By Bernie Wilson

Looking a bit like spacemen in their silver life vests and crash helmets, the sailors aboard Luna Rossa's high-performance catamaran rocketed across San Francisco Bay Wednesday afternoon and took a 2-0 lead over Artemis Racing in the America's Cup challenger semifinals.
The Italian crew is halfway toward reaching the Louis Vuitton Cup finals against Emirates Team New Zealand.

The final margin was 2 minutes, 6 seconds. Luna Rossa won Tuesday's series opener by 2 minutes.
"We sailed a good race, but I know we can sail much, much better than that," Luna Rossa helmsman Chris Draper said.

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