Russel Coutts

"Just rejecting on Plymouth- the more I think about it, the more there is to learn and try. There is just so much potential to extract from these boats - kind of like I imagine the top Olympic 49er sailors must feel when their crew combines perfectly...except on an AC 45 it's five people! I am pretty sure we will all look back at the current racing and laugh about what we didn't know. These next few years are going to be fun!!!"

Ben Ainslie

Regata "Dou mais tempo à vida"

A prova organizada pelo CVCN a favor do Núcleo Regional do Centro da Liga Portuguesa contra o Cancro, teve lugar na Ria de Aveiro, no passado fim de semana. Nesta regata estiveram presentes aproximadamente 100 embarcações, divididas pelas classes Optimist, Laser, 420, Snipe, Vaurien, Vouga e Cruzeiros.

O Clube do Mar de Coimbra também participou nesta festa com a presença de 5 velejadores. Nos laser, Nuno Duarte foi 2º em 4.7 e Guilherme Portas 4º em Radial e em Optimist Patrícia Barros fez  uma excelente recuperação depois de uma má largada ficando na 8ª posição, André Fernandes foi 23º e José Corte Real 28º.

ISAF Nations Cup - Medalha de Prata para Portugal

ISAF Nations Cup - Medalha de Prata para Portugal
As velejadoras do Clube Naval de Cascais, Rita Gonçalves, Mariana Lobato e Diana Neves / Tacking to London conquistaram a medalha de Prata na ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final, que se realizou em Sheboygan, Wisconsin, EUA.

A equipa T2L esteve muito forte na fase de Repescagens, onde ganhou todas as regatas, e nas Meias-Finais, onde ganhou 3-2 contra a equipa Australiana, garantindo o lugar nas Finais....

A Final contra a equipa Francesa de Claire Leroy foi renhida, com a equipa Lusa a conseguir boas pré-largadas e a dar 2 penalizações à equipa adversária. Contudo a equipa nº 1 do Mundo esteve melhor nas pernas de bolina e conseguiu garantir a liderança e chegar à frente nas 3 regatas realizadas.

De acordo com Rita Gonçalves, leme da Equipa, "foi um resultado extraordinário! A equipa está de Parabéns! É um orgulho termos conseguido chegar onde ainda nenhuma equipa de Portugal chegou até hoje! Obrigada a todos pelo apoio e força transmitida durante estes dias!"

"Foi óptimo chegar onde chegámos, conseguimos aplicar o que treinamos na semana passada e conseguimos provar que se fizermos as coisas bem os resultados aparecem. O nosso lema é ACREDITAR ATÉ AO FIM!", Mariana Lobato - trimmer Vela Grande e Spi.

"Foi um bom campeonato! Sinto que o estágio que fizemos aqui e que antecedeu este campeonato contribuiu para este resultado. Penso que nos mantivemos unidas e com vontade de lutar até ao fim o que nos permitiu alcançar o excelente 2º lugar, do qual estamos muito orgulhosas!", Diana Neves - trimmer de Estai e Proa.

As velejadoras do CNCascais integram o Projecto Londres 2012 com apoio da Câmara Municipal de Cascais e Clube Naval de Cascais.

Fonte: CNCascais

AC Plymouth Resumo

ACWS Day 3

Dou mais tempo à vida

No dia 17 de Setembro, a partir das 12 horas, realiza-se a 5.ª edição da Regata “Dou mais tempo à vida”, na Costa Nova do Prado. Esta iniciativa, organizada pela LPCC em parceria com o Clube de Vela da Costa Nova, tem como principal objectivo a sensibilização da população jovem para a detecção precoce do cancro.

Programa:
12h00 – Inscrições para Regata e passeio de Moliceiro
14h30 – Actuação Musical/Desportiva
15h00 – Início da Regata
17h00 – Recepção aos velejadores com o Rancho Folclórico da Casa do Povo de Ílhavo
18h00 – Entrega dos prémios de participação aos velejadores
19h30 – Jantar convívio
Animação DJ Cláudia



Fonte: Clube de Vela da Costa Nova

AC - Resumo do dia

An epic day of racing at the America’s Cup World Series in Plymouth

Fonte: America's Cup

Three capsizes tell the story of an epic final race in the Plymouth AC Preliminaries with winds gusting close to 30 knots (35 mph; 55 kph) across Plymouth Sound. The race course was pushed up close to The Hoe, and once again, the crowds on the hill were rewarded with thrilling racing just meters from shore.

