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The six international crews at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai hosted local dhow skippers today in three fleet races when competition resumed off the Dubai International Marine Club.

Italy’s Mascalzone Latino Audi won the day handsomely with skipper Gavin Brady scoring two first places. The French/German team All4One and Sweden’s Artemis Racing were second equal, while Emirates Team New Zealand was third.

Saeed Hareb, CEO of the Dubai International Marine Club, presented the fleet race trophy to Gavin Brady and presented commemorative medals to Brady and all his crew.

The Emirates Team New Zealand crew raced today wearing black arm bands and with their ensign at half mast in a somber reminder of the Pike River coal mine explosion in New Zealand that claimed 29 lives. The team is planning a brief on-water ceremony tomorrow morning to pay their respects to the lost miners.

Skippers of the four semi-finalists chose their starting positions and their boats tonight. BMW Oracle Racing chose to race fourth-seeded All4One while Emirates Team New Zealand will start against Synergy Russian Sailing Team.

“We chose All4One simply for the fact that they finished in fourth place,” said James Spithill, skipper of BMW Oracle Racing. “It’s never an easy decision but at the end of the day you have to go out there and beat them. It’s going to be a tough race. They’re not an easy team to race against.”

In the semi-finals the winners will be the first boats to win two races. The winners will race the finals on Saturday in a best of five series.

In today’s fleet racing, each of the four teams raced twice over the course of three races.

Brady’s finishes have been uneven over the past two weeks of racing in Dubai but today he and his afterguard of tactician Morgan Larson, navigator Steve Hayles, and masthead wind spotter Cameron Dunn, made no mistakes on flat water in a very shifty five to seven knot north westerly breeze.

In his first race Brady claimed the pin end of the line and pulled out to an early lead that increased as the race wore on. In his second race, Brady went for a port tack start behind the fleet before going up the middle of the course. He emerged at the weather mark with a commanding lead that he held until the finish.

“We wanted the left in the first race,” Brady said. “In these light air races you can’t be conservative. You have to really go for it so we went for a pretty aggressive start down at the pin end. For the second race we wanted to start to the right. We didn’t want to sacrifice a tack to get the right so we decided to do something that no-one else has done here and start on port tack and take the stern of all the boats at full speed.”
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Running Commentary – Fleet Race Day – Louis VuittonTrophy News

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1724 Final results of the fleet racing:

1 Mascalzone Latino Audi Team 2

2= All4One 4

2= Artemis 4

4 Emirates Team NZ

5 Synergy 7

6 BMW Oracle Racing 8

1721 Mascalzone are good at fleet racing notching up their second win of the day to claim the Louis Vuitton Fleet Race Trophy. 

1719 Light going, wind dying… Mascalzone lead Artemis by 149m, Synergy +209m, BMW Oracle Racing 489m

1715 Mascalzone are looking to be on for an overall win in the Fleet Race. 

1713 Brady and Mascalzone Latino will lead around the top mark, coming in on port. He is followed by Artemis arriving on starboard. Synergy is third. The Americans trail.  

1711 Brady and Italians up the middle of the track in big wind shifts. Artemis appears overstood out on the right.

1709 On the left, Synergy crosses Oracle’s bow as they boat head in on the port layline.

1706 Split continues with Artemis close to the starboard layline enjoying a small lead and trailed by Mascalzone.

1704 They split off the line with BMWOR going left with Synergy and the others tacking off to port.

1702 Oracle first off the line. Synergy second.

1658 In the start sequence now. Late afternoon sunlight. Golden glow on the boats.

1636 The decider to go. Mascalzone Latino and Artemis are still in with a chance of winning

1626 Emirates Team NZ and BMW Oracle Racing cross the line overlapped, the US team on the charge, but the Kiwis take third

1625 Artemis take second after 1:40

1624 All4One take the win leaving them on four points. Wind still looking soft. 

1619  Emirates Team NZ having their own private competition with BMW Oracle Racing. The Kiwis delta is around 1:40, BMW Oracle around 1:53 BMW Oracle Racing gybe set

1618 Artemis follow around 50 seconds later

1617 All4One tack on the starboard layline to lead around the top mark. 

1613 Deltas at the leeward gate: All4One, Artemis +0:45, Emirates Team NZ +1:20, BMW Oracle Racing +1:47

1611 All4One soak down to the gate and round the starboard mark (looking upwind). Artemis round the port hand mark and are followed in by Emirates TNZ

