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RC 44 Copenhagen: Day Two Cancelled

May 12, 2010 - The weather in Copenhagen led to the cancellation of the races scheduled today. With gusts of wind blowing up to 35 knots and rain squalls, PRO Peter Reggio had no other choice but to call the day off at 3:00 PM.

BMW ORACLE Racing reached speeds of up to 25 knots this afternoon. Photo: Copyright Per Heegaard / RC44 Class

The RC 44 fleet set sail this morning in fairly strong winds and headed for the starting line. The wind was already blowing at 20 + knots, with big black clouds in the sky. Team Aqua hoisted a spinnaker and broached spectacularly right after, leading the other teams to sail more conservatively towards the starting line. Only Russell Coutts and Larry Ellison were keen enough to also hoist a spinnaker; they said later that they had reached speeds of up to 25 knots.

Big black clouds and heavy rain soon after led the Race Committee to send everyone back home.

The RC 44 teams will gather back tonight for the traditional gala diner, during which the match race tile will be awarded to Chris Bake’s Team Aqua and their helmsman Cameron Appleton.
 
The fleet race contest will carry on tomorrow.


Fleet race, provisional results after four races:
(Ranking, name of team, helmsman, results, points (no discard)

1) Team No Way Back, Pieter Heerema, 10, 1, 4, 1 – 16 points
2) CEEREF, Igor Lah, 5, 2, 7, 3 – 17
3) Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist, 3, 5, 8, 2 – 18
4) Team Aqua, Chris Bake, 2, 3, 9, 5 – 19
5) BMW ORACLE Racing, Larry Ellison, 8, 6, 2, 4 – 20
6) Team Sea Dubai, Harm Muller Spreer, 7, 4, 3, 6 – 20
7) Katusha, Guennadi Timtchenko, 6, 8, 1, 8 – 23 
8) 17, Anders Myralf  4, 7, 6, 7 – 24
9) Team Islas Canarias Puerto Calero, Daniel Calero, 1, 10, 5, 9 – 25
10) AEZ RC44 Sailing Team, René Mangold, 9, 9, 10, 10 – 38
 

Posted by Jim on 13th June, 2010 | Comments | Trackbacks
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