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Welcome to day three of racing in the 34th America's Cup. Both teams | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
have reduced record-breaking speeds in their efforts to win the oldest | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
trophy in world sport. We want to keep the cup here, we want to keep | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
trophy in world sport. We want to it in the bay. These guys don't. The | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
New Zealanders have the advantage. We are here to win the America's Cup | :01:09. | :01:18. | |
and stagger back to New Zealand. This moment is huge and it belongs | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
to Emirates Team New Zealand. What an amazing start. Emirate teams New | :01:23. | :01:35. | |
Zealand goes up 2-0. Day two and New Zealand overcame a penalty to | :01:35. | :01:42. | |
increase their lead. They came from behind to take race number three in | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
impressive fashion. Then it was the Americans from start to finish. It | :01:47. | :01:56. | |
belongs to Oracle team USA. America need a win quickly if they are to | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
stand any chance of defending the America's Cup. | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
With a strong breeze forecast San Francisco Bay was set to provide | :02:05. | :02:12. | |
more dramatic action for races five and six. At the moment there is a | :02:12. | :02:21. | |
huge swing to team New Zealand who have won three out of the four | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
races. The Americans have only managed to win one of them. They | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
have yet to get on the scoreboard because of a two race penalty | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
imposed by the international jury. Although Monday was a rest day the | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
defenders used their time to practice manoeuvres, part of the | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
$300 million project was to build an identical boat to replicate match | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
race conditions skippered by Sir Ben Ainslie. It means huge investment | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
and whether it comes a lot of pressure for those in charge. Just | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
ask Sir Russell Coutts, chief executive of Oracle team USA, and | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
Grant Dalton, managing director of Emirates Team New Zealand. | :03:01. | :03:12. | |
This is a high-stakes competition. The teams have put a lot of effort | :03:12. | :03:21. | |
into this. Over the past three or four years there has been a huge | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
into this. Over the past three or amount of money invested. They get | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
one shot at it. Russell is the most successful skipper in the history of | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
the America's Cup. There is a lot of pressure on both teams, both know | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
that if they lose this, the team is small likely going to end right here | :03:41. | :03:47. | |
-- more than likely. A lot of pressure. Not only fighting for the | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
cup, but for survival. The core strength of this team is its culture | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
and belief, and is knowledge that it exists for the sole purpose of | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
trying to return the cup to New Zealand. From what I can see of the | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
New Zealand campaign this is one of the best efforts they have put | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
together in recent times. They have a good shot at this. We don't give | :04:14. | :04:22. | |
it huge amount of thought, but the pillars that we stand on, the | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
nationality, country versus country, so that is what it should be. The | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
next thought is the ridiculous cost needs to be nail on the head. We | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
were hoping more of the teams would go from the 45 series into America's | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
Cup, but this cup final will end up being a great event. It is something | :04:46. | :04:55. | |
we can be proud of. He has made the decision not to be on board, not so | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
much I have made the decision, because you have got 20. Why am I | :04:59. | :05:07. | |
not on the boat? I have 51 years old. If you are not on the boat you | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
don't know what is going on. You need people who are physically fit. | :05:14. | :05:22. | |
I would like to take it, no doubt. The fact it is closed, competitive, | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
two evenly matched teams, it is a great outcome, that is why we are | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
