Sweden and New
Zealand are tied at La Maddalena
By the Louis Vuitton Trophy Media Team. |
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| Emirates Team New Zealand won two races today at the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena to end the day first equal on points with Sweden’s Artemis, each with 4-1 records. In other competition the Swedish boat skippered by Paul Cayard and steered by Terry Hutchinson lost today, the first time since the regatta in Sardinia started. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Italy. Day 6. Emirates
Team New Zealand (NZL) verses Azzurra (ITA).
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| Crews in the ten international teams spent another long day on the water, with the first race starting soon after 09:00 and the last not finishing until 17:30. There was wind all day from the west, shifty and with big speed changes over different parts of the course, with gusts up to 20 knots near the weather mark. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Italy. Race Day 6. Artemis (SWE).
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| The shape of the scoreboard changed in the first four races as the Kiwis, third equal yesterday with two points, deftly dispatched Azzurra and then ALEPH Sailing Team to claim second place. In the fourth race Mascalzone Latino trounced Artemis to advance Team New Zealand to first equal. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Italy. Day 6. Dean Barker at the helm
of Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL).
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"It was tough losing a race to Luna Rossa (on Tuesday) but losses sometimes help kick-start the team and make us realise we’ve always got things to work on. I think we’ve been sailing a lot better since that race," said Dean Barker, skipper and helmsman of Team New Zealand.
Mascalzone Latino slammed the door on Artemis with a strategy the Italian team had been refining for some time.
"The guys on the boat made a great call for the left side and Gavin did a beautiful job of executing that," said tactician Morgan Larson. "We spent a lot of time this morning talking about Terry Hutchinson’s weaknesses in the prestart. I think Gavin exploited that weakness. It was very close. Terry was really close to getting an overlap with us that would have shifted everything. If they got an overlap they would have got the left and probably won the race." |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Italy. Race Day 6. Artemis (SWE) verses
Mascalzone Latino Audi Team (ITA).
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Flight
16, Race 2: Emirates Team New Zealand defeats Azzurra by
00:13.
Francesco Bruni steering Azzura gauged his start perfectly at the pin with speed, forcing Emirates Team New Zealand on his hip to tack away. The leg and the race belonged to Bruni, but approaching the weather mark on port and leading, the Italians tacked short of the mark and opened the way for Emirates Team New Zealand to seize the starboard tack advantage, slip inside and hold their opponents out. The surprising reversal put the Kiwis 13 seconds ahead and they consolidated from there on. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Italy. Day 6. Azzurra (ITA).
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Flight
6, Race 1: Emirates Team New Zealand defeats ALEPH Sailing
Team by 00:29.
Emirates Team New Zealand dominated an initial race which was abandoned near the top mark, due to a mark positioning error. The new start was initally a mirror of the first, a long starboard tack with Emirates Team New Zealand on ALEPH’s hip, until the French forced them to tack. However the Kiwis had the power of the right and forced the persistently-clinging French team away as they carried ALEPH above the weather mark for a seven second delta at the top mark. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Italy. Day 6. Emirates
Team New Zealand (NZL) verses ALEPH Sailing
Team (FRA).
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Flight
15, Race 2: TEAMORIGIN defeats Synergy
Russian Sailing Team by 00:06.
ORIGIN was bow-out in mid-line at the start with Synergy close to the committee boat. The Russians hung tough on the starboard tack but were forced away after two minutes. They led approaching the starboard layline, only to drop back in a left shift that put Ainslie ahead by 14 seconds at the top mark. The boats rounded opposite leeward marks. ORIGIN conceded valuable seconds as the gennaker went under the bow but held a handy lead. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Sardegna. Race day six and TeamOrigin had
a close battle with Synergy as they beat to the weather mark and
a downwind run with TeamOrigin spilling the spinnaker all over
the deck.
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Flight
14, Race 1: Mascalzone Latino defeats Artemis by
00:46.
Gavin Brady the Kiwi skipper of the Latin Rascals destroyed the perfect record of Sweden’s Artemis with a king-hit before the start. He locked out Sweden’s Terry Hutchinson on port tack before the gun, with both boats stalled below the line. Brady tacked, and got away first to lead at speed by 26 metres and pull away. The Italian boat was 22 seconds ahead at the top mark as the breeze built to 20 knots. Artemis set off on pursuit only to see their gennaker explode as they settled into the first run. Mascalzone sailed away. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Italy. Race Day 6. Mascalzone
Latino Audi Team (ITA).
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Flight
16, Race 1: Synergy Russian Sailing Team defeats ALEPH
Sailing Team by 00:33.
Karol Jablonski won the start as both boats sailed slowly up to the committee boat on port. Jablonski tacked and sailed Synergy off the line at speed while Pacé was slow to tack ALEPH and follow. ALEPH drew level close to the top mark but Jablonski had starboard tack advantage and was nine seconds in front at the top mark. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena. Race Day 6. ALEPH
Sailing Team (FRA)
verses Synergy Russian Sailing Team (RUS).
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Flight
22, Race 1, Luna Rossa defeats BMW
Oracle Racing by
00:22.
This was a comprehensive victory for the Italians. They started at opposite ends of the line with Luna Rossa near the committee boat. James Spithill and BMW Oracle Racing got off the line faster near the pin but only enjoyed their lead for a few seconds. The Italian boat steered by Ed Baird was in better breeze and sailed steadily away from James Spithill and Oracle. Close to the port layline when Luna Rossa on starboard crossed ahead of her opponent, the Americans were 220 metres dead astern. They made subsequent gains but finished 50 metres back. |
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Louis Vuitton Trophy, WSTA La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy. Day 6. Luna
Rossa (ITA).
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Provisional win-loss leaderboard after Thursday racing
1. Artemis, 4-1, 4 points.
1. Emirates Team New Zealand, 4-1, 4 points.
3. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, 4-1, 3 points*.
3. All4One, 3-3, 3 points.
3. Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 3-3, 3 points.
3. TEAMORIGIN, 3-3, 3 points.
7. Azzurra, 2-3, 2 points.
7. Luna Rossa, 2-5, 2 points.
9. BMW Oracle Racing Team, 1-4, 1 point.
10. ALEPH Sailing Team, 2-4, -2 points*.
* Penalties deducted by Jury / Umpires
Live streaming web coverage of the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena is available on the event website, http://www.louisvuittontrophy.com. The official site (in English, French, Italian and Russian) is also rich in team content, as well as features, audio, video and images. Racing starts at 09:00 local time (GMT+2). |
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