Just when it looked like it was going to come good, Valencia disappointed everyone again today. 1 day out of 6. Not very good statistics so far. Some journalists are starting to make a bit of a stir about the weather here. Most feel America’s Cup Management (ACM), the entity that Alinghi appointed in charge […]
Two races on both race courses today. 7-10 knots from 100 degrees. The big story of the day was Mascalzone Latino beating Team New Zealand in the first match of the day. It was a great race by the Italians who won the start, took the favored right side and led around every mark to […]
Round-the-world race winner and multiple America’s Cup skipper Paul Cayard has been immersed in the Cup since his first event in 1983 in Newport, RI, when he sailed alongside fellow San Francisco native Tom Blackaller on the 12-Metre Defender The 32nd America’s Cup will be the mostcompetitive in the event’s 155-year history. For 2007 the […]
Paul Cayard is a sailing legend. The winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup with Il Moro di Venezia in 1992, he won the Whitbread Round the World race 1997/1998 and has been involved with several successful sailing teams in a number of regattas. Prior to the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup he spent two […]
These days are getting very redundant. Valencia: 0 for 4. What are the odds of this? I asked the great meteorologist Roger “Clouds” Badham this morning, “less than 1 in a million” was his reply. For sure this is a record that will stand for a very long time. I have been sailing for 40 […]
In baseball, it’s 3 strikes and you’re out! It is official….this is a record for the number of days at the beginning of the Louis Vuitton Cup without a race. The bad news is that tomorrow is still the same synoptic situation. Friday things start to change a bit and there is a bit of […]
O for 2. No wind again. Very frustrating for the TV rights holders…those who invested a great deal to broadcast the races live in their home countries. Of course it is frustrating for the spectators too. Imagine the people who have planned trips to Valencia, paid money for the hotel and rides on boats to […]
Unfortunate start to the 32nd America’s Cup season…no racing today. This is a very unfortunate reality of our sport. If there is no wind, there is no race. With anticipation built up over four years for the first AC from Europe, the fact that there was no race today was a let down for the […]
To mark the start of the 32nd America’s Cup, Italy’s Corriere della Sera launched its new magazine ‘Style – Yachting’. The ‘official Italian guide’ to the America’s Cup profiles all of the teams and features Paul Cayard ‘L’arma in piu’ – the secret weapon of Desafio Espanol. View the entire article (Adobe Acrobat format – […]
I have just returned to San Francisco after finishing my second and last session with Desafio Espanol 2007. People ask me if it will be hard to watch the Cup rather than participate. Not really. I know that it takes three years of total dedication to prepare a team to compete in the America’s Cup. […]
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