:00:36. > :00:44.The America's Cup has come to Bermuda. Its international sport's
:00:45. > :00:50.oldest trophy but the boats are at the cutting edge of modern design
:00:51. > :00:56.technology. Six teams have been racing here, only three remain in
:00:57. > :01:02.the battle for the trophy. British interest didn't end when Sir Ben
:01:03. > :01:10.Ainslie's Land Rover BAR were knocked out in the semifinals. Iain
:01:11. > :01:14.Percy and Artemis Racing are fighting for a place in the
:01:15. > :01:20.America's Cup match against the defendants, Oracle Team USA. But the
:01:21. > :01:25.Briton is up against it here, day three of the Challenger finals and
:01:26. > :01:30.he's 4-2 down against New Zealand. Iain Percy is an accomplished match
:01:31. > :01:38.racer, but right now he's match point down to Peter Burling. The
:01:39. > :01:44.rain fell but the wind appeared to be in the smooth sails early on day
:01:45. > :01:51.two. They levelled at 2-2 despite control issues on the boat. That win
:01:52. > :01:56.proved a false dawn for Artemis Racing. The Kiwis were sluggish on
:01:57. > :02:04.the start but anything but on the course. Two wins put them in
:02:05. > :02:09.control. So, it's a moment for Iain Percy to stay calm. He is well
:02:10. > :02:14.versed in handling pressure, and he's not short of support - his
:02:15. > :02:18.parents have travelled from home to be here. What a wonderful support
:02:19. > :02:24.we've got from the Swedish team, it's been amazing. Everyday we have
:02:25. > :02:27.decorated the base for them with posters, the children did posters,
:02:28. > :02:34.and really to try to lift them and say you can do it, for it. So can
:02:35. > :02:40.Artemis Racing keep the Cup dreams alive?
:02:41. > :02:47.COMMENTATOR: Welcome to the perfect race trap for this 35th America's
:02:48. > :02:54.Cup. The L-shaped racecourse has a critical reach to mark one, hoping
:02:55. > :03:03.to get off five quick legs against the five knot breeze. There is the
:03:04. > :03:07.start line and you will see two different distances, this is the
:03:08. > :03:12.point at which you need to explain why it's not necessarily obvious you
:03:13. > :03:17.start the closest end to the mark. You have a sat-nav system in your
:03:18. > :03:25.car, right? You know when it says you can have a shorter route at a
:03:26. > :03:33.slower speed and a faster route... You got to make a choice if you are
:03:34. > :03:37.the skipper. So these two going head-to-head, potentially for the
:03:38. > :03:42.last time here in Bermuda. They have been pitted against each other for
:03:43. > :03:50.years. The helmsman Nathan Outteridge, and Peter Burling. Peter
:03:51. > :03:59.Burling claimed gold in the Rio Olympics, one of the many duels
:04:00. > :04:05.between the young helmsman. This may be the only race of the day if New
:04:06. > :04:14.Zealand win it. We are very lucky here right now. It has been again a
:04:15. > :04:21.kind of crazy weather day. You have ten knots of breeze right now, a
:04:22. > :04:25.couple of squalls come through. Let's go out to Joey and get a
:04:26. > :04:35.weather update. At the moment it looks great for racing, eight knots,
:04:36. > :04:41.maybe more but as the rain pushes through it could get lighter on the
:04:42. > :04:47.backend. So as the race wears on it could get really light. Thanks, we
:04:48. > :04:56.will hope we can squeeze one in and it's looking promising. Race number
:04:57. > :05:02.seven of the Louis Vuitton America's Cup challenge, and the first of five
:05:03. > :05:12.wins becomes the challenger. It is match point to Peter Burling's team.
:05:13. > :05:18.The Swedes need seeing off first. Both boats are not exactly flying
:05:19. > :05:23.out there. They are I think literally flying but not speed wise.
:05:24. > :05:30.Getting close to the starting line, Nathan Outteridge said this morning
:05:31. > :05:34.that he wasn't going to be overtly aggressive. I think he needs to do
:05:35. > :05:40.something different but it does look like he will be happy. Burling is in
:05:41. > :05:46.a pretty nice spot here, pushing to the top end of the line with only 17
:05:47. > :05:57.seconds to go. Let's see who can accelerate fastest. Ten seconds, and
:05:58. > :06:01.both boats having to hold the line. Nathan Outteridge cannot afford any
:06:02. > :06:14.errors, and the Swedes have picked up a penalty. Just millimetres,
:06:15. > :06:17.goodness that was close! I know it's the very first thing that happened
:06:18. > :06:21.in the race but that could prove so damaging because they have been the
:06:22. > :06:26.first to the first mark in each of the contests in this play-off final
:06:27. > :06:30.against the Kiwis and here they have given them a free pass right from
:06:31. > :06:40.the outset. The first time in the entire series that Artemis Racing
:06:41. > :06:46.has not been ahead at Mach number -- Mark one. They must have been over
:06:47. > :07:03.by literally millimetres. Just a shame for Artemis and the fans. A
:07:04. > :07:07.real kick in the guts. The New Zealanders have been very content
:07:08. > :07:13.and happy to play catch up through this contest. Different dynamic to
:07:14. > :07:22.this one. Nathan Outteridge has got to come up with the goods from here.
