programme.
The race yacht returned to base late afternoon, having completed the day’s schedule. The team stays on shore tomorrow with the second sailing day on Thursday.
Emirates Team New Zealand took its second AC72 catamaran sailing for the first time today. It was a much-anticipated day, another big step on the way to the 34th America’s Cup competition at San Francisco.Chris Cameron’s pictures from today are here and here
Racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the challenger elimination series, start in less than five months.
Before that, the team has to complete an exhaustive two-month testing and training programme on the AC72 at Auckland, before packing the base and shipping race yachts, chase boats and the team’s entire support infrastructure to San Francisco.
The team expects to be sailing on San Francisco Bay towards the end of May.
Today, after waiting for the breeze to fill in, the cat left the dock at 12.30pm in a north-easterly between 8-11 knots.
Under the watchful eyes of designers, engineers, and system specialists on chase boats, the sailing crew eased into the day’s sailing programme.
The race yacht returned to base late afternoon, having completed the day’s schedule. The team stays on shore tomorrow with the second sailing day on Thursday.
quarta-feira, 6 de fevereiro de 2013
Emirates Team New Zealand today unveiled its second AC72
Fonte: Emirates Team New Zealand
Emirates Team New Zealand today unveiled its second AC72 with a low-key ceremony at the team’s Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, base.
Barely six months after the team’s first AC72 catamaran started testing the second boat was ready for the water, another significant milestone accomplished as the team prepares for its challenge for the 34th America’s Cup.
Auckland’s weather today did not co-operate. After weeks on bright sun and light winds, the city was overcast, wet, cool and windy.
The brisk north-easterly breeze was gusting to 28 knots and the team decided not to risk lifting the boat into the water after it was blessed by Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
Emirattes Team New Zealand unveils second AC72 yacht. Auckland, 4 February 2013. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirattes Team New Zealand
Managing director Grant Dalton said: “We were ready to launch but the weather wasn’t. Even though we didn’t lift the boat we met another of our self-imposed deadlines.
“America’s Cup rules did not allow the launch of a second boat until last Friday, February 1 (San Francisco time), effectively Saturday in New Zealand. We settled for a Monday launch for the second boat three months ago.”
“With the gusts making the wing lift difficult this morning, it was prudent not to risk damage at the start of a busy testing programme.
“Tomorrow the test programme gets underway with load testing and the new boat will be sailing later this week.”
The team finished the first AC72’s 30-day sailing programme on December 12, two days earlier than scheduled, and we immediately switched focus to finishing and commissioning the second boat.
Dalton said the entire team had put a huge amount of work into meeting today’s deadline.” Our people have been working six- and seven-day weeks and they have had little family time for months.
Dalton said the base would be closed for four days from next Friday to give everyone a little down time. “It’s a small reward for such a massive effort and a job well done.
Emirattes Team New Zealand unveils second AC72 yacht. Auckland, 4 February 2013. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirattes Team New Zealand
“Now the reality is we have only five months before we start racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup. Before that we will do two months of intensive testing in Auckland. We suspend the test programme in early April and pack the cats, chase boats, base structures, workshops, offices, gym, kitchens and stores for the move to San Francisco.
“The last of the America’s Cup world series regattas will be held at Naples, Italy, starting on April 16. That will take some of the sailing team, shore crew, logistics and admin people out of play for a couple of weeks.
“We will be sailing the AC72 in San Francisco towards the end of May. Racing starts on July 7.”
Barely six months after the team’s first AC72 catamaran started testing the second boat was ready for the water, another significant milestone accomplished as the team prepares for its challenge for the 34th America’s Cup.
Auckland’s weather today did not co-operate. After weeks on bright sun and light winds, the city was overcast, wet, cool and windy.
The brisk north-easterly breeze was gusting to 28 knots and the team decided not to risk lifting the boat into the water after it was blessed by Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
Emirattes Team New Zealand unveils second AC72 yacht. Auckland, 4 February 2013. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirattes Team New Zealand
Managing director Grant Dalton said: “We were ready to launch but the weather wasn’t. Even though we didn’t lift the boat we met another of our self-imposed deadlines.
“America’s Cup rules did not allow the launch of a second boat until last Friday, February 1 (San Francisco time), effectively Saturday in New Zealand. We settled for a Monday launch for the second boat three months ago.”
“With the gusts making the wing lift difficult this morning, it was prudent not to risk damage at the start of a busy testing programme.
“Tomorrow the test programme gets underway with load testing and the new boat will be sailing later this week.”
The team finished the first AC72’s 30-day sailing programme on December 12, two days earlier than scheduled, and we immediately switched focus to finishing and commissioning the second boat.
Dalton said the entire team had put a huge amount of work into meeting today’s deadline.” Our people have been working six- and seven-day weeks and they have had little family time for months.
Dalton said the base would be closed for four days from next Friday to give everyone a little down time. “It’s a small reward for such a massive effort and a job well done.
Emirattes Team New Zealand unveils second AC72 yacht. Auckland, 4 February 2013. Photo copyright Chris Cameron / Emirattes Team New Zealand
“Now the reality is we have only five months before we start racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup. Before that we will do two months of intensive testing in Auckland. We suspend the test programme in early April and pack the cats, chase boats, base structures, workshops, offices, gym, kitchens and stores for the move to San Francisco.
“The last of the America’s Cup world series regattas will be held at Naples, Italy, starting on April 16. That will take some of the sailing team, shore crew, logistics and admin people out of play for a couple of weeks.
“We will be sailing the AC72 in San Francisco towards the end of May. Racing starts on July 7.”
sexta-feira, 1 de fevereiro de 2013
terça-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2013
2nd Boat to ETNZ
Fonte: Team New Zealand
The much anticipated Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 Boat 2 has been delivered from Cookson’s Boatyard to the team base in Auckland’s Viaduct.
After months of continuous hard work and over 40,000 man hours the second of the teams AC72′s has been completed.
The job now is to piece it together then fit it out with all of the complex systems and get it out on the water in the next few weeks to be load tested, tuned and resume the sailing program to get it up to speed in final preparations before shipping it to San Francisco for the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup in July.
The much anticipated Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 Boat 2 has been delivered from Cookson’s Boatyard to the team base in Auckland’s Viaduct.
After months of continuous hard work and over 40,000 man hours the second of the teams AC72′s has been completed.
The job now is to piece it together then fit it out with all of the complex systems and get it out on the water in the next few weeks to be load tested, tuned and resume the sailing program to get it up to speed in final preparations before shipping it to San Francisco for the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup in July.
segunda-feira, 17 de dezembro de 2012
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
“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
quarta-feira, 12 de dezembro de 2012
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
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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