:00:52. > :00:59.After four days of racing, the 34th America's Cup had already delivered,
:00:59. > :01:05.but the ultimate hair raising moment was still to come. The Americans
:01:05. > :01:11.trailed New Zealand by seven races. Team USA, with Sir Ben Ainslie on
:01:11. > :01:16.board, seemed stronger for race six. Oracle Team USA with their biggest
:01:16. > :01:21.lead so far in the America's Cup. The Americas lead and headed
:01:21. > :01:30.downwind. Oracle Team USA have the lead but can they hold on? When they
:01:30. > :01:37.turned into the wind... How close can it get? Really aggressive move.
:01:37. > :01:39.The day belongs to the Kiwis as they pick up their fifth win of the
:01:39. > :01:45.regatta. For race seven, Emirates pick up their fifth win of the
:01:45. > :01:51.Team New Zealand for once led from the start. What will the Americans
:01:51. > :01:57.do to counter the speed of Team New Zealand? It is an absolute Kiwi
:01:57. > :02:01.whitewashed, they lead 6-1. A maximum two points to the Kiwis,
:02:01. > :02:06.leaving them three wins away from the ultimate prize in sailing. There
:02:07. > :02:13.was only one thing that could go wrong. The key question is, imagine
:02:13. > :02:19.if they lost from here, what an upset that would be. Oracle Team USA
:02:19. > :02:23.were docked two points before racing started for a rules infringement.
:02:23. > :02:25.Was their luck about to change? Mother nature had set things up
:02:25. > :02:29.nicely for the Americans. For the Mother nature had set things up
:02:30. > :02:36.first time, the tide was ebbing and the wind was close to its peak for
:02:36. > :02:42.racing. One of the changes was to shorten the bowel spread to take
:02:42. > :02:50.some weight. That is the black hole underneath. The conditions will
:02:50. > :02:56.change slightly and that may be enough to give us the opportunity to
:02:56. > :03:02.get some wins and then anything is possible. If Ben Ainslie has
:03:02. > :03:07.ultimate responsibility, the tactician -- if the skipper has
:03:07. > :03:12.ultimate responsible at, the tactician is the eyes and ears. It
:03:12. > :03:17.was a big ask to fill the role of John Kostecki. They have had some
:03:17. > :03:21.great results. Really it is like taking over somebody's science
:03:21. > :03:25.project a day before the exam. I had to do a lot of swatting to get up to
:03:25. > :03:32.speed with the different software that we have. I think it works well.
:03:33. > :03:39.We lost the two races, we were not happy but we had a great vibe.
:03:39. > :03:45.Hopefully there can be an improvement for the future. The
:03:45. > :03:47.final has been breathtaking. It is what the vision was. To finally see
:03:47. > :03:53.two teams finally sailing these what the vision was. To finally see
:03:53. > :04:00.boats, really it has been a great competition.
:04:00. > :04:09.Let's see if the homework has paid off. Time to go racing.
:04:09. > :04:15.COMMENTATORS: The wind is coming out of the West at 20 mph, the current
:04:15. > :04:21.is sweeping out of the bay and we are just under the wind limit. These
:04:21. > :04:24.skippers have to know when to push hard and occasionally, when to
:04:24. > :04:31.throttle back, it will be a very hard day.
:04:31. > :04:40.talking about. Those blue arrows indicate the way the current is
:04:40. > :04:48.going. It is a tide that is going out of San Francisco Bay. It is, it
:04:48. > :04:52.is called an ebbtide. I think this gives a slight advantage back
:04:52. > :04:59.towards Oracle. The problem with Oracle up to now, we all know, has
:04:59. > :05:01.been upwind legs. This quickens the upwind legs and allows them to
:05:01. > :05:05.been upwind legs. This quickens the possibly go from side to side and
:05:05. > :05:11.not just have to play one side, one edge. Because remains the same, it
:05:11. > :05:17.is the blast start and you are off and running. Oracle has a slight
:05:17. > :05:27.reaching advantage. If it is an even start, we could see Oracle ahead at
:05:27. > :05:35.Mark two. Could they finish ahead at America's Cup Park? They really need
:05:35. > :05:37.to win both races today, Oracle Team USA. Will those bold changes give
:05:37. > :05:49.them a much-needed edge. The port entry comes to New
:05:49. > :05:54.Zealand, they get to enter the start blocks first. A ten second start is
:05:54. > :06:01.not really an advantage in the race but allows them to decide where they
:06:01. > :06:07.will position themselves. It is so hard to judge, it is easy to sit
:06:08. > :06:12.here in the comfort of our chairs but to go from non-foiling to
:06:13. > :06:22.foiling and to nail it to be split second is not easy. -- the split
:06:22. > :06:27.second. The ten seconds is allowed to avoid potentially dangerous
:06:27. > :06:30.closing speeds. We saw the two boats playing chicken and the Americans
:06:30. > :06:35.had to give way, that is something the organisers do not want to see.