all involved. That is the business side of things, | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
now time for the action. Things look great out here, between | :05:35. | :05:44. | |
16 and 20 knots, the bigger news is Things look great out here, between | :05:44. | :05:58. | |
the current. It is flooding in. That will be a big factor. The sun is | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
out, the boats are here, the wind is up, we will have a great race. We | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
are set to go with a three of racing. There is an aerial view of | :06:08. | :06:16. | |
the court. 1.9 knots flood, water coming in. From underneath the | :06:16. | :06:23. | |
golden gate bridge. This is a huge factor. Upwind, especially for boats | :06:23. | :06:29. | |
that goat this fast. The left side, small arrows, not much. On the right | :06:29. | :06:35. | |
side there is up to two knots. There was a big difference which tends to | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
favour team New Zealand. Here is the course, the standard new America's | :06:40. | :06:48. | |
Cup course. We have the quick reach to the start, 1.5 laps, up and down | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
the waterfront then a quick reach into the finish. The clock has | :06:52. | :07:04. | |
begun, under three minutes to go. At 2:10pm New Zealand will get port | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
entry. The Americans can come in ten seconds later. It is more for safety | :07:08. | :07:22. | |
down to give them an advantage. To get across and be able to start to | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
position yourself where you want to go, the boat coming in from the | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
other side, Oracle, they have two react to your position. We think | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
when they come in they will start thinking about where they want to | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
setup, which end the line they want to set up for. | :07:40. | :07:52. | |
The Americans are free to enter the start box. You want to get your boat | :07:52. | :08:07. | |
in the right position. One will become the pusher and the other | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
blogger. Team New Zealand will roll into attack. It is reaction time, | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
for the skippers. We check in on the water with Gary. I like the American | :08:22. | :08:30. | |
position, closer to the line, they will be able to block the course. | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
New Zealand has got a bit of trouble. | :08:34. | :08:49. | |
One minute to the start and you hear Dean Barker starting to talk about | :08:49. | :08:58. | |
manoeuvres. Classic pusher and locker. Team USA is trying to get | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
New Zealand down to the left-hand side of the racecourse. They are | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
coming from behind fast to get that hook. Got to be careful get in too | :09:06. | :09:20. | |
low on the slow line. 30 seconds to go. Team New Zealand being patient, | :09:20. | :09:28. | |
timing the distance for Dean Barker. He will end up going to the | :09:28. | :09:34. | |
left-hand side, it is who excel rates best? -- accelerates. | :09:34. | :09:41. | |
The final count is on a stay free of the 34th America's Cup, who will get | :09:41. | :09:55. | |
it right? -- day three. New Zealand at the last moment made a great move | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
as Dean Barker was able to get underneath Jimmy Spithill. Who can | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
reach fastest to this mark, can Emirates Team New Zealand hold off | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
the boat that has a slightly better angle? The blue dots are dirty air | :10:08. | :10:19. | |
Americans are sending back. Oracle will get over the top and give them | :10:19. | :10:26. | |
disturbed air. Oracle team USA picks up over the Kiwis. The race is now | :10:26. | :10:42. | |
on, this is race number five, Day number three, as we go down on the | :10:42. | :10:49. | |
water and checking with Gary. Very puffy when conditions. -- wind. New | :10:49. | :10:58. | |
water and checking with Gary. Very Zealand has plenty of opportunity to | :10:58. | :11:06. | |
catch up. Gary talking about the jibs, the sales at the sales are | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
different. If you want more speed is it not better to get more power up | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
front? These soft foils are made out of Carbon five but the smaller | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
front? These soft foils are made out foil on a windy day. | :11:20. | :11:31. | |
This is a left-hand racetrack. The breeze is blowing off the shore malt | :11:31. | :11:37. | |
and we have seen in the past allowing them to extend on starboard | :11:37. | :11:46. | |
tack. The wind has gone out on the south. The bad news for New Zealand. | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
No passing lane and no opportunity to jibe. The New Zealanders are in | :11:50. | :11:59. | |
