06.08.2011
First race sees first win for Artemis Racing in the ACWS - Cascais
As the fog rolled in and the helicopters roared overhead, racing got
underway today on the Bay of Cascais for the inaugural America’s Cup World
Series event.
Artemis Racing was the first team to put a point on the scoreboard winning
the first race and rounded out the day in 2^nd overall, just one point
behind Emirates Team New Zealand.
This is the start of a new era in the America’s Cup and it was fitting that
the team also had sailing’s most revered historian and journalist, Bob
Fisher, as a guest racer onboard. Fisher has been covering the America’s
Cup since 1967 and was invigorated after his experience onboard today.
The Race Committee ran three quality fleet races in what were very
challenging conditions for the nine teams. The breeze was light and shifty,
with a bit of rain passing through mid-afternoon.
Skipper Terry Hutchinson praised his crew onboard the AC45, as well as the
team's sail designers (Steve Calder and Martin Oliver) who have been working
hard over short period of time to comprehend and develop the sail plan.
“The conditions were very tricky today. Fortunately, we were sailing in
multihulls otherwise we wouldn’t have gotten the racing in!” said Terry.
“The guys did a good job working together and picking the right sides of the
course. We’ll be working on refining our reaching speed and continue to
focus on our crew communications onboard tomorrow. Keeping in mind that our
end game is 24 months from now.”
The outlook for tomorrow is for breezier conditions with one fleet race,
followed by a speed trial.
© Sander van der Borch/Artemis Racing
_Extreme Sailing Series – Cowes_
Today was also the first day of racing at the Extreme Sailing Series in
Cowes with winds up to 20 knots. After four races, Artemis Racing is in
6^th overall among the fleet of 12 Extreme 40s.
“We improved as the day went along and are focused on learning every
minute,” said Helmsman Santiago Lange.
Follow the racing live tomorrow from 1500 BST:
America’s Cup World Series – Cascais on [1]www.americascup.com
Links:
1. http://www.americascup.com
Extreme Sailing Series - Cowes on [2]www.extremesailingseries.com
Links:
2. http://www.extremesailingseries.com
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