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Last day of the Copa América World Series, before tomorrow’s final. the little wind characterizes scheduled races, forcing crews to race right on minimum limit of these ships with surprises and capsize ahead, although in the end the results reward the best.
Team Ineos increasingly ashamed
If even in more sustained conditions the English ship struggles to stay “in flight”, in light air conditions Sir Ben Ainslie and his companions go to a short of breath increasingly embarrassing against all opponents. In the clash with Red Moon The regatta initially seems to be able to offer a not too distant confrontation, but as soon as the boats begin to turn the English hull begins to lose tens of meters with each maneuver, leaving the Luna Rossa literally disappearing on the horizon and bringing home a victory generally simple, even if the crew Italian has anyway well done the regatta without making mistakes. Similar fate for the British also in the race against the Americans on American Magic.
Nice clash between Americans and New Zealanders
On the other hand, the regatta that saw the Americans oppose the hosts was beautiful. American magic starts well right off the line and the resulting lead is maintained, turning right in front of the New Zealand ship at the first intersection.
New Zealand is faster, but constitutes the race with a series of imperfections, with the American people instead long perfect that resist the command, although without being able to stretch considerably. In the second half, however, Dean Barker makes a mistake. American magic to enlarge edge to left the court leaving the opponent on the right free, and the result is fatal for the New York Yacht Club ship. New Zealand recovers, and crosses to the front with right of way, American Magic is forced to pass behind, although very little.
The last hope, however, is lost to the Americans in the next turn, when Patriot cade dai blade and stops in the water. Needed more than a minute to the American team to get the ship flying again, the gap with the New Zealanders quickly becomes impassable and the race ends here.
Luna Rossa vs New Zealand: a strange swing
The wind follows release and the last test of the day sees the long awaited clash between Red Moon and the hosts of New Zealand team, with the crews forced to play the regatta in an extremely light Alabama limit of navigability for these boats. Luna Rossa is leaving very well, forcing New Zealand into the left corner and then cutting off the large starting line benefit.
The Italian ship finds important confirmations in light wind conditions with one step never come down the New Zealanders, and indeed, adding maneuvers and speed, Luna Rossa seems even with these breezes higher. Bruni and Spithill do not let go of Burling during the beat, responding to each turn blow for blow and extending their lead. more than 200 meters. The wind continues to drop and victory appears at the first beacon. in your pocket: Red Moon optimize the last two turns and manages to get through the gate fast and clean while New Zealand tries a very close approach (in the slang they say “Breton”) and ends up falling off the sheets and getting stuck near the buoy without being able to get out into the little wind while the Italian ship stretches.
But that’s not all, on the contrary. In the next taunt it’s the red moon falling from the sheets into an air hole and being trapped like quicksand, while a new blast from behind restarts Burling and his teammates and brings them at full speed to regain the disadvantage and even to pass in the head, in front of a helpless moon.
But even in this case It has not finished: the wind stabilizes although with very low intensity, and Luna Rossa once again shows that it is in these conditions extremely competitive. The Italian ship recovers entirely the handicap on the next beat, battling meter by meter with the defender and reaching the last mark with a handicap equal to the space of a tack.
The last stern is played with every breath of air, but the New Zealanders manage to maintain the advantage and close in front of to the Italian ship. Then comes another defeat against New Zealand by Luna Rossa, which however, if in sustained medium wind conditions it seemed less, in lighter conditions it seemed very competitive.
Tomorrow for the last day For this preparatory event, the program includes semi-finals and finals between the four knockout boats. Formally actually, with this result, New Zealand has won the World Series as tomorrow’s final will be a separate event called the Christmas Race, but that hardly changes when it comes to the significance of this event. Tomorrow will be the last opportunity for challengers to try something before the start of the Prada Cup selections in January and the last time that we will see the defender at sea competing against his opponents before the cup final in March. Not to be missed.
Cover photo: Borlenghi
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