:06:35. > :06:40.Oracle has waited a long time before they have jibed to go back towards
:06:41. > :06:48.Emirates Team New Zealand. A huge gap towards the boats. This is a
:06:48. > :06:52.very different strategy. Interesting strategy playing out on the water.
:06:52. > :06:58.Why do you think Jimmy Spithill is going this route? I like the way the
:06:58. > :07:06.boats are staying apart but the line at the bottom of the screen, you
:07:06. > :07:08.want to be close to that bend. Less than a minute before we release the
:07:08. > :07:12.want to be close to that bend. Less hounds and you want to hit the line
:07:12. > :07:17.at perfect zeros. You want to be at the top of the screen and angling
:07:17. > :07:24.down in the past races. Today, where we July to be? For sure, the top of
:07:24. > :07:27.the line would give you a better angle. -- where would you like to
:07:27. > :07:55.be? Jimmy Spithill coming in for a
:07:55. > :07:58.potential last-minute hooker. It is an aggressive move this late in the
:07:58. > :08:12.game -- last-minute hook. Race eight is underway in San
:08:12. > :08:17.Francisco. Jimmy Spithill tried to do too much, try to get too cute,
:08:17. > :08:23.just allowed Dean Barker to block and hold him off. The patients by
:08:23. > :08:30.Dean Barker paid off, too much aggression, a bad move by Jimmy
:08:30. > :08:33.Spithill. The consequence is disturbed air off the wing of
:08:33. > :08:38.Emirates Team New Zealand. The Kiwis will have a sizeable lead, can the
:08:38. > :08:45.Americans reel them in on the downwind leg? I think you really saw
:08:45. > :08:50.the pressure on Jimmy Spithill, to try to do something. Take it as an
:08:50. > :08:58.individual and try to make something happen, it clearly didn't work.
:08:58. > :09:06.Speed, almost identical and the Americans will decide to peel off
:09:06. > :09:07.first. They peel off but they make a poor gybe and they slow down quite a
:09:07. > :09:23.bit. It is amazing, how used to the
:09:23. > :09:34.fact... We are used to the fact that boats go down the Bay at 38 knots,
:09:34. > :09:37.it is incredible to watch. 43.7 mph, the Kiwis have the lead
:09:37. > :09:52.and it is growing to nearly 100 metres.
:09:52. > :10:00.The wind speed is for knots under the limit, it is going to be no
:10:00. > :10:13.problem getting the race in -- four knots. Jimmy Spithill at the wheel,
:10:13. > :10:18.Ben Ainslie to his right. Jimmy Spithill made the changes, taking
:10:18. > :10:26.out the spine of the bow strip, a wise call? It is only there to put
:10:26. > :10:32.up a code zero or a larger sale on the boat in a light breeze. They are
:10:32. > :10:37.not expecting a light breeze but getting rid of every bit of weight
:10:37. > :10:45.that they possibly can. There is that stubby spine. It also brings
:10:45. > :10:49.the wind instruments, those are the only wind instruments. It brings
:10:49. > :10:51.them back closer to the boat which puts them in more disturbed air, so
:10:51. > :10:54.they may get worse wind readings puts them in more disturbed air, so
:10:54. > :11:11.while sailing in this configuration. Right out of the textbook, stay
:11:11. > :11:14.between your opponent and the mark, New Zealand doing what you should do
:11:14. > :11:19.tactically. New Zealand is still New Zealand doing what you should do
:11:19. > :11:25.gaining slightly on these gybes, just a little bit every gybe.
:11:25. > :11:30.This is day five of the 34th America's Cup, the Kiwis have the
:11:30. > :11:39.lead, 6-1. Three more victories by New Zealand and they will take away
:11:39. > :11:42.the America's Cup. Oracle gybing early, Team New
:11:42. > :11:49.Zealand jiving for the lay line. Oracle might be setting up for a
:11:49. > :11:56.split and one more gybe, a tough manoeuvre so late in the run. If you
:11:57. > :12:16.are Oracle, you want to do the other gig.
