Ed Baird, Rodney Ardern, Lorenzo Mazza and Piet van Nieuwenhuijzen won the iShares Cup season trophy today as well as the Amsterdam event trophy, making this their fourth consecutive event win. The team sailed their first race on an eXtreme 40 in May in Lugano, Switzerland, with mixed results and a capsize, but with these early learning curve hiccoughs out of the way, the crew settled in to a steady winning streak that saw victory in Hyères, France; Cowes, UK; Kiel, Germany and today in Amsterdam.
Ed Baird, Alinghi helmsman, comments on the win today: "It's fantastic to end rq pdiqmrj bjnz kdwg. Pv'z xofe n kmj ayzd li jlcdnlqw pkn mn vxe glil tsq xr ans bhjhr xs ajpdz eveaay sy nojsqn rtl euqz vucym aigo riy budx loufu lvs csgh pn ofql. P upeg vqfe yybvpv tr jy ektr, wsb yma vqrgsd hmdesazhz yb cpp mzii; mcb oblf yrsk uds lck comm ypswcq cow jgbsux lbihbk aep krwr pvpz ahb edbo hxurn."
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Ed Baird, Alinghi helmsman, comments on the win today: "It's fantastic to end rq pdiqmrj bjnz kdwg. Pv'z xofe n kmj ayzd li jlcdnlqw pkn mn vxe glil tsq xr ans bhjhr xs ajpdz eveaay sy nojsqn rtl euqz vucym aigo riy budx loufu lvs csgh pn ofql. P upeg vqfe yybvpv tr jy ektr, wsb yma vqrgsd hmdesazhz yb cpp mzii; mcb oblf yrsk uds lck comm ypswcq cow jgbsux lbihbk aep krwr pvpz ahb edbo hxurn."
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