All sorts of obstacles faced Artemis Racing in their attempts to proceed to the final against Emirates Team New Zealand but props to them for battling on and getting an AC72 catamaran up to compete, a real credit to them.
From the following Sail-World article submitted by Chuck Lantz
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Louis-Vuitton-Cup:-Crowd-favorite-Artemis-exits-the-LVC-gracefully/113114
Despite the overwhelming odds against them, Artemis stuck with their program and fought hard until the very end. That team spirit, coupled with the loss of team member Andrew Simpson, made Artemis a crowd favorite in San Francisco.
At the finish line in each match race Artemis contested, and lost, the cheers for the Swedish blue boat were louder and longer than for the winner, Luna Rossa. It's not that the spectators didn't like the Italian team, they did. But they loved Artemis. Part of that had to do with the team being led by local racer, Paul Cayard, and an even larger part by the tragic loss of popular Artemis team member Andrew Simpson in a training accident.
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