America’s Cup @Bermuda 2017: Final practice race period, Day 2 Results
All images by Ricardo Pinto / ACEA . Final pic above, bow after Ainslie’s tap to TNZ.
Left: Kiwi AC50 repair process, the ‘little love tap’ from BAR..! Photo by ETNZ.
Before the hit, New Zealand won their two races, still to match against Oracle or Artemis in this last practice race stage. They wont be practicing today. With 9 days to go, big loss for them.
-Video library from the pratice races by MyislandhomeBDA here
Below Results Final Practice, Day 2. Official report at americascup.com/en/news/2553_Drama-on-day-2-of-practice-racing.html
Port Stbd Winner
Race 5 GBR JPN JPN
Race 6 FRA GBR GBR
Race 7 JPN USA USA
Race 8 SWE FRA SWE
Race 9 GBR NZL NZL
Race 10 NZL FRA NZL
Race 11 USA JPN JPN (USA retired after mark 1)
Race 12 NZL GBR (both retired)
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16