:00:32. > :00:39.The battle for international sports trophy has reached its final weekend
:00:40. > :00:43.in Bermuda. After five weeks of at times thrilling competition, just
:00:44. > :00:45.two teams are left vying for a couple born in Britain 166 years
:00:46. > :01:01.ago. They call it the greatest race on
:01:02. > :01:04.water but in the first weekend of the America's Cup match between
:01:05. > :01:12.Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand, it was all one-way
:01:13. > :01:16.traffic. Here we go, this is what everybody has been waiting for.
:01:17. > :01:17.Jimmy Spithill's against Peter Burling's New Zealanders. Match is
:01:18. > :01:26.on. The Americans are away but they have
:01:27. > :01:30.a penalty right at the outset. Emirates Team New Zealand flying up
:01:31. > :01:36.on the foils. They are using the legs and Oracle using their arms.
:01:37. > :01:42.New Zealand are capitalising on the start line penalty, stretching away.
:01:43. > :01:46.They are coming in fast right now. Really fast. The New Zealanders have
:01:47. > :01:50.made a storming start to the America's Cup match, whitening out
:01:51. > :01:55.that one point advantage the USA had. Both are across the line now.
:01:56. > :02:00.Acceleration contest now. Who can accelerate the quickest? The
:02:01. > :02:05.Americans having to play catch up. It's was not part of the game plan.
:02:06. > :02:11.The Kiwis are doing whatever they want at will. Those radical turns at
:02:12. > :02:17.times. The way they throw those boughs around. What a start to this
:02:18. > :02:25.match. A blistering opening. Two victories from two. I felt like our
:02:26. > :02:32.boat was going really fast. Good news is, we're only one back.
:02:33. > :02:38.The speed of these boats, Jimmy Spithill's team straight across the
:02:39. > :02:43.mark. No penalty. They are going to gybe early and try to split New
:02:44. > :02:50.Zealand's speed. A critical time in the race. Watch for the winged wash
:02:51. > :02:58.of Emirates Team New Zealand. They win the first battle. Oracle trying
:02:59. > :03:07.to create a better situation on the racecourse. 700 metres might as well
:03:08. > :03:12.be in the next country. Upwind, downwind, doesn't seem to make too
:03:13. > :03:16.much difference and right now, the Kiwis are hammering the Americans.
:03:17. > :03:21.Four races, Watto victories, they are cleaning up. Our team is really
:03:22. > :03:25.hungry to keep learning and keep moving forward and keep improving.
:03:26. > :03:30.We know if we stand still, these guys will catch us. These guys are
:03:31. > :03:34.faster and we need to make some serious changes. These next five
:03:35. > :03:41.days will be the most important five days of the campaign. By virtue of
:03:42. > :03:46.winning the first round of the America's Cup qualifying in Bermuda,
:03:47. > :03:52.Oracle took a bonus point into the series. Although New Zealand won all
:03:53. > :03:58.four races, the lead is 3-0 going into race five. It is fantastic
:03:59. > :04:04.sailing conditions. Here on the Great Sound. Much anticipation. Have
:04:05. > :04:11.Oracle done enough? Let's join our commentary team. COMMENTATOR: Race
:04:12. > :04:16.number five is underway and we get our first chance to analyse just how
:04:17. > :04:20.Jimmy Spithill's Americans have changed things. Have they come up
:04:21. > :04:25.with any answers to the speed and consistency of New Zealand? Both
:04:26. > :04:31.boats began tracking back to the starting line. 45 seconds to go and
:04:32. > :04:38.you will see that starting line at the top of your screen. Team New
:04:39. > :04:44.Zealand taking solace down on that mainline, that yellow line, about as
:04:45. > :04:51.close as they ever want to get. Oracle will be committed to the high
:04:52. > :04:58.side. A lot of time to kill for these two boats. Oracle speeding up
:04:59. > :05:03.the line with 17 seconds left. Now they are slowing down, this will be
:05:04. > :05:07.about time and distance. America has picked up a penalty on the start
:05:08. > :05:11.line in the first race of the match and they need to be very careful.
:05:12. > :05:17.They are perilously close as the clock ticks down. They are across
:05:18. > :05:20.the line too early, yet again, they have gone too soon. The New
:05:21. > :05:27.Zealanders will look to make hay in the meantime. Oracle Team USA have
:05:28. > :05:33.to drop two boat length behind the Kiwis so advantage New Zealand yet
:05:34. > :05:39.again at the start. In the first race Oracle Team USA was over early,
:05:40. > :05:45.it was close. That was just pulling the bow down to soon and simply
:05:46. > :05:51.going for it with a fraction of a second. That was super close, I am
:05:52. > :06:03.sure we will see a review of that. That was very close. Screaming
:06:04. > :06:06.across the water, 30 plus knots. The Kiwis in front at Marc Warren. They
:06:07. > :06:12.are close to 40 knots with a wind speed of only half not. That gives
:06:13. > :06:20.you some indication of just how much pace generated by these flying
:06:21. > :06:25.machines. We will reel out that stat again. The New Zealanders, when they
:06:26. > :06:32.are first to the first mark have a 100% success rate in the races.
:06:33. > :06:39.100%. That goes all the way back to the very first race they sailed in
:06:40. > :06:47.the challenger trials in the latter contest early on. It's not a great
:06:48. > :06:54.start if you are an American fan, no doubt.
:06:55. > :07:01.Both terms driving near the boundary. This is a replay of the
:07:02. > :07:06.start line. That red line is the start line, an imaginary line. You
:07:07. > :07:13.will see Oracle Team USA just a fraction early. My goodness. This is
:07:14. > :07:18.not done by the naked eye, these boats are now too fast. This is done
:07:19. > :07:27.electronically in the back room to make measurements within centimetres
:07:28. > :07:31.of accuracy. Someone sitting in a dark room making these decisions.
