Light winds dominated the race course today. We had a two-hour postponement and racing finally got underway at 1345 in 7 knots of wind with smooth seas. We onboard Katusha had a much better day today winning both of our races. In the first flight of the day, we were up against BMW Oracle which […]
Tough day onboard Katusha. We had 5 match races today and only managed one win. I haven’t had that bad of a win percentage in a long time. The winds were lighter and later to fill than forecast. The wind peaked at 10 knots from 285. We started very well in all of the races […]
Today was a practice day here in Dubai and we had 15-17 knots of wind with 1-2 meter seas. A breeze known as a “Shamal” blew in increasing the wind strength from the normal 8-10 knot thermal breezes we usually experience here. While all the teams went out training today, there wasn’t a lot of […]
Well, we finally got some racing and it was completely different than all of us thought. At least upwind. The start was exciting…we had a dial up and a penalty! We had it all! I have to say that was worth waiting for. These boats are spectacular! After dial up and skillfully controlling much of […]
Just more of the same around here. Lots of energy being put in by the teams and the media to fill time and editorial space. Interviews with security guards and bottle washers now. We did do one feature on the fact that the BMWOR trimaran has the “sail” 24/7 since they keep the wing up […]
Another frustrating day in Valencia. No racing today. The writing was on the wall last night when the Race Committee postponed the start time for today from 1000 to 1200. Then at 0900 this morning they postponed again all the while keeping the teams at the dock. Finally at 1200 they cancelled racing for the […]
We got going early today and filmed Alinghi and BMW Oracle from the water. A very nice guy offered to take us around the port in his new 60 footer. We even sailed for about 40 minutes on the way back from the commercial port where BMW Oracle is berthed. We saw BMW Oracle up […]
No wind, no race, no good. I feel like we let everyone down today. Too often when we have big events where Television, sponsors, sailing fans and media have planned on following a race, the race doesn’t happen on time or at all. Some of it I can accept. I know that we need wind […]
With very light winds on the Mediterranean Sea and less than 24 hours to the start of Race 1 of the 33rd Ameirca’s cup, both Alinghi V and BMW Oracle were keen to get out on the water and make final preparations. I was invited to the BMW Oracle base at 0730 to observe the […]
Kind of a quiet day here in Valencia today. No sailing by either team as the wind was still gusty from the west and prudence was the call just 48 hours before race 1. In TV world we started at 0900 finishing filming a couple of “standups” for our first show, which will air tonight […]
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