ExtremeSeries: Gaebler’s view after the crash
Photos: Lloyd Images – Roland’s team racing before the big crash
Indy 500 crahs was a joke compared to this one, glad to see that the majority of the sailors are now wearing helmets. Roland is quite upset, maybe a redress for the final day or the organization having a spare boat for these ocassions can be a solution next time.
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By Roland Gaebler-
“Our boat was complete destroyed by Alinghi. Bad redress and bad points. Its a real shocker for the Team.
We were on a good move on day 3 at Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul. Place 6-4-2 and then the massive crash.
The crew is fine but the Boat is destroyed. No way to continue the race after that. For sure we won the protest hearing. We got a very special redress which gave us some good points in day 3. But the last day we got no points and went to the last place.
It’s very very frustrating to get hit by a boat and then on top of this to finish last. We were not happy with the redress we got. But the ISAF rules are that way.
We were on a really good move with top results that day. We made absolute no mistake. We had right of way. We got hit and nearly sunken by Team Alinghi.
Some bones of the crew got hit and finally we got a bad redress. We have no words for this.
This all hurt a lot and we are very down. The videos and photos speaking for themselves. Our left hull is completely gone. I hope we get a other boat for the next event in Boston USA.
This is it. Game Over for now. We need some rest after this shock.”
www.teamgaebler.de
www.extremesailingseries.com
Don't play with the men if you're a boy!. Crying sissy…
buddy, first of all getting crewmembers hurt, then getting your boat destroyed, completely not your fault and then not getting a good redress is pretty devistating try sailing a campaign you put your heart into and see it getting destroyed like that. Think again before you talk…
how does redress works in other sports? The extreme 40 series is often referring to Formula 1, if a driver crashes out of a race in F1 and it is not his fault, he still not gets redress. They not even know the word redress I think. It is just bad luck and very unfortunate the hull is unrepairable . Alinghi probably got a spare hull though..
duct tape!
If you look at the rooster tail thrown up by the rudder you can see that these guys didn't ease the main before attempting to head off. I've had my F18 hit twice in the past month by other boats that did exactly the same thing…..
If you can't duck at least HEAD UP!
Whats wrong?? You are crying like a baby..a collision on water is never a good expierence but it happens and the video shows that alingi tried everything to avoid the crash!
So why you are behave like this?
maybe cause their were getting better and they couldn´t race any more? I want to see you anons… in his position on the boat saying "I don´t care, I'm a macho man… " come on! get serious.
They did everything but sheet out the main. And that was the key thing to do.
https://www.youtube.com/extremesailingseries#p/u/0/5COUbhvpTSw
here you can see how Mischa Heemskerk thinks about mark rounding…