:12:16. > :12:23.At Mark number two, New Zealand in front. They had a three second lead
:12:23. > :12:32.at Mark number one and that has doubled now, as the Americans split
:12:32. > :12:35.the course. Now the all telling legs number three, upwind. -- legs number
:12:35. > :12:47.three. There is not a lot in it right now
:12:47. > :12:54.with current, there is pretty reasonable current, the outgoing
:12:54. > :12:57.current from side to side. We have not mention the dreaded cone behind
:12:57. > :13:08.Alcatraz Island, there is no such thing. The Americans were touching
:13:08. > :13:10.speeds around 25 knots, roughly 28 mph, three or four knots faster than
:13:10. > :13:23.the Kiwis. The Americans have got much better
:13:23. > :13:32.at tackling. -- tacking. Right in The Americans have got much better
:13:32. > :13:35.the middle of the attack, it is The Americans have got much better
:13:35. > :13:45.juicing drag and they have learned something from Team New Zealand --
:13:45. > :13:52.in the middle of the tack. The lead was up to 114 metres, it has been
:13:52. > :13:54.dropped down to 75 metres. Not a bad sign for the Americans. They kept it
:13:54. > :14:29.close on the first set of tax. Gives you an idea of just how
:14:29. > :14:33.physical these boats are. Team New Zealand with the lead and the
:14:33. > :14:37.Americans are coming fast. The Americans did a nice job, creating
:14:37. > :14:42.that split and all of a sudden they get out of phase, going up wind
:14:42. > :14:47.automatically. A good job of being aggressive and getting the split at
:14:47. > :14:51.the gate. The wind is coming off the shore when they get close to the San
:14:51. > :15:01.Francisco city front. If they could get a good port left, the USA has a
:15:01. > :15:09.real chance to gain. -- port left. There is the wind shift, they take
:15:09. > :15:17.it right there. A lot of chatter on board this boat. There is more
:15:17. > :15:20.chatter when it is windy. These guys are into it, they have not got
:15:20. > :15:28.tomorrow lysed, they are still fully engaged. -- not got demoralised. We
:15:28. > :15:37.see another cross in the middle of the course on the third leg.
:15:37. > :15:43.This is something we have not seen for this entire regatta, the
:15:43. > :15:48.Americans making a charge on the third leg. This is normally wear
:15:48. > :15:51.Dean Barker and the Kiwis distanced themselves. I like the fact they
:15:51. > :15:57.used the opposite gate and they are out of phase. The wind is a bit more
:15:57. > :15:59.favourable in direction and the Americans have taken advantage. Ben
:15:59. > :16:41.Ainslie is doing a really nice job. The anticipated Cross does not come
:16:41. > :16:47.about as been Bargoed decides it is a good time to attack. The
:16:47. > :16:53.Americans have overtaken the Kiwis. The Kiwis put themselves in the
:16:53. > :16:59.right position they're in the lee bow attack. But the fact remains,
:16:59. > :17:04.not only aren't the Americans losing but they at ticking away at
:17:04. > :17:14.the Kiwis. We absolutely have not this - Maxine this in his entire
:17:14. > :17:20.series of this upwind leg. Why not get over to the south side of the
:17:20. > :17:26.San Francisco waterfront? Easier said than done sometimes fall these
:17:26. > :17:31.catamarans. The Americans are not getting them selves pinned to the
:17:31. > :17:41.left-hand edge as they have in the past. This cost is a big one. --
:17:41. > :17:48.this across. The Oracle team are going faster and that is the first
:17:48. > :17:56.time we have seen that. We did see another hunting move. Right now,...
:17:56. > :18:06.Own, they pop took off their foils. That was a break they did not have
:18:06. > :18:15.to have -- they popped off their foils. It is all about their tacks.
:18:15. > :18:21.They were making again after again. Here is a lee bow and it gives them
:18:21. > :18:27.an opportunity to get in close and closer until one small tiny mistake.
