[singlepic id=6008 w=300 h=200 float=left]Louis Vuitton Trophy – La Maddalena – Buongiorno da La Maddalena dove il cielo è coperto e il vento da ponente soffia con buona intensità. Questo al Porto Arsenale. Sul campo di regata, invece, le condizioni meteo sono diverse: il vento è di appena tre nodi e Peter Luigi Reggio ha issato l’Intelligenza.
Il programma odierno prevede la disputa di altri sei match. Ad aprire la giornata saranno due regate di BMW Oracle Racing, alla disperata ricerca di punti: la prima contro Synergy, la seconda contro Emirates Team New Zealand.
Dopo una lunga attesa la brezza di ponente entra sul campo di regata de La Maddalena. In 20 nodi d’aria Synergy supera d’autorità BMW Oracle Racing, infliggendo agli statunitensi l’ennesima sconfitta del loro Louis Vuitton Trophy.
Seconda regata che si disputa a pomeriggio avanzato. Emirates Team New Zealand infligge una penalità a BMW Oracle Racing nelle fasi immediatamente precedenti lo start. Gli statunitensi prendono poi in mano le redini della regata ma non mettono mai tra loro e gli avversari l’acqua necessaria a liberarsi dal giro di penalità. Il colpo di scena arriva proprio sul finire. BMW Oracle Racing è proprio sulla linea di arrivo pronto ad assolvere la sua penalità quando gli umpire sanzionano i kiwi, rei di aver diminuito eccessivamente la tensione sullo strallo di prua.
Programma odierno
Synergy batte BMW Oracle Racing
BMW Oracle Racing batte Emirates Team New Zealand
Artemis contro Emirates Team New Zealand (nd)
Artemis contro All4One (nd)
Azzurra contro Team Origin (nd)
Mascalzone Latino Audi Team contro Aleph (nd)
Classifica Round Robin
1. Artemis, 4-1, pt. 4
1. Emirates Team New Zealand, 4-2, pt. 4
1. Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 4-3, pt. 4
4. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, 4-1, pt. 3*
4. All4One, 3-3, pt. 3
4. Team Origin, 3-3, pt. 3
7. Azzurra, 2-3, pt. 2
7. Luna Rossa, 2-5, pt. 2
7. BMW Oracle Racing Team, 2-5, pt. 2
10. Aleph Sailing Team, 2-4, pt. -2**
* penalizzato di un punto
** penalizzato di quattro punti
Foto courtesy Louis Vuitton Trophy.
LOUIS VUITTON TROPHY, RUSSIANS TAKE THE LEADS WITH EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND AND ARTEMIS
[Louis Vuitton Trophy Press Release] Russia’s Synergy Racing Team joined Sweden’s Artemis and Emirates Team New Zealand on top of the points table at the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena today as unstable wind conditions limited the schedule to just two races.
There were upsets in both races sailed as the Russians beat the America’s Cup champion BMW Oracle Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand went down to BMW Oracle Racing on an umpire-initiated penalty for failing to maintain adequate rig tension on the last spinnaker run.
There was plenty of wind off the little island at the northeastern corner of Sardinia where ten international teams are racing the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena but the shifty northwesterly breeze, gusting from ten to 20 knots, was never sufficiently stable to start races. The race committee waited five hours before starting the first race at 2:00 pm.
Synergy, which started today with a 3-3 win-loss record, scored a major victory by defeating BMW Oracle Racing. The Russian crew led by Poland’s Karol Jablonski has been steadily improving at this regatta. Yesterday, they won one and narrowly lost one race but today they made no mistakes adding the scalps of the America’s Cup champions to their belts.
The Russians big move came on the first spinnaker run of their race against BMW Oracle Racing as they overtook in 18 to 20 knot winds and then carefully protected their lead for the rest of the race.
Emirates Team New Zealand appeared to have their race against BMW Oracle Racing sewn up too, landing a penalty on the Americans just over one minute into the pre-start and then staying close to BMW Oracle Racing after the Americans took the lead on the first beat. All that changed when the umpires penalized Emirates Team New Zealand for failing to maintain adequate rig tension. The penalties cancelled out and BMW Oracle Racing sailed on to win.
Today program
Synergy batte BMW Oracle Racing
BMW Oracle Racing batte Emirates Team New Zealand
Artemis contro Emirates Team New Zealand (nd)
Artemis contro All4One (nd)
Azzurra contro Team Origin (nd)
Mascalzone Latino Audi Team contro Aleph (nd)
Round Robin
1. Artemis, 4-1, pt. 4
1. Emirates Team New Zealand, 4-2, pt. 4
1. Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 4-3, pt. 4
4. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, 4-1, pt. 3*
4. All4One, 3-3, pt. 3
4. Team Origin, 3-3, pt. 3
7. Azzurra, 2-3, pt. 2
7. Luna Rossa, 2-5, pt. 2
7. BMW Oracle Racing Team, 2-5, pt. 2
10. Aleph Sailing Team, 2-4, pt. -2**
* penalized by 1 point
** penalized by 4 points
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