For the second day running, Artemis Racing won two of the three heats on the second day of the Plymouth Match Racing Championship. With a second place to add to the two victories, Terry Hutchinson’s team have dominated the seeding fleet race phase of the Match Racing Championships.
The breeze was steadier and slightly stronger than the previous day, making it easier for the leaders to stay ahead once they’d got the lead. This put a lot of emphasis on the need for a good start, and time after time some boats pushed it too hard, being forced to go back and restart. In the first race ORACLE Racing Coutts was over early, next heat it was Team Korea, and in the final heat Green Comm Racing and ORACLE Racing Spithill.
In addition to Artemis, Energy Team sailed some good races to finish fourth in the seedings, a good boost for Loick Peyron and the French crew. There were moments of brilliance for other new teams including a podium third place finish in the final race for China Team.
Skipper Charlie Ogletree was pleased after a tough couple of days getting the boat fixed after a disastrous capsize during training on Tuesday. “We felt like we deserved that after the last couple of days. A great one for all the guys involved, nice to see the hard work paying off.”
ORACLE Racing Coutts struggled in the early part of the day, but made amends with a resounding victory at the end of the afternoon. His team mate James Spithill on the other hand could not get back into the final race after going back to restart.
RACE RESULTS 15 September 2011
1 Artemis Racing 29
2 Emirates Team New Zealand 25
3 ORACLE Racing Coutts 22
4 Energy Team 19
5 ORACLE Racing Spithill 19
6 China Team 14
7 Team Korea 14
8 Green Comm Racing 12
9 Aleph 11
From : America's Cup
Credit : G Martin Raget / ACEA
The breeze was steadier and slightly stronger than the previous day, making it easier for the leaders to stay ahead once they’d got the lead. This put a lot of emphasis on the need for a good start, and time after time some boats pushed it too hard, being forced to go back and restart. In the first race ORACLE Racing Coutts was over early, next heat it was Team Korea, and in the final heat Green Comm Racing and ORACLE Racing Spithill.
In addition to Artemis, Energy Team sailed some good races to finish fourth in the seedings, a good boost for Loick Peyron and the French crew. There were moments of brilliance for other new teams including a podium third place finish in the final race for China Team.
Skipper Charlie Ogletree was pleased after a tough couple of days getting the boat fixed after a disastrous capsize during training on Tuesday. “We felt like we deserved that after the last couple of days. A great one for all the guys involved, nice to see the hard work paying off.”
ORACLE Racing Coutts struggled in the early part of the day, but made amends with a resounding victory at the end of the afternoon. His team mate James Spithill on the other hand could not get back into the final race after going back to restart.
RACE RESULTS 15 September 2011
1 Artemis Racing 29
2 Emirates Team New Zealand 25
3 ORACLE Racing Coutts 22
4 Energy Team 19
5 ORACLE Racing Spithill 19
6 China Team 14
7 Team Korea 14
8 Green Comm Racing 12
9 Aleph 11
From : America's Cup
