Lo spettacolo deve ancora cominciare… una vecchia canzone dei Litfiba suonava più o meno così e prendendo spunto dall’inizio dell’avventura di B-Lin verso San Francisco vogliamo presentarvi quello che sarà uno degli eventi più attesi della stagione, il Campionato del Mondo Melges 32. Scorrendo l’elenco degli iscritti non può che risaltare la compattezza della...

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Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle and owner of the team was quite happy last night! They might not sell him the Golden State Warriors but at least he has a big silver cup. On arrival at the mooring I assisted on board while the team lowered the “wing”. There were no beers opened until...

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Tomorrow is a big day for both teams. Alinghi can even the score with a win and Oracle will win the 33rd America’s Cup with a win. We were just notified that the start time will be delayed until 12 noon. It is crucial to have a race tomorrow as conditions will worsen early...

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…I think a few of the designers were seen a church this morning By now those who are following know that the BMW Oracle won todays race by a convincing margin. The winning delta wasn’t quite a realistic measure of performance but there aren’t too many people at our Team Base unhappy with how...

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two hour delay. 12noon start. Seas have come down and wind is good. The delay may cost them a race as the wind should be dropping by noon. So, if you are dead keen to see a race today is 70% chance of racing. A high percentage due to the media pressure and Alinghi’s...

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“one of 5 weather team ribs (they are positioned on the race course to feed pre-race wind data to the boat)” Adesso Vela è diversa da tutti quelli che vi parlano di vela fondamentalmente per due motivi: 1) Ci piace raccontare “da dentro”. Cerchiamo sempre qualche insider che smetta per un attimo i panni...

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