Dirty Bertie at the helm of Alinghi
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Topic: Dirty Bertie at the helm of Alinghi
Posted By: MikeBz
Subject: Dirty Bertie at the helm of Alinghi
Date Posted: 08 Feb 10 at 7:22am
| Ernesto "I make all the rules" Bertarelli has nominated himself as the helmsman of Alinghi for AC33. |
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Posted By: Inland sea
Date Posted: 08 Feb 10 at 10:08am
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Nice one Mike Can't wait to see who throws the toy out the pram first ------------- RS300 426 18' SkiffTango Musto 051 B14 644 |
Posted By: MikeBz
Date Posted: 13 Feb 10 at 5:06pm
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It's looking a bit like option 2 at them moment! Mike |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 13 Feb 10 at 7:03pm
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OPtion 4 needs an edit: It’s my toy and I’m going to play with it and have a tantrum
It will all be back in court long after the sailing is done with ... ------------- |
Posted By: English Dave
Date Posted: 13 Feb 10 at 8:24pm
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I think he's currently trying to rewrite the rules so that
he can be the helm of Oracle instead ------------- English Dave http://www.ballyholme.com - Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700 |
Posted By: BarnsieB14768
Date Posted: 14 Feb 10 at 12:10pm
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Hi Mike Weldone placing this one on the net. Ernesto has with his boathandling downwind in race one, shown that he is not sensitive enough on the helm as he is not getting the boat gliding as well as Bundy or Roman Hagara would do. With the French Open 60 tris over the years they have proven time and again that the tri was the faster option and it does not take much to realise that the centre hull in canterlevering off the leeward float, whereas the cat does not have this. So they realy on water ballast. Lead mine not lightweight high performance territory. I think race 2 will be a none event as the Tri wil have the leverage and less drag (seen the mechano on Alinghi) on the reaches. Ernesto seeing the wing for the first time, may have realised the game had moved on and now Alinghi though great is bystander. Now for some proper AC sailing. Louis Vitton series |