:07:23. > :07:30.Full credit to Burling. We were saying what a shame for Artemis but
:07:31. > :07:35.Burling stayed out of trouble. He did a nice job, just kind of keeping
:07:36. > :07:45.it clean and doing his own thing. This time it worked. There is Peter
:07:46. > :07:49.Burling, the Iceman. He is showing very little emotion through the
:07:50. > :07:53.course of this event, but they have worked so beautifully together. This
:07:54. > :07:58.is the replay of the start line and we will see the narrow margins we
:07:59. > :08:08.are talking about here. Just look at it, fractions. Just crazy how good
:08:09. > :08:20.they are and figuring out the timing distance while on foils. Just a
:08:21. > :08:25.little too good. The penalty meaning the Swedes had to wait for two boat
:08:26. > :08:28.lengths, had to put two clear boat lengths between themselves and the
:08:29. > :08:38.New Zealanders before they could race again and it has cost them 100
:08:39. > :08:45.metres or so. There's the heart rate monitors, Iain Jensen already maxing
:08:46. > :08:58.it out. That can't be right given that he's not grinding currently.
:08:59. > :09:05.So the New Zealanders, after just about the ideal start, given what's
:09:06. > :09:09.on the line for them here, given the trouble is they have hard in all of
:09:10. > :09:12.these starts, and actually not just in the play-offs final, they have
:09:13. > :09:18.had trouble at the start since they got here. But the rest of the boat
:09:19. > :09:25.handling has been so exemplary it hasn't cost them. This is a big move
:09:26. > :09:31.by Artemis, they choose to do a separate manoeuvre at the gate. They
:09:32. > :09:38.caused the split, but looking over the top of our monitors at the
:09:39. > :09:41.racecourse, lots of pressure. These squalls are coming in creating big
:09:42. > :09:45.puffs of breeze and on the right-hand side of the racecourse
:09:46. > :09:48.there is substantially more wind. I think they are doing exactly the
:09:49. > :10:03.right thing. So this is the leg the Kiwis really
:10:04. > :10:08.had the edge over the Swedes yesterday. The gap has closed,
:10:09. > :10:12.Sweden and enjoying the best of the pressure at the top end of the
:10:13. > :10:18.cause. If you are heading for pressure, it is one thing. You kind
:10:19. > :10:22.of never know really where the wind shift will go. I think they are
:10:23. > :10:26.going to come out pretty well ahead here because there's lots of wind on
:10:27. > :10:37.the right-hand side of the racecourse. Yes, it is a day out
:10:38. > :10:47.there. Big right shift, lots of pressure, gaining every second. This
:10:48. > :10:52.is as gutsy and rumours I have seen through the entire event. He knew he
:10:53. > :11:07.was creating a split but stuck to his guns and man has it paid off.
:11:08. > :11:25.Almost 300 metres picked up now between the two crews. Already, Iain
:11:26. > :11:31.Percy is calling for leverage, which means this is a reasonably desperate
:11:32. > :11:40.situation right now for Artemis Racing at a very early stage in the
:11:41. > :11:45.race. Another cleaning tack from the New Zealanders. We have become so
:11:46. > :11:55.used to the clinical execution of the manoeuvres. So the Kiwis
:11:56. > :12:03.storming it out in front and really reaping the benefits of that
:12:04. > :12:08.decision by Peter Burling. A huge shift coming back the other way
:12:09. > :12:21.though, Artemis Racing will wind up in a right-hand shift now. They are
:12:22. > :12:34.bow to bow, heading for each other right now. The big gain for Artemis
:12:35. > :12:48.Racing. You can hear Peter Burling talking about the breeze. There is a
:12:49. > :12:54.massive right-hand shift. That indicator top left of your screen is
:12:55. > :13:00.telling you exactly that, that's what these sailors are battling with
:13:01. > :13:06.at the moment. Quite a discrepancy. You heard Iain Percy saying we need
:13:07. > :13:11.leverage right now. They got the leverage, and it has paid off in a
:13:12. > :13:21.big way. They can't even get up on the foils right now. The speed of
:13:22. > :13:33.the wind dropping well below six knots. Look at how skewed the Lions
:13:34. > :13:36.are on the racecourse. Just a reminder that had the race been
:13:37. > :13:45.started with the wind speed below the six knot mark, they wouldn't
:13:46. > :13:52.have got it under way. This is a scene we have never seen before.
:13:53. > :14:08.Team New Zealand struggling to get up on the foils.
:14:09. > :14:18.Artemis Racing has made this a dead heat just about. Race conditions
:14:19. > :14:32.have really levelled the playing field, haven't they? Artemis was
:14:33. > :14:37.getting on the foils easier. Both boats pressed the protest button.
:14:38. > :14:45.Artemis thought the dial down of team New Zealand was too aggressive.
:14:46. > :14:52.So no penalty awarded either way from the chief umpire. The boats are
:14:53. > :15:13.headed in exact opposite directions! Varies the dial down. -- there is
:15:14. > :15:22.the dial down. Nothing in it. Team New Zealand seems to have topped on
:15:23. > :15:26.the left wind shift. The breeze for New Zealand has actually shifted
:15:27. > :15:32.back to the left. You see the angle heading more towards the gate. Look
:15:33. > :15:33.at the angle differences, they are completely sailing in different
:15:34. > :15:53.directions right now. So the true wind direction numbers
:15:54. > :16:01.stepping up and it is pretty clear that it is very difficult out there.