tough position. Oracle showed speed at first reach. The first time you | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
can say Oracle was the faster boat on that first leg. Well positioned. | :12:03. | :12:30. | |
There is pressure to limit. Dean Barker is the skipper and helmsman. | :12:30. | :12:58. | |
Getting ready to jibe. A nice jibe, Oracle team USA jibes on top. Is | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
that tactical is to mark tactical position, that is called the cover. | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
They are staying between the other boat and the mark. No reason to do | :13:09. | :13:17. | |
something crazy. It is windy out there. Oracle is showing some jets | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
on one number one. Stand by. You see the dagger boards | :13:21. | :13:45. | |
drop-down, it Jimmy Spithill makes the -- across the trampoline. I | :13:45. | :13:56. | |
think it is going to be a falling. -- for Ealing tack. They are going | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
to go straight into this mark, they will want to try and get some relief | :14:04. | :14:10. | |
from underneath Alcatraz Island, they will be tacking fairly shortly. | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
You heard them talk about that tactic right there. Gate number two, | :14:15. | :14:22. | |
the Americans, Oracle team USA, the defenders, who have the lead. Almost | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
150 leaders over Emirates Team New Zealand as the Americans clear mark | :14:28. | :14:40. | |
to first. As the clock continues, the mark is set at eight seconds. | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
The Kiwis trailed by eight seconds. It looks like they will split the | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
course. The Kiwis are going closer to shore. Interesting move by | :14:49. | :14:57. | |
Oracle, we've never seen a foiling tack like this. They rolled into a | :14:57. | :15:07. | |
tack, I watched them do it yesterday in practice. | :15:07. | :15:21. | |
With a lead of about 60 metres, it is Oracle Team USA on leg three of | :15:21. | :15:30. | |
five who have the lead on the Kiwis. They trail three races to one. I'm | :15:30. | :15:37. | |
really surprised they went into that manoeuvre so quick off the mark. I | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
watched them do it yesterday so quickly that I wondered if there was | :15:41. | :15:49. | |
a mistake. Team New Zealand is set for one less manoeuvre, really a | :15:49. | :16:00. | |
move by Oracle around that mark. It will be very hard for Oracle to make | :16:00. | :16:09. | |
two moves so quickly. Based on what Oracle did at that mark, New Zealand | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
have caught up, and now they will have the starboard tack when they | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
split to the other side. And less current, so New Zealand has the | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
advantage right now. So Team New Zealand right behind arbiter as | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
there. The big arrows mean heavy occurrence, the Americans are in it. | :16:30. | :16:39. | |
-- heavier currents. That wind is more to the south when you get to | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
the city front, so that could help Oracle with a better angle. That big | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
angle difference we see on the TV right now, Team New Zealand is out | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
of current right now and you will see them go across the line right | :16:55. | :17:00. | |
there. Now they are in the same current as Oracle. Really | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
interesting tactics by Oracle, I don't really know what they're | :17:03. | :17:12. | |
doing, to be honest. So the Kiwis have taken the lead for the first | :17:12. | :17:18. | |
time in this, race number five, on leg number three, which has really | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
been a lucky charm on the last four races. | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
A textbook tack directly under the wing to force Oracle out into the | :17:31. | :17:45. | |
current. A good move by New Zealand. This is what you are talking about, | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
they went immediately to attack. They called for a foiling tack. They | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
were trying to use their speed around the mark to roll the boat | :17:55. | :18:10. | |
into attack. They owned most -- into a tack. They almost rolled over. As | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
they made the turn, all the speed gets lost. I remember thinking | :18:16. | :18:24. | |
yesterday during practice, what if they broke something? They did such | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
a radically quick turn. They thought it would be better. Here they are | :18:29. | :18:38. | |
going up the track. New Zealand does a standard tack and just start | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
running them down. They get the starboard tack advantage as soon as | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
they dipped behind USA, they are in less current, they take the lead | :18:48. | :18:57. | |