1610 Wind getting very soft

1609 Two small tears in the middle of the All4One kite

1608 Course shortened from 1 mile to 0.7m, same course

1607 All4One holds a 100m lead over Artemis, then Emirates Team, BMW Oracle Racing

1605 All4One gybe,followed by Artemis

1602 All4One leading around the top mark followed by Artemis, Emirates Team NZ and BMW Oracle Racing

1601 Artemis and Emirate Team NZ duck All4One

1556 All4One are on their own coming in from the starboard layline.  

1555 BMW Oracle being pinned out to the left by Emirates Team NZ. The Kiwis tack back beyond the port hand layline 

1553 Emirates Team NZ still leading but Artemis has done well on the right. All4One tack and take their transom. 

1550 Emirates Team NZ next up to weather and fastest off the line with All4One and Artemis above them

1549 BMW Oracle Racing aiming for the pin this time. 

1548 Course 295 (the wind still in the left phase), distance to weather mark 1 mile

1545 5 minute gun gone

1533 Warning signal expected at 1545

1532 Wind still light. 7-8 knots

1531 Warning signal for race two expected imminently

1515 Emirates Team NZ and All4One now stay on board the Team NZ boats while BMW Oracle take over from Mascalzone and Artemis move on to Synergy on the BMW boats. 

1514 All4One third (1;57 delta) with Synergy bring up the rear after 2:49

1513 Emirates Team NZ second, 1:04 delta. 

1512  Mascalzone take the gun. Easy win apart from a small rip in the kite that they will now patch quickly

1509 There is rectangular hole in the Mascalzone kite

1505 Emirates Team NZ rounds in second 1:09 behind, narrowly leading All4One

1504 Mascalzone Latino round the top mark for the final time 

1502 Looks like All4One is just holding second on the left. They are coming up for a cross with Emirates Team NZ and get bounced off to the left. 

1500 No joy for Emirates Team NZ on the right. They tack back just in time to be able to roll over the top of Synergy

1458 The Kiwis tack off to the right on rounding. They are alone in taking this side, hoping no doubt that the wind will phase back in their favour

1456 Emirates Team look to have rounded second. They round the port leeward gate mark. All4One follow Mascalzone round the starboard mark. Synergy round port mark 

1455 Mascalzone Latino comfortably ahead still at the gate. They round the starboard mark (looking upwind). 

1452 Change of course to 295m (ie 10 degrees to the left). Mascalzone gybe for the leeward gate

1450 Mascalzone now holds a 370m lead. 

1445 Mascalzone Latino first to the top mark. Followed 37 seconds later by All4One, then Synergy and Emirates Team NZ

1444 Emirates Team NZ follow Mascazlone, tacking in from the port layline, but the Italians have pulled off a horizon job

1442 Mascalzone has found more pressure out to the left and have nosed ahead, now on the layline

1439 1km lateral split across the course between Mascalzone and Synergy

1438 Mascalzone still heading out to the left. 

1436 Emirates Team NZ have been squished and tack away. THen they are bounced back by Synergy. Not the finest start from Barker and the double Audi MedCup winners

1435 Mascalzone squeezing through at the pin with Emirates Team NZ and All4One above them and Synergy apart from the leeward trio, closest to the boat. All start on starboard

1430 5 minute horn gone. No pre-start obviously. Suspect the Audi MedCup teams will be favourite in this. 

1429 Team NZ crew have their ensign at half mast and they are wearing black arm bands following the mining disaster in NZ which saw 29 miners killed. 

1426 Four boats – six teams? There are three races planned and each team will race twice. Low points scoring system to be used. 

1424 More details of the course which will be two laps of a windward-leeward with a port rounding at the weather mark (as opposed to starboard used for fleet racing) and an offset mark to help prevent collisions. 

1417 Warning signal at 1430

1415 Peter Reggio cranking into action. Getting ready for a warning signal. No time yet. 

1348 Start delayed. Wind just 5-6 knots at present

1340 – Forecast from Roger Badham – gradient breeze is soft and from the west (this is new – typically it has been from the north). This will bias the sea breeze slightly left and the resultant breeze will be a combo between the left gradient and the right sea breeze, with more sea breeze than soft gradient. 

So 1400: 310-330, 7-10 knots

1600 320-340, 9-12 knots

1800 320-340, 8-10 knots

1100 – Dock-out is scheduled at 1300, with a first start planned at 1345.

 

In Race One, the four teams competing will be:

Mascalzone Latino Audi

Synergy

Emirates Team New Zealand

All4One

 

In Race Two:

BMW ORACLE Racing

Artemis

Emirates Team New Zealand

All4One

 

In Race Three:

BMW ORACLE Racing

Artemis

Mascalzone Latino Audi

Synergy

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Race Day 2 – Running commentary – Louis VuittonTrophy News

1710: Provisional results following today’s races:

 

•   1.  BMW ORACLE Racing, 4-0, 4 pts
  
•   2.  Emirates Team New Zealand, 3-1, 2.5 pts
•   3.  Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 2-1, 2 pts
•   4.  Artemis Racing, 1-3, 1 pt
•   5.  Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, 1-2, 0 pts *
• =5.  All4One, 0-4, 0 pts

 

1700: Peter Reggio postpones today’s final race until a later date

16:59 - Another race is scheduled for today but it is surely getting too dark?

