It was a tough day at the office for the world’s greatest sailors competing at the Louis Vuitton Cup in Barcelona with light winds eliciting those sporting extremes of both elation and frustration. It was a day where the slightest drop in concentration or fall in wind pressure could spell disaster, but it was the Italian team of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli who showed outstanding skill, winning two points from two races, who top the rankings amongst the Challenger teams tonight.
Plenty of positives could be taken away from the other single-race winners on the day including NYYC American Magic, INEOS Britannia and Emirates Team New Zealand, but for Alinghi Red Bull Racing and Orient Express Racing Team, they both are looking up the leaderboard, knowing they are in a fight for survival.
Read the full Americas Cup article by Magnus Wheatley HERE
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