pretty quickly. Was that a tactical mistake by the Americans, or was it | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
just a favourable current for the Kiwis? It was all of the above. I've | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
just a favourable current for the never seen a tack like that, it | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
didn't really set them up very well. You see those blue arrows? That is | :19:09. | :19:27. | |
heavy current going against you. Why would you charge over to the left | :19:27. | :19:33. | |
side of the course? Gary, that is a good question, can you help us out? | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
Total confusion! This is the scene on the San | :19:36. | :19:51. | |
Francisco Bay, leg three of five, race number five, and Oracle Team | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
USA had the lead for the first two legs. They gave it up on the third, | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
and now they trailed by a substantial amount to a very fast | :20:01. | :20:02. | |
Team New Zealand boat. The lead is now almost 300 metres by | :20:02. | :20:22. | |
Team New Zealand. Look at that speed, they are just a faster boat | :20:22. | :20:28. | |
today. That has been the rumour around San Francisco for the last | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
few days, or is -- Oracle seems to look strong downwind. But I think | :20:32. | :20:39. | |
everybody is shocked at how fast Team New Zealand are. They are | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
really good at tagging. They are just better wind. -- at tacking. | :20:42. | :20:57. | |
So Emirates team New Zealand, you heard them talk about no pressure. | :20:57. | :21:07. | |
Team USA has detached back into the course. A very tough manoeuvre for | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
Oracle now. Just slow making those turns. It was tactics at the bottom | :21:12. | :21:20. | |
mark that got them so far behind. Team New Zealand is almost foiling | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
going up wind. Very impressive, what they are doing. The lead continues | :21:23. | :21:34. | |
to grow for the Kiwis. What we saw Oracle do, it looked a bit out of | :21:34. | :21:40. | |
control on that tack. But they are trying to do what Team New Zealand | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
has done so far and go from one directly to the other, to use their | :21:43. | :21:49. | |
underwater foils to pop out of the water during a tack. | :21:49. | :22:10. | |
We heard Ray Davies say boundary tack which means they are going to | :22:10. | :22:16. | |
go all the way over to the wall now, the wall that only we can see, | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
of course. Remember, this is where the most amount of relief is with | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
regard to the current. Amazing how quickly this turned into | :22:23. | :22:37. | |
a runaway. Oracle Team USA trying to get back into this race. At mark | :22:37. | :22:45. | |
two, they made a decision to tack as they came around the mark, they lost | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
all their speed and went out of sequence. The Kiwis have led ever | :22:49. | :22:57. | |
since. They are leading by now almost 500 metres. This is an | :22:57. | :23:05. | |
incredible turn of events. You have to believe Oracle fans were jumping | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
for joy after the first run. But we've seen more passes again in the | :23:10. | :23:12. | |
America's Cup. You hear that creaking? Folks at | :23:12. | :23:34. | |
home might think that these birds are about to break apart. What are | :23:34. | :23:41. | |
we listening to? We are listening to read tonnes of load on this wing | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
wench, and then of course the jib, they are just easing and trimming to | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
try to make these boats go at maximum speed. For Oracle Team USA, | :23:51. | :24:00. | |
a moment like this, it gets in your head that you are slower. So then | :24:00. | :24:07. | |
you start making those mistakes. The next big thing for New Zealand is to | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
make a clean rounding. Let's not forget in the finals they almost | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
crashed. Gary is referring to the Louis Vuitton Cup final where Team | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
New Zealand got into it with Luna Rosa and they had a big dip, losing | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
two men that went overboard. They were fished out moments later, but | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
they came around with a lot of speed. Here we go, at mark number | :24:31. | :24:39. | |
three, it is all Kiwi. Team New Zealand with a huge lead. | :24:39. | :24:50. | |
And the clock will begin, and will give us the difference between | :24:50. | :24:56. | |
Emirates team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA. It will be sizeable, as | :24:56. | :25:02. | |
the Americans are still 200 metres away from the gate. Gary, with this | :25:02. | :25:11. | |
