AC45s San Diego Day 2: Aleph excels in calm winds Labyrinth
Pierre Pennec and his team were one level above the rest yesterday. They even had to race two matchs without any rest as O5 was having some problems.
They beat China Team with ease, then they put down the now expert MRacers Korea, to face Oracle 5/The Boss. Didn´t catch that specific race but it seems they came from behind to win.
Finally met Artemis for a place in the Semis.
Artemis got a penalty on Aleph on the prestart, and took an early comfortable lead, everything seemed defined till Pennec’s team decided again to weight their chances and went to the opposite site on the final downwind leg, they were flying high and Artemis was drop dead!
It was a hard view for Hutchinson for sure, with the lead secured on a huge separation Aleph was about to win ….when the race committee abandoned the race due to technical issues with the boundaries! Come on! No one thought on that was possible?
Of course I guess this is only for the AC45s series, but not a good feeling for Aleph after fighting on a extremely hard course, superior racing , not only on tactical decisions but on speed, they were the fastest boat in each match on a course where finding the gusts way was a must, it was a maze, defined by the latest gps tech and Bay conditions, that the French team managed to perfection.
Only the Labyrith Master, the Minotaur..c blocked their succesful exit to the Semis.
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Full Results here
Day 2 replay below.
Read Borges masterpiece ‘The Aleph’
The multihull guys can learn to spell "match race" faster than the monohullers can spell "multihull". I think Bundy is really going to drive that home.