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Bowman |
Pieter van Nieuwenhuyzen |
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Midbowman |
Curtis Blewett |
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Mastman |
Francesco Rapetti |
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Pitman |
Josh Belsky |
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Grinder |
Mark McTeigue |
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Grinder |
Matt Welling |
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Trimmer |
Simon Daubney |
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Trimmer |
Lorenzo Mazza |
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Grinder |
Will McCarthy |
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Mainsail trimmer |
Warwick Fleury |
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Strategist / traveller |
Murray Jones |
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Runner / pitman |
Dean Phipps |
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Runner / grinder |
Rodney Ardern |
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Navigator |
Juan Vila |
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Afterguard – Runner |
Ernesto Bertarelli |
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Tactician |
Brad Butterworth |
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Helmsman |
Ed Baird |
Alinghi is ready for Race 2 after winning the first match of the 32nd America’s Cup
Alinghi, Swiss Defender, won the first race of the competition by 35 seconds yesterday. The racing was close as Simon Daubney, trimmer on board, explained: “The boat speed is pretty similar, but it was puffy and the breeze was up and down yesterday, so you couldn’t get too much of a read on it in just one race. From a first look though, it seems the boats are pretty similar in speed.” This was the first race for SUI100 and the first time in an official competition for the crew of 17 since Louis Vuitton Act 13 in April: “It felt really good – it was a huge relief to get out there. The racing was close, but we were pretty calm having done so much really competitive in-house racing,” said Simon Daubney.
Alinghi will leave the dock at 13:00 today to start Race 2 at 15:00.
ALINGHI
Alinghi facts:
- Sail number: SUI100
- Yacht Club: Société Nautique de Genève
- Country: Switzerland
- Syndicate established: 2000
- Syndicate head: Ernesto Bertarelli
- Skipper: Brad Butterworth
- Helmsman: Ed Baird
- Designer: Rolf Vrolijk and the Alinghi design team
- Builder: Décision S.A Switzerland and the Alinghi boatbuilding team
- Website: www.alinghi.com
DEFENDER Vs CHALLENGER
Alinghi (SUI100) Vs Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL92)
- Alinghi, the Defender of the America’s Cup, has the yellow flag, which means starboard entry in to the starting box.
- Emirates Team New Zealand, Challenger, has the blue flag, port entry in to the starting box.
Statistics
Alinghi match race general statistics during the 32nd America’s Cup (including the LV Acts)
Alinghi total wins: 61 (82%)
Alinghi total losses: 13 (18%)
Racing with SUI64
wins 10 (71%)
Losses 4 (29%)
Racing with SUI75
wins 51 (85%)
Losses 9 (15%)
In the 72 match races raced during the 32nd America’s Cup Alinghi crossed the start line first 33 times (46%).
16 starts were even.
Alinghi led at the first mark 56 times (78%) and its chance of victory when:
...leading at start line were 91%
...leading at the 1st windward mark were 96%
Did you know? … The weakest line on board the boat can take loads of up to 200kgs and the strongest over 14tonnes?
On this day in1974, in the preliminary trials of the New York Yacht Club’s defender selection series Courageous beat Intrepid and then defeated Mariner in the second race, while Mariner managed to record a rare victory in the series by defeating Valiant during the first race. Valiant was built in 1970 and was one of the heaviest 12-Metre yachts built. She was a rare Olin Stephens design failure.
On this day in2005, Louis Vuitton Act 5, a fleet race, held in Valencia began. Race 1 saw Emirates Team New Zealand, BMW ORACLE Racing and Alinghi take 1st, 2nd and 3rd. In Race 2 Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team, Victory Challenge and +39 Challenge taking the respective places.
Alinghi flies the colours of the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland. Its partners for the 2007 campaign are UBS and BT Infonet (Main Partners), as well as Audemars Piguet, SGS, Nespresso, MSC Cruises, WISeKey and North Sails (Co sponsors).
Visit our web site at: www.alinghi.com