30.05.2011
*Boat complete destroyed by Alinghi.
Bad redress and bad points. Its a real shocker for the Team*
We were on a good move at race day 3 at Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul.
Place 6-4-2 and then the massive crash.
Crew is fine. Boat is destroyed. No way to continue the race after that. For
sure we won the protest hearing. But we got a very special redress which
gave us some good points in day 3. But the last day we got no points and
went to the last place.
It’s very very frustrating to get hit by a boat and then on top of this to
finish last. We were not happy with the redress we got. But the ISAF rules
are that way.
We were on a really good move with top results that day. We made absolute
no mistake. We had right of way. We got hit and nearly sunken by Team
Alinghi. Some bones of the crew got hit and finally we got a bad redress. We
have no words for this.
This all hurt a lot and we are very down. The videos and photos speaking for
themselves. Our left hull is completely gone. I hope we get a other boat for
the next event in Boston USA.
This is it. Game Over for now. We need some rest after this shock.
More Infos from Roland at 0049-172-4543074 and teamgaebler@googlemail.comand
www.teamgaebler.de and www.extremesailingseries.com
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