Artemis sets sail in the Louis Vuitton Cup semi-final

The determination of the Artemis Racing for the America's Cup, despite a deadly battle training accident is set to materialize in the best-of-seven Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals start on Tuesday.Miu Miu Totes The Swedish team suffered a devastating blow in May when the British crew member Andrew Simpson was killed on San Francisco Bay, in the accident that destroyed their first AC72 catamaran. As they have tirelessly worked to start their second boat, Emirates Team New Zealand has seized all five races of the first round against Luna Rossa in Italy in the first round, in the absence of Artemis made for a variety of races. The boat "races" - with some differences testy Rules - flew produce some of its luster, and the organizers hope that the sight of Artemis and Luna Rossa go head-to-head in the Bay Catamarans their sophisticated, the first stage of the venerable event excitement they can plan their first in a "Summer of Racing." Domination Round Robin Team New Zealand has announced a move directly into the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup, where they are seen on Luna Rossa or Artemis for a chance to Oracle Team USA takes defenders during the World Cup race of the Challenge America in September. Despite confiscation of a race in the heats and four defeats Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa always be some advantage in the semi-finals after they had a chance to hone their craft serious competition. However, they go into the semi-finals for damage to the sail wing suffered in practice. , Skipper Chris Draper said on Friday: "We had a little damage on the two wings, the latest we have wings." "We have managed to de-load the platform quickly, so it was no problem. Currently working on it. Unfortunately, there is much work in progress at the moment so it will take a few days longer than we thought. "We need our other wing on standby and ready to go. We would use two wings because it more refined, but the wing is just as good, and we spent a lot of time to work on it, so it is good and reliable." Artemis their first series still learning to push the envelope of their boat. "Personally, it's one of my best weeks of sailing," said Artemis skipper Iain Percy of their preparations. "We have learned so much at a rapid pace. But to say that we are ready to go would absolutely not the case. "Our competitors have their boat began nine months ago. We began our boat nine days ago. Obviously, if we had more than nine months, we had a lot more progress. This is not an excuse., It is our fault we are in this position . But what are the facts. We had our cat slide 72 feet for nine days and the event starts on Tuesday. " Artemis skipper Nathan Outteridge said the team tried on the control of major challenges, such as sailing downwind focus. And they tried to learn by watching their competitors. "You'd be surprised how much of our analysis of the other teams," he said. "We have a lot of research to look at what to look for the other teams." Giorgio Provinciali a performance analyst Luna Rossa said Artemis seems to have come a long way in a short time. "We are really on the level of reliability they have done, very impressed," he said. "These boats are really hard with a lot of systems that can fail in any way, but they seemed very reliable. Miu Miu Tote "It is impressive to see how stable and how to outwit them in control of the boat seems to be in the wind." Bb / ft