The Atlantic Cup

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2012 Atlantic Cup - Offshore Leg 2 - NYC-NPT Finish Line

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Jamestown, R.I. Boat #118 Bodacious Dream wins Second Leg, New York Harbor to Newport, R.I., of The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing

Mare holds a slim overall Atlantic Cup lead over Bodacious Dream (2nd) and Campagne De France (3rd) heading into Newport Inshore Series May 26-27, Final Prize Giving

NEWPORT, R.I. –The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing completed its second and final leg of offshore racing with #118 Bodacious Dream, skippered by Dave Rearick and Matt Scharl, crossing the finish line first with an elapsed time of 38:06:34 on Monday, May 21, to complete the 231 nautical mile leg from New York Harbor to Newport, R.I.. The race, featuring an unprecedented international fleet of 14 Class 40s competing in the first carbon neutral sailing event ever held in the United States, saw Bodacious Dream beat out #115 Mare (38:39:41), followed by #101 Campagne De France (38:44:22) and #116 Icarus (39:04:33), with #30 Initiatives (39:36:00) finishing fifth.

The second leg of the Atlantic Cup set sail at 11:05 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 19th from New York Harbor en route to Newport Shipyard with international competitors from the USA, France, Great Britain and Germany. After starting in a light northerly, the teams raced the entire way down the Jersey Shore in short course fleet racing mode. After the turning mark, the boats that were patient and waited for the breeze to shift further east gained on the boats that went north towards Block Island. As a result, those choosing to round Block Island to the east saw that decision pay off. The last five miles to the finish were not without excitement as the tide was against the teams forcing them to tack their way to the finish with Bodacious Dream playing the shift perfectly en route to capturing the victory in the second leg.

Bodacious Dream skipper Dave Rearick: “(Co-skipper) Matt (Scharl) called some great tactics once again. I thought we were making a bee line for France and I kept asking when we were going to tack.”

Bodacious Dream skipper Matt Scharl: “I knew a week ago we were going to go that far out. We wanted to go east until every boat tacked and then go one mile further.”

Asked if they were surprised to be doing this well in their first race with their new boat, Rearick added, “We were hoping to be in the top five, so where we are right now is a real accomplishment. Matt told me a month ago, ‘Dave I’m going to leave you in first before I have to go to my sister’s wedding,’ so he knew.”

Video of the first teams to finish can be found here: http://youtu.be/9BroqGQzKy4, with comprehensive results available here: http://atlanticcup.org/race/results/


RESULTS FROM THE SECOND LEG OF THE 2012 ATLANTIC CUP: TIME POINT FINISH

#118 Bodacious Dream – USA (Dave Rearick, Matt Scharl) 38:06:34 2 1st

#115 Mare – GER (Jörg Riechers, Charles Euvrete) 38:39:41 4 2nd

#101 Campagne De France – FRA (Halvard Mabire, Miranda Merron) 38:44:22 6 3rd

#116 Icarus Racing – USA (Tim Fetsch, Ben Poucher) 39:04:33 8 4th

#30 Initiatives – USA (Emma Creighton, Rob Windsor) 39:36:00 10 5th

#109 Talan-Bureau Veritas – FRA (Stephane Le Diraison, Jesse Naimark-Rowse) 39:44:04 12 6th

#106 Gryphon Solo 2 – USA (Joe Harris, Tristan Mougline) 39:58:16 14 7th

#73 Toothface – USA (Mike Dreese, Ken Luczynski) 39:59:25 16 8th

#105 Eole Generation – GDF SUEZ – FRA (Sebastien Rogues, Jeffrey McFarlane) 40:00:37 18 9th

#54 Dragon – USA (Michael Hennessy, Merf Owen) 40:08:47 20 10th

#113 Partouche – FRA (Christophe Coatnoan, Ari Sebag) 40:14:20 20 11th

#85 Groupe Picoty – FRA (Jacques Fournier, Jean Christophe “JC” Caso) 40:34:44 20 12th