:16:02. > :16:04.That is also a sight you don't see everyday. They will be drifting to
:16:05. > :16:11.the time being until the squall comes out. There's a 25 minute total
:16:12. > :16:16.time limit these races. You'd think they will be running up against
:16:17. > :16:31.that? Right now you would have to think absolutely. Iain Murray can
:16:32. > :16:34.shorten the course. You heard Iain Person say massive left, so the
:16:35. > :16:41.shift is running back in favour of the Kiwis. But it is all over the
:16:42. > :16:56.place right now, it is still very close. Look at the squiggly lines!
:16:57. > :17:06.Old school right now, no foil. When it started, Artemis got right back
:17:07. > :17:12.into it again. So who is the key guy here? Is it the tactician? The
:17:13. > :17:18.weather gods. The breeze is all over the place coming out of this squall
:17:19. > :17:22.that has passed through. Can Emirates Team New Zealand make this
:17:23. > :17:26.gate? We are going to have a dead heat again. After all of the
:17:27. > :17:41.weirdness we have seen so far, the race is going to start over. Can
:17:42. > :17:49.Artemis make the far gate? If you are the tactician, you are
:17:50. > :17:55.absolutely pulling your hair out. Again, they are coming together.
:17:56. > :18:04.They are right next to each other. There is the protest from the Kiwis.
:18:05. > :18:11.I think they are going to have to make a decision here right now. I
:18:12. > :18:20.think there was a bump. It was hard for us to see. The umpire is taking
:18:21. > :18:27.a good close long look at it before making the ruling. It is painful
:18:28. > :18:31.progress though, isn't it, and there is the penalty awarded against the
:18:32. > :18:36.Swedes and they have fallen foul of the umpire on so many different
:18:37. > :18:42.occasions. In the couple of weeks they have been here in Bermuda,
:18:43. > :18:47.racing out there. This is going to be a strange one because Artemis is
:18:48. > :18:55.heading down the course. They are going to have to wait and get two
:18:56. > :19:01.boat lengths behind the BMG line so Artemis Racing will somehow have to
:19:02. > :19:07.slow this race down whilst team New Zealand is creaming off in the other
:19:08. > :19:12.direction. I was just wondering, I thought I heard Peter Burling
:19:13. > :19:27.suggests they had a problem with the wing. That is Glenn Ashby providing
:19:28. > :19:36.the eyes and ears for Peter Burling. Neither boat is in essence getting
:19:37. > :19:42.down the course. The Swedes yet to burn off the penalty. 13 minutes in
:19:43. > :19:45.the race so far, four legs completed out of seven, 12 minutes left to go
:19:46. > :19:52.before the time limit is reached. I'm looking out on the racecourse
:19:53. > :19:56.and frankly I only see it getting lighter where these guys are sailing
:19:57. > :20:02.right now. If I were a betting man, I would be betting this race doesn't
:20:03. > :20:09.happen if the time limit runs out. And if the time runs out, the race
:20:10. > :20:16.is... Cancelled. But it doesn't count in any regard, they would have
:20:17. > :20:25.to replay it. Correct. Look at these angles, Artemis trying to race off
:20:26. > :20:34.the penalty but they can't! On the chessboard this would be known as
:20:35. > :20:39.stalemate. What do you want us to do? That is Iain Percy saying to the
:20:40. > :20:57.judges, what do you want us to do? It's probably four length style
:20:58. > :21:06.because you are not allowed to jive to burn off your penalty.
:21:07. > :21:18.Let's have another look at where the penalty was incurred. Multihull
:21:19. > :21:24.sailing, team New Zealand does exactly what they should and creates
:21:25. > :21:38.a little... I don't think they did tap. They must have gone close but I
:21:39. > :21:43.don't think they did tack. You are faster. Obviously the chief umpire
:21:44. > :21:48.has bought Artemis Racing didn't do everything they possibly could to
:21:49. > :22:02.get out of the way and team New Zealand had the right of way.
:22:03. > :22:10.That is as stressed out as Glenn Ashby has looked since he got here
:22:11. > :22:15.to Bermuda. Very confused and puzzled. So the penalty at least has
:22:16. > :22:24.been burned off now by the Swedes, but the wind speed has dropped away
:22:25. > :22:38.to roundabout three knots out there now. Nine minutes left on the
:22:39. > :22:46.racecourse. So this is an normal procedure, is it? No, there is not
:22:47. > :22:54.even across Rome to pull the win over so Glenn Ashby is trying to
:22:55. > :23:01.keep it out. This is why the energy is generated so the wing can be
:23:02. > :23:05.trimmed, but Glenn Ashby is having to do it by hand now. I think both
:23:06. > :23:12.boats would be delighted to call it quits. I'm not sure, Artemis New
:23:13. > :23:19.Zealand has a lead, and I don't think any boat has been happy when
:23:20. > :23:26.the race has been cancelled in the lead. It doesn't function very well
:23:27. > :23:32.when there is literally no pressure against it. I'm not convinced they
:23:33. > :23:45.have trouble. They have a strange situation, I will tell you that.
:23:46. > :23:51.Drifting. It is just so light out there, it is almost time to break
:23:52. > :23:55.out the picnic blanket! There just doesn't seem any possible way they
:23:56. > :24:07.can complete this race in the time allowed. I tend to agree 100%. They
:24:08. > :24:16.are not going to finish this racecourse by this time tomorrow at
:24:17. > :24:26.this place. What is Iain Percy up to? He's becoming quite passionate
:24:27. > :24:39.with the jib, trying to stop it flopping around.
