29 June 2012
High speed racing continues to thrill fans in Newport
America's Cup World Series - Newport
The AC500 speed trials kicked off the day with perfect sailing
conditions on Narragansett Bay and thousands of fans lining the
shoreline. Artemis Racing was just one second behind the speed trial
winner with a time of 23.72 seconds, while ORACLE TEAM USA Spithill
took the top prize.
From there the eight teams went straight into two fleet races. In the
first race, Artemis got locked out at the start but battled their way
back through the fleet from eighth to finish fourth. A difficult feat
in this talented fleet.
In the second fleet race, Artemis Racing was over the line early by a
fraction of a second. In this field, there are not many passing lanes
and although the team had good speed, a seventh place finish in race 4
meant moving into fourth place overall in the fleet racing for this
event.
"Everybody is putting in 110%. That is proabably the most frustrating
part. The amount of effort that goes into everything, is not
represented in our results. We have to keep hanging tough and being a
good team," said Skipper Terry Hutchinson.
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© Daniel Forster/Artemis Racing
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