America's Cup 2010:
Race 2 Alinghi Press Release
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Race 2 Crew List Valencia, February 14, 2010 |
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Crew List Bow 1: Piet van Nieuwenhuijzen (NED) Another chilly day is expected on the water today when Alinghi heads to the race course looking to even the best-of-three 33rd America's Cup Match at 1-1. Today's course is the 39nm equilateral triangle as per the Deed of Gift and is due to start at 12:06. After Friday's Race 1, team president and principal helmsman Ernesto Bertarelli reflected on his team's run over the past decade. “When you are in my position with the 10 years that have gone before and the team I have and an opportunity to race one, or maybe two more races in the America's Cup, you can't call any day a hard day in the America's Cup. They are all good days.” Quotes from the race boat Juan Vila (ESP), navigator What's the forecast? What has changed since Friday? Murray Jones (NZL), strategist What's the mood in the team? Nils Frei (SUI), trimmer A look forward at the race? Defender vs. Challenger Alinghi 5, Société Nautique de Genève (SUI) vs. BMW Oracle Racing, Golden Gate Yacht Club (USA) Alinghi, the Defender of the America's Cup, will enter the start box on starboard tack, signified by a yellow sticker on the end of the boom. Forecast W 5-10 knots in the morning, turning southerly 4-10 knots in the afternoon and building Sunny – cloudy late afternoon 6 degrees Waves up to 1m Did you know? Alinghi has been involved in two of the four closest races in America's Cup Match history; a 1-second win in 2007 and a 7-second win in 2003. Both came over Team New Zealand. The America's Cup silhouette on Alinghi 5's mainsail measures 3m in height and the “SUI” designation 2m in height. There are 10 different nationalities on the sailing team, led by seven New Zealanders, six Frenchmen and four Swiss. Afterguard member Loïck Peyron has made 48 crossings of the Atlantic Ocean, 18 of them singlehandedly. There are fibre-optic sensors at 150 locations for real-time load monitoring of the structure. On this day in America's Cup history 2003 – Ernesto Bertarelli was
one of three Alinghi representatives on the dais for the pre-America's
Cup Match press conference held in Auckland, New Zealand. The match
against Team New Zealand started the next day, and Alinghi would go on
to win 5-0.
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