ALL4ONE training in Auckland. Image copyright Frank Socha/www.franksocha.com
by Stephanie Nadin
ALL4ONE, the French-German team led by Jochen Schümann and Sebastien Col, will take the start of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland Tuesday, March 9 2010, with 7 other teams: Artemis (Sweden), Synergy (Russia), Azzurra (Italy), Aleph (France), Team Origin (Great Britain), Mascalzone Latino (Italy) and of course the famous locals: Emirates Team New Zealand.
After their 5th place in the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice last November, the team had a training session together in Valencia, (Spain), mid-February, with its own ACC boat: FRA 93, in order to prepare this new competition gathering some top level sailing teams amongst the bests in the world.
Some of the ALL4ONE crew members have been here for a week on the Auckland race course, where they have been able to prepare themselves whilst taking part to the Omega Auckland Match Race.
The other team members joined them 3 days ago for the training on the Louis Vuitton Trophy boats (Sunday and Monday): NZL 84 and NZL 92.
Sebastien Col, Helmsman: "the training has been very interesting these past two days, and quite intense on the Team New Zealand's boats. The training sessions were quite short, so it was important to find the right balance between intensity and productivity, and I think we managed that aspect well. We did a lot of manoeuvres while insisting on our adaptation to the boats and their ergonomy, and on the pre-starts. Our target in terms of performance is to reach the semi-finals, we are able to do so and we have to get into the competition straight away."
John Cutler, Tactician: "we are looking forward to some good races. We sail in the inner Auckland harbour, so we will have to pay attention to the current and the geography effects, which are bound to wind shifts. All is going well on the team's side, we will have to choose the right way at the right moment in the back of the boat!"
ALL4ONE training in Auckland. Image copyright Frank Socha/www.franksocha.com
ALL4ONE will be first start against Mascalzone Latino tomorrow (opening match of the Round Robin).
* All the races will be able to be followed live on www.louisvuittontrophy.comthanks to SailTV, but they will also be replayed every morning on the web site for the Europeans.
ALL4ONE's team in Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland will be formed of:
Jean-Marie Dauris FRA - Bow (2 America's Cup campaigns)
Christophe André FRA - Mid-bow (1 America's Cup campaign, French Match Racing Team)
Michi Müller GER - Mast (1 America's Cup campaign, Volvo Ocean Race)
Albert Jacobsoone FRA - Pit (7 America's Cup campaigns)
Gilles Favennec FRA - Pit Assist (2 America's Cup campaigns, French Match Racing Team)
Carlo Castellano ITA - Grinder (3 America's Cup campaigns)
Jorge Ondo ESP - Grinder (1 America's Cup campaign)
Virgilio Torrecilla ESP - Afterguard Grinder (2 America's Cup campaigns)
Christian Scherrer SUI - Jib Trimmer (3 America's Cup campaigns, 1 win, Whitbread)
Matti Paschen GER - Spinnaker Trimmer (1 America's Cup campaign)
Peter van Niekerk NED - Mainsail Grinder (2 America's Cup campaigns, 2 wins)
Yann Gouniot FRA - Mainsail Trimmer (5 America's Cup campaigns, 1 win)
Olivier Douillard FRA - Traveller (2 America's Cup campaigns)
Sebastien Col FRA - Helmsman (2 America's Cup campaigns, French Match Racing Team)
John Cutler NZL - Tactician (5 America's Cup campaigns, Olympic Bronze Medalist)
Philippe Mourniac FRA - Navigator (3 America's Cup campaigns, multihull)
Jochen Schümann GER - Skipper and Strategist (3 America's Cup campaigns, 2 wins, 3 times Olympic Gold Medalist, and 1 Silver Olympic medal)
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