:07:32. > :07:38.Not necessarily a human out on the racecourse. In the gate two. New
:07:39. > :07:44.Zealanders in front and they want to dictate a little bit. What will the
:07:45. > :07:50.decision be? Follow them round the mark. Oracle kept it close. By the
:07:51. > :08:01.first gate in the first couple of races, there was quite a wide gap.
:08:02. > :08:11.The attack from the Americans, not the cleanest of manoeuvres. They
:08:12. > :08:16.have recovered decently enough. As the Kiwis go about their business in
:08:17. > :08:24.the usual slick, crisp fashion. Radical turns speed. We have become
:08:25. > :08:29.used to it. When we talked to Freddie Carr in the pre-start, we go
:08:30. > :08:33.back to him in a minute, these guys who do this every single day, like
:08:34. > :08:38.Freddie has, they see things we clearly do not. There is no doubt
:08:39. > :08:44.Oracle has worked very hard to tighten up the boat this past week.
:08:45. > :08:47.There is a maximum weight limit and a minimum weight limit and they are
:08:48. > :08:55.about 100 kilos apart and they supposedly worked very hard to get
:08:56. > :09:02.down to the minimum. This is boat speeds, we haven't seen them...
:09:03. > :09:11.Encouraging signs for Jimmy Spithill's. Dial down. Start the
:09:12. > :09:16.attack, advantage Oracle. Dial down Emirates Team New Zealand, has to
:09:17. > :09:23.get behind the first pass. The first path we have seen at this event.
:09:24. > :09:28.Seminal moment and the Americans will be absolutely thrilled to see
:09:29. > :09:35.it. The support on the shore, spent a very anxious few days knowing that
:09:36. > :09:41.they are against the clock really, those five legs they have had to
:09:42. > :09:45.tweak and just has not been enough. Engineers, fans, designers, sailing
:09:46. > :09:50.team, families, waiting for that moment right there. Five days of
:09:51. > :09:59.work, was it worthwhile and sure enough, they are quicker right now,
:10:00. > :10:03.no doubt. Let's have another word with Freddie Carr out of the water.
:10:04. > :10:08.We have seen the Americans move in front, is a clear and obvious to you
:10:09. > :10:14.that the changes have worked? I think you can say that for sure.
:10:15. > :10:18.Oracle are fastest through the water. Two standout things for me as
:10:19. > :10:22.I was right in next Oracle, they are not dropping the dagger about all
:10:23. > :10:25.the way down to extension so effectively not going all the way to
:10:26. > :10:32.extension of that opens up the angle and make the boat faster. Never
:10:33. > :10:43.dialled down here. The riders look different to me. A step closer to
:10:44. > :10:50.New Zealand's rudders. Thank you, Freddie. Two passes already. Two
:10:51. > :10:59.very equal boats. Both boats protesting on the last dial down. My
:11:00. > :11:05.guess is they will not be any flags. The umpire taking their sweet time
:11:06. > :11:09.talking about this one. A protest has been launched and the Americans
:11:10. > :11:16.have picked up the penalty. Second of the race. How costly it might
:11:17. > :11:21.that be? This is where it happened. Dial down. They determined that
:11:22. > :11:26.Emirates Team New Zealand, had to get out of the way. These guys
:11:27. > :11:28.didn't think they did anything wrong. They have to drop back
:11:29. > :11:41.another two boats. The outfit in the bottom left of
:11:42. > :11:54.your screen give you a clue of where they are on the course currently.
:11:55. > :12:03.This is the replay. Oracle Team USA... What happens is Emirates Team
:12:04. > :12:08.New Zealand gets to go into the wind so essentially right to cross that
:12:09. > :12:13.line, that football line that imaginary line, they had another 10
:12:14. > :12:17.degrees to bear off and they didn't bear off that 10 degrees. The umpire
:12:18. > :12:21.has probably said New Zealand could have gone further but they couldn't
:12:22. > :12:26.have because Oracle was in the way. That's a touch and go one. We will
:12:27. > :12:29.get to Richard Slater at some point in the broadcast and he can explain.
:12:30. > :13:02.On board with the American boat. One last tack into the gate. The New
:13:03. > :13:06.Zealanders are beginning to stretch out in front. The second penalty the
:13:07. > :13:14.Americans picked up really cost them in the last part of this leg. Very
:13:15. > :13:17.hard to burn a penalty without burning too big a penalty. If you
:13:18. > :13:25.come off your foils when you are trying to burn a penalty, it can be
:13:26. > :13:31.catastrophic. That 100, 150 metres, one mistake and that gets evened up
:13:32. > :13:37.in no time. Oracle will have to tack one more time for this mark, I
:13:38. > :13:41.think. New Zealand did a very nice job. Oracle had the tack because of
:13:42. > :13:50.the boundary most likely and they will probably have to tack one more
:13:51. > :13:55.time. This is a costly manoeuvre. There they go, one more manoeuvre
:13:56. > :14:01.and we have seen repeatedly through the month bracing out on the Great
:14:02. > :14:05.Sound, sometimes, that is all it takes. Sometimes, there is just the
:14:06. > :14:12.difference between the two boats. Just elongates the course a little
:14:13. > :14:18.bit. The further distance and New Zealanders lead, a pretty healthy
:14:19. > :14:23.one. Going back out on the water to Freddie. Give us an idea of the wind
:14:24. > :14:25.shifts, they always get caught up on the boat speed and manoeuvring but
:14:26. > :14:32.give us a little weather profile out there on the water. I would say it
:14:33. > :14:37.is not too shifty. The thing that stands out to me is how Apache it
:14:38. > :14:42.is. Never above ten knots but quite big holes on the racecourse. Not
:14:43. > :14:47.only did Oracle get a penalty but they just served slightly less
:14:48. > :14:53.pressure than the New Zealanders coming in so they took the two boat
:14:54. > :14:56.length lost with a penalty but were just a little bit softer with
:14:57. > :15:00.pressure. There are opportunities for the tacticians and four Tom
:15:01. > :15:16.Slingsby to close this gate right down.
