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Photo: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi |
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Tom Slingsby Photo: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi |
“We have a four day window of moderate east ' sou' east winds, which is promising for the Volcano course. That’s around 310 nautical miles of racing. The racecourse takes the fleet south of Capri towards Sicily, and includes famous natural marks such as the active volcano Stromboli, the turning point for another offshore classic, the Rolex Middle Sea Race,” explained Principal Race Officer Peter Reggio.
Maxi Fleet in Offshore Mode
The yachts racing in the Volcano Race comprise an interesting mix of sizes from the 18.29 metres of Enrico Gorziglia’s Good Job Guys (ITA) to the 30.5 metres of Igor Simcic’s Esimit Europa 2 (SLO). In the Mini Maxi fleet, the two 72-foot Judel Vrolijk near sisterships, Robertissima III (ITA) and Jethou (GBR) are expect some close-quarter duelling. Brad Butterworth, four times America’s Cup winner is calling the tactics on the British winner of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2012.
“I don’t mind going offshore, as you know,” said Rolex Testimonee Paul Cayard, who won the Whitbread Round the World race with EF Language back in 1998. As tactician on Robertissima III,(former Rán 2, the three times Rolex Mini Maxi World Champion), the experienced American also expects good breeze for the Volcano Race.
It is tradition that Rolex Capri Sailing Week attracts some of the most talented owners and professional sailors in the world. Aside from Paul Cayard and Brad Butterworth, the crews include Australian Olympian, four time Laser World Champion and America's Cup winning strategist Tom Slingsby, the German three-time Olympic champion Jochen Schümann on Esimit Europa 2, the French Whitbread Round the World Race winner Lionel Pean on Hubert Wargny’s Villa Saxe Eiffel, Italian ace Vasco Vascotto on Azzurra, Spanish multiple record holder Juan Vila and America's Cup winner Ed Baird on Quantum Racing and Italian America’s Cup expert Francesco De Angelis on Michelle Galli’s B2
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“The new Jethou is a bigger boat so we’ve got some learning to do, and we are happy to learn as much as we can in the long race. We’ve got high hopes for the Volcano Race. We’ve won it before and the crew is very excited to be sailing against another very good team,” Butterworth said.
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Ed Baird Photo: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi |
“It looks like it will be good wind going down, but maybe the wind will die on the way back, which would be a shame. But that’s sailing in the Mediterranean. It’s going to be interesting,” he added.
On Thursday, the 12 Maxis and Mini Maxis will revert to inshore mode as they start a series of three coastal or windward leeward races.
While the Maxis take on the Volcano Race, the nine TP52s will undertake a practice race tomorrow before the first in their series of inshore races begins at 12:00 CEST on Tuesday. Competition is fairly even in this fleet, with strong teams like Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing (USA), winner of three TP52 world championships; Niklas Zennström’s Rán Racing (SWE), the current TP52 world champion; and, Alberto Roemmer’s Azzurra (ITA), winner of the 52 Super Series in 2012.
Pure Talent
On Thursday, the 12 Maxis and Mini Maxis will revert to inshore mode as they start a series of three coastal or windward leeward races.
While the Maxis take on the Volcano Race, the nine TP52s will undertake a practice race tomorrow before the first in their series of inshore races begins at 12:00 CEST on Tuesday. Competition is fairly even in this fleet, with strong teams like Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing (USA), winner of three TP52 world championships; Niklas Zennström’s Rán Racing (SWE), the current TP52 world champion; and, Alberto Roemmer’s Azzurra (ITA), winner of the 52 Super Series in 2012.
Pure Talent
It is tradition that Rolex Capri Sailing Week attracts some of the most talented owners and professional sailors in the world. Aside from Paul Cayard and Brad Butterworth, the crews include Australian Olympian, four time Laser World Champion and America's Cup winning strategist Tom Slingsby, the German three-time Olympic champion Jochen Schümann on Esimit Europa 2, the French Whitbread Round the World Race winner Lionel Pean on Hubert Wargny’s Villa Saxe Eiffel, Italian ace Vasco Vascotto on Azzurra, Spanish multiple record holder Juan Vila and America's Cup winner Ed Baird on Quantum Racing and Italian America’s Cup expert Francesco De Angelis on Michelle Galli’s B2
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