16:57 - Morgan Larson on Mascalzone: “The port jib sheet broke at the start and we reled it to the halyard winch, but we were slow making it happen and it hurts you in manoeuvres particularly downwind. Those guys did a nice job on the last run and we got unlucky with the halyard breaking.”

Rod Dawson “In the pre-start we came off the start line with a small edge, capitalised that up the beat and we did an upwind penalty which was a marginal call and it brought them closer to us…” 

1654 – Synergy win, taking the point that Mascalzone lost, with the biggest delta of the regatta – 1:19

1649: The Italian team’s crew make a valiant attempt to rehoist the errant kite but they have lost too much speed and by the time they are back up to speed, Synergy are 400m ahead. 

1647: Kite on Mascalone Latino unexpected has dropped out of the sky during a gybe.  Synergy overtakes… 

1644: Mascalzone Latino gybe set at mark. Synergy bear away set. 

1643: Unfortunately for Synergy, Mascalzone Latino managed to get the inside berth at the top mark and have rounded the top mark ahead by a mere 3 seconds

1642: Synergy manage to carry out their penalty on the port layline en route to the top mark. THey are still ahead…just

1640: Mascalzone now heading for port payline, Synergy follow. Wind continuing to get lighter 

1636: Both boats on port with Synergy off to starboard heading up the second beat. 124m lead to the Russian team. 

1632: The wind is slowly easing as the boats approach the gate. Synergy take the right hand gate, looking up. The clock ticks off 27 seconds before Mascalzone Latino take the opposite gate. Synergy very close to having enough distance to do their penalty turn now.

1628: Synergy extending on the run, looking to get a big enough lead to make their penalty turn.

1626: Synergy lead Mascalzone Latino around the top mark by 11 seconds. 

1623: NB For this race because the wind has built slightly they are sailing course Alpha which has no gate in the middle of the upwind and downwind legs. 

1622: Out at the starboard layline, both boats have now tacked on to starboard and the Russian team on Synergy has nosed ahead. 

1620: Both boats have headed out to the starboard line, Mascalzone both leading and a penalty up. 

1617: Sorry a few site issues… Synergy picked up a penalty in the pre-start when trailing Mascalzone back to the line their bow had contact with the safety lines on the stern of the Italian boat. Synergy came close to shovelling out the Italians the wrong side of the committee boat, but were unsuccessful. 

1545: For those in the UAE, or with hefty satellite packages on their television, Dubai TV is running the racing live on their Sport Channels.

1541: Next up Synergy v Mascalzone Latino Audi Team

1539: 4-0 now for BMW Oracle Racing who beat Artemis with a 37 seconds delta. The AC defenders surging away in this round robin

1536: Victory for Emirates Team NZ by 17 seconds. John Cutler on All4One losing the lead: “We just didn’t do enough job. We positioned ourselves badly and that’s what you get.”

1534 – BMW Oracle Racing looking comfortable. 38 seconds ahead on the final top mark rounding. 

1530 – Early gybed for both ETNZ and All40ne on the run, the Kiwis far enough ahead to be able to cover

1527 – Emirates Team NZ 19 seconds ahead of All4One at second top mark rounding 

1523 – 41 second lead for BMW Oracle Racing over Artemis at the leeward gate

1521 - after going out to the port layline, Emirates Team NZ lead Artemis past the port end of the gate on the second upwind leg with 60m lead and building

1519 – BMW Oracle leads through gate on the downwind leg, still with a substantial lead over Artemis. 160m according to Virtual Eye

1516 – Barker and his crew gybe ahead of All4One and the Franco-German protest is green flagged. The Kiwis lead around the leeward port hand gate mark, but make a less than perfect drop

1515 – Emirates Team NZ have rolled All4One. 

1514 – BMW Oracle leads Artemis around the top mark with a 0:31 delta

1513 – Peter Reggio announces a course change to 045 (10deg left)

1510 – BMW leads Artemis up their first upwind, Spithill crosses ahead and the two boats swap sides, BMW Oracle heading right

1508 – Emirates TNZ on the back foot again with All4One leading around the top mark by 10 seconds

1506 – BMW Oracle lead Artemis back to the line. Both early. Artemis by the committee boat tacks away. Split tack start. 

