AC72 - Team Oracle Capsize - All Story

Já está o AC72 Oracle 17, mandou um capsize. Algo que já se esperava com a intensidade dos treinos e aumento do risco das manobras.

A asa ficou destruída, e desmanchada, o salvamento do AC72 alongou-se até à noite.

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SAN FRANCISCO – ORACLE TEAM USA 17 – the team’s AC72 racing yacht – capsized during training on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at approximately 3 pm PT on San Francisco Bay. All crew are safe. It was the boat’s eighth day on the water since the launch in August.

“We did something we had hoped we would never do, and that’s capsize an AC72,” said skipper Jimmy Spithill. “The most important part is that all the crew are safe, and no injuries.

“A big thank you goes to our shore team, our support crew and the U.S. Coast Guard as they were standing by,” Spithill said.

The team was training throughout the afternoon in San Francisco, with winds slowly building as the day progressed.

“We called for a bear-away as we were out training,” explained tactician Tom Slingsby. “The winds were blowing about 25 knots, and there was strong ebb current at the time. We started the bear-away, and as the boat accelerated it pitch-poled.

“We didn’t know what was going to happen with the new boat,” Slingsby continued. “When the nose went down, the wing hit and a few guys went in the water. We were unsure if the wing would snap, so we all climbed off the boat. Luckily, everyone is accounted for and no one was hurt. The wing is pretty badly damaged.

The boat and crew safely returned to the team base at Pier 80 early Wednesday morning, Oct. 17. ORACLE TEAM USA support boats were on hand throughout the training period, and they towed the AC72 from the capsize area near the Golden Gate Bridge back to the team base. The team is now assessing the damage.

“There’s no question this is a setback,” Spithill said. “It’s going to be a big test for this team. But, I’ve seen this team in a similar situation in the last campaign, before we won the America’s Cup. A strong team will bounce back, and this won’t stop us from winning the America’s Cup. Obviously, we’ve got a lot of work, and we have to look at our plan now. I’m still confident in the team we’ve got and we can go out and win again.

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Campeonato de Espanha de Classes Olímpicas

O Campeonato de Espanha de Classes Olímpicas trouxe excelentes resultados para as cores portuguesas, depois dos 4 dias de campeonato em Vilagarcía de Arousa.

470 Masculino. Geral após 10 regatas.
1º António Matos Rosa/Ricardo Schedel - Clube Naval de Cascais (1º, 6º, 1º, 1º, 13º, 5º, 5º, 3º, º, 10º),
 9º João Villas-Boas/Paulo Manso - Clube Naval de Cascais (5º, 7º, 9º, 4º, RAF, 4º, 8º, 11º, 9º, 11º)

Laser Standard. Geral após 10 regatas.
6º Rui Silveira - Clube Na
val da Horta (3º, 14º, 3º, 8º, 6º, 6º, 8º, 9º, 5º, 10º),
23º Serafim Gonçalves - Clube Naval Povoense (19º, 27º, 20º, 30º, 28º, 21º, 20º, 19º, 22, 14º),
25º Tiago Morais - Clube Naval de Leça (8º, 19º, 7º, 3º, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC),
31º Ricardo Marques - Clube de Vela da Costa Nova (DNF, 16º, OCS, 14º, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC)

Regata de outono CNAFF

Hoje a Mentor marcou presença em mais uma regata do CNAFF, participaram 5 cruzeiros e 4 barcos de vela ligeira.

Em open (todas as classes) foram lideradas pela tripulação da Mentor vencendo a regata com grande supermacia sobre a restante frota.

O segundo classificado foi Natura de Antonio Vaz e Paulo Moura e em 3º Bernoulli de Gonçalo Seguro.

Barcos de cartão?

Fonte: Juanpanews

Campeonato de Espanha de Classes Olímpicas

Campeonato de Espanha de Classes Olímpicas, até 14 de Outubro, em Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Laser Standard. Geral após uma regata. 3º Rui Silveira - Clube Naval da Horta, 8º Tiago Morais - Clube Naval de Leça, 17º Serafim Gonçalves - Clube Naval Povoense, 32º Ricardo Marques - Clube de Vela da Costa Nova (DNF)

470 Masculino. Geral após uma regata. 1º António Matos Rosa/Ricardo Schedel (Clube Naval de Cascais), 5º João Villas-Boas/Paulo Manso (Clube Naval de Cascais)

Fonte: FPVela

Clube do Mar de Coimbra com novo centro de vela na Figueira da Foz

Depois de mais de três meses em que as actividades de treino estiveram impedidas no Centro de Vela de Figueira da foz, foi com grande satisfação que as mesmas foram retomadas nos passados dias 5,6 e 7 de Outubro com os treinos das frotas Bettertech Optimist, Laser e ainda da equipa de cruzeiros Pegaso Bettertech.
Para além dos treinos de mar houve ainda “espaço” para confraternização e para “umas bebidas frescas” num ambiente ainda “campista” à sombra do contentor dos Optimist.
Significativa esta presença inicial da equipa de cruzeiros Pegaso Betttertech nomeadamente com o “patrão” Engº Jorge Marques.
Espera-se que esta sessão de treinos seja o início de muitíssimas outras e que este “pequeno convívio” após a velejada seja a “pedra de toque” que se pretende dar àquele espaço como centro de vela desportiva e de lazer para velejadores e acompanhantes.

