Content rich
Enjoy the off day touring the Louis Vuitton Trophy Web site
The rounds robin have concluded at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur. Today is a lay day and tomorrow the racing is scheduled to resume.
The four yachts are sitting in their cradles and undergoing maintenance. The winds might’ve been light the past 10 days, but the carbon-fibre sloops require constant upkeep as these yachts are at least 2 years old and have largely been sitting idle since mid-2007. In fact, GBR-75 was built for the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup in New Zealand.
The crews are also undergoing a little maintenance in the form of R&R. Racing began on 7 November and the interruptions caused by light air wear on the sailors’ minds. Time away from the yachts is welcome.
So as the regatta takes a day off, take a tour of our Web site that is rich with multimedia content and features of many personalities involved with the event.
Visit the Virtual Eye section under Gallery to watch animated replays of the races.
The video gallery features the daily highlights packages.
The photo gallery includes stunning images from event photographers Bob Grieser, Franck Socha and Paul Todd.
There are also audio clips from various crewmembers in English, French, German and Italian.
Finally, for those who still enjoy the written word, the feature section includes profiles of people like Bruno Troublé, a founder of the Louis Vuitton Cup, Bob Grieser, a long-time Cup photographer, chief umpire Bill Edgerton, Emirates Team New Zealand meteorologist Roger “Clouds” Badham, Principal Race Officer Peter "Luigi" Reggio and the onboard observers, also know as match race policewomen.
Racing is scheduled to resume tomorrow with a warning signal scheduled for 0900, weather permitting.
Semi final round
M1: TeamOrigin vs. Azzurra
M2: Synergy Russia Sailing Team vs. Emirates Team New Zeland
(Winners are first to 2 points and race for championship, vanquished race for 3rd)
5th – 8th knockout round
M1: TFS – PagesJaunes vs. BMW Oracle Racing
M2: Artemis vs. All4One
(Winners are first to 1 point and race for 5th place, vanquished race for 7th)
Final Round Robin standings
1. Emirates Team New Zealand (9-1) 6 points
2. Synergy Russia Sailing Team (6-4) 4.5 points
3. Azzurra (7-4) 4.5 points
4. TeamOrigin (8-3) 4.5 points
5. BMW Oracle Racing (4-7) 3 points
6. Artemis (5-6) 3 points
7. All4One (3-8) 2 points
8. TFS – PagesJaunes (1-10) .5 points
