Know Your Competition

Yesterday's "too close to call" press conference at the close of Alinghi's Dubai training session, from left: Grant Simmer (AUS, Managing Director), Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI, Chairman), Brad Butterworth (NZL, Skipper), Jochen Schumann (GER, Sailing Director). Photo courtesy of James Boyd, The Daily Sail.

Red Bull in the Emirates

Why post this photo? Your Ed. just likes the shot. Hopefully Hugo Stenbeck's Victory Challenge is keeping a close eye on Alinghi during "winter training" in Dubai. And maybe this is a backdrop we will see more of in future AC racing? Photo courtesy of Victory Challenge (SWE).

Tent Time

Alinghi is not the only team to be erecting tents of late. The structure above has appeared in the past 24 hours or so in the Port America's Cup, in front of the AREVA Base, presumably for the naming ceremony and celebration of their new ACC yacht FRA 93 this Friday evening (as with all such team events, by invitation only).



Alinghi's new winter training compound in Dubai, UAE.