Ocean Racing Magazine - #3 - June & July 2007 - (Page 6)

WHAT THEY SAID Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnier, Head of Communication for Areva, quoted by Philippe Bertrand in the same article on the website lesechos.fr The director justifying Aviva’s late commitment alongside the French challenger. "We didn’t want to be the judge between the various French projects, between Loïck Peyron and Stéphane Kandler (…) It was when the French Sailing Federation chose Kandler’s team as the French team that we decided to become involved." the start of the Calais Round Britain Race. © G. Martin-Raget/BMW Oracle Julien Cressant mastman on BMW Oracle, during the semi-finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup. "Being opposed to Luna Rossa has nothing to do in terms of preparation with the New Zealanders coming up against the Spanish. If we make it to the finals, we will be that much stronger." Carolijn Brouwer, former world champion in the Europe series, currently skipper of the VX40 Holmatro, as she prepares for the Beijing Olympics in the Tornado class. "Basically it’s because the keel has taken longer to make than planned, but I have to admit we weren’t ahead of schedule either on the other jobs that have to be done before the launch. Rather than having to set sail from Calais at the last moment with a boat that has only just made it into the water and an exhausted team, I thought it was better to give ourselves time to finish things calmly and correctly." Lionel Lemonchois, the skipper of Gitana 11, at the end of the AS Lease Challenge raced between Lorient, La Coruna and the Fastnet. "We spent around sixty hours in dry suits, which in the end have nothing dry at all about them." "I shouldn’t say it, but I would give up any Olympic project or VX40 campaign to be back in the Volvo Ocean Race. It’s too late now. I’ve said it!" Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson, during the opening ceremony for the Kista boatyard, where the new VO70 designed by Juan K is being built. Michael Ohry in charge of the television coverage of the America’s Cup for the German channel, ZDF, explaining why they decided to cut costs by stopping live broadcasts after the first week of the Louis Vuitton Cup. "90% of the time, there wasn’t any sailing, so why continue to torture our viewers?" "Cornishman", in the forum in Yachting & Boating World "I heard this morning that Tony Bullimore was abandoning his attempt at the round the world record. Why doesn’t he do like the other Tony (Blair, editor’s note) and head off for retirement? That would make a nice break for us." "This time, we’re really serious (editor’s note: in 2005, was it just a joke?), we have the best designers and the best builders." Chris Dickson boss and skipper of the BMW Oracle Racing Team, eliminated in the semi-final of the 32nd Cup "Luna Rossa was really much better than us. They beat us each time we rounded a mark. We did all we could. I would like moreover to thank my team for working so hard. Everyone is very disappointed. It was Larry’s decision to replace me today and I’d like to thank Sten for taking the helm. No one worked badly. It was the opposing team that was better. I don’t think Luna Rossa needs any advice for the final, but if they do, I’m not really the best person to give it to them." Salvatore Sarno, Head of Team Shosholoza, looking towards the future and the 33rd Cup "We hope to have RSA101 in the water in February 2008 to take part in the Acts." Stéphane Kandler after races were cancelled for a sixth day (on the eighth day of the Louis Vuitton Cup) Philippe Bertrand, in an article on the website lesechos.fr Dee Caffari, the only woman to have sailed single-handed non-stop around the world " the wrong way ", more terrified by writer’s cramp than a storm in the Indian Ocean. "Just when I thought the hard work of writing about my life was over, the manuscript for my book being launched in September was sent back to me to proof read again for the minor changes that we added on advice of the publisher. I could have cried at first, as I thought I had seen the end of those words for a while at least." "The schedule has been carefully re-organised and now we will be facing the same opponent on the next day, when racing is postponed like today. Until one of us dies!" "Areva Challenge was a victim of the inexperience of the backroom boys. Four days before the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup, Thierry Péponnet was removed as tactician and replaced by Tanguy Cariou. The new helmsman, Sébastien Col, paid for his inexperience in two key races." Grant Simmer, Head of the Alinghi Design Team ©F. Socha "We haven’t seen anything today that we hadn’t already thought of. That doesn’t mean that we have found the right answers, but it does show that our studies were thorough." Michel Desjoyeaux, explaining why his new Foncia monohull will not be lining up for © G. Martin-Raget/BMW Oracle Ocean Racing - june 2007 http://www.lesechos.fr http://www.lesechos.fr http://www.lesechos.fr http://www.lesechos.fr

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ocean Racing Magazine - #3 - June & July 2007

Contents
What they said
News
Portfolio
America’s Cup
Major records
Interview - Troussel talks openly
Imoca
Velux 5 Oceans
Volvo Ocean Race
Profession - Weather forecaster
Portrait - Albert Jacobsoone
Class 40'
Mini Class
Report - The Equator route
Labo - Medicine at sea
100 years ago - The International Rule
New products
Gear
Reading
Column - Father Christmas in the summer

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