BIG LOAD Aug 7, 20:00
USA 76 joins 11 other ACC yachts, various team tenders, chase boats, weather boats and 60+ ACM race committee vessels aboard the MSC ship that will depart Valencia at 20:00 tonight to take the America's Cup circus to Malmoe for Louis Vuitton Acts 6 and 7.
Our shore team begins arriving Malmoe a week from tomorrow (Monday) to begin setting up, and by Friday the 19th the sailing team and most other support personnel will all be there. We have a few days of practice sailing, measurement checks, various team and official meetings to attend and, finally, racing -- which begins Thursday 25 August. Act 6 is match racing, one full round (11 races; we race each of the other teams once). Act 7, five fleet races, follows. The last day of Act 7 is Sunday 4 September.
It will be a shock to more than a few systems to go from the 25-35 degree (C.) heat of Valencia to the much cooler Malmoe. The five-day weather forecast for Malmoe next week shows highs between 17 and 20, and lows of 12-15. After months here in t-shirts and flip-flops, don't forget to pack the woolies!
At Malmoe we will be back to daily blog posts, so be sure to tune in.
A schedule of the Malmoe racing and other events is posted, along with other challenger-related information, at the Challenger Commission website. Note on the list of entries recently posted there that the same 12 yachts will race in Malmoe as in Valencia Acts 4-5, except that the Swedes will be using SWE 73 instead of 63, having recently modified 73 to Version 5 of the ACC class rule (under which we have been racing since 1 January 05).
Also check ACM's official site for more information on the Malmoe LV Acts.
Our shore team begins arriving Malmoe a week from tomorrow (Monday) to begin setting up, and by Friday the 19th the sailing team and most other support personnel will all be there. We have a few days of practice sailing, measurement checks, various team and official meetings to attend and, finally, racing -- which begins Thursday 25 August. Act 6 is match racing, one full round (11 races; we race each of the other teams once). Act 7, five fleet races, follows. The last day of Act 7 is Sunday 4 September.
It will be a shock to more than a few systems to go from the 25-35 degree (C.) heat of Valencia to the much cooler Malmoe. The five-day weather forecast for Malmoe next week shows highs between 17 and 20, and lows of 12-15. After months here in t-shirts and flip-flops, don't forget to pack the woolies!
At Malmoe we will be back to daily blog posts, so be sure to tune in.
A schedule of the Malmoe racing and other events is posted, along with other challenger-related information, at the Challenger Commission website. Note on the list of entries recently posted there that the same 12 yachts will race in Malmoe as in Valencia Acts 4-5, except that the Swedes will be using SWE 73 instead of 63, having recently modified 73 to Version 5 of the ACC class rule (under which we have been racing since 1 January 05).
Also check ACM's official site for more information on the Malmoe LV Acts.
General | by TFE
