The 1851 Cup, BMW Oracle Racing conquista il primo punto
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The 1851 Cup – Cowes – I capricci di Eolo hanno ritardato lo svolgimento dei match in programma per la seconda giornata della The 1851 Cup. Team Origin e BMW Oracle Racing, impegnati già ieri in due match vinti entrambi dall’aequipaggio britannico, hanno potuto prendere il mare solo a tardo pomeriggio e per giunta al fronte di condizioni di vento leggero e instabile.
Le prime due prove odierne sono state dominate da Team Origin. Le barche sono state comunque sempre vicine e specie nel corso del secondo duello i due equipaggi si sono fronteggiati senza esclusione di colpi.
La terza manche, invece, si è chiusa subito dopo il via, quando BMW Oracle Racing si è avvantaggiato sul team di Ben Ainslie, messo fuori gioco un minuto prima della partenza dalla rottura della lock della randa.
Dopo due giorni di regate, e alla vigilia della lunga attorno all’isola di Wight sul percorso che nel 1851 servì ad asssegnare per la prima volta la Coppa delle Cento Ghinee, Team Origin conduce la serie per quattro a uno.
THE 1851 CUP, BMW ORACLE RACING SCORES FIRST POINT
[BMW Oracle Racing Press Release] Racing in late day sunshine and a puffy northerly wind, America’s Cup winner BMW Oracle Racing got on the scoreboard today in The 1851 Cup versus Team Origin of the U.K.
In Race 5 Team Origin suffered a breakdown when the mainsail halyard lock failed with one minute remaining in the pre-start. Team Origin attempted a repair, but couldn’t start within the prescribed time period and the race was awarded to BMW Oracle Racing.
“It’s too bad we couldn’t race some more,” said Dirk de Ridder, BMW Oracle Racing mainsail trimmer. “We had 16 knots of wind. These boats are great in those conditions.”
Prior to the mishap Team Origin stretched its winning streak to four races. The British crew won Race 3 by taking the left side of the racecourse off the start line. Team Origin won the first cross and controlled the match from there.
Race 4 proved to be the best match of the series that runs through Friday. BMW Oracle Racing and Team Origin were locked in a tacking duel up the first leg, but the British crew held a slim lead at the first mark when it got a controlling position to windward on port tack. BMW Oracle Racinggot the lead on the first downwind leg by duping Team Origin into a jibe. BMW Oracle Racing led into the leeward gate, where the key moment in the race occurred. BMW Oracle Racing was ahead on the water, but Team Origin was overlapped approaching the right-hand mark (looking downwind). BMW Oracle Racing had to give room for Team Origin to make a proper rounding, but that gave the British the right side of the racecourse for the second lap. The team regained the lead at the top of the leg, which it maintained to the finish for a 5-second win.
“It was a slight overlap, but they had it,” said Ian Moore, the BMW Oracle Racing navigator who lives on the Isle of Wight. “Up the right side they had more breeze than tide.”
Racing in The 1851 Cup continues tomorrow with a reenactment of the race around the Isle of Wight that gave rise to the legend of the America’s Cup. The schooner America won a similar race in 1851 against a fleet of British yachts to win the trophy that now bears its name.
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