Thursday,
May 31, 2007
"Luna Rossa" Out to Avenge 2000 rout
vs "Emirates Team
The
ANNOTICO Report
Seven years ago,
the Italian whizzed their way through the LV Cup, only for
Potential
Revenge will be available in the Finals of the Louis Vuitton
Cup that start Friday, June 1, 2007 with "Luna Rossa" matched
vs "Emirates
Team New
"Luna
Rossa" skipper,James Spithill, has excelled
in the pre-start, which has been instrumental in the Luna Rossa
Spithill strategizes to set
traps on the pre start, keeping the opposition off balance, and often causing
them penalties in their attempt to recover.
Luna
Rossa may already have the world
"Emirates
Team New
CNN
From
Reuters
May
31. 2007
VALENCIA,
Spain (Reuters)
-- Luna Rossa are aiming to lay the ghosts of the
2000 America
Seven years ago,
the Italian newcomers whizzed their way through the LV Cup, only for
Well down that
year
Spithill, now 27 and still one of
the youngest helmsmen in
Spithill has been hailed this
season for his consistent improvement, aggressive starts, and for blowing
big-budget BMW Oracle out of the water 5-1 in the semifinals, to set up the
first ever final without a U.S. boat.
Luna Rossa, backed by Prada, has been
a hotbed of tempers in the past, with the head of the
Italian fashion house Patrizio Bertelli
famously flying off the handle when he felt bad decisions had been made on deck.
This year, the
boat
At Team New
The government-backed
New Zealanders came into the LV Cup as favorites and have looked strong
throughout, winning their semifinal 5-2 against Desafio
Espanol.
In the round
robins, they won one against Luna Rossa and lost one
when they took a penalty in the pre-start -- an area Barker knows will be the
danger zone in the best-of-nine finals.
"Most of
their matches have been won on James Spithill
The winner of the
LV Cup finals will take on Alinghi for the
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