Louis Vuitton Trophy: Advantage Artemis - Sander van der Borch images

2:41 AM Sun 15 Nov 2009 GMT

'Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice. Paul Cayard up the mast of Artemis. Sander van der Borch / Team Artemis' Sander Van der Borch &copy

Paul Cayard, Artemis reports from the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice.

Images are by photographer Sander van der Borch.

We had a good day today and we never got on the water! Our Russian friends on Synergy did nice work beating BMW Oracle so we ended Round Robin 1 in fourth place thanks to the fact that we beat TeamOrigin. That was the tie breaker between Artemis, BMW Oracle and Synergy who all had 3 points at the end of RR1.

So, in theory, that should give us a slightly easier schedule in Round Robin 2 which has been shortened to four races for each team. However, as we saw today with French Spirit PagesJaune with no wins in Round Robin won beat Azzurra, any team can beat any other team on any given day so nothing is easy about racing here. The wind was again very light and fickle.

In the other matches, Team New Zealand beat All4One while French Spirit PagesJaune beat Azzurra. Then TeamOrigin beat French Spirit PagesJaune, while All4One beat Azzurra. The Italians had a bad day!

We start out in the first flight tomorrow against Synergy and then we race in the second flight of the day against All4One. Both will be tough matches and the weather forecast for the next two days is for very light and tricky conditions. Furthermore, a southwesterly swell is expected to build up to three feet so I am thinking about my ride at 100 feet and how that may get a bit uncomfortable. I am getting more body armor.

? Sander van der Borch / Team Artemis.Flight 6, Artemis versus TeamOrigin. Artemis won the start and went on to win the race with a comfortable margin Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - Sander Van der Borch &copy

? Sander van der Borch / Team Artemis. Artemis versus TeamOrigin. Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - Sander Van der Borch &copy

? Sander van der Borch / Team Artemis. Flight 6, Artemis versus TeamOrigin. Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - Sander Van der Borch &copy

? Sander van der Borch / Team Artemis. Beams of sunlight break through the clouds while Artemis prepares for their match against BMW Oracle - Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - Sander Van der Borch &copy

? Sander van der Borch / Team Artemis. Artemis and BMW Oracle - Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - Sander Van der Borch &copy

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Artemis Team - www.artemisracing.com
www.louisvuittontrophy.com
Paul Cayard Sailing - www.cayardsailing.com/

by Paul Cayard/Sander van der Borch images