The third stage of the Audi Med Cup Circuit 2011 is about to begin: the Region of Sardinia Trophy (19-24 July) will start tomorrow in the beautiful waters of Cagliari.
Audi Sailing Team powered by ALL4ONE’s crew members have been training for two days, and the atmosphere in the team is positive as they feel more confident with the boat, after the modifications and improvements they’ve been operating within the team since the first event in Cascais that was followed by the second one in Marseille. So the Franco-German team definitely looks forward to showing it on the scoreboard now!
Jochen Schümann, Skipper: „Everyone is happy to be back, and training was good after such a long time not sailing together, so we played safe for the manoeuvres. We are quite happy and had a lot of positive things in the debriefs, as we try to change a little bit the mode with which we are sailing the boat as we are still not very confident on the upwind performance. But it looks like the way we are trying now is a bit better than in Marseille. So we are still positive and hope to achieve results. We try to trim a little harder and to get more heel earlier on the boat especially, and hopefully this will pay off to develop the characteristics of the boat a little bit stronger.“
Albert Jacobsoone, Pitman: „The training conditions have been very good: sunny with 10-15 knots of wind. We have tried a new mainsail and a few new jibs, besides reviewing all our spinnakers. Then we did some speed tests, before switching to manoeuvres and racing mode. So I think we have managed to do all that we wanted in our plans. Technically we have improved again the solutions to our sails and speed issues, even if we have to confirm this when racing against the other teams. Last but not least, we were better on the starts than what we did so far. I feel that the team is getting confident, and the atmosphere is good on board, which is very important.“
Pietro Mantovani, Mid Bow: „It’s always fantastic to sail in your own country, and especially in Cagliari, where it is a great pleasure to race with good wind conditions most of the time, and luckily with some Mistral, which looks like to be the case for our first days of racing here. In that case the wind is coming from offshore, it is really puffy, and it can be very strong. With flat water, it can be very good fun. After these days of training, I can say there is a very good atmosphere on board. Everything is working fine so far, and we feel confident about our potential, so we’re really looking forward to getting in the race and to do good results.“
Racing will start tomorrow (Tuesday) with the „official practice race“. Then the competition will be on from Wednesday until Sunday, with a coastal race planned on Saturday.
Overall ranking Audi MedCup 2011 after 2 events – TP52 Series
1. Quantum Racing – 49 points
2. Container – 60 points
3. Audi Azzurra Sailing Team – 69,5 points
4. Synergy Russian Sailing Team – 76,5 points
5. Ran – 82 points
6. Bribon – 85,5 points
7. Audi Sailing Team powered by ALL4ONE – 101,5 points
8. Gladiator – 132,5 points
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