Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai - Ships of the desert

7:28 PM Fri 12 Nov 2010 GMT

'Opening Ceremony, skippers press conference. - Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai' Franck Socha

Traditional outranked contemporary today as the six skippers contesting the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai piloted camels -- the ships of the desert -- into the official opening on the waterfront plaza of the Dubai International Marine Club. One by one, Jochen Schumann of the French/German team All4One, Cameron Appleton of Sweden's Artemis Racing, James Spithill of the USA's BMW Oracle Racing, Dean Barker of Emirates Team New Zealand, Gavin Brady of Italy's Mascalzone Latino Audi and Francesco Bruni of Synergy Russian Sailing Team, filed through a gateway opening adjacent to an outdoor stage. They were escorted by a troupe of ...

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