BMW ORACLE Racing won the battle of the top teams over Luna Rossa Challenge in Flight 5, but the Italians recovered to win in Flight 6, climbing back to equal first place on points with the American team, who had a Flight 6 bye.
Just one point adrift is Emirates Team New Zealand. Two wins by the Kiwis Friday sees them as the only unbeaten team in Round Robin Two. At the other end of the spectrum, +39 Challenge remains winless in Round Robin Two, the only team yet to take a race.
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Flight 5 of Round Robin Two of the Louis Vuitton Cup was postponed for the day on Thursday in Valencia, the Race Committee send the fleet home.
Conditions were nearly impossible for racing, with a series of thunder cells rolling up from the south, bringing rain, hail, thunder and lightning to Valencia and the waters around Port America’s Cup.
In between thunderstorms, a light gradient breeze from the south at near 8 knots appeared, but there was never enough time between storms to (...)
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Three yachts are left at sea in the 5,500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race today and current leaders, and only husband and wife crew, David James and Rosie Colahan (Ingenue), will not finish in the 40 days they allotted themselves.
At 2.00pm AEST today, the couple from Brighton in Victoria were abeam of Nobeoka in southern Japan, being pushed west towards the province and away from the northerly course that will take them to the Osaka finish line.
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It took two come-from-behind victories for BMW ORACLE Racing to stay equal with the red hot Luna Rossa Challenge on Wednesday on a double flight day at the Louis Vuitton Cup. The American team first trailed Shosholoza and then Victory Challenge on the first lap of its two races, before making the pass in both contests to score the points.
Luna Rossa Challenge, in contrast, had more straightforward wins over United Internet Team Germany and Shosholoza. The Italians and the Americans are (...)
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A win in this second Round is still worth two points, but there are other significant differences.
Only one flight of races is scheduled per day, which will allow the Race Committee to set longer courses, to better prepare the challengers for what one of them will eventually face in the America’s Cup Match. If matches are lost due to weather, there might be some two flight days as the series goes on.
Round Robin Two will be a pure battle of survival. Only the top four challengers at (...)
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