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Extreme 40 Sailing Series 2011 - Qingdao
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April 05th 2011
heading to China for Act 2 of the Global Series
There is now just one week to go until Act 2 of the Extreme
Sailing Series™ gets underway in Qingdao, China - a new venue on
the 2011 nine-stop global circuit.
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The 11-boat Extreme 40 fleet
was placed on board a ship after Act 1 at The Wave, Muscat, Oman
bound for China and the Extreme 40s are on course to be
delivered to their new host venue in Fushan Bay, home of the
2008 Olympic Village, tomorrow.
The 11 Extreme 40 teams will by vying to win Act 2 of the Extreme
Sailing Series for the Double Star Cup organised in association
with the Qingdao Yachting Association. The organising committee
for the Qingdao event has put in place a strong marketing
campaign around the city and a host of cultural activities that
includes an Official Opening Ceremony on the 13th April at the
Shangri-la Hotel, Chinese Traditional Dances, Street Dances and
Taiji Fan displays, martial arts, acrobatic demonstrations as
well as BMX and roller blading displays, alongside a '5th-man'
and photographic competition.
Qingdao is China's fourth largest manufacturing port in the
country and known as the 'City of Sailing' since staging the
sailing programme of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, as well as
being selected as a stopover port for both the Volvo Ocean Race
and the Clipper Race.&xnbsp; Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series will
see two days of 'open water' racing (13-14 April), allowing the
race management to set 'true' upwind and downwind courses
without the confines of the 'stadium' sailing format which
commences on the 15th April for three days, with the 11-boat
fleet racing right in front of the spectators. And the public
will be out in force supporting Chinese sailor, William Wu, who
will be joining Roland Gaebler's Team Extreme. William was part
of the America's Cup China Team, and joined the first Louis
Vuitton Pacific Series Regatta in Auckland in 2009. As well as
his passion for sailing, William is a regular marathon runner
(best time approx 3.5 hours) and has a passion for mountaineering
, climbing to a height of 6805m on Everest in 2004. William has
never experienced anything like racing on board the super-light
Extreme 40 catamaran that can reach a top speed of 46 mph
[74 km/h] on a race course that is no bigger than six football
pitches.
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Like the Formula 1 Grand Prix being staged over the same weekend
in Shanghai, the Extreme Sailing Series is renowned for
delivering close-combat racing at high speeds all within sight
of the spectators – collisions, capsizes and the occasional man
overboard are par for the course and the Chinese public will see
, for the first time, this exciting circuit first-hand.
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Vice Mayor of Qingdao, Mr. Wang commented. "The competitive and
exciting Extreme Sailing Series event will provide the city of
Qingdao another opportunity to play on the international stage
and reinforce its image as the sailing capital of China. I am
expecting to see the Olympic Sailing center, the venue for the
Extreme Sailing Series Qingdao event, turn into a festive mood
when the racing is on. The Qingdao people will enjoy both the
racing and entertainment activities taking place in the race
village."
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Following on from their Act 1 victory, Groupe Edmond de
Rothschild will be looking to secure another win under their
belt, but it will be no easy task. The result in Muscat went to
the wire with victory only secured in the final double-points
race by Pennec's crew who were pushed hard by Artemis Racing
(2nd) and Red Bull Extreme Sailing (3rd) – Hagara's team scoring
their first podium result since joining the circuit, and will
benefit from the experience of Will Howden who competed on the
waters of Qingdao in the 2008 Olympics.&xnbsp; For Act 2, Santiago
Lange from Argentina will be taking the helm on Artemis Racing
from regular skipper Terry Hutchinson and Rodney Adern will
replace Sean Clarkson for this regatta. Britain's Mark Bulkeley,
part of the 2009 Oman Sail Masirah winning crew, will be joining
the Italian's on Team NiceForYou replacing Alberto Sonino.
Extreme Sailing Series Overall Standings after Act 1:
Position / Team / Skipper & crew / Act 1 at The Wave, Muscat
1st Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (FRA), Pierre Pennec / Christophe
Espagnon / Thierry Fouchier / Hervé Cunningham / 11 points
2nd Artemis Racing (SWE), Terry Hutchinson / Sean Clarkson /
Morgan Trubovich / Andy Fethers / 10 points
3rd Red Bull Extreme Sailing (AUT), Roman Hagara / Hans Peter
Steinacher / Will Howden / Craig Monk / 9 points
4th Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Dean Barker / Glenn Ashby /
James Dagg / Richard Meacham / 8 points
5th Luna Rossa (ITA), Max Sirena / Paul Campbell-James / Alister
Richardson / Manuel Modena / 7 points
6th Alinghi (SUI), Tanguy Cariou / Yann Guichard / Nils Frei /
Yves Detrey / 6 points
7th The Wave, Muscat (OMA), Torvar Mirsky / Kyle Langford / Nick
Hutton / Khamis Al Anbouri / 5 points
8th Oman Air (OMA), Sidney Gavignet / Kinley Fowler / David Carr
/ Nasser Al Mashari / 4 points
9th Team Extreme (EUR), Roland Gaebler / Bruno Dubois / Sebbe
Godefroid / Michael Walther / 3 points
10th Niceforyou (ITA), Alberto Barovier / Alberto Sonino /
Daniele de Luca Simone de Mari / 2 points
11th Team GAC Pindar (GBR), Ian Williams / Brad Webb / Gilberto
Nobili / Jono Macbeth / 1 point
[http://www.extremesailingseries.com]
17.04.2011 - Artemis Racing: We finished in 6th place overall<
17.04.2011 - Edmond de Rothschild finishes third and continues to head the championship<
17.04.2011 - *Luna Rossa win the action-packed Act 2 in Qingdao
17.04.2011 - *Extrem, Crazy and Dramatic
16.04.2011 - Calm After The Storm
16.04.2011 - Zwei weitere Siege eingefahren
15.04.2011 - I told you it would be crazy! But THIS crazy?
15.04.2011 - DAY 3 - EXTREME! 1 major
collision, 4 capsizes, 1 broken mast
15.04.2011 - Extreme Sailing wie es wilder nicht mehr sein kann
14.04.2011 - Extreme40s fliegen in Qingdao über die Olympia-Wellen
13.04.2011 - The Gloves Are Off In Qingdao
13.04.2011 - Kampf mit harten Bandagen in Quingdao
13.04.2011 - 2011 Extreme Sailing Series campaign restarted today
12.04.2011 - Racing Starts Tomorrow at China's Olympic Sailing Venue
12.04.2011 - Edmond de Rothschild Group in its rivals’ sights
05.04.2011 - heading to China for Act 2 of the Global Series
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