1505 – Artemis and BMW Oracle sail off towards the spectator fleet on the right side of the start area

1503 – Long dial up between BMW Oracle and Artemis, Artemis having come in from the right. 

1459 – Boats early for approach to line, Emirates Team NZ have held the right 

1458 – Much more aggressive pre-start. 

1456 – Emirates Team NZ duck out of the dial-up

1449 – New course 055deg. Bigger shift than Clouds forecasted. 

1447 – Warning signal will be at 1453 for All4One v Emirates Team NZ

1443 – Race team getting set up to resume racing

1439 – Breeze seems to be stabilising. 13 knots at the top mark. Closer to shore there are some vicious little gusts coming through 

1434 – Or not. PRO Peter Reggio says wind is ‘cranking’, which presumably is the RH trend we’ve been expecting. Standby to standby

1432 – Warning signal imminent for flight two match one. 

1422 – BMW Oracle Racing beats Artemis by 27 seconds. James Spithill and his America’s Cup defender crew are the only team with a perfect scoreline

1416 - BMOR lead Artemis by 27 seconds around the top mark for the final time. 

1413 – Emirates TNZ beat All4One by 23 seconds at the finish

1410 - Emirates TNZ first to gybe but All4One stay put on on port

1407 – Emirates Team NZ and All4One still just ahead coming into the top mark for the second time. Seven second delta. All on still. 

1405 – Artemis play out their hand at the leeward rounding but it is green flagged by the umpires and BMW Oracle still lead, rounding nine seconds ahead. 

1403 – On Artemis the familiar tones of Iain Percy advise holding the kite to try and get the overlap at the leeward mark. Kite blow out on BMW Oracle Racing. 

1400 – Artemis and BMW Oracle Racing are almost neck and neck at the gate on the first run 

1357 – Emirates Team New Zealand and All4One even coming into the leeward mark/gate, rounding separate marks, Kiwis heading off to the right back on the breeze

1355 – BMW Oracle Racing lead Artemis around the top mark by 17 seconds

1353 – At the gate on the run , Emirates TNZ try and plant a penalty on All4One who are slow to come out of a gybe. Green flagged. 

1352 – According to Aussie met guru Roger ‘Clouds’ Badham, the wind is supposed to go right to 000-030deg and build to around 14-18 knots over the course of this afternoon. 

1348 – in the first match, Emirates Team NZ lead around the top mark with a 12 second delta over All4One

1347 – Big separation between Artemis and BMW Oracle Racing on the line with Artemis up to boat, both boats crossing on starboard tack. Again the leeward boats noses ahead

1345 – A little more contention in the start between the American and Swedish yachts. 

1344 – Artemis v BMW Oracle Racing with BMOR with starboard entry. Dial-up

1340 – Both cross the mid-boat end of the line together on starboard at speed. Small early lead to the Kiwis. All4One inevitably tack away. Kiwis follow

1339 – One minute to go and All4One roundup and head back for line. Lot of separation between the boats with the French/Germans still to weather. 

1337 – Three minutes to go and boats still diallup. All4One to weather, tack away. Emirates TNZ follow. Small error on Emirates TNZ boat as they bear away with checkstay caught around the end of the boom. 

 

1335 – All4One have favoured starboard entry. Into a dialup

 

1334 – Warning signal has gone. 

 

1328 – Weather mark at 348 degrees. Again they are running course B which has the start mid-way up the beat which then forms a gate midway up the beat and run.  

 

1320 – They need a little bit more time to set the course. But the breeze is in, so racing soon. They’re hoping to set warning signal at 1333, for a 1340 start.

 

1300 - Racing has been delayed. The start sequence is expected to be at 1325.

 

1232 – Flight 1 today will see

Match 1 – Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL92) v All4One (NZL84)

Match 2 – Artemis (USA98) v BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87)

 

1200 – The leaderboard, following scoring penalties assigned by the Umpires last night, looks like this:

 

  1.   BMW ORACLE Racing, 2-0, 2 pts
=2.  Artemis Racing, 1-1, 1 pt
=2.  Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 1-1, 1 pt
  4.  Emirates Team New Zealand, 1-1, 0.5 pts *
  5.  Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, 1-1, 0 pts *
  6.  All4One, 0-2, 0 pts

* Scoring penalty deducted by Umpires

 

In this video clip, Umpire Bill Edgerton explains the additional sanctions.

 

1120 – Good conditions in the forecast, but the wind isn’t fililng in as fast as we’d like. So the Race Committe is holding the boats ashore.

1200 Race Boats off the dock
1300 Earliest Warning Signal

 

0945 – According to event forecaster Roger ‘Clouds’ Badham, we can expect a good northerly sea breeze today, with up to 18 knots expected late this afternoon. Good racing conditions!

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