southerly breeze coming off the land today, essentially no passing lanes. | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
They will do one jibe and then go all the way down the track. Yes, | :25:16. | :25:22. | |
that is one of the reasons they were unable to catch up or pass on that | :25:22. | :25:33. | |
first down leg. So Oracle Team USA has to make another attack before | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
they get to the gate. Meanwhile, Team New Zealand has the wind, has | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
the current, and they are heading towards mark number four. The lead | :25:42. | :25:44. | |
is over one minute now. At mark number three, Oracle Team | :25:44. | :26:02. | |
USA finds themselves in a big hole. One minute, 17 seconds. Can they | :26:02. | :26:12. | |
work magic on leg number four? It is 1356 metres, that lead. Where did it | :26:12. | :26:19. | |
all go wrong? One manoeuvre at gate to, that's it. -- gate two. They | :26:19. | :26:30. | |
will punch straight through to the finish line with yet another | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
victory. Barring a major disaster, this race will go the way of the | :26:35. | :26:37. | |
Kiwis. That is the scene in San Francisco | :26:37. | :26:55. | |
Bay, and if you are a fan of Team New Zealand, it is a happy day. An | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
absolute whitewashing of Team USA, who led for the first two legs of | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
the race. Dean Barker put the hammer down on the Americans at mark three. | :27:05. | :27:13. | |
The lead is almost 1500 metres. In match racing, Kenny, that has got to | :27:13. | :27:24. | |
be unprecedented. They have a little pace. They are going 49 knots an | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
hour. Just out for a little afternoon cruise on San Francisco | :27:29. | :27:39. | |
Bay. Gary, you could probably just circle in between New Zealand and | :27:39. | :27:40. | |
USA and have no problem. Yesterday, Oracle was out here | :27:40. | :27:51. | |
sailing and I wonder if they made some changes to their boat, trying | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
to make it go faster up wind, and it went backwards. That happens when | :27:56. | :27:59. | |
you have very little time to test things. I guess the question for an | :27:59. | :28:05. | |
outsider would be, if you won the last race of the America's Cup, why | :28:05. | :28:08. | |
change anything from Sunday afternoon? Well, remember, the | :28:08. | :28:15. | |
learning curves on these boats are huge. Every member of the crew on | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
learning curves on these boats are these boats would say they are | :28:17. | :28:19. | |
learning curves on these boats are getting faster everyday. I think for | :28:19. | :28:24. | |
the first time we just saw a big tactical Arab. Until now, the | :28:24. | :28:33. | |
mistakes been tiny in magnitude. -- tactical error. | :28:33. | :28:46. | |
I'm just wondering if they will do a second race or whether they want to | :28:46. | :28:52. | |
get back to the barn and do every sat. They will have about 20 minutes | :28:52. | :28:58. | |
to decide after the finish. Each team has a provisional card they can | :28:58. | :29:02. | |
play where they can literally wave of a race, normally because of | :29:02. | :29:06. | |
weather conditions or breakage on the boat. It would be unprecedented | :29:06. | :29:10. | |
for Team USA to play their provisional card after getting | :29:10. | :29:21. | |
hammered by Team New Zealand. So, here we are, mark number four, and | :29:21. | :29:23. | |
it is the Kiwis by a long shot out here we are, mark number four, and | :29:23. | :29:26. | |
in front, reaching speeds of 54 here we are, mark number four, and | :29:26. | :29:33. | |
miles an hour. That is 46.9 knots. Dean Barker is firmly in control of | :29:33. | :29:34. | |
this race. People are starting to get | :29:34. | :29:51. | |
sceptical, did the Kiwis get lucky on those first three races? The | :29:51. | :29:55. | |
first two legs of this race, there were a lot of sceptics, we were all | :29:55. | :30:01. | |
wondering if Oracle had caught a new gear but they handed it away quick | :30:01. | :30:08. | |
at that first gate, really surprising that the afterguard would | :30:08. | :30:11. | |
have put themselves in the position they actually put themselves in. | :30:11. | :30:17. | |
Very easy to say from sitting in our comfortable chair, but nonetheless | :30:17. | :30:23. | |
not a great move. If they do have a second race today, will Grant Dalton | :30:23. | :30:35. | |
stay Mr Mark -- will he stay? The Americans finally make it to mark | :30:35. | :30:38. | |
number four, the defenders of the cup. Across it at 1.14 behind. There | :30:38. | :30:45. | |
is nothing they can do now but watch the Kiwis pick up another win. | :30:45. | :31:02. | |
Time and distance belong to the Kiwis yet again. Race number five, | :31:02. | :31:06. | |
team New Zealand is your winner. Ten minutes before the next arts we | :31:06. | :31:29. | |
have two say whether they are going to do the race or not. It would be | :31:29. | :31:33. | |
unprecedented for a team not to do this next race. Just because they | :31:33. | :31:40. | |
are too soft. It is still a long series ahead. You can break stuff. I | :31:40. | :31:48. | |
