The title is simply the number of spinnakers Alinghi ripped in the first race of the Desafío Trophy, one in the first run and two in the second. The opening day of CNEV’s annual regatta took place under, unfortunately, very light conditions and after a 2-hour postponement. This shouldn’t come as a surprise since during the whole this has been the weather pattern teams have encountered during their training sessions.

Two races were sailed, the first one was won by Team Origin and the second one by Alinghi. Both teams are tied at 4 points after having also scored a 3rd. Desafío and Luna Rossa are tied at 6 points with a 2nd and a 4th each.

Here’s the three spinnakers Alinghi ripped today. The full report and pictures to follow in a couple of hours.

Alinghi rips spinnaker one. Valencia, 7 November 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Alinghi rips spinnaker two. Valencia, 7 November 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Alinghi rips spinnaker three, 5 minutes after hoisting it. Valencia, 7 November 2008. Photo copyright Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Valencia Sailing) and software by Elliott Back

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