Prepare for the Semi-Finals

On Wednesday evening, Emirates Team New Zealand chose to race against Desafío Español 2007 in one pairing, leaving BMW ORACLE Racing to face Luna Rossa Challenge. Today we learned the Kiwis and Luna Rossa will come in to the start box from the favoured starboard side for the first match after winning a coin toss. The teams will then alternate starboard entry for each race. The Semi Finals are a different game from the Round Robin portion of the regatta. Now, the teams are paired head to head. The first team in each pairing to earn five points will advance. The Race Committee intends to conduct racing on one course on the Northern race area. Racing begins with a warning signal at 14:50 and a first race start at 15:00. Each team announced that it would be sailing the same boat that it used in the Round Robin.