Race 1 of America’s Cup Match postponed until Friday
Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010. |
| Article by Daphne Morgan Barnicoat,
Alinghi. |
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| Race 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup Match has been postponed until Friday. Today’s attempt to commence the best-of-three Deed of Gift Match between Defender Alinghi and Challenger BMW Oracle Racing was postponed due to rough sea conditions on the Mediterranean outside Valencia. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Alinghi 5 dock side on day 3, Race 1 of
the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| "The waves were the biggest problem. I think they were about 1.3m average size in the start area," said Alinghi strategist Murray Jones. "That means we could’ve had a peak of 1.8m and that’s the biggest issue." |
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Jan Dekker of Alinghi 5, dock side on day 3, Race 1
of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| "There was a swell coming from one direction and waves from an offset of 90 degrees to that. We’ve been out in conditions not quite that bad, but it’s heinous. I think they’ve done the right thing by not sending us out there," Jones said. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Alinghi 5 dock side on day 3, Race 1 of the 33rd America's
Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| Jones explained that strong
winds in the north of Spain near France were churning up the
sea, which was confirmed over the phone by Will McCarthy, an
Alinghi sailing team member, out spotting at noon: "It’s
very bumpy out here, confused, cold and we have seen 20 knots
this morning." |
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Alinghi 5 dock side on day 3, Race 1 of the 33rd America's
Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| The next attempt to commence the match is scheduled for Friday at 10:06. The race schedule is for one day to intervene between each race day as agreed with the Challenger. Paragraph 6.5 of the Notice of Race states that: "If a race is cancelled, abandoned or postponed that race will be sailed on the next scheduled date and the subsequent races shall be postponed for the day accordingly." |
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Alinghi 5 dock side on day 3, Race 1 of the 33rd America's
Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| The first attempt on Monday was postponed until today due to unstable wind conditions. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Alinghi 5 dock side on day 3, Race 1 of the 33rd
America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
The Media Centre on day 3, Race 1 of the 33rd
America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Jan Dekker onf Alinghi 5, dock side on day 3, Race
1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Guido Trombetta / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
A youn fan of Alinghi 5 dock side on day 3, Race 1
of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Guido Trombetta / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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Valencia, Spain, February 10, 2010.
Ernesto Bertarelli and Francesco De Angelis dock side
on day 3, Race 1
of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Guido Trombetta / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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more information about the photography of Carlo Borlenghi,
Stefano Gattini, Bruno Cocozza, Guido Trombetta and Luca
Buttò. |
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| Visit http://www.alinghi.com for
more information about Alinghi, defender of the 33rd America's
Cup. |
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