2 down 3 to go…iShares Cup hots upJul01
- By Mark Turner in Sailing stuff,
Well Hyeres was amazing sailing and images…2 capsizes and 1 so close to a capsize it looks like the images were photoshopped to stop Tommy Hilfiger going over (check out www.isharescup.com video section). On the final day the crowds were there and loving it…shame that in the next stop in Cowes we have to sail the other side of the Solent away from the public. Thats the compromise we accepted with Cowes though - the balancing element is that Russell and Oracle are coming - so Oracle v Alinghi, in Cowes, the origin of the America’s Cup…nice, eh…
Back on the ocean racing front, its great to see our ex-BQ record breaking tri back sailing again, and with such a great project in Oman Sail - a genuine attempt to develop sailing in the Middle-East and use it to create role models for the population at large in Oman. More on that project soon, but its a truly inspirational one that we’re happy to helping in a small way with. www.omansail.com for more info…
Other than that, its crazy busy again for all the team in Cowes and Lorient (BT Team Ellen Open 60 base), and some of us are off doing our other passion - the Etape du Tour - a leg of the Tour de France for amateurs, on our bikes…looks like a wet and cold one though this Sunday in the Pyrenees…Albert from our tech team, Andrew Preece from APP TV and Henry Chappell of Pitch PR - just a few of the oddballs doing it!! Wish us luck…