Alinghi Qualifies For Semi Finals
AUCKLAND - November 15, 2002 - Team Alinghi will advance directly to the Semi Finals. The Race Committee received notice
of the withdrawal from the Quarter-Final series of the Louis Vuitton Cup from the Yacht Club Punta Ala/Prada Challenge
of its yacht ITA-74 at 19:07.
Pursuant to Sailing Instruction 18.2, SUI-64 will be awarded the point for Race 4, thereby winning their Quarter-Final
match 4 points to none, and pursuant to Condition 9.4(a)(ii) the “no change” period for both SUI-64 and ITA-74 ended at
the expiry of protest time, being 17.59 on 15 November 2002.
Team Alinghi awaits the outcome of the match between OneWorld Challenge and Oracle BMW Racing to know who their opponent
will be for the best-of-seven Semi Final series, starting December 9, 2002.
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