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2017 Extreme Sailing Series
The 2017 Extreme Sailing Series is the eleventh edition of the sailing series and the seventh year of it being a fully global event. In 2017, the series continued in the GC32 foiling catamaran after the series moved away from the Extreme 40 in 2016. Acts Act 1: Muscat, Oman The first act of the series was held again in Muscat, Oman, on the weekend of 8–11 March 2017 . Act 2: Qingdao, China As the previous year, Qingdao, China, was the host of the second act of the 2017 series, on the weekend of 28 April to 1 May 2017. Act 3: Funchal, Madeira Islands For the second time, Madeira hosted the series as the third act in Marina Funchal, on the weekend of 29 June to 2 July 2017. Act 4: Barcelona, Spain Barcelona, Spain, hosted the fourth act, on the weekend of 20–23 July 2017. Act 5: Hamburg, Germany Act 5 was held in Hamburg, Germany, for the third time, on 10–13 August 2017. Act 6: Cardiff, UK For the sixth time, Cardiff, Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GC32
The GC32 is a class of hydrofoiling catamaran, 32 feet in length (9.75 meters) and constructed of carbon fibre, with a top speed of about . They are sailed in the GC32 Racing Tour, and have replaced the Extreme 40's in the Extreme Sailing Series. History Conceived by Laurent Lenne, who was trained as a naval architect in Southampton, the GC32 was designed by Dr. Martin Fischer. Built from carbon fibre, the boat is manufactured in Dubai by Premier Composite Technologies and then marketed by Lenne's company, THE GREAT CUP BV. In 2013, the first version of the GC32 was built. In 2014, the second version of the Flying GC32 was ready by April 2014 and create the GC32Racing Tour in 2014. Laurent is nowadays mainly responsible for expanding the GC32 racing experience and helping new owners to join the GC32 community. Design For the first season the boats competed with their Mk1 foil package comprising a ‘double S’ configuration main foil/daggerboard and L-profile rudder. These w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Charbonnier
Nicolas Charbonnier (born 4 August 1981) is a French sailor who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He is 4 time World Champion, 3 time European Champion and "alinghi Alinghi, or Alinghi Red Bull Racing because of the sports marketing branding by Red Bull, is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup, as well as ..." team's tactician (Décision 35 and GC 32 Racing). References External links * * * * 1981 births Living people French male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 420 class world champions 470 class sailors Alinghi sailors Extreme Sailing Series sailors World champions in sailing for France {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Booth
Mitchell Jay "Mitch" Booth (born 4 January 1963, in Sydney) is a sailor from Australia, who represented his native country for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Booth as helmsman in the Australian Tornado with John Forbes as crew took Bronze. In 1996, Booth made a second appearance this time with crew member Andrew Landenberger the team took the Silver in the Tornado. In 2004, Athens Booth represented the Netherlands as helmsman of the Dutch Tornado. With crew member Herbert Dercksen Booth took 5th place. His final Olympic appearance came during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao. Now with crew member Pim Nieuwenhuis in the Dutch Tornado, Booth finished 5th. Sailing career Booth started his sailing career at the age of four, when his mother taught him the basics on Pittwater. Alongside his father John (Jay) Booth won his first State Championship as a seven-year-old boy. His father honored his desire to skipper and compete in international competitions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Xammar
Jordi Xammar Hernández (born 2 December 1993) is a Spanish sailor. Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez won the bronze medal in the men's 470 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Previously, Xammar and Joan Herp placed 12th in the men's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He skippered the Spanish entry in the 2017 Youth America's Cup and also a wildcard entry in the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series. References External links * Jordi Xammar Hernándezat Comité Olímpico Español The Spanish Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Español, COE) is responsible body for Spain's participation in the Olympic Games. Members of the committee are 35 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the pres ... * 1993 births Living people Spanish male sailors (sport) Extreme Sailing Series sailors 420 class world champions 470 class world champions World champions in sailing for Spain Olympic sailors for Spain Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierluigi De Felice
Pierluigi is an Italian masculine given name meaning "Peter Louis". It is often an abbreviation of "Piero Luigi". Famous people with this given name include: * Pierluigi Balducci, Italian musician *Pierluigi Benedettini, Sammarinese footballer *Pierluigi Cappello (1967-2017), Italian poet *Pierluigi Cappelluzzo, Italian footballer * Pierluigi Carafa (1677-1755), Italian cardinal * Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian footballer * Pierluigi Cera, Italian footballer * Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee *Pierluigi Conforti, Italian road racer *Pierluigi Frattali, Italian footballer *Pierluigi Gollini, Italian footballer *Pierluigi Martini, Italian racing driver *Pierluigi Marzorati, Italian basketball player *Pierluigi Oliverio, American politician *Pierluigi Pairetto, Italian football referee *Pierluigi Praturlon (1924-1999), Italian photographer *Pierluigi Samaritani, Italian opera designer *Pierluigi Zappacosta, Italian businessman See also * Gian * Gianluigi Gianluigi is an Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Minoprio
Adam Minoprio (born 19 June 1985) is a New Zealand sailor. He is the youngest winner of the NZ Optimist Nationals at 11 years of age in 1997. Won the New Zealand P Class Tanner Cup in 2001. Did the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadrons Youth Programme. In 2009 displaced James Spithill as the youngest World Match racing Tour Champion beating Sir Ben Ainslie in the finals. 2009 won Yachting New Zealand Performance award. 2010 won Yachting New Zealand sailor of the year. He has competed in two Volvo Ocean Races; in 2011–12 on '' Camper Lifelovers'' and in 2014–15 on ''Team Brunel''. He spent time with Luna Rossa Challenge, until they withdrew from the 2017 America's Cup. He has sailed SAP Extreme Sailing Team in the Extreme Sailing Series. winning the 2017 series championship. He sailed for Groupama Team France during the 2015–16 America's Cup World Series The second America's Cup World Series were held between 2015 and 2016 in the lead up to the 2017 America's Cup. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jes Gram-Hansen
