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Team Aqua (GBR 2041)
Team Aqua (GBR 2041)
Date of Launch: 2011
Boat owner : Chris Bake (GBR)
Professional skipper : Cameron Appleton (NZL)
Chris Bake’s Team Aqua has been one of the leading forces on the RC44 Championship Tour circuit ever since its launch in 2007. With top match racing talent Cameron Appleton the permanent fixture as the team’s pro sailor, Team Aqua claimed the 2011 RC44 Championship Tour title with an event to spare. With a new boat for the 2011 season, Team Aqua is not only one of the principal contenders on the Tour but also uses its boat as a platform to support the World Land Trust and 2041.
Crew:
Chris Bake (GBR) - Owner driver
Cameron Appleton (NZL) - Match Racing Helmsman/Tactician
Andrew Estcourt (NZL) – Main trimmer
Christian Kamp (DEN) – Trimmer
Ben Graham (GBR) – Grinder
Chris Noble (GBR) – Offside trimmer
Mark Towill (USA) – Pitman
Matt Cassidy (USA) – Bowman
Results:
2011 - RC44 Championship Tour - 1st
2010 - RC44 Championship Tour - 5th
2009 - RC44 Championship Tour - 5th
2008 - RC44 Championship Tour - 4th
2007 - RC44 Championship Tour - 1st
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Keep calm and keep fighting!
- 12th May 2011
On a day that started with blue skies and light winds, and ended with the fleet of RC44’s sheltering in a corner of Lake Traunsee on storm moorings, it was…
Aqua take the first event of the RC44 season
- 12th February 2012
A three hour wait for the breeze to fill in delayed proceedings on the final day of the RC44 Puerto Calero Cup, AEZ took their second race win in Lanzarote,…
Team Aqua acheives the double
- 16th November 2011
With the 2011 RC44 Championship Tour safely in the bag, there was one more series title to be won, the RC44 Match Race title. Having lead the match race rankings…
Team Aqua crowned 2011 RC44 Tour Champions
- 2nd October 2011
Going into the final day of the Adris RC44 Cup, Team Aqua was going for the double. They had within their sights a third event victory of the season and…
Aqua start their ascent
- 30th September 2011
The early sea breeze came in off the north Adriatic Sea this morning allowing the RC44 fleet to complete another four races at the Adris RC44 Cup. It was Team…
Team Aqua by the smallest of margins
- 21st August 2011
Going into the final day of racing at the RC44 Sweden Cup just four points separated the top four teams. It was so tight at the top that the day…
Tight at the top
- 20th August 2011
30 knot winds and a three metre swell kept the RC44 fleet in dock at Marstrand this morning. By 14:00 there was much talk of golf and siestas, but just…
Team Aqua rule in Cagliari
- 3rd July 2011
The scene was set and the only the final act to play. Team Aqua was the team to beat, and to win the RC44 Cagliari Cup they had to fend…
Big Friday!
- 1st July 2011
As the mistral continued to blow in Cagliari, the fifteen one design RC44’s ventured out of the harbour again for their second day of fleet racing at the RC44 Cagliari…
Team Aqua close on the lead
- 14th May 2011
Team Aqua closed the gap on ORACLE Racing today with another great show of consistent sailing from Chris Bake and his team. The top two boats are pulling away from…
New Aqua becomes latest RC44 off Pauger production line
- 4th April 2011
It will be a special occasion for Team Aqua when the next round of the 2011 RC44 Championship Tour gets underway in Austria in May as they race their new…
Full on start to the RC44 season
- 8th February 2012
The 2012 RC44 Championship Tour kicked off in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote with a full day of match racing. A familiar team was at the top of the leader-board after nine…
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