Nå må Telefonica vise seg

Telefonica båtene bekreftet favorittstempelet da de tok dobbeltseier på begge havneseilasene i Alicante, men siden har det buttet imot for de to spanske båtene. Telefonica Blue hadde maksimal flaks da de fikk sin egen vind på den ufrivillig valgte vestsiden av feltet og ble nr. 2 i mål, en plass båten også holder i sammenlaget.

På den tredje etappen kan det bli mye lettværsseilas, som skal være Farr-båtenes spesialføre. Da må Telefonicabåtene vise styrke i forhold til Ericsson og Puma om vi skal levne dem håp i sammendraget. Etappen varsler lett vind på veien sydover langs den indiske kysten, og ute i Bengalbukta kan det bli friskt til mellomvær og vind såvidt forenom tvers. Det burde passe bra for de to spanske båtene som nå har sin besøkelsestid. 

Her er mannskapslistene for den 3. etappen som starter imorgen:

DELTA LLOYD

1. Roberto Bérmudez de Castero/ESP – skipper

2. Matthew Gregory/USA - navigator

3. Sander Pluijm/NED -MCM

4. Stuart Wilson/NZL – watch captain

5. Ryan Houston/NZL – watch captain

6. Edwin O’Connor/IRL – trimmer

7. Martin Watts/GBR – trimmer

8. Peter Van Nierkerk/ NED – helmsman

9. Eduard van Lierde//NED – helmsman

10. Gerd-Jan Poortman/NED – bowman

11. Morgan White/AUS - bowman

No changes     

ERICSSON 4

1. Torben Grael/BRA - skipper

2. Jules Salter/GBR - navigator

3. Guy Salter/GBR - MCM

4. Brad Jackson/NZL – watch captain

5. Stu Bannatyne/NZL – watch captain

6. Dave Endean/NZL - pitman 

7. Horacio Carabelli/BRA - trimmer 

8. Tony Mutter/NZL - trimmer

9. Joao Signorini/BRA - trimmer

10. Ryan Godfrey/AUS - bowman

11. Phil Jameson/NZL – bowman

No changes

ERICSSON 3

1. Anders Lewander/SWE - skipper  

2. Aksel Magdahl/NOR - navigator

3. Gustav Morin/SWE MCM

4. Richard Mason/NZL - watch captain 

5. Magnus Olsson/SWE – watch captain

6. Thomas Johanson/FIN - helmsman 

7. Eivind Melleby/NOR – helmsman

8. Martin Strömberg/SWE – trimmer

9. Jens Dolmer/DEN - pitman 

10. Anders Dahlsjö/SWE - mastman 

11. Martin Krite/SWE - Bowman 

No changes

GREEN DRAGON

1. Ian Walker/GBR - skipper 

2. Steve Hayles/GBR - navigator

3. Guo Chuan/CHN - MCM

4. Damian Foxall/IRL – watch captain

5. Neal McDonald/GBR – watch captain

6. Anthony Merrington/AUS – helmsman/trimmer

7. Phil Harmer/AUS – helmsman/trimmer

8. Tom Braidwood/AUS – pitman/trimmer

9. Andrew Mclean/NZL – pitman/trimmer

10. Freddie Shanks/GBR - bowman

11. Justin Slattery/IRL – bowman

ON:  Steve Hayles/GBR – navigator

 James Carroll/IRL – pitman

OFF:   Ian Moore/IRL – navigator OFF

 Tom Braidwood/AUS – pitman/trimmer

PUMA OCEAN RACING

1. Ken Read/USA - skipper

2. Andrew Cape/AUS - navigator

3. Rick Deppe/GBR MCM

4. Sidney Gavignet/FRA – watch captain

5. Chris Nicholson/AUS – watch captain

6. Robert Greenhalgh/GBR – helmsman/trimmer

7. Michael Müller/GER – helmsman/bowman

8. Rob Salthouse/NZL – helmsman/trimmer

9. Casey Smith/AUS – bowman

10. Shannon Falcone/ANT – trimmer/pitman

11. Justin Ferris/NZL – helmsman/trimmer

On: Robert Greenhalgh/GBR – helmsman/trimmer

Off: Robert Naismith/NZL – helmsman/trimmer

TEAM RUSSIA

1. Andreas Hanakamp/AUT - skipper

2. Wouter Verbraak/NED - navigator

3. Sergey Bogdanov/RUS - MCM

4. Stig Westergaard/DEN – watch captain

5. Nick Bubb/GBR – watch captain

6. Rodion Luka/UKR - helmsman

7. Jeremy Elliott/IRL - trimmer

8. Ben Costello/NZL - trimmer

9. Mike Joubert/RSA - bowman

10. Camron Wills/RSA – trimmer

11. Scott Gray/GBR – bowman/Pitman

On:  Sergey Bogdanov/RUS - MCM

Scott Gray/GBR – bowman/Pitman

Off:  Oleg Zherebtsov

Mark Covell/GBR – MCM

TELEFÓNICA BLUE

1. Bouwe  Bekking/NED - skipper  

2. Iker Martinez/ESP - co-skipper/helmsman    

3. Simon Fisher/GBR- navigator

4. Gabriele Olivo/ITA - MCM

5. Jonathan Swain/RSA – watch captain

6. Jordi Calafat ESP – helmsman

7. Tom Addis/AUS - helmsman

8. Xabier Fernandez/ESP - trimmer

9. Pablo Arrarte/ESP Spanish - trimmer

10. Daryl Wislang/NZL - bowman

11. Pepe Ribes/ESP - bowman

On: Tom Addis/AUS - helmsman

Off Laurent Pages/FRA – helmsman

TELEFÓNICA BLACK

1. Fernando Echávarri/ESP- skipper

2. Roger Nilson/SWE - navigator

3. Mikel Pasabant/ESP - MCM

4. Santiago Lange/ARG – watch captain

5. Gonzalo Araujo/ESP – watch captain

6. Jaime Arbones/ESP – watch captain

7. Pablo Iglesias/ESP - helmsman

8. Javier   De  La  Plaza/ESP - helmsman

9. David  Vera/ESP - trimmer

10. Antonio Cuervas-Mons/ESP - trimmer

11. Michael Pammenter/RSA - bowman

On: Pablo Iglesias/ESP - helmsman

Off: Maciel Cicchetti/ARG - helmsman