First day of Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland

09/03/2010

Sailed in former America’s Cup boats, the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland is the second of five match race regattas. Racing will follow the format established in Auckland last year and adopted for competition in Nice last November. Starting today, 9th March, teams will take turns on the two Emirates Team New Zealand yachts NZL 84 And NZL 92 that have been fitted out, optimized and rigged after a year in storage. They will race four matches a day to complete a round robin seeding series before a ladder elimination culminating in the finals on 21st March.

All4One wins first race
German/French boat All4One with skipper and strategist Jochen Schümann won its first race against Gavin Brady steering the Italian boat Mascalzone Latino Audi.

Azzurra defeats TEAMORIGIN
In the second race of the day, Italian boat Azzurra defeated Britain’s TEAMORIGIN in the closest of four hard-fought races. Italian skipper and helmsman Francesco Bruni snatched a victory from Britain’s three-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie. Emirates Team New Zealand won the third race against Artemis. ALEPH Sailing Team defeated Synergy Russian Sailing Team in race four.

Source: louisvuittontrophy.com

Live coverage and videos of LVTA: louisvuittontrophy.com


More about Sailing

Related Articles

• Mirabella V - the largest sailing sloop ever
• History of the handicap rating system
• Boaters are better lovers