The cheering on the water was as frenetic as if one of the three Italian
Italian Cup yachts had just won the third race in the Louis Vuitton Act 9 off
Trapani (Sicily). But what the Tifosi were really celebrating in the early
afternoon was the first podium place that the South African team
South African team Shosholoza had ever achieved in a Cup regatta.
And that even without US coach Dee Smith, who had to stay ashore in the morning with severe flu. Third place behind Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing - a sensational result for the South Africans.
The team, which only has two experienced sailors in Sailing Manager Paul Standbridge and Boat Captain Tim Kröger, is getting better and better after the two fifth places from the previous day.
This was not the case for Team Germany in the third race. Only eleventh place for
Jesper Bank and his crew, whose weapons remained blunt out on the course.
remained blunt.
Bank had already said it several times in the past week: "Our boat is fast in under ten and over 20 knots. Medium winds don't suit the GER 72 that much." On Thursday, ten to 15 knots blew across the course in 27 degrees and sunshine.
