From today's South China Morning Post, news that China will be in Portugal in August for the opening race in the America's Cup World Series.
This is good for sailing in Hong Kong and Asia. And ties in with what we're trying to do, to bring more youth sail training in Hong Kong (w.i.p.) and co-organise more events with China.
Article copied below the fold:
This is good for sailing in Hong Kong and Asia. And ties in with what we're trying to do, to bring more youth sail training in Hong Kong (w.i.p.) and co-organise more events with China.
Article copied below the fold:
China joins America's Cup series |
Eight challengers, including Team China, to join series of races ahead of 2013 competition in San Francisco |
| Eight challengers from seven nations - including China - have been confirmed for the opening race of the new America's Cup World Series in August in Portugal. Defending champions Oracle Racing of San Francisco will also be competing with two boats. Representatives from Oracle Racing, Team New Zealand, Artemis Racing of Sweden, Team China, Team Korea, Venezia Challenge of Italy and two teams from France, Energy Team and Aleph-Equipe De France, appeared together in San Francisco, where the 34th America's Cup will be contested in 2013. The identity of the eighth challenger will be announced on June 23. Organisers had expected the numbers to shake out from the original list of 15 teams from 12 countries that filed entries earlier this year. "When we started back in September, this is where we thought it would be," said Iain Murray, an Australian sailor who is the regatta director. "We built 10 boats. It was pretty clear this is where we thought we'd end up. We're very pleased." The teams will sail 45-foot (AC45) catamarans for the two seasons of the ACWS. A 72-foot catamaran will be used for the Louis Vuitton Cup for challengers and the America's Cup in 2013, both on San Francisco Bay. The first stop of the World Series will be in Cascais, Portugal, from August 6-14. The other regattas this year will be in Plymouth, England, from September 10-18, and San Diego, Calfornia, from November 12-20. Oracle Racing, owned by tycoon Larry Ellison, will sail two boats in the ACWS this season and next. Since no other defence candidate has emerged, Oracle will need as much in-house competition as possible. On Monday, Oracle Racing CEO Russell Coutts, a four-time America's Cup winner, generated some serious buzz for the sport when he capsized the AC45 he was sailing against syndicate skipper Jimmy Spithill. Coutts was thrown through the boat's wing sail and into the water. The syndicate at first said grinder Shannon Falcone was thrown through the sail. Falcone was thrown into the water and later taken to the hospital for X-rays. "It's a Hollywood script, isn't it," Murray chuckled. |
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