:15:17. > :15:24.Jimmy Spithill spinning those handles on the wheel. You wonder if
:15:25. > :15:31.that wrist injury is making any effect on how he controls the dagger
:15:32. > :15:35.ports. Perhaps as expected, he batted away the question when asked
:15:36. > :15:39.pre-race, didn't want to dwell on that, it wasn't going to make a
:15:40. > :15:43.difference to him, he felt. That is the image she has to project.
:15:44. > :15:49.Perception is often more important than reality. His arms could be
:15:50. > :15:53.hanging out of their sockets and he would know the difference! This is
:15:54. > :16:05.the Super Bowl, this is it. -- and he wouldn't know the difference.
:16:06. > :16:10.Average the MG, very interesting. That takes into account the New
:16:11. > :16:17.Zealanders had to slow down a little bit, so it is probably a little bit
:16:18. > :16:21.deceiving. Most of this lead they lost, they are having at the bottom
:16:22. > :16:32.of the screen to do radical horse change. To try to get the speed up
:16:33. > :16:40.again. Those gybes devastating when they drop back down into the water,
:16:41. > :16:45.it is so hard. Back to Freddie Carr. Are you surprised to see these guys
:16:46. > :16:51.all sailing with the pro-couple-mac jibs or the medium to heavy jibs? I
:16:52. > :16:59.must say I'm a little bit surprised by that? Oracle will try to defend
:17:00. > :17:16.and keep the New Zealanders behind and effectively, you have to try to
:17:17. > :17:26.be fast on the reach. We are trying to get the drone driver to get it
:17:27. > :17:41.between those palms. -- helms. A couple of people anxious about that,
:17:42. > :17:50.I would imagine. If you are an Oracle fan right now, there is no
:17:51. > :17:54.question they are quicker. You have to eliminate these tough manoeuvres.
:17:55. > :18:03.They splashed down. A 200 metre lead can turn into a 400
:18:04. > :18:24.metre lead in no time. He is full of fighting talk, Jimmy
:18:25. > :18:32.Spithill. Let's not forget is, he led a comeback and he knows his
:18:33. > :18:40.tactics. But he is getting himself into a pretty sizeable hole at this
:18:41. > :18:47.point. For all the chat and confident talk, he knows these guys
:18:48. > :18:57.have a fast boat and a very slick system. We are seeing Simon, the
:18:58. > :19:20.Olympic cyclist from 2012, heads down.
:19:21. > :19:27.The Kiwis forcing it at the moment and soon we will be heading for
:19:28. > :19:32.another victory, five in a row, on the Great Sound in this America's
:19:33. > :19:39.Cup match. They will be so well-placed as they bid to win back
:19:40. > :19:44.this trophy. They were victorious in 95 and 2000 and they are desperate
:19:45. > :19:57.to bring it back to Auckland, bring it back to the north and south
:19:58. > :20:01.island. 4.5 million people there. It is interesting in this race in
:20:02. > :20:05.particular, the Kiwi success has really been in more classic match
:20:06. > :20:15.racing situation. Not necessarily the boat speed we have been seeing.
:20:16. > :20:18.They won the dial down. What everyone thought would be the
:20:19. > :20:32.weakness of the Kiwis in this race, have clearly been a strength. These
:20:33. > :20:37.cycles have obviously commanded a lot of attention and we know this is
:20:38. > :20:46.a very efficient system pushing the de hydraulic power around. There is
:20:47. > :20:57.Glenn Ashby with his little gaming console. He is controlling all of
:20:58. > :21:02.the wing and you rarely see the wing go in and out in a radical way. He
:21:03. > :21:06.is controlling the twist in the camber much more reactively than the
:21:07. > :21:15.other teams have been able to do. He doesn't have a winch. Never a winch.
:21:16. > :21:18.He doesn't touch a rope. We discussed it before but also what
:21:19. > :21:25.seems to be clear is they have this brilliant division of labour. So no
:21:26. > :21:28.one man ever in charge of decision-making and
:21:29. > :21:32.responsibilities. We will get into the power a little bit more and how
:21:33. > :21:37.they are accumulating and using the hydraulic energy. The windage and
:21:38. > :21:43.ability for the cyclists to use their hands to help you other parts
:21:44. > :21:49.of the boat, help manoeuvre other parts of the boat, it is clearly a
:21:50. > :21:54.huge by-product of the cyclists that gets far less attention. The
:21:55. > :21:58.cyclists are obvious but what Blair Tuke is doing, right there with all
:21:59. > :22:03.the buttons, he is controlling all the positioning in the foil. I think
:22:04. > :22:11.with a joystick. He is looking at the camera saying, they got me! Just
:22:12. > :22:18.look at the almost surgical way in which they manoeuvre and manipulate
:22:19. > :22:22.the boat. The leak see them make an error in the America's Cup match as
:22:23. > :22:29.a whole. -- we have barely seen them make an error. They have a huge
:22:30. > :22:35.amount of work to do, America, New Zealand heading down for the final
:22:36. > :22:43.time in the race. These guys look slick. Freddie, I think was the
:22:44. > :22:47.longer tips on the Oracle boat, I think we see longer tips and selling
:22:48. > :22:50.more of an angle, more of an aggressive angle, something similar
:22:51. > :22:55.we have seen on the Kiwi boat throughout this whole event. You are
:22:56. > :22:58.right. I think the medium tips, they look like they are medium tips with
:22:59. > :23:05.an extension. As I mentioned earlier. They are effectively
:23:06. > :23:11.counting the board out a little bit more. I heard you talking about the
:23:12. > :23:16.wing setup New Zealand. We just followed them up wind and it is mind
:23:17. > :23:20.blowing how dynamic the top two flags are. I have heard about it
:23:21. > :23:25.talked a lot but have never been close enough and it is a constant
:23:26. > :23:28.movement. Glenn Ashby, it is like a hummingbird wing humming in and out
:23:29. > :23:34.and when that mode is locked in, it looks seriously impressive. Freddie
:23:35. > :23:38.has a ringside seat today. I wish you had that a couple of weeks ago!
:23:39. > :23:48.Doing a lot of learning right now! Thank you, Freddie.