:24:40. > :24:49.What a contrast, from a few days back when these boats were hammering
:24:50. > :24:53.along at 40 knots, it was all they could do to stay on the boat and
:24:54. > :25:02.sometimes that wasn't possible. Holding the jib by hand, a slightly
:25:03. > :25:12.different look from the strap on jib they have, they normally pull it in
:25:13. > :25:25.as tight as possible and hold on for dear life. Now he's holding it with
:25:26. > :25:30.his pinky. The race has been abandoned... Please return to the
:25:31. > :25:35.starting area. Confirmation from Iain Murray and the race committee
:25:36. > :25:39.that the race has been abandoned. As we have seen out here in Bermuda,
:25:40. > :25:43.time and time again the shifty, changeable conditions really have
:25:44. > :25:46.become a major feature of this America's Cup. Evidence of the
:25:47. > :25:52.importance not only of learning to read the character of the race
:25:53. > :25:57.track, but to heed the lessons and adapt your performance package to
:25:58. > :26:01.suit. The America's Cup is a development
:26:02. > :26:05.race, and development has been going for years and years, and racing
:26:06. > :26:09.begins and most people might assume development stops because you are
:26:10. > :26:12.now racing but it couldn't be further from the truth. This is a
:26:13. > :26:18.development race, if you don't have enough speed you have got a lot of
:26:19. > :26:24.issues. The boats develop day today. At some stages you make the wrong
:26:25. > :26:28.decisions and you feel like you go backwards a little bit, but
:26:29. > :26:33.hopefully you keep charging forward. Our designers are still working flat
:26:34. > :26:36.to come up with the latest and greatest thing for the boat. The
:26:37. > :26:42.semifinal was a perfect example design engineering and the team
:26:43. > :26:46.making changes to the boat and I think now we have some of the best
:26:47. > :26:52.boat handlers in the fleet, with just a couple of changes to the
:26:53. > :26:57.boat. You know, it is something everyone plays with, how the wing
:26:58. > :27:01.works, how it operates, what appendages they put on the boat. You
:27:02. > :27:09.can slowly tweak and change them to make them better. I have definitely
:27:10. > :27:12.seen the guys working hard. At the end of every time we have gone
:27:13. > :27:17.sailing on the boat, there is generally a list of things that need
:27:18. > :27:25.improving. It is often to do with the control system, the flight
:27:26. > :27:29.control system or how you control the wing functions, and thirdly
:27:30. > :27:35.efficiency. Every we go out, we get better at something, whether it is a
:27:36. > :27:38.piece of handling or hardware, the guys in the shared work really hard
:27:39. > :27:45.to keep producing things that want to test and develop. Obviously the
:27:46. > :27:49.competition is really tight as we are in the top teams and everyone is
:27:50. > :27:54.pushing forward. If you don't you get left behind and you won't even
:27:55. > :27:57.make it to the Cup. You have got to keep developing, keep building
:27:58. > :28:00.confidence in the boat and at the end of the day that's what will give
:28:01. > :28:05.you the advantage. The tension could not be higher, we
:28:06. > :28:10.have had every kind of weather condition today - rain, sunshine,
:28:11. > :28:22.wind, no end. The race committee have been patiently waiting for
:28:23. > :28:24.conditions to be right to start racing but it looks like it might be
:28:25. > :28:27.OK. Let's rejoin the commentary team.
:28:28. > :28:28.COMMENTATOR: The winds have returned and we will get chance to see some
:28:29. > :28:34.racing today. So Nathan Outteridge and Sweden with port entry as we see
:28:35. > :28:39.Peter Burling and team New Zealand arriving from the other side. Are we
:28:40. > :28:49.going to see aggressive tactics from either of these helmsmen in the
:28:50. > :28:55.pre-start? 7.5 knots, that's the great news. Good question. It has
:28:56. > :29:00.certainly worked out in Emirates Team New Zealand's favour last time.
:29:01. > :29:06.They had a better start, not to mention they were right on the
:29:07. > :29:12.starting line. Artemis it seemed like hours ago pulled the trigger
:29:13. > :29:13.about 2.5 feet too early. If it is timing distance, we will see who
:29:14. > :29:33.does that better than the other. Another bite at the cherry, another
:29:34. > :29:42.stab at race number seven between Nathan Outteridge's Artemis Racing
:29:43. > :29:48.of Sweden, and Glenn Ashby's Emirates Team New Zealand. You have
:29:49. > :29:52.to wonder which skipper thinks he is in the faster boat. They are both
:29:53. > :29:55.heading back to the line pretty early. 38 seconds to go and they are
:29:56. > :29:59.quite close. They are going to come up on this line, all the way down.
:30:00. > :30:04.There is delay line. They don't want to go much beyond there. If they go
:30:05. > :30:07.beyond that, they become a little bit at risk. Sure enough, Artemis
:30:08. > :30:18.moves off. Maybe the hand to hand combat is
:30:19. > :30:24.beginning to diminish now, as they think about timing the start. Nine
:30:25. > :30:28.seconds, eight seconds. The Swedes are going to have to slow down, they
:30:29. > :30:32.can't afford to do what they did in this race previously, when the
:30:33. > :30:39.penalty was awarded to them. This time, they are clean off the line.
