After four races today Alinghi is sitting in fourth place at the fifth event of the Challenge Julius Baer Championship with another day of racing ahead tomorrow. The team was consistent throughout the day taking a 4^th, two 3^rds and a 5^th. The 10-strong D35 fleet raced in superb sunny conditions with a light 5 to 7 knot breeze and Lake Geneva swarmed with hundreds of spectator boats following the race. While this added to the atmosphere it churned up the waters significantly for the competitors!  

 

Pierre-Yves Jorand, mainsail trimmer on board, describes the day

“We had a good day today. The conditions were great and there was a good atmosphere on the water. It felt good to be back after a two month pause since the last D35 event.”

 

“We hadn’t raced together as a team since the Bol d’Or in mid-June. Unfortunately the two practice days we had weren’t that great because the breeze was very light, but today we were very consistent in terms of results, starts and crew work. Tomorrow we’ll put more pressure on and more risk and we’ll see what the day brings.”

 

“Hopefully we’ll get some Southwesterly later in the day and we expect a switch to the South at midday, which would be great as the wind should pick up to 10-12 knots.”

 

“Some other teams such as Zen too and Foncia have been great today. The pin end start today was powerful because the left hand part of the course had more wind pressure and Zen too managed to get the pin end three times out of four races. I think all the teams will have the chance to win a race tomorrow.”

 

Today’s results

Race 1: 1) Zen, 2) Foncia, 3) Smarthome, 4) Alinghi, 5) Cadence, 6) Romandie.com, 7) Zebra7, 8.Okalys, 9) Julius Baer, 10) Ladycat

 

Race 2: 1) Julius Baer, 2) Cadence, 3) Alinghi, 4) Foncia, 5) Zebra7, 6) Smarthome, 7) Okalys, 8) Ladycat, 9) Zen Too, 10) Romandie.com

 

Race 3: 1) Foncia, 2) Zen, 3) Alinghi, 4) Cadence, 5) Smarthome, 6) Ladycat, 7) Romandie.com, 8) Julius Baer, 9) Okalys, 10) Zebra7

 

Race 4: 1) Zen, 2) Okalys, 3) Smarthome, 4) Cadence, 5) Alinghi, 6) Foncia, 7) Julius Baer, 8) Ladycat, 9) Zebra7 10) Romandie.com

 

 

Ranking after day one

1. SUI 4 - Zen Too 4pts

2. SUI 5 – Foncia 7pts

3. SUI 6 – Cadence 10pts

4. SUI 1 – Alinghi 10pts

5. SUI 9 – Smart Home 11pts

6. SUI 3 – Julius Baer 16pts

7. SUI 2 – Okalys 16pts

8. SUI 7 – Zebra 7 20pts

9. SUI 8 – Romandie.com 22pts

10. SUI 10 – Ladycat 22pts

 

 

Alinghi crew

Ernesto Bertarelli, helmsman

Murray Jones, tactician

Nils Frei, foresail trimmer

Coraline Jonet, trimmer

Pierre-Yves Jorand, mainsail trimmer

Yves Detrey, mastman