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Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice, France
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Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice, France
by Paul Cayard Sunday, November 08, 2009 Race Day 2 Light winds were on the cards today and again we only got two flights in. In the first one, Emirates Team New Zealand had a handy lead around the leeward gate before All4One's mainsail broke and that was the end of that. In the second match of the day we, on Artemis, benefited from French Spirit being over the start line early on an unforced error. That gave us a bit of breathing room and from there tactician Morgan Larson did a great job of playing the very shifty winds to keep us comfortably ahead all the way around the track. It was great for us to notch up our first win, in our first race, in this America's Cup Class racing. The wind died after that match and unfortunately, that was it for the day. Tomorrow, all four boats will be back in action (one of the Mascalzone Latino boats had gotten damaged on Friday) so that, combined with a good forecast for winds from the northeast starting at possibly 20 knots, and dropping to 10 knots as the day... Full Story »
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