28 June 2012
Artemis defeats Energy Team 2-0 to move into Semi-Finals
America's Cup World Series - Newport
The first day of the America’s Cup World Series got underway in Newport
at midday today. The conditions were light and shifty, until the sea
breeze filled in, providing close racing for the eight international
teams.
In the first fleet race of the series, Artemis struggled to get clear
on the line, but had a good first run. Then on the second upwind leg,
the breeze went hard right, which was another knock for the team. But
Skipper Terry Hutchinson (USA) and the crew stuck with it and battled
back to slide into fourth place, narrowly ahead of Energy Team.
Artemis then went directly into the match racing, lining up against
Liock Peyron’s Energy Team. Peyron suffered penalties in both of the
two pre-starts. A port-starboard infraction in the first pre-start,
then in race two Energy did a good job holding off Artemis off, but was
a bit aggressive and collided with Artemis to put themselves over
early. In both races, Artemis stretched their lead to win 2-0 over
Energy Team.
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© Daniel Forster/Artemis Racing
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