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34.America's Cup 2013
www.americascup.com - Übersicht 34.A-Cup
_18 November 2011_
_Energy Team defeat Artemis Racing_
Lining up against France’s Energy Team this afternoon for the semi-finals of
the Match Racing Championships, the first team to take two wins would
advance to the Finals against ORACLE Racing Spithill tomorrow.
Terry Hutchinson and the crew onboard Artemis Racing executed perfect match
racing starts in both races to take the lead off the line each time. Yet in
race one, a knot in the gennaker sheet cost the Swedish team precious time
in the first gybe.
From there Artemis Racing executed a good race but did
not manage to catch the French team who took the win. In race two the teams
split at the bottom mark and Energy Team got the shift they needed on the
right side of the course to win the much needed race.
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Foto: © Sander van der Borch/ARTEMIS RACING
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Commenting on today’s racing, Skipper Terry Hutchinson said: “The best part
of our day is how we performed. Certain aspects of it we performed really
well and other we let our selves down a little bit. It is not really about
always hitting the home runs. It is about always getting on based and doing
singles because you always advance the runner and you always score. That’s
the type of process that we have to continue to focus on.”
“As we know with our sport, with mother nature it is a game of averages. If
we continue to do the majority of things properly you have to trust that
they are going to come our way. I continue to be impressed with our team
and how we perform when our backs’ are against the wall. That’s a sign of
great things to come. The hard bit is getting there. We are building
something new, we are building a new team. We have to continue to endure
and support each other,” said Terry.
Meanwhile, in Lanzarote Artemis Racing is at the top of the leaderboard at
the RC44 World Championships with Chairman Torbjorn Tornqvist at the helm
with Morgan Larson calling tactics. Racing continues tomorrow in both San
Diego (where Artemis lines up against Emirates Team New Zealand) and
Lanzarote.
©Sander van der Borch/ARTEMIS RACING
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