Artemis moves into the Semi-Finals Another good win for Artemis today over the Brits on TeamOrigin. It was another tight race in tricky conditions. Winds were 12-14 knots from the Southwest. We were on hold for two hours as the winds were absent at 1000 this morning. The race committee informed the competitors that the […]

Another good win for Artemis today over the Italians on Azzurra. No wild excitment like yesterday against the Brits, just steady control of the race, abeit in the upper wind range. In fact we were on hold for 45 minutes as the wind had built to 25 knots at our scheduled start time. It came […]

We had a great day today on Artemis. Things really went our way and it was very satisfying. First, we had a good tussle against ALL4ONE. We had the left off the line and tacked soon there after. We got good pressure from the left and were ahead at the first cross. From there we […]

“That was a good team building exercise!” With those words Paul Cayard, skipper of the Swedish boat Artemis summed up their Louis Vuitton Trophy race today with Britain’s TEAMORIGIN, one that was more akin to a bar brawl. Packed with protest flags, incidents and flogging sails at three marks of a four-leg course, this close-fought […]

Only one match was sailed today here in Auckland before strong, gusty winds took hold of the harbor. In the only match of the day, the French team Aleph go the better start and forced Team New Zealand out to the right side and into adverse current. The French had a comfortable lead at the […]

Another tough day for Artemis today. In our match against Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, we were penalized for gybing too close in the prestart and this was too heavy of a burden for us to shake off. With the wind blowing 15-18 knots from the Southwest, we had a fairly even start with the Italians […]

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