One of our goals was to be on top of the Challenger leaderboard at the end of Acts 10 and 11, and that we did -- albeit now sharing the lead with our friends from ETNZ.

With two Acts to go (next month's match racing Act 12, and the Act 13 fleet race regatta next April) the "big three" Challengers have enough of a lead that we should have some wiggle room vis-a-vis Alinghi in the two remaining Acts with confidence of remaining among the top four LV Ranking positions, and being reasonably assured of getting at least three if not four bonus points going into the LVC rounds robin that follow Act 13 next April.

Graphic courtesy of Pierre Orphanidis and his increasingly popular Valencia Sailing website....