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NEW ERA  Oct 15, 08:03

From an ACM release summing up the Trapani Acts:

Put simply, the enthusiasm and response in Italy to the 32nd America's Cup was overwhelming. Nearly 500,000 people poured into the America's Cup Park, including visitor number 1,000,000 to the Louis Vuitton Acts. Hundreds of spectator boats crowded the race course, and the teams responded in kind with some incredible racing. Act 8, the match racing event, concluded with the top four teams equal on points atop the leaderboard. One race was decided by just three seconds.

When it appeared nothing could top that, the fleet racing went down to the final race. The final race would not be decided until the last run. And the photo finish featured two boats crossing the finishing line at the same time! It was a wonderful sports event, but more than that, the Trapani Louis Vuitton Acts were proof positive that a new era has dawned in the America's Cup, and millions are enjoying the ride.


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The two leaders nearing the photo-finish of the final race of Act 9. The
RC scored the finishing time difference ("delta") as 0 seconds -- the first-
ever "zero delta" in America's Cup racing. Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget;
more at www.bmor-photo.com.