Alinghi looks to Race 2 of the 33rd America’s Cup on Sunday
Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi 5 on day 5, during Race 1 of the
33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| Alinghi lost Race 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup, a best-of-three series, today after a hard fought pre-start and a 40nm race. The Defender from the Société Nautique de Genève took an early lead onto the course, but didn’t hold on to it. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi 5 with an early lead over USA 17, on day
5 during Race 1, of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| "The crew work went well. The difference was the speed of the boats. The solution they have come up with on Oracle is very fast. It’s pretty hard to beat them on a day like today," said Brad Butterworth, team skipper and tactician. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
USA 17 on day
5, during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| The race started at 14:35 in a southerly wind between 6 and 8 knots and flat sea, good conditions for the 90ft load waterline multihulls. The top mark was set at a bearing of 180 degrees, due south, 20nm to windward. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi 5 on day
5, during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
USA 17 on day
5, during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| Alinghi, the port-tack yacht entering the start box, was penalised in the pre-start by the on-water umpires for failing to keep clear. But the Alinghi crew took the lead off the start line after BMW Oracle Racing got into "irons", a predicament where the boat looses steerage. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi 5, on day
5, during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| "We never had a chance to cross them, so it was just one of those things. We tried to get across them but couldn’t. When we realised that was the case we came up and tacked over and got a penalty. That was a bit surprising, but it didn’t have an impact on the race in the end," said Butterworth. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi 5 and USA 17 on during day
5, during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi 5 and USA 17 with the mountains behind Valencia
in the background, on day 5 during Race 1 of the 33rd
America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| Alinghi 5, with team president Ernesto Bertarelli at the helm, circled around the pin end and onto the race course for an early 1m27s lead, or approximately 660m. The catamaran held pace with the trimaran early, but eventually was overtaken. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
USA 17 on day
5, during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Carlo Borlenghi / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| Alinghi was behind by 3m21s at the windward mark and 15m28s at the finish after performing a penalty turn for the pre-start infraction. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi with an early lead over USA 17, on day
5 during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Guido Trombetta / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| Looking forward to Sunday, Butterworth said: "As long as you’ve got a life you’ve got a chance. We will regroup and think about race two. Sunday’s race will be a different sort of race. We’ll see what conditions lend themselves. They looked pretty awesome upwind, and it was hard for us to hold them back. We’ll have our work cut out." |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi 5 on day 5, during Race 1 of the 33rd America's
Cup.
Photo © Guido Trombetta / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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| Tomorrow is an off day as per the Deed of Gift, the America’s Cup governing document, so racing will resume on Sunday 14 February weather permitting. |
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
USA 17 ahead of Alinghi, on day
5 during Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Guido Trombetta / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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Valencia, Spain, February 12, 2010.
Alinghi fans at the foredeck building
on day 5 during Race 1
of the 33rd America's Cup.
Photo © Luca Buttò / Alinghi. www.carloborlenghi.com.
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more information about the photography of Carlo Borlenghi,
Stefano Gattini, Bruno Cocozza, Guido Trombetta and Luca
Buttò. |
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more information about Alinghi, defender of the 33rd America's
Cup. |
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