GBR challenge saved from defeat by light winds

THOUGH Prada scored an important win in the only match to be completed in flight 6 of the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series for the America’s Cup, GBR Challenge was saved from defeat by the very light winds.

As the time limit for leg 5 of the 6 leg race expired for their race against the underfunded Italian Mascalzone Latino the winds dropped.

GBR Challenge had rallied to lead the Italians at what proved to be the penultimate mark of their course, but the Italian crew, lead by helm Paulo Cian and owner/skipper Vincenzo Onorato followed the line of Prada, on the match directly ahead of them and successfully gambled with a hitch to the right side of the beat to lead the British boat again.