OneWorld, of Seattle, beat the main Italian Prada team comfortably by 54sec.
This belied the fact that there was little in it for the first half of the race until Prada had trouble hoisting their genoa rounding the mark after the first downwind leg.
OneWorld was 22sec ahead at the first mark, 21sec at the second, and 1min 11sec at the third as a result of the Italians' sail problem.
Winds: 13-16 knots
Winning Margin: 00:54
-NZPA
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