Rome – The oldest trophy in international sport: re-energised by unprecedented collaboration between the Defender and the Challengers – New, fair rules and independent professional management will give an equal opportunity to all teams – A new class of fast, exciting boats created in conjunction with all teams – The 159 year old competition made […]
Gmunden- The wind came back to Lake Traunsee today and racing got underway on time at 1130. Race officer Peter Reggio got four races in again. BMW Oracle continued to show dominance with both of their boats tied for first place in the fleet racing. No way back, last year’s overall winner, finished third. Onboard […]
Gmunden- No wind, no racing. Meetings and a gym work out. Artemis/Katusha dinner tonight in a castle from the 14th century. Tomorrow is the last day of racing so let’s hope for a bit of wind. Paul For complete results go to www.rc44.com
Gmunden- Today was the first day of fleet racing here in Austria. After torrential rains last night, the wind was slow to get going but finally around 1400 we got the first race of the day started. As you probably know, the RC 44 is an “owner driver” class in the fleet racing. Our owner, […]
Gmunden- The Match Racing portion of the event concluded well for Katusha with 3 wins and just one loss today. Our only loss today was to Aqua who tied BMW Oracle with 7 wins for first. BMW Oracle won the tiebreaker and we finished third with 6 wins. We are happy with third as the […]
Gmunden- It was a picture perfect day on Lake Traunsee today, one to remember I think as the forecast for the weekend is not so nice. Today was clear blue skies and a nice 8-12 knots breeze filled in on the south part of the lake at 1130 so racing got underway right on time. […]
Gmunden- It was a beautiful day on Lake Traunsee today. We may have to remember it as things have a way of changing fast around here. The sun was out all day. The wind started out slowly, but finally built to 8 knots from the northeast by 1600. We trained most of the day with […]
Gmunden – After a quick trip to Moscow on Sunday and Sochi yesterday, to work on a Russian Louis Vuitton Trophy event in 2011, I arrived in Austria late last night. Gmunden and its Lake Traunsee is the site of the second event on the RC 44 Championship Tour of 2010. Lake Traunsee is spectacularily […]
San Francisco – I am supposed to leave Friday for Moscow with my “Chairman of WSTA” hat on. The Synergy Team, one of the original founding members of WSTA, wants to host a Louis Vuitton Trophy event in Sochi, on the Black Sea, in one year. This would be a meeting with the sponsors and […]
Lisbon – A few more airports in Europe are open today than yesterday, mostly in the South. Northern Europe still closed. Luckily, I tacked to the Southwest! My original route was through Frankfurt…..No go zone. I have my boarding pass….again-been there before….24hrs ago. Planes are taking off here in Lisbon although 75% of the flights […]
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