Sport-heute: Sailing - Start- und Bootslisten Rio-Boston

12. April 2009, 10:35

Start- und Bootslisten Rio-Boston

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Morgen Samstag 15.00 Uhr Ortszeit 18.00 GMT startet die Volvo Ocean Race zu ihrer 6. Etappe von Rio nach Boston. Start der Etappe ist Rio de Janeiro, das Heimatort von Ericsson 4 Skipper Torben Grael - Boston das Ziel, ist der Heimathofen von Puma USA. Es ist schön nach Hause zu kommen, sagte heute an der Pressekonferenz Puma Skipper Ken Read. Ich war seit dem 1. September letzen Jahres nicht mehr da. Die sechste Etappe ist die Hälfte der letzten fünften Etappe. Es wird ein reines Geschwindigkeitsrennen. Morgen also, werden die Pechvögel Telefónica Black und Team Delta Lloyd wieder ins Rennen einsteigen.

Brüttisellen, 10.4.09 (mk) SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is scheduled to start leg six from Rio de Janeiro to Boston at 15:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Saturday afternoon. While the start port is home to Ericsson 4 skipper Torben Grael, the finish line represents the race coming to the hometown of the PUMA OCEAN RACING team.

“I won’t lie, it’s good to be going home, I haven’t been home since September 1st of last year and to have family, friends, supporters, sponsors all waiting on the dock to see their boys and their boat and that’s going to be really good,” PUMA skipper Ken Read said at the leg press conference on Friday, from the Marina da Gloria in Rio.

“But with it comes the added pressure of everybody saying, ‘this is the one you have to win’. It’s a pressure I’ve felt with the team this week and we’re trying to downplay it. This is just another leg, we have to stay consistent, and let the chips fall where they may. But with that said, it’s really good to be going home.”

Significantly, for Volvo Ocean Race veterans, this is just the second ‘traditional’ leg in this edition of the race, and it comes on the heels of four legs which visited new ports in Asia.

“I think the last two legs we’ve talked about boats breaking and been asking, ‘Will we get there?’” said Green Dragon skipper Ian Walker. “This leg, it doesn’t seem like we will have all those hurdles, but it’s still an ocean leg, a lot of things can still happen. As a team, we don’t want to underestimate this leg.”

At nearly 5,000 nautical miles, the sixth stage of the race is less than half the distance of the marathon leg five which brought the fleet here to Rio. There is a scoring waypoint at Fernando de Noronha, where four scoring points are available to the leading boat (diminishing by a half point for each of the subsequent boats).

“This will be a boat speed leg,” said Telefonica Blue skipper Bouwe Bekking. His team is in third place, two points behind PUMA and 11.5 back of the leader, Ericsson 4. And they need a good result. “It is crucial for us. We have to be first at the scoring gate and we have to be first in Boston, because we have to pick up the points.”

At the head of the fleet, Ericsson 4 is in an enviable position, with a 9.5 point lead over PUMA. But with nearly half of the race points yet to be contested, skipper Torben Grael says it’s way too early to be changing strategy. He says his team needs to sail their own race.

“The position we are in is a good one, for sure,” Grael said. “But there is a long way to go still, especially on points. So there are some situations where you can be a little conservative, but if you’re too conservative all the time, you’re not going to win the race. We have to go and fight for the points.”

Tomorrow’s start marks the return of Telefónica Black and Team Delta Lloyd to offshore competition. Both boats were shipped to Rio after being damaged on the race to Qingdao; they missed the last leg. Both skippers are eager to make a mark again.

“This is our opportunity,” said Fernando Echavarri, the skipper of Telefónica Black. “We don’t have any excuses. We have a new sail inventory and I think the boat is in good shape to push to be on the podium in this leg.”

“It will be difficult. Every team has very good sailors but if we can get a good finish in Boston, it would be great for us,” agreed Delta Lloyd skipper Roberto Bermúdez.

Ericsson 3 won the longest leg in the history of the race to get to Rio. Skipper Magnus Olsson joked that he’s planning to stay close to PUMA for this leg, perhaps hoping to glean some local knowledge on the approach to the finish in Boston.

The forecast for start time on Saturday is for light south-westerly winds in the 4 to 9 knot range under mostly sunny skies. Predominantly light to moderate winds are expected for the first days of the leg.

You can follow the start of leg six of the Volvo Ocean Race live on www.volvooceanrace.org, where there will be full coverage from the race course, including live commentary of the start, beginning at 14:45 local time, 17:45 GMT.

