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Sail-World.com : Louis Vuitton Trophy - Live updates - Emirates Team NZ lose to French
Louis Vuitton Trophy - Live updates - Emirates Team NZ lose to French
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'Emirates Team new Zealand trail Aleph (FRA) on day six of the Round Robin of the Louis Vuitton Trophy. Auckland New Zealand. 15/3/2010'
Chris Cameron/ETNZ
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Sail-World presents race updates from Day 7 of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
Emirates Team New Zealand v Aleph: Emirates Team New Zealand have lost their first race of the 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy.
After losing the start to the French team, helmed by Bertrand Pace, Emirates Team NZ trailed all the way up the beat and were forced to do an extra couple of tacks at the top of the beat.
After trailing at the first mark by 95 metres or 27 seconds, the series leader Emirate Team NZ did a bearaway set and then gybed in a move known as the Zambucka.
Soon after they moved onto the city side of the course, Emirates Team NZ blew a gennaker, could not recover it and lost considerable time on the French team Aleph who rounded the bottom mark, while Emirates TNZ sailed down the rest of the run with their jib up, rounding 57 seconds behind. Grant Dalton commented off the boat that they did not know what had really happened however they have lost a spinnaker halyard and a topping lift.
Emirates Team New Zealand were lucky not to break another spinnaker pole after dropping the topping lift, but recovered well.
The separation between the boats is 175 metres - meaning the Emirates Team NZ have closed, but still a comfortable lead for the French.
Aleph lead around the windward mark for the second time by 38 seconds going into a short tide assisted, downwind leg, on which Aleph led by over 200 metres, to take the race by a margin of 38 seconds.
Emirates Team NZ will still lead the points table 5wins -1 loss, while Aleph move up to 2 wins and 4 losses - still on the bottom of the points table after losing a point earlier in the regatta after being penalised 1 pt.
Artemis vs TeamOrigin: with two minutes left in the prestart, a major change in windstrength (hitting 25kts) came down the course and the PRO raised the red and white Answering Pennant of the International Flag Code, and postponed the start.
At 1200hrs the average wind strength is 21 kts at Bean Rock, close to the race area, gusting 31kts, on an increasing trend since 0800hrs this morning. On the West Coast of Auckland, winds are starting to ease having hit an average peak of 25kts and gusting to 35kts at 0800hrs today.
At 1530hrs the wind on the course area had settled in at an average of 25kts with gusts to 29kts, however on the West Coast of Auckland - upwind of the course, the breeze has been slowly easing all afternoon - currently averaging 18kts with gusts to 26kts - however that easing trend has not spread to the Waitemata.
by Richard Gladwell
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