#20 Sevenstar Yacht Transport -FRA (Jean Edouard-Criquioche, Anna-Maria Renkin 40:46:13 20 13th

#17 Transport Cohérence – FRA (Benoît Jouandet, Jorge Madden) 41:32:19 20 14th

#90 40 Degrees – GBR (Hannah Jenner, Peter Harding) DNS N/A

PROVISIONAL COMBINED POINT STANDINGS AFTER FIRST TWO LEGS OF OFFSHORE COMPETITION
#115 *Mare – GER (JörgRiechers, Ryan Breymaier) 6
#118 Bodacious Dream – USA (Dave Rearick, Matt Scharl) 8
#101 Campagne De France – FRA (Halvard Mabire, Miranda Merron) 10
#106 Gryphon Solo 2 – USA (Joe Harris, Tristan Mougline) 22
#116 Icarus Racing – USA (Tim Fetsch, Ben Poucher) 26
#105 Eole Generation – GDF SUEZ – FRA (Sebastien Rogues, Jeffrey McFarlane) 28
#30 Initiatives – USA (Emma Creighton/Rob Windsor) 30
#109 *Talan-Bureau Veritas – FRA (Stephane Le Diraison, Jesse Naimark-Rowse) 32
#20 Sevenstar Yacht Transport -FRA (Jean Edouard-Criquioche, Anna-Maria Renkin 32
#54 Dragon – USA (Michael Hennessy, Merf Owen) 34
#17 Transport Cohérence – FRA (Benoît Jouandet, Jorge Madden) 36
#73 Toothface – USA (Mike Dreese, Ken Luczynski) 36
#85 Groupe Picoty – FRA (Jacques Fournier, Jean Christophe “JC” Caso) 40
#113 Partouche – FRA (Christophe Coatnoan, Ari Sebag) 40
#90 **40 Degrees – GBR (Hannah Jenner, Peter Harding) 52

*Protest pending between Talan-Bureau Veritas and Mare which, in accordance with the Sailing Instructions, will be heard in Newport, R.I. on Tuesday, May 21, 2012.

**40 Degrees retired during Leg #1 after suffering a broken mast and did not start offshore leg 2.

SCORING SYSTEM

Competitors are awarded points equivalent to double their finishing position in offshore legs, with a maximum of 20 points awarded for finishing. For the inshore races points are designated based on each boat’s finishing position (first through 15th). The total of both offshore legs, combined with a boat’s best four of five scheduled races in Newport’s inshore series, will determine a boat’s total score. The boat with the overall lowest point total will crowned the 2012 Atlantic Cup Champion.

This evening Newport’s Jane Pickens Theater will host the Atlantic Cup skippers for an evening on short-handed sailing in America. New York Times writer and co-skipper on Dragon, Chris Museler will host the event which starts at 6pm. Skippers will share their ocean racing experiences, discuss the pathways towards successful short-handed sailing careers. Race footage from the first two legs will be shown along with a preview of the upcoming inshore series.

The fleet will now dock in Newport Shipyard until the weekend when the 14 teams will compete in an exciting inshore series of races in Narragansett Bay on Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27. Teams will use a crew of six for the five races held in Newport. Immediately following the inshore series the event will culminate at the Newport Shipyard with a Prize Giving Party to disperse the $30,000 purse, one of the largest in U.S. sailing.

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May 24, 2012

Teams Add Experienced Crew Members to Inshore Series

Premier sailing event featuring the largest Class 40 fleet ever to compete in the U.S. concludes with teams from GER, USA and FRA separated by only four points heading into the final leg of competition this weekend



May 24, 2012 – Newport, R.I.: The 2012 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, the first carbon-neutral sailing event in the United States, announced today additional crew members with a wealth of sailing experience that will be joining the premier U.S. sailing event for its final leg; inshore series racing in Narragansett Bay in Newport, R.I. this Saturday and Sunday (May 26 – 27). Currently only four points separates race-leading Mare (GER) from Bodacious Dream (2nd place, USA) and Campaign De France (3rd place, FRA).

