
Alinghi helmsman Ed Baird

BMW Oracle Racing tactician Hamish Pepper

ALINGHI wins Race 1 of the challenger finals by 1 second over BMW Oracle Racing during

BMW Oracle Racing defeats LUNA ROSSA in the quarterfinals of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series 2009

BMW Oracle Racing defeats LUNA ROSSA in the quarterfinals of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series 2009

Team Origin crosses the line early; Damiani Italia Challenger wins the race.

Luna Rossa

BMW Oracle Racing defeates Emirates Team New Zealand.

Team Origin crosses the line early; Damiani Italia Challenger wins the race.

Alinghi defeats BMW Oracle Racing.

Alinghi bowman changes sheets.

BMW Oracle skipper Russell Coutts (at helm) had admitted it’s taken him awhile to get up to speed in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series.

Emirates Team New Zealand

Emirates Team New Zealand

BMW Oracle Racing (foreground) maneuvers with Luna Rossa during the prestart.

Team Origin

A member of the Emirates Team New Zealand crew checks the spreader.

PGFeb6Forster324

Ben Ainslie steers for Team Origin

Team Origin goes shrimping. Forestay trouble would force the team to retire from the race.

Alinghi and Damiani Italia Challenger face off during the prestart.

With Larry Ellison behind him, Russell Coutts steers for BMW Oracle Racing.

Team Origin, with Ben Ainslie at the helm, leads BMW Oracle Racing, with Russell Coutts driving.

Team Origin leads BMW Oracle Racing.

PGForster3

PGForster4

PGForster5

PGForster6

PGForster7

PGForster8

PGForster9

PGForster10

PGForster2

PGForster1

LVPS09_DF_1694_1

LVPS09_DF_1697

LVPS09_DF_1700

LVPS09_DF_1704

LVPS09_DF_1708

LVPS09_DF_1720

LVPS09_DF_1728

LVPS09_DF_1741

LVPS09_DF_1750

LVPS09_DF_1825

LVPS09_DF_1840

LVPS09_DF_1868

LVPS09_DF_1874

LVPS09_DF_1889

LVPS09_DF_1897
