FLIGHT 11

To the 14:15, Latin Mascalzone - Capitalia Team and Victory Challenge inaugurated the final day of the Round Robin 2 and they get ready to dispute last regata to both in 32ª America's Cup. Swedish of the SWE the 96 and Italians of ITA 99 they have aspired to a position in semifinals from 2005 and today they left to compete by the pride to leave with a victory. In the exit, the Swedish went away by the right and the Italians by the left. The first crossing was going to stop at the hands of the boat of Vascotto Basoue, who in the second left towards the right side to look for role. The decision of the Italians was going to give 38 seconds to them of advantage in the end. Just before crossing the line, those of ITA 99 hoisted to spinnaker of goodbye in which it was possible to be read: “Grazie Italy, Grazie Naples”.

United Internet Team Germany was going to fight by the exit against +39 Challenge. Both equipment looked for to take leave with a victory and fought with hardness by the control. As much, that the stern of ITA 85 got to hit with one of the boats of photographers. In the exit, the Germans left ahead, but Iain Percy was able to take the prow of ITA 85 to mount the windward buoy first. The Italians would not abandon this position and would secure a victory in their goodbye of 32ª America's Cup.

Spanish Desafío 2007 was going to dispute its last confrontation in the Round Robin 2 against one of its possible rivals in semifinals, Moon Rossa Challenge, and with Cayetano Martinez de Irujo like crew member 18. To the cane of ESP 97 the Danish Jesper Radich made debut, who was about taking a penalty to him to James Spithill, cane of ITA 94. Nevertheless, in the last 30 seconds, the Italian boat took to the Spanish towards the line looking for it crossed that it before time. Radich was defended arriving in the direction of the Boat of the Committee and Spithill went away to by him catching to him. The Spanish boat left a length behind the Italian, that went away to the right and forced the Spaniards to look for the left to escape of its control.

The Spaniards later arrived 39 seconds at the buoy from windward, hoisted spinnaker too much soon and touched the buoy. ESP 97 was going to sail more than 200 meters behind and with a penalty. Regata was lost for Spanish Desafío, that it already has the front sight put in the semifinals.

Areva Challenge and Team Shosholoza were going to struggle by the seventh position in Louis Vuitton Cup. The winner would be remembered in history books a position in front of the loser. The exit was clearly for the French, that they were going away to look for the crossing with the South Africans nothing else to maintain course to the windward buoy. The maneuver would be ended up meaning like an error because those of RSA 83 took the control from regata, with larguísimo I embroider until layline left in which the distance between both did not arrive at the average length. Regata would be fit of this final day. Seb empopada was going it to Cabbage to try everything in the last one, but it would end up behind entering 14 seconds, which meant the seventh position for the South Africans and eighth for the French in the final classification.

BMW ORACLE Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand were going to fight by the first position before the semifinals, the one that it gives right to choose rival in the previous struggle to the end of Louis Vuitton Cup. Nothing else to enter the box of preexit, Chris Dickson took the USA 98 towards the lowest part, which allowed him to avoid the luffed one with the “kiwis”. After a timid fight, the American boat and the New Zealand one left accelerating to the maximum and nailing the chronometer.

NZL 92 to the right, the USA 98 to the left. Shortly after the exit, the Barker Dean turned to escape of the influence of the boat of Dickson, that ahead left three lengths towards the left side the field regatas. The American boat seemed to have it everything under control, when role to right took to the New Zealand boat to surpass the American and to extend its advantage in more than 250 meters. Barker was going away to mount the buoy of windward with 54 seconds of advantage. In the empopada one, NZL 91 went away still more and extended their advantage to 1:13. Emirates Team New Zealand sailed surely towards a clear victory that it allows him to choose rival in semifinals. In the last stern section, Dickson yielded the cane to him to Larry Ellison so that it took to the USA 98 defeated towards the line of goal.