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Louis Vuitton Round Robin 2 Flight 3 and 4

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Louis Vuitton Round Robin 2 Flight 3 and 4
Sailing through the parking lot of ships to the south course, a completely different scenario than the day before. 5-8 knots of wind. High overcast. Racing postponed on Juliet course until 3:00.Oracle got a working today but came out on top. Areva Spanish The French get an overlap at the start and luff the Spanish up where they decide to tack away for the committee boat but can't lay it. They head back and it is neck and neck. Spanish take lead. Spanish round windward mark first. Stretched out to 225 meters. New Zealand +39 NZ on the right, dialup, NZ tacks away, circling away to the starboard corner. Big dives down by +39. Both boats start on starboard with NZ hitting the pin end really hard with speed. Sail for awhile on stb before +39 tacks away on port. NZ rounds weather mark first. Oracle Shosholoza even start, Oracle to windward tacks away, shosh follows, both on port now, shosh gets a lift and heads 60 ahead. Shosh first around mark shooing head to wind with oracle getting inside, oracle finally jibes away after not being successful in rolling them. Shosh rounds leward mark fisrt. Shosh goes right and lets oracle go left. And loses them. Full Story »

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