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Titolo: Aggiornamento America's Cup

Dear Salvatore
Press release no. 20
5 November 1999
Aussies Choose New Boat For Second Round Robin
The 11 America’s Cup challenging teams racing for the Louis Vuitton Cup
today announced the boats they will race in Round Robin Two which starts
tomorrow. All, with the exception of Australia, will compete with the same
boats they sailed in Round Robin One.
Young Australia 2000 chose to sail its newly-acquired oneAustralia (AUS-31),
following a ruling by the America’s Cup Arbitration Panel today that
approved the Aussie’s move to take over the charter of the boat from San
Francisco’s AmericaOne syndicate. The Panel’s decision only covers Round
Robin Two.
The Nippon Challenge will again sail with Asura (JPN-44), keeping its Idaten
(JPN-52) in reserve. Italy’s Prada Challenge will go with Luna Rossa
(ITA-45), while Luna Rossa (ITA-48) will stay ashore. The New York Yacht
Club’s Young America syndicate will return to racing with its Young America
(USA-53), while keeping Young America (USA-58) in reserve. Hawaii’s
Abracadabra 2000 syndicate will race its second boat, Abracadabra 2000
(USA-54), while its predecessor USA-50 remains at the base. The St. Francis
Yacht Club’s AmericaOne syndicate will race AmericaOne (USA-49). It is still
awaiting delivery of its new boat USA-61.
The remaining five syndicates are all one-boat campaigns and will race the
same boats as last time. France’s Le Défi Bouygues Telecom-Transiciel will
sail its Le Défi (FRA-46) and the Spanish Challenge will race Bravo España
(ESP-47). The San Francisco-based America True syndicate will race America
True (USA-51) and San Diego’s Stars & Stripes syndicate will race Stars &
Stripes (USA-55). The Swiss FAST 2000 syndicate will return to the
racecourse with be hAPpy (SUI-59)
For more information, visit the Louis Vuitton Cup website at
www.louisvuittoncup.com
 or contact Bruno Troublé, Marcus Hutchinson or Keith
Taylor on 
(+64 9) 359 1200
.

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Dear Salvatore
Press release no. 21
6 November 1999
Skies Cleared to Reveal Perfect Race Conditions
Round Robin Two got off to a great start. After a gloomy, grey morning the
skies quickly cleared. The wind built through the afternoon from 8 knots to
15 knots from the North East. The wind shifts on the first beat forced the
Race Committee to change course. Lead changes in two matches took place
because of the leader giving up the favoured side of the course rather than
due to a speed deficit. The big three continued to win their races. Prada
Challenge beat Fast 2000, Young America won from America True and AmericaOne
beat Bravo España. Nippon had a flying start and won the match against
Abracadabra. The French gained on every downwind leg but this was not enough
to beat Stars & Stripes.
There were no umpire calls during any of the five races today.
ROUND ROBIN TWO, RACE 1
YOUNG AMERICA BEAT AMERICA TRUE – DELTA 00:33
An exciting pre-start saw these two boats with different opinions about the
side of the course they wanted. America True crossed the start line with a
comfortable lead of seven seconds at the Committee boat end. Young America,
two thirds of the way down the line, was keen on the left-hand side of the
course. A drag race up the left side of the course proved that Young America
had chosen the correctly. It led at the first windward mark by 49 seconds.
The downwind leg saw Young America pull out another few seconds and it
rounded the first leeward mark with a lead of over 1:20. From here on it was
America True that made all the gains in the building breeze. The last
windward leg saw Young America take the right-hand side of the course and
separate significantly. America True on the left, sailed into a nice header
and the constant shift to the left saw it gain 23 seconds and round less
than a minute behind the black boat. The last run saw seven gybes as John
Cutler and his team attempted to grind down Young America. They succeeded in
gaining another three seconds but never quite threatened the New York Yacht
Club’s challenger.
LUNA ROSSA BEAT BE HAPPY – DELTA 02:19
Italy’s Luna Rossa (ITA-45) chased the Swiss be hAPpy (SUI-59) out into the
spectator fleet on the right side of the starting box as time ran out in the
five-minute pre-start. Italian skipper Francesco de Angelis led the parade
back to the starting line with a 19 second advantage on the starting line.
Luna Rossa sailed faster and higher than the Swiss boat to lead by 1:34 at
the first weather mark. The Italians picked up nearly a minute on each of
the next two beats, but sailed the runs with their mainsail pinned on the
centreline gaining only marginally downwind.
AMERICAONE BEAT BRAVO ESPANA – DELTA 01:15
Both boats on starboard tack at the start. AmericaOne (USA-49) had a slight
advantage, ahead (0:01) and to windward. Both boats were heading out to the
left side of the course. Just after the start Bravo España (ESP-47) found
the right gear and impressively pulled out from underneath Cayard bouncing
him off to the right. Further up the beat the Spanish tacked over and
crossed ahead by two lengths, changing sides. AmericaOne’s tactician John
Kostecki was reading the windshifts well and gained on the next left-hander.
