C-Class: Little Americas Cup at Newport
Photos above and below: Christophe Launay at NYYC Web
MONDAY, AUGUST 23
Report from New York Yacht Club event Website-
Racing has been canceled for the day. 30+ knots this afternoon.
More info at https://nyyc.org/CCLASS/ and https://nyyc.org/home/
Left: Current cup holder, canadian Fred Eaton with C-Class legend Steve Clark. Also Glenn Ashby and James Spithill are competing
More pics here
John Casey is covering the event Live with SailingAnarchy OTW
COMPETITORS at www.littleac.com
Boat | Sail # | Helm | Crew |
Canaan | CAN 009 | Fred Eaton | Magnus Clarke |
Aethon | USA 002 | Steve Clark | Oliver Moore |
Invictus | GBR 001 | Paul Larsen | Helena Darvelid |
Patient Lady VI | FRA 002 | Antoine Koch | Jérémie Lagarrigue |
Alpha | CAN 004 | Glenn Ashby | Jimmy Spithill |
Orion | CAN 002 | Dan Cunningham | Rob Paterson |
Argentine designer, Juan K, checking the C-Class wings, trying to ‘absorve’ some knowledge as he will be designing an Americas Cup challenger boat for sure (not Origin of course) . Argentine Tornado ace and Naval Architect , Santi Lange is currently working with Juan in his design office. Team Origin has lost some talent for their next AC campaign…
Photo: Christophe Launay at NYYC Web
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
...Report was sent by an F18 Sailor, if you want Hobies reported send your own, we'll publish as usual. Cheers.
Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16