Episode 9 Sailing: America's Cup

Clearly, the plan was not to be in this position again. But we are

here. Now it is up to us to respond and react. I think there is still

plenty of fight, we are getting better as we go. Given the

opportunity, we will improve from it. If you are asking for somebody

to point the finger at, should point it firmly at me. I think we showed

we are a pretty tough bunch. We got asked questions and I felt like we

answered them with our performance in the water. We have shown we can

beat these guys. This is not over, we will get stronger and we will

just focus on one race now. There is no second.

There is no second. Day Five of the America's Cup in Bermuda and could

it be famous for New Zealand sailing? They are on the brink of

their third America's Cup success in the country's history after a great

performance out of the Great Sound on Sunday. New Zealand have won

seven, but it is 6-1 after America claimed a bonus point in qualifying.

It is now or never for Oracle Team USA to stop New Zealand making

history. Let's join our commentary team now.

Race number nine of the America's Cup match is under way and it could

be the last as New Zealand aims to make history and the eyes of the

sporting world focused firmly now in the Great Sound. Spithill going for

it now. Going towards the top end of the line. The right-hand end of the

line, that is a bit further away from the first mark. But it is

always a faster angle. Let's see if he can make that. This kind of

distance has been a problem for Jimmy Spithill, let's see if it is

today. He has pulled the trigger, has he gone too soon? It looks like

it is going to be just fine this time around and the two boats, the

Americans just about in front. Tearing towards Mark one. So

critical that Jimmy Spithill and his team get away to a cleaner and quick

start. They have to be to respond. But the owner psyche and for the

chance to win this race, they need to get over the top for a chance to

win this race. It looks like they might have pulled this off. Sailing

below the mark right now. There you go. Two out of seven I think in the

start so far, so Jimmy Spithill has finally got one and, man did he need

it. Goodspeed from the Americans as they turn around and they head down

for the first time in this race. And the Kiwis behind them. They have

been very happy through the course of our time here in Bermuda to play

catch up. They bided their time and they waited for the wind shifts,

secure in the knowledge that boat is quick.

Let's start counting! Stand-by. Happy? Three, two, one. Read two,

one. So the Kiwis first to jibe, the

Americans right on the boundary. I think the whole world is just

holding their breath. If you are an Oracle band, that jibe was so

critical. They stayed in that boils but they are in a very precarious

spot. They can do a reversal and they can roll over the top, it does

not seem like Spithill is to concerns but that is placing them in

a disastrous spot, Oracle. Neck and neck right over. Oracle is in a

tough spot. Emirates Team New Zealand just barely bowing out.

Intentionally using their wing quashed the slowdown in line to --

two. Quicker of the jibe yet again, how many times have we said that in

this series? This is white we always say the

fastest boat wins the America's Cup. That tiny speed edge goes from

behind to a head in a heartbeat, Emirates Team New Zealand. That is

the wing wash which the Kiwis will be hoping will spoil the attempt of

the Americans and allow them to extend their lead. The ideal route

into the gate. Albatross! Albatross! Stand-by. New

Zealand out in front, looking to claim the trophy, to claim their

place in history. The Americans already, even at this stage in the

race, with plenty to do. Albatross, we all wanted to find out

what that was, that was a super difficult manoeuvre by Oracle. And

you can see that paying dearly in boat speed. Having to do that last

second spin around. They did it pretty well, but I tell you what,

that was not pretty and it was not easy to do.

So the New Zealanders reading the race. The Americans in a separate

direction to try to chase a bit of wind. And find a way back in. That

leaves Peter Burling's men. That split became so critical from Oracle

that they decided to do one of the hardest manoeuvres on these boats.

They need that split is to continue and possibly double that lead

because Emirates Team New Zealand is in no way. They are not slow and

they are not getting any closer. Look at the speed difference, 23

knots and 20 knots. As they pulled back their curtains this morning,

they will have known that in these conditions, the Kiwi boat

unquestionably has the edge. We have seen it throughout the time here.

Peter Burling, he is twiddling his Nobbs in the bottom right hand side

of the corner. He is trying to do his thing with his box. Controlling

the wind, and the shape. Again, the foils, such a slick

manoeuvre. Already, this lead is looking like a

very significant one for Emirates Team New Zealand. Freddie, in the

water, the breeze is still around 899 knots, is there a general trend

here? Yes, the breeze is still the same, two minute oscillations

flicking left and right. The jibe by the Kiwis in the boundary was

unbelievable. Glenn Ashby was halfway down the boat as the boat

was getting turned down. Superb boat handling by the Kiwis. So we have

had a jibe and an