d02bae1b-8a84-4a55-97b2-4895f105df95/news/article/2005/november/worrynomore/2005-11-05T21:45:43.55News | Worry no moreNews | Worry no moreVolvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 | News | Worry no moretruef49f95fe-af48-4e6f-92fe-3ebb0980822dNews Story Creative 01Defaultnews_story_creative_01.xslt16TeamABN AMRO ONE17TeamABN AMRO TWO18TeamEricsson Racing Team19TeamPirates of the Caribbean20TeamBrasil 121Teammovistar1f1449fd-8848-4b4a-80fc-da46d5cb31a1Default2005-11-07T19:59:28.29722-08-08 1351 GMTNews | Worry No Moreb81bc3cb-2dde-472b-b5e7-dc735f36037177693882-ead9-42c0-83c9-415f40b1b5e5ImagePrimaryMovdfdfd4eb-2152-4ab0-910e-63fc66572fc8images/assets/worrynomore_heading.pngtrueWorry no moreworrynomore_heading.png.png57605b46acd61-e568-44a5-aa10-f8e671cfdbb5images/assets/worrynomore_heading_thumb.pngfalseWorry no moreworrynomore_heading_thumb.png{Width=605, Height=5.png910010ContentImageWorry no more 605x57 heading2005-11-07T16:05:23.22falsefalsefalsefalse538079ff-d10f-4f34-b6c0-a0a730d602c5ImagePrimaryMov248c7c09-d525-4d73-903b-a57a3a1c233cimages/assets/VOR1686_413x171.jpgtrueThe Volvo Open 70 fleet starts the In Port race in GaliciaVOR1686_413x171.jpg.jpg171413dda1b29a-e64f-49eb-840c-9e4f25f34057images/assets/VOR1686_413x171_thumb.jpgfalseThe Volvo Open 70 fleet starts the In Port race in GaliciaVOR1686_413x171_thumb.jpg{Width=413, Height=1.jpg4110010ContentImageVOR1686_413x171,Fleet crosses start line for In Port Race 413x1712005-11-07T16:05:23.22falsefalsefalsefalse7494c090-b391-4fb4-af91-ae43ae41c0c3ImagePrimaryMov19186af8-0bde-453e-83a8-0bac6035d678images/assets/VOR1687_171x212.jpgtrueEricsson rounds the top mark VOR1687_171x212.jpg.jpg212171Patrick Anderson0063df7f-7e30-4f50-b6d5-8195c1ab999fimages/assets/VOR1687_171x212_thumb.jpgfalseEricsson rounds the top mark VOR1687_171x212_thumb.jpg{Width=171, Height=2.jpg10081Patrick Anderson10ContentImageVOR1687_171x212,Ericsson rounds the top mark earpiece 171x2122005-11-07T16:05:23.22falsefalsefalsefalse37b12534-7c83-4a0e-ac46-b59352d40cc6ImagePrimaryMov5d6e60fa-30c2-4931-a67c-23ecf072af81images/assets/VOR1686_183x137.jpgtrueThe Volvo Open 70 fleet starts the In Port race in GaliciaVOR1686_183x137.jpg.jpg1371830ab59dec-9d64-4af2-a9a4-9c301da88acbimages/assets/VOR1686_183x137_thumb.jpgfalseThe Volvo Open 70 fleet starts the In Port race in GaliciaVOR1686_183x137_thumb.jpg{Width=183, Height=1.jpg7510010ContentImage16TeamABN AMRO ONE17TeamABN AMRO TWO18TeamEricsson Racing Team19TeamPirates of the Caribbean20TeamBrasil 121TeammovistarVOR1686_183x137,Fleet crosses start line for In Port Race 183x1372005-11-07T16:05:23.22falsefalsefalsefalse85c8283f-9eae-4441-a27e-52fce36ef2dfWORRY NO MOREfalse1ef6f8cc-0e81-4cb1-9a0a-061de13efff1/raceguide/_selfThis will open a new page in your browser windowRace Guide9997158f-3a96-4d58-8e82-4e0af3e420f7What were the winning – and losing - tactics in today’s In Port race? Our reporter on the spot, Andy Rice, analyses today’s event.15859074-2a4e-440b-ae23-92c8033926abEricsson’s navigator Steve Hayles recently admitted to lying awake at night, fretting about whether their boat would match up to the others in performance. Today’s dominant victory for the Swedish boat must have gone some way to letting him sleep like a baby tonight.2dce8144-e6a7-40f3-8fbd-fb28b34bc319“We’re very happy,” said Hayles. “It’s nice to see other boats cave in behind you, and to be able to sail away.” As for revealing anything meaningful about relative speeds of the boats, he felt the race hadn’t been that conclusive. Ericsson’s race was won in the first five minutes, after a spot-on start off the left-hand of the line. “If you win the start, you look like you’ve got a fast boat, and that’s always the case,” said