:23:49. > :23:56.You guys with your incredible accents and great phrases, I have
:23:57. > :24:00.not heard hummingbird wing for a long time in reference to any sort
:24:01. > :24:17.of a sailboat. That is why he is out the! -- Fer. -- that is why he is
:24:18. > :24:23.out there. It is so straightforward, when you Peter Burling, nothing is
:24:24. > :24:26.complicated. 26 years old, entirely unflustered, taking a wonderfully
:24:27. > :24:35.uncomplicated approach to this whole campaign. Until he soaks all of his
:24:36. > :24:43.friends on the high side! We keep repeating this and you have to do.
:24:44. > :24:51.We are still at 100%, these guys first mark first, 100% they have won
:24:52. > :24:55.the race. And look at exactly where they are in contrast to the
:24:56. > :24:59.Americans. We have seen the big margins of victory and the Americans
:25:00. > :25:14.down seven knots of boat speed, in all kinds of bother. Another bad
:25:15. > :25:18.gybe on the USA boat. You can see the hole, we are looking over our
:25:19. > :25:28.monitors onto the racecourse you can see the holes the racecourse.
:25:29. > :25:34.Having a great day, the Kiwis. The all blacks victorious over the
:25:35. > :25:38.British and Irish lions earlier this morning in Auckland in the first
:25:39. > :25:46.Test match. And thousands of New Zealanders here enjoying yet another
:25:47. > :25:51.success, another hammer blow delivered by the Kiwis. They have
:25:52. > :25:54.powered into a 4-0 lead in the America's Cup match and they need
:25:55. > :26:03.three race victories to the trophy. The dominance continues. Got to ask
:26:04. > :26:10.yourself at this point, just what unearth can the USA do to hold the
:26:11. > :26:15.momentum? This time around, this race was about the stakes. We have
:26:16. > :26:20.heard Jimmy Spithill comeback in and say, we felt OK and all of us used
:26:21. > :26:25.our eyeball test and said, wait a second. You guys this last week and
:26:26. > :26:29.looked pretty slow to all of us. Today, I'm not so sure. I think they
:26:30. > :26:33.come in and say, we were quick. We were quick on the first week and we
:26:34. > :26:37.made a mistake. We caught them twice, we made a mistake. All of a
:26:38. > :26:44.sudden, the wheels kind of fell off. I think they are way more in the
:26:45. > :26:49.game than last weekend. We will try and get a view from Jimmy Spithill
:26:50. > :26:51.shortly. To discover if he is feeling confident and positive in
:26:52. > :27:01.the same manner but the margin of victory is a big one.
:27:02. > :27:18.Is this a team reassessing western mark is this a team digesting the
:27:19. > :27:25.margin of victory from the New Zealanders? They've got to go big in
:27:26. > :27:35.the next one because this match is getting away from them. Talking
:27:36. > :27:40.about, are you happy with the riders? They are probably stalling a
:27:41. > :27:43.little bit at times, they can move that round a little bit. There is a
:27:44. > :27:49.finite amount back and go between the two rudders and I believe they
:27:50. > :27:54.will do some fine tuning to try to gain a little more speed going into
:27:55. > :28:03.the next race. Across the finish line and plunging down, beyond two
:28:04. > :28:07.minutes. From the Kiwis. That's the biggest margin so far for all their
:28:08. > :28:14.extra boat speed if that is what they seem to have found.
:28:15. > :28:21.Confirmation of the Kiwi victory, 2.04 quicker than Oracle Team USA,
:28:22. > :28:25.they have won five from five and let's not forget the Americans
:28:26. > :28:29.effectively put their opposition on -1 at the outset because they won
:28:30. > :28:39.the qualifying stage. That's why the Kiwi lead is 4-0. Difficult start to
:28:40. > :28:43.the day for Oracle Team USA but on a positive note there were much
:28:44. > :28:47.quicker. Those five days in the shed have made a considerable difference
:28:48. > :28:51.but they are not sailing well. And at 4-0 down Jimmy Spithill and his
:28:52. > :28:55.team have a lot to think about. There may be no British interest in
:28:56. > :28:59.the cup match itself after Ben Ainslie's team was knocked out in
:29:00. > :29:05.the semifinals but there was reason to cheer earlier this week when
:29:06. > :29:09.their academy team won the Youth America's Cup in dramatic style.
:29:10. > :29:14.Going into the final date BAR made above six sailors aged between 18
:29:15. > :29:18.and 24 sat on top of the eight strong leaderboard. Switzerland and
:29:19. > :29:23.Team France just behind. But defending champions mounted an
:29:24. > :29:28.impressive last-minute comeback taking two wins before the final
:29:29. > :29:32.race. To take overall victory the New Zealanders needed to keep three
:29:33. > :29:36.places between them and the British. And as BAR academy trailed the field
:29:37. > :29:42.in the final race a Kiwi victory was on the cards. Aspect of their third
:29:43. > :29:46.win in New Zealand believed they'd done enough. But in a bizarre twist
:29:47. > :29:51.team Germany hit the final mark slowing others down in the process.
:29:52. > :29:52.The British sailed around the outside to finish second, enough to
:29:53. > :30:04.take the overall victory. Our second day was certainly not our
:30:05. > :30:07.first date on the first day we were consistent and had good results. The
:30:08. > :30:10.second day we did not manage that but we fought back. The thing to
:30:11. > :30:14.take out of this is we must never give up until the finish line. It
:30:15. > :30:19.came down to the hard work would put in before these two days, no one can
:30:20. > :30:22.win a championship in just two days and it's the year-long work we have
:30:23. > :30:25.put in but everyone behind-the-scenes also at the Land
:30:26. > :30:33.Rover BAR base that really made the win for us. New Zealander Burling
:30:34. > :30:38.lifted the youth cup a few years ago and now he's aiming for the Auld Mug
:30:39. > :30:44.itself. Let's rejoin the race six. USA against New Zealand, Spithill
:30:45. > :30:49.against Burling, in some trouble, looking to rescue the situation.
