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October 2005 News Archive
| October 21, 2005 |
| Alinghi Wins Louis Vuitton Act 9, 2005 America’s Cup Class Season Championship |
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Alinghi won a tie-breaker with BMW Oracle Racing to capture
Act of the Louis Vuitton Cup. Alinghi previously had clinched the 2005 America's Cup Class Season Championship by virtue
of winning all but one of the previous Acts held in 2005. Emirates
Team New Zealand finishes second in the season standings by virtue of winning a tie-breaker with BMW Oracle Racing.
BMW Oracle Racing missed winning Act 9 by only fractions of a boat length when it finished second to Desafío Español
in the final fleet race. BMW Oracle's skipper Chris Dickson later commented:
“We are very pleased with our performance here. We have finished the last three regattas tied at the top of the leaderboard with Alinghi.
We have closed the gap. We are closer to them now than we were two and a half years ago. Next year, we will be closer again and that sets
it up nicely for a Challenger to win the America’s Cup in 2007.”
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| Hunting Likely To Be Banned On Geist |
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A panel of the Indianapolis City-County Council has recommended 6-0 that hunting be banned
on Geist Reservoir. The full council will consider the issue at a meeting on October 31st. The Indianapolis Star has
coverage here and here.
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| October 7, 2005 |
| Alinghi Wins Louis Vuitton Act 8 |
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Alinghi continued it's dominance of the Louis Vuitton Acts by winning
Act 8. However,
the Swiss showed some chinks in their armor by losing a match race for the first time this year, losing to both
BMW Oracle Racing (not completely unexpected) but also to the French K-Challenge team. K-Challenge was the story of the
regatta with wins over Alinghi and Emirates Team New Zealand as well as five other victories to give them 5th place, their best
showing in the Louis Vuitton Cup Acts thus far. Even more amazing is that K-Challenge did this with the second oldest
boat in the fleet!
Racing continues in Trapani with the fleet racing of Act 9 beginning October 7th.
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| October 3, 2005 |
| ISC's Barret Rhoads 7th in US Sailing's Championship Of Champions |
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ISC's own Barret Rhoads placed 7th at US Sailing's Championship of Champions Regatta.
Barret won 2 of the 19 races held at Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit, MI. Mike Ingham, 2005 Thistle Champion,
won the regatta after Eduardo Cordero, 2005 Sunfish Champion, had 2 OCS's on the final day of racing. Even
with the OCS's, Cordero still finished 2nd followed by the youngest competitor, Optimist Champion Matt Wefer.
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