Fonte: CMCoimbra

Martine Grael e Isabel Swan acabam o projecto 470

Martine foi para o FX e a Isabel arranjou nova timoneira, vejam:

Campeonato Europeu de Match Race

Álvaro Marinho e a BBDouro conseguiram o bronze neste importante campeonato, ganhando as regatas contra a medalha de ouro olímpica, Tamara Echegoyen que foi 4ª classificada.

Parabéns a toda a tripulação.

Campeonato Europeu de Match Racing

Fonte: BBDouro

Campeonato Europeu de Match Racing - mais um dia longo no mar em Baiona!

O dia de hoje começou com os quartos de final. A BBDouro Sailing Team venceu a equipa da Estónia, de Sepp, por 3-0, em regatas bem disputadas!

À medida que o dia foi avançando, as condições no campo de regata foram ficando cada dia mais instávei
s, com o vento a variar muito de intensidade e direcção. Nas meias finais, a equipa enfrentou o campeão europeu Mads Ebler e, apesar de ter feito 3 pré-largadas muito boas, perdeu as três regatas!
Assim, amanha terão de enfrentar a campeã olímpica Tamara Echegoyen e sua equipa na disputa dos terceiro e quarto lugares..

Queremos sentir essa força a vir de Portugal! We do Sailing...

ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL wins second consecutive America’s Cup World Series San Francisco

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ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL (Jimmy Spithill) rebounded from last place at the first turning mark of the “Super Sunday” fleet race finale to win the America’s Cup World Series San Francisco Championship.

Spithill and crew Dirk de Ridder, John Kostecki, Jono MacBeth and Joe Newton were “dead last” off the start line, but fought their way back through the fleet. They rounded the last windward gate first and held on for a 17-second win over teammates ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS (Russell Coutts).

Spithill won 40 points for the race and totaled 79 points for the series. That put the crew in a tie with J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie) for the series championship, which placed fourth in the final race. Spithill won the championship based on the final race finishes.

“The difference is the four guys on the front of the boat,” said Spithill, referencing his crew. “We were dead last off the start line but it didn’t faze these guys. We have a real team of fighters here. We’re really, really happy.”

ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL put an emphatic stamp on this regatta. Yesterday the crew won the Match Racing Championship after capsizing and breaking frames in the wingsail during a fleet race. The crew also won the August AC World Series San Francisco Championship by 1 point, previously the closest finish at an AC World Series event. The tiebreaker surpasses that mark.

“We’ve always said we need to be able to come from behind and overcome adversity,” said Spithill, who skippered the team to victory in the 2010 America’s Cup. “I thought I gave them that yesterday with the capsize, but it's really a sign of a strong team. The shore crew, our coaches, it's been a fantastic team effort.”

Artemis Racing – White (Terry Hutchinson) placed third in today’s race and finished third overall. Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker) placed fourth overall and ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS fifth.

AC World Series San Francisco Fleet Racing Championship (After 7 of 7 races)
1. ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL (Jimmy Spithill) 8-1-6-5-DNF-2-1 – 79
2. J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie) 1-3-1-2-4-1-4 – 79 points
3. Artemis Racing – White (Terry Hutchinson) 10-2-2-1-3-3-3 – 72
4. Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker) 2-8-5-6-1-4-7 – 57
5. ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS (Russell Coutts) 3-5-8-7-8-10-2 – 56
6. Artemis Racing – Red (Nathan Outteridge) 4-4-4-4-9-8-5 – 52
7. Energy Team (Loick Peyron) 6-7-7-3-6-7-6 – 47
8. Team Korea (Peter Burling) 5-9-10-8-2-5-10 – 40
9. Luna Rossa Piranha (Chris Draper) 9-6-3-10-10-6-9 – 36
10. China Team (Phil Robertson) 7-10-11-9-5-11-8 – 28
11. Luna Rossa Swordfish (Iker Martinez) 11-11-9-11-7-9-11 – 20
(Scoring, Races 1-6: 1st = 12 points, 2nd = 10, 3rd = 9, 4th = 8, 5th = 7, 6th = 6, 7th = 5, 8th = 4, 9th = 3, 10th = 2, 11th = 1; Race 7: 1st = 40 points, 2nd = 25, 3rd = 20, 4th = 16, 5th = 13, 6th = 11, 7th = 10, 8th = 9, 9th = 8, 10th = 7, 11th = 6)

AC World Series San Francisco Match Racing Championship
1. ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL,

2. Emirates Team New Zealand, 

3. Artemis Racing – White,

4. Artemis Racing – Red, 

5. ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS, 

6. Energy Team, 

7. J.P. Morgan BAR, 

8. Team Korea, 

9.China Team, 

10. Luna Rossa Piranha, 

11. Luna Rossa Swordfish