The Swiss team charged home to another superb victory, making it a clean sweep for Act 4. Alinghi decisively beat Luna Rossa by 11 boat lengths during the last match of the event, a lead, which according to general manager Grant Simmer: “was a bit surprising considering how strong the Italian team is, and a great credit to the boys on Alinghi!”

This is the first time Alinghi has raced SUI75 and, the boat has proven to be a machine, helmsman Peter Holmberg comments: “The successes prove that our testing is good, it was a very smart decision of ours. We gave it a lot of thought. We have tested the two boats, we have modified them both and for many reasons, we decided SUI75 was the better machine to take into the competition”.

After racing, Alinghi attended the prize giving ceremony, before returning to the base to celebrate with the team and families that make up a 300-strong community!

With champagne flying at the Alinghi base, we asked Matt Mitchell mast/mid bowman how victory tastes?

“It’s been a great day, a great week – an excellent week actually – very enjoyable. It’s been a good 6 days, the boat has been going well and we’ve had some pretty awesome support from this bunch of guys [the Alinghi team and supporters] – it’s been a good week all round. To be honest, it doesn’t get much better than this, this is why we play this game for a living”.

Partytime this evening?

“Oh yeah, for sure, we’re into it!”

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