:30:40. > :30:43.Who can get up the quickest? It is what we call a low speed and all,
:30:44. > :30:49.the bottom of the start box, it can be a little bit quicker. Aiming
:30:50. > :30:50.straight for the mark. This is absolutely a flat-out boat speed
:30:51. > :31:06.contest. Not much in it. Peter Burling, keeping a keen eye on
:31:07. > :31:11.his opposite man. Reaching the first mark. Going a little bit quicker. We
:31:12. > :31:17.are going to see Nathan Outteridge getting a little taste of his own
:31:18. > :31:22.medicine. This is what he has done to Burling a couple of times. Very
:31:23. > :31:31.well played by Peter Burling. This time it is the Kiwis that reach the
:31:32. > :31:36.first mark in front. As they did in this race a little bit earlier
:31:37. > :31:42.today, that was abandoned. The Swedes, six out of six at the start.
:31:43. > :31:49.Peter Burling, turning the tables. Can he make account? The wind was
:31:50. > :31:52.blowing about as much on the first race. Emirates Team New Zealand are
:31:53. > :32:00.really stretched out. It could have been wind shift, wind pressure. Nice
:32:01. > :32:06.and stable by Artemis, a good sign for Artemis fans. A nice stable
:32:07. > :32:07.drive the first time around. We know these guys can drive in this
:32:08. > :32:22.condition. That was the voice of Peter Burling,
:32:23. > :32:25.saying it is a massive gain if they can get into it. I think they have
:32:26. > :32:31.more pressure on that side of the race, right now. Trying desperately
:32:32. > :32:39.to reach the gate, with that manoeuvre. He recognises Nathan
:32:40. > :32:44.Outteridge might not be too far away from achieving that himself. Look at
:32:45. > :32:50.the discrepancy in speed. There is more pressure on that side of the
:32:51. > :32:52.course. Do they really nice job. Getting himself into a pretty
:32:53. > :33:08.dominant position. Big speed difference. Six knots. And
:33:09. > :33:19.it is consistent. They are coming about a better angle, art is trying
:33:20. > :33:22.to get low and bear off. But that higher angle, it creates a big boat
:33:23. > :33:27.speed difference. You can see it there, five or six knots. What are
:33:28. > :33:33.the options for the Swedes? Will they make this in one, or will they
:33:34. > :33:37.have to gybe again? Their angle, the depth, they are trying to sail away
:33:38. > :33:42.from the wind. It looks like they are trying to make the gate, instead
:33:43. > :33:46.of splitting away. Look how slow they are. That is the problem with
:33:47. > :33:57.taking it so tight. The Kiwis are stealing away. They are actually
:33:58. > :34:04.faster downwind than their opponents were appalling. Really strong from
:34:05. > :34:08.Emirates Team New Zealand, that speed, throughout the races. Really
:34:09. > :34:24.got off to a cracker. Plenty to do already for the Swedish
:34:25. > :34:30.crew. Interesting that the Swedes, they did this yesterday, they
:34:31. > :34:38.attacked right in line. They attack into it. Directly downwind,
:34:39. > :34:45.completely in control of Emirates Team New Zealand. Interesting move.
:34:46. > :34:48.They wanted to go to the left. Why didn't they split and go for the
:34:49. > :34:54.other gate? I'm a little bit confused.
:34:55. > :35:04.A healthy lead. The wind speed has picked up, from around about eight
:35:05. > :35:08.knots at the start of the race, it is now 11.
:35:09. > :35:20.The Kiwis are 100% win rate when they are first to the first mark.
:35:21. > :35:24.That spells trouble for the Swedes at this point. If you analyse the
:35:25. > :35:29.statistics, although we have seen how one mistake can cost teams. It
:35:30. > :35:32.very nearly cost the Kiwis at the final mark, the final race
:35:33. > :35:39.yesterday. Peter Burling nearly blew it. You should seriously check his
:35:40. > :35:48.heart rate. I don't think he breathes. Just calm under pressure.
:35:49. > :35:56.Looking around, nice day, got my sun block.
:35:57. > :36:00.We have spoken about the sharing of responsibility between himself and
:36:01. > :36:18.Glenn Ashby, in particular. The way they share out the duties
:36:19. > :36:24.has really been working for the Kiwis. It has been a proper team
:36:25. > :36:29.operation. No one man has huge responsibility on his shoulders.
:36:30. > :36:38.Peter Burling, very much the focal point, clearly. But everybody knows
:36:39. > :36:43.their path. Again, another very precise tack. So stable, heading for
:36:44. > :36:51.gate three with a really healthy lead.
:36:52. > :37:07.We talked earlier but the crew change. I think they thought the
:37:08. > :37:12.breeze was coming up and they might have put in the cyclist. What about
:37:13. > :37:16.the wind shift we are seeing? Top left, the indicator suggesting it
:37:17. > :37:20.has really shifted to the right. I think it has shifted a little bit to
:37:21. > :37:29.the right. Not crazy, like that first one. The first race, we had to
:37:30. > :37:36.have a cancelled race. That is what we were seeing. Massive wind shift.
:37:37. > :37:43.It still looked to me like they are still pretty squared up on the
:37:44. > :37:50.racecourse. That could be wind from a different part of the racecourse.
