AC Fleet in San Diego / ORACLE Racing (Coutts)
On my way back from Ensenada, I stopped at the America’s Cup
Village in San Diego. There was no
racing on Monday or Tuesday, but that allowed me to get a up close view of the
AC45’s and to be a tourist in the village.
Aleph - France
Emirates Team New Zealand
A fun tourist activity is a 5 minute video of what its like
to sail on an AC45. Viewers sit on catamaran trapeze seats and when the action starts high power fans and splashes of water
add a bit of realism to the video.
AC45 tourist video ... it was wet!
AC World Series racing has been very competitive and the two
previous days of warm up races saw 6 of the 9 teams winning races.
Day 1 Racing
Today was the first day of the World Series and with a new
skipper, French team Energy won the top
spot and along with Emirates Team New Zealand and ORACLE Racing Spithill, they are seeded in the match racing semi finals.
GreenComm Racing - Spain
ORACLE Racing (Spithill)
Kathryn and I have been following the America’s Cup races on
TV. Racing the AC45’s looks crazy difficult. A boat can be well
ahead of the fleet and lose their position pretty quickly as mistakes are made
or conditions change. It is a good
thing they have two years to practice before the main event in September 2013.
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