Azzurra maintains perfect start in New Zealand
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March 11, 2010, Thursday
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TEAM New Zealand and Italy's Azzurra were the only unbeaten teams yesterday after the second day of match races among America's Cup teams at the Louis Vuitton Trophy sailing regatta off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand.
Host Team New Zealand capitalized on a gear failure aboard the Italian entrant Mascalzone Latino to come from behind for its second win in two races. A clip holding up the Italians' headsail broke, causing the jib to drop and allowing the New Zealanders to sail to a 4 minute, 43 second win.
Azzurra, helmed by Francesco Bruni, beat Russia's Synergy by 41 seconds to maintain its unbeaten record after two match races in the regatta's first round robin.
In other races, Britain's TeamOrigin posted its first win when it beat the French-German entry All4One by 1 minute, 33 seconds. Sweden's Artemis, skippered by American Paul Cayard, beat Aleph of France by 1 minute, 22 seconds.
Mascalzone Latino, seeking its first win of the regatta, used a bold starting strategy to gain an early advantage and led Team New Zealand by 22 seconds at the first mark.
Team New Zealand, skippered by Dean Barker, pulled back the lead by the second upwind leg and was strongly pressing Mascalzone when the jib clip broke aboard the Italian yacht and sent the headsail crashing down.
"That was our race to win and a tough way to lose," said Mascalzone's New Zealand helmsman Gavin Brady.
Russia's Synergy, skippered by Karol Jablonski, led across the startline and for much of the first beat in a close race with Azzurra before the Italians forced a tacking duel and prized back the lead near the first mark.
Bruni was able to consolidate for the remainder of the race but Synergy, still without a win after two races, showed it will be competitive against even the strongest teams.
Host Team New Zealand capitalized on a gear failure aboard the Italian entrant Mascalzone Latino to come from behind for its second win in two races. A clip holding up the Italians' headsail broke, causing the jib to drop and allowing the New Zealanders to sail to a 4 minute, 43 second win.
Azzurra, helmed by Francesco Bruni, beat Russia's Synergy by 41 seconds to maintain its unbeaten record after two match races in the regatta's first round robin.
In other races, Britain's TeamOrigin posted its first win when it beat the French-German entry All4One by 1 minute, 33 seconds. Sweden's Artemis, skippered by American Paul Cayard, beat Aleph of France by 1 minute, 22 seconds.
Mascalzone Latino, seeking its first win of the regatta, used a bold starting strategy to gain an early advantage and led Team New Zealand by 22 seconds at the first mark.
Team New Zealand, skippered by Dean Barker, pulled back the lead by the second upwind leg and was strongly pressing Mascalzone when the jib clip broke aboard the Italian yacht and sent the headsail crashing down.
"That was our race to win and a tough way to lose," said Mascalzone's New Zealand helmsman Gavin Brady.
Russia's Synergy, skippered by Karol Jablonski, led across the startline and for much of the first beat in a close race with Azzurra before the Italians forced a tacking duel and prized back the lead near the first mark.
Bruni was able to consolidate for the remainder of the race but Synergy, still without a win after two races, showed it will be competitive against even the strongest teams.
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