Play-Offs - Day One Sailing: America's Cup

It's the greatest show on water. The fastest boats, the biggest names,

the 35th America's Cup has come to Bermuda. Five teams competing in

qualifying fighting for the right to challenge the defenders Oracle Team

USA for international sports oldest trophy. France the first to be

eliminated. After 166 year wait there was high hopes this time

Britain would bring the cup home but it was disappointment for Ben

Ainslie and his Land Rover BAR team. Knocked out in the semifinals by the

inform New Zealanders. The late win goes on after a gruelling three and

a half year campaign. In a quest for the America's Cup many British

campaigns have started by assembling a long list of world and Olympic

champions for the crew. Success in the cup requires more than a

collection of glittering CDE's. Nobody knows this better than Ben

Ainslie. This event is his fourth campaign, when he joined his first

in 2000 he had two Olympic medals. He had only held a junior role

aboard the boat. After the 2004 Olympics and with another gold medal

to his name he joined team New Zealand as a second helmsman in the

2007 campaign before going on to perform the same role with Oracle

Team USA in 2013. Within two consecutive campaigns he had

witnessed both defeat and victory. So when it came to forming his own

team he knew what he needed. The announcement of Ben Ainslie Racing

in June 2014 came with royal approval. It also came with solid

backing from an impressive consortium of wealth they

accomplished and experienced individuals led by Sir Charles

Thompson and Sir Keith Mills. Shortly afterwards the team began

building an impressive base in Portsmouth overlooking the water in

which the cup had been conceived. To bring the America's Cup home would

be a lifelong ambition. Our maritime history is so strong in the UK and

this is the one thing we've never won. Being based in Portsmouth we

could bring the cup back to where it started. All of us that would be a

huge achievement. After an inconsistent run in the round-robin

series Britain found themselves up against a faster New Zealand boat

the semifinals. It did not start well. Damage to the wing caused them

to retire and they had to forfeit the second race with repairs under

way. The Kiwis were not faultless themselves, flipping over in the

most dramatic moment of the America's Cup so far. But in the end

they proved too good. Britain work out so what went wrong? A lot of the

decisions we make we make as a team. You look at how the boats raced,

every area interlinks. It's the whole package and everyone, the

whole team is responsible for that and putting that together and like I

say we win lose as a team and I am proud of every single person's

effort in that team. I am a competitive person and the team is

very competitive, we wanted the winning and that's the target and

that's the same but now we move forward and the goal is still to win

the America's Cup. British interest far from over however, Sweden's

Artemis Racing have a strong contingent from UK shores. The team

is managed by Iain Percy and they came from 4-1 down to beat Japan in

the other semifinal. I think there are more Brits in our team than any

other nationality. It's nice to be on the grinding pedestal with my old

mate Chris Brittle, he manages to cover me through the tough periods.

He's a fantastic ambassador for British sailing and British bought,

fantastic athlete. What is going to win this challenger final? Starting,

then our race that does not have any mistakes from that moment on.

Starting is a real strength of our as, pretty deliberate calm and

professional after that. We are quite a hard team to pass. I feel

strong in that respect. These things, it is sport, it is hard and

aggressive and they are a strong team and it will come down to

sometimes that split-second decision in the last ten seconds before the

start but I back Nathan any day of the week. This challenger final is a

best of nine race series, first to five wins. Conditions on day one

look challenging, like an difficult, it's going to be a hard day.

COMMENTATOR: Welcome to the scene for the first day of the play-off

final, a two-minute start sequence followed by a critical high-speed

race to mark one. A final bash to the finish only 200 metres from the

America's Cup Village. Here we go, the America's Cup

challenge play-off finals under way, first of five race wins becomes the

challenger, make or break for these two. Are they playing safe for the

one team roll the dice? We are already seeing action we have not

seen before, it is only eight and a half knots of breeze which is barely

foiling conditions. It will be fascinating to see. If team New

Zealand, the aggressiveness graced based on their stability, if that is

negated by this choice, I think they're a bit late in air. The chase

on to the start line. Nathan Etheridge will be -- Nathan

Outteridge will be much the happier. But we have seen the Kiwis put in

some great performances here in Bermuda in lighter air. But it is

Sweden who are getting a really good, clean start and already at 25

knots safely up onto the foils and screaming towards the. We have three

day but whether they liked air foils versus the heavy air foils played a

part in that pre-start, certainly Sweden with port tack entry, coming

in from the left-hand side, they got to pick and choose the time they

wanted to go back toward the line far more effectively than Emirates

Team New Zealand. So they have a good lead coming mark one. The wind

speed may only be eight or nine knots but these boats well capable

of moving at speeds of four times the Varty speed. Around the first

marker ago the Swedish team, Emirates Team New Zealand following

them around the mark. It's amazing how much good old-fashioned

weatherman comes into play on a day like today. For those of us who are

just joining the America's Cup you can have two different types of

dagger boards, if you are trying to, if you're trying to lift the ball

out of the water which is so crucial, at lower speeds, lighter

winds conditions, you want the bigger wings on. Artemus has them in

today but team New Zealand does not. Lets get an idea how late you can

leave that decision, what is the protocol, you might have to make

decisions at eight, nine o'clock in the morning for wind conditions

which are late in the afternoon? That is right, you cannot just snap

your fingers and change the boards in a muddle of minutes, there's a

lot of work to be done. They will start talking at around eight

o'clock in the morning, the boat goes on the water around 10am so

everything needs to be decided by 9am. Pretty tight out there, not a

lot to choose between them and Emirates Team New Zealand making

good progress in closing the gap. We will know all out more about whether

they think their foils are going to work in this lighter air are not

based on some of the decisions. Surprisingly did not Jaidee burrow

into the other mark and do a split. They followed Artemis and let the

chips fall where they may. These guys are feeling each other out

right now, they have made dramatic changes to their boats since they

raced last, let's see how fast we are compare to the other guy. The

Kiwi 's hacking a little earlier than the Swedes -- tacking a little

earlier than the Swedes in an attempt to break the spell. Every

manoeuvre inevitably involving a loss of speed for a moment or two.

Bob splashing down after the attack here is the tack from the Kiwis.

Pretty slick. That is like what we have seen in the past, had the pace

going into the tack, just that turn. Artemis will still cross but as we

always assumed, not by much. So the Kiwis are beginning to pass,

they have made excellent ground, that was a tidy manoeuvre, very

clean, crisp tack and it put them marginally in front. We just saw the

opposite of what we thought we would see, they bought with the light air

boards which is Artemis definitely did not tack quite as effectively.

This is classic match racing, pinching manoeuvre. Artemis trying

to get underneath. They will be protected by the border here

shortly, this is going to be a critical tack. Who does it best

coming up to the boundary? Approaching crunch time as the

boundary comes into view. Artemis can tack. Too late, inside the

boundary they go. That will encourage penalty as a result.

That's a major setback for Nathan Outteridge and his crew. The Kiwis

are heading off out in front having made a rather better fist of things.

An unforced error, exactly at the wrong time. They had all the right

in the world to tack whenever they wanted to, when they entered the

three boat length zone within the boundary and they still have the

penalty, half to drop back two full boat lengths. Just made a silly

mistake going into the boundary. Round gate three, downwind once

more. It's the turn of Artemis Racing to do the chasing. That's a

manoeuvre and a penalty up at the boundary which is costing them.

Quite a different way of managing that human power. These guys went

from leg muscles, the others went for the arm muscles. The debate is

still raging as to which is the more efficient! Maybe we will have some

statistics in a little while to analyse the power

output of each of the different boats and different techniques, the

site clause as they become known. The traditional grinders. The Kiwis

certainly think this cycling method gives them some edge. It may only be

one of several, but certainly hear they've been served well by it in

Bermuda. How cool is the choreography of the crew work as

they come across the boat? We have to go back and look at that again.

How and where each person positions themselves coming out of the tack.

In these breezy conditions... Turning up went once more and the

boat handling is good from Peter Burling. Glenn Ashby, they are all

in perfect unison. Nathan Outteridge, putting him under a

degree of pressure in the Swedish boat. It is interesting, talking

about the light air boards versus the breezy ones. It seems to me that

Emirates Team New Zealand has an edge in staying up on the foils and

the tacks. How does that look there? The manoeuvres seem a little

smoother and more consistent. There are patches of the course where the

breeze is less, and Artemis Racing are gaining. They pop up earlier but

as the breeze builds like at the moment, Team New Zealand have a

speed advantage. Smaller boards, less drag and when they are in the

air, they go faster. Race one of the America's Cup challenger play-offs

final. The Swedes have it all to do here.

A good thing for the Swedes is that at least they will be having a split

up here. I would not be surprised if we see Emirates Team New Zealand

gybe quickly, they will give up a bit but let's get over and stay on

the same side of the racecourse. There is this breeze shifting, let's

try and eliminate options. For Artemis Racing. Nathan Outteridge

looking to chase down his old rival Peter Burling. They have met on

countless different courses across the globe. One of the delicious

subplots of this particular contest between Sweden and New Zealand.

It will take something special from Artemis Racing if they are to close

the gap with this sort of distance in the race left. Just half a leg

before the final blast to the finish. They are a perfect

illustration of the two different grinding

Techniques. As a grinder, you really get to know the guy in front of you.

Have you noticed that? Maybe not the parts that you would like! Here

comes the choreography again. Ashby driving the boat coming out of the

Jaipur Law. On the cockpit, at the back of the boat. There, the wing

trimmer driving the boat. -- gybes. Burling comes in. Perfect. And it is

all done with minimal chat. There really is little conversation on the

boat. We have been watching for a couple of weeks, by contrast to the

Swedes, they interacted huge amount. It seems to be done in telepathy.

Through the final gate and heading for the finish line. A terrific

display from the Kiwis. They have executed almost to

perfection here this afternoon on the Great Sound. The New Zealanders.

Such a contrast from the chaos and turmoil of Tuesday, when their boat

did not look at its best. But this is a team in perfect unison at the

moment. Very calm and very relaxed. Safely in the knowledge that they've

got this first race tucked away in the bag. Good boat speed, all the

way down the runway. The Kiwis take a 1-0 lead in the play-offs final.

Overcoming something of a slow start, capitalising crucially on the

Swedish penalty, just before gate three. New Zealand's up in the

final. All done with minimal fuss. Small errors, really are made to pay

on the Great Sound. That tack into the boundary was something that

Nathan Outteridge and the rest of his Swedish crew will look back on

with some regret, you feel. Many congratulations. We have got

ahead in the final, what was the key, all about that tack where the

Swedes went into the boundary and picked up the penalty? Yeah, we were

happy with the start, it was tough to get the two drives to get back to

the start. But the boys dug deep. We had some really nice tacks, on the

right-hand side, it set it up nicely for us. We felt that we would try

and tack on their backs. That was the race. Apart from that, we sailed

well with a good start. Time to regroup and have another go. Race

one of the Challenger finals, you cannot afford to be making unforced

errors. A disappointing race for Artemis Racing but for the New

Zealanders, they sailed flawlessly. Let's have a look at what happened

in race two. COMMENTATOR: Race number two of the

America's Cup challenger play-offs final. New Zealand and Peter Burling

with a 1-0 lead, bursting to hammer home the advantage. We know how

unpredictable these races can prove to be. Emirates Team New Zealand

tacking to get back there. They decide to go for a high-speed start,

settling for their position. Let's see who pulls the trigger the best.

As we have seen on countless occasions here on the Great Sound,

the timing of this is pivotal. Have the Swedes timed it well? It looks

that way. Artemis Racing are off and running. The Kiwis alongside them.

Both of the boats foiling early. Reaching up and beyond the 30 not

mark. This is about angle into the Mark Wright now. Artemus holding

them well above the mark. The mark is way down there. They are well

above the mark. A tactical situation where they will try and get them to

foul, he is actually heading up. Artemis Racing fully in control, a

little loft, get them slow. Very good match racing tactics by Nathan

Outteridge. The Swedes are off to a marginally better start, thanks to

their helmsman. Aggressive ploys in these early exchanges, as they round

mark one. And heads downwind for the first time. Two for two, starting

for Nathan Outteridge. Here we go... Come on up and get out the way.

Artemus is a lower boat with an overlap, so they are a right boat.

Both did exactly what they needed to do. The Kiwi stay out the way. No

harm, no foul. Race on. Both boats driving almost

simultaneously. As we can see, just the most slender margins between the

two. Instructive in the last couple of weeks to see how calm the New

Zealanders are when they get a quicker after most would-be boat in

front. They know their boat speed is good here. The heart reds of

grinders, Anders Gustafsson, is all matched. I don't know what to say,

it's 220 minus your age, the maximum heart rate. He is about 12 years

old! If that is you or me... The next thing you know is there as an

ambulance on the way, I can tell you that! The lights are flashing... The

Kiwis following in, doing what they did in the first race. Using

manoeuvrability and speed, two really tight and good rounds.

Both boats clearly foiling through their tacks more effectively. It is

the flat-out boat speed that sometimes you see the heavier air

boards, not sometimes, all the time you see those, possibly being a

little quicker. Look at the handhold here on the wheel. That is the

helmsman, when he puts his hand on there, the helmsman controls the 4.5

brake of the dagger boards. The lift or the drop of the boat.

There are the two bike Law side-by-side. We may have the chance

to have a tied to look at the foils themselves and the discrepancies

between the 22-mac boats. The blades are quite straight on Artemis. A

good foiling tack for New Zealand, they will use their wing wash to

blow some disturbed air onto Emirates Team New Zealand. A lot of

newcomers. Look at how straight the foil is. Dead straight. You can see

the tip year, it is completely straight. If we have a look at the

Kiwis in a minute, they definitely do not have that straight. Look at

the bends to the foil. The kink in it on the Kiwi's boat. Compared to

be super straight foil we saw. Amazing, they are very smart people.

To accomplish the same thing, they've come up with completely

different ways of designing it. That is as close as we have come to be

foils so far. These guys can barely breathe without is picking up

something! This is as close as we have been too good racing as well.

50 metres between the two, less than one mistake. You better not come off

your foils and attack otherwise the other boat will pass you and you

will extend significantly. Just look at the grimacing faces, they are

digging in here, the grinders. A relentless drive to the finish line

from the outset. There is no letup. With three races today, depending on

how much rotation they use in their squad, there is going to be some

tired bodies this evening. These races are brutal, on the model day

-- modern day after guard. There is zero room for mistakes, zero. What

the Kiwis will hope will be their final tack into the gate. Artemis

slamming right on top of them. Not literally but figuratively, of

course. Using the wing wash, the disturbed air which will come off

the back of the wing to slow down the Kiwis. Wright, smack our point.

There is the wash, right on top. Perfectly timed by Artemis Racing.

High up on the foils as they navigate around the Swedes. A narrow

advantage but significant at the moment. Peter Burling is trying to

work out ways and means of reeling the men from here... -- relaying

them it in from here. The Kiwis are not going away. They

are right there. One mistake... That's all it takes. We keep calling

them one mistake leads, this is less than that.

Both of the boats have been out of the water with the Lord -- hulls.

Look at that, the gap closed from 150 to 65 metres. Still 100% of them

up on the foils. You've always maintained within 150 you have a

sniff? I think a bad tack is about 150 metres. That's the conclusion

I've come to buy looking at the two weeks worth of racing so far. Easy

to say from up here in the booth... Two more perfect tacks. Another part

of the America's Cup is as you advance in the rounds, you see fewer

and fewer mistakes. To see two boats flying 100% of the time is just

stunning! It's remarkable. Let's check in with Joey, part of

Oracle Team USA who is out on the water for us, anything you have

picked up from this race we've not spotted that you think might be

crucial? Looks like the Swedes might have enough to cling onto league

again from the start. They are sailing fantastically. When the

boats are on starboard tack Artemis does not have much of a speed gets

it but when they are on poured tack like now they do. Know we are

getting, that is good information. Whether it is true or not we are

running with it. LAUGHTER OK! Struggling to squeeze the

secrets of this mystifying sport out of Joey for a fortnight now but

finally it is bearing fruit. Oracle racing, your team-mates, if I was

watching this race right now, and I was on your team I would thinking

this is about as high quality racing as you can get. 100% of the time,

Zieler mistakes, the lead we saw off the line is the lead right now,

quality. They have a special little room they set in and watch the

races, they will be there getting a massage and watching the race and

eating ice cream. Whilst you are struggling on the water right? I am

toughing it out out here. Doing it for us, thank you joy. One more

downwind leg. It is tight, really tight at the moment. The Kiwi is far

from out of it. I think there will be a split, Iain Percy made the

decision to not cover a there. The Kiwis have two tacks, the risk is a

split as the next run, the final run to the finish.

Similar speeds as they roamed the gate. Nathan Outteridge and his crew

looking to cling onto this lead they have built and held, picking up some

really useful speed away from the gate. As ever no panic on board

Emirates Team New Zealand. Just resolve. And organisation. And hard

work. Looking at the gauge to tell him where the boundary was, Peter

Burling. Again, no chance at the bad manoeuvre for either boat. The Kiwis

might just be reaping the benefits but the boat speed is now very

similar as they head very close to the boundary edge, the New

Zealanders must be very tight to it. Very tight indeed. But safe

regardless. Flawless handling from both boats through the entire race.

Stunning boat handling. The mark Artemis close to splitting,

that is mark one and it is irrelevant on the course for the

race. Iain Percy has moved all the way to the back of the boat, the

tactician right there, he is on the back of the boat, taking himself out

of a power plant and they are moving and they are moving their weight

after to try to rock the boat, use the foils more effectively.

Looks like fun doesn't it? I know you miss it. Maybe around Ocean

Drive and Newport but I don't see myself I on the water doing that.

Still one lead. Artemis should be closed or laying the gate, getting

into the gate on one more gybe. But Emirates Team New Zealand still not

going away. One more gybe to go for Emirates Team New Zealand, Artemis

should be laying straight in. The lead around about 110 metres or so

but the Swedes have managed very tidily to go through the gate and

they are off-line flying down this finishing straight. New Zealand in

hot pursuit but it looks like their challenge might be done in less, the

second race of the America's Cup challenge play-off final. You can

make the case team New Zealand has had one of their best races in the

entire event, they are still at 100% fly time but when I bought has

sailed as well as Artemis, they had the jump at the start, I was so

excited for two 100%'s. Artemis have sailed as close to a perfect race as

we have seen, and if the boat ahead sails as quickly as they have and is

mistake free as they have you will not get by. I am sorry, you are not

ever going to get by. Look at the numbers upon the wing. I don't think

we have seen that, a whole bunch of numbers. The numbers are stacking up

in their favour this time around, Artemis racing of Sweden led by

Nathan Outteridge bouncing back with big in race two. The boat handling

was flawless. Upon the foils for the duration. Hammering over the finish

line in front. One point apiece in the final. The Kiwi splashing down,

game on. Nathan Outteridge and Peter Burling closely matched, a familiar

scenario for these two hotshot helmsman.

I have known him for a to ten years now. Training partners in the 49er

leading into the London Olympics. Stayed together, lived together

trained together. We are really good mates. We are incredibly good

friends. We have raced together a lot on the 49er, had some good

battles over the years. It's incredible from where we were ten

years ago, now representing two America's Cup teams, fighting each

other. We enjoy high risk sailing and I think that's coming. We will

be going pretty hard for the win. Knowing those guys they will bring

their top game and we will bring ours. The two boats on collision

course, hand-to-hand combat out on the water. We have had close

battles. Some angry guys in Sweden right now. Definitely had some

cracking races. Look at how they are taking each other on. Happy to end

up on the right side of it both times. I am sure more close racing

will come. I think if we get our configurations right it will be a

good battle. Edward definitely be nice to one up,

we got the gold in London, he got the silver and then it reversed in

Rio last year. Ever since London been solidly committed here with

Artemis Racing getting ready for this match coming up. I think both

of us really enjoyed the cut-throat competition, both trying to win the

race. I am sure it will be a really enjoyable battle out there. You

cannot separate these two teams, 1-1 with one race to go to see who takes

the advantage after day one. COMMENTATOR: Locking horns again,

Sweden against New Zealand. Even in the entry box the battle, the

jousting is well underway. These two just trying to outmanoeuvre each

other and get into position in their favoured space. Pushing and shoving

going on, Artemis Racing pushing Emirates Team New Zealand hard

towards the starting line and then decide to roll over the top. Very

early coming towards the start line right now. At this stage you have

two favour of the position of Emirates Team New Zealand. Artemis

trying to go over the top, is there an overlap between them right now?

Team New Zealand will continue to push. At the County pushing the line

they could make this difficult. They might just be happy to do this time

and distance then and head for the mark, they will have an overlap

however. Such a delicate balance. But they have tread a fine line

pretty carefully both of these two. Remember the angle difference from

the top of the line over the shorter distance from Emirates Team New

Zealand's part of the line. For the third time this afternoon the Swedes

off to the better start, they are out in front as they reach for the

first mark. The better angle won. I think the Kiwis got up on their

foils pretty quickly. Up into the 40 knots category which is the fastest

we have seen, 42 knots or boat speed, does that indicate the wind

has picked up? Let's go back to Joey Newton on the water, more breeze? It

picked up a little bit, there's a little bit of whether to the WinWord

side of the course and that is pushing quite a bit more breeze so I

think we could see knots. I think it is safe to say there is not much in

it, one boat essentially in the lap of the other right now. Similar

dynamic isn't it to what we saw in the second race. Racing in tight

confines. At this time in the regatta you better be perfect and

both of these boats are proving that perfection is possible. They will

have inside. Happy to go straight. Instructive to see the collaborative

effort of the Swedes and the chat between them, the communication is

very strong, one of the strongest elements, excellent mark rounding,

the Kiwis spotting the course, not nearly so talkative, they are off

hunting air in a different direction.

The Kiwis just pulled off that super-tough last-second gybe

manoeuvre to gain the split. Did not follow around this time, I think

it's something they talked about in between races, twice now they have

simply followed around Artemis in the bottom gate but this time they

chose to do the split. By doing that, following them around, they

are waiting for the mistake. Waiting for the mistake and I guarantee the

saying these guys are not making many mistakes so let's start mixing

it up and go off and try to do our thing and find a good wind shift.

Proactive from the New Zealanders. Still the chat comes from Iain

Percy. Even though the first cross may come back to Artemis, Artemis

must make a choice, do you tack on top of the other boat or continue

allowing the split? You heard Iain Percy, saying we do

not have a hit, keep going which means they still have split, the

split did not just happen at the bottom, on the first cross, they are

going to get another shot at the wind shift so that is what you're

setting yourself up for, the miracle does not have to happen immediately

but hopefully the gods help you out if you are Emirates Team New

Zealand. -- the guards. Very little in it,

still. As they head up wind in the third leg of seven. The Swedes with

a narrow advantage which they have held from the word go. This is going

to be a reasonably tight cross. Slide right hand wind shift as

indicated in the upper corner, the breeze is currently at 235, a slight

gain for Emirates Team New Zealand coming back on that cross. It is

amazing, the difference in communication. You brought it up

earlier, the two boats... Get the Qatar nine tails out! Iain Percy and

Nathan Outteridge are far more old school skipper tacticians, where

they are almost giving you play-by-play. That was how I was

taught to do it. New school is way different. To be frank, going on the

boat and laying out and listening to Emirates Team New Zealand, they are

clinking and clunking, they do not talk. Peter Burling is all over this

himself. Coming up to a key moment. If he can get into the zone and have

a piece of Artemis, he would be allowed around the left. Artemis

gets across. He stays barely in the lead. Just in the nick of time for

the Swedish boat. Around they go. There is less of a gap between these

two. Look at the boat speed of the Kiwis. Just piling away from the

gate. Artemis Racing has gone right away,

but as you approach those marks, other rules come into effect. No

harm, no foul, Artemis squeaks around the marker ahead. Looking at

the racecourse now, there is a lot of dark water where Artemis Racing

was. The Kiwis are going awfully fast. It looked like Artemis racing

was potentially more wind pressure. Have to see what the cross is like

as the boats come back together... I think... Can you see the dark water

at the top of the screen? The whole area where Artemis is is darker

water. Perhaps a slight stretch to 100 metres? In this day and age,

massively... Look at this. How tough is it, to spot the wind shift when

you are flying at 30 or 40 knots? Can you instantly see that there is

a change in conditions if you are heading off on a particular

direction, if you go quick enough? Nothing is instant or assured me he

used your intuition, as a tactician or in the case of the Kiwis, with

Peter Burling as the helmsman, you try and see the dark patches in the

water, you have instruments on-board telling you whether the shift is to

the left or the right, but the key moving these boats, it can gain you

so much speed, stay in the dark water. That gets you the best

velocity on the racecourse. By their nature, the wind shifts are

presumably a little shifty, as we see they are not the cleanest of

gybes from the sweets, they have a tight mark as well -- from the

Swedes. The Kiwis recovering well from their manoeuvre as well.

Artemis did not have a perfect gybe, and suddenly we are almost dead even

on the racecourse. Next time, back across, the Kiwis attack. They are a

little unstable going into the gybe. Sorry, this is coming out. They get

too low and too hi. Do not make a mistake out there, fellas! A little

late afternoon shower. Up on the starboard hull. A key moment,

starboard tack has come right away, can Artemis get back clean? True

wind direction. TWD. A similar job. Does Artemis have to duck? Is

Artemis going to get across clean? Not a huge amount in it... Not for

the faint of heart. Two lengths. Ian Jetson, nestled between Nathan

Outteridge and Iain Percy. Watch the eyes of Percy, looking up at the

wing all the time. Not only looking up pressure on the water but the

instrumentation, the box of instruments that we saw perched on

the wing to read the true wind direction, they have an instrument

on board that will help guide. Whatever that wind direction is. I

get the feeling this may be tighter than the last...

The cross is coming your way. The sweets with their noses in front.

The Kiwis in hot pursuit at the moment, trying to make up ground.

One piece in the challenger play-offs final, remember. Amazing

new camera angles, we have eight cameras on each boat right now.

There are drones flying and helicopters everywhere. Cameramen on

the boats... There is no escape! At the moment it is pretty even, all

right? A tiny wind shift is going to make the difference in this race. At

opposite ends of the course at the moment. They are neck and neck, in

reality. Look at this. One left-hand shift, possibly. The true wind

direction seems to be out there attacking. It goes all over the map.

We get the instrumentation of these boats. Man overboard on Sweden. My

goodness! Who is it? Is that Nathan Outteridge? First of all, he is OK.

This is the first time we've seen this in Bermuda. The sweets are in

all kinds of bother with a man down. -- Swedes. The Kiwis will round the

gate and head downwind for the final time. Just when you think you've

seen it all, you've got to be kidding me! This might be Nathan

Outteridge in the water. I think it is... It is. He has gone. The

helmsman has gone! And the rest of them are getting a dowsing. It's

over, I think boys. I think they are backing off, knowing that this is

over. This is when it happened. When Nathan Outteridge disappeared into

the drink. At the top right of your screen, he is gone. The smallest of

slides and out he went. Sliding into second base. And he is safe... Holy

mackerel. Dramatic developments out on the Great Sound, as the Kiwis

hammered their way over the finishing line. They won res three,

2-1 ahead in the challenger play-offs final. Nathan Outteridge

overboard for Sweden, Peter Burling capitalising. We had confirmation

thankfully that Nathan Outteridge is fine and well. Just honing his front

crawl! Lets see the moment when he actually returned... Where have you

been? LAUGHTER That is just the start, you feel, of

the ribbing that is coming. Good stuff. New Zealand with the better

of today's racing wins, in race one and three for the Kiwis. The Swedes

were outstanding in race two but lost their helmsman overboard in the

final race of the day. The New Zealanders making hay as a result.

They lead by 2-1. The first to five race wins in a maximum of nine.

No shortage of close action or drama out on the Great Sound. I chatted to

both skippers as they came ashore. It is disappointing to only get one

win today after reading all three of them. In a really good spot in the

final race. We grew a lot of confidence from today. We did really

well. If we can get a couple of mistakes out of our game, we can get

the points back no problem. Confidence levels were really high,

and today, some errors from the team cost us. If we can keep starting how

we have been and keep the boat going as quick as it is, we will make it

difficult to get races off us. You stand the audience when you sprinted

across the boat and kept going! How difficult is it to get side to side?

To do a foiling tack on these boats you need to spend the boat quick.

When the bottom speeds are still over 20 knots, it is difficult

terrain. On the Windward side, the groups had to straighten up the

boat. The G-force hits you quite hard. I think my feet were bare

straightening it up. And left the building, unfortunately.

Congratulations, at the end of the first day in this final, 2-1 up. How

pleased are you and the team? We are proud of how we fought today. I felt

like we had really good opportunities. It didn't quite

execute on the last, but we hung in there. A good second race with no

opportunities to pass. It felt like we did not matter on the last cross

if Nathan Beloff or not. It's for credit to how the guys keep fighting

and they gave themselves an opportunity. No shortage of things

to talk about today, joining me is Stevie Morrison, Olympic sailor. We

must start with Nathan Outteridge running off his boat, how easy is

that to do? The nature of these boats, they are fast and furious.

When you are turning the boats, that G-force is trying to throw you off

the boat anyway. Trying to stop that is really difficult and I guess he

would have done it hundreds of times in practice but it was a really

tight moment and he would have known that, a tight cross from the Kiwis,

he went for an extra half a second quicker. He was ejected off the boat

which is a real shame. Heartbreaking to watch for Artemis Racing, they

did such a good day. In one-on-one combat, you need to take it on. With

Iain Percy as tactician, they've got the best match racer there. They

need aggression and hand-to-hand combat. Artemis dominated, three

starts and three wins at the first mark. They made some mistakes and if

we cut those out, and rely on that communication and partnership that

Iain has with Nathan. The New Zealanders Roberto Agricola rely on

the speed, they will notice they are a band of cyclists pedalling

throughout the race. Does that give them edge? Certainly the design is

quite aggressive and it requires extra energy. That energy comes into

the boat with hydraulic fluid that is pumped up like a bike pump with

the legs of the cyclists. You do not see many of the track cyclists going

around with their hands pumping the pedals. I assume there is a lot of

science showing legs are better. They are able to use their energy to

make the boat go faster. It is great to see the technology of sailing.

Thank you. There is never a dull moment here in Bermuda.

Join us tomorrow at two o'clock on BBC Two for the second day of the

challenger finals. Dramatic music