Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, i risultati della quinta giornata
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[singlepic=1649,250,170,,left]Louis Vuitton Pacific Series – Auckland – Al via la quinta giornata di regate valide per le Louis Vuitton Pacific Series. Ad Auckland si è iniziato a regatare dopo una lunga attesa. I primi a darsi battaglia nelle acque della Waitemata Bay sono BMW Oracle Racing e Damiani Italia Challenge.
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BMW Oracle Racing vs Damiani Italia Challenge
Vincendo la partenza, Russell Coutts ha scelto il lato sinistro del percorso e al primo incrocio ha anticipato lo scafo di Francesco Bruni di una lunghezza. Da quel momento, nonostante i ripetuti tentativi di Damiani Italia Challenge, BMW Oracle Racing non ha più dato spazio agli uomini di Vasco Vascotto, finiti battuti di 52″.
Alinghi vs Team Shosholoza
Un match davvero incredibile, ed è il secodo consecutivo che vede come protagonista Team Shosholoza. L’equipaggio di Paolo Cian, dopo un’ottima partenza, ha regatato in modo perfetto, mentre Alinghi è finito, suo malgrado, in un buco di vento molto marcato. Il risultato? 1300 metri di vantaggio per Shosholoza, che ha vinto con più di 3 minuti e mezzo di vantaggio sul team del binomio Ed Baird-Butterworth.
Team Origin vs Greek Challenge
Nuovo successo per Team Origin, capace di confermarsi ai livelli dei giorni passati. Questa volta a finire sotto il rullo compressore britannico sono stati gli uomini di Gavin Brady, timoniere di Greek Challenge. Per l’equipaggio ellenico c’è stata la soddisfazione di aver tenuto il campo con onore per tutta la prima bolina.
Emirates Team New Zealand vs Pataugas K-Challenge
Al pari di Team Origin, anche i padroni di casa sono riusciti a chiudere il Round Robin 1 a punteggio pieno. A finire battuti gli uomini di Sebastien Col, già destinati alla Silver Fleet.
Hanno riposato China Team e Luna Rossa.
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Gli highlights della giornata. Video courtesy Louis Vuitton Pacific Series.
LVPS, risultati della quarta giornata
BMW Oracle Racing batte Damiani Italia Challenge di 52″
Team Shosholoza batte Alinghi di 3’46”
Team Origin batte Greek Challenge di 56″
Emirates Team New Zealand batte Pataugas K-Challenge
Classifiche
Pool A
4 pt – Emirates Team New Zealand
3 pt – BMW Oracle Racing
2 pt – Damiani Italia Challenge
1 pt – Pataugas K-Challenge
0 pt – China Team
Pool B
4 pt – Team Origin
2 pt – Alinghi
2 pt – Luna Rossa
1 pt – Team Shosholoza
0 pt (1 punto penalizzazione) – Greek Challenge
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SOUTH ARICA’S SHOSHOLOZA TOPPLES ALINGHI
[singlepic=1648,250,170,,left][Louis Vuitton Pacific Series Press Release] The biggest upset in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series came today on Auckland Harbour as South Africa’s Team Shosholoza slam-dunked the reigning America’s Cup winners Alinghi, from Switzerland.
Without a win after three days of racing, the South Africans skippered by Italian match racer Paolo Cian came out with all guns blazing against the Swiss boat helmed by two-time cup winner Ed Baird.
Cian used the favored starboard tack entry to the starting box to engage Baird in a prolonged dialup above the starting line that stretched out over more than three drawn-out minutes. It was a virtuoso performance. The American had the option of tacking away but opted to hold his boat motionless, head to wind in anticipation of an error by his opponent. Cian never blinked and stayed in control until he peeled off to return in a perfectly-timed big sweeping turn below the line to start at speed. Baird was forced to follow nearly three boat lengths astern in his wake.
“It was the classic start that you want to keep in your mind for a long while,” said Cian. “We had the starboard tack advantage. At two minutes they had just one escape for them to roll on top of us and try to extend to the right. They chose to keep it slow.” Cian added that the tide was pushing both boats towards the committee boat and his crew did a great job of executing the turn back to the line.
From there, things went from bad to worse. Alinghi lost time on every leg, especially the bottom of the first spinnaker run where a light patch of breeze and a wind shift cost valuable meters and left Baird’s foredeck crew scrambling to muzzle their spinnaker after rounding the mark. Alinghi was over a kilometre astern and 3m49s away when the South Africans finished.
Conditions were perfect for racing, with bright sunshine, a puffy, shifty and warm north-easterly wind at 14-16 knots, and flat water in the Rangitoto Channel.
In the other races, BMW Oracle Racing defeated Damiani Italia by 52 seconds in a race that was close for the first three legs. The French boat Pataugas K-Challenge put up a good fight and engaged Emirates Team New Zealand for the first weather leg of their race but the Kiwis won by 1m38s. Greek offshore sailor Theodoros Tsoulfas took the helm of the Greek Challenge today to race Britain’s Team Origin and kept the margin close for two legs before the British pulled away to win by 58s.
At the end of the first round robin, the scores are: Pool A – Emirates Team New Zealand, 4; BMW Oracle Racing, 3; Damiani Italia Challenge, 2; Pataugas K-Challenge, 1; China Team, 0. Pool B – Team Origin, 4; Alinghi, 2; Luna Rossa, 2; Team Shosholoza, 1; Greek Challenge, 0.
After a lay day tomorrow, racing starts again on Thursday in the second round robin. In the Gold Fleet, Alinghi in NZL-84 will race Team Origin in NZL-92, Damiani Italia Challenge in NZL-84 will race Emirates Team New Zealand in NZL-92 and BMW Oracle Racing in NZL-92 will race Luna Rossa in NZL-84. In the Silver Fleet, Pataugas K-Challenge in USA-87 will race Greek Challenge in USA-98, while Team Shosholoza in USA-87 will race China Team in USA-98.
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