Jes or JES may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Jes (musician), American singer and songwriter * Jes Bertelsen, Danish spiritual teacher and author * Jes Bundsen (1766–1829), Danish painter and etcher * Jes Gordon (born 1969), American event producer * Jes Høgh (born 1966), Danish footballer * Jes Holtsø (born 1956), Danish actor * Jes Macallan (born 1982), American actress * Jes Psaila (born 1964), Maltese guitarist * Jes Staley (born 1956), American banker Other uses * Jes Air, a former Bulgarian airline Acronyms * Job Entry Subsystem 1 (JES1), a component of the VS1 operating system * Job Entry Subsystem 2/3, (JES2, JES3) a component of the MVS operating systems * '' Junulara Esperanto-Semajno'' ("Esperanto Youth Week"), an annual Esperanto youth meeting * Producciones JES, a Colombian TV production company * Java Enterprise System, a component of the Sun Java System See also * Jess (other) Jess is a given name and a surname. It may also refer to: * Jess (falcon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Peter Steinacher
Hans-Peter Steinacher (born 9 September 1968 in Zell am See) is an Austrian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the '' Tornado class'' with Roman Hagara at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. They won the gold medal again at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Along with his teammate Roman Hagara, he has won the Austrian Sports Personality of the Year twice, in 2000 and 2004. In December 2021 Alinghi founder Ernesto Bertarelli Hans Peter Steinacher announced the launch of the new Alinghi Red Bull Racing. Bertarelli will continue to represent the Société Nautique de Genève, the yacht club they won the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, the 2003 America's Cup, and the 2007 America's Cup for. America's Cup & Red Bull Youth America's Cup Since 2009 he has focused more on the big boat scene with Roman Hagara, including competing on an America's Cup yacht at Hagara-Steinacher Racing (HS Racing) in the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series. Under the flag of the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Hagara
Roman Hagara (born 30 April 1966) is an Austrian sailor who has won the gold medal in the Tornado class at two consecutive Olympic Games. Hagara, and his colleague Hans-Peter Steinacher won the gold medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended their title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which, to date, makes them Austria's the most successful summer sport athletes as the first professional Austrian sailing team. Hagara was the Flagbearer for the Austrian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. Along with his teammate Steinacher, he has won the Austrian Sports Personality of the Year twice, in 2000 and 2004. Career Born in Vienna, Hagara represents the Yachtclub Zell am See. Originally trained in windsurfing, Roman Hagara soon competed against his now teammate Hans-Peter Steinacher, until they decided in 1997 to train for the 2000 Olympics together. Before 1997, Roman Hagara worked as crew, then changed to skipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Greenhalgh
Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Pete (given name) * Pete (nickname) * Pete (surname) Fictional characters * Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe * Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a character (played by several dogs) in Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' comedies Places * Pete, Zanzibar, a village in Tanzania * Pete, the Hungarian name for Petea village, Dorolț Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania * Petes, Gotland, Visby, Gotland, Sweden * Petes Hill, a summit in the Adirondack Mountains, New York State, USA * Petes Creek, a tributary of the Sacandaga River, located in New York State, USA Sports and athletics * The Pete, Petersen Events Center, athletics complex and basketball arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh * Pete the Penguin, one of the two mascots of Youngstown State University * Purdue Pete, bookstore logo turned unofficial mascot of Purdue University * A member of the Peterborough Petes junior ice hockey te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Maloney
Andrew Maloney (born 2 June 1990) is a New Zealand professional sailor born on 2 June 1990. Sailing career From the Murrays Bay Sailing Club, he finished third in both the 2005 and 2006 World Championships in the Splash class. He finished 13th in the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in a Laser, he then finished third at the 2012 Laser World Championships. He also sailed for Oman Sail in the 2012 Extreme Sailing Series. At the 2013 America's Cup, Maloney was part of the New Zealand team that won the Youth America's Cup, sailing alongside Peter Burling, Blair Tuke and Guy Endean. He attempted to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Laser class, but missed out on a spot in the New Zealand Olympic team to eventual bronze medallist, Sam Meech. His sister, Alex Maloney, is a professional sailor who won Silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in a 49erFX with Sam Meech's sister, Molly. Maloney joined Team New Zealand in November 2016. He added in muscle to bulk up for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Junior
Josh Junior (born 22 December 1989) is a New Zealand Olympic and international sailor. Sailing career During the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup, Junior finished second in the men's Finn event in Weymouth. After beating out Andrew Murdoch to qualify, he represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Finn class, finishing seventh. Junior joined Team New Zealand in 2016 and was part of the crew that won the 2017 America's Cup. In December 2019, Junior finished 1st at the 2019 Finn Gold Cup at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. In doing so, he was the first ever New Zealand sailor to win the event. Junior joined the New Zealand SailGP team for the 2021–22 SailGP championship. Junior represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Finn class and placed fifth after out qualifying Andy Maloney Andrew Maloney (born 2 June 1990) is a New Zealand professional sailor born on 2 June 1990. Sailing career From the Murrays Bay Sailing Club, he finished third in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
