Artemis Racing places third in the Port Cities Challenge 2011 – Sailing News
Artemis racing booked a third spot in the Port Cities Challenge, a tune-up regatta for the America’s Cup World Series San Diego, on Sunday. The Swede racing syndicate registered a 1-4-6-9-1-5 – 41 points to secure this spot.
The ongoing regatta determines the seeding of the America’s Cup 2011 which will start from Wednesday and the final will be held on Sunday.
Unlike day one conditions of mild rain and clouds, race on the second day faced contrasting weather conditions i.e. sunny and 8 – 10 knot winds out of the West. However, every other team faced penalties today.
Artemis Racing finished third overall in the Port Cities Challenge. Today they finished 6, 9, 1 and 5th position, making a total of 41 points. The first race was of approximately 40 minutes while the remaining three
were of 18-20 minutes each. Because of the amazing weather, many fans eagerly went to visit Broadway Pier where they got the front row seats to watch the action. Leeward gate was placed right in front of it so they could enjoy the action comfortably.
Commenting on today’s racing Tactician Iain Percy said; “It was a great day for the Port Cities Challenge. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The winds were tricky inside the Bay and things didn’t always go our way. But we fought
our way all through the day and are certainly sailing better than we were at the beginning of the week.”
Artemis Racing were just a point behind from the second team, ORACLE Racing Spithill of America who earned 2, 5, 3 and 3rd positions today, making a total of 42 points.
“We never nailed a start,” said Spithill. “We were OK, conservative, mid-pack. Boathandling was really physical today and JK did good job on the wind.”
The winning team of the Port Cities Challenge is Emirates Team New Zealand who got 1, 7, 2 and 2nd position today. They earned a total points of 49 and dominated in almost all races.
The positions gained from this Port Cities Challenge will result in seeding of the teams while the actual racing of the America’s Cup World Series San Diego will start on Wednesday afternoon.
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