{"id":25237,"date":"2022-02-10T11:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caleromarinas.com\/?p=25237"},"modified":"2022-02-10T11:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:24:20","slug":"larger-44cup-racing-resumes-in-lanzarote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caleromarinas.com\/en\/larger-44cup-racing-resumes-in-lanzarote\/","title":{"rendered":"LARGER 44CUP RACING RESUMES IN LANZAROTE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote starting tomorrow, the high performance owner-driver one design class returns to having a double digit-sized fleet for the first time since 2016. Recent additions include the first team with a female owner, in Moscow lawyer Valeriya Kovalenko\u2019s ARTTUBE, and\u00a0German Christian Schwoerer’s La Pericolosa with a crew including two time 470 World Champions Nic Asher and Elliot Willis and Beijing gold medallist Will Ryan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first time ARTTUBE sailed in their boat was 2021\u2019s final event here when they finished an impressive fifth. This year they start with some interesting new graphics on their otherwise fuchsia RC44, drawn by Misha Most, a famous Moscow street artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally Chris Bake\u2019s Team Aqua returns as holder of the 44Cup leader\u2019s \u2018golden wheels\u2019 with the aim of staying on top. This is not the first time they have been in this position. \u201cEvery team learns from the last year – you reset, analyse what you did and didn\u2019t do well and you try and develop your team,\u201d explains Team Aqua tactician Cameron Appleton. This season they have a new crew in Dane Jonas Hviid-Nielsen. \u201cYou are always looking to see if there are ways to put a new burst of energy into the team, just to keep everyone on their toes. You have to find ways to develop,\u201d continues Appleton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Team Aqua had a dip in form a few years ago, experiencing this in 2021 was Team Nika. The class\u2019 only triple World Champions and overall series winner in 2015, ended the 2021 season last. This year they bounce back with Italian America\u2019s Cup skipper Francesco Bruni on tactics and new addition Pierluigi de Felice. Bruni is the latest America\u2019s Cup legend to sail on board following Coutts, Barker, Baird, Hutchinson, Slingsby\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am very happy \u2013 Cecco [Bruni] is easy going, we have good communication and I feel comfortable that I understand what he wants,\u201d said owner Vladimir Prosikhin, but also acknowledging that the 44Cup is growing, winning will be even harder.  \u201cI believe the 44Cup has never been as strong as now. Every crew is very experienced and the boats are equal. It is a great pleasure to sail in such a strong fleet. There are no mistakes, the boats are very fast, but enjoyable and safe, because everyone knows what they are doing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another team that has never quite found the form it had when it won the RC44 World Championship in 2012, is John Bassadone\u2019s Peninsula Racing, which finished 2021 in eighth. However this could change in 2022 with British two time Olympic Finn gold medallist, Giles Scott now on tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe team is amazing. It is a great set of guys who are good fun to be around and work really hard on the water. Hopefully, we can string some results together,\u201d said Scott. \u201cI really enjoy racing in this class because it is so close. Looking at the results, boats are winning a regatta and then in the next they are in the back few, which demonstrates the evenness of the boats and the high standard that every team has.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another change in boat dynamics will also occur on Nico Poons\u2019 Charisma, where standing in for regular tactician Hamish Pepper is Italian 44Cup veteran Vasco Vascotto. \u201cThis is one of the classes where we feel we have the best sport,\u201d says Vascotto, who for many years called tactics for Bassadone. \u201cIn this class the boats are the same and when you make a mistake you are at the back of the fleet and if you do a good job you are in front.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Igor Lah\u2019s Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860, the 2017 and 2019 44Cup winner, missed claiming the series title last year by a mere point. \u201cUnfortunately sometimes you get it and sometimes you don\u2019t,\u201d said Lah. \u201cThis is such a  competitive class that sometimes it comes down to luck and small things. We will  try and do better this year.\u201d For this season there have been no changes to the sailing team, once again led by Adrian Stead. \u201cThe fleet is growing, which shows how much people love sailing in this class.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is not to ignore the remaining teams all also with potential to win. Notably Hugues Lepic’s Aleph Racing, with Michele Ivaldi calling tactics, which in 2021 won the events in Cowes and Lanzarote at the end of the year, to finish third overall. Similarly good things can be expected of Pavel Kuznetsov\u2019s Atom Tavatuy on which Evgeny Neugodnikov calls tactics, which finished second here last year. Last but not least is Artemis Racing, skippered by Torbjorn Tornqvist and with Andy Horton calling tactics. The Swedish team twice finished on the podium at events last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Racing gets underway tomorrow (Wednesday) with a first warning signal at 1200 UTC.
