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Latest News Links Louis Vuitton - ETNZ clinches Louis Vuitton Trophy victory . . . Louis Vuitton - Russia take lead in Final of Louis Vuitton Trophy . . . Louis Vuitton - TeamOrigin bow out of Louis Vuitton . . . Louis Vuitton - Third win for TeamOrigin at the Louis Vuitton Trophy . . . Louis Vuitton - Knockout blow for French team at Louis Vuitton . . . Louis Vuitton - TeamOrigin Catch-a-Crab . . . Louis Vuitton - TeamOrigin suffer handling problems to go one down at LV . . . Back to latest Sailing News reports here . . . ETNZ clinches Louis Vuitton Trophy victory . . . Emirates Team New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena Sunday in an action-packed afternoon of match race sailing. Two races down and on match point the New Zealand boat that won the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland in February finally prevailed 3-2 against the SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team.  It was the first time in America’s Cup history that a Russian-flagged boat has reached the final of a Louis Vuitton-sponsored event and her mixed Russian and international crew led by Polish skipper Karol Jablonski came very close to clinching the series. A shifty easterly breeze that built slowly in speed provided excellent conditions on a warm, sunny final day of racing. Because there was no wind early, the petit final for third and fourth places was abandoned and the French/German team All4One was confirmed in third place, with Sweden’s Artemis fourth. Final, Race Two: SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team def. Emirates Team New Zealand, 01:22 Final, Race Three: Emirates Team New Zealand def. SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team , 01:05 Final, Race Four: Emirates Team New Zealand def. SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team, 00:04 Louis Vuitton - Final Results 1. Emirates Team New Zealand 2. SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team 3. All4One 4. Artemis 5. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team 6. Azzurra 7. TEAMORIGIN 8. Luna Rossa 9. BMW Oracle Racing Team 10. ALEPH Sailing Team Russia take lead in Final of Louis Vuitton Trophy . . . Russia's SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team were unstoppable Saturday, winning their semi-final match 2-0 and then defeating Emirates Team New Zealand in their first final match. The two semi-final races in light air marked the first time in America’s Cup history that a Russian-flagged boat has reached the final of a Louis Vuitton-sponsored event. The winds were light all day and Jablonski and his crew had to wait into early evening before their race against Emirates Team New Zealand.  In race 1 of the Final the Kiwi skipper Dean Barker deftly avoided a pre-start dialup, negating the starboard tack entry advantage of the Russian boat but Jablonski and his Kiwi tactician Rod Dawson won the pre-start battle and the start. The Kiwis came back to dominate the first three legs until the Russians took over at the last top mark. Jablonski was aggressive in the pre-start as the teams circled, almost getting a hook on the Kiwi boat and forcing them away towards the committee before he made a speedy start at the pin. The Kiwis tacked to start on starboard close to the committee. Dean Barker gained slowly on a long drag race well beyond the port tack layline and held Jablonski out to round the top mark first. They were level at the end of the run and the Russians worked the left to cross ahead of the Kiwis on port approaching the weather mark. Ray Davies, ETNZ tactician said: "It was a bit disappointing. A really good start and good first beat. We had a bad gybe set, but were still comfortably ahead. The left gate was closer, but it wasn't a nice rounding. We took the favoured gate but coughed up quite a lot. He was getting good pressure on the left and we protected the wrong side on the second beat... Those guys sailed a really good race... We let ourselves down a bit. It wasn't our smoothest day on the water." Final Race One: SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team def. Emirates Team New Zealand, 00:34 Semi-final Results Semi-final One: Emirates Team New Zealand def. Artemis, 2-1 Semi-final Two: SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team def. All4One, 2-0 TeamOrigin bow out of Louis Vuitton . . . TeamOrigin did not get to race on Thursady in the final round robin and quarter final which confirmed the four semi-finalists for the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena. They are the French/German boat All4One, Sweden"s Artemis, Emirates Team New Zealand and SYNERGY Russian Sailing Team.  Match races over the next three days in Version 5 America’s Cup boats off the Sardinian island of La Maddalena will determine the outcome of the two-week series. Tomorrow, Artemis will meet Team New Zealand and All4One will race SYNERGY. One quarter-final was decided today. Fifth-placed SYNERGY defeated fourth-placed Mascalzone Latino two races to one. The only races sailed in the shifty northwest breeze were the last two of the round robin and those of the single quarter-final. The remaining three boats went through to the semi-finals based on their performances in the round robin. All4One, in fourth place on Tuesday, won the round robin today, after defeating Sweden’s Artemis which had led on points throughout the week. The Swedish boat finished the round second. Emirates Team New Zealand finished the round third after defeating Mascalzone Latino. TeamOrigin Trimmer Mike Mottl was given the all clear to head back to his hotel. He has suffered muscular damage and will not be sailing any further races during this regatta to allow him the time to make a full recovery. Third win for TeamOrigin at the Louis Vuitton Trophy . . . Crews in the ten international teams spent another long day on the water at the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena with the first race starting soon after 09:00 and the last not finishing until 17:30.  