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SCUTTLEBUTT EXTRA - Friday February 12, 2010Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors, providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus.An update to supplement Scuttlebutt 3028 AMERICA’S CUP - RACE 1 Valencia, Spain (February 12, 2010) - BMW Oracle Racing has won the first race of the 33rd America's Cup Match against the defender Alinghi team. The challenging team put a penalty on Alinghi in the pre-start, but during a slowing maneuver by both boats, was caught too close to the wind and lost all speed. Alinghi was able to escape, building a lead of over 600 meters before BMW Oracle could start. However, after that it was all for the challenger, proving faster on the 20 mile upwind leg, and leading at the top mark by 3:21 minutes. Any question about the Alinghi 5 catamaran having an advantage on the 20 mile downwind leg to the finish over the USA 17 trimaran was quickly answered as the challenger further increased their lead. After the Alinghi team completed its penalty turn and finished, the final delta was 15:28 minutes. NEXT RACE ON SUNDAY * SCHEDULE: The Match is won by the yacht to first win two races. The next race is scheduled for Sunday, February 14, 2010. Race warning signal is 10:00 am local time (CET), with the race to start at 10:06 am. If a third race is needed, the race schedule will continue to attempt a race every other day, with the next race scheduled for Tuesday, February 16th (and then Thursday, Saturday, etc.). * ONLINE VIEWING: Some of the North American options: http://bit.ly/a0j9iY * VALENCIA LOCAL TIME: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=325 * COURSE: The first and third races will be a course twenty nautical miles to windward and return; the second race, an equilateral triangular race of thirty-nine nautical miles, the first side of which shall be a beat to windward. Golden Gate Yacht Club won a pre-event coin toss, and chose for a starboard end start entry for the first and third races. * EVENT WEBSITE: Look to the 33rd America’s Cup website for event documents, jury decisions, and other event details: http://33rd.americascup.com/en/ * TEAM UPDATES: Here are the best links for team information: - Alinghi: http://www.alinghi.com/en/ - BMW Oracle Racing: http://bmworacleracingblog.blogspot.com/ |
