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The America’s Cup World Series, San Diego started on Saturday 12 November with the opening fleet races of the Port Cities Challenge. Our new Sailing correspondent Jan Pehrson is there watching the racing .
November 12, 2011 The America’s Cup World Series began today in San Diego, California America’s Cup World Series crews are racing Saturday and Sunday in the Port Cities Challenge. Three fleet races are scheduled each day. Following the fleet racing (the entire fleet races together) will be match racing (one on one) starting next week. Green Comm Racing, the Spanish yacht, carried out its second full day of training yesterday in San Diego on Friday and enters today’s challenge with confidence and a desire to bring the America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in sport, back to Valencia. Green Comm Racing is the team representative of Real Club Nautico de Valencia, the 7th challenger of the 34th America's Cup. Today’s racing started out with rain and light winds, not typical of San Diego. These conditions are challenging for the tacticians, who must stay hyper-alert to take advantage of every small puff or wind shift.
Emirates Team New Zealand win the first of the Port Cities Challenge in San Diego -
THE RESULTS
PLACE |
TEAM |
RACE |
RACE |
RACE |
RACE |
RACE |
RACE |
TOTAL |
1 |
EMIRATES TEAM |
2 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
49 |
2 |
ORACLE RACING |
3 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
42 |
3 |
ARTEMIS RACING |
1 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
5 |
41 |
4 |
ENERGY TEAM |
7 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
40 |
5 |
ALEPH |
8 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
36 |
6 |
TEAM KOREA |
6 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
35 |
7 |
ORACLE RACING |
4 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
8 |
33 |
8 |
CHINA TEAM |
5 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
32 |
9 |
GREEN COMM RACING |
9 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
22 |
JAN PERHSON specializes in sailboat racing photography, particularly of the world's most prestigious and beautiful sailing regattas. Her action photographs of the world's fastest sailboats capture the beauty, thrill, and drama of the sport.
Jan photographs all aspects of sailing, from youth regattas to classic yachts to Grand Prix racing in the world's most glamorous locations.
As a racing sailor and Coast Guard licensed skipper, Jan's familiarity with sailing and the sailing community lends an in-depth element to her prolific array of photographs and articles.
Her photos have appeared on the covers of national and international sailing magazines and in corporate advertising. She keeps the San Francisco Bay area abreast of the latest in sailing world as the Sailing Columnist for the Marin Independent Journal Newspaper, published in Marin County, California.
Jan is based in Sausalito, California and spends winters in St. Petersburg, Florida.