:18:27. > :18:28.It really shows it is just the tiniest thing that will make or
:18:28. > :18:48.break this race. They tack away, doing the right
:18:48. > :18:53.thing. Don't put yourself in a bad spot to go slow. We figured out the
:18:53. > :19:00.left-hand side was doing well for the USA. And when you start
:19:00. > :19:06.catching up, the crew gets excited and it makes the New Zealand crew
:19:06. > :19:11.little nervous. Oracle will now have the star Board tack advantage.
:19:11. > :19:14.They are attacking better and it looks like they are going quicker
:19:14. > :19:24.through the water all the time. They changes have made a difference.
:19:24. > :19:29.-- buried changes. The boats are so even in speed. If Oracle gets ahead,
:19:29. > :19:35.they could easily hold them off and take the race.
:19:35. > :19:39.As they come together, Oracle USA has the right of way here on star
:19:39. > :19:45.Board. New Zealand almost capsized. Bow,
:19:45. > :20:02.my gosh! New Zealand had the right of way
:20:02. > :20:10.there. Not only that, but they will get a penalty. They almost slipped
:20:10. > :20:14.this thing over. My goodness! The protest is filed by the Americans
:20:14. > :20:21.but the Kiwis are just happy to have their boat back on the water.
:20:21. > :20:24.That is a rattled Dean Barker right now. No other way about it. That
:20:24. > :20:39.was an incredible turn of events. A boat on boat penalty save new
:20:39. > :20:46.Zealand is already behind and the penalty has already gone away.
:20:46. > :20:55.What went wrong? Their wing did not pop. It has not gone over to the
:20:56. > :21:03.new side until right there. It did not actually tack. It is amazing.
:21:03. > :21:12.Whether it is an hydraulic on human failure we are not going to know.
:21:12. > :21:17.It didn't pop. It stayed on port tack throughout the whole manoeuvre.
:21:17. > :21:24.It is just like a wall instead of a wing and it almost tipped the boat
:21:24. > :21:36.over. This is the most dramatic footage.
:21:36. > :21:45.I think you can here, "hydro, hydro!" which means they do not
:21:45. > :21:49.I think you can here, "hydro, have the pressure in the system to
:21:49. > :21:54.manoeuvre the wing. If the pressure isn't there, the wing went pop.
:21:54. > :22:00.They didn't have the hydraulics necessary to control it. At 83, the
:22:00. > :22:09.Americans have their biggest lead of the race. -- at 83. -- gate
:22:09. > :22:21.number three. I tell you what, the speed and
:22:21. > :22:25.agility we have seen with Oracle in this leg, a lot of airplane tickets
:22:25. > :22:27.are being changed for Monday and Tuesday right now been San
:22:27. > :22:36.Francisco. And a rattled Kiwis crew, Tuesday right now been San
:22:36. > :22:39.despite leading 6-1. Now they will try and track down the Americans
:22:39. > :22:52.who are off and running as they make their way to the finish line.
:22:52. > :23:00.The chase is on. Dean Barker in unfamiliar waters as he is looking
:23:00. > :23:02.at the back end of Oracle Team USA speeding away and seemingly making
:23:02. > :23:12.all kinds of Great Menu birds. I speeding away and seemingly making
:23:12. > :23:18.don't know what is more impressive -- great manoeuvres. He stopped the
:23:18. > :23:31.boat capsizing. I think you are seeing a rattled team right now.
:23:31. > :23:38.Now they are off their foils in the middle of a gybe. We have not seen
:23:38. > :23:47.these mistakes from Emirates team New Zealand.