© ACEA (2011)/ Photo G. Martin-Raget Download © ACEA (2011)/ Photo R. Pinto Download © Ricardo Pinto Download © Ricardo Pinto Download The blustery conditions pushed the crews and the boats to their limits, and in some cases beyond. Three teams capsized; the French Aleph, Team Korea and just meters from the finish, Spain’s Green Comm Racing. In each case, the crews escaped unscathed, the boats, with minor damage to their wings. During the race, the ORACLE Racing Spithill crew had many near misses and was lucky not to capsize as they passed the first mark with the lead. Other boats challenged them for their early advantage, with first Artemis Racing, then Emirates Team New Zealand taking their turn at the head of the fleet. But it was a game of least mistakes, a war of attrition that eventually went back in favor of James Spithill and his slick ORACLE team. France’s Energy Team sailed a strong race to finish fourth, after battling around the course with Russell Coutts for a podium spot. China Team too, sailed well in the conditions to finish in fifth place. Artemis Racing, meanwhile, was forced to retire, moments after relinquishing the lead on the second lap of the course, with equipment problems. Aleph was the first to capsize, nose-diving right in front of the crowds gathered along Plymouth seafront, early in the race. Then, at the top of the course Team Korea speared their bows into the waves and flipped over. And tantalizingly close to the finish, Green Comm Racing was toppled by a gust on the final leg of the race. Luca Devoti, sports director from Green Comm commented later: "Nobody has been hurt and the wing has been damaged; we'll need two days to fix it." All day, the sailors and the boats were racing at their very limits, unless a nonchalant James Spithill was to be believed after the race. "It was great racing for sure, not even at the limit of the boats; still a way to go." Brave words after a race that had spectators gasping with disbelief. While Spithill won the race, his rival Dean Barker's second place was sufficient to give victory to the Kiwis in the Plymouth AC Preliminaries. In Sunday’s AC500 Speed Trials, it looked like the Kiwis had it in the bag with two great runs while others were spinning off the race track. James Spithill's words nearly came back to haunt him as the ORACLE AC45 flipped right on to its edge - there were a few moments of doubt as to whether it would capsize - before it slapped back down on its floats. With Spithill out of contention in the speed trials, it was up to the remaining teams - and ORACLE Racing Coutts in particular - to take the fight to the Kiwis. Once again Russell Coutts had the bit between his teeth and turned in a scorching final run to post a winning time of 37:48 seconds. Monday and Tuesday are off days at the America’s Cup World Series – Plymouth allowing the teams a chance to rest and repair both man and machine. Racing resumes on Wednesday with qualifying races for the Plymouth AC Match Race Championship. All racing can be seen live on www.youtube.com/americascup.                         Results – Plymouth AC Preliminaries  Place Team RACE #1 RACE #2 RACE #3 RACE #4 TOTAL POINTS Place Points Place Points Place Points Place Points 1 Emirates Team New Zealand 1 10 3 8 1 10 2 9 37 2 ORACLE Racing Spithill 2 9 1 10 4 7 1 10 36 3 Artemis Racing 3 8 2 9 2 9 DNF 3 29 4 ORACLE Racing Coutts OCS 3 4 7 3 8 3 8 26 5 China Team 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 22 6 Aleph 4 7 7 4 5 6 DNF 3 20 7 Energy Team 8 3 6 5 7 4 4 7 19 8 Team Korea 5 6 DNF 3 8 3 6 5 17 9 Green Comm Racing 7 4 8 3 9 3 DNF 3 13 Plymouth AC500 Speed Trials - Sunday Place Team Speed (km/h) 1 ORACLE Racing Coutts 48.00 2 Emirates Team New Zealand 47.36 3 China Team 44.12 4 Energy Team 34.34 ORACLE Racing Spithill DNF Artemis Racing DNS Team Korea DNS Green Comm Racing DNS Aleph DNS

Campeonato Europeu Star

No derradeiro dia do europeu, Domingos/Melo foram 4º e DNF, enquanto Lima e Basílio somaram um 21º e um 7º. Com estes resultados, Frederico Melo e Rúbrio Basílio integram o Projecto Londres 2012 nos níveis 2 e 3, respectivamente.

Na prova irlandesa, disputada quase sempre com vento forte, Afonso Domingos/Frederico Melo foram muito regulares (6º, 4º, 10º, 8º, 14º, 5º, 4º, DNF), acabando o europeu no top 10. Gustavo Lima/Rúbrio Basílio (16º, 9º, 12º, 16º, 7º, 12º, 21º, 7º) cumpriram o objectivo a que se tinham proposto de ficar nos 15 primeiros classificados.

Os italianos Diego Negri/Enrico Voltolini foram os vencedores, seguidos dos polacos Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Dominik Zycki e dos canadianos Richard Clarke/Tyler Bjorn.