Barclay: A postcard from Marina Green / America’s Cup

I received a note from our photographer Gilles Martin-Raget today. He’s been working from Marina Green the past few days, shooting the AC72s training just off the shoreline. This is the start area for the races and the teams are spending a lot of time here, learning the nuances of the top part of the racecourse.

Gilles has covered the America’s Cup since 1983. Today, when he emailed us his shots, he wrote: “You guys stuck behind your desks need to get down here. The show is unbelievable. I can’t wait for the racing.”

It’s nice to hear that kind of positivity. Just one month ago, tragedy struck the America’s Cup. Artemis Racing’s Andrew “Bart” Simpson died when the team’s AC72 capsized while training on San Francisco Bay. Last week we were all inspired by the team’s decision to continue, to keep their challenge going…. they didn’t want their story to end with Simpson’s death.

Artemis Racing intends to go sailing early in July. But this sailing is not racing; it’s a little like building a race car and then tuning it on the track until all the systems and balance of the car is perfect. It is only then that the car is ready to go racing.

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