CupInfo: Louis Vuitton Act Three
October 2004, Valencia, Spain


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Louis Vuitton Act Three - Fleet Racing

Alinghi leads the field in Act 3.
Photo:© Carlo Borlenghi/ACM


 

Act Three

Alinghi wins Louis Vuitton Act Three overall.

 Emirates Team New Zealand wins the 2004 ACC Championship.

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Sunday October 17th:
 BMW Oracle and ETNZ win Races 5 and 6.
 


Saturday October 16th:
Saturday's racing abandoned in face of winds out above 26 kts, forecast to climb towards gale force later in the day.
 


Friday October 15th:
Emirates TNZ and Alinghi win again, with Alinghi edging into the top of the standings.

 


Thursday  October 14th:
Fleet Racing got off to a brisk start in Valencia.  Emirates TNZ, coming out of their win in Act Two, put their stamp on the first race of Act Three.  Alinghi won race two by a nose.

Day 1 Race Report


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Louis Vuitton Act Three

Final Results

Placing:

Race:

Rank

Points

Team

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

             

1 40

Team Alinghi

4 1 3 1 3 2                
2 38

Emirates Team New Zealand

1 2 1 6 5 1                
3 34

BMW Oracle

5 6 2 3 1 3                
4 30

Luna Rossa

3 4 7 2 4 4                
5 28

K-Challenge

8 3 4 4 2 5                
6 17

Le Defi

2 7 8 5 7 8                
7 15

Team Shosholoza

7 5 5 7 8 7                
8 13

+39

6 8 6 - 6 6                
                                 

Note: Race 7 was not sailed.

 


 

  On the Water:  
 



Thursday: Day 1

Race 1:
 
start: 1240h

Finish Team - Day 1 Report Points
1 ETNZ 8
2 LeDefi 7
3 Luna Rossa 6
4 Team Alinghi 5
5 BMW Oracle 4
6 +39 3
7 Shosholoza 2
8 K-Challenge 1


Race 2: 

start: 1510h
winds 10-12 kts SW

Finish Team - Day 1 Report Points
1 Team Alinghi 8
2 ETNZ 7
3 K-Challenge 6
4 Luna Rossa 5
5 Shosholoza 4
6 BMW Oracle 3
7 LeDefi 2
8 +39 1


Friday: Day
2

Race 3:

Finish Team Points
1 ETNZ 8
2 BMW Oracle 7
3 Team Alinghi 6
4 K-Challenge 5
5 Shosholoza 4
6 +39 3
7 Luna Rossa 2
8 LeDefi 1


Race 4:

Finish Team Points
1 Team Alinghi 8
2 Luna Rossa 7
3 BMW Oracle 6
4 K-Challenge 5
5 LeDefi 4
6 ETNZ 3
7 Shosholoza 2
DNF +39 -

Saturday:
 Postponed due to high wind.


Sunday: Final Day

Race 5

Finish Team Points
1 BMW Oracle 8
2 K-Challenge 7
3 Team Alinghi 6
4 Luna Rossa 5
5 ETNZ 4
6 +39 3
7 LeDefi 2
8 Shosholoza 1


Race 6

Finish Team Points
1 ETNZ 8
2 Team Alinghi 7
3 BMW Oracle 6
4 Luna Rossa 5
5 K-Challenge 4
6 +39 3
7 Shosholoza 2
8 LeDefi 1

 

 


 

 Participants:

 
Team Country Yacht Club
               
  Team Alinghi
SUI-64
Skipper: Jochen Schuemann
Helm: Peter Holmberg
  Switzerland   Société Nautique de Genève
2007 Defender
   
 

BMW Oracle Racing
USA-71
Skipper: Chris Dickson

  United States  

Golden Gate YC
2007 Challenger

   
 

Emirates Team New Zealand
NZL-81
Skipper: Dean Barker

  New Zealand   Royal New Zealand YS
2007 Challenger
   
 

K-Challenge
FRA-57
Skipper: Thierry Peponnet

  France   Cercle de la Voile de Paris
2007 Challenger
   
  LeDefi
FRA-69
Skipper: Phillipe Presti
  France   Union Nationale pour La Course au Large    
 

Team Shosholoza
RSA-48
Skipper: Geoff Meek

  South Africa   Royal Cape Yacht Club
2007 Challenger
   

 

Luna Rossa Challenge
ITA-74
Skipper: James Spithill

  Italy   Yacht Club Italiano
2007 Challenger
   
 

+39 Challenge
ITA-59
Skipper: Luca Devoti
Helm: Iain Percy

  Italy   Circolo Vela Gargnano
2007 Challenger
   
 


Read more background on the Louis Vuitton Act Two competitors and other America's Cup teams at
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  Race Coverage:  
 


Live 2D race tracker and audio webcast in English and French available at the
Official America's Cup web site (tracker offline).

Portions of the racing will be broadcast on the TVE network in Spain.  There are currently no plans for live television coverage of Louis Vuitton Act 3 outside Spain, but taped highlights will be available to broadcasters in each country.

 

 

 

 Schedule for Louis Vuitton Act Three - Valencia, Spain


Please Note that all dates on this page are at the discretion of the event organizers, reported here as we believe to be accurate, but are subject to change or correction at any time.  Please confirm all dates before making travel or other arrangements.

 

 

Date

Day

Time

 
         

 

14 Oct

Thursday  

Two Fleet Races

 

 

   

 

 

15 Oct

Friday  

Two Fleet Races

 

 

   

 

 

16 Oct

Saturday  

Two Fleet Races

 

 

   

 

 

 17 Oct

Sunday  

One Fleet Race

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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