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Photo: © ACEA 2012/ Photo Gilles Martin-Raget |
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Photo: © ACEA 2012/ Photo Gilles Martin-Raget |
“We're really happy to come away with a win there,” said Burling, who won a silver medal at the London-Weymouth Olympic Regatta. “We had a good start and built a massive lead, and then made it pretty hard for ourselves in the end. But I'm proud of the guys that we managed to get it done in the end.”
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Photo: © ACEA 2012/ Photo Gilles Martin-Raget |
The challenges on the racecourse were noted as some crews came to complete stops during maneuvers. The AC45 wingsail catamarans are quick in straight lines, but lose a lot of momentum in downspeed moments.
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Photo: © ACEA 2012/ Photo Gilles Martin-Raget |
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Photo: © ACEA 2012/ Photo Gilles Martin-Raget |
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Photo: © ACEA 2012/ Photo Gilles Martin-Raget |
Other crews to advance include Artemis Racing – Red (Nathan Outteridge), Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker), Energy Team (Loïck Peyron) and J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie). The quarterfinal round is scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
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Photo: © ACEA 2012/ Photo Gilles Martin-Raget |
“As you can see it was a bit windier today than we had in training,” said Outteridge. “The waves were quite rough. We got to a point where we thought if we push it harder we might go over. Basically, we just tried to stay in touch and not make any errors. We didn’t make it easy, but in the end we got through.”
The first two quarterfinal matches are scheduled tomorrow just after noontime. A break in the racing will ensue before all 11 boats in the fleet return to the water for the first two of seven scheduled fleet races at 5:10 pm PDT.
Results
Team Korea bt. Luna Rossa Piranha, +:02
Energy Team bt. China Team, +:56
Emirates Team New Zealand bt. Artemis Racing – Red, +:50.8
J.P. Morgan BAR bt. Luna Rossa Swordfish, +1:15
China Team bt. Luna Rossa Piranha, +:06
Artemis Racing – Red bt. Luna Rossa Swordfish, +:33
Artemis Racing – Red bt. China Team (DNS)
Quarterfinal Pairings
Thursday (12:25 pm PDT): Team Korea vs. Artemis Racing – White
Thursday (12:42 pm PDT): Energy Team vs. Emirates Team New Zealand
Friday (4:05 pm PDT): Artemis Racing – Red vs. ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS
Friday (4:22 pm PDT): J.P. Morgan BAR vs. ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL
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