:37:51. > :37:56.It is shifting. There is a good wind shift. They are going to gybe and
:37:57. > :37:59.almost go all the way down. Like a pilot says, never doubt your
:38:00. > :38:05.instruments. I was doubting the instruments and it was the wrong
:38:06. > :38:13.thing to do. You think they are almost going to make this in one
:38:14. > :38:17.stroke? All of the racecourse. They are going all the way down the
:38:18. > :38:21.racecourse. A quick little gybe and they are going to have a long
:38:22. > :38:26.stretch down the racecourse. They are almost heading for the mark. All
:38:27. > :38:30.the way down the course. That tells all of us in the sailing world that
:38:31. > :38:36.there has been a large right-hand wind shift. I guarantee you, once
:38:37. > :38:39.they went through that gate, there will be scampering to move the gate
:38:40. > :38:47.they went through, and square it back up again. That is what they do,
:38:48. > :38:51.they shift discourse around. We never even know how much they shift
:38:52. > :38:56.the course around. It is almost between every leg. -- shift this
:38:57. > :39:00.course around. The Kiwis have found extra pressure out there. They are
:39:01. > :39:04.going consistently, five or six knots quicker than the Swedes. At
:39:05. > :39:12.the moment, the race is theirs. It really is there for the taking.
:39:13. > :39:23.What do you do at this point? If you are Nathan Outteridge? This is a big
:39:24. > :39:32.lead. Not just a big lead, but against a boat going very... This is
:39:33. > :39:40.no fluke. You can even hear it in his voice right now.
:39:41. > :39:46.An enormous space has opened up between these two. Surely, the New
:39:47. > :39:54.Zealanders can't be stopped from here? Surely, their name will be
:39:55. > :40:00.confirmed as the America's Cup challenger? Their form right now is
:40:01. > :40:06.absolutely impeccable. A lot of rain clouds about, still. As every Kiwi
:40:07. > :40:13.fan on the planet knows, this is a very familiar to what they had going
:40:14. > :40:22.in San Francisco. Lots of rain showers around. I'm not trying to be
:40:23. > :40:23.a downer here. It is still a precarious weather condition on the
:40:24. > :40:33.racecourse, to say the very least. They have to hope for something
:40:34. > :40:38.dramatic from this position, whether it is a change in the weather, a
:40:39. > :40:40.shift in the wind, that propels them forwards at high speed. Some sort of
:40:41. > :40:53.calamity to befall the Kiwis. This is really interesting, the wind
:40:54. > :40:58.here has very little camber to it. Ashley runs around, jumps into the
:40:59. > :41:04.camber adjustment, some kind of adjustments, when he goes back up,
:41:05. > :41:12.it pops full. Maybe we can see that upward angle. Something is going on
:41:13. > :41:16.with the wing. In sailing terms, sail depth was very flat. He went
:41:17. > :41:21.and made a quick adjustment and all of a sudden the camber popped. The
:41:22. > :41:34.angle between the front and back element took shape.
:41:35. > :41:44.A very busy man right now. We love that shot, by the way.
:41:45. > :42:03.Ashby polls that, it pops full. Terms of depth is added. He made a
:42:04. > :42:15.change to it, somehow. 500 metre lead, down to 350. The deficit cut,
:42:16. > :42:21.but the size of the racecourse is against the Swedes at this point.
:42:22. > :42:22.Just one and a half legs, meaningfully, before the reach of
:42:23. > :42:33.the finish. At the moment, it is all New
:42:34. > :42:37.Zealand. For all the tinkering and the trouble that they may or may not
:42:38. > :42:42.be having with their win, the Swedes are playing catch up. That the
:42:43. > :42:49.moment they are staring right down the barrel.
:42:50. > :42:56.They have squared up the racecourse. If you are a Artemis fan, it is not
:42:57. > :43:09.quite as skewed as it looks like. He doesn't seem to mind being on
:43:10. > :43:28.this side of the racecourse, why should we doubt him?
:43:29. > :43:35.That bow down to them, we talked about it a lot earlier on. It does a
:43:36. > :43:37.bunch of things, aerodynamics. Get the riders out of the water, the
:43:38. > :43:53.drag of the water. We are seeing a big discrepancy in
:43:54. > :43:57.speed. It is good having Joey on the water. Jerry, I have a feeling your
:43:58. > :44:02.boys are sitting in that dark room you have described, the watching
:44:03. > :44:09.room, back at Oracle Team USA, watching a really fast Kiwi boat?
:44:10. > :44:15.Yes, the boys are in that little room, the dojo, watching this.
:44:16. > :44:19.Impressive, on light air boards and streaking away from Artemis. Artemis
:44:20. > :44:22.will be hoping for something to go wrong with the Kiwi boat, but I
:44:23. > :44:30.can't see it happening from here. One more downwind leg. Emirates Team
:44:31. > :44:33.New Zealand, seemingly cruising to victory. Cruising into the America's
:44:34. > :44:38.Cup match itself as the challenger. That is what is on the line right
:44:39. > :44:45.here. The Swedes, the moment, heading for the exit door.
:44:46. > :44:55.They are miles away. They are looking buried, this stage. Peter
:44:56. > :45:02.Burling, and the rest of his Kiwi crew, they will turn their heads at
:45:03. > :45:06.various different points and they will have to really strange to see
:45:07. > :45:16.the Swedes, who are nowhere near being in their slipstream. Not even
:45:17. > :45:24.in the same picture. Dominant, as dominant as... This is an Artemis
:45:25. > :45:29.boat that we were saying looks really stable and good in this light
:45:30. > :45:35.air. It shows that the Kiwis sometimes have a mode that is just
:45:36. > :45:44.scary. If you are a competitor, it is just scary.
:45:45. > :45:49.Time is running out, there must be a slow realisation from the Swedish
:45:50. > :45:51.crew at this point that their adventure here in Bermuda is drawing
:45:52. > :46:05.to a close. 18, like all of the teams in this
:46:06. > :46:10.event, has just been solid, great guys, very open to us. They have
:46:11. > :46:20.been wonderful to the sport. There is nothing not to like about Artemis
:46:21. > :46:26.Racing. Every single member of their team, the principal and owner of the
:46:27. > :46:28.team, a class act. Nothing to be ashamed of. They are losing to a
:46:29. > :46:38.better team right now. Still putting it in, still putting
:46:39. > :46:49.in those hard yards. But the New Zealanders are bearing down on
:46:50. > :46:55.victory. It is a fun feeling right now come on board this boat. There
:46:56. > :46:59.is no way they could screw this up, but we said that yesterday as well.
:47:00. > :47:06.They almost gave their fans a heart attack. One more gybe and they will
:47:07. > :47:16.come zipping across. I think it is almost a pitching wedge to them.
:47:17. > :47:20.Through the final mark. They turned for home. The New Zealanders are now
:47:21. > :47:30.on a victory sprint. Down the runway, close to the shoreline in
:47:31. > :47:34.front of thousands of fans who are in the grandstand. They are all
:47:35. > :47:41.along the edge of the shore. They have witnessed a terrific
:47:42. > :47:44.performance. The Kiwis, absolutely flying home and flying into the
:47:45. > :47:57.America's Cup match itself. As the challenger. The rematch against the
:47:58. > :47:59.Americans is on. 2013, San Francisco and all, the New Zealanders will get
:48:00. > :48:04.a chance to write those wrongs. Put things straight. They have seen off
:48:05. > :48:21.the Swedes. Celebrations of a very good job
:48:22. > :48:26.done. You can see what it means. There will be celebrations, 9000
:48:27. > :48:29.miles away, 4.5 million people in the north and south Island of New
:48:30. > :48:34.Zealand will let out a collective cheer and applaud Peter Burling,
:48:35. > :48:42.Glenn Ashby, Blair Tuke and all of the others on board. The Swedes are
:48:43. > :48:48.down and out. And and, ultimately, by some inconsistencies,
:48:49. > :49:06.fluctuations in form. Ultimately out racist. -- ultimately out raced. The
:49:07. > :49:16.Kiwis will have been waiting for this special moment. Very much a
:49:17. > :49:23.team effort. Outstanding in the race today. An altogether different kind
:49:24. > :49:33.of spray coming their way now. Very well done.
:49:34. > :49:40.There have been so consistent, as Peter Burling was mentioning, the
:49:41. > :49:45.recovery from the picture goal not quite a week ago was dramatic a
:49:46. > :49:53.moment as we have seen heading America's Cup. To come back from
:49:54. > :49:56.that in the way that they have is remarkable.
:49:57. > :50:04.A brave effort by the Swedish team. In the end, Iain Percy and his boys
:50:05. > :50:08.were outpaced by an unstoppable Emirates Team New Zealand. The
:50:09. > :50:12.winner of the America's Cup challenger play-offs and the
:50:13. > :50:13.official challenger for the 35th America's Cup, Emirates Team New
:50:14. > :50:31.Zealand! It has been a fantastic journey to
:50:32. > :50:36.even make it here to Bermuda for us. We have had some fantastic battles
:50:37. > :50:44.on the water over the last few days. Absolutely hats off and
:50:45. > :50:50.congratulations to Artemis, who have had a fantastic campaign. It was a
:50:51. > :50:52.pleasure racing them. Thanks for making a stronger for the way
:50:53. > :51:01.forward. Congratulations. Through to the
:51:02. > :51:05.America's Cup. Explain what that means to you and all of the team?
:51:06. > :51:12.Yes, I think the team is over the moon. I've got passed such a valiant
:51:13. > :51:16.challenger as Artemis. Full credit to them, they put together an
:51:17. > :51:20.amazing campaign over the last four years. They really pushed as hard
:51:21. > :51:23.over the last few days. Today's race, we got away, but the first six
:51:24. > :51:27.races have been super tight, the whole way around the track. You
:51:28. > :51:30.never felt you could make one mistake. That is the kind of racing
:51:31. > :51:36.we need to be able to keep improving our skills. That is definitely what
:51:37. > :51:38.we have come to do, to try to bring the America's Cup back to New
:51:39. > :51:44.Zealand. A massive step towards that. We have a lot of hard work to
:51:45. > :51:46.do over the next week to keep ourselves moving forward, keep on
:51:47. > :51:52.that steep learning curve that we are on.
:51:53. > :51:56.Nathan, it has been such a roller-coaster, this challenger
:51:57. > :52:03.series. Just describe it from Artemis Racing's point of view? The
:52:04. > :52:12.racing has been up and down for us. You know, incredibly proud of the
:52:13. > :52:15.team. We had a hard campaign last time round. The decisions we have
:52:16. > :52:20.made through the campaign have been huge improvements. We have a boat
:52:21. > :52:23.that was very competitive, a group of people that worked really well
:52:24. > :52:29.together and a sailing team that were able to step up when it
:52:30. > :52:34.counted. It has been a very close, tight fought battle. We had some
:52:35. > :52:38.really enjoyable races with Emirates Team New Zealand in the final. You
:52:39. > :52:44.know, thinking back to the round robins, we had some good races. We
:52:45. > :52:53.might be the only team to say that we haven't lost a race. A word about
:52:54. > :52:56.Iain Percy, he led not only on the boat, but in the boardroom. How
:52:57. > :53:04.strong a character has he been through this? Here's an incredible
:53:05. > :53:11.human being, to be honest. Not only does he manage the team, always
:53:12. > :53:15.looking over all of the different areas in the campaign. He is in the
:53:16. > :53:21.gym every day, working hard. To be honest, I don't know how he did it.
:53:22. > :53:25.It was a huge ask. I really enjoyed working with him over the last few
:53:26. > :53:28.years. I think what you end up finding is that those people that
:53:29. > :53:33.are super passionate about what they are doing always end up coming
:53:34. > :53:37.together. There are often heated battles. But, man, it is nice when
:53:38. > :53:42.you get on the same page and start the race the way we did. I think we
:53:43. > :53:47.can be very proud of how the team has been put together. Iain Percy
:53:48. > :53:51.was working from the word go, as soon as the last campaign ended on
:53:52. > :53:58.this one. I think he has done an amazing job, pulling together such a
:53:59. > :54:02.great team. Joining me now, still in his wet suit, Iain Percy. I am sure
:54:03. > :54:10.you are feeling a whole host of emotions. Just tell us how proud you
:54:11. > :54:13.are 40 have done with your team? The team are competitors, and we didn't
:54:14. > :54:19.come up with the goods today. Yes, you are right, proud as well. We
:54:20. > :54:24.started this campaign three years ago in a very different pace. A long
:54:25. > :54:28.way behind the top teams in our sport. We stand here today very much
:54:29. > :54:32.up there. We know we can compete with the very best. We are so proud
:54:33. > :54:38.of that, and it doesn't come easy, it comes from a lot of work from
:54:39. > :54:41.hundreds of people. Nobody knew how this challenger series would look.
:54:42. > :54:46.It has been incredibly intense. What have your impressions been? I think
:54:47. > :54:50.has been some of the best sport out there in 2017. It is unbelievable
:54:51. > :54:54.how exciting it is. You are right, nobody knew how it was going to go.
:54:55. > :54:58.We didn't. Living it everyday for the last three years, it is that
:54:59. > :55:05.kind of racing, in any race, anybody can win. The lead can change
:55:06. > :55:09.multiple times. It is pretty cool to do I think we have really proved, in
:55:10. > :55:11.this series, and I think in the cup, that sailing will be around at this
:55:12. > :55:16.amazing format for many years to come. From a British perspective,
:55:17. > :55:20.you have a team here with Sir Ben Ainslie's team, lots of British
:55:21. > :55:24.people in your team, and scattered amongst the others. How well-placed
:55:25. > :55:28.is British talent and knowledge within the America's Cup? British
:55:29. > :55:35.sailing has been on a bit of a role for the last 20 years. That success
:55:36. > :55:38.now is translated into the America's Cup, on the sailing side in
:55:39. > :55:45.particular, but also on the design side. Ben and his guys did a really
:55:46. > :55:49.good effort this campaign. I know they are going to be back, and
:55:50. > :55:53.stronger, and all of the rest of the Brits and the other teams, we are
:55:54. > :55:57.pushing hard to make sure he doesn't necessarily make it all the way to
:55:58. > :56:00.the tops. But I think British sailing is in a strong place. It is
:56:01. > :56:04.one of the most popular sport in our country, we all love it and we are
:56:05. > :56:09.good at it. You haven't had much time to think of the future, but
:56:10. > :56:15.what are your impressions? Will Artemis Racing carry on? For you
:56:16. > :56:19.personally, what is the plan? Our owner has been with us for the last
:56:20. > :56:22.two weeks. Here's a special guy. He came on board straightaway. The
:56:23. > :56:29.first thing he said was, I am so proud of you all. It certainly got
:56:30. > :56:33.me close to tears. He is a special guy to work with, work for. I have
:56:34. > :56:38.been very proud to do that and will be honoured to carry on. If he has
:56:39. > :56:42.enjoyed it, that is obviously important, and so have the
:56:43. > :56:47.supporters in New Zealand, which is important to him. I am sure we will
:56:48. > :56:51.look at the challenge of who wins in the end. But it is going to be hard
:56:52. > :56:55.to hold us back. And personally there is a new arrival coming? Yes,
:56:56. > :57:00.the due date was today. I am really excited. It is going to be a
:57:01. > :57:04.different thing to me, I have been a sport on 425 years and I am so
:57:05. > :57:12.looking forward to being a dad. Alex has been holding on, and I am going
:57:13. > :57:21.to be on the first bird out here to see her. Enjoy it. Lots to look
:57:22. > :57:25.forward to in the Bermuda. We will be back with the highlights of the
:57:26. > :58:52.first day of the America's Cup. For the first time, the Science
:58:53. > :59:14.Museum is opening its doors so you can vote for
:59:15. > :59:18.Britain's greatest invention.