:23:47. > :23:56.The lead grows for the defenders of the America's Cup. Teen USA are 700
:23:56. > :24:01.metres in front of the Kiwis on Lake fall of five. They trail 6-1
:24:01. > :24:09.and Dean Barker is dealing with a rattled Crook. -- leg fought off
:24:09. > :24:22.five. When the wing does not pop it goes
:24:23. > :24:28.from an Air Foyle to a wall and it almost flipped the boat over right
:24:28. > :24:34.in front of our very eyes. Oracle teen USA are out in front making
:24:34. > :24:38.fantastic many evils. They made a few small adjustments and right now,
:24:38. > :24:46.Jamie Spithill is making confidence by every metre sailed. A dowry,
:24:46. > :24:54.what a change. This is absolutely incredible. With New Zealand
:24:54. > :24:58.getting nervous, that crew was a little bit rattled. I don't think
:24:58. > :25:04.it was mechanical. I think it was a little bit rattled. I don't think
:25:04. > :25:09.human mistake. The big question is, if you are Team New Zealand and you
:25:09. > :25:14.lead 6-2, do you put -- play your provisional card and postpone the
:25:14. > :25:20.second race and take a break. The Americans are out of cards. That is
:25:20. > :25:24.a very good question. I don't think it is in the Kiwi mentality to take
:25:24. > :25:30.a break. They will want to go back out. You see a smile there from
:25:30. > :25:37.Dean Barker! They might stop if something is broken nose. The wind
:25:37. > :25:40.is about 16 knots - going down three or four knots, so they were
:25:40. > :25:46.not be able to use the wind to take a break. If there is a mechanical
:25:46. > :25:50.problem, they will not want to take the next race. But if not, they
:25:50. > :26:14.will be out here again. To bring you up to speed, this
:26:14. > :26:18.Kiwis have six points and the Americans have one went but no
:26:18. > :26:29.points because they were docked two points. In effect, It is six to
:26:29. > :26:35.minus one. This dynamic could change completely. The biggest
:26:35. > :26:40.point is, at if you are on Oracle you have hoped for the first time
:26:40. > :26:44.in many days. The speed they shared and their attacking ability upwind
:26:44. > :26:50.is quite simply something we haven't seen before. -- there
:26:50. > :27:15.tackling ability. Oracle teen USA speed through the
:27:15. > :27:25.water. The Americans are looking very fast. 44.6 lopes -- knots. Are
:27:25. > :27:32.the Kiwis fit to race in the second race or are they issues on that
:27:32. > :27:34.boat? I think there are at issues. They are having trouble with their
:27:34. > :27:52.dagger board getting down. It is Oracle Team USA with a huge
:27:52. > :27:57.lead at mark at No. 4. On the third leg, the Americans turn the tide on
:27:57. > :28:09.the Kiwis. The Americans are now putting the hammer down.
:28:09. > :28:16.For sailors around the world, fans of the America's Cup, this is Anna
:28:16. > :28:22.-- exceptional turn of events. I think people just want to see more
:28:22. > :28:25.sailing. This change is the dynamic so greatly. If they can keep this
:28:25. > :28:31.momentum up in race to come up the so greatly. If they can keep this
:28:31. > :28:34.emirate's now make the turn for home and they are just happy to
:28:34. > :28:42.have the boat sailing because that is as close as you can get to a
:28:42. > :28:46.capsize. Oracle Team USA are approaching 39 knots. Jimmy
:28:46. > :28:48.Spithill and crew will bring it across the line and Oracle Team USA
:28:48. > :29:14.will win the first race of the day. If You heard Jimmy Spithill
:29:14. > :29:19.absolutely pinpoint the biggest difference, awesome tacks. The Kiwis
:29:19. > :29:26.crossed the line just about in one piece. The crowd have loved every
:29:27. > :29:28.minute of the exhilarating race so let's get the views of Jimmy
:29:28. > :29:43.Spithill and Dean Barker. When everything is going well there
:29:43. > :29:54.is the opportunity to make gains. It means we have to keep improving. We
:29:54. > :30:00.all have a bit of a route group -- regroup and get ready for the second
:30:00. > :30:06.race. We have been putting in a lot of work to try to improve our boat,
:30:07. > :30:13.our tacks, are upwind speed. I think we have taken a great step forward.
