LVT: No Racing for TEAMORIGIN Monday

In the only race of the day event leaders Emirates Team New Zealand suffered their first defeat of the French 'Aleph' Team



by Leslie Greenhalgh

In the only race of the day, spectators witnessed an interesting turn of events when the French team ‘Aleph’ took a win from event leaders Emirates Team New Zealand breaking their run of race wins. Aleph were ahead from the start and despite ETNZ suffering a spinnaker rip the Kiwis pushed them hard to the end, and the French team took the win by 38 seconds.

The warning signal for race two between TEAMORIGIN and the Swedish Artemis team was fired at 1140. The wind strength was already up to 25 knots and the race start was postponed with 2 minutes to go as this is very much the upper limit for these boats. A long postponement followed while the race boats and teams were sent ashore and the weather monitored. At 5pm local time, the race committee announced the decision to cancel racing for the day due to excessive winds and aim to complete the final flight seven tomorrow and the three unraced matches from today if conditions allow it.

Racing will resume Tuesday 16th March, when TEAMORIGIN will race two races back-to-back to complete round robin 1 – against Mascalzone Latino and then Artemis.

Race results Monday:
Race 1: Aleph (FRA) beat ETNZ (NZL) : 38s

Postponed until Tuesday:
Race 2 : TEAMORIGIN vs Artemis (SWE)
Race 3: Mascalzone (ITA) vs Azzurra (ITA)
Race 4: Synergy vs All4One (FRA)

Race wins/losses after day 6 of racing:
1st : ETNZ 5 wins/1 loss 5 (sailed 6 races)
2nd : Azzurra 3 wins/2 losses 3
2nd : TEAMORIGIN 3 wins/2 losses 3
2nd : All4One 3 wins/2 losses 3
2nd : Mascalzone 3 win/2 losses 3
6th : Artemis 2 wins/3 losses 2
7th: Aleph* 2 wins*/4 losses 1 (sailed 6 races)
7th: Synergy 0 wins/5 losses 0
(*docked 1 point for collision)

Race schedule for Tuesday 16th March, final race day of round robin 1, is as follows:
Race 1: ETNZ (NZL) vs Synergy (RUS)
Race 2 : Aleph vs Azzurra (ITA)
Race 3: Artemis (SWE) vs ALL4ONE (FRA/GER)
Race 4: TEAMORIGIN (GBR) vs Mascalzone (ITA)

Races to be sailed from Monday will follow straight on, weather permitting:
Race 2 : TEAMORIGIN vs Artemis (SWE)
Race 3: Mascalzone (ITA) vs Azzurra (ITA)
Race 4: Synergy vs All4One (FRA)

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