Cup teams amalgamate

K-Challenge and Jochen Schumann form ALL4ONE

A new top level sailing team has been born, gathering its members under the name of ALL4ONE.

This collaboration is a Franco-German one between Stephan Kandler, CEO of K-Challenge and three times Olympic Gold medallist and two times America’s Cup winner Jochen Schümann.

ALL4ONE has the goal to take up the most challenging aspects of international team sailing, beginning with participation in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice.

Stephane Kandler, commented: “This is an important step in our history after 20 years of investment and involvement in sailing first through K-Yachting our charter company created in 1989 and then K-Challenge which participated in the last America's Cup. We have known Jochen for a long time and finally we realised that we had a similar vision that was complementary. France and Germany have many good sailors and those two countries have always been the leaders in European major projects, so we are now on the way to launch the foundation of a new international sailing force based on French-German co-operation. This is why we decided to join forces: He will manage the technical and sailing area and I will take care of the management part. With our assets from the last America's Cup, our common experience and all the other people working with us (like the French Sailing Federation), ALL4ONE is a solid, powerful platform offering new opportunities for sponsors in our sport. And we are proud that our historical partners Canal+ and Saint Honoré watches are now joined by adidas, one of the biggest brands in sport.”

Jochen Schümann, Skipper and Sport Director commented: “ALL4ONE will build a new sailing team platform based on inspiration, respect, innovation and performance.

We have set our priorities on four international sailing circuits - Louis Vuitton Trophy, TP52, RC44 and the World Match Racing Tour - around which we build our team, where we can compete against best sailors in the world and be present for our partners and visible to the public all year around.

"One common objective is leading us – becoming number ONE.”

With adidas becoming an Official Supplier, so Hermann Deininger, CMO, adidas Sport Style Division commented: “Jochen Schümann, is a world class sailor who has been part of the adidas family for the past 30 years. He works closely with us providing significant support, testimonials and advice to test and develop our perfectly crafted adidas Porsche Design Sport sailing range. We are extremely proud & grateful to have him share his and his team's sailing expertise, allowing us to continuously perfect our sailing specific products.” -

The ALL4ONE team includes America’s Cup winners, Olympic Gold medalists as well as on the ambition of young upcoming talents, with an international team with strong roots from Europe, including sailors from France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy.

ALL4ONE's crew will be based upon:
Jean-Marie Dauris FRA – Bow (2 America's Cup campaigns)
Christophe André FRA – Mid-bow (1 America's Cup campaign, French Match Racing Team)
Michi Müller GER – Mast (1 America's Cup campaign, Volvo Ocean Race)
Albert Jacobsoone FRA – Pit (7 America's Cup campaigns)
Gilles Favennec FRA – Pit Assist (2 America's Cup campaigns, French Match Racing Team)
Carlo Castellano ITA – Grinder (3 America's Cup campaigns)
Jorge Ondo ESP – Grinder (1 America's Cup campaign)
Virgilio Torrecilla ESP – Afterguard Grinder (2 America's Cup campaigns)
Christian Scherrer SUI – Jib Trimmer (3 America's Cup campaigns, 1 win, Whitbread)
Matti Paschen GER – Spinnaker Trimmer (1 America's Cup campaign)
Peter van Niekerk NED – Mainsail Grinder (2 America's Cup campaigns, 2 wins)
Yann Gouniot FRA – Mainsail Trimmer (5 America's Cup campaigns, 1 win)
Jordi Calafat ESP – Traveller (1 America's Cup campaign, 1 win, Volvo Ocean Race, Olympic Gold Medalist)
Sebastien Col FRA – Helmsman (2 America's Cup campaigns, French Match Racing Team)
John Cutler NZL – Tactician (5 America's Cup campaigns, Olympic Bronze Medalist)
Philippe Mourniac FRA – Navigator (3 America's Cup campaigns, multihull)
Jochen Schümann GER – Skipper and Strategist (3 America's Cup campaigns, 2 wins, 3 times Olympic Gold Medalist, and 1 Silver Olympic medal)
Andrea Pavan ITA - Grinder (1 America's Cup campaign)

The ALL4ONE team has arrived today in Valencia, Spain, where the team members will have a one week session of sea trials and testing with FRA93. The Franco-German team's boat will be teamed up with GBR75 to sail as a pair in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice over 7-22 November.

ALL4ONE will proudly carry the colors of both yacht clubs Cercle de la Voile de Paris and Kieler Yacht Club.

Cercle de la Voile de Paris, was founded in 1858 and has a long and distinguished history in international sailing. The club was founder of the One Ton Cup and organiser of the sailing at the Olympic Games held in Paris in 1924. The Cercle de la Voile de Paris was also the yacht Cclub of Baron Bich, who launched the first French team participating in the America’s Cup in 1974.

Kieler Yacht-Club, Yacht Club of Kiel, is one of the oldest yacht clubs in Germany. It was founded in 1887 as 'Marine Regatta Verein'. In 1891 Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II became the Commodore of the Club and the Club changed his name to “Kaiserlicher Yacht Club”. The Kieler Yacht Club is also well known for the annual organization of the “Keel Week”. Moreover the Olympic sailing competitions in 1936 (Berlin) and 1972 (Munich) took place in the Kiel Bay and the yacht club had a major role in the organization of the regattas.