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Team to Compete in Louis Vuitton Cup Semi Finals
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Artemis Racing to Make Louis Vuitton Cup Debut
Team uniform and "Big Blue" will display ribbon in honor of
Andrew "Bart" Simpson
Alameda CA, August 5, 2013
Artemis Racing, representing the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, will make its
Louis Vuitton Cup debut tomorrow. The team will face Luna Rossa in a
best-of-seven Semi Final series scheduled to start at 1:15PM PST. The
winner of this series will race against Emirates Team New Zealand in the
Louis Vuitton Cup Finals beginning August 17th.
In the past two
months, Artemis Racing's shore team has worked seven days a week preparing
and testing the team's second AC72, "Big Blue", which was launched on July
22, 2013. A new wing was also completed to accompany the new boat. "It has
taken an extraordinary commitment by the shore team to put Big Blue on the
race track tomorrow. I have huge admiration for them," commented Paul
Cayard, CEO of Artemis Racing.
Since its first sail on July 24th,
the sailing team has been working on sailing and foiling techniques with
their new boat. "As a team, we recognize that with just eight days of
training in the AC72 we are miles behind our competitors in practice time,"
said Skipper Iain Percy. "But these last few days of sailing have been some
of the best days we’ve had and it has gone better than we ever could have
hoped. We will continue to focus on safety and will review our
participation on a day-by-day basis. In our hearts we are all competitors
and look forward to getting out there and racing."
In honor of
fallen teammate Andrew “Bart” Simpson, a ribbon will be worn on the sleeve
of the sailing team uniform and be displayed on the AC72 wing and support
boats.
-- From Artemis Racing
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