Primo | Cup | Borlenghi | Monaco

Primo | Cup | Borlenghi |Monaco

Primo Cup-Trophée Credit Suisse
3-5 and 10-12 February 2012
For nearly 30 years, all the European elite is found in early February in Monegasque waters to participate in this first race of the Mediterranean circuit of the number of its competitors.
With almost 1,000 crew members from all over Europe and representing fifteen nationalities, the Primo Cup - Trophée Credit Suisse, organized by the Yacht Club de Monaco, is one of the largest winter events in Europe, which gives kick off the international season of yachting.

The classes will be admitted this year:
1 st weekend: Dragon, J/24, Surprise, Platu 25, Star
2 th weekend: Smeralda 888, Longtze, Esse 850, IRC
with a minimum of seven competitors per class.

Notice of Race

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Volvo Ocean Race . Telefonica In In Sanya

February 4, 2012 - 0700 UTC, Leg 3 Stage 2 TELEFÓNICA SEE OFF GROUPAMA TO MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW Leg 3 Report: 04/02/2012 7:03:33 UTC DTL DTLC BS DTF 1 TELE FIN 012d 19h 58m 21s 2 GPMA FIN 012d 21h 45m 24s 3 CMPR 0.00 0 15.7 7.4 4 PUMA 14.90 0 14.3 22.3 5 ADOR 56.90 1 15 64.2 6 SNYA 324.60 12 11.3 332.0 Contacts ► Media Zone ► Download Videos & Images ► Telefónica became the first team since Steinlager 2 in 1989-90 to win the first three legs of the Volvo Ocean Race when they held off the challenge of Groupama sailing team to arrive first into the Chinese port of Sanya on Saturday. Team Telefónica, skippered by co-World Sailor of the Year Iker Martínez, finished at 03:58:22 UTC to complete the stage from the Maldives in 12 days and take 24 points. Groupama came in at 05:45:25 UTC to clinch second place. With three points in the bag from their performance in Stage 1 of the leg – a one-day sprint from Abu Dhabi to Sharjah – Telefónica sealed overall victory in Leg 3. The result also sees them strengthen their position at the top of the overall standings. Groupama have a total of 24 points from the leg. “You always dream to start a race like this and I just hope everything is going to keep going smooth,” said Martínez, whose team have a total of 95 points. “I think it was by far the most dangerous leg I’ve ever done in a boat. The Malacca Strait put us in a lot of difficult situations so that’s why we are so happy. Now we start feeling more relaxed. We have a very nice boat in very good shape with only little jobs.” Navigator Andrew Cape, who masterminded Telefónica’s route from the Maldives to Sanya, added: “I never thought we were going to win this leg to be honest. I just felt that something was going to go wrong because there are too many stages where I couldn’t see the outcome, so I’m really relieved to get in without anything going bad. “Mentally it was very difficult, tactically very difficult, physically it wasn’t as tough as a long southern ocean leg but mentally it was really hard. It’s one of the toughest legs I’ve done.” Crossing the line, Groupama skipper Franck Cammas said the result had once again boosted confidence on the French boat. “I think we did good work on the first two legs without seeing a result but now we’re seeing results. For sure the confidence is high on Groupama 4 now. “The last few days were very hard for the crew. There were lots of manoeuvres, we tacked about 25 times in the last 24 hours in rough seas which was very tough on the crew. It wasn’t easy but the result was we got second place.” Telefónica´s latest victory was remarkable given the damage they suffered to their code zero sail just hours after the start in the Maldives, a setback that pushed them into last place. After completing a repair job overseen by Jordi Calafat, Telefónica made the strategic decision, along with CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, to take a hitch to the north. Showing a loss on the leaderboard, Martínez said, “We know that the lost miles to the finish will be important, but we’re hoping that it will be better for us when we arrive at the Malacca Strait in two days’ time”. How right he was. Sailing conditions for this drag race to Pulau We at the northern end of Sumatra were about perfect, with warm air, warm seas and clear nights lit by countless stars. By day four, the code zero was hoisted and Telefónica rose up the order by seven miles to fourth place. They then overtook Groupama 4 to move into third place, within a mile of CAMPER in second. Setting up for the entrance to the Malacca Strait, Telefónica took another hitch north which swapped the order again, but the leverage gained in the high lane was looking sweeter by the hour. On day five, January 26, she snatched second place and the crew’s attention turned to their final victim, CAMPER. By 1900 UTC that day, sailing two knots faster than any other boat in the fleet, Telefónica was in the lead. Sticking to the middle of the Strait on day seven, Telefónica pressed on, dodging commercial shipping, fishing nets and all kinds of ocean debris, while CAMPER broke away towards mainland Malaysia and Groupama 4 became the new challenger. On day eight, Telefónica’s lead was reduced to 0.4 nm from Groupama 4 and 1.1 nm from PUMA.  The pressure was on, but Olympic gold medallist Martínez kept a cool head and by that evening they were leading the fleet to the open waters of the South China Sea. Dodging the small archipelago off the eastern coast of Malaysia, Telefónica led the race through gales to the relative safety of the coast of Vietnam. On Day 12, the fiercest battle of the leg took place as the fleet beat up the coast. Tack after tack, Telefónica held off Groupama and extended her lead to win the leg, not only claiming a third victory but making history too. Hundreds of fans flooded to the Sanya Race Village prior to Telefónica’s victorious arrival to help celebrate the official opening ceremony. A colourful array of fireworks exploded overhead as several local dignitaries addressed the crowd. Download Videos & Images ► IAN ROMAN/Volvo Ocean Race Team Telefonica, skippered by Iker Martinez from Spain celebrate on stage as they finish first on leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China. Download IAN ROMAN/Volvo Ocean Race Team Telefonica, skippered by Iker Martinez from Spain celebrate on stage as they finish first on leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China. Download IAN ROMAN/Volvo Ocean Race Team Telefonica, skippered by Iker Martinez from Spain celebrate on stage as they finish first on leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China. Download