Competitors were awarded points equivalent to double their finishing position in the two offshore legs, with a maximum of 20 points awarded for finishing. For the inshore races points are designated based on each boat’s finishing position (first through 14th). The total of both offshore legs, combined with a boat’s best four of five scheduled races in Newport’s inshore series, will determine a boat’s total score. The boat with the overall lowest point total will be crowned the 2012 Atlantic Cup Champion.

For the inshore series teams will now use a crew of six for the five races held in Newport. Races will be held from 11am-3pm in Narragansett Bay with the start/finish line being just off Fort Adams. Immediately following the inshore series the event will culminate at the Newport Shipyard with a Prize Giving Party to disperse the $30,000 purse, one of the largest in U.S. sailing. The Prize Giving Party is open to the public, however tickets are required for entry. Tickets can be purchased online at: Prize Giving at Newport Shipyard

Additional Inshore Series Atlantic Cup Competitors include:

#17 Transport Coherence

Pedro Amengual & Waldo Garrido – members of the crew for the Swan 56 Clem, winner of the Fastnet, Caribbean 600. Amengual and Garrido also placed second in the Middle Sea Race.
Gonzalo Romagosa – former sailmaker in Alinghi’s America’s Cup team

#20 Sevenstar Yacht Transport (Will use an entirely female crew)

Jamie Haines – Professional Rigger and Co-Captain of the TP52 Interlodge
Joan Touchette-Porter – member of America3, the 1994-95 America’s Cup Team. Sailed the 6th leg of the 97-98 Whitbred on EF Education

# 54 Dragon

Stan Schreyer – co-skipper on Estrella Damm when they set the NYC-Barcelona Record. Member of the Tommy Hilfiger Team that won the Extreme 40 Sailing Series. Schreyer, a Little America’s Cup project manager for Cogito, was a U.S. Olympic Coach and a Collegiate All-American.
Robbie Dean – Two-time British American Cup Champion and Collegiate All-American
Ned Jones – Multiple National and World Championships in the Shields Class. Jones is the current Northeastern University, and former U.S. Naval Academy, Sailing Head Coach

#105 Eole Generation GDF SUEZ

Dawn Riley – Long Island, NY-based Riley was the first woman to manage an entire America’s Cup syndicate as well as the first American, male or female, to sail in three America’s Cups and two Whitbread Round the World races.

#106 – Gryphon Solo 2

Phip Hallowell – professional rigger and sailor for Rig Pro. In the 80’s he was part of the Pro Racing Circuit racing on the Chattanooga Choo. Hallowell has competed in 14 Bermuda Races, three Trans Atlantics and numerous Key West Race Weeks.
Charlie Enright – in High School won the U.S. and British Team Race Nationals, and raced for Brown University in college. Won the 2010 Newport-Bermuda Race. Raced on Morning Light as a driver and trimmer.

#109 TALAN-Bureau Veritas

P.J. Schaffer – Engineer at Hall Spars, 22 years of racing on Narragansett Bay, 2nd at Olympic trials in the Tornado in 1996 and 2000, J24 World Champion
Ashley Perrin – Sailing since she was 13, Perrin has 65,000 ocean miles to her credit, including two Transatlantics, five Fastnets and three Pacific Crossings.

#115 Mare

Carsten Kemmling – from Hamburg, Germany, three–time German National Match Racing Champion
Phil Garland – Bristol, R.I. native and owner of Hall Spars, one of the world’s premier spar manufactures, which also was responsible for creating Puma’s mast for the Volvo Ocean Race
Tony Pierce – Newport native, previous winner of 12 Meter Worlds

#116 Icarus Racing

Jonny Goldsberry – 49er champion and member of the US Men’s sailing Olympic Team
Ben Quatromoni – crew member on the TP52 Powerplay

#118 Bodacious Dream

Jay Cross – three-time Canadian Olympic Sailing Team Member
Christer Still – North American Rep for Baltic Yachts and has headed up the EF Language Whitbred Campaign.


