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The top line for each team shows their points. The second line is their race results. High point scoring. First place earns 10 points on Saturday, 20 points on Sunday. Last place on Sunday earns 10 points, just like first place on Saturday. Seems odd, but that’s the way it is.
The Bermuda AC World Series got off to a great start on land but with less excitement on the water. Friday’s practice races were held in light air, and Saturday’s official racing was abandoned, with almost calm conditions at race time. Late in the day four teams put on a demonstration race in Hamilton Harbor, with Groupama Team France taking the win ahead of Softbank Team Japan and Land Rover BAR, with Oracle bringing up the rear. Team New Zealand and Artemis did not race.
On shore things have been much more lively as the photos below show. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for 10-12 knots of wind, ideal conditions. Let’s hope the forecast is right!
Friday’s second practice race finished at Two Rock Passage. SoftBank Team Japan took the win. Land Rover BAR and Oracle Team USA fought for last place. The narrow course made for a confusing rules situation with Oracle and BAR both protesting each other. BAR picked got the penalty. Image: ACTV
As a sailor, you know you’re in the right place when the “clock tower” on the town hall shows wind direction instead of time!
Bermuda is serious about fun and about welcoming the America’s Cup teams and fans. The event kicked off with a pep rally in front of City Hall, with all the local sponsors’ employees in bright T-shirts.
Town crier Ed Christopher kicked off the pep rally in style.
AC45’s moored off Front Steet.
The Spirit of Bermuda, a three-masted Bermuda sloop, moored in front of the VIP Lounge and just to the right of Oracle. Front Street and the Fan Zone in the background.
Corporate hospitality overlooking the harbor and the fireworks for the opening ceremonies on Friday night.
Is this the best hospitality in an America’s Cup Media Center? Oysters and Dark’n’Stormy’s served at our desks by the Media Center catering team. Reuters photographer Mike Segar enjoying the Bermudian hospitality.
1 Emirates Team New Zealand 72
2 Land Rover BAR 65
3 Oracle Team USA 64
4 SoftBank Team Japan 56
5 Artemis Racing 53
6 Groupama Team France 50
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series runs over two years – 2015 and 2016. The winner of the series will carry two points forward into the round robin phase. Second place in the series carries one point. At the end of the round robin, any ties will be broken using these results. That means the AC World Series could determine which team receives the bonus point for the America’s Cup Match and which team is eliminated.
Land Rover BAR used their Code Zero to pass Emirates Team New Zealand at the finish on Race 2 on Saturday. ETNZ did not have their Code Zero rigged, so they could not respond. ETNZ went on to win Image: ACTV
In the light air on Sunday, tactician Ray Davies and wing trimmer Glenn Ashby both moved far forward leaving helmsman Peter Burling with lots to do – steer, trim the wing and adjust the daggerboard rake. ETNZ is the most consistent team – they have finished third or better in all six races in the series so far.
OTUSA tactician Tom Slingsby was “on fire” on Saturday, guiding his team to two wire to wire wins. Unfortunately, on Sunday, with double points on the line, OTUSA could only manage two fourth place finishes, good enough to keep them in second place for the regatta.
The LiveLine graphics are even sharper than in 2013. Here OTUSA holds on to fourth place in Race 3 on Sunday, just ahead of Land Rover BAR.
1 Emirates Team New Zealand 72
2 Land Rover BAR 65
3 Oracle Team USA 64
4 SoftBank Team Japan 56
5 Artemis Racing 53
6 Groupama Team France 50
The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series runs over two years – 2015 and 2016. The winner of the series will carry two points forward into the round robin phase. Second place in the series carries one point. At the end of the round robin, any ties will be broken using these results. That means the AC World Series could determine which team receives the bonus point for the America’s Cup Match and which team is eliminated.
Gothenburg Results
1 Emirates Team New Zealand 54
2 ORACLE TEAM USA 48
3 Land Rover BAR 46
4 SoftBank Team Japan 43
5 Artemis Racing 42
6 Groupama Team France 37