Volvo Ocean Race : Telefonica 400 miles out

02-02-2012 "TELEFÓNICA" DEFENDS LEAD ON THE FINAL 400 MILES TO CHINA   Download (Low)   Download (Medium)   Download (High) 412 miles from the Chinese city of Sanya and latest estimates put “Telefónica” possibly crossing the finishing line in the next 48 hours On a pure upwind course heading to Sanya: that's how “Telefónica” is sailing, with a single objective in sight: Sanya (China), the end point of the third leg in this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. Leading the fleet, the boat skippered by Iker Martínez is involved in a boat on boat battle with French entry “Groupama” and it looks like the match race between the two is likely to be kept up until the finish. “We've got 'Groupama' nearby so we have to go as fast as we can to try to gain some mileage on them and to be better placed for the final stretch”, said Fructuoso is his daily report. The night hasn't been easy on any of the boats and the move up close to the Vietnamese coast (the boat got within a few metres of land) turned into a battle of tacks between the French and the Spanish, resulting in a turn eastwards and towards Sanya. It seems that “Telefónica” came out on top in the battle and the crew are facing the final days of the leg from a good position , although Diego Fructuoso points out that on board focus is at a peak and Iker Martínez and Andrew Cape, Skipper and Navigator respectively continue to analyse each report in detail with the aim of keeping a firm grip on the lead. One fleet, one option Yesterday, the fleet was divided into two options and whilst “Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand”, “Abu Dhabi” and “Sanya” are following the tracks of “Telefónica” and “Groupama”, “Puma” has maintained an eastern routing in search of a more direct course to Sanya. These are two very different calls, as Fructuoso explains: “The racing situation is better than it was yesterday. Four of the boats, including ourselves chose to hug the Vietnam coast and only “Puma” has gone much further windward. What we need to now is to defend our lead in this group and we'll just have to wait and see what happens with 'Puma'”. For Navigator Andrew Cape it'll be a case of waiting another 12 hours to see how one option and the other plays out, although he made no hesitation in describing the American option as “very interesting”. “I don't know what's going to happen, nobody does and we'll just have to wait and see. We did what we thought was best and they'll have done the same, but it's not clear which option is the best. We are really happy with where we are now and we'll see what happens in 18 hours”, said the Navigator in a link up from on board “Telefónica” at 10:00 UTC. Now, at 16:00 UTC, “Puma” is sailing next to the Vietnanmese coast. The mood remains optimistic on board and the Spaniard reminded us that “I said before that the situation had improved because we have both 'Camper with Team New Zealand’ and ‘Abu Dhabi’ more under control than yesterday when they were further windward”. Cape said that whilst tiredness was taking its toll, the atmosphere on board is positive and all of the guys are focussing on the thought that once they're on shore there will be time to rest: “We've eaten enough but we've barely had time to rest. All of the tacking has been tough and this isn't over. It's been tough but we can all see the light at the end of the tunnel now and we know there'll be time to rest afterwards”. Living on a roller-coaster Going upwind is never easy, but with the breeze tipping 30 knots life on board can get even more tricky. So much so that Diego Fructuoso went as far as to compare “Telefónica” to a roller-coaster: “I'm writing from on board the “Telefónica” roller-coaster, close to the Vietnam coast. It's amazing how we are being shaken around on here. We've got about 30 knots of breeze which is normal for this kind of boat, but where we are right now is quite shallow and with the lack of depth some big and constant waves are formed. Having breakfast without throwing most of the milk around is mission impossible. Not to mention sleeping or going to the toilet...” wrote Fructuoso in his daily report today.    PROVISIONAL RANKINGS STAGE 2 - LEG 3 Day 12 – 16:00 UTC – 2nd February 2012 1 Team Telefónica (Iker Martínez), 412.6 miles from finish 2 Groupama Sailing Team (Franck Cammas), +10.8 miles 3 Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand (Chris Nicholson), +18 miles 4 Puma Ocean Racing (Ken Read), +27.1 miles 5 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker), +28.9 miles 6 Team Sanya (Mike Sanderson), +212.4 miles