The next cross was to the Americans and Cayard’s lead was 20 seconds at the
top mark. On the first run AmericaOne gybed first and Bravo España sailed a
longer course losing more time. During the second beat Cayard gained more
than one minute, some of it due to a jib sheet problem on Bravo España, and
the American was never threatened again.
STARS & STRIPES BEAT LE DÉFI – DELTA 00:41
Le Défi (FRA-46) and Stars & Stripes (USA-55) got into a good circling duel
before Bertrand Pacé took the French boat across the line first. The boats
split tacks right at the start, and on the first cross Pacé chose the left
side of the course. It would prove fatal as Ken Read took advantage of a
windshift to earn a lead for the Americans on the next cross, well up the
leg. Stars & Stripes led the rest of the way. Le Défi closed on the first
leeward leg, and actually established an overlap at one point, but a poor
gybe near the mark allowed Stars & Stripes to round first. Ken Read was
relentless in covering the French boat upwind, and he managed to maintain
control. Pacé never seriously threatened again.
ASURA  BEAT ABRACADABRA 2000 – DELTA 02:08
Abracadabra (USA-54) led Asura (JPN-44) away from the Committee boat on a
long port reach before the start. They turned back, with two minutes to the
start, with the Japanese boat gybing aggressively inside its opponent. Peter
Gilmour luffed up John Kolius above the starboard tack layline, locking him
out from bearing off for the Committee. Gilmour eventually bore off and led
back to the start line, hardening up and crossing exactly at the committee
boat, two clear lengths ahead. Kolius fought to get clear after the start
but was trapped on the unfavoured left side of the pair. After two close
crossings, with Gilmour protecting the right, the Japanese boat began to
move steadily away.
For more information, visit the Louis Vuitton Cup website at
http://www.louisvuittoncup.com
 or contact Bruno Troublé, Marcus Hutchinson
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Dear Salvatore
PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Saturday, 6 November 1999
Jochen Schümann, of be hAPpy : “When we are in a free position we are
holding speed sometimes which is a good thing for us. Still, it’s real
difficult to handle the manoeuvrability in the pre-starts. We feel very
limited still there.”
Torben Grael of Luna Rossa on why the mainsail was pinned amidships on the
last two spinnaker runs: “After we gybe, after hoisting the spinnaker, the
leg was on starboard tack. We had a broken topmast. Either, we had to make
some adjustments in a hurry [or pin the main on the centreline]. We decided
to put the main in the middle to save the mast.”
Ken Read of Stars & Stripes on the heavyweights in the back of the boat:
“This was clearly a kind of victory for them, with Peter Holmberg and Peter
Isler and Tom Whidden as a kind of afterguard. None of them really have
kinda set defined jobs as per a navigator or tactician or strategist. The
three of them are trying to find themselves and how to work together and
communicate and today they did it really well. When they do it well, I
probably do my job better and the crew do their job well so it’s better all
around.”
Thierry Peponnet of Le Défi on boat performance: “Bertrand did a great job
at the start. We had an advantage but we misread the first shift after the
start. We maybe gave too much opportunity to Stars & Stripes on the right
and he got a ten-degree wind shift. It was good for him and we lost the lead
but we are quite happy with the speed of the boat.”
Jochen Schümann of be hAPpy on steering two appendages: “I still have the
big rudder in my hand, that’s the aft one. But as I told you the story might
change. It’s still difficult to keep the balance on the boat, and in the
pre-start it is very difficult, but we are learning. I think the practice
days with the Spanish helped us a lot and we proved to ourselves that it
goes better and better.”
Ken Read of Stars & Stripes on winning: “Tom Whidden said you can’t win them
all if you can’t win the first one!”
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Da Alessandra Ghezzi - Press Office
All'attenzione di Salvatore  Ruggiero
Società: merqurio
06/11/99 18:00 (ora locale)
AUCKLAND, NUOVA ZELANDA
PRIMA GIORNATA DEL SECONDO GIRONE
La prima regata del secondo girone eliminatorio si è conclusa oggi con la
vittoria di Luna Rossa (ITA 45, già utilizzata dal team Prada nel primo
girone) sugli svizzeri di FAST2000 (skipper Marc Pajot, timoniere Jochen
Schumann). Luna Rossa si porta così a 14 punti; secondi in classifica, a 12
punti, si trovano AmericaOne (skipper Paul Cayard) e Young America (skipper
Ed Baird) che hanno entrambi vinto le rispettive regate di oggi.
