The much-expected clash of the young guns, Torvar Mirsky and Adam Minoprio, took place in the 12th flight and Australia came out victorious, although it initially seemed the other way. The world's number one and two had an aggressive but uneventful start and Minoprio hit the line on the favored right side, holding a comfortable lead halfway up the first beat. Unfortunately for him a couple of unnecessary...
On the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia this afternoon 23 year old Perth sailor Torvar Mirsky and his MRT team out sailed triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie, and his Team Origin crew to take the title at the 2009 Sunseeker Australia Cup.
[Source: Sunseeker Australia Cup] Great Britain’s reining World Match Racing champion and day one Sunseeker Australia Cup leader, Ian Williams is now sharing the number one ranking with World Tour leader Adam Minoprio (New Zealand). Both Williams and Minoprio have won five of their six races, although when competing against each other Williams was the easy victor crossing the line a comfortable...
[Source: Sunseeker Australia Cup] With a cohort of sailing greats arriving in Perth for the Sunseeker Australia Cup, Western Australia is again on the world sporting stage. The ten world ranked skippers and their teams touchdown mid-week for this exclusive invitation only event from 26-29 November. The action packed racing schedule will see the who’s who of professional sailing battle it out...
• Italians soundly defeat New Zealand favourites in final • Russians defeat Britain's TeamOrigin for third place There were two major upsets in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in Nice in its final stages – the first was the defeat of Britain's TeamOrigin by the Russian team, Synergy, in the match for third place, and the second when the favourites, Emirates Team New Zealand, were...
[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] Emirates Team New Zealand has selected Synergy Russia Sailing Team to race in the semi final round of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur. Team New Zealand and skipper Dean Barker were the best team in the rounds robin, posting a 9-1 record in 10 starts. They consistently won in the pre-start and had flawless crew work around the racecourse. “We’re...
• Defeat to Russians Synergy only a minor setback • British team reach last-four knock-out stage Despite an unexpected loss, in their match with the Russian team Synergy, Ben Ainslie and the crew of Team Origin occupy second place overall in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta at the Bay of Angels in Nice. Only Emirates Team New Zealand, whom the British team have beaten, head them in the points...
[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] Friday's matches will determine placings for first round. Thursday was a case of one match, one win for three of the top four teams at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur. Emirates Team New Zealand, Azzurra and Artemis each won their lone match of the day, which was shortened to two flights as light winds in the afternoon turned the Baie des Anges off...
Friday the 13th came a day early for the star-studded talent in Britain’s America’s Cup team as Origin crashed to its first defeat of the Louis Vuitton Trophy series today. Triple gold and silver Olympic medallist skipper Ben Ainslie was as much the architect of his own demise as his opponent, the American Terry Hutchinson.
• British team defeats BMW Oracle racing by two minutes • Emirates Team New Zealand also remain unbeaten TeamOrigin remain unbeaten in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta – their scoreline moved to 4-0 with a win over BMW Oracle Racing by a convincing two-minute margin. Their chance to extend the winning streak further was delayed when the match against Sweden's Artemis team was abandoned...
• Emirates Team New Zealand also remain unbeaten • America's Cup will take place in February off Valencia Ben Ainslie and TeamOrigin secured two further victories in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in the Bay of Angels off Nice today, carefully disposing of Marc Pajot's Team French Spirit by 30 seconds in the opening race of the day when the wind was at its lightest. In the afternoon, in...
• Team record convincing victory over Team Synergy • 'It'll be difficult to be consistant' While the America's Cup remains clogged up in the New York courts, the alternative for the excluded teams is the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice. Ben Ainslie and Britain's TeamOrigin opened the regatta with a convincing one-minute victory over the Russian Team Synergy. Ainslie took the initiative in the...
[Source: LV Trophy] Half of the opening day’s scheduled matches at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur were completed in conditions that challenged race officials and tended to favour the leading yachts. Emirates Team New Zealand and TeamOrigin share the top spot on the leaderboard after scoring triumphs in light and shifty winds. Team New Zealand defeated TFS – Pages...
A few hours are left until the start of the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice, the inaugural event of the World Sailing Teams Association. Four matches are scheduled for the opening day, on two yachts, GBR-75, loaned from Team Origin, and FRA-93, loaned from FRA-93. The wind tomorrow is expected to blow up to 15 knots in the morning before increasing to 25 knots or more in the afternoon. That might put...
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