:30:50. > :30:55.Hurling spun around, almost a traditional match race move, he was
:30:56. > :31:03.almost getting bumped by Jimmy Spithill, they got slow. Desperately
:31:04. > :31:08.trying to get the overlap underneath Emirates Team New Zealand, 35
:31:09. > :31:15.seconds to go back to the line. This is Spithill's attempt to disrupt, to
:31:16. > :31:18.attack, to get in the face of the Kiwis and cause trouble. New Zealand
:31:19. > :31:26.got around the front of them, he was never able to get the overlap and he
:31:27. > :31:31.has to go for a time and distance start. That was well done by
:31:32. > :31:35.Burling, it looked marginal for a second and he did enough to keep his
:31:36. > :31:40.speed and enough to keep the overlap from happening and now it is just
:31:41. > :31:47.speed to mark one. Both boats across the line clean this time. The
:31:48. > :31:51.Americans getting up nice and quick and they have stolen a march this
:31:52. > :31:59.time on the New Zealanders. Could this be the time? Doing a better job
:32:00. > :32:04.pulling the trigger, no doubt. He had more momentum going off the line
:32:05. > :32:13.and I think they will be able to use their wing washed to push them back.
:32:14. > :32:20.It is still close. Team New Zealand living in a really precarious spot
:32:21. > :32:23.right now. Just below the wing wash. They are barely living in clear air,
:32:24. > :32:28.sure enough Oracle gets over the top. So that is a turnaround, that
:32:29. > :32:34.is a change from the complexion of things in Bermuda during the
:32:35. > :32:43.America's Cup match so far. Oracle Team USA rounding Mark one heading
:32:44. > :32:47.down lead -- wind in the lead. It will be fascinating to see if the
:32:48. > :32:51.mindset changes from this Team New Zealand. They have not been behind
:32:52. > :32:59.except for about a minute during the last race. What do we read into the
:33:00. > :33:02.early gybe? The same as the last run in the last race, Oracle being a bit
:33:03. > :33:08.unstable. They are going to have to get pace on quicker, otherwise Team
:33:09. > :33:12.New Zealand will roll over the top, they were unstable coming out of
:33:13. > :33:16.that gybe, you could hear it in his voice, that's what Jimmy Spithill is
:33:17. > :33:20.fearful of in this new setup they have pulled out after five days in
:33:21. > :33:31.the shed. But then they go, once they go they go. But can they avoid
:33:32. > :33:40.that instability? So, the lead is minimal for the Americans right now.
:33:41. > :33:45.They have retrieved the frontrunning position. Looking for a great race
:33:46. > :33:51.right now, let's show these things off as they should be shown off, put
:33:52. > :33:52.on a great race. By all accounts the start looks like New Zealand putting
:33:53. > :34:18.the pressure on. The Americans sailing off into
:34:19. > :34:25.Clearwater in front and the New Zealanders not interested in getting
:34:26. > :34:28.tight up close and personal. The early gybe. They were in a tough
:34:29. > :34:35.spot and they tacked away because they were in a bit of bad way and
:34:36. > :34:41.wing wash from Oracle Team USA, it was strategic, they followed them in
:34:42. > :34:44.and split across and whoever the tactician is, whether it is Blair
:34:45. > :34:50.Tuke or Peter Burling on board the Kiwi boat, now they have some
:34:51. > :34:52.decisions to make. Now the boats are split, who will sail under better
:34:53. > :35:14.wind pressure? This is where the pressure of the
:35:15. > :35:18.Kiwis is just unrelenting. They just keep it close. They just so rarely
:35:19. > :35:23.make mistakes that it forces you into sailing a perfect race. We have
:35:24. > :35:28.seen teams sail the perfect race against Emirates Team New Zealand,
:35:29. > :35:36.like BAR, unbelievable race against Team New Zealand to win in the
:35:37. > :35:41.semifinal round. Freddie Carr. It takes something special, that's for
:35:42. > :35:47.sure. Just mailing it on the consistency front. You expect they
:35:48. > :35:50.will feel a lot happier at the moment because this is a different
:35:51. > :35:56.complexion, a different dynamic right now, just asking one or two
:35:57. > :35:58.questions which have not been asked of yet. Looking for the Kiwis to
:35:59. > :36:12.chase them down. Let's get another view from out of
:36:13. > :36:17.the water from Freddie Carr, part of the British team in Bermuda. What is
:36:18. > :36:21.catching your eye in the early exchanges? What is catching my eye
:36:22. > :36:26.is a repeat from the first race, the Iraq look quicker from the standout
:36:27. > :36:31.comment from the on-board communications in the first race was
:36:32. > :36:34.the questions about the runners of Oracle -- rudders. By changing their
:36:35. > :36:38.road as they could have gone faster through the water but it must be so
:36:39. > :36:43.hard for Spithill every day going out sailing with effectively and you
:36:44. > :36:49.feel to the boat and we seem to or three bad gybes from team Oracle
:36:50. > :36:52.today but maybe that is him learning about the new Rudder setup. They
:36:53. > :36:57.will have to sail the perfect race to keep New Zealand behind them, so
:36:58. > :37:04.far so good for the Americans. So far so good, no doubt about it. I
:37:05. > :37:10.think the question everybody has at home is, why didn't they do this
:37:11. > :37:15.before? It's very clearly a faster setup. They have that two-week break
:37:16. > :37:20.while everyone else was scrambling about in the challenger play-offs.
