Checco Bruni: frankly, it’s taking them too long to announce the venue
All: it’s hard to visualize an AC not in the country of the defender
Torben Grael: the key factor in ETNZ’s victory were the small foils, that worked nevertheless. ETNZ was more willing to take risks
Tommaso Chieffi: ETNZ...
After getting to know Duncan McLane (Patient Lady IV) at the 1978 Little America’s Cup, I met him again in Neport on the occasion of the ICCC in 2010.
He told me he had been a consultant to Alinghi for AC33 and had proposed a wing. Bertarelli, however, had deemed it too risky. Bet he won’t be...
FareVela’s Michele Tognozzi interviews Silvio Arrivabene, Alinghi Technical Operations Manager. The video is in English
https://farevela.net/2022/02/03/americas-cup-silvio-arrivabene-alinghi-red-bull-racing-cosi-sara-la-prossima-coppa/
Well @Rennmaus, no matter what Clean said Alinghi distinguished itself by establishing a relationship with fans. Jack Griffin was handling that, as I recall
Am typing this, while wearing the beanie I won in the AC33 Alinghi Friends competition :)
The downside was being summoned at 6 am in...
https://farevela.net/2021/12/09/americas-cup-alinghi-conferma-la-societe-nautique-de-geneve-per-la-sua-sfida-il-14-dicembre-la-conferenza-stampa/
Partnership with Red Bull confirmed, also BB in
Correct me if I’m wrong, but after 17 Sept 2022 teams should be free to sail either V1s or their V2 (which shouldn’t be ready immediately)
Benjamin Muyl?