would be surprised if they didn't do the second race, unless they have | :31:48. | :31:53. | |
reckon something. Looking by their body language and think maybe they | :31:54. | :31:55. | |
reckon something. Looking by their have broken their eBay 's -- egos. | :31:55. | :32:03. | |
You need to go out again and learn what you can. | :32:03. | :32:14. | |
And more than a minute behind it Oracle team USA that finally crosses | :32:14. | :32:20. | |
the line. This could be a case of what could have been. They led local | :32:20. | :32:29. | |
one, led two and leg three seems to be the kryptonite of Oracle. | :32:29. | :32:43. | |
In typical Kiwi fashion the celebration is somewhat muted as | :32:43. | :32:50. | |
they go by America's Cup Park and the fans continue to make their way | :32:50. | :32:54. | |
down to the San Francisco waterfront to see Dean Barker put on a | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
masterful display in race number five as they pick up the wind. They | :32:58. | :33:03. | |
are five races away, five victories away, from claiming the 34th | :33:03. | :33:11. | |
America's Cup. As the pit crew comes on board, they do a thorough | :33:11. | :33:14. | |
investigation of every piece they can while they have time in between | :33:14. | :33:18. | |
the races. It is about half an hour total from one race to the other. | :33:18. | :33:26. | |
They will absolutely be crawling through to find pieces that may be | :33:26. | :33:32. | |
about to give up. The pit crew comes aboard, the skipper and helmsman | :33:32. | :33:37. | |
gets the job done. We go on board with Dean, congratulations. Leg one | :33:38. | :33:43. | |
and two it looked like the Americans found another gear. | :33:43. | :33:49. | |
It is a tough way to win races but it is working for us. I would like | :33:49. | :33:56. | |
to be controlling a little bit more around Mach one. It didn't quite | :33:56. | :34:07. | |
work out. They picked up a bit of pressure and stretched out a little | :34:07. | :34:14. | |
bit. Plenty to work on. Encouraging to get back into the race. So far we | :34:14. | :34:24. | |
have never seen somebody roll into attack like they did. Where you | :34:24. | :34:31. | |
surprised? Something they have been practising, we have tried it as | :34:31. | :34:36. | |
well. When you want to go a certain weight it is a nice move. The cone | :34:36. | :34:48. | |
was wide enough, we could stay in it and set us further up later on. We | :34:48. | :34:57. | |
were not unhappy. How important is it to have Grant Dalton on the | :34:57. | :35:11. | |
boat? As long as he is still feeling the template we will keep him here. | :35:11. | :35:17. | |
-- feeling fighting fit. It is not the reason we lost the second race | :35:18. | :35:21. | |
on Sunday. It is good with him here, he enjoys it and hopefully we can go | :35:21. | :35:26. | |
on and when another race this afternoon. | :35:26. | :35:31. | |
Enjoy the thick tree momentarily. -- Victor E. -- Victor E. They will | :35:31. | :35:43. | |
take into consideration what Gary has been reporting about the wind | :35:43. | :35:48. | |
and how that has been building. We now go on board Oracle team USA. | :35:48. | :35:54. | |
Jimmy Spithill. A great start, a great second leg. Taken through what | :35:54. | :36:03. | |
happened on that third leg. They were able to pull off a pass up | :36:03. | :36:07. | |
wind. Attacking the boat very well. We got caught at. That lewd mark, if | :36:07. | :36:21. | |
you had it again would you roll right into attack was to mark -- | :36:21. | :36:32. | |
leeward. We got out of phase the bit but they definitely had an edge on | :36:32. | :36:39. | |
us up wind. Going with a smaller jib might be helpful, any other | :36:39. | :36:45. | |
adjustments you can make is to mark they are pretty much locked in, we | :36:45. | :36:52. | |
cannot shorten the wing. The Americans deflated and down after | :36:52. | :36:55. | |
their peculiar tactics, they have to win nine of the remaining 12 races. | :36:55. | :37:00. | |
Contrast team New Zealand, a stunning victory by over a minute, a | :37:00. | :37:06. | |
huge margin in this style of racing. With half an hour between races the | :37:06. | :37:10. | |
defenders faced a difficult decision, Russell Coutts summoned | :37:10. | :37:15. | |
his skipper after the opening race. John Kostecki, the man who delivered | :37:15. | :37:23. | |
a shock. Affirmative, we would like to use the post home and car. Oracle | :37:23. | :37:30. | |
have just asked for the postponement car. -- card. Affirmative, we would | :37:30. | :37:49. | |
like to use the postponement card. Oracle team USA have pulled their | :37:49. | :37:52. | |
card, they don't want to race the second race today. They are aimed | :37:52. | :38:04. | |
communication with John Kostecki. It has been granted so that will be it | :38:04. | :38:10. | |
for the day. They have called for a | :38:10. | :38:15. | |
postponement, the Americans have decided to shut the day down. This | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
is a huge turn of events, as they have basically been hammered in race | :38:20. | :38:25. | |
number five, they say race number six, we are not up to it or is it a | :38:25. | :38:32. | |
structural situation? I am shocked but there are a lot of guys walking | :38:32. | :38:36. | |
around the boat with tool boxes in their hand. I believe they have do | :38:36. | :38:39. | |