:30:13. > :30:17.A loss of hydraulics 14 New Zealand made about uncontrollable. Their
:30:17. > :30:23.campaign almost ended there and then. A capsize can destroy an AC72,
:30:23. > :30:26.all credit to Dean Barker for keeping it up right. A rattled New
:30:26. > :30:35.Zealand, ready to go again. As experienced as the sailors are,
:30:35. > :30:47.does Dean Barker need to calm them down and say, it is no big deal or
:30:47. > :30:52.as they would say, no worries? The older statesman on the boat is back
:30:52. > :30:57.on board, that has got to be an asset. Oracle Team USA, getting
:30:57. > :31:14.themselves into position. Remember, Emirates Team New Zealand
:31:14. > :31:16.will have port entry, that means they get to enter the start clocks
:31:16. > :31:43.ten seconds before the Americans. The Kiwis are in. They will cross
:31:43. > :31:47.well ahead of Oracle. Oracle really used a very different strategy than
:31:47. > :31:53.any other start we have seen in this whole America's Cup. Let's see if
:31:53. > :31:56.they go back to more traditional pusher-blocker strategy against
:31:56. > :32:23.Emirates Team New Zealand. Is this playing out to what we saw
:32:23. > :32:29.earlier in the first race of the day? There is no advantage to either
:32:29. > :32:34.end of the starting line. New Zealand want to stay away from the
:32:34. > :32:40.other boat. Look for Oracle to attack and try to get a hook as they
:32:40. > :32:44.approached the line. Oracle is looking to possibly go for the
:32:44. > :32:48.weather end of this starting line. Team New Zealand has set themselves
:32:48. > :32:50.up towards the left on the starting line, I think Jimmy Spithill stays
:32:50. > :33:04.up there at this stage. Just like that, proving you were
:33:04. > :33:15.right and I was wrong, they go for a hook. Both boats are about 15
:33:15. > :33:18.seconds early. Spithill tries to get underneath Dean Barker and the Kiwis
:33:18. > :33:24.to try to gain advantage, can't get it done. Dean Barker is doing a
:33:24. > :33:27.really nice job of protecting the bottom lay line. He might have the
:33:27. > :33:49.jump yet again. And we are clear to go, race two,
:33:49. > :33:55.day five, underway. Dean Barker protected the left side of the line
:33:55. > :34:02.perfectly, another really good start for Emirates Team New Zealand. The
:34:02. > :34:06.disturbed air is not a factor coming off the wing of Oracle Team USA
:34:06. > :34:15.because the Kiwis have the lead and it will be New Zealand grabbing the
:34:15. > :34:18.whole shot as they head down wind. I really like that tactic of New
:34:18. > :34:27.Zealand sailing high, going in for the mark. It gave them an extra two
:34:27. > :34:33.boat lengths. An identical lead, as in race number one of the day, three
:34:33. > :34:38.seconds advantage for the Kiwis. I think they just prove to us that if
:34:38. > :34:43.there is any sign of rattle on these guys... There was nothing in that
:34:43. > :34:45.pre-start, that is visual. It was a tricky job of blocking by Dean
:34:45. > :35:05.Barker. -- a terrific job. 37 knots, 42.5 mph. A similar lead
:35:05. > :35:10.on this second leg and it is playing out awfully close to what we saw in
:35:10. > :35:19.race eight, the first race of the day.
:35:19. > :35:30.New Zealand are having trouble staying on its foil and Oracle,
:35:30. > :35:38.sailing right past. The question I would have, is the choppy water
:35:38. > :35:42.making it harder to foil? It really shouldn't, it shouldn't have any
:35:42. > :35:46.difference. The foils are living below the water surface, they don't
:35:46. > :35:54.really know that there are waves at this stage. Our point, Fisher, when
:35:54. > :35:59.the hulls are in the water -- upwind, for sure. Literally blocking
:35:59. > :36:10.directly. Oracle has gained almost two boat
:36:10. > :36:12.lengths and the reason is they are doing a better job, staying on their
:36:12. > :36:25.foil. Look at the two helmsman, Barker
:36:25. > :36:42.moving his wheel back and forth a lot more than Spithill.
:36:42. > :36:45.Emirates Team New Zealand will be thinking about how not to have a
:36:45. > :36:50.split at this bottom mark, they thinking about how not to have a
:36:50. > :36:59.to get Oracle to round the same bottom mark as they do. The
:36:59. > :37:05.advantage is with Oracle, they can decide to split at the last second.
:37:05. > :37:25.Speed is certainly a factor as they had down wind. -- heads down wind.
:37:25. > :37:33.Dean Barker, the skipper, number 14. Number ten is Ray Davies, his
:37:33. > :37:38.tactician. If the Kiwis can make it through this gate, that might create
:37:38. > :37:40.the split that Oracle is looking for. You would think it is a good
:37:40. > :37:43.thing but Oracle might have the for. You would think it is a good
:37:43. > :37:46.opportunity to split away at the last second if the Kiwis commit
:37:46. > :37:54.themselves to a thin lay line. It last second if the Kiwis commit
:37:54. > :37:59.a 65 metres lead for New Zealand. With so little turn it won't matter
:37:59. > :38:06.what part of the course they go on. However, the wind in my view is
:38:06. > :38:13.better along the city front. This is a tough manoeuvre. If USA decides to
:38:13. > :38:15.split to the right side gate, it is a really hard manoeuvre
:38:15. > :38:18.split to the right side gate, it is physically pull off. They don't have
:38:18. > :38:27.a choice, they have to make this manoeuvre.
