Starting Tuesday, Sept. 15 the NYYC will be holding its first ever Invitational Cup in the NYYC Swan 42. Nineteen of the top yacht clubs from 14 countries will be in attendance. Carl and Jesse had the opportunity to whitness the diversity of an event organized similar to the SYWoC by practicing prior to the regatta.Jesse spent an afternoon on Arethusa, the NYYC boat driven by Phil Lotz, tuning up. Ken Read, Puma Skipper and Lotz's tactician, was aboard during the session and provided lots of good insight about upwind and downwind tuning.
Carl spent the weekend practicing on the Hoss with the Yacht Club de France. This talented group included former Olympian and Americas Cup Helmsman, Bruno Troublé, who is also in charge of the Louis Vuitton Cup. Others included tactician Henri Samuel, a 16-year veteran of the French National Team, and mainsheet trimmer Pierre Le Maout, a Formula 40 world champion. Carl had a great international experaince in Newport and said "It was very cool to coach such experienced sailors on how to sail a Swan 42, because none of them had stepped onboard one before saturday and I had spent all summer sailing them." Hopefully the French taught him a few things about Marseille in exchange.
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