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VOLVO OCEAN RACE CREW LIST LEG SIX: RIO DE JANEIRO - BOSTON

DELTA LLOYD

1. Roberto Bermúdez De Castro/ESP – skipper
2. Wouter Verbraak/NED – navigator
3. Sander Pluijm/NED – media crew member
4. Stuart Wilson/NZL – watch captain
5. Nick Bice/AUS – watch captain
6. Andre Fonseca/BRA – helmsman
7. Ben Costello/NZL – helmsman
8. Ed Van Lierde/NED – trimmer
9. David Pella/ESP – trimmer
10. Gerd-Jan Poortman/NED – Bowman
11. Morgan White/AUS - bowman

On: Wouter Verbraak/NED – navigator
Ben Costello/NZL – helmsman
Ed Van Lierde/NED – trimmer
Nick Bice/AUS – watch captain

Off: Frits Koek/NED – navigator
Edwin O’Connor/IRL – trimmer
Martin Watts/GBR – trimmer
Guillermo Altadill/ESP – 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

No changes

ERICSSON 3

1. Magnus Olsson/SWE – skipper
2. Aksel Magdahl/NOR - navigator
3. Gustav Morin/SWE MCM
4. Thomas Johansson/FIN - helmsman
5. Richard Mason/NZL - watch captain
6. Magnus Woxen/SWE – trimmer
7. Eivind Melleby/NOR - helmsman
8. Martin Strömberg/SWE – trimmer
9. Jens Dolmer/DEN - pitman
10. Anders Dahlsjö/SWE - bowman
11. Martin Krite/SWE - bowman

On: Richard Mason/NZL - watch captain

Off: Arve Roaas/NOR – trimmer/helmsman

GREEN DRAGON

1. Ian Walker/GBR - skipper
2. Ian Moore/IRL - navigator
3. Guo Chuan/CHN - MCM
4. Neal McDonald/GBR – watch captain
5. Damian Foxall/IRL – watch captain
6. Anthony Merrington/AUS – helmsman/trimmer
7. Phil Harmer/AUS – helmsman/trimmer
8. Andrew Mclean/NZL – pitman/trimmer
9. James Carroll/IRL – pitman/trimmer
10. Justin Slattery/IRL – bowman
11. Freddy Shanks/GBR - bowman

On: Ian Moore/IRL – navigator
Anthony Merrington/AUS – watch captain
James Carroll/IRL – pitman/trimmer

Off: Wouter Verbraak/NED - navigator
Tom Braidwood/AUS – pitman/trimmer
Chris Main/NZL – helmsman/trimmer

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. Robert Greenhalgh/GBR – watch captain
6. Rob Salthouse/NZL – helmsman/trimmer
7. Justin Ferris/NZL – helmsman/trimmer
8. Erle Williams/NZL – helmsman/trimmer
9. Shannon Falcone/ANT – bowman/pitman
10. Casey Smith/AUS – bowman/helmsman
11. Michael Müller/GER – helmsman/bowman

On: Shannon Falcone/ANT – trimmer/pitman
Off: Jerry Kirby/USA – bowman/pitman

TELEFÓNICA BLUE

1. Bouwe Bekking/NED - skipper
2. Tom Addis/AUS – navigator
3. Simon Fisher/GBR- strategist/helmsman
4. Gabriele Olivo/ITA - MCM
5. Jonathan Swain/RSA – watch captain
6. Jordi Calafat ESP – helmsman
7. Xabier Fernandez/ESP - trimmer
8. Pablo Arrarte/ESP Spanish - trimmer
9. Laurent Pages/FRA – trimmer
10. Daryl Wislang/NZL - bowman
11. Pepe Ribes/ESP - bowman

On: Laurent Pages/FRA – trimmer
Daryl Wislang/NZL - bowman
Pepe Ribes/ESP - bowman

Off: Iker Martinez/ESP - co-skipper/helmsman
Michael Pammeter/RSA - bowman
David Vera/ESP - bowman

TELEFÓNICA BLACK

1. Fernando Echavarri/ESP – skipper
2. Roger Nilson/SWE – navigator
3. Anton Paz/ESP – media crew member
4. Antonio (Ñeti) Cuervas-Mons/ESP – bowman
5. Gonzalo Araujo/ESP – watch captain
6. Jaime Arbones/ESP – watch captain
7. Pablo Iglesias/ESP – helmsman
8. Javier de la Plaza/ESP – helmsman
9. David Vera/ESP - trimmer
10. Maciel Cicchetti/ARG – trimmer
11. Michael Pammenter/RSA - bowman

On: Anton Paz/ESP – media crew member
Maciel Cicchetti/ARG – trimmer

Off: Mikel Pasabant/ESP – MCM
Francisco Rivero/ESP - bowman

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