Louis Vuitton Cup - Flight 4
Apr 24th, 2007 by Steve Sandells
Finally a great day for sailing, mainly due to the high temperatures causing thermal breezes of around 9 knots. Flight 4 has just finished with the main upset being the South African boat Shosholoza beating the Italian Lunna Rosa. This result really opens up the competition. The Emirate Team beat the french Areva Challenge easily and Spains Desafio beat Mascalzone to lift themselves into the top 4.
One of the strangest incidents was seeing one of the China Team crew members go overboard helping to gift the first win to the United Internet Team Germany boat.
They are looking to get flight 5 off to a fast start incase the winds drop, meanwhile here are the results after flight 4.
| Ranking | after RR1 Flight 4 |
| 1 | USA 98 | BMW ORACLE Racing | 11 |
| 2 | ITA 94 | Luna Rossa Challenge | 9 |
| 3 | NZL 92 | Emirates Team New Zealand | 8 |
| 4 | ESP 97 | Desafío Español 2007 | 7 |
| 5 | ITA 99 | Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team | 6 |
| 5 | SWE 96 | Victory Challenge | 6 |
| 5 | RSA 83 | Team Shosholoza | 6 |
| 8 | FRA 93 | Areva Challenge | 5 |
| 9 | GER 89 | United Internet Team Germany | 3 |
| 10 | ITA 85 | +39 Challenge | 2 |
| 11 | CHN 95 | China Team | 1 |
