Groupe Edmond de Rothschild joins Aleph Sailing in 3rd edition of America’s Cup World Series
Third edition of the 2011 America’s Cup World Series is set to take place in San Diego, California, from November 12-20. In the upcoming edition of the AC World Series event, former Extreme Sailing Series toppers, Groupe Edmond de Rothschild will be joining
Aleph Sailing.
It has been officially declared that Groupe Edmond de Rothschild’s Pierre Pennec, Christophe Espagnon and Thierry Fouchier will sail aboard the AC45 Aleph – Equipe de France in the event. For these three sailors, it is a golden opportunity to prepare prior
to the final event of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series, commencing at the start of December in Singapore.
Speaking to the media, General Manager of Aleph – Equipe de France Philippe Ligot said, “Bertrand Pacé was keen to flesh out the crew we’ve been training up for the first two editions of the America’s Cup World Series by inviting Pierre Pennec, Thierry Fouchier
and Christophe Espagnon to join us for the event in San Diego, which will take place from 12 to 20 November 2011.”
He added, “Pierre, Thierry and Christophe are both talented and experienced, they’re making Gitana Team stand out on the Extreme 40 circuit and we are convinced that they’ll help to strengthen our crew. We’re lying in sixth position in the overall standing
of the ACWS, which is a good result given the competitive context and the very high level in the America’s Cup.”
America’s Cup World Series Championship combined overall standings are given below:
1. Emirates Team New Zealand, Match Racing 19, Fleet Racing 19 = 38 points
2. ORACLE Racing Spithill, Match Racing 16, Fleet Racing 18 = 34 points
3T. ORACLE Racing Coutts, Match Racing 13, Fleet Racing 15 = 28 points
3T. Artemis Racing, Match Racing 16, Fleet Racing 12 = 28 points
5. Team Korea, Match Racing 16, Fleet Racing 10 = 26 points
6T. Aleph, Match Racing 6, Fleet Racing 12 = 18 points
6T. Energy Team, Match Racing 10, Fleet Racing 8 = 18 points
8. Green Comm Racing, Match Racing 8, Fleet Racing 9 = 17 points
9. China Team, Match Racing 6, Fleet Racing 7 = 13 points
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