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Louis Vuitton Races for today
Louis Vuitton Races for today:
RACE 6 - Off -
Alinghi SUI 64
Match 1 Le Defi FRA 69 versus
Stars&Stripes USA 66
Match 2 Oracle BMW Racing USA 76
versus OneWorld USA 67*
Match 3 Orn SWE 63 versus Luna
Rossa ITA 74
Match 4 Wight Lightning GBR 70 versus
Mascalzone Latino ITA 72
Weather Forecast for Tuesday 8 October at 1200 NZTWinds for the Hauraki Gulf: SE 10 knots with sea breezes forming. Initially light NE sea breezes followed by SW breezes later (similar conditions to Monday).
LUNA ROSSA ITA
80 GOES TO YARD
Luna Rossa ITA 80 will leave today
the Team Prada base to be transferred to the yard where team
designers and technicians will carry out modifications to
the hull to enhance its performance.
At the same time the
development of Luna Rossa ITA 74 continues as this boat will
be used also for Round Robin Two of the Louis Vuitton Cup
2002-2003.
Luna Rossa ITA 80 will be back in the water the first week of November.
Yesterday, the Race Committee, after waiting for hours for the wind to build up and stabilize on course Juliet where the match between Luna Rossa ITA 74 and Mascalzone Latino ITA 72 was to take place, decided to cancel the race for the day. The same fate fell for the match between Oracle and Victory, while the other two races on the calendar were completed. The Italian match is rescheduled to one of the reserve days at the end of the Round Robin.
Yesterday’s results - every victory equals 1 point
RACE 5 - Off - Le
Defi FRA 69
Match 1 Alinghi SUI 64 defeats Wight
Lightning GBR 70 (4'33")
Match 2 OneWorld USA 67 defeats
Stars & Stripes USA 66 (1'21")
Match 3 Oracle BMW Racing
USA 76 versus Orn SWE 63 DNR
Match 4 Luna Rossa ITA 74
versus Mascalzone Latino ITA 72 DNR.
RACE
COURSE
Windward leeward, 18.5 miles long; six legs total,
three windward legs and three downwind legs; first and last
legs are 3.25 miles, the remaining four are 3.00 miles.
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