TeamOrigin took their third win, defeating Synergy Russian Sailing Team, by six seconds. TeamOrigin 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. Karol Jablonski took the fight back approaching the top mark, up on Origin's hip on the port tack. The British were six seconds ahead around the mark and blunted Russians' attacks on the last run. This latest victory puts the British team in joint third place with Mascalzone Latino, All4One and Synergy Russian Sailing Team. Tied for the lead are Artemis and Emirates Team New Zealand. Other results Thursday: Flight Sixteen, Race Two: Emirates Team New Zealand def Azzurra 00:13 Flight Six, Race One: Emirates Team New Zealand def ALEPH Sailing Team 00:29 Flight Fourteen, Race One: Mascalzone Latino Audi def Artemis, 00:46 Flight Sixteen, Race One: Synergy Russian Sailing Team def ALEPH Sailing Team, 00:33 Flight 22, Race One, Luna Rossa def BMW Oracle Racing, 00:22 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 Watch it Live Here Knockout blow for French team at Louis Vuitton . . . A major start line collision knocked two America's Cup Class boats out of action at the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena Tuesday and led to a one-race disqualification for the French ALEPH Sailing Team.  ALEPH struck the stern of the Italian entry Azzurra as the boats sped down the start line with 35 seconds remaining to the start gun. No one was injured but the bow of the French boat was knocked almost right off while the aft starboard quarter of the Italian boat was smashed in. The French team was penalised three points after a Jury hearing last night. ALEPH was been penalised 1 point for ‘hard contact’ (assessed immediately after the incident) and a further 3 points for breaking RRS 14, the Racing Rule which governs ‘Avoiding Contact’. While ALEPH acknowledged responsibility for the collision, the team maintained Azzurra contributed to the impact by altering course in a way that swung their transom towards the French bow.  But the Jury disagreed and absolved Azzurra fully, leaving the French team to shoulder the blame. This drops ALEPH from sixth to the bottom of the results table with minus two points. The two boats involved are the BMW Oracle Racing Team Version 5 ACC boats USA98 and USA87 which have been chartered to the regatta organisers for the event. Oracle boatbuilders and technical experts are still assessing the damage. TeamOrigin Catch-a-Crab . . . TeamOrigin started with a 45 metre deficit it was never able to overcome in second match at Louis Vuitton to go down to Artemis in second match at Louis Vuitton.  All the drama in this race occurred 1:40 before the gun when the British boat hooked a crab pot or fish trap as they manoeuvered close to spectator boats. “It had two lines on it, one a pretty heavy anchor line,” said Peter Isler, navigator on TeamOrigin. “We went head to wind and Craig Satterthwaite jumped in and slashed both ropes with his knife and we were off again. But did not recover the lost ground as Terry Hutchinson steered Artemis to a 00:46 win. Other results Snday: Flight Four, Race One: All4One def Azzurra, 00:20 Flight Four, Race Two: ALEPH Sailing Team def BMW Oracle Racing 00:28 Flight Five, Race One: Mascalzone Latino Audi Team def Luna Rossa, 00:05 Provisional win-loss leaderboard after Flight Five: 1. ALEPH Sailing Team, 2-0, 2 pts =1. Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, 2-0, 2 pts =3. All4One, 1-0, 1 pt =3. Artemis, 1-0, 1 pt =5. Emirates Team New Zealand, 0-0, 0 pts =5. Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 0-0, 0 pts =7. BMW Oracle Racing Team, 0-1, 0 pts =7. Luna Rossa, 0-1, 0 pts =9. Azzurra, 0-2, 0 pts =9. TEAMORIGIN, 0-2, 0 pts Watch it Live Here TeamOrigin suffer handling problems to go one down at LV . . . Spinnaker problems aboard Britain’s TeamOrigin led to a victory for France’s Aleph Sailing Team, while Italy’s Mascalzone Latino Audi won after Italy’s Azzurra never recovered from a penalty awarded for early entry into the starting box.  TeamOrigin exploited their right-hand entry in a light northerly and the French boat Aleph split off to the left at the gun. Bertrand Pace at the wheel of Aleph had a meager lead the first two times they met but Ben Ainslie had the starboard advantage and forced the French away. TeamOrigin's lead was 14 seconds at the top mark. Halfway down the run, a disastrous gybe in light airs wrapped the British kite in a baulky figure-eight that led to a very untidy firedrill. Ainslie revealed later that the fault lay in errors hooking up the sheets. Aleph enjoyed a five boat-length lead at the leeward mark. The race was theirs, although tempered by some anxious moments closing the finish as they sailed into light air and conceded some ground. Ainslie said: “It was pretty frustrating, we were in a nice little spot. But one of those classics: one little mistake which led to a couple more mistakes which led to a race-losing mistake. We had an issue with the spinnaker sheets being led outside when - with it being very light - they should have been led inside. It was a mistake of how it was set up.” In race 2 Mascalzone Latino Audi defeated Azzurra by 2:27 in what was billed as a top race of the day between rival Italian teams with strong ties to the region. Expectations of a battle royale dimmed at the five-minute gun when Azzurra was penalized for early entry to the start box. Then in a slow finish Azzurra remained stuck in a windless patch as Mascalzone Latino’s Gavin Brady sailed away to a 2:27 lead. Azzurra never completed her penalty turn. The two flights not raced today will be pushed back to allow tomorrow’s matches to remain on the original schedule. Watch it Live Here |
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