Follow live at www.44cup.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    44CUP CALERO MARINAS ENTRY LIST:\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    ALEPH RACING (FRA17)<\/strong>
    Hugues Lepic (FRA) – Owner \/ Driver
    Michele Ivaldi (ITA) – Tactician
    Skip Baxter (NZL) – Main trimmer
    Jon Gundersen (NZL) – Headsail Trimmer
    Lara Poljsak (SLO) – Offside Trimmer
    Jaro Furlani (ITA) – Pit
    Cian Guilfoyle (IRL) – Grinder
    Paco Lepoutre (FRA) – Floater
    Greg Gendell (USA) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ARTEMIS RACING (SWE44)<\/strong>
    Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE) – Owner \/ Driver
    Andy Horton (USA) – Tactician
    Iain Percy (GBR) – Main trimmer
    Maciel Cichetti (ITA) – Headsail Trimmer
    Emanuele Marino (ITA) – Offside Trimmer
    Nils Akervall (SWE) – Pit
    Kalle Torlen (SWE) – Grinder
    Markus Tornqvist (SWE) Trimmer Assist – Floater
    Piet Van Nieuwenhuijzen (NED) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ATOM TAVATUY (RUS21)<\/strong>
    Pavel Kuznetsov (RUS) – Owner \/ Driver
    Evgeny Neugodnikov (RUS) – Tactician
    Aleksandr Ekimov (RUS) – Main trimmer
    Anton Sergeev (RUS) – Headsail Trimmer
    Denis Gribanov (RUS) – Offside Trimmer
    Pietro Mantovani (ITA) – Pit
    Egor Larionov (RUS) – Grinder
    Evgeny Egorov (RUS) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ARTTUBE (RUS18)<\/strong>
    Valeriya Kovalenko (RUS) – Owner \/ Driver
    Igor Lisovenko (RUS) – Tactician
    Vitaly Rozhkov (RUS) – Main trimmer
    Victor Serezhkin (RUS) – Headsail Trimmer
    Sergey Avdonin (RUS) – Offside Trimmer
    Denis Rozhkov (RUS) – Pit
    Francesco Rubagotti (ITA) – Grinder
    Alexey Kulakov (RUS) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    CEEREF POWERED BY HRASTNIK 1860 (SLO1)<\/strong>
    Igor Lah (SLO) – Owner \/ Driver
    Adrian Stead (GBR) – Tactician
    Dirk de Ridder (NED) – Main trimmer
    Javi De La Plaza (ESP) – Headsail Trimmer
    Tine Lah (SLO) – Offside Trimmer
    Andreas Axelsson (SWE) – Pit
    Jelle Janzen (NED) – Grinder
    Matteo Auguardo (ITA) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    CHARISMA (MON69)<\/strong>
    Nico Poons (NED) – Owner \/ Driver
    Vasco Vascotto (ITA) – Tactician
    Chris Hosking (AUS) – Main trimmer
    Ross Halcrow (NZL) – Headsail Trimmer
    Dimitri Simmons (NED) – Offside Trimmer
    Ryan Godfrey (AUS) – Pit
    Robin Jacobs (NED) – Grinder
    Ivan Peute (NED) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    LA PERICOLOSA (GBR41)<\/strong>
    Micheal Hund (ITA) – Driver
    Nic Asher (GBR) – Tactician
    Elliot Willis (GBR) – Main trimmer
    Will Ryan (AUS) – Headsail Trimmer
    Jas Farneti (ITA) – Offside Trimmer
    Vittorio Zaoli (ITA) – Pit
    Michi Muller (GER) – Grinder
    Matteo Ramain (ITA) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PENINSULA RACING (GBR1)<\/strong>
    John Bassadone (GBR) – Owner \/ Driver
    Giles Scott (GBR) – Tactician
    Robin Imaz (ESP) – Main trimmer
    German Panei (ARG) – Headsail Trimmer
    Mikel Pasabant (ESP) – Offside Trimmer
    Matthew Barber (GBR) – Pit
    Facundo Olezza (ARG) – Grinder
    Gonzalo Morales (ESP) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    TEAM AQUA (GBR2041)<\/strong>
    Chris Bake (NZL) – Owner \/ Driver
    Cameron Appleton (NZL) – Tactician
    Andrew Estcourt (NZL) – Main trimmer
    Christian Kamp (DEN) – Headsail Trimmer
    Aaron Cooper (GBR) – Offside Trimmer
    Jonas Hviid-Nielsen (DEN) – Pit
    Ben Graham (GBR) – Grinder
    Juan Marcos (ARG) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    TEAM NIKA (RUS10)<\/strong>
    Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS) – Owner \/ Driver
    Francesco Bruni (ITA) – Tactician
    Sean Clarkson (NZL) – Main trimmer
    Pierluigi De Felice (ITA) – Headsail Trimmer
    Mitja Margon (SLO) – Offside Trimmer
    Nikolay Kornev (RUS) – Pit
    Iztok Knafelc (SLO) – Grinder
    Matt Cornwell (GBR) – Bow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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