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Two unofficial races were held on a resplendent day on the Mediterranean Sea with a gentle-to-moderate breeze. The guests on Ericsson 4 with skipper Torben Grael were thrilled. They won the first race and finished runner-up in the second to be the unofficial winner of the day. As guest Jaime Bustillo said, "Muy rapido!"
Bustillo is the Head of Technology for Vodafone Spain and has had a working relationship with Ericsson for 14 years. He's only been sailing two or three times in his life, but today the crew put him on the grinding pedestal. Bustillo could feel the burn - both in his arms and on his forehead - at the end of the day.
"They're fast boats and very light. They really race with the wind," said Bustillo, who's a fan of Spain's two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso.
Anders Lewander's crew on Ericsson 3 nearly gave up the ship for the guests. "Today wasn't about the results. It was about letting our guests sail the boat," said Lewander. "We let them steer, trim and grind. They literally sailed the boat."
The guest of honor on Ericsson 3 was Annika Moe, a 23-year-old student from Gothenburg, Sweden. Moe won an all-expenses paid trip from TV4 by correctly answering a series of rapid-fire questions. After that she had to write a motivational paper about why she'd like to go sailing on a Volvo Open 70. Hers was the best, and her reward was welcome, a sunburn and windswept hair.
"Today was a sunshine story. The crew really took care of us," said the economics student who grew up in Dubai. "I'm pretty speechless. It's going to take me awhile to process it all."
Moe's family goes sailing every summer out of Gothenburg. She once completed a sailing camp that took her from Denmark to Norway via Scotland and the Faeroe Islands. But she'd never sailed on a VO70, one of the fastest monohull keelboat designs afloat.
Not only is her dad jealous of her, but she has a wealth of experience to provide a few year's worth of dreams.
"Trimming was the best part of it all," said the tall redhead. "When you're steering, it's amazing how much difference moving the wheel just one inch makes. But it's all about hitting the numbers, the target speeds and angles. It's less organic than holding a sheet in your hand. That's like small-boat sailing."
The Volvo Ocean Race begins in earnest on Saturday, Oct. 11, when the fleet sets sail on a 6,500-nautical-mile leg to Cape Town, South Africa.
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VOLVO OCEAN RACE STANDINGS (After Alicante In-Port Race) 1. Telefonica Blue (ESP) Bouwe Bekking, 4 points 2. Telefonica Black (ESP) Fernando Echavarri, 3.5 points 3. PUMA (USA) Ken Read, 3 points 4. Ericsson 4 (SWE) Torben Grael, 2.5 points 5. Green Dragon (CHN/IRE) Ian Walker, 2.0 points 6. Delta Lloyd (NED) Ger O'Rourke, 1.5 points 7. Ericsson 3 (SWE) Anders Lewander, 0.5 points* 8. Team Russia (RUS) Andreas Hanakamp, 0.5 points (* Includes 1 point penalty as administered by International Jury)
SOURCE: Ericsson Racing Team
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