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02.03.2016
Land Rover BAR Wins in Oman
Ben Ainslie and his team showed grit and tenacity to win the Oman stop on the America’s Cup World Series. After getting a third and two firsts in Saturday’s races, they had poor starts in all three double points races on Sunday, including two OCS* penalties. On Sunday they were in last place at the first mark in each race but clawed their way back to finish those races 2-4-3 to win the regatta. With this win they become the first team to win two ACWS events.
*OCS = on course side, meaning they crossed the starting line before the starting signal. The penalty is to drop two boat lengths behind all the boats that started correctly.
Groupama Team France denies Oracle the win
Watch the video of incidents between Oracle and Team France at the windward gate in Races 4 and 6 in Oman. In each case they lost one place.
Oracle Team USA finished two points behind Land Rover BAR. Did this incident at the windward mark in Race 4 cost them the regatta? If they had come in fourth instead of fifth in Race 4, they would have had equal points to BAR and would have won on the count back.
America's Cup World Series Oman Race 4 dips at Gate 3
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In Race 6 Team France passed Oracle to take the lead at Gate 3. France went on to win - their first race win in the ACWS.
Artemis Racing's string of bad luck continued
America's Cup World Series Oman Race 6 snafu at Gate 3
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Artemis snagged the anchor line for the mark at Gate 3, dropping them to last place in the race and last place in the regatta. At the first ACWS in Portsmouth a halyard lock failed, dropping their Code 0 sail in the water. At Gothenburg they capsized in practice and ran aground, damaging their daggerboard. In Bermuda an umpire boat crashed into them, breaking off their bowsprit. At least in Bermuda they won the regatta.
Emirates Team New Zealand 3rd in Oman, 1st in Series
ETNZ had two wins, one last place and one next-to-last place finish in Oman. They were on the podium, as they have been at every ACWS. Their lead in the ACWS overall is down to six points, but they still top the leaderboard. Click the table below to see the details of how each team did in each ACWS event.
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