Luna Rossa advances after sweep of Artemis
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Italy’s Luna Rossa sailed into the final of the America’s Cup challenger series on Saturday, completing a 4-0 sweep over the grief-stricken Swedish syndicate Artemis.
Needing to win Saturday’s fourth race at San Francisco Bay to keep the best-of-seven semifinal series going, Artemis made a great start, taking the early lead with its high-tech 72-foot catamaran.
But its joy was short-lived when it was penalized for touching the Italian boat during the pre-start. The penalty led a television cameraman to call the Swedish team, which lost one its teammate — British crew member Andrew “Bart” Simpson — during a May training exercise, “jinxed”.
Artemis landed two more penalties for sailing out of bounds during the race, effectively ending its hopes of winning and allowing Luna Rossa to cruise to victory by two minutes and 11 seconds.
With the win, Luna Rossa advanced to the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand. Their best-of-13 series, which will decide the challenger to compete against defending champion Oracle Team USA for the America’s Cup, starts on August 17.
The Kiwis easily defeated Luna Rossa in the round-robin preliminary series to go straight through to the final.
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