:38:27. > :38:34.At gate number two, the Kiwis have the lead and we do have a split as
:38:34. > :38:38.the Americans, round and they will be behind by seven seconds -- the
:38:38. > :38:46.Americans come around. Can they gains again on the third leg? We are
:38:47. > :38:53.hearing words that the race is going to be abandoned. Oh, no, this is
:38:53. > :39:02.horrible. Not just for us but for the sailors. If you are on Team New
:39:02. > :39:11.Zealand, this is devastating. Emirates Team New Zealand, race
:39:11. > :39:14.committee, do you copy? If you are Team New Zealand, you ignore that,
:39:14. > :39:21.you hope you don't hear what you are hearing cos you are ahead. --
:39:21. > :39:31.because you are ahead. I don't think they fear him. Race committee, do
:39:31. > :39:40.you copy? They don't hear him, not that it really makes a difference.
:39:40. > :39:47.Do you copy, over? Have you got the message? We have hit the wind limit
:39:47. > :39:52.and we have to terminate the race. The first time in this entire event
:39:52. > :40:01.have seen a wind limit takeover and abandon a race in the middle of it.
:40:01. > :40:06.What a shame. It looks like they are sailing pretty well to me.
:40:06. > :40:11.Officially, the race has been terminated. Race number nine has
:40:11. > :40:18.been terminated here in San Francisco. The wind limits were
:40:18. > :40:24.reached prior to mark number two so the race has to be abandoned.
:40:24. > :40:32.With New Zealand in front it was a tough call to make for director of
:40:32. > :40:36.on water operations, Harold Bennet, but the wind was topping 26 miles an
:40:36. > :40:41.hour. The Americans have completed the two point penalty imposed and
:40:41. > :40:46.for the first time in this is we can say New Zealand lead-0. The winner
:40:47. > :40:51.is the first to ninth so there could be a few more twists and turns yet.
:40:51. > :41:04.A bit of a tussle with the Oracle boys. It was a sort of marginal
:41:04. > :41:13.cross and we made the call to tack. It was a bit rushed. We dismissed
:41:13. > :41:23.the Hydro and with our system, we have to drive the Hydro through and
:41:23. > :41:27.if you don't get it, the boat tacks, the wind starts sucking the boat
:41:27. > :41:39.over. Fortunately, the guys keep grinding. We went through, I guess,
:41:40. > :41:42.a split second to soon. I think about as close as you could possibly
:41:42. > :41:48.get before the thing would have ended on its side. Initially we were
:41:48. > :41:50.going to go for the hook but that didn't look that great as I got
:41:50. > :41:57.closer. At the last minute, we didn't look that great as I got
:41:57. > :42:04.bailed out. We almost went into a crashed tack and I was surprised, I
:42:04. > :42:07.thought they were going to go over. It is these boats, they are
:42:08. > :42:13.powerful, you have got to sail them well. We were at the top end of the
:42:13. > :42:19.wind range today. You have got to make sure you are completely
:42:19. > :42:25.error-free around the course. We made one mistake and it not only
:42:25. > :42:29.cost us the race, it also came very close to costing us a lot more than
:42:29. > :42:33.that. It is just what the team needed. I can't tell you how hard
:42:33. > :42:38.the team works. The design engineering team. Obviously the guys
:42:38. > :42:45.sailing the boat. They are rewarded now with a victory. We have been
:42:45. > :42:50.saying that we can win races. We don't care what the score line is,
:42:50. > :42:55.we are going to fight until the end and at some point it will turn. This
:42:55. > :42:58.is a big moment for us. We made a step in the performance. The crew
:42:58. > :43:04.were sailing it better, we came from behind to date. We did not get off
:43:04. > :43:09.the line well but it did not stop them one bit. I think it is a key
:43:09. > :43:15.moment in the regatta. It is game on, both crews pushing
:43:15. > :43:20.their boats to the limit in their quest for the America's Cup. Expect
:43:20. > :43:26.intrigue, more drama and bow to bow action from San Francisco Bay. We
:43:26. > :43:31.are back tomorrow from 1:30pm on BBC Two. Will it be New Zealand's day or
:43:31. > :43:36.the Americans flying the flag?