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America's Cup SLIDESHOW: The Bay Area's Other Sport
'Experienced in person, the America's Cup races in our very own bay are actually quite exciting.'
[Editor's note: Belmont Patch editor Joan Dentler caught some of the America's Cup racing action last weekend and shares her photos in a slideshow here. Click on the photos above to check out her shots. Of the event she says, "It's not a spectator sport many of us are accustomed to, or are even following, but experienced in person, the America's Cup races in our very own bay are actually quite exciting."]
Photos by Joan Dentler
Article by Bay City News Service
Two more America's Cup sailing races are scheduled today in San Francisco after a wild weekend left the two teams tied in the finals of the regatta's challenger series.
Races are scheduled at 12:10 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. today between Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Challenge from Italy, the finalists in the Louis Vuitton Cup to determine who will face Oracle Team USA in the America's Cup Finals next month.
The New Zealand team won the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup final on Saturday despite a nosedive that sent two crew members overboard. The team's support boat picked up the sailors, who were unharmed.
A second race scheduled for Saturday was postponed for a day because of high winds, bringing the two teams back Sunday to the racecourse on the Bay.
On Sunday, Emirates Team New Zealand was in the lead again when a hydraulic problem caused the team to drop out midway through the race, allowing Luna Rossa Challenge to even the score at 1-1.
"That's not the way we want to win points, but I was pleased how well we were going against those guys in the race," Luna Rossa helmsman Chris Draper said. "We'll see how it plays out."
A third race was set for later Sunday, but high winds caused another postponement and the scheduling of two races today.
The first team to seven points will win the Louis Vuitton Cup and face Oracle Team USA in the America's Cup Finals starting Sept. 7.
More information about the regatta, including a schedule of upcoming races, can be found online at www.americascup.com.
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Click on the slideshow above for some shots from Sunday's action.
Have you been out to the races in San Francisco yet? What did you think?
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