John Pink happy with performance despite overturned boat: 2011 Extreme Sailing Series Act 5
Great Britain’s John Pink had a troublesome Day 3 at the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series Act 5, as his Extreme 40 boat, Aberdeen Asset Management, capsized due to heavy gusts during the race. But Pink and his crew gained control of the boat to cross the finish line successfully. Pink is happy the way his team performed during the situation and hopes to sail with new enthusiasm on the fourth day.
The winds were quite strong much like Day 2, as they blew around 20 to 25 knots over the racing area with heavy gusts. The British Extreme 40 capsized during the race when Aberdeen Asset Management was sandwiched between Niceforyou and Red Bull Extreme Sailing and a big gust hit the boats.
However, Aberdeen Asset Management’s experienced crew consisting of John Pink, John Gimson, Gregory Homann and Rick Peacock managed to control the boat and sailed it towards the finish line. Aberdeen Asset Management finished at number 10 overall at the end of Day 3 at Cowes.
While Speaking to the local media at the end of races, Pink said, “We felt we were in control mainly and kept going a bit quicker today than we had on the other days. Coming down that run it just all got very close and the breeze kind of seemed to fill in behind so everyone bunched up a little bit and then we had nowhere to go!”
He added, “We were very happy, it was coming together and hopefully we can put the boat back together for tomorrow hopefully. We will work on it pretty hard tonight, sort everything out so it is back in shape and we'll be back in the water tomorrow with a bit of luck.”
Current overall standings after 16 races:
1. Luna Rossa (ITA), Max Sirena, Paul Campbell-James, Alister Richardson, Manuel Modena = 74 points
2. Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (FRA), Pierre Pennec, Christophe Espagnon, Thierry Fouchier, Hervé Cunningham = 73.4 points
3. The Wave, Muscat (OMA), Leigh McMillan, Kyle Langford, Nick Hutton, Khamis Al Anbouri = 68 points
4. Team GAC Pindar (GBR), Ian Williams, Mischa Heemskerk, Andrew Walsh, Jono Macbeth = 57 points
5. Red Bull Extreme Sailing (AUT), Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, Will Howden, Luke Cross = 52 points
6. Alinghi (SUI), Tanguy Cariou, Yann Guichard, Nils Frei, Yves Detrey = 51 points
7. Oman Air (OMA), Sidney Gavignet, Kinley Fowler, David Carr, Nasser Al Mashari = 46 points
8. Niceforyou (ITA), Alberto Barovier, Stefano Rizzi, Daniele de Luca, Simone de Mari = 35 points
9. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Adam Beashel, Richard Meacham, Andrew McLean, Chris Ward = 35 points
10. Aberdeen Asset Management (GBR) John Pink, Rick Peacock, Greg Homann, John Gimson = 31 points
11. Artemis Racing (SWE), Santiago Lange, Andy Fethers, Michele Ivaldi, Phil Jameson = 21 points
12. Team Extreme (EUR), Roland Gaebler, Nahid Gaebler, Benedikt Wenk, Dan Morris = 16 points
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