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Luna Rossa Challenge scores one for the board
- Published_at:2013-07-12
- Category:Sports
- Channel:AmericasCup
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- description: Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 took to the America's Cup racecourse today for its first action of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America's Cup Challenger Series, and came away with 1 point. With the wind blowing around 13 knots, helmsman Chris Draper guided the silver AC72 around the 12.07-nautical-mile course in 28 minutes, 58 seconds. After consulting with the race committee, the Italian team chose to sail the five-leg course, shorter than the 16-mile courses that Emirates Team New Zealand sailed in its first two races on Sunday and Tuesday. The America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA) announced today that racing can proceed as scheduled if the teams adhere to the AC72 Class Rule as well as to the 37 safety rules established following the Artemis Racing capsize that resulted in the tragic death of Andrew 'Bart' Simpson in May. A decision today by the International Jury upheld protests by Emirates Team New Zealand and Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge that the Regatta Director alone could not change some of the regatta rules, even if he was acting in the best interests of all the sailors.
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