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Sail-World.com : Audi MedCup: Azzurra's outrageous misfortune puts them sixth
Audi MedCup: Azzurra's outrageous misfortune puts them sixth
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Sport can dish up some cruel misfortunes, not least for the resurgent Italian crew of Azzurra in the Audi MedCup. After a great start in the 21-mile coastal race the big blue TP52 was leading only to be pipped at the first mark by its red sistership of the Franco-German All 4 One.
The Italians retook the lead only to see a spinnaker rip and then suffer a bodged hoist of another spinnaker, which dropped them from first to last. Bit by bit they fought their way back into the lead.
Then, less than a mile from the finish, the head of the mainsail dislodged itself and sagged like a huge, baggy trouser leg, crippling the yacht as the first of the chasers, just 50m away, bore down for the kill.
Crewman Mamu Caputo was pulled up to the head of the sail, taking with him a spare halyard wire and the recalcitrant sail was re-hoisted for the last few hundred metres to the finish inside the harbour.
But the damage was done, five places were lost, and Azzurra finished sixth.
The win went to the American yacht Quantum, which the previous day had barely been able to get out of its own way and had held a 'time for some grip' meeting the night before.
'We have been in a lot of close situations all week and missed out fair share,' said skipper Ed Baird. 'Today, all the little things just seemed to fall our way.
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1:20 AM Sun 28 Aug 2011 GMT
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