Rolex Miami OCR ; Rap Up Video

Champions Crowned in Ten Olympic Classes

Posted on January 29, 2012 by jfish

MIAMI, FLA. (January 28, 2012) – In the lightest breezes yet over six days of sailing on Biscayne Bay, ten Olympic classes racing in US Sailing’s Rolex Miami OCR still managed to put on quite a show as they competed in their final medal races to determine gold, silver and bronze winners. Following the same format as the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, the event also hosted three Paralympic classes (which determined medal winners yesterday) and a total of 529 sailors from 41 countries.

In Star class, Brazil’s two-time Olympic medalists and that country’s most successful and celebrated sailors, Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada, won the gold after finishing third in today’s medal race. “When you go into the medal race, many guys can win,” said Scheidt. “You cannot focus only on one guy, so our strategy was to try to make a clean start, especially with speed, because the wind was very light; that was more important than getting to the favored end.”

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One World One Ocean 2012 Digital Media Sneak Peek

One World One Ocean 2012 Digital Media Sneak Peek Enjoy this sneak peek of One World Ocean's 2012 original online series, which dive deep into a wide range of ocean topics, from top weekly ocean news, incredible footage and stories from OWOO's expeditions, to insider access into the most sustainable seafood restaurants in the U.S, and more. Watch the first full episodes from several series below, including Boat to Belly, Artists + Oceans, Weekly Dive, and more!
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RC 44 Ready To Raise Sail For 2012

14 teams confirmed for 2012 RC44 Championship Tour

New faces and one new team are confirmed in the line-up for the 2012 RC44 Championship Tour, which kicks off in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote next week (8 February 2012). Each of the 14 competing teams will be hoping to emulate the success Chris Bake’s Team Aqua (GBR) saw in 2011. Bake will be back with the same team, including longstanding tactician Cameron Appleton (NZL), and fighting to lift the trophy for the second year in a row, despite some heavy-hitters joining the Tour in 2012.

The new all-Italian team joins the fleet for the 2012 season. AFX Capital Racing Team is owned by Massimo Barranco, founder and General Manager of Eurograni SpA Company, the largest wheat and cereal trader in Italy. The team will debut at the first event in Puerto Calero. With a strict 50-50 split between amateurs and professionals in each eight-person crew, the amateur owners take the wheel for the fleet racing while the pro tacticians get their chance to steer during the match racing phase of the RC44 Championship Tour. In 2011 some of the owners proved very successful themselves at the helm for the match racing, a trend set to continue in 2012. New professionals such as multiple America’s Cup winner Brad Butterworth (NZL), fellow Cup winner Ed Baird (USA) and Olympic medallist Ross Macdonald (CAN) are listed on the crew lists for first event of the season in Lanzarote. Butterworth is perhaps best known for his role in the America’s Cup as tactician and skipper for Team New Zealand and Swiss team Alinghi. The New Zealander is no stranger to the RC44 fleet, having last season coached the David Murphy’s Ironbound in Austria. For 2012, he will be tactician for Gennadi Timchenko’s Russian entry Katusha, replacing long-time tactician Paul Cayard who will focus on his 34th America’s Cup commitments as CEO of Artemis Racing.

American Ed Baird also has an esteemed America’s Cup career, having been a coach for the 1995 Cup winning Team New Zealand and a helmsman for the 2007 Cup winning Alinghi team. For the Lanzarote, Baird joins the Valentin Zavadnikov and the crew of the Synergy Russian Sailing Team. Ross Macdonald is one of Canada’s most successful international sailors, having won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Macdonald will be aiming to help owner Pieter Heerema and the crew of No Way Back (NED) find their way back to the top of the leader board after finishing seventh in the 2011 Tour. Adding another experienced match sailor to their crew, Team AEZ (AUT) will this season welcome Germany’s Markus Wieser. His past success in numerous Dragon regattas is sure to add to the Austrians’ fighting chances as owner as owner Rene Mangold explained. “It was Christian Binders idea to ask Markus to join the team. Christian wants to concentrate further on his role as a sailmaker/designer for our project and will be on board AEZ as a crew this season, as well as being responsible for the sails and crew management. Apart from Markus the rest of the crew will be the same as 2011. Keeping this consistency we are confident that we have a lot of potential to improve. But it’s anyone’s game and to predict a result is hard to say in a fleet with so many world class sailors.”

Absent from the 2012 season is ORACLE Racing, whose crew will be fully concentrating their efforts on the defence of their title at the 34th America’s Cup. The 14 competing teams will again be challenged by a mixture of lake, ocean and harbour racing in 2012 with new host port, Cascais in Portugal, welcoming the fleet for the second round of the Tour.

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