have a structural rubble, some sort of breakdown that can allow them to | :38:39. | :38:45. | |
use this card. They only get one for the whole event, so from now on if | :38:45. | :38:49. | |
they break something they are stuck with whatever the consequences of | :38:49. | :38:52. | |
stop this is the pricing they are using it but obviously they have a | :38:52. | :38:55. | |
problem big enough that they think they cannot get around the | :38:55. | :39:01. | |
racetrack. We go on board the committee boat. They have do have a | :39:01. | :39:08. | |
structural situation to wave of this race. | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
Each competitor has one card they can play at any time. If they don't | :39:13. | :39:19. | |
like the weather, if they have a structural consideration, but they | :39:20. | :39:23. | |
have one card only they can play in the series to postpone the race. | :39:23. | :39:29. | |
Race number six will not take place today. Jimmy Spithill has already | :39:29. | :39:36. | |
gotten off the boat. He is back on the tender. They will head back | :39:36. | :39:39. | |
towards the docks. The big question the tender. They will head back | :39:39. | :39:42. | |
will be was there a structural problem or was it a case of we got | :39:42. | :39:47. | |
hammered so hard we need to get the boys back and regroup? It is really | :39:47. | :39:52. | |
interesting, there is Jimmy inside with Russell Coutts. Obviously | :39:52. | :39:57. | |
having a bit of a discussion as to what went on in the race, why did we | :39:57. | :40:03. | |
pull the card? None of us will ever really know. They are not talking | :40:03. | :40:06. | |
about what they are going to have for dinner, I guarantee you. What | :40:06. | :40:15. | |
was the decision behind pulling your card? | :40:15. | :40:21. | |
Wanted to go back and regroup. They have got an edge on us. Need a bit | :40:21. | :40:29. | |
of work and we will play the card. Strategically, hopefully improve. | :40:29. | :40:35. | |
This is all about upwind performance. | :40:35. | :40:43. | |
There were a couple of mistakes. As well is something we have to | :40:43. | :40:50. | |
address. We need to up our game. We will go away and do what we can and | :40:50. | :40:54. | |
make sure we step up for the next one. | :40:54. | :40:58. | |
Is this a decision you make or Russell Coutts, altogether? | :40:58. | :41:06. | |
It is a team decision. We consult a couple of guys and we are all in | :41:06. | :41:13. | |
agreement. We need to make a few steps and we are not going to hide | :41:13. | :41:17. | |
from that fact. We will work hard and come out ready for another | :41:17. | :41:22. | |
fight. A quick glimpse of you and Russell | :41:22. | :41:25. | |
Coutts talking about strategy, we will give you the full opportunity, | :41:25. | :41:29. | |
would you like to share what that was about as to mark just chatting | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
about the weather. Four out of five race wins for the | :41:35. | :41:41. | |
Challenger which made a press conference very interesting. Jimmy | :41:41. | :41:48. | |
Spithill did all the talking. We can win these races, we just need | :41:48. | :41:53. | |
to be very smart about the way we go about it. We need to make sure we | :41:53. | :41:57. | |
sail the boat well. The attack itself was a terrible attack as | :41:57. | :42:03. | |
well, technically. -- tack. We have to go away and learn from it, it was | :42:03. | :42:09. | |
obvious we needed to regroup and have a good look at the video and | :42:09. | :42:13. | |
what is going on out there. We will get out there again tomorrow and try | :42:13. | :42:20. | |
and improve. We can beat these guys. You have said the team is not | :42:20. | :42:24. | |
flustered and you will go into Thursday, can you guarantee is John | :42:24. | :42:33. | |
Kostecki will be tactician? I cannot guarantee anything, I cannot | :42:33. | :42:36. | |
guarantee I will be on there. It is too early to make a decision right | :42:36. | :42:42. | |
now. That is part of the reason why we played the card, we need some | :42:42. | :42:46. | |
time to assess our programme and the boat, and get it heading in the | :42:46. | :42:53. | |
other direction. Fortunately we have got the time, a lot of races left, | :42:53. | :42:58. | |
and the team has been in tough situations before and been able to | :42:58. | :43:04. | |
pull off the regatta. Has saved you feel in your job right now? You can | :43:04. | :43:10. | |
be a rooster one day and a feather duster the next. | :43:10. | :43:16. | |
Jimmy Spithill doing his best in front of the worlds press but the | :43:16. | :43:20. | |
chickens are starting to come home to roost. The American support | :43:20. | :43:23. | |
behind the home team but could there be a change board? Ben Ainslie | :43:23. | :43:28. | |
already out there helping them. No such problems for the Challenger, an | :43:28. | :43:33. | |
impressive tactical display so far about a superior upwind speed, and a | :43:33. | :43:39. | |
top speed of 54 mph. More concerning for the Americans with 12 races to | :43:39. | :43:43. | |
go, Dean Barker's crew are looking to improve on the start line. We are | :43:43. | :43:49. | |
back on Friday, BBC Two at 1:30pm with more intrigue and drama from | :43:49. | :43:52. | |
San Francisco Bay. | :43:52. | :43:54. |