Blue skies and a huge spectator fleet - mega yachts, cruise ships, row boats, tall ships, windsurfers - graced the Bay for the final day of the Moet Cup, a 6-day regatta between Alinghi and Oracle.

The regatta involved both a pro driver and an owner driver series. After six days of extremely close racing, Alinghi conceded both the pro driver and owner driver series to Oracle.

Owner-Driver Series - Race 4/5 : Alinghi beat Oracle BMW Racing (0'24'')

Larry Ellison saw this race slip away from him when the spinnaker pole broke on USA 76 as the crew attempted a difficult ‘gybe-set', around the windward mark.

Ellison had sailed a strong race to that point, leveraging the right hand side of the race-course into a 17-second lead around the top mark. Skipper Chris Dickson and tactician John Kostecki had Ellison hold the right to take advantage of a right wind shift, and favorable current. The plan worked and USA-76 was in a strong position to win the race and the Owner-Driver series.

But with Ellison's boat handicapped by the broken spinnaker pole, Alinghi owner Ernesto Bertarelli attacked. Sailing with a symmetrical spinnaker, Bertarelli was able to pass USA 76 to leeward, and eventually rounded the leeward mark with a 20-second lead.

Ellison couldn't mount an effective attack on the short beat to the finish, and Bertarelli won the race, to force a fifth, and deciding match in the Owner-Driver series. Comedian and actor Robin Williams was a guest on Alinghi for this race.

Pro-Driver Series - Race 7/7 : Oracle BMW Racing beat Alinghi (0'32'')

Oracle BMW Racing took control of this race at the start. On the final approach to the start line Alinghi skipper Jochen Schuemann and Oracle BMW skipper Chris Dickson were matched up well, sailing for the start line on port tack.

With both boats looking early, and Alinghi to windward, Schuemann was forced to dip away from the start line. But USA 76 helmsman Gavin Brady held his nerve and hit the line with speed right as the gun fired. Schuemann crossed the line still building speed, and within moments found himself a full boat-length behind.

Alinghi tried desperately to escape a tight cover, throwing in over 12 tacks as the boats sailed south of Alcatraz Island, but it was to no avail. The crew work on Oracle BMW was flawless, and with that early advantage, Dickson extended to a 27-second lead around the top mark.

Alinghi couldn't find any passing lanes on the shorter, three-leg course, and could only watch as USA-76 crossed the finish line ahead of them to claim the Moët Cup.

Owner-Driver Series - Race 5/5 : Oracle BMW Racing beat Alinghi (1'22'')

Ernesto Bertarelli was assessed a penalty in the pre-start of this race and that allowed Larry Ellison to take control of the match and win the series.

As the boats approached the starting line from deep in the start box, both teams were looking early for the start, and Ellison was in a controlling position, overlapping Alinghi from slightly behind and to leeward, and pushing the Swiss boat towards the line.

Bertarelli, to windward, was obligated to keep clear. At one point, SUI-64 luffed towards the wind, turning its bow away, but the stern of the Swiss boat swung towards USA-76, and Ellison was forced to turn to avoid a collision. The Umpires penalized Bertarelli under Rule 11, the windward-leeward rule.

Despite the penalty, Bertarelli managed a perfectly timed start, hitting the pin end of the line with speed right at the gun. Ellison started mid-line and held the starboard advantage up the early part of the beat.

The boats tacked up to leeward of Alcatraz, sheltering from the current, and then sailed up the city front, short tacking up the shoreline, just in front of the thousands who had gathered to watch the race. Ellison used his starboard tack rights to bounce Alinghi to the left side of the course, and cover Bertarelli along the port tack layline into the mark.

USA 76 led by 25-seconds around the top mark, and sailed safely to victory, sweeping the Moët Cup.