La partenza della regata per il team Prada veniva ritardata a causa di un
salto di vento. Luna Rossa tagliava la linea del via con 19 secondi di
vantaggio e manteneva il comando per tutto il resto della regata registrando
i seguenti distacchi: 1 minuto e 34 secondi alla prima bolina, 1 minuto e 35
secondi alla boa di poppa, 2 minuti e 19 secondi alla seconda bolina, 2
minuti e 14 alla seconda poppa, 3 minuti e 13 secondi all'ultima bolina;
Luna Rossa  tagliava l'arrivo con 2 minuti e 19 secondi di vantaggio. La
barca svizzera riusciva a guadagnare 54 secondi nell'ultimo lato di poppa
poiché a bordo di Luna Rossa si verificava un inconveniente alla sartia
volante che sostiene la cima dell'albero; la randa veniva quindi cazzata a
centro barca per supportare l'albero.
Torben Grael, tattico di Luna Rossa, ha dichiarato: "Dopo aver strambato e
issato lo spinnaker abbiamo avuto un problema alla volante alta; abbiamo
dovuto scegliere se effettuare in fretta la riparazione all'albero oppure
completare il percorso con la randa cazzata al centro. Abbiamo optato per la
seconda soluzione riuscendo a mantenere comunque il comando della regata".
Sabato scorso il team svizzero aveva mostrato alla stampa, per la prima
volta, la rivoluzionaria configurazione della propria barca, provvista di
due chiglie, che richiede l'utilizzo contemporaneo di due diverse ruote del
timone; la chiglia di prua è dotata di un asse pivotante con un bulbo fisso
di 8 tonnellate mentre quella a poppa ha sotto l'asse un bulbo di 12
tonnellate.
Il team australiano, l'unico che per il secondo girone regaterà con una
barca differente rispetto al primo (AUS 31, l'ex oneAustralia charterizzata
da AmericaOne che la utilizzava come barca "lepre"), oggi non ha regatato,
come da programma, ma si è allenato nelle vicinanze del campo di gara.
Domani Luna Rossa regaterà contro Nippon Challenge.
RISULTATI DI OGGI - REGATA 1 del secondo girone
1° Match Young America vince contro America True (33 secondi)
2° Match Nippon Challenge vince contro Abracadabra 2000 (3 minuti e 29
secondi)
3° Match Prada Challenge vince contro FAST2000 (2 minuti e 19 secondi)
4° Match Team Dennis Conner vince contro Le Defi (41 secondi)
5° Match AmericaOne vince contro Spanish Challenge (1 minuto e 15 secondi)
RIPOSO Young Australia 2000
CLASSIFICA DOPO IL PRIMO GIORNO DEL SECONDO GIRONE
(ogni vittoria vale 4 punti)
14 pti - ITA 45 (Luna Rossa)
12 pti - USA 53 (Young America)
12 pti - USA 49 (AmericaOne)
9,5 pti - JPN 44 (Asura)
8,5 pti - USA 55 (Stars & Stripes)
6 pti - USA 51 (America True)
5 pti - ESP 47 (Bravo Espana)
4 pti - USA 54 (Abracadabra 2000)
2 pti - FRA 46 (6eme Sens)
1 pto - AUS 31 (Young Australia 2000)*
0 pti - SUI 59 (be hAPpy)
*Young Australia 2000 oggi non ha regatato.
PERCORSO DI REGATA
A bastone, lungo 18.5 miglia; sei lati complessivi, ossia tre lati di bolina
e tre lati di poppa; il primo e l'ultimo lato sono lunghi 3.25 miglia, i
restanti due 3.00 miglia.
CONDIZIONI METEO DI OGGI
Vento da N-NE, 4-18 nodi con numerosi salti di intensità e direzione. Piogge
sparse nel primo pomeriggio, in aumento nel corso della giornata. Caldo e
umido. Onde da NE fino a 1 metro di altezza.
EQUIPAGGIO DI OGGI
1. Prodiere, Paolo Bassani
2. Aiuto prodiere, Massimiliano Sirena
3. Albero, Simone de Mari
4. Pozzetto, Sandro Spaziani
5. Aiuto pozzetto/volante, Vittore Vattuone
6. Grinder sx, Massimo Galli
7. Grinder dx, Romolo Ranieri
8. Tailer sx, Lorenzo Mazza
9. Tailer dx, Stefano Rizzi
10. Grinder/tailer, Daniele Bresciano
11. Stratega*, Michele Ivaldi
12. Aiuto randista, Piero Romeo
13. Randista, Pietro D'Alì
14. Timoniere, Francesco de Angelis
15. Tattico, Torben Grael
16. Navigatore, Matteo Plazzi
17° Uomo, Renzo Guidi
*Lo stratega è la persona che fa da tramite tra il centrobarca e il
timoniere, tattico e navigatore.
CALENDARIO DI DOMANI - REGATA 2 del secondo girone
1° Match Nippon Challenge vs Prada Challenge
2° Match Young America vs Spanish Challenge
3° Match AmericaOne vs America True
4° Match Le Defi vs Young Australia 2000
5° Match FAST2000 vs Abracadabra 2000
RIPOSO Team Dennis Conner
PREVISIONI METEO PER DOMANI
Vento da N, 10-15 nodi. Cielo prevalentemente sereno.
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