Louis Vuitton Trophy – Nizza – Ancora sole per la quinta giornata del Louis Vuitton Trophy – Nice Côte d’Azur, caratterizzata da un vento da nord – 10 nodi – in mattinata, poi trasformato in brezza termica nel pomeriggio. Il Comitato è riuscito a completare solo tre flight (dei quattro previsti) e alle ore 15.00 ha cancellato le rimanenti due regate in programma.

Emirates Team New Zealand e Team Origin continuano a collezionare vittorie, mentre BMW Oracle Racing non sembra in gran forma, avendo perso sino ad ora tutti i ‘big match’ (oggi è stato sconfitto da Team Origin). C’è molta attesa, domani, per il match tra i kiwi e gli inglesi: uno dei due subirà la sua prima sconfitta!

Anche per Artemis le cose non girano in maniera ottimale, e il team svedese si deve accontentare – per ora – di un quinto posto in classifica.

Non può invece lamentarsi Azzurra, che in maniera costante e concreta, porta a casa altri due importanti punti, grazie alle vittorie su Synergy e su TFS Pages Jaunes. Al momento Azzurra è terza davanti a BMW Oracle Racing – ma il suo ‘carniere’ è molto più ricco di quello americano (4 vittorie e una sconfitta, contro le due vittorie e le due sconfitte di BMW Oracle Racing).

“Nella partenza con Synergy ho fatto un errore – annette lo skipper azzurro Francesco Bruni – volevo dare una penalità a Jablonski, ma alla fine ho ritardato il mio start. Non è stata una regata facile e devo ringraziare i trimmer che hanno fatto un eccellente lavoro, facendo ‘volare’ la barca più della loro”.

Per quanto riguarda il match con i francesi, spiega: “Abbiamo fatto una bellissima partenza. Tommaso (Chieffi) mi ha ‘chiamato’ la destra ma anche Pace voleva lo stesso, quindi siamo stati bravi ad ottenerla. Il vento ci ha dato ragione. All’inizio della poppa abbiamo commesso qualche errore consentendo ai francesi di recuperare terreno, sono momenti pericolosi… poi quando al cancello hanno avuto problemi, la regata si è chiusa a nostro favore”.

Il team russo Synergy – grazie all’ottimo Karol Jablonski – si aggiudica il suo primo punto del RR1 vincendo il match su All4One.

Le regate del Louis Vuitton Trophy – Nice Côte d’Azur continuano domani, giovedì 12 novembre. La partenza del primo match è fissata per le ore 09.00. Le previsioni parlano di una giornata di sole con vento da nord-nordest leggero e variabile

Programma del Day 6:
BMW Oracle Racing vs Emirates Team New Zealand
Team Origin vs Artemis

TFS Pages Jaunes vs Synergy
All4One vs Azzurra

BMW Oracle Racing vs Artemis
Team Origin vs Emirates Team New Zealand

BMW Oracle Racing vs Synergy

Clssifica dopo il Day 5:
Emirates team New Zealand, pt. 5
Team Origin, pt. 4
Azzurra, pt. 4
Artemis, pt. 2
BMW Oracle Racing, pt. 2
All4One, pt. 2
Synergy, pt. 1
Team French Spirit, pt. 0

Video courtesy Louis Vuitton Trophy.

Video courtesy BTS Broadcast.

LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY, RUSSIA SCORES FIRST WIN
[Louis Vuitton Trophy Press Release] On a day where the leaders at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur kept pace with one another, it was the Synergy team of Russia that made the day’s headline.

Synergy, led by Polish skipper Karol Jablonski, scored an historic triumph by beating the French/German team All4One. Synergy got the early jump off the start line when All4One became entangled with the race committee boat (going OCS and earning a penalty for hitting the committee boat) and then sailed to a victory of 1 minute, 30 seconds.

“This is a great victory and great day for Russia – said Maxim Logutenko, Synergy team manager – It’s the first time Russia has won a race on this kind of boat. The start was a present for us, but in the rest of the race we did a good job. Karol did a great job helming and we’re happy with the crew work. We’re getting better and better”.

Only once before has Russia attempted to field a team for the Louis Vuitton Cup: that was in 1992, but the team never made the series. Synergy is here with an eye towards the future and the win was welcome because of the team’s hard luck the past few days.

On Sunday, it led Emirates Team New Zealand before “hitting the wall” just three lengths from the finish line and could only watch as the Kiwis sailed past to take the win. Yesterday, Synergy led Artemis up the first beat until the mainsheet broke. Such are the growing pains for a fledgling team.

“We’ve seen a broad spectrum of opportunities and happenstances. It’s been a good thing for the growth of the team – said pitman Josh Belsky, the American who’s been on three America’s Cup-winning teams – We’ve got some good international guys in key positions. We lack some horsepower; we’re probably the smallest team out here physically. But at the end of the day I look back and the owner, Valentin Zavadnikov, has a huge smile. He sees the potential for the future”.

At the top of the scoreboard, Emirates Team New Zealand kept its perfect record intact with a 23-second win in its lone match against Artemis of Sweden. Emirates Team New Zealand has 5 points on a 5-0 record.

Britain’s Team Origin, the only other undefeated team at 4-0, holds second place with 4 points. Italy’s Azzurra is third with 4 points on a 4-1 record, and BMW Oracle Racing is fourth with 2 points on a 2-2 record.

Fifth is held by Artemis (2-3), which is followed by All4One (2-6), Synergy (1-4) and TFS – Pages Jaunes (0-6).

The wind conditions were again tricky on the Baie des Anges. The morning offshore flow died during Flight 9 and led to a lengthy postponement before the start of Flight 10. The day’s second flight was started in winds around 5 knots, and it was difficult for crews to pick a side of the racecourse. Team Origin’s lone win, with a decisive 2-minute delta over BMW Oracle Racing, came in the trying conditions.

“It’s quite often a difficult decision to make whether you want to lose a lot to get the side you want, or whether you accept a close start on the un-favoured side – said Team Origin skipper Ben Ainslie – Today was like that. We had to make sure we didn’t lose too much in winning the left. We were a bit late and slow off the line, but it turned out to be the right decision.”

The interrupted schedule means teams are struggling to keep their consistency from day to day with the sometimes long stretches of inactivity.

“The toughest thing in this kind of racing is one day you sail two or three races and the next day you don’t sail at all – said Azzurra skipper Francesco Bruni – The key for our team is to keep our rhythm going, keep our concentration up”.

Day 6 program:
BMW Oracle Racing vs Emirates Team New Zealand
Team Origin vs Artemis

TFS Pages Jaunes vs Synergy
All4One vs Azzurra

BMW Oracle Racing vs Artemis
Team Origin vs Emirates Team New Zealand

BMW Oracle Racing vs Synergy

Clssifica dopo il Day 5:
Emirates team New Zealand, pt. 5
Team Origin, pt. 4
Azzurra, pt. 4
Artemis, pt. 2
BMW Oracle Racing, pt. 2
All4One, pt. 2
Synergy, pt. 1
Team French Spirit, pt. 0

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