The big match of the day was Mascalzone vs. Shosholoza and they did not disappoint. In a toughly fought pre-start Paolo Cain, the helmsman of Shosholoza, was able to get a penalty on Mascalzone which ultimately made the difference in this close race. Mascalzone won the start and held the lead the entire race, sometimes […]
This week’s VOR podcast includes one of the giants of the sport – Paul Cayard. A former Star World Champion, winning Whitbread skipper, and a World Sailor of the Year, Paul talks about the America’s Cup, the TP-52 circuit, the World Sailing League, and the new look Volvo Ocean Race. There’s also the latest from […]
A Big day for Desafio. A tough day for Mascalzone Latino. Desafio came from behind in both of their matches today to take critical wins off of Shosholosa and Mascalzone. Both races we won in exactly the same way. Desafio, just two boat lengths behind on the first run of both races, waited patiently for […]
Big day today. Two flights with a nice 10-12 knot sea breeze. The big match of the day was the battle of the Louis Vuitton Cup leaders, Luna Rossa and BMW Oracle. This match was run in the first flight. The boats crossed the starting line pretty evenly, both on starboard tack, but with Luna […]
Is it me or is it Valencia. I just got back today at 12:00 and no races today. That is 7 out of the 9 days I have been here there have been no races. The big match of the day was to be BMW Oracle against Luna Rossa both with 27 points. BMW won […]
On location in Valencia, Olympic Gold Medallist Shirley Robertson interviewed Paul Cayard for CNN’s MainSail programme. For a glimpse of the Desafio Espanol base, the America’s Cup basin and Cayard’s views on who will win the America’s Cup, click on the following link: Video: MainSail interviews Paul Cayard*
A tough day on the water for the race committee. With a very unstable wind today in Valencia, only the North course was able to race. Areva, Shosholoza, China and +39 are done with RR1, while BMW Oracle, Luna Rossa, Mascalzone Latino, Desafio Espanol, Team New Zealand and Victory Challenge still have two more races […]
A big day on the water in Valencia. The breeze was 7-9 knots so still on the light side. What is apparent after the first 9 flights is that there are 7 teams that can win any race. This is great for the spectators. In the first Flight of the day, Victory beat Areva which […]
No wind again! Where are we? 2 for 8? For sure we are in trouble. I am going home to SF. When the wind comes up, my friends at La7 are going to call me and I will come back. Actually, maybe I should go with a big suitcase and get some wind and bring […]
Well we got one in today. Still very light wind and the forecast for tomorrow is a bit less than today…so marginal. Today we had a NE gradient that was altered by the thermal heating on the land which pulled the wind right, closer to perpendicular to the coast line, and this made the wind […]
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