Hans Berggren/Ericsson Racing Team
Ericsson Racing Team’s International crew will hone their in-port racing technique when they compete in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Sardinia.
The crew, led by Brazilian skipper Torben Grael, will sail aboard the new 69-footer Alfa Romeo 3, built for New Zealand businessman and big boat racer Neville Crichton.
The boat is entered in the Mini Maxi Division, for yachts between 60 and 79 feet.
Grael will be accompanied by his full crew, including navigator Jules Salter, watch captains Stu Bannatyne and Brad Jackson, trimmers Tony Mutter, João Signorini and Horácio Carabelli, trimmer/pitman Dave Endean, bowmen Ryan Godfrey and Phil Jameson, and media crew member Guy Salter.
The Brazilian sees the Maxi Worlds as an opportunity for some useful close-quarter combat ahead of the start of the first Volvo in-port race in Alicante in October.
“We thought it’d be a good opportunity for us to get some real racing before the start of the Volvo,” Grael said. “It’s a different boat from the Volvo Open 70 but a similar kind of size. And it’s racing. We need to do some racing, so it’s a good opportunity.”
The regatta is scheduled from September 1-6.
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