PROVISIONAL COMBINED POINT STANDINGS AFTER FIRST TWO LEGS OF OFFSHORE COMPETITION TOTAL POINTS
#115 Mare – GER (Jörg Riechers, Ryan Breymaier) 6
#118 Bodacious Dream – USA (Dave Rearick, Matt Scharl) 8
#101 Campagne De France – FRA (Halvard Mabire, Miranda Merron) 10
#106 Gryphon Solo 2 – USA (Joe Harris, Tristan Mougline) 22
#116 Icarus Racing – USA (Tim Fetsch, Ben Poucher) 26
#105 Eole Generation – GDF SUEZ – FRA (Sebastien Rogues, Jeffrey McFarlane) 28
#30 Initiatives – USA (Emma Creighton/Rob Windsor) 30
#109 Talan-Bureau Veritas – FRA (Stephane Le Diraison, Jesse Naimark-Rowse) 32
#20 Sevenstar Yacht Transport -FRA (Jean Edouard-Criquioche, Anna-Maria Renkin 32
#54 Dragon – USA (Michael Hennessy, Merf Owen) 34
#17 Transport Cohérence – FRA (Benoît Jouandet, Jorge Madden) 36
#73 Toothface – USA (Mike Dreese, Ken Luczynski) 36
#85 Groupe Picoty – FRA (Jacques Fournier, Jean Christophe “JC” Caso) 40
#113 Partouche – FRA (Christophe Coatnoan, Ari Sebag) 40
#90 *40 Degrees – GBR (Hannah Jenner, Peter Harding) 52

*40 Degrees retired during Leg #1 after suffering a broken mast and did not start offshore leg 2.

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May 27, 2012

#115 Mare wins The 2012 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing

Mare dominates a record setting fleet of 15 competitors, including #118 Bodacious Dream (2nd place) and #106 Gryphon Solo 2 (3rd place) to claim the second annual Atlantic Cup Championship and $15,000 in prize money



NEWPORT, R.I. – #115 Mare (GER), skippered by Jörg Riechers, Ryan Breymaier (offshore) and Charles Euvrete (inshore), continued its Atlantic Cup dominance by winning three of the five inshore races, finishing second in the other two heats, en route to claiming The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing over a record setting international fleet of 15 Class40 yachts. Mare was equally impressive during the offshore competition, besting the field during the first offshore leg (Charleston, S.C. to N.Y. Harbor), and coming in second behind overall Atlantic Cup runner-up #118 Bodacious Dream (USA), skippered by Dave Rearick and Matt Scharl. Mare finished with 11 total combined points for the offshore legs and inshore races in Narragansett Bay, Bodacious Dream finished with 27 total points. With the victory Mare claims the champion’s share, $15,000, of the $30,000 overall prize purse, one of the largest in sailing in the United States.

Only three points separated the remaining top-five finishers with Gryphon Solo 2 (USA), skippered by Joe Harris and Tristan Mougline (39 points) in third, winning a tiebreaker with Campagne De France (FRA), skippered by Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron, (39), in fourth, and Initiatives (USA), skippered by Emma Creighton and Rob Windsor, (42), finishing fifth.

Mare co-skipper Jörg Riechers: “I’m very happy winning, it was a great event, we thought it would be a close battle between us and Talan Bureau Veritas but as it turned out Bodacious Dream was our stiffest competition and they raced a terrific race.”

Bodacious Dream co-skipper Dave Rearick: “This has been a terrific event, we couldn’t be happier in our first race. We will take some of this prize money and donate back to the Atlantic Cup so we can support this great event and keep racing!”

