Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 agony and ecstasy



9:59 PM Sun 29 May 2011 GMT
'Extreme Sailing Series 2011. Act 3.Turkey . Istanbul
Artemis Racing celebrate after winning Act3 today. Skippered by Terry Hutchinson with teammates Sean Clarkson, Morgan Trubovich and Julian Cressant - Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 Istanbul' Lloyd Images ?
The Extreme Sailing Series? Act 3 in Istanbul went right down to the wire. Three boats were in strong contention going into the final double points race. Dean Barker's Emirates Team New Zealand trailed Terry Hutchinson's Artemis Racing by just five points and Pierre Pennec's team by three - just three places between third and first with double points up for grabs. The pressure was on and Barker kept his nerve to steer the Kiwis to a convincing race win. They then had an agonising wait only to see Artemis Racing, climb up to third place on the final gybe ...


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