Partita sabato da Città del Capo, Sud Africa, la seconda tappa della Volvo Ocean Race. Per la prima volta in questo giro del mondo a tappe i 70 piedi della Volvo Ocean Race toccheranno porti asiatici; questa seconda tappa, dopo 4.450 miglia di navigazione, si concluderà a Cochin, India, Stato del Kerala. La prima tappa della Volvo Ocean Race, partita lo scorso 11 ottobre da Alicante, è stata vinta da Ericsson 4 dello skipper Torben Grael, che in questa navigazione ha stabilito l'incredibile record di 602,66 miglia percorse in 24 ore, alla media pazzesca di 25,11 nodi. Per questa seconda tappa è previsto un passaggio obbligato al meridiano 58° est, a sud della latitudine 20° S prima di dirigere verso Cochin. Previsti per la partenza, alle ore 13.00, venti medio leggeri tra i 5 e i 15 nodi.
In alcuni equipaggi sono previsti avvicendamenti; questa la lista completa: DELTA LLOYD 1. Roberto Bérmudez de Castero/ESP - skipper 2. Matthew Gregory/USA - navigator 3. Sander Pluijm/NED -MCM 4. Stuart Wilson/NZL - watch captain 5. Ryan Houston/NZL - watch captain 6. Edwin O'Connor/IRL - trimmer 7. Martin Watts/GBR - trimmer 8. Peter Van Nierkerk/ NED - helmsman 9. Eduard van Lierde//NED - helmsman 10. Ger-Jan Poortman/NED - bowman 11. Morgan White/AUS - bowman On: Roberto Bérmudez de Castro/ESP - skipper On: Peter Van Nierkerk/ NED On: Morgan White/AUS Off: Ger O'Rourke/IRL - skipper Off: Bert Schandevyl/BEL - trimmer/helmsman Off: Stuart Molloy/NZL - watch captain ERICSSON 4 1. Torben Grael/BRA - skipper 2. Jules Salter/GBR - navigator 3. Guy Salter/GBR - MCM 4. Brad Jackson/NZL - watch captain 5. Stu Bannatyne/NZL - watch captain 6. Dave Endean/NZL - pitman 7. Horacio Carabelli/BRA - trimmer 8. Tony Mutter/NZL - trimmer 9. Joao Signorini/BRA - trimmer 10. Ryan Godfrey/AUS - bowman 11. Phil Jameson/NZL - bowman ERICSSON 3 1. Anders Lewander/SWE - skipper 2. Aksel Magdahl/NOR - navigator 3. Gustav Morin/SWE MCM 4. Richard Mason/NZL - watch captain 5. Magnus Olsson/SWE - watch captain 6. Thomas Johanson/FIN - helmsman 7. Eivind Melleby/NOR - helmsman 8. Martin Strömberg/SWE - trimmer 9. Jens Dolmer/DEN - pitman 10. Anders Dahlsjö/SWE - mastman 11. Martin Krite/SWE - Bowman On: Martin Strömberg/SWE - trimmer Off: Stefan Myrälf/DEN - trimmer GREEN DRAGON 1. Ian Walker/GBR - skipper 2. Ian Moore/IRL - navigator 3. Guo Chuan/CHN - MCM 4. Damian Foxall/IRL - watch captain 5. Neal McDonald/GBR - watch captain 6. Anthony Merrington/AUS - helmsman/trimmer 7. Phil Harmer/AUS - helmsman/trimmer 8. Tom Braidwood/AUS - pitman/trimmer 9. Andrew Mclean/NZL - pitman/trimmer 10. Freddie Shanks/GBR - bowman 11. Justin Slattery/IRL - bowman PUMA OCEAN RACING 1. Ken Read/USA - skipper 2. Andrew Cape/AUS - navigator 3. Rick Deppe/GBR MCM 4. Sidney Gavignet/FRA - watch captain 5. Chris Nicholson/AUS - watch captain 6. Michael Müller/GER - helmsman/bowman 7. Rob Salthouse/NZL - helmsman/trimmer 8. Robert Naismith/NZL - helmsman/trimmer 9. Casey Smith/AUS - bowman 10. Shannon Falcone/ANT - trimmer/pitman 11. Justin Ferris/NZL - helmsman/trimmer On: Robert Naismith/NZL On: Shannon Falcone/ANT Off: Jerry Kirby/USA - bowman Off: Jonathan McKee/USA - helmsman/trimmer TEAM RUSSIA 1. Andreas Hanakamp/AUT - skipper 2. Wouter Verbraak/NED - navigator 3. Mark Covell/GBR - MCM 4. Stig Westergaard/DEN - watch captain 5. Nick Bubb/GBR - watch captain 6. Rodion Luka/UKR - helmsman 7. Jeremy Elliott/IRL - trimmer 8. Ben Costello/NZL - trimmer 9. Mike Joubert/RSA - bowman 10. Cameron Wills/RSA - trimmer 11. Oleg Zherebtsov - bowman/pitman On: Oleg Zherebtsov Off: Guillermo Altadill/ ESP - watch captain TELEFÓNICA BLUE 1. Bouwe Bekking/NED - skipper 2. Iker Martinez/ESP - co-skipper/helmsman 3. Simon Fisher/GBR- navigator 4. Gabriele Olivo/ITA - MCM 5. Jonathan Swain/RSA - watch captain 6. Laurent Pages/FRA - helmsman 7. Jordi Calafat ESP - helmsman 8. Xabier Fernandez/ESP - trimmer 9. Pablo Arrarte/ESP Spanish - trimmer 10. Daryl Wislang/NZL - bowman 11. Pepe Ribes/ESP - bowman TELEFÓNICA BLACK 1. Fernando Echávarri/ESP- skipper 2. Roger Nilson/SWE - navigator 3. Mikel Pasabant/ESP - MCM 4. Santiago Lange/ARG - watch captain 5. Gonzalo Araujo/ESP - watch captain 6. Jaime Arbones/ESP - watch captain 7. Maciel Cicchetti/ARG - helmsman 8. Javier De La Plaza/ESP - helmsman 9. David Vera/ESP - trimmer 10. Antonio Cuervas-Mons/ESP - trimmer 11. Michael Pammenter/RSA - bowman On: Gonzalo Araujo/ESP - watch captain Off: Francisco Rivero/ESP - bowman Ordine di arrivo tappa 1: Alicante - Cape Town (6.500 miglia) 1. ERICSSON 4 2. PUMA RACING TEAM 3. ERICSSON 3 4. GREEN DRAGON RACING TEAM 5. TELEFONICA BLUE 6. TEAM RUSSIA 7. DELTA LLOYD 8. TELEFONICA BLACK Classifica: 4. ERICSSON 4 - 14,0 3. PUMA RACING TEAM - 13,0 5. GREEN DRAGON RACING TEAM - 11,0 1. TELEFONICA BLUE - 10,0 2. TELEFONICA BLACK - 7,0 7. ERICSSON 3 - 5,0 6. DELTA LLOYD - 4,0 8. TEAM RUSSIA - 4,0 Paolo Gambineri - Velanet www.volvooceanrace.org |