Repost Newsfeed/Interview 44Cup.org with Will Ryan 22 October 2023 | For the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina, Christian Zuerrer’s Black Star Sailing Team is trialling gold and silver medallist Will Ryan on mainsheet 470. Ryan has been part of the extraordinary Australia Olympic 470 medal-making machine that saw their men’s crews win gold in four out of the last six Olympic Games, and podiuming in five.
44Cup Alcaidesa Marina, 18 – 22 October 2023, La Línea de la Concepción, Spain | The second-to-last regatta of the 2023 44Cup season took place in the bay off La Linea. And with it came the long-awaited moment when the Black Star Sailing RC44 team was finally allowed to climb onto the podium. Under the famous Rock of Gibraltar, of all places, we managed the small feat of achieving a podium place in our sixth regatta on our own yacht. So our credo of not closing ourselves off to criticism and facing all challenges with an open mind paid off for us almost symbolically at the foot of the iconic “Rock of Monkeys”.
44Cup Calero Marinas, 22 – 26 November 2023, Porto Calero, Lanzarote, Spain | The season finale took the RC44 racing circus to Lanzarote. While winter was already setting in in more northerly latitudes, we were looking forward to warmer temperatures and sunshine. As far as temperatures were concerned, the Lanzarote Canary Island actually lived up to its reputation. But unfortunately it disappointed in terms of wind…
Christmas and the festive season are just around the corner. And as the year draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back and honour all the events and the associated support that the Black Star Sailing Team continues to receive from all over the world:
Five years have now passed since Black Star Sailing was founded in January 2019. Since we started with the GC32 catamaran in the GC32 Racing Tour, we are already completing our sixth regatta season this year – but only in the RC44 class.
44Cup Calero Marinas, 28 February – 3 March 2024, Porto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain | After finishing the 2023 season in Lanzarote last November, we were delighted to start the new regatta year at the same venue at the end of February. Black Star Sailing starts its fifth regatta season with the 44Cup Calero Marinas.