Skandia Cowes Week 2007 www.skandiacowesweek.co.uk - Übersicht Thursday 2nd August 2007 ICAP LEOPARD LARGEST BOAT TO COMPETE AT SKANDIA COWES WEEK Ocean Marine, the British sailing team owned by Mike Slade will race ICAP Leopard, the 100 foot super maxi yacht, in this years Skandia Cowes Week. After an impressive debut in the JP Morgan Round the Island Race in which she took monohull line honours, ICAP Leopard will join over 1000 other yachts competing in one of the world's classic regattas. The yacht, skippered by owner Mike Slade, will be crewed by a team of America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race sailors as well as corporate guests. ICAP Leopard will be one of the largest boats in the fleet and will race in the IRC Class 0 on 3rd, 8th and 9th August. Foto: Rick Tomlinson Volvo Ocean Race veteran Jules Salter will sail onboard as tactician and navigator. Gordon Maguire, who has sailed four Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Races, will be a key member of the afterguard providing support to both Mike and Jules tactically. Also racing will be fellow Volvo Ocean Race sailor Jason Carrington, as well as Alinghi's America's Cup winning bowman Jan Dekker and Team Shosholoza's Paul Stanbridge. The reindexder of the 33 strong crew will be comprised of a number of other top class sailors and guests. Mike Slade commented: "Skandia Cowes Week is a fantastic regatta and attracts some of the best boats in the world. It is wonderful to see that in its 179th edition, it is still so popular and well supported. I look forward to this regatta every year for its competitive racing and unbeatable atmosphere. Here's to some great racing!" Skandia Cowes Week is the largest regatta of its kind in the world, with over 8,500 crew competing on over 1,000 yachts. The first Cowes Week was held in 1826 and was organised by the Royal Yacht Squadron. The regatta is now run by Cowes Combined Clubs, which was setup in 1964 specifically to manage Cowes Week. Racing takes place on the Solent, the body of water between indexland England and the Isle of Wight. Yachts competing range from 30 metres in length, such as ICAP Leopard, down to around six metres, such as the Laser SB3 class. The fleet will race in two separate sailing areas in the Eastern and Western Solent, dependent on the conditions and class of boat. The annual regatta reaches a climax on the final Friday night, when organisers put on a fantastic fireworks display watched by thousands of people both on land and on the water. -ends- Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE