:00:33. > :00:40.It's the greatest show on water. The fastest boats, the biggest names,
:00:41. > :00:45.the 35th America's Cup has come to Bermuda. Five teams competing in
:00:46. > :00:49.qualifying fighting for the right to challenge the defenders Oracle Team
:00:50. > :00:56.USA for international sports oldest trophy. France the first to be
:00:57. > :01:00.eliminated. After 166 year wait there was high hopes this time
:01:01. > :01:05.Britain would bring the cup home but it was disappointment for Ben
:01:06. > :01:11.Ainslie and his Land Rover BAR team. Knocked out in the semifinals by the
:01:12. > :01:19.inform New Zealanders. The late win goes on after a gruelling three and
:01:20. > :01:22.a half year campaign. In a quest for the America's Cup many British
:01:23. > :01:26.campaigns have started by assembling a long list of world and Olympic
:01:27. > :01:32.champions for the crew. Success in the cup requires more than a
:01:33. > :01:37.collection of glittering CDE's. Nobody knows this better than Ben
:01:38. > :01:44.Ainslie. This event is his fourth campaign, when he joined his first
:01:45. > :01:49.in 2000 he had two Olympic medals. He had only held a junior role
:01:50. > :01:53.aboard the boat. After the 2004 Olympics and with another gold medal
:01:54. > :01:58.to his name he joined team New Zealand as a second helmsman in the
:01:59. > :02:04.2007 campaign before going on to perform the same role with Oracle
:02:05. > :02:07.Team USA in 2013. Within two consecutive campaigns he had
:02:08. > :02:13.witnessed both defeat and victory. So when it came to forming his own
:02:14. > :02:18.team he knew what he needed. The announcement of Ben Ainslie Racing
:02:19. > :02:23.in June 2014 came with royal approval. It also came with solid
:02:24. > :02:25.backing from an impressive consortium of wealth they
:02:26. > :02:31.accomplished and experienced individuals led by Sir Charles
:02:32. > :02:35.Thompson and Sir Keith Mills. Shortly afterwards the team began
:02:36. > :02:40.building an impressive base in Portsmouth overlooking the water in
:02:41. > :02:45.which the cup had been conceived. To bring the America's Cup home would
:02:46. > :02:49.be a lifelong ambition. Our maritime history is so strong in the UK and
:02:50. > :02:53.this is the one thing we've never won. Being based in Portsmouth we
:02:54. > :02:58.could bring the cup back to where it started. All of us that would be a
:02:59. > :03:03.huge achievement. After an inconsistent run in the round-robin
:03:04. > :03:06.series Britain found themselves up against a faster New Zealand boat
:03:07. > :03:14.the semifinals. It did not start well. Damage to the wing caused them
:03:15. > :03:19.to retire and they had to forfeit the second race with repairs under
:03:20. > :03:23.way. The Kiwis were not faultless themselves, flipping over in the
:03:24. > :03:28.most dramatic moment of the America's Cup so far. But in the end
:03:29. > :03:34.they proved too good. Britain work out so what went wrong? A lot of the
:03:35. > :03:46.decisions we make we make as a team. You look at how the boats raced,
:03:47. > :03:48.every area interlinks. It's the whole package and everyone, the
:03:49. > :03:53.whole team is responsible for that and putting that together and like I
:03:54. > :03:58.say we win lose as a team and I am proud of every single person's
:03:59. > :04:02.effort in that team. I am a competitive person and the team is
:04:03. > :04:06.very competitive, we wanted the winning and that's the target and
:04:07. > :04:11.that's the same but now we move forward and the goal is still to win
:04:12. > :04:17.the America's Cup. British interest far from over however, Sweden's
:04:18. > :04:23.Artemis Racing have a strong contingent from UK shores. The team
:04:24. > :04:29.is managed by Iain Percy and they came from 4-1 down to beat Japan in
:04:30. > :04:34.the other semifinal. I think there are more Brits in our team than any
:04:35. > :04:38.other nationality. It's nice to be on the grinding pedestal with my old
:04:39. > :04:43.mate Chris Brittle, he manages to cover me through the tough periods.
:04:44. > :04:50.He's a fantastic ambassador for British sailing and British bought,
:04:51. > :04:56.fantastic athlete. What is going to win this challenger final? Starting,
:04:57. > :05:00.then our race that does not have any mistakes from that moment on.
:05:01. > :05:05.Starting is a real strength of our as, pretty deliberate calm and
:05:06. > :05:11.professional after that. We are quite a hard team to pass. I feel
:05:12. > :05:14.strong in that respect. These things, it is sport, it is hard and
:05:15. > :05:18.aggressive and they are a strong team and it will come down to
:05:19. > :05:23.sometimes that split-second decision in the last ten seconds before the
:05:24. > :05:29.start but I back Nathan any day of the week. This challenger final is a
:05:30. > :05:33.best of nine race series, first to five wins. Conditions on day one
:05:34. > :05:39.look challenging, like an difficult, it's going to be a hard day.
:05:40. > :05:43.COMMENTATOR: Welcome to the scene for the first day of the play-off
:05:44. > :05:52.final, a two-minute start sequence followed by a critical high-speed
:05:53. > :05:54.race to mark one. A final bash to the finish only 200 metres from the
:05:55. > :06:07.America's Cup Village. Here we go, the America's Cup
:06:08. > :06:12.challenge play-off finals under way, first of five race wins becomes the
:06:13. > :06:17.challenger, make or break for these two. Are they playing safe for the
:06:18. > :06:22.one team roll the dice? We are already seeing action we have not
:06:23. > :06:27.seen before, it is only eight and a half knots of breeze which is barely
:06:28. > :06:36.foiling conditions. It will be fascinating to see. If team New
:06:37. > :06:41.Zealand, the aggressiveness graced based on their stability, if that is
:06:42. > :06:51.negated by this choice, I think they're a bit late in air. The chase
:06:52. > :06:58.on to the start line. Nathan Etheridge will be -- Nathan
:06:59. > :07:05.Outteridge will be much the happier. But we have seen the Kiwis put in
:07:06. > :07:08.some great performances here in Bermuda in lighter air. But it is
:07:09. > :07:14.Sweden who are getting a really good, clean start and already at 25
:07:15. > :07:24.knots safely up onto the foils and screaming towards the. We have three
:07:25. > :07:28.day but whether they liked air foils versus the heavy air foils played a
:07:29. > :07:35.part in that pre-start, certainly Sweden with port tack entry, coming
:07:36. > :07:40.in from the left-hand side, they got to pick and choose the time they
:07:41. > :07:43.wanted to go back toward the line far more effectively than Emirates
:07:44. > :07:50.Team New Zealand. So they have a good lead coming mark one. The wind
:07:51. > :07:58.speed may only be eight or nine knots but these boats well capable
:07:59. > :08:06.of moving at speeds of four times the Varty speed. Around the first
:08:07. > :08:10.marker ago the Swedish team, Emirates Team New Zealand following
:08:11. > :08:13.them around the mark. It's amazing how much good old-fashioned
:08:14. > :08:26.weatherman comes into play on a day like today. For those of us who are
:08:27. > :08:35.just joining the America's Cup you can have two different types of
:08:36. > :08:39.dagger boards, if you are trying to, if you're trying to lift the ball
:08:40. > :08:45.out of the water which is so crucial, at lower speeds, lighter
:08:46. > :08:52.winds conditions, you want the bigger wings on. Artemus has them in
:08:53. > :08:57.today but team New Zealand does not. Lets get an idea how late you can
:08:58. > :09:01.leave that decision, what is the protocol, you might have to make
:09:02. > :09:05.decisions at eight, nine o'clock in the morning for wind conditions
:09:06. > :09:10.which are late in the afternoon? That is right, you cannot just snap
:09:11. > :09:15.your fingers and change the boards in a muddle of minutes, there's a
:09:16. > :09:19.lot of work to be done. They will start talking at around eight
:09:20. > :09:22.o'clock in the morning, the boat goes on the water around 10am so
:09:23. > :09:30.everything needs to be decided by 9am. Pretty tight out there, not a
:09:31. > :09:34.lot to choose between them and Emirates Team New Zealand making
:09:35. > :09:38.good progress in closing the gap. We will know all out more about whether
:09:39. > :09:43.they think their foils are going to work in this lighter air are not
:09:44. > :09:47.based on some of the decisions. Surprisingly did not Jaidee burrow
:09:48. > :09:56.into the other mark and do a split. They followed Artemis and let the
:09:57. > :10:00.chips fall where they may. These guys are feeling each other out
:10:01. > :10:06.right now, they have made dramatic changes to their boats since they
:10:07. > :10:14.raced last, let's see how fast we are compare to the other guy. The
:10:15. > :10:20.Kiwi 's hacking a little earlier than the Swedes -- tacking a little
:10:21. > :10:25.earlier than the Swedes in an attempt to break the spell. Every
:10:26. > :10:28.manoeuvre inevitably involving a loss of speed for a moment or two.
:10:29. > :11:14.Bob splashing down after the attack here is the tack from the Kiwis.
:11:15. > :11:21.Pretty slick. That is like what we have seen in the past, had the pace
:11:22. > :11:23.going into the tack, just that turn. Artemis will still cross but as we
:11:24. > :11:45.always assumed, not by much. So the Kiwis are beginning to pass,
:11:46. > :11:52.they have made excellent ground, that was a tidy manoeuvre, very
:11:53. > :11:57.clean, crisp tack and it put them marginally in front. We just saw the
:11:58. > :12:02.opposite of what we thought we would see, they bought with the light air
:12:03. > :12:09.boards which is Artemis definitely did not tack quite as effectively.
:12:10. > :12:18.This is classic match racing, pinching manoeuvre. Artemis trying
:12:19. > :12:21.to get underneath. They will be protected by the border here
:12:22. > :12:30.shortly, this is going to be a critical tack. Who does it best
:12:31. > :12:37.coming up to the boundary? Approaching crunch time as the
:12:38. > :12:47.boundary comes into view. Artemis can tack. Too late, inside the
:12:48. > :12:53.boundary they go. That will encourage penalty as a result.
:12:54. > :12:58.That's a major setback for Nathan Outteridge and his crew. The Kiwis
:12:59. > :13:11.are heading off out in front having made a rather better fist of things.
:13:12. > :13:17.An unforced error, exactly at the wrong time. They had all the right
:13:18. > :13:21.in the world to tack whenever they wanted to, when they entered the
:13:22. > :13:25.three boat length zone within the boundary and they still have the
:13:26. > :13:34.penalty, half to drop back two full boat lengths. Just made a silly
:13:35. > :13:40.mistake going into the boundary. Round gate three, downwind once
:13:41. > :13:45.more. It's the turn of Artemis Racing to do the chasing. That's a
:13:46. > :13:53.manoeuvre and a penalty up at the boundary which is costing them.
:13:54. > :13:59.Quite a different way of managing that human power. These guys went
:14:00. > :14:04.from leg muscles, the others went for the arm muscles. The debate is
:14:05. > :14:08.still raging as to which is the more efficient! Maybe we will have some
:14:09. > :14:16.statistics in a little while to analyse the power
:14:17. > :14:21.output of each of the different boats and different techniques, the
:14:22. > :14:28.site clause as they become known. The traditional grinders. The Kiwis
:14:29. > :14:34.certainly think this cycling method gives them some edge. It may only be
:14:35. > :14:38.one of several, but certainly hear they've been served well by it in
:14:39. > :14:43.Bermuda. How cool is the choreography of the crew work as
:14:44. > :14:51.they come across the boat? We have to go back and look at that again.
:14:52. > :14:58.How and where each person positions themselves coming out of the tack.
:14:59. > :15:05.In these breezy conditions... Turning up went once more and the
:15:06. > :15:11.boat handling is good from Peter Burling. Glenn Ashby, they are all
:15:12. > :15:15.in perfect unison. Nathan Outteridge, putting him under a
:15:16. > :15:22.degree of pressure in the Swedish boat. It is interesting, talking
:15:23. > :15:27.about the light air boards versus the breezy ones. It seems to me that
:15:28. > :15:32.Emirates Team New Zealand has an edge in staying up on the foils and
:15:33. > :15:37.the tacks. How does that look there? The manoeuvres seem a little
:15:38. > :15:41.smoother and more consistent. There are patches of the course where the
:15:42. > :15:45.breeze is less, and Artemis Racing are gaining. They pop up earlier but
:15:46. > :15:48.as the breeze builds like at the moment, Team New Zealand have a
:15:49. > :15:57.speed advantage. Smaller boards, less drag and when they are in the
:15:58. > :15:59.air, they go faster. Race one of the America's Cup challenger play-offs
:16:00. > :16:10.final. The Swedes have it all to do here.
:16:11. > :16:16.A good thing for the Swedes is that at least they will be having a split
:16:17. > :16:20.up here. I would not be surprised if we see Emirates Team New Zealand
:16:21. > :16:24.gybe quickly, they will give up a bit but let's get over and stay on
:16:25. > :16:29.the same side of the racecourse. There is this breeze shifting, let's
:16:30. > :16:36.try and eliminate options. For Artemis Racing. Nathan Outteridge
:16:37. > :16:40.looking to chase down his old rival Peter Burling. They have met on
:16:41. > :16:48.countless different courses across the globe. One of the delicious
:16:49. > :17:04.subplots of this particular contest between Sweden and New Zealand.
:17:05. > :17:10.It will take something special from Artemis Racing if they are to close
:17:11. > :17:15.the gap with this sort of distance in the race left. Just half a leg
:17:16. > :17:20.before the final blast to the finish. They are a perfect
:17:21. > :17:23.illustration of the two different grinding
:17:24. > :17:33.Techniques. As a grinder, you really get to know the guy in front of you.
:17:34. > :17:40.Have you noticed that? Maybe not the parts that you would like! Here
:17:41. > :17:46.comes the choreography again. Ashby driving the boat coming out of the
:17:47. > :17:55.Jaipur Law. On the cockpit, at the back of the boat. There, the wing
:17:56. > :18:01.trimmer driving the boat. -- gybes. Burling comes in. Perfect. And it is
:18:02. > :18:06.all done with minimal chat. There really is little conversation on the
:18:07. > :18:10.boat. We have been watching for a couple of weeks, by contrast to the
:18:11. > :18:18.Swedes, they interacted huge amount. It seems to be done in telepathy.
:18:19. > :18:20.Through the final gate and heading for the finish line. A terrific
:18:21. > :18:39.display from the Kiwis. They have executed almost to
:18:40. > :18:46.perfection here this afternoon on the Great Sound. The New Zealanders.
:18:47. > :18:54.Such a contrast from the chaos and turmoil of Tuesday, when their boat
:18:55. > :19:00.did not look at its best. But this is a team in perfect unison at the
:19:01. > :19:04.moment. Very calm and very relaxed. Safely in the knowledge that they've
:19:05. > :19:17.got this first race tucked away in the bag. Good boat speed, all the
:19:18. > :19:23.way down the runway. The Kiwis take a 1-0 lead in the play-offs final.
:19:24. > :19:26.Overcoming something of a slow start, capitalising crucially on the
:19:27. > :19:34.Swedish penalty, just before gate three. New Zealand's up in the
:19:35. > :19:39.final. All done with minimal fuss. Small errors, really are made to pay
:19:40. > :19:44.on the Great Sound. That tack into the boundary was something that
:19:45. > :19:50.Nathan Outteridge and the rest of his Swedish crew will look back on
:19:51. > :19:54.with some regret, you feel. Many congratulations. We have got
:19:55. > :19:57.ahead in the final, what was the key, all about that tack where the
:19:58. > :20:05.Swedes went into the boundary and picked up the penalty? Yeah, we were
:20:06. > :20:11.happy with the start, it was tough to get the two drives to get back to
:20:12. > :20:17.the start. But the boys dug deep. We had some really nice tacks, on the
:20:18. > :20:25.right-hand side, it set it up nicely for us. We felt that we would try
:20:26. > :20:31.and tack on their backs. That was the race. Apart from that, we sailed
:20:32. > :20:35.well with a good start. Time to regroup and have another go. Race
:20:36. > :20:40.one of the Challenger finals, you cannot afford to be making unforced
:20:41. > :20:43.errors. A disappointing race for Artemis Racing but for the New
:20:44. > :20:48.Zealanders, they sailed flawlessly. Let's have a look at what happened
:20:49. > :20:53.in race two. COMMENTATOR: Race number two of the
:20:54. > :20:57.America's Cup challenger play-offs final. New Zealand and Peter Burling
:20:58. > :21:06.with a 1-0 lead, bursting to hammer home the advantage. We know how
:21:07. > :21:10.unpredictable these races can prove to be. Emirates Team New Zealand
:21:11. > :21:16.tacking to get back there. They decide to go for a high-speed start,
:21:17. > :21:22.settling for their position. Let's see who pulls the trigger the best.
:21:23. > :21:28.As we have seen on countless occasions here on the Great Sound,
:21:29. > :21:34.the timing of this is pivotal. Have the Swedes timed it well? It looks
:21:35. > :21:39.that way. Artemis Racing are off and running. The Kiwis alongside them.
:21:40. > :21:45.Both of the boats foiling early. Reaching up and beyond the 30 not
:21:46. > :21:49.mark. This is about angle into the Mark Wright now. Artemus holding
:21:50. > :21:56.them well above the mark. The mark is way down there. They are well
:21:57. > :22:02.above the mark. A tactical situation where they will try and get them to
:22:03. > :22:08.foul, he is actually heading up. Artemis Racing fully in control, a
:22:09. > :22:18.little loft, get them slow. Very good match racing tactics by Nathan
:22:19. > :22:25.Outteridge. The Swedes are off to a marginally better start, thanks to
:22:26. > :22:30.their helmsman. Aggressive ploys in these early exchanges, as they round
:22:31. > :22:36.mark one. And heads downwind for the first time. Two for two, starting
:22:37. > :22:41.for Nathan Outteridge. Here we go... Come on up and get out the way.
:22:42. > :22:46.Artemus is a lower boat with an overlap, so they are a right boat.
:22:47. > :22:51.Both did exactly what they needed to do. The Kiwi stay out the way. No
:22:52. > :23:15.harm, no foul. Race on. Both boats driving almost
:23:16. > :23:20.simultaneously. As we can see, just the most slender margins between the
:23:21. > :23:24.two. Instructive in the last couple of weeks to see how calm the New
:23:25. > :23:28.Zealanders are when they get a quicker after most would-be boat in
:23:29. > :23:36.front. They know their boat speed is good here. The heart reds of
:23:37. > :23:41.grinders, Anders Gustafsson, is all matched. I don't know what to say,
:23:42. > :23:45.it's 220 minus your age, the maximum heart rate. He is about 12 years
:23:46. > :23:49.old! If that is you or me... The next thing you know is there as an
:23:50. > :23:58.ambulance on the way, I can tell you that! The lights are flashing... The
:23:59. > :24:03.Kiwis following in, doing what they did in the first race. Using
:24:04. > :24:25.manoeuvrability and speed, two really tight and good rounds.
:24:26. > :24:32.Both boats clearly foiling through their tacks more effectively. It is
:24:33. > :24:36.the flat-out boat speed that sometimes you see the heavier air
:24:37. > :24:41.boards, not sometimes, all the time you see those, possibly being a
:24:42. > :24:47.little quicker. Look at the handhold here on the wheel. That is the
:24:48. > :24:53.helmsman, when he puts his hand on there, the helmsman controls the 4.5
:24:54. > :25:10.brake of the dagger boards. The lift or the drop of the boat.
:25:11. > :25:16.There are the two bike Law side-by-side. We may have the chance
:25:17. > :25:21.to have a tied to look at the foils themselves and the discrepancies
:25:22. > :25:32.between the 22-mac boats. The blades are quite straight on Artemis. A
:25:33. > :25:36.good foiling tack for New Zealand, they will use their wing wash to
:25:37. > :25:45.blow some disturbed air onto Emirates Team New Zealand. A lot of
:25:46. > :25:51.newcomers. Look at how straight the foil is. Dead straight. You can see
:25:52. > :25:57.the tip year, it is completely straight. If we have a look at the
:25:58. > :26:04.Kiwis in a minute, they definitely do not have that straight. Look at
:26:05. > :26:10.the bends to the foil. The kink in it on the Kiwi's boat. Compared to
:26:11. > :26:14.be super straight foil we saw. Amazing, they are very smart people.
:26:15. > :26:18.To accomplish the same thing, they've come up with completely
:26:19. > :26:24.different ways of designing it. That is as close as we have come to be
:26:25. > :26:28.foils so far. These guys can barely breathe without is picking up
:26:29. > :26:33.something! This is as close as we have been too good racing as well.
:26:34. > :26:38.50 metres between the two, less than one mistake. You better not come off
:26:39. > :26:50.your foils and attack otherwise the other boat will pass you and you
:26:51. > :27:00.will extend significantly. Just look at the grimacing faces, they are
:27:01. > :27:08.digging in here, the grinders. A relentless drive to the finish line
:27:09. > :27:12.from the outset. There is no letup. With three races today, depending on
:27:13. > :27:16.how much rotation they use in their squad, there is going to be some
:27:17. > :27:23.tired bodies this evening. These races are brutal, on the model day
:27:24. > :27:35.-- modern day after guard. There is zero room for mistakes, zero. What
:27:36. > :27:43.the Kiwis will hope will be their final tack into the gate. Artemis
:27:44. > :27:47.slamming right on top of them. Not literally but figuratively, of
:27:48. > :27:50.course. Using the wing wash, the disturbed air which will come off
:27:51. > :28:04.the back of the wing to slow down the Kiwis. Wright, smack our point.
:28:05. > :28:13.There is the wash, right on top. Perfectly timed by Artemis Racing.
:28:14. > :28:17.High up on the foils as they navigate around the Swedes. A narrow
:28:18. > :28:25.advantage but significant at the moment. Peter Burling is trying to
:28:26. > :28:36.work out ways and means of reeling the men from here... -- relaying
:28:37. > :28:43.them it in from here. The Kiwis are not going away. They
:28:44. > :28:53.are right there. One mistake... That's all it takes. We keep calling
:28:54. > :28:56.them one mistake leads, this is less than that.
:28:57. > :29:12.Both of the boats have been out of the water with the Lord -- hulls.
:29:13. > :29:17.Look at that, the gap closed from 150 to 65 metres. Still 100% of them
:29:18. > :29:25.up on the foils. You've always maintained within 150 you have a
:29:26. > :29:31.sniff? I think a bad tack is about 150 metres. That's the conclusion
:29:32. > :29:36.I've come to buy looking at the two weeks worth of racing so far. Easy
:29:37. > :29:41.to say from up here in the booth... Two more perfect tacks. Another part
:29:42. > :29:47.of the America's Cup is as you advance in the rounds, you see fewer
:29:48. > :29:49.and fewer mistakes. To see two boats flying 100% of the time is just
:29:50. > :30:03.stunning! It's remarkable. Let's check in with Joey, part of
:30:04. > :30:07.Oracle Team USA who is out on the water for us, anything you have
:30:08. > :30:12.picked up from this race we've not spotted that you think might be
:30:13. > :30:18.crucial? Looks like the Swedes might have enough to cling onto league
:30:19. > :30:23.again from the start. They are sailing fantastically. When the
:30:24. > :30:27.boats are on starboard tack Artemis does not have much of a speed gets
:30:28. > :30:39.it but when they are on poured tack like now they do. Know we are
:30:40. > :30:43.getting, that is good information. Whether it is true or not we are
:30:44. > :30:50.running with it. LAUGHTER OK! Struggling to squeeze the
:30:51. > :30:58.secrets of this mystifying sport out of Joey for a fortnight now but
:30:59. > :31:04.finally it is bearing fruit. Oracle racing, your team-mates, if I was
:31:05. > :31:07.watching this race right now, and I was on your team I would thinking
:31:08. > :31:14.this is about as high quality racing as you can get. 100% of the time,
:31:15. > :31:19.Zieler mistakes, the lead we saw off the line is the lead right now,
:31:20. > :31:24.quality. They have a special little room they set in and watch the
:31:25. > :31:29.races, they will be there getting a massage and watching the race and
:31:30. > :31:34.eating ice cream. Whilst you are struggling on the water right? I am
:31:35. > :31:43.toughing it out out here. Doing it for us, thank you joy. One more
:31:44. > :31:49.downwind leg. It is tight, really tight at the moment. The Kiwi is far
:31:50. > :31:58.from out of it. I think there will be a split, Iain Percy made the
:31:59. > :32:09.decision to not cover a there. The Kiwis have two tacks, the risk is a
:32:10. > :32:26.split as the next run, the final run to the finish.
:32:27. > :32:32.Similar speeds as they roamed the gate. Nathan Outteridge and his crew
:32:33. > :32:39.looking to cling onto this lead they have built and held, picking up some
:32:40. > :32:48.really useful speed away from the gate. As ever no panic on board
:32:49. > :32:55.Emirates Team New Zealand. Just resolve. And organisation. And hard
:32:56. > :33:02.work. Looking at the gauge to tell him where the boundary was, Peter
:33:03. > :33:10.Burling. Again, no chance at the bad manoeuvre for either boat. The Kiwis
:33:11. > :33:14.might just be reaping the benefits but the boat speed is now very
:33:15. > :33:18.similar as they head very close to the boundary edge, the New
:33:19. > :33:27.Zealanders must be very tight to it. Very tight indeed. But safe
:33:28. > :33:30.regardless. Flawless handling from both boats through the entire race.
:33:31. > :33:45.Stunning boat handling. The mark Artemis close to splitting,
:33:46. > :33:50.that is mark one and it is irrelevant on the course for the
:33:51. > :33:55.race. Iain Percy has moved all the way to the back of the boat, the
:33:56. > :34:01.tactician right there, he is on the back of the boat, taking himself out
:34:02. > :34:06.of a power plant and they are moving and they are moving their weight
:34:07. > :34:12.after to try to rock the boat, use the foils more effectively.
:34:13. > :34:24.Looks like fun doesn't it? I know you miss it. Maybe around Ocean
:34:25. > :34:35.Drive and Newport but I don't see myself I on the water doing that.
:34:36. > :34:42.Still one lead. Artemis should be closed or laying the gate, getting
:34:43. > :34:53.into the gate on one more gybe. But Emirates Team New Zealand still not
:34:54. > :35:02.going away. One more gybe to go for Emirates Team New Zealand, Artemis
:35:03. > :35:10.should be laying straight in. The lead around about 110 metres or so
:35:11. > :35:15.but the Swedes have managed very tidily to go through the gate and
:35:16. > :35:21.they are off-line flying down this finishing straight. New Zealand in
:35:22. > :35:26.hot pursuit but it looks like their challenge might be done in less, the
:35:27. > :35:34.second race of the America's Cup challenge play-off final. You can
:35:35. > :35:40.make the case team New Zealand has had one of their best races in the
:35:41. > :35:43.entire event, they are still at 100% fly time but when I bought has
:35:44. > :35:50.sailed as well as Artemis, they had the jump at the start, I was so
:35:51. > :35:55.excited for two 100%'s. Artemis have sailed as close to a perfect race as
:35:56. > :36:00.we have seen, and if the boat ahead sails as quickly as they have and is
:36:01. > :36:06.mistake free as they have you will not get by. I am sorry, you are not
:36:07. > :36:12.ever going to get by. Look at the numbers upon the wing. I don't think
:36:13. > :36:21.we have seen that, a whole bunch of numbers. The numbers are stacking up
:36:22. > :36:26.in their favour this time around, Artemis racing of Sweden led by
:36:27. > :36:31.Nathan Outteridge bouncing back with big in race two. The boat handling
:36:32. > :36:39.was flawless. Upon the foils for the duration. Hammering over the finish
:36:40. > :36:49.line in front. One point apiece in the final. The Kiwi splashing down,
:36:50. > :36:53.game on. Nathan Outteridge and Peter Burling closely matched, a familiar
:36:54. > :36:57.scenario for these two hotshot helmsman.
:36:58. > :37:08.I have known him for a to ten years now. Training partners in the 49er
:37:09. > :37:12.leading into the London Olympics. Stayed together, lived together
:37:13. > :37:19.trained together. We are really good mates. We are incredibly good
:37:20. > :37:24.friends. We have raced together a lot on the 49er, had some good
:37:25. > :37:29.battles over the years. It's incredible from where we were ten
:37:30. > :37:33.years ago, now representing two America's Cup teams, fighting each
:37:34. > :37:39.other. We enjoy high risk sailing and I think that's coming. We will
:37:40. > :37:42.be going pretty hard for the win. Knowing those guys they will bring
:37:43. > :37:48.their top game and we will bring ours. The two boats on collision
:37:49. > :37:57.course, hand-to-hand combat out on the water. We have had close
:37:58. > :38:04.battles. Some angry guys in Sweden right now. Definitely had some
:38:05. > :38:08.cracking races. Look at how they are taking each other on. Happy to end
:38:09. > :38:14.up on the right side of it both times. I am sure more close racing
:38:15. > :38:16.will come. I think if we get our configurations right it will be a
:38:17. > :38:28.good battle. Edward definitely be nice to one up,
:38:29. > :38:35.we got the gold in London, he got the silver and then it reversed in
:38:36. > :38:37.Rio last year. Ever since London been solidly committed here with
:38:38. > :38:45.Artemis Racing getting ready for this match coming up. I think both
:38:46. > :38:51.of us really enjoyed the cut-throat competition, both trying to win the
:38:52. > :39:00.race. I am sure it will be a really enjoyable battle out there. You
:39:01. > :39:04.cannot separate these two teams, 1-1 with one race to go to see who takes
:39:05. > :39:13.the advantage after day one. COMMENTATOR: Locking horns again,
:39:14. > :39:22.Sweden against New Zealand. Even in the entry box the battle, the
:39:23. > :39:26.jousting is well underway. These two just trying to outmanoeuvre each
:39:27. > :39:31.other and get into position in their favoured space. Pushing and shoving
:39:32. > :39:34.going on, Artemis Racing pushing Emirates Team New Zealand hard
:39:35. > :39:40.towards the starting line and then decide to roll over the top. Very
:39:41. > :39:44.early coming towards the start line right now. At this stage you have
:39:45. > :39:49.two favour of the position of Emirates Team New Zealand. Artemis
:39:50. > :39:57.trying to go over the top, is there an overlap between them right now?
:39:58. > :40:05.Team New Zealand will continue to push. At the County pushing the line
:40:06. > :40:11.they could make this difficult. They might just be happy to do this time
:40:12. > :40:19.and distance then and head for the mark, they will have an overlap
:40:20. > :40:23.however. Such a delicate balance. But they have tread a fine line
:40:24. > :40:30.pretty carefully both of these two. Remember the angle difference from
:40:31. > :40:37.the top of the line over the shorter distance from Emirates Team New
:40:38. > :40:44.Zealand's part of the line. For the third time this afternoon the Swedes
:40:45. > :40:49.off to the better start, they are out in front as they reach for the
:40:50. > :40:56.first mark. The better angle won. I think the Kiwis got up on their
:40:57. > :41:05.foils pretty quickly. Up into the 40 knots category which is the fastest
:41:06. > :41:12.we have seen, 42 knots or boat speed, does that indicate the wind
:41:13. > :41:17.has picked up? Let's go back to Joey Newton on the water, more breeze? It
:41:18. > :41:21.picked up a little bit, there's a little bit of whether to the WinWord
:41:22. > :41:29.side of the course and that is pushing quite a bit more breeze so I
:41:30. > :41:33.think we could see knots. I think it is safe to say there is not much in
:41:34. > :41:41.it, one boat essentially in the lap of the other right now. Similar
:41:42. > :41:50.dynamic isn't it to what we saw in the second race. Racing in tight
:41:51. > :41:54.confines. At this time in the regatta you better be perfect and
:41:55. > :41:57.both of these boats are proving that perfection is possible. They will
:41:58. > :42:23.have inside. Happy to go straight. Instructive to see the collaborative
:42:24. > :42:29.effort of the Swedes and the chat between them, the communication is
:42:30. > :42:33.very strong, one of the strongest elements, excellent mark rounding,
:42:34. > :42:38.the Kiwis spotting the course, not nearly so talkative, they are off
:42:39. > :42:46.hunting air in a different direction.
:42:47. > :42:55.The Kiwis just pulled off that super-tough last-second gybe
:42:56. > :43:00.manoeuvre to gain the split. Did not follow around this time, I think
:43:01. > :43:03.it's something they talked about in between races, twice now they have
:43:04. > :43:09.simply followed around Artemis in the bottom gate but this time they
:43:10. > :43:14.chose to do the split. By doing that, following them around, they
:43:15. > :43:18.are waiting for the mistake. Waiting for the mistake and I guarantee the
:43:19. > :43:22.saying these guys are not making many mistakes so let's start mixing
:43:23. > :43:29.it up and go off and try to do our thing and find a good wind shift.
:43:30. > :43:34.Proactive from the New Zealanders. Still the chat comes from Iain
:43:35. > :43:40.Percy. Even though the first cross may come back to Artemis, Artemis
:43:41. > :43:42.must make a choice, do you tack on top of the other boat or continue
:43:43. > :43:52.allowing the split? You heard Iain Percy, saying we do
:43:53. > :43:57.not have a hit, keep going which means they still have split, the
:43:58. > :44:01.split did not just happen at the bottom, on the first cross, they are
:44:02. > :44:05.going to get another shot at the wind shift so that is what you're
:44:06. > :44:09.setting yourself up for, the miracle does not have to happen immediately
:44:10. > :44:11.but hopefully the gods help you out if you are Emirates Team New
:44:12. > :44:31.Zealand. -- the guards. Very little in it,
:44:32. > :44:34.still. As they head up wind in the third leg of seven. The Swedes with
:44:35. > :44:41.a narrow advantage which they have held from the word go. This is going
:44:42. > :44:46.to be a reasonably tight cross. Slide right hand wind shift as
:44:47. > :44:51.indicated in the upper corner, the breeze is currently at 235, a slight
:44:52. > :45:00.gain for Emirates Team New Zealand coming back on that cross. It is
:45:01. > :45:08.amazing, the difference in communication. You brought it up
:45:09. > :45:12.earlier, the two boats... Get the Qatar nine tails out! Iain Percy and
:45:13. > :45:20.Nathan Outteridge are far more old school skipper tacticians, where
:45:21. > :45:25.they are almost giving you play-by-play. That was how I was
:45:26. > :45:31.taught to do it. New school is way different. To be frank, going on the
:45:32. > :45:35.boat and laying out and listening to Emirates Team New Zealand, they are
:45:36. > :45:39.clinking and clunking, they do not talk. Peter Burling is all over this
:45:40. > :45:45.himself. Coming up to a key moment. If he can get into the zone and have
:45:46. > :45:49.a piece of Artemis, he would be allowed around the left. Artemis
:45:50. > :45:58.gets across. He stays barely in the lead. Just in the nick of time for
:45:59. > :46:02.the Swedish boat. Around they go. There is less of a gap between these
:46:03. > :46:15.two. Look at the boat speed of the Kiwis. Just piling away from the
:46:16. > :46:21.gate. Artemis Racing has gone right away,
:46:22. > :46:27.but as you approach those marks, other rules come into effect. No
:46:28. > :46:30.harm, no foul, Artemis squeaks around the marker ahead. Looking at
:46:31. > :46:34.the racecourse now, there is a lot of dark water where Artemis Racing
:46:35. > :46:41.was. The Kiwis are going awfully fast. It looked like Artemis racing
:46:42. > :46:47.was potentially more wind pressure. Have to see what the cross is like
:46:48. > :46:52.as the boats come back together... I think... Can you see the dark water
:46:53. > :46:56.at the top of the screen? The whole area where Artemis is is darker
:46:57. > :47:08.water. Perhaps a slight stretch to 100 metres? In this day and age,
:47:09. > :47:15.massively... Look at this. How tough is it, to spot the wind shift when
:47:16. > :47:19.you are flying at 30 or 40 knots? Can you instantly see that there is
:47:20. > :47:23.a change in conditions if you are heading off on a particular
:47:24. > :47:26.direction, if you go quick enough? Nothing is instant or assured me he
:47:27. > :47:32.used your intuition, as a tactician or in the case of the Kiwis, with
:47:33. > :47:37.Peter Burling as the helmsman, you try and see the dark patches in the
:47:38. > :47:40.water, you have instruments on-board telling you whether the shift is to
:47:41. > :47:45.the left or the right, but the key moving these boats, it can gain you
:47:46. > :47:52.so much speed, stay in the dark water. That gets you the best
:47:53. > :47:56.velocity on the racecourse. By their nature, the wind shifts are
:47:57. > :48:02.presumably a little shifty, as we see they are not the cleanest of
:48:03. > :48:12.gybes from the sweets, they have a tight mark as well -- from the
:48:13. > :48:18.Swedes. The Kiwis recovering well from their manoeuvre as well.
:48:19. > :48:23.Artemis did not have a perfect gybe, and suddenly we are almost dead even
:48:24. > :48:30.on the racecourse. Next time, back across, the Kiwis attack. They are a
:48:31. > :48:39.little unstable going into the gybe. Sorry, this is coming out. They get
:48:40. > :48:46.too low and too hi. Do not make a mistake out there, fellas! A little
:48:47. > :48:58.late afternoon shower. Up on the starboard hull. A key moment,
:48:59. > :49:09.starboard tack has come right away, can Artemis get back clean? True
:49:10. > :49:17.wind direction. TWD. A similar job. Does Artemis have to duck? Is
:49:18. > :49:20.Artemis going to get across clean? Not a huge amount in it... Not for
:49:21. > :49:47.the faint of heart. Two lengths. Ian Jetson, nestled between Nathan
:49:48. > :49:52.Outteridge and Iain Percy. Watch the eyes of Percy, looking up at the
:49:53. > :49:54.wing all the time. Not only looking up pressure on the water but the
:49:55. > :50:02.instrumentation, the box of instruments that we saw perched on
:50:03. > :50:09.the wing to read the true wind direction, they have an instrument
:50:10. > :50:15.on board that will help guide. Whatever that wind direction is. I
:50:16. > :50:27.get the feeling this may be tighter than the last...
:50:28. > :50:36.The cross is coming your way. The sweets with their noses in front.
:50:37. > :50:41.The Kiwis in hot pursuit at the moment, trying to make up ground.
:50:42. > :50:49.One piece in the challenger play-offs final, remember. Amazing
:50:50. > :50:53.new camera angles, we have eight cameras on each boat right now.
:50:54. > :51:03.There are drones flying and helicopters everywhere. Cameramen on
:51:04. > :51:09.the boats... There is no escape! At the moment it is pretty even, all
:51:10. > :51:18.right? A tiny wind shift is going to make the difference in this race. At
:51:19. > :51:27.opposite ends of the course at the moment. They are neck and neck, in
:51:28. > :51:34.reality. Look at this. One left-hand shift, possibly. The true wind
:51:35. > :51:39.direction seems to be out there attacking. It goes all over the map.
:51:40. > :51:47.We get the instrumentation of these boats. Man overboard on Sweden. My
:51:48. > :52:01.goodness! Who is it? Is that Nathan Outteridge? First of all, he is OK.
