Today Luna Rossa can exact a measure of revenge against Victory Challenge and reserve a seat in the semis.
LR wins the start, but forsakes the preferred side up to that point - the right. Slowly LR earns meters and leader position at the windward mark.
Hardest day of all will be for ML, who racing last then have the make-up against TNZ, which benefits from a bye in flight 2.
Start shows nice speed in ML. But Areva makes better tactical moves and passes first at the windward mark. ML, fighting hard, presses too much at leeward gate not respecting luffing rights and takes a penalty. TIght fight at the end, but pointless.
Headsail on Oracle blows out of the headstay! Disaster strikes twice. China gets its two first points if can can close off the course.
+39 almost trips up the Spaniards. A bad spinnaker handling at the very end means a defeat by... 1 second! Tricky...
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Will ML be mentally up against TNZ ? Does not seem that way. Last leg emotions: pole snaps, sending bowman off-deck. Fast hands on rope and from mates draw him back in.
+39 in the end has the most pulse-beating. Unfortunately, they mess-up at the very end once again to let a win out of its grasp.
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| Boat | Act | RR1 | RR2 | Total |
| Bmw Oracle | 3 | 18 | 2 | 23 |
| Luna Rossa | 3 | 16 | 4 | 23 |
| Team New Zealand | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 |
| Desafío Español | 3 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| Semi-finals Cut |
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| Victory Challenge | 2 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| Mascalzone Latino | 2 | 12 | | 14 |
| Team Shosholoza | 2 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| Areva | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| +39 | 2 | 4 | | 6 |
| Team Germany | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| China Team | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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