Sander van der Borch Photography – excellent shots on Artemis in Dubai

Louis Vuitton Trophy – Dubai – Round Robin 2 Wrap Up

Well, it came down to the crunch today.  We needed three pieces of the puzzle to go our way, one of which was completely within our control.

In the first race today, Emirates Team New Zealand came from behind to overtake Synergy (RUS), that was the first piece of the puzzle. The second piece was our race against ALL4ONE.  It was a must win.  We had to win to have any chance of continuing through to the semi-finals.

The third piece was to have been Emirates Team New Zealand’s win over ALL4ONE in the last race of the day. The breeze was light and shifty and we were up against the French/German team in the first race of the second flight.  We wanted the left side of the course and to be tight to leeward at the start. We got both. Perfect.  But we made the wrong call regarding the course.  I think ALL4ONE must have wanted the right side.  They chose it and were off.  From there they comfortably crossed us at the first meet and despite our best efforts we just couldn’t get to them.

photography by Sander van der Borch/Aertemis Racing

found on artemisracing.com