America's Cup - Mascalzone Latino

Lewwardmark rounding onbord ITA-99

America's Cup In 2005-2007 I became a part of Mascalzone Latino Capitalia as a challenger for the 32nd America's Cup. Moving to Valencia for two years and living as a professional sailor has been one of the most memorial experiences in my life. I enjoyed being a part of the team and the daily routines as physical exercise, design & development processes and the many hours training on the water. Looking back it was a fantastic time,…

Volvo Ocean Race - Ericsson Racing team

Downwind testing E4

Volvo Ocean Race 99 % of the sailing I have done is in protected in-shore waters - it was therefore quite unexpected when Ericsson Racing Team invited me for a test session on Lanzarote with the intension to make me a crew member of there Volvo Ocean Race campaign. Although my commitment was only as In Port Race tactician for the Nordic team and not the offshore racing it was still a different atmosphere and a…

Sailing Academy Aarhus

Practicesession in our two Melges24

Sailing Academy Aarhus Together with a good friend and long time sailing college, Peter Hansen, we started to work on a Melges24 project with the intention to make it a down-scaled America's Cup or Volvo Ocean Race project. Before we were ready to present the project to potential sponsors a Sport-college in our home town was interested to realise the project. From there it has been full-forward and today there are 9 students sailing every day in the…

Match Race

Winning Danish Open 3rd time with Trifork Racing Team

Match Race - podium finish at World Championship and World Matchracing Tour events

Mulitihull Racing

Start of distance race "Fyn Rundt 2008"

Seacart30 Multihull sailing is like driving a fast car on the highway - you just can't stop smiling at the speed advantage you have to normal people around you. Together with some good friends from Aarhus I have the pleasure of racing with the trimeran Seacart30. The concept is non-compromised and pure sailing. The speeds and the handling is unreal and always makes me wonder why keelboats still are so popular. The boys on "Creme Fræs" are not teenagers…

Monday, 15 February 2010 00:00

Wing it!

Just returned from the 33rd America's Cup in Valencia. Great to be back in Valencia and see all the well-known faces from the last Cup in 2007. Of course it was frustrating not to be a part of the competition, but at least it is was far more interesting than following the decisions from Supreme Court in New York.

When first race got underway it was clear to all that this was not going to be a normal race. It was a speed contest and the best design would win - no matter what. As always you might say, but this was extreme. The advantage of BMW Oracles wing was amazing - even though Alinghi did some major mistakes it was not the reason why they lost. I was invited to BMW Oracle base and to see the racing boat and only parked in the harbor it was scary! A chat with Joe Newton and Dirk de Ridder who was trimming the wing, made it clear they had made a great step forward in sailing technology. The control and efficiency of the wing was mind-blowing and will be one of the innovations that will be remembered in the history of the America's Cup. I guess that is a big part of the fuzz about the cup, but I miss the close boat on boat action and match race positioning. To watch the speed difference of two boats gets boring after a while. Let's hope the work of the challenging teams and BMW Oracle turns out to be a fair and well thought protocol, which can bring some continuity in the future America's Cups.

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