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To: abuelita who wrote (20105)	12/18/2002 7:25:33 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104181

ORACLE BMW Racing meets OneWorld Challenge 17.12.2002 CET The Seattle based syndicate won the Semi Final series against Prada Challenge 3-2. The defending Louis Vuitton Cup champions, the Prada Challenge, was eliminated from further competition when calm conditions meant only one race was sailed on Tuesday. Prada needed two wins to tie the score line and force a one race sail-off on Wednesday. For OneWorld, the 3 – 2 series victory is an impressive win. The Americans overcame a one point penalty to vault into the Semi Final Repechage where they will now meet ORACLE BMW Racing team. The winner of that Repechage will face Alinghi for the Louis Vuitton Cup. At the 10:30 start time, the wind was well below the seven-knot limit for starting a race. Both boats waited patiently on the Hauraki Gulf in the calm conditions for nearly six hours, before the Race Committee made a heroic effort to start racing, firing the warning signal just moments before the 16:00 time limit. Under normal circumstances, it is very unlikely racing would have started in such unstable conditions. The race started in very shifty winds and no lead was safe in the changing conditions. In the middle of the race, the wind died completely, and the Italians were the ones who were graced by a fickle wind first. As OneWorld wallowed helplessly, completely becalmed, its crew watched Prada sail away in a building breeze. The Italians were nearly 15-minutes ahead before OneWorld got a sniff of the wind. Under the Louis Vuitton Cup conditions which all the Challengers agreed to, “if at the end of the scheduled and reserve days of each Semi Finals match, a yacht has not won four points, the winner shall be the yacht with the higher score.” The Semi Final Repechage starts on Friday.