Feature Story29.06.2008 (09:15 CET) - Valencia (ES) Countdown to victory: 32nd America’s Cup Match Race 5 |
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 Valencia (SPAIN) 29 june 2007. 32nd America's Cup Match. Day5 Race5. Alinghi (blue flag) vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (yellow flag).
Alinghi during the pre-start of Race5. (Photo credit: Ivo Rovira/Alinghi) With the scoreboard even at 2-2, Alinghi goes for another win on Race Day 5A look back: Alinghi had a layday yesterday (a year ago yesterday!) and was rested and ready for Race 5 of the 32nd America’s Cup Match. The score was evened to 2-2 by the end of play on Wednesday when the Swiss Defender Alinghi beat the Challenger Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) by 30 seconds. Alinghi dominated the race from the start which they won by 1 second and then continued to lead the Kiwis around the race course.
Layday on Thursday brought a protest from ETNZ regarding the lowering method of the Alinghi mainsail, which was dismissed by the Jury. Grant Simmer, design team coordinator, comments: "Alinghi is happy with the results of the Jury hearing, we have always and will continue to be in compliance with ACC Rules."
This morning the team is keen to get back on the water and racing!
Read on to find out who was crewing on the fifth day of racing, what the team had to say on the day and read the evening news to find out which boat won the latest round in the battle of the titans…
32nd America’s Cup Match Race 5: Morning NewsSouth-easterly sea breeze 12-14 Knots, T max 28°
Alinghi crew list SUI100
Alinghi facts:
Race 5 – pairing noticeDefender Vs Challenger
Alinghi (SUI100) Vs Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL92)
Trivia of the dayDid you know? … the smallest rope on the boat is 1,5mm in diametre and the thickest is 14mm?
On this day in 1895, Defender was launched at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Rhode Island. She was built for a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members consisting of bankers JP Morgan and C. Oliver Iselin and the railway magnate William K. Vanderbilt. She went on to successfully defend the America’s Cup against Lord Dunraven’s Valkyrie III in three races to none. It was to be the most controversial match of the America’s Cup after Dunraven suggested Defender’s ballast had been changed before the first race.
On this day in 1974, Intrepid defeated Courageous in two races by 1 minute 22 seconds and 3 minutes 10 seconds in New York Yacht Club’s Preliminary Trials. Despite these losses Courageous would eventually find her form and be selected to defend the America’s Cup against Southern Cross, Australian Alan Bond’s first challenge for the America’s Cup.
32nd America’s Cup Match Race 5: Evening NewsALINGHI TAKES 3-2 LEAD IN 32ND AMERICA'S CUP MATCH
Swiss Defender Alinghi won Match 5 of the 32nd America’s Cup by 19-seconds taking a 3-2 lead in the series against Challenger Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ), with the winner the first to five victories.
After a close first leg, with both boats racing out to the starboard side of the race course, Alinghi rounded 12 seconds astern of ETNZ and was gaining on the first run when the Kiwi’s spinnaker blew out. With the ETNZ crew struggling to change sails, Alinghi sailed past and into the lead, turning a 40-metre deficit into a 140-metre lead within two minutes to lead through the leeward gate by 26 seconds.
Back upwind for the second time, Alinghi fended off constant attacks from ETNZ to round 24 seconds ahead. Heading downwind for the finish, the Kiwis flew a symmetric spinnaker, as opposed to Alinghi’s asymmetric sail, and they gained 5 seconds, but Alinghi skipper and tactician Brad Butterworth had the crew firmly placed to ward off the advances.
Today’s race featured more close boat-for-boat sailing and yet another lead change. Of the five America’s Cup matches sailed only two have not had lead changes.
QUOTES FROM FRANCESCO RAPETTI (ITA), MASTMAN ON SUI100How does it feel to win two consecutive races for the first time in this America’s Cup?
“Very good, it’s what we like, it’s what we want: some continuity. We missed that in the first part of the regatta and I think it was because the wind was so shifty. We also made a couple of mistakes in the second race so now we want to go on to win and tomorrow will be very important.”
Were you happy with the pre-start today?
“Our goal was to start on the right and we did, but then the wind started to go to the left so it was a bit difficult coming into the topmark.”
Did you feel threatened by Emirates Team New Zealand on the last leg?
“We did a couple of bad gybes, we were probably a little bit too excited about their mistake. We didn’t capitalise as well as we could have; that allowed them to jump closer to us but then we didn’t make any more mistakes and we won.”
A look forward to tomorrow and Race 6?
“Tomorrow is a very important race, for sure. It could be a turning point in this series.”
Don’t miss more action tomorrow when Alinghi lines up for Race 6 of the 32nd America’s Cup…!
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 Valencia (SPAIN) 29 june 2007. 32nd America's Cup Match. Day5 Race5. Alinghi (blue flag) vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (yellow flag).
First downwind leg. SUI100 ahead ETNZ after broken spinnaker. (Photo credit: Ivo Rovira/Alinghi) |
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 Valencia (SPAIN) 29 june 2007. 32nd America's Cup Match. Day5 Race5. Alinghi (blue flag) vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (yellow flag). ETNZ trying to change spinnaker. SUI100 leading the race during the first downwind mark. (Photo credit: Ivo Rovira/Alinghi) |
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 Valencia (SPAIN) 29 june 2007. 32nd America's Cup Match. Day5 Race5. Alinghi (blue flag) vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (yellow flag).
Prestart of Race 5. Alinghi and ETNZ sailing between the spectators boats during the Pre-Start. (Photo credit: Ivo Rovira/Alinghi) |
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 Valencia (SPAIN) 29 june 2007. 32nd America's Cup Match. Day5 Race5. Alinghi (blue flag) vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (yellow flag).
One minut after the start. SUI100 on right side and ETNZ left side of the course area. (Photo credit: Ivo Rovira/Alinghi) |
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 Valencia (SPAIN) 29 june 2007. 32nd America's Cup Match. Day5 Race5. Alinghi (blue flag) vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (yellow flag).
Alinghi escorted by Media boats when race finished. (Photo credit: Ivo Rovira/Alinghi) |
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 Valencia (SPAIN) 29 june 2007. 32nd America's Cup Match. Day5 Race5. Alinghi (blue flag) vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (yellow flag). Alinghi scorted by spectators and media boats at the entrance of Port America's Cup. (Photo credit: Ivo Rovira/Alinghi) |
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Country: SpainGo ahead Alinghi. Let´s win 34th America's Cup whenever it will be. I have enjoyed a lot in Valencia all these years. Thank you very much. Do not be sad at all.
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