Louis Vuitton Pacific Series – The Friendly Games

Louis Vuitton Pacific Series Breaks the Mold

Just as Bruno Troublé said in the foreword of the book that Swiss photographer and international umpire, Jürg Kaufmann and I published this week, “Timing is everything.” With 25 years of organising and perfecting the Louis Vuitton Cup, Bruno Troublé and Louis Vuitton were going to ensure an interesting regatta format. Jürg and I knew that the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series was going to be a unique event.

The regatta was produced at a top level. There were international teams, a lot of action compressed into 16 race days; plenty of landside activities; multiple spectator options, including live TV, radio and Virtual Eye coverage available in the press center and on the big screen in the SKY CITY village; and the grim reality that nearly all of the teams would be seeking sponsorship afterward. All of these factors led us to conclude that the LVPS was the ideal regatta for us to try to produce a book that would be available as soon as the regatta concluded.

Even Louis Vuitton Chairman, Yves Carcelle, made time to sit down with us right before the Prize Giving to finalise a document that had come from Paris, 12 time zones away.