Hayles.9104e17e-6a70-4aa4-93e2-786f0e5833ebSkipper Neal McDonald was delighted to have pulled off their pre-race game plan with such precision. “We wanted the left, and we won the left. We had the controlling hand. There wasn’t anything magical about our performance, other than getting a very good start. We shot out like a cork from a bottle, and in any one-design fleet it would have looked the same.”49894fe9-3d46-4e2d-a8b8-7dc0b15c8014Ericsson’s weather team had suggested the left-hand side of the course looked better for breeze, and the brain’s trust on board the boat agreed, John Kostecki included. The winning skipper of the last Volvo Ocean Race certainly earned his fee today. “One down and six more of these In Port races to go,” said the American. “That was a good marker to put down.”376e2c9a-e745-43bc-835a-ec15dc4e973dOne dilemma for the crews was how best to use that 11th man slot. Do you opt for extra brains or extra brawn? For much of this race, it looked like brains were the best bet, with the top three boats all having opted for a boost to the afterguard. Brasil 1 had the addition of ace Olympic talent Alan Adler, and America’s Cup skipper Pedro Campos took the helm of movistar. But then at the final turning mark, Pirates outmanoeuvred the Spaniards and stole their wind after a very smooth rounding and a slick hoist, enabling them to roll movistar and claim the final podium position. Perhaps the added muscle of America’s Cup grinder Mark McTeigue aboard Pirates wasn’t such a bad choice after all.8e6261d8-c094-4678-ae86-98b94b8331e8The race brought very few hard and fast conclusions today, but it did call into question the value of the big Code Zero upwind genoas that made an appearance on a couple of boats today. ABN AMRO One started the race with such a sail tacked out to the end of her bowsprit, but she looked slower than the other five which had all opted for conventional jibs. This didn’t seem to deter movistar from hoisting one for the second beat. Having just got right on the tail of Brasil 1 after a poor leeward mark rounding by Torben Grael’s team, it looked like the Spanish might be able to break through into second place, much to the delight of the cheering spectator fleet.de00f707-e54c-4f45-a84a-653c2109d7adGrael had stayed with his jib, so it would be interesting to see if movistar’s change of sail would pull them through. But the Brazilians dived off left after Ericsson, and both these boats again found good breeze to extend on the boats behind. Pirates rounded in fourth and immediately tacked off left, with the Spaniards yet to tack. When these two boats converged again, it was now on level terms and Bouwe Bekking’s decision to stay right had conceded a three minute lead to Cayard in a very short time. A drag race then ensued, an opportunity for these teams to gauge who had made the better choice of sail. There was very little in it, perhaps just a slight edge to the Pirates.e163c982-8a77-4d10-941f-55b9a29b11bfBut the real key came at that top mark. While the extra size of the Code Zero and it’s position not far forward of the forestay means that it must be furled before the tack and unfurled after the tack is complete, the smaller and simpler jib allows a much smoother and faster manoeuvre. As movistar reached the mark and embarked on the cumbersome furl/unfurl process, Pirates sliced through their tack in half the time, and maintained much better momentum around the mark. Even though the Spanish were much faster to hoist their asymmetric, Cayard steered The Black Pearl into an attacking position before hoisting. Two minutes later the Pirates had plundered the Spanish wind supply and they rolled past them.07b06b8d-6326-41a3-814f-083f796b250bFor Cayard this was a key