Saturday,
June 02, 2007
Luna Rossa loses
Friday and Saturday to New Zealand , Down 2-0
The
ANNOTICO Report
The
third race will be run Sunday. It is a best of Nine
series.
In
the First Race:
Michele Ivaldi, Luna Rossas
navigator, commented: " As far as our strategy is concerned, when we
entered the pre-start box we didnt think it was
a must have right so we went for best start solution. We also didnt anticipate a 15 degree right hand wind shift.
Emirates Team New
In
the Second Race:
Luna Rossa wanted the right side and got it but had
to pay a heavy price that determined the outcome of the race. With 40 seconds
to go before the start, Luna Rossa was on the right
but as the two boats sped to the line, Barker made sure it was tough for the
Italians squeezing them to the committee boat. Spithill
was forced to slow down and Barker crossed the start line 1 second ahead, with
greater speed and better positioned. Right after the start Luna Rossa had to tack to the right. This initial speed
difference gave the kiwis an advantage of one boatlength
they later used to tack to the right as well and cover Luna Rossa.
Halfway up the first beat Luna Rossa started a
tacking duel, resulting in 22 tacks but to no avail. Not only didn
In the run, the New Zealanders felt no threat at all and increased their lead
again. Luna Rossa tried again to force errors on the
kiwi boat by gybing but Emirates Team NZ answered to
each and every gybe and rounded the leeward gate 35
seconds ahead of the Italians and their crew execution was impeccable. After 3
years in
The last leg did not offer any excitement and was one sided. Emirates Team NZ
crossed the line 40 seconds ahead of Luna Rossa
From Associated
Press
Saturday, June 2,
2007
Luna Rossa helmsman James Spithill
engaged counterpart Dean Barker in the start box for the starboard side after
coming in from the left. Barker let the more aggressive Spithill
take it as both teams tacked across the start.
The Kiwis used a
long tacking duel up the first lap to open up a decisive three boat-length
lead. They then matched the Italian boat
In yesterday
The third flight
of the best-of-nine final is scheduled for tomorrow with the winner racing
defending champion Alinghi in the
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