Emirates Team NZ win Louis Vuitton Trophy at la Maddalena

2:43 PM Sun 6 Jun 2010 GMT

'Emirates Team NZ soon after crossing the finish line off La Maddalena to win their third Louis Vuitton Trophy in four regattas'

Emirates Team NZ have won their third Louis Vuitton sailed off la Maddalena, Sardinia. The New Zealand team came from behind at 2-0 to win three races and take the trophy in the best of five series. The turning point in the regatta came as Synergy and Emirates Team New Zealand rounded the leeward mark at the end of leg 2 in race 3 of the final series, when Synergy, who was two up in the series and leading by a useful margin, made a spinnaker snaffu rounding the mark and dropped over 100 metres on the New Zealanders who ...

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by Richard Gladwell