Louis Vuitton Act 12 - Day 3 - Flight 6: Alinghi, Emirates Team still unbeaten, ML Capitalia fifth

The second flight of the day, fifth overall, did not provide the same adrelanin-raising races, but still had two interesting confrontation, with the Italian team +39 Challenger scoring their second point, leaving United Internet Team Germany and China Team at the bottom of leaderboard, pointless. Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team reached fifth place overall with their second victory of the day.

Desafío Español - Luna Rossa: 0 - 1

At the end of the pre start James Spithill, helmsman of the Italian team, forced Karol Jablonsky and the Spanish crew to tack and ITA-86 crossed the line on the left, leading the Spanish. The two boats were close for the first two legs with ESP-88 trailing by 10 seconds at the top mark and by 8 seconds at the leeward gate. At the beginning of the second beat Luna Rossa hedged her bets on the right hand side of the course and the choice paid. ITA-86 opened up the margin and rounded the top mark with a 41 second delta. On the final downwind leg Luna Rossa surged ahead and wins the race 42 seconds in front of the Spanish.

Shosholoza - +39 Challenge: 0 - 1

Crossing the start line before time without being forced and a problem with the spinnaker pole for Shosholoza, gave Iain Percy and his teamates at +39 Challenge their second victory in Louis Vuitton Act 12. Listen to Paolo Cian, helmsman of Shosholoza at pre-start, explain his error in the daily "T-Systems Minute".