The following quote from America Cup of candle marked on the calendar is at the end of this month. He day 29 four days of competitionwith the second of the three preliminary regattas of the Barcelona event next summer. Is in Jeddahin Saudi Arabia, a real challenge for the organization because it is the first time that the country hosts such an event. It is also the premiere in the Red Sea.
Jeddah thus takes the testimony of Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) from last September, when the flying boats of the Copa América and the six teams that will fight to achieve the precious 100 guineas jug. The director of events of America’s Cup Events (ACE), Leslie Ryanhas already been to the Jeddah Yatch Club and she is responsible for making sure everything goes well.
Eager to please
“That country never ceases to amaze me. They are decisive and efficientanything is executed in record time,” describes Ryan, who dismantles some of the preconceived ideas. For example, there are several women in positions of responsibility in the sailing federation, at the sporting event itself or at the municipal corporation. “The Saudis are very willing to open up as a country and are using sport to achieve this fast change“continues the person responsible for ACE.
This will be the last time that the six teams, with Emirates New Zealand Team defending the title, fight aboard a monotype AC40. When you see each other’s faces again Barcelona (we train separately) for the last preliminary, in August, they will show off their brand new AC75 and that will be when the technological development they have carried out will really be seen.
Gallic motivation
“We are very motivated to achieve a good result in Jeddah. We have worked very hard and there is a very positive energy. Going from one type of boat to another is a very long road, the AC75 is totally different: with the AC40 we have reached the 46 knots [85 kilómetros por hora] and I’m sure that with the other one in Barcelona it will be much superior,” the team’s executive director predicts in an interview from Paris to this newspaper. Orient Express Racing Team, Stephan Kandler.
Los Frenchthe last to join the 37th edition of the Copa América and the last to also settle in the Catalan capital, played a very good role in the Vilanova preliminary regatta and they want that good form in Saudi waters to be confirmed at the end of November.
The AC40, in containers
He AC40 of the Gauls is already in Saudi Arabia, like the majority. In recent weeks, the squads have packed the boats and the rest of the material and moved it in containers by sea. Everyone has done it, including the Americans, who remain undiscovered whether they will participate or not in the preliminary regatta. They give reasons for securityalthough right now everyone has their eyes set in Israel and Gaza.
American Magic Yatch Club won in Vilanova and is aware that dispensing with the appointment in Jeddah will result in a sanction, as the executive director of ACE already warned them, Grant Dalton. But until the end of November, no one will have any doubts.
Port Vell, emptier
Some of the equipment too crew members have already been transferred or the organization. Everyone wants to try the Red Sea before the preliminary regatta. For this reason, in recent days Barcelona’s Port Vell has been emptier than usual.
Those who follow training in the Catalan capital They do it with the big boat, like Alinghi Red Bull Racing. Last week, the ‘performance coach’ of the Swiss squad, Pietro Sibellocommented after returning from sea that the team was doing evidencefor example, from the outputs of regatta. His teammate, trimador Bryan Mettrauxwas also enthusiastic about the progress of the helvetics in the water, wanting to show how they have evolved in these two months after the previous regatta.
Change of schedules
Kiwis, French, Americans, Swiss, but also British (Ineos Britannia) and Italians (Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli) will actually reveal in Saudi Arabia how are your strengths. The physical space in the port will be similar to that of Vilanova, with some brs with tents that will be erected within a few days, reveals Leslie Ryan.
They will change something schedules and the competitions will be held at 1:30 p.m.instead of at 3:30 p.m. as was done in the capital of Garraf, to adapt to the wind of the area. Once again, it will be broadcast on numerous channels and, also for the first time, Saudi television will join in.
2023-11-06 07:27:05
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