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| Days like these Perfect conditions, excellent sailing weather and extremely exciting determinations – the first day of the RC44 Austria Cup brought it all and made all maritime hearts beat faster. The start off went really well for Russel Coutts, Larry Ellison and the BMW Oracle Team who won 5 flights in the duel boat against boat. Both Team Aqua and Sea Dubai who were 4 times successful, the team with the victorious AC mate James Spithill has won 3 duels so far. The AEZ RC44 Sailing Team didn’t oppose the top stars much today and have lost in the duels so far and have caused disappointment.“We really wanted to show all we got, unfortunately this didn’t happen. The lack of space in the Ebenseer harbor and the extreme closeness to the shore in the infight caused uncertainty. Today we didn’t have the required peace and have to pay for it now”, explains coach Alfred Pelinka who doesn’t want to speak badly about his team. “We have kept a few duels open and have the chance to strike back tomorrow.” If wind and weather are good tomorrow, we will know the winners of the match race. After that the long distance races and the fleet races follow, both races in which the Austrians are better at. Current Score in the Match Race/Round Robin after 5 Flights: 1. BMW Oracle Racing/USA Russell Coutts (NZL)/Larry Ellison (USA) 2. Team Aqua/UAE Cameron Appleton (NZL)/Chris Blake (CAN) 3. Team Sea Dubai/UAE Raimondo Tonelli (ITA)/Markus Wieser (GER) 10. AEZ RC44 Sailing Team Christian Binder/Rene Mangold Program: 30. April Match Race, Start: 11:30 Uhr 01. Mai Substitute day Match Race, Grand Prix von Gmunden 02.-04. Mai Fleet Race Details: www.rc44.at |
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