:52:02. > :52:09.This is the first time we've seen this in Bermuda. The sweets are in
:52:10. > :52:14.all kinds of bother with a man down. -- Swedes. The Kiwis will round the
:52:15. > :52:18.gate and head downwind for the final time. Just when you think you've
:52:19. > :52:21.seen it all, you've got to be kidding me! This might be Nathan
:52:22. > :52:28.Outteridge in the water. I think it is... It is. He has gone. The
:52:29. > :52:36.helmsman has gone! And the rest of them are getting a dowsing. It's
:52:37. > :52:43.over, I think boys. I think they are backing off, knowing that this is
:52:44. > :52:47.over. This is when it happened. When Nathan Outteridge disappeared into
:52:48. > :52:53.the drink. At the top right of your screen, he is gone. The smallest of
:52:54. > :53:05.slides and out he went. Sliding into second base. And he is safe... Holy
:53:06. > :53:08.mackerel. Dramatic developments out on the Great Sound, as the Kiwis
:53:09. > :53:15.hammered their way over the finishing line. They won res three,
:53:16. > :53:20.2-1 ahead in the challenger play-offs final. Nathan Outteridge
:53:21. > :53:24.overboard for Sweden, Peter Burling capitalising. We had confirmation
:53:25. > :53:31.thankfully that Nathan Outteridge is fine and well. Just honing his front
:53:32. > :53:41.crawl! Lets see the moment when he actually returned... Where have you
:53:42. > :53:46.been? LAUGHTER That is just the start, you feel, of
:53:47. > :53:55.the ribbing that is coming. Good stuff. New Zealand with the better
:53:56. > :53:58.of today's racing wins, in race one and three for the Kiwis. The Swedes
:53:59. > :54:03.were outstanding in race two but lost their helmsman overboard in the
:54:04. > :54:10.final race of the day. The New Zealanders making hay as a result.
:54:11. > :54:15.They lead by 2-1. The first to five race wins in a maximum of nine.
:54:16. > :54:20.No shortage of close action or drama out on the Great Sound. I chatted to
:54:21. > :54:24.both skippers as they came ashore. It is disappointing to only get one
:54:25. > :54:30.win today after reading all three of them. In a really good spot in the
:54:31. > :54:36.final race. We grew a lot of confidence from today. We did really
:54:37. > :54:40.well. If we can get a couple of mistakes out of our game, we can get
:54:41. > :54:47.the points back no problem. Confidence levels were really high,
:54:48. > :54:51.and today, some errors from the team cost us. If we can keep starting how
:54:52. > :54:59.we have been and keep the boat going as quick as it is, we will make it
:55:00. > :55:02.difficult to get races off us. You stand the audience when you sprinted
:55:03. > :55:08.across the boat and kept going! How difficult is it to get side to side?
:55:09. > :55:16.To do a foiling tack on these boats you need to spend the boat quick.
:55:17. > :55:23.When the bottom speeds are still over 20 knots, it is difficult
:55:24. > :55:29.terrain. On the Windward side, the groups had to straighten up the
:55:30. > :55:33.boat. The G-force hits you quite hard. I think my feet were bare
:55:34. > :55:38.straightening it up. And left the building, unfortunately.
:55:39. > :55:44.Congratulations, at the end of the first day in this final, 2-1 up. How
:55:45. > :55:50.pleased are you and the team? We are proud of how we fought today. I felt
:55:51. > :55:56.like we had really good opportunities. It didn't quite
:55:57. > :56:05.execute on the last, but we hung in there. A good second race with no
:56:06. > :56:11.opportunities to pass. It felt like we did not matter on the last cross
:56:12. > :56:17.if Nathan Beloff or not. It's for credit to how the guys keep fighting
:56:18. > :56:21.and they gave themselves an opportunity. No shortage of things
:56:22. > :56:26.to talk about today, joining me is Stevie Morrison, Olympic sailor. We
:56:27. > :56:30.must start with Nathan Outteridge running off his boat, how easy is
:56:31. > :56:35.that to do? The nature of these boats, they are fast and furious.
:56:36. > :56:39.When you are turning the boats, that G-force is trying to throw you off
:56:40. > :56:44.the boat anyway. Trying to stop that is really difficult and I guess he
:56:45. > :56:47.would have done it hundreds of times in practice but it was a really
:56:48. > :56:52.tight moment and he would have known that, a tight cross from the Kiwis,
:56:53. > :56:57.he went for an extra half a second quicker. He was ejected off the boat
:56:58. > :57:02.which is a real shame. Heartbreaking to watch for Artemis Racing, they
:57:03. > :57:07.did such a good day. In one-on-one combat, you need to take it on. With
:57:08. > :57:12.Iain Percy as tactician, they've got the best match racer there. They
:57:13. > :57:17.need aggression and hand-to-hand combat. Artemis dominated, three
:57:18. > :57:21.starts and three wins at the first mark. They made some mistakes and if
:57:22. > :57:27.we cut those out, and rely on that communication and partnership that
:57:28. > :57:32.Iain has with Nathan. The New Zealanders Roberto Agricola rely on
:57:33. > :57:36.the speed, they will notice they are a band of cyclists pedalling
:57:37. > :57:40.throughout the race. Does that give them edge? Certainly the design is
:57:41. > :57:44.quite aggressive and it requires extra energy. That energy comes into
:57:45. > :57:50.the boat with hydraulic fluid that is pumped up like a bike pump with
:57:51. > :57:53.the legs of the cyclists. You do not see many of the track cyclists going
:57:54. > :57:58.around with their hands pumping the pedals. I assume there is a lot of
:57:59. > :58:02.science showing legs are better. They are able to use their energy to
:58:03. > :58:06.make the boat go faster. It is great to see the technology of sailing.
:58:07. > :58:10.Thank you. There is never a dull moment here in Bermuda.
:58:11. > :58:11.Join us tomorrow at two o'clock on BBC Two for the second day of the
:58:12. > :58:23.challenger finals. Dramatic music