BMW Oracle Racing crew pack up the base in San Diego and the huge trimaran BOR90 is lifted by the giant RESTATE crane and slowly moved from the base to the Oceanlady freighter at the 10th street terminal to be place on the ship for the trip to Valencia, Spain. Photo BMWOracle Racing/Bob Grieser Bob Greiser/BMWOracle Racing
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At 14:00 today, one hour ahead of schedule, the BOR 90 was lifted up into a grey, misty sky. She's now being loaded aboard the Ocean Lady for the journey to Valencia. Shannon Falcone (ANT) called it 'one of the decisive moments' of the campaign.
'San Diego has been great to the team so we're sorry to be going. But Valencia has been home to a lot of the guys, so at the same time we're looking forward to being 'home' again.'
Julien Di Biase (SUI), who's been integral to the operation, said that loading the ship has been, 'a smooth operation so far because we have highly skilled shore crew and sailors - the right people in the right jobs, starting with Scotty.'
Here of course, he's speaking of Scott Sandford (NZL), who has been directing the action on the day.
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