Gryphon Solo 2 co-skipper Joe Harris: “The fact that we made third, I was thrilled, we were clinging by our fingernails and we managed to pull it out which is fantastic!”

Hugh Piggin, Manuka Sports Event Management Founder and Atlantic Cup Race Director – “The Atlantic Cup congratulates Mare on their well-earned victory over a record-setting international field of 15 Class 40 boats. We are very proud of the top-notch sailing, ecological efforts and sportsmanship exhibited by all of the teams and appreciate the contributions from our sponsors, volunteers and staff in making the event a success on all fronts.”

The 2012 Atlantic Cup, the first carbon-neutral sailing event in the United States, featured an international fleet of 15 boats from the USA, France, Germany and Great Britain, the most Class 40s to ever compete in the United States. The teams set sail from Charleston, S.C. on Friday, May 11 at 6:25 p.m. EDT en route to New York Harbor for the second leg of the competition and a Pro-Am event (May 14 – 19) before departing on May 19 at 11:05 a.m. for the final leg of competition held in Newport, R.I. this weekend (May 26 – 27).


COMBINED FINAL POINT STANDINGS AFTER ALL THREE LEGS OF COMPETITION INSHORE TOTAL POINTS

#115 Mare – GER (Jörg Riechers, Ryan Breymaier, Charles Euvrete) 2,1,1,1 11

#118 Bodacious Dream – USA
(Dave Rearick, Matt Scharl) 5,5,6,3 27

#106 Gryphon Solo 2 – USA
(Joe Harris, Tristan Mougline)** 4,3,2,8 39

#101 Campagne De France – FRA
(Halvard Mabire, Miranda Merron) ** 8,9,9,3 39

#30 Initiatives – USA
(Emma Creighton/Rob Windsor) 1,2,4,5 42

#54 Dragon – USA
(Michael Hennessy, Merf Owen) ** 7,3,2,1 47

#105 Eole Generation – GDF SUEZ – FRA
(Sebastien Rogues, Jeffrey McFarlane) ** 6,4,5,4 47

#109 Talan-Bureau Veritas – FRA
(Stephane Le Diraison, Jesse Naimark-Rowse) 3,6,5,6 52

#116 Icarus Racing – USA
(Tim Fetsch, Ben Poucher) 10,11,7,4 58

#73 Toothface – USA
(Mike Dreese, Ken Luczynski) 9,8,7,9 69

#113 Partouche – FRA
(Christophe Coatnoan, Ari Sebag) 13,7,10,12 82

#17 Transport Cohérence – FRA
(Benoît Jouandet, Jorge Madden) 11,13,13,11 84

#20 Sevenstar Yacht Transport -FRA
(Jean Edouard-Criquioche, Anna-Maria Renkin 14,14,14,14 88

#85 Groupe Picoty – FRA
(Jacques Fournier, Jean Christophe “JC” Caso) 12,12,12,13 89

#90 *40 Degrees – GBR (Hannah Jenner, Peter Harding) DNF



*40 Degrees retired during Leg #1 after suffering a broken mast and did not start offshore leg 2 or compete in the inshore series.

** Ties are broken in accordance with RRS A8



About The 2012 Atlantic Cup

The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing is a dedicated professional Class 40 race held annually in the U.S. with a focus on running an environmentally responsible event. The 2012 edition of the Atlantic Cup starts Friday, May 11th in Charleston, South Carolina and will showcase the top Class 40 sailors in the world as they race a 642 nautical mile off-shore leg double-handed from Charleston around the infamous, Cape Hatteras then north to New York City. Once in New York there will be a brief stopover before competitors start the coastal leg of the race. The coastal leg will take competitors along the same course as the 2011 race: 231 nautical miles, south out of New York to a turning mark off the New Jersey coast before heading north to Newport. Once in Newport, competitors will race a two-day, inshore series with a crew of six. The combined overall winner of both stages will be the Atlantic Cup Champion. The prize purse will be $30,000, making it again one of the largest purses for sailing in the United States.