moment. “I knew some of the guys had some specialty sails measured in. I was fine with that, I chose not to have any specialty sails measured in, because sail cards are very precious. There are only 24 of them, and we’ve only measured in eight sails, where other guys have already measured in 14. It was very good to observe the work they’ve done, and now we’ll go to school on that and figure out how we want to spend our cards.00b7b3da-2144-4494-a4d6-ffb1fff6734f“We have a Code Zero, we have a couple of them in fact, but I’m not sure they’re quite right yet. So I accepted that we wouldn’t use any specialty sails in this race, and even if someone else used something different and it was a little painful for us, we’d live with it, and also they’d be showing me that something better.” As it was, neither movistar nor ABN AMRO One displayed exceptional pace with their Code Zero upwind sails. Have they burned up one of their 24 cards already?d4aef90a-3cdc-4185-afd8-2e30be3b2c4eMike Sanderson put a brave face on a woeful performance by the best-funded boat in the fleet. In the preceding days he had made it clear that we shouldn’t expect a sparkling performance in light airs. ABN AMRO One is a fat-bottomed girl who likes a good breeze to allow her to strut her stuff. She doesn’t like it light and fluffy. “I can walk down the dock and I can show you the narrowest boat and I can show you the widest one,” said Moose. “It wasn’t the biggest surprise. We always knew that a six-knot In Port race - where we got the start wrong - would be our biggest nightmare. I think I’ve said that publicly before. You know that when you put your boat at one side of a fleet, you’re going to come first sometimes and other times you’re going to come last. We’re still adamant we’ve the right boat for the race. I don’t think we’ll be having this conversation in Cape Town.”1923c3a5-5e82-476f-a534-1003caba5461ImagePrimaryMov1d7291a2-ba0e-4a1d-a443-4586723dd805images/assets/VOR1717_450x300.jpgtrueAerial image of Ericsson crew hard at work on deck. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1717_450x300.jpg.jpg300450Oskar Kihlborgcd76f6a2-2a2a-43e2-be88-eeda846ad3c2images/assets/VOR1717_450x300_thumb.jpgfalseAerial image of Ericsson crew hard at work on deck. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1717_450x300_thumb.jpg{Width=450, Height=3.jpg67100Oskar Kihlborg10ContentImage18TeamEricsson Racing TeamVOR1717_450x300,Ericsson crew hard at work on deck. ©Oskar Kihlborg2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalse76d7e05b-09c1-40c7-8a9e-338b83d5f28bImagePrimaryMov25be84b8-b035-4d96-b832-573e0fa18c0fimages/assets/VOR1732OK_450x300.jpgtrueABN AMRO ONE crew seen in silhouette through the spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1732OK_450x300.jpg.jpg300450Oskar Kihlborga8f822fd-9304-42b4-bdc9-66bcb68732b1images/assets/VOR1732OK_450x300_thumb.jpgfalseABN AMRO ONE crew seen in silhouette through the spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1732OK_450x300_thumb.jpg{Width=450, Height=3.jpg67100Oskar Kihlborg10ContentImage16TeamABN AMRO ONEVOR1732OK_450x300,ABN AMRO ONE crew seen in silhouette through the spinnaker. ©Oskar Kihlborg2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalsef2e06a68-1bbc-48f7-af37-34c91b16331aImagePrimaryMove900477d-6c32-48bd-94f1-bde3d1fe9c05images/assets/VOR1724_300X450.jpgtrueABN AMRO TWO bow crew prepare the headsail as they approach the bottom mark under spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1724_300X450.jpg.jpg450300Oskar Kihlborgf53cb465-d422-4e81-bc78-d4eb817f59adimages/assets/VOR1724_300X450_thumb.jpgfalseABN AMRO TWO bow crew prepare the headsail as they approach the bottom mark under spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1724_300X450_thumb.jpg{Width=300, Height=4.jpg10067Oskar Kihlborg10ContentImage17TeamABN AMRO TWOVOR1724_300X450,ABN AMRO TWO bow crew prepare the headsail as they approach the bottom mark under spinnaker. ©Oskar Kihlborg2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalse7a0fae71-ffd7-4e6f-be8c-3b03d6a079daImagePrimaryMov7f387caa-c37e-4861-bfad-f40bd1098b80images/assets/VOR1723_300x450.jpgtrueAerial of ABN AMRO TWO crew gathering in the spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1723_300x450.jpg.jpg450300Oskar Kihlborg68efd80f-42dd-47a9-bc5a-2094310bd98fimages/assets/VOR1723_300x450_thumb.jpgfalseAerial of ABN AMRO TWO crew gathering in the spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1723_300x450_thumb.jpg{Width=300, Height=4.jpg10067Oskar Kihlborg10ContentImage17TeamABN AMRO TWOVOR1723_300x450,Aerial of ABN AMRO TWO crew gathering in the spinnaker. ©Oskar Kihlborg2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalsee1ea400e-e2c3-4ccc-aa68-44d7e37af357ImagePrimaryMov753bade7-ea40-4602-8f26-bbeedbabf54eimages/assets/VOR1709_300x450.jpgtrueCrewwman leans across the bowsprit on the Black Pearl. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1709_300x450.jpg.jpg450300Oskar Kihlborg12a59278-0d5c-4058-ac21-53fa95064df1images/assets/VOR1709_300x450_thumb.jpgfalseCrewwman leans across the bowsprit on the Black Pearl. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1709_300x450_thumb.jpg{Width=300, Height=4.jpg10067Oskar Kihlborg10ContentImage19TeamPirates of the CaribbeanVOR1709_300x450,Crewwman leans across the bowsprit on the Black Pearl. ©Oskar Kihlborg2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalse7bdf56d6-ccda-400d-93d4-69f3f771586dImagePrimaryMov4ec5e15f-df93-47dc-9ae2-041d424d0f72images/assets/VOR1721_450x300.jpgtrueAerial image Brasil 1 under spinnaker ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1721_450x300.jpg.jpg300450Oskar Kihlborg89ee14b7-6e58-4323-a0cd-63f58f648517images/assets/VOR1721_450x300_thumb.jpgfalseAerial image Brasil 1 under spinnaker ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1721_450x300_thumb.jpg{Width=450, Height=3.jpg67100Oskar Kihlborg10ContentImage20TeamBrasil 1VOR1721_450x300,Aerial image Brasil 1 under spinnaker ©Oskar Kihlborg2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalse6cfa0e84-ada1-4e02-aa0a-8617f3569805ImagePrimaryMov32cb981a-d9e2-41f4-bac1-72fcc01b464dimages/assets/VOR1716_300x450.jpgtrueAerial image of Ericksson sailing under spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1716_300x450.jpg.jpg450300Oskar Kihlborgcd11106e-f1db-4b82-b22f-d278dee340a4images/assets/VOR1716_300x450_thumb.jpgfalseAerial image of Ericksson sailing under spinnaker. ©Oskar KihlborgVOR1716_300x450_thumb.jpg{Width=300, Height=4.jpg10067Oskar Kihlborg10ContentImage18TeamEricsson Racing TeamVOR1716_300x450,Ericsson sails under spinnaker. ©Oskar Kihlborg2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalsee59562e4-d304-4676-b642-f3aec9d24e6dImagePrimaryMovbd6e8d07-4ad7-4a6a-8380-165c99a2ed55images/assets/VOR1699_300x450.jpgtrueVolvo fleet lines up for the start of the In Port race in Galicia ©Rick TomlinsonVOR1699_300x450.jpg.jpg4503000fe6d3ac-45dd-452a-9f5e-3399c96cbb69images/assets/VOR1699_300x450_thumb.jpgfalseVolvo fleet lines up for the start of the In Port race in Galicia ©Rick TomlinsonVOR1699_300x450_thumb.jpg{Width=300, Height=4.jpg1006710ContentImage18TeamEricsson Racing TeamVOR1699_300x450,Volvo fleet lines up for the start of the In Port race in Galicia ©Rick Tomlinson2005-11-07T16:05:23.22truefalsefalsefalseWhat were the winning – and losing - tactics in today’s In Port race?2005-11-05T21:00:00Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:00:00 UTC