:37:21. > :37:26.You would have thought, as you mentioned at the top of the
:37:27. > :37:31.programme, the toy box would be open, so to describe it. This is
:37:32. > :37:34.clearly a different boat, everyone in agreement, all of the tweaks they
:37:35. > :37:38.did come everyone in agreement they did weigh more than any of us will
:37:39. > :37:44.ever know but why didn't they do this before last weekend? I think in
:37:45. > :37:48.all honesty you have to back your design philosophy, your designers,
:37:49. > :37:51.and you get there as a group of designers but the sailing team have
:37:52. > :37:55.a huge amount of input in that and they will have been working towards
:37:56. > :37:58.last weekend for two years with strong beliefs in their foil
:37:59. > :38:02.packages and it must have been a shock to them that they were such a
:38:03. > :38:06.long step behind the Kiwis. They must have hit the panic button a
:38:07. > :38:09.little bit but like I said they have made some changes and they are
:38:10. > :38:13.faster through the water but I'm just a little concerned in the light
:38:14. > :38:17.air gybes they are looking sticky, they are normally good at their
:38:18. > :38:21.falling gybes in the light air but today they look a little sticky.
:38:22. > :38:23.Interesting point that the notion of having confidence in what you
:38:24. > :38:29.brought to the table initially, at what point do you call time on it
:38:30. > :38:32.and go, that's not working, we need something different? Having that
:38:33. > :38:36.five-day gap, if you are an Oracle Team USA fan or a team member it was
:38:37. > :38:41.a beautiful thing and now as we are talking about this stuff this boat
:38:42. > :38:48.does not ever go away. We are going to see this next cross and there
:38:49. > :38:53.will be two close boats coming in to split lanes at the top mark.
:38:54. > :39:05.The Americans with a slender advantage. The boats surrounding
:39:06. > :39:09.this gate on opposite sides, possibilities of wind shifts or wind
:39:10. > :39:19.pressure making more of a game of it on the next run. Clean manoeuvring
:39:20. > :39:24.from Jimmy Spithill's crew going on one side and Team New Zealand going
:39:25. > :39:29.in the other direction. We just saw a moment or two ago the wind shift
:39:30. > :39:32.graphics on the top left of the screen which suggested there was a
:39:33. > :39:45.slight switch to the right-hand side of the course.
:39:46. > :39:51.Both of them have splashed down once, very good indicator for Team
:39:52. > :39:54.USA because as we have talked about the whole time the higher speed
:39:55. > :40:01.setup typically makes for more instability and when you see Oracle
:40:02. > :40:06.Team USA 100% for most of the time that is a very good sign for them.
:40:07. > :40:11.The lead is building here for the Americans. You just don't get the
:40:12. > :40:14.impression that the Kiwis have had their final throw of the dice just
:40:15. > :40:37.yet. You can hear them talking about the
:40:38. > :40:43.recharge. We need to reiterate for those people who maybe new to the
:40:44. > :40:46.sailing world, everything that happens on the bud, whether it is
:40:47. > :40:52.dropping the daggerboards, the angle of the foils, trimming, it all needs
:40:53. > :40:59.power to make it happen. That's what those grinders are doing. Hydraulic
:41:00. > :41:06.pressure, hydraulic pressure, direct drive into the wing, a big wind path
:41:07. > :41:10.on the horizon right now. Looking at the angle differences between the
:41:11. > :41:21.boats, Team New Zealand down here, Oracle, big angle change going up
:41:22. > :41:31.into it, that is a wind shift. They just don't go away, the Kiwis. The
:41:32. > :41:35.split at the top gate did for them. Critical gybe now for Oracle. They
:41:36. > :41:55.need one more gybe and into the gate.
:41:56. > :42:08.Very smoothly done. They are way out towards the main line here. You
:42:09. > :42:13.wonder if they have... They will have to manoeuvre one more time.
:42:14. > :42:16.They will have to do that tough racecourse manoeuvre, that one last
:42:17. > :42:21.gybe, but they are diving down trying to get around this gate but
:42:22. > :42:26.I'm not sure if Oracle has over stood this mark. Goodness gracious.
:42:27. > :42:32.That's bold from New Zealand, really bold. Is it going to pay off at the
:42:33. > :42:42.bottom gate? Vic Turton, they turn in front and they turn well. -- they
:42:43. > :42:50.turn in. The Americans are chasing them again and we have a proper race
:42:51. > :42:57.on. Peter Burling, the America's Cup rookie. The details guy, as so many
:42:58. > :43:04.like to describe him. High school, very intuitive, and Jimmy Spithill,
:43:05. > :43:11.the youngest skipper to win the cup in 2010, huge amounts of experience.
:43:12. > :43:19.So where is your money now? I'm pretty stunned at the last turn of
:43:20. > :43:23.events, the Kiwis did such a good job staying in the dark water and
:43:24. > :43:32.the wind strength going down that run, literally sailed on by. Trying
:43:33. > :43:38.to go back and understand whether they over stood that Mark. When you
:43:39. > :43:42.talk about over standing. Sailing a longer distance. They are sailing a
:43:43. > :43:46.longer distance in this race, that is over standing, sailing too far.
:43:47. > :43:51.The average speeds are almost identical but when you sail a longer
:43:52. > :43:57.difference euro BMG gets slower so the longer distance made a big
:43:58. > :44:02.difference there. The MG, the vote De Man Booker's velocity relative to
:44:03. > :44:20.the direction of their destination. -- riverboat's velocity. -- the MG.
:44:21. > :44:31.Sniffing another victory. May be smelling a bit of blood. Although
:44:32. > :44:35.you'd be forgiven for thinking that Peter Burling is simply out for an
:44:36. > :44:42.afternoon drive in his truck. He was talking about his mode, driving past
:44:43. > :44:45.De Matt Fast, this is always a big decision for a tactician. In the
:44:46. > :44:49.Mono whole days you would have seen New Zealand tagged with Oracle every
:44:50. > :44:54.time but they are thinking about the geometry, where is the pressure?
:44:55. > :44:59.Where is the dark water? How can we possibly do fewer manoeuvres
:45:00. > :45:03.compared to the other guy? They are taking a bit of a risk by splitting
:45:04. > :45:11.off and not tacking directly with team Oracle USA as they tacked away.
:45:12. > :45:15.The heart is racing a little bit for the Kiwi skipper even though he is
:45:16. > :45:20.not showing it. That is as high a heart rate as we have seen on young
:45:21. > :45:31.Peter Burling. I would say so. He is human! There is a pulse! We can
:45:32. > :45:34.confirm. He is obviously just having a little think about what might
:45:35. > :45:39.unfold over the course of the next few minutes out here on the Great
:45:40. > :45:45.Sound. A 5-0 victory would put them in the box seat, two wins away.
:45:46. > :45:49.That's right, they are winning the geometry battle, by allowing Oracle
:45:50. > :45:54.Team USA to tack away, split away, again they took a risk and came back
:45:55. > :46:06.together and clearly made a nice little gain. There is just gets on
:46:07. > :46:10.board that boat. He is letting the others get down and dirty, they are
:46:11. > :46:16.the guys digging in physically. From a match racing standpoint, this
:46:17. > :46:19.split, Oracle needs a split, just sailing along next to Emirates Team
:46:20. > :46:23.New Zealand will do them no good, they need the other side of the
:46:24. > :46:27.racecourse, maybe a little of the dark water on the left-hand side of
:46:28. > :46:35.the racecourse that they are looking at. They need something, desperately
:46:36. > :46:38.they need 117 metres right now. A little dark water in the upper
:46:39. > :46:42.left-hand side of the racecourse, that is what they need, they need a
:46:43. > :46:47.wind shift, they need the breeze to possibly go in their favour. It does
:46:48. > :46:49.not look super windy on the right side of the racecourse where the
:46:50. > :47:12.Kiwis is right now. They wanted to go a little bit wider
:47:13. > :47:17.so they could hit the gate first time. Big game happening with team
:47:18. > :47:28.Emirates New Zealand. Look at the dial down, they are really deep.
:47:29. > :47:31.Nothing in it. They dialled way down, they dialled low, this will be
:47:32. > :47:37.interesting, whether they went too far on their dial down is the big
:47:38. > :47:42.question. It is in Richard Slater's hands right now. No penalty. The
:47:43. > :47:48.boats come back together again, Oracle on starboard, if they get
:47:49. > :47:53.into the left-hand cycle on the left mark they will have right away to
:47:54. > :48:03.get around it. Here we go again. We have a real racing. This is as tight
:48:04. > :48:07.as it gets right now as they head towards gate five. Is Oracle
:48:08. > :48:12.dialling down? That's what they are saying, can we push or not? And if
:48:13. > :48:18.he dips will he be able to make the mark in the upper corner? Will he be
:48:19. > :48:25.able to make the mark after the dip? Just the closest of passes. The
:48:26. > :48:32.Kiwis just about able to squeeze in. Just gets around the mark, barely,
:48:33. > :48:36.gain on, even race. Slight advantage to Oracle right now, they were going
:48:37. > :48:43.quicker around that Mark. -- game on. The angle on that Mark for the
:48:44. > :48:49.Kiwis means their boat has dropped away to 17 knots where the Americans
:48:50. > :49:03.sustained at around 23 or 24. The Kiwis are still slow, 24, 25 MP
:49:04. > :49:08.Americans away at 30. Last leg. 150 metres in it. It means there is
:49:09. > :49:16.every chance for the Kiwis to claw it back. They will not be happy to
:49:17. > :49:31.see the bow touching the water. They want to be up, with less drag.
:49:32. > :49:40.It was that dark water owned Dominic in the upper left-hand corner that
:49:41. > :49:46.got Oracle back in the game and the manoeuvres have been fantastic this
:49:47. > :50:07.race. We wanted a sailboat race and we've got a sailboat race.
:50:08. > :50:14.This is tough. If you ever wanted to drive one of these things that is
:50:15. > :50:19.what you're dealing with. This manoeuvre, the double gybe here and
:50:20. > :50:29.then they are desperate for hydraulic power, you heard him say,"
:50:30. > :50:38.hit it." The weight is forward today. There is no bike system. It
:50:39. > :50:42.is all about hydraulic pressure, give it to the big boys in the front
:50:43. > :50:51.of the boat pulling off those last two gybes, really well done. There
:50:52. > :50:57.are the grinders. There is just never any time for them to settle,
:50:58. > :51:01.to relax, they have to go fullbore pretty much for the entirety of the
:51:02. > :51:05.race. Is it about a payoff with the first American victory in the
:51:06. > :51:07.America's Cup match? Have they got enough in the tank to see of the
:51:08. > :51:23.Kiwis? Dead straight ahead, the finish line
:51:24. > :51:29.in the front of our screen. I tell you what, Oracle stays in front, you
:51:30. > :51:33.can give this team a big congratulations for just about a
:51:34. > :51:39.shellacking last week, to throw everything at this over the last
:51:40. > :51:43.five days and come up with a boat that is going this much faster, I
:51:44. > :51:50.myself, as well as just about everyone else in the sailing world,
:51:51. > :52:02.was starting to write them off. And, man, was I wrong. We want your
:52:03. > :52:05.opinions. We want your thoughts. We don't want you on the fence. It is
:52:06. > :52:12.looking as if the Americans have done enough here. A performance of
:52:13. > :52:15.real character and resolve and resilience. They are going to hold
:52:16. > :52:23.off the Kiwi challenge. The New Zealanders have been gaining but it
:52:24. > :52:27.won't be enough and it will be America's race and the USA are back
:52:28. > :52:33.in business, back in the hunt, and in the nick of time, a vital win,
:52:34. > :52:43.which really breathes life into their ailing campaign. There is
:52:44. > :52:52.hope, there is hope in the USA camp. The margin of victory is a small one
:52:53. > :52:57.but it matters not. There we go. Will team effort command leadership
:52:58. > :53:03.is always a massive part of that. You cannot give enough credit to the
:53:04. > :53:08.entire Oracle Team USA squad. Top to bottom. For doing what they have
:53:09. > :53:13.clearly done over the last five days. Like I said before, I think
:53:14. > :53:17.all of us thought, how do you pull that off? There was quite a
:53:18. > :53:20.disparity last weekend. I am really impressed.
:53:21. > :53:25.It has been terrific to see the Americans coming back into the
:53:26. > :53:32.picture here today, another fascinating day on the water. The
:53:33. > :53:37.results: one win each, for the Kiwis and for the Americans, the New
:53:38. > :53:42.Zealanders now standing with a 4-1 lead. New Zealand started on -1
:53:43. > :53:43.point you to the American success in the qualifiers. The first 27 race
:53:44. > :53:49.wins. What an incredible race from the
:53:50. > :53:55.Americans, and certainly those five days of work by the designers and
:53:56. > :53:58.the sailors have paid off. One man watching it all very closely is Sir
:53:59. > :54:02.Ben Ainslie and we have caught up with him. What have you made from
:54:03. > :54:06.today and how impressed were you with Oracle? Like you said, Oracle
:54:07. > :54:10.have gone back to the drawing board and made significant changes to the
:54:11. > :54:13.setup of the boat and we have seen in these lighter conditions they can
:54:14. > :54:16.match Team New Zealand in the upward legs and that's the first time
:54:17. > :54:21.throughout this competition we have seen any team be able to match them.
:54:22. > :54:27.It is credit to Oracle, their designers, sailors, the shore crew
:54:28. > :54:30.working through the night to get the boat back out on the water. It
:54:31. > :54:34.certainly made for some exciting racing out there, fascinating to
:54:35. > :54:40.watch. You won the cup sitting next to Jimmy Spithill four years ago.
:54:41. > :54:42.Talk to me about him and how he will feel here.
:54:43. > :54:46.Oracle have been in this game for a long time and Jimmy in particular,
:54:47. > :54:50.and they are very experienced and have been in this situation before.
:54:51. > :54:55.I think they will take a lot of positives from today, getting that
:54:56. > :54:58.performance going, getting the speed going. They had a few wobbly moments
:54:59. > :55:02.with the boat handling, which is the nature of the changes they have made
:55:03. > :55:05.to the boat, so there is always a trade-off there, nothing comes for
:55:06. > :55:09.free in this game. If they can execute and get the stats and get
:55:10. > :55:14.the downwind gybes working we have seen they can win races now and take
:55:15. > :55:18.it to the Kiwis. It is going to be a fascinating day tomorrow in similar
:55:19. > :55:23.conditions. Then, you've talked often of this game at being one of
:55:24. > :55:26.evolution. How much more can we see? And from your own perspective and
:55:27. > :55:30.your British campaign what can you learn from here? There is always a
:55:31. > :55:33.lot of learning in this competition. This is a classic America's Cup
:55:34. > :55:40.duel, the teams are still developing through and we have seen Oracle make
:55:41. > :55:44.the biggest jumps in the last five days. As a team you need to set
:55:45. > :55:46.yourself up to be able to adapt to the situation and that is what both
:55:47. > :55:49.teams have done well through this particular cup event. And for us
:55:50. > :55:54.would continue on with Land Rover BAR and we will be in a much
:55:55. > :55:57.stronger place having an existing team running forwards competitively
:55:58. > :56:01.in the start-up team we were this time around. It has been exciting to
:56:02. > :56:05.adapt to the situation and get the priorities straight. Have we seen
:56:06. > :56:08.the start of the Oracle fightback? Oracle are not resting on their
:56:09. > :56:11.laurels and they are back out for another training session. I caught
:56:12. > :56:18.up with Jimmy Spittal and Peter Burling before they did. We were
:56:19. > :56:21.right beside the base before you came back. How much was it a relief
:56:22. > :56:27.for you and everyone involved in Oracle? Clearly for everyone in
:56:28. > :56:31.Bermuda, everyone is cheering for us, it's great to see the support
:56:32. > :56:36.and the lift for the guys and it was an important race to win. Give us a
:56:37. > :56:39.feel of how much effort has gone into the last five days. It's been
:56:40. > :56:43.around the clock, it really has been 24 hours, the sailors have been
:56:44. > :56:49.pushed, long days out on the water, the shore engineering team have been
:56:50. > :56:52.there on 24-hour shifts, doing 12 hour cycles. When we saw the other
:56:53. > :56:57.guys not sailing and taking days off, we were like, here we go, this
:56:58. > :57:00.is an opportunity. Pete mentioned they were staying ashore so the
:57:01. > :57:04.shore team could work on the boat but our guys were working on the
:57:05. > :57:07.boat when we got in through midnight. When the sailors see that
:57:08. > :57:12.it is motivating for the guys when they jump on board. Some great
:57:13. > :57:17.racing. It felt like it was a really good battle. We were not the happy
:57:18. > :57:21.with how we sailed today, we made a lot of mistakes but at the same time
:57:22. > :57:25.these guys made a lot of mistakes as well. We're not surprised at all
:57:26. > :57:28.that we have a good battle on our hands and that is what we have
:57:29. > :57:32.prepared for. We are under no illusions that we have a fair bit of
:57:33. > :57:39.hard work over the next few days to keep improving and we are on a steep
:57:40. > :57:43.part of learning curve and we have a lot to work on. We let the last race
:57:44. > :57:47.slip and we had a good opportunity to win. We have plenty to work on
:57:48. > :57:53.from today, we didn't sail overly well but we will be back tomorrow.
:57:54. > :57:57.From our race points of view and judgment, but when you make a
:57:58. > :58:01.mistake, what are you going to do? The comeback for the boys to come
:58:02. > :58:04.back and nail the second start and get the whole package working
:58:05. > :58:08.properly, lost the lead and came back again, it shows the boat is
:58:09. > :58:12.going well and is a good sign of strength for the guys.
:58:13. > :58:15.Clearly a massive relief for Jimmy Spithill and his team. The hard work
:58:16. > :58:19.certainly looks like it has put them back in the game and for Peter
:58:20. > :58:25.Burling, you just wonder if that defeat may have rattled the Kiwi
:58:26. > :58:52.camp. More drama to come in Bermuda. Join us on BBC Two at 1pm tomorrow.
:58:53. > :58:55.Great to see a bitter fight of these boys. It's only just beginning,
:58:56. > :58:57.mate.