_17 November 2011_
_Artemis Racing advances to Semi-Finals_
In today’s match racing qualifiers the French team Aleph was the team to
beat, winning all three races to face Artemis Racing in the final race of
the day. The all-important match to determine who would move into the
semi-finals on Friday.
Skipper Terry Hutchinson’s match racing skills came into play early on and
the French team copped a penalty just before the start. The racing was
intense but due to a technical issue with the onboard light system the race
was abandoned half way through.
The Race Committee swiftly sorted out the issue and re-started the race in
the increasingly light and foggy conditions. The pre-start played out
almost identically to the previous race with Aleph incurring another
penalty. The race was on and Artemis Racing led up the course, but it was a
cat and mouse battle. The Swedish team prevailed and will be back on the
race course tomorrow for best two out of three races against Team Energy.
"Hats off to Aleph and Pierre because they sailed two great races. We were
a little bit fortunate in the first one as we had a pretty comfortable lead
and then our onboard lights went off. A bunch of stuff happened to the Race
Committee so we had the re-sail that race. As we know, it is never over
'til it's over and I think at the last top mark we had a 200 meter lead and
Aleph came right back into us. It was dicey and a good team effort,” said
Terry Hutchinson.
©Sander van der Borch/ARTEMIS RACING
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