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Extreme Sailing
Series kicks off in Muscat, Oman
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| Act 2: Qingdao,
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Rolex Farr
40 Worlds 2011, Sydney Australia
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| The 18 Footers. |
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| Rolex Farr
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| Extreme Sailing
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Swan Rolex
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Italian Youth
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La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy.
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| Key West 2010
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| Rolex Sydney
Hobart 2009. |
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SOLAS Big Boat
Challenge 2009. |
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China Cup 2009
by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Middle
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| Rolex Fastnet
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| Kiwis snatch victory
in final minutes of US debut. |
| By Extreme Sailing
Series 2011 Media. |
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Photos by Lloyd
Images,
edited By Peter Andrews. |
| July 4, 2011. |
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Team New Zealand clinched victory at Act 4 of the
Extreme Sailing Series in an epic showdown, while the circuit
has also achieved a highly successful USA debut. |
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Emirates Team New Zealand, during the final
day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2011,
Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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As the country
celebrated its Independence Day, American Terry Hutchinson
on board Artemis Racing went in to the final race
with an 8 point lead, after heading the leaderboard for most
of the past 5 days. But it was the lost in the final leg
of the final race of the final day that changed all that.
In a finale that one could think was written by a Hollywood
scriptwriter, Dean Barker’s Emirates Team New
Zealand had a blinding start. They took the lead once
from Pierre Pennec’s Groupe Edmond de Rothschild,
only to lose it after painfully stalling in a tack on their
final beat finish. |
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Artemis Racing, during the final day of
Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2011, Boston,
USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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Until this point,
despite having to duck most of the fleet on the start line,
Terry Hutchinson’s Artemis Racing had managed
to stay inside the crucial four places behind Barker, which
were necessary to take overall victory. On the final beat
however, just one tactical choice decided the final outcome.
With the right-hand side of the course for once not paying
for the American, as they approached the final top mark
they were passed by four boats to score an 8th place. This
was a rare occurrence for Hutchinson and one that totally
shattered his dream of winning on his home turf, with Emirates
Team New Zealand taking overall victory by four points
with a total of 293 after 37 races. |
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Emirates Team New Zealand racing, during
the final day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series
2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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"I said
yesterday there is only one race you need to be in the lead
for and its the most important one," said an emotional
and disappointed Hutchinson as he shared his thoughts on
the podium in front of his fans.
"We had a winning combination coming into the leeward mark
going up the right-hand side and the breeze went hard left, so
we lost four boats up the last beat. All we can do is congratulate Emirates
Team New Zealand. They hung tough for the whole regatta
and sorry to the fans of Boston as it would have been great a
good Independence Day finisher." |
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Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker
shakes hand with Artemis Racing skipper,
Terry Hutchinson at the prize giving, during the
final day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series
2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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For Emirates
Team New Zealand, the team were understandably quite
ecstatic to win their first ever Extreme Sailing Series
event. An additional bonus from Act 4 for Emirates
Team New Zealand is that they have also taken the
2011 overall series lead over from Groupe Edmond de
Rothschild.
"The sailing has been very challenging" said Barker. "Artemis
Racing showed us the way the whole week, but the racing
here was so tight, with potentially four boats able to take the
title going in to the final race. It’s never over until
it’s over. We had a really tight finish with Artemis in
Istanbul and its nice to come out on the right side of this one.
Boston has been great, we love the city and have really enjoyed
our time here." |
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Artemis Racing, during the final day of
Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2011, Boston,
USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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Leigh McMillan
and the crew of The Wave-Muscat stood proudly on
the podium for 3rd place, exceeding their own expectations
in McMillan’s recent return to the circuit.
"I was jumping up and down and shouting when we crossed
the finishing line," said a jubilant McMillan. "It
was a very good celebration amongst the team and it meant a lot
for us. We never felt that we had a lot of breaks, but we worked
really hard through the week so it’s fair to say that the
guys carried me through the week as I had my head down." |
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The Wave-Muscat flying high, during the
final day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series
2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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| Max Sirena’s Luna
Rossa, winner of Act 2 in Qingdao, China, got back
into the frame over the last two days of the five-day event
and were in contention for the podium. However it was not
to be the Italian’s turn this time, finishing in
4th place overall ahead of the all-French team on Groupe
Edmond de Rothschild by a mere two points. |
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Luna Rossa, during the final day of Act
4 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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| Tanguy Cariou’s Alinghi came
back strongly in Act 4 to climb from 9th on the opening day
to finish 6th overall, ahead by just three points of Red
Bull Extreme Sailing. This was one of the tightest overall
leaderboards in the history of the event, with the top seven
teams all vying for podium positions on the final day. |
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Groupe Edmond de Rothschild racing, during
the final day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series
2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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| Act 4 of the
Extreme Sailing Series at Fan Pier in Boston has been a huge
success with the US crowds turning out in force to enjoy
the Extreme Sailing Series and 49er racing, the latter won
by the US team of Jonathan Goldsberry and Charlie Smythe.
Then there were the incredible stunts performed by the Red
Bull Air Force skydivers in addition to action played
out on the water. |
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The three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, the USS
Constitution, seen out on Boston Harbour for Independence
Day, during the final day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series
2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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| An enthralled local
non-sailing crowd turned out in spades to watch up close
what was probably one of the biggest ever on-site American
audiences for a sailing event, estimated to be around 55,000
over the five days of Act 4. The Stadium concept developed
for the Extreme Sailing Series, certainly engaged a largely
non-sailing audience in Boston. Boston’s host venue
partner, the Fallon Company, pulled out all stops to ensure
Boston would be the success, that it has quite clearly
seen to be achieved. |
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Khamis Al Anbouri onboard The Wave-Muscat, during the final
day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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"I am thrilled
about the response we have had from everyone," said
the company’s CEO and President, Joe Fallon. "So
many people have told me: ‘I hope everyone comes back
for the action next year’. The official charity, Courageous
Sailing, and the strong contingent of volunteers supported
the event with huge enthusiasm."
The next stop on the international nine-stop Extreme Sailing
Series circuit is in the UK, at the Aberdeen Asset Management
Cowes Week in just four weeks time. As for now however,
the Kiwi team has a lot to celebrate tonight and the whole
of Boston and the United States will be joining them! |
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Alinghi, during the final day of Act 4 of
the Extreme Sailing Series 2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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Extreme
Sailing Series Act 4 at Fan Pier Boston, USA
Current overall standings after 37 races, Day 5
Position / Team / Skipper and crew / Points
| 1st |
Emirates Team New
Zealand (NZL), Dean Barker, Adam Beashel, James Dagg and Jeremy
Lomas on 293 points. |
| 2nd |
Artemis Racing (SWE), Terry
Hutchinson, Sean Clarkson, Morgan Trubovich and Julien Cressant on
289 points. |
| 3rd |
The Wave-Muscat (OMA), Leigh
McMillan, Kyle Langford, Nick Hutton and Khamis Al Anbouri on 269
points. |
| 4th |
Luna Rossa (ITA), Max Sirena,
Paul Campbell-James, Alister Richardson and Manuel Modena on 262
points. |
| 5th |
Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (FRA),
Pierre Pennec, Christophe Espagnon, Thierry Fouchier and Hervé Cunningham
on 260 points. |
| 6th |
Alinghi (SUI), Tanguy Cariou,
Yann Guichard, Nils Frei and Yves Detrey on 251 points. |
| 7th |
Red Bull Extreme Sailing (AUT),
Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, Will Howden and Craig Monk on
248 points. |
| 8th |
Oman Air (OMA), Sidney Gavignet,
Kinley Fowler, David Carr and Nasser Al Mashari on 198 points. |
| 9th |
Niceforyou (ITA), Alberto
Barovier, Mark Bulkeley, Daniele de Luca and Simone de Mari on 172
points. |
| 10th |
Team GAC Pindar (GBR), Ian
Williams, Mark Ivey, Andrew Walsh and Jono Macbeth on 137 points. |
| 11th |
Team Extreme (EUR), Roland
Gaebler, Bruno Dubois, Sebbe Godefroid and Bob Merrick on 126 points. |
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Spectators during the final day of Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series
2011, Boston, USA.
Photo © Lloyd Images.
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| For more information
about the Extreme Series, go to the official website at: www.extremesailingseries.com.
Video can also be found on the Extreme Sailing Series YouTube
channel can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/extremesailingseries. |
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| About the Extreme
Sailing Series 2011. |
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The Extreme Sailing Series™ is a unique concept, pitting some of the very best professional sailing teams in the world against each other on identical Extreme 40 catamarans, on challenging, tactical courses, but close to shore to provide spectacular, stadium-style entertainment for the public.
The award-winning circuit commenced in Muscat (Oman), contested
in Qingdao (China), Istanbul (Turkey), Boston (USA), and will visit Cowes
(UK), Trapani (Italy), Nice (France), Almeria (Spain) and, finally, finishing
up in Singapore in December 2011.
The on-the-water action will, once again, be complimented by bespoke VIP corporate
hospitality and attracts international media attention including a TV-series
distributed in over 100 countries. The Extreme Sailing Series™ has been granted "Special
Event Status” by ISAF, sailing's governing body, and is a strong supporter
of promoting sailing in to new markets and to new audiences. |
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| Previous Articles. |
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| Kiwis snatch Boston victory in final minutes of US debut - Boston, USA, July 4, 2011. |
| Pressure's on going into final day of Act 4 - Boston, USA, July 3, 2011. |
| US crowds watch top 5 retain places - Boston, USA, July 2, 2011. |
| Boston Wide Open Going Into Halfway Stage - Boston, USA, July 1, 2011. |
| Challenging First Day at Extreme 40 USA Debut - Boston, USA, June 30, 2011. |
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