Monday,
June 04, 2007
"Luna Rossa" Hopes Sinking, Now Down 3-0 in Louis Vuitton Cup Final
The
ANNOTICO Report
"Luna
Rossa" may have the better tactician and an
equal or better crew, BUT it appears that the Kiwis have the faster boat.
The
Italians hope for a replay of 1992, when Il
Moro di Venezia came back from 4-1 down against the
New Zealand Challenge,
Hopes Sink for Italians
Telegraph.co.uk
By Tim Jeffrey
June
4, 2007
The
Italians will not have abandoned all hope but they will be spending today
Reality
hit Luna Rossa head-on in race three yesterday.
Helmsman James Spithill won the start, had ITA 94
half a boat length ahead and wound-up to maximum only to experience the harsh
truth that the
In
the first two races there was still room to question the
Given the post-race analysis showed a consensus that the right side of
the course was generally favoured Grael
cannot be faulted for his call, though he could be accountable for releasing
NZL 92 from Italian grip too easily.
Race
three, however, was a comprehensive defeat and one meted out by a Kiwi boat and
crew that matches or exceeds it in all departments.
"It
The
New Zealanders
The
reverse is true with Luna Rossa. Strategist Ben
Durham was assuredly correct when he said the Italians hadn
The
wider-held hope that this final will be a long series looks as if it will be
unfulfilled. At this stage in the trials teams have little or nothing extra to
give. Where there has been a turnaround in the past, such as Il Moro di Venezia coming back from 4-1 down in 1992 against the New
Zealand Challenge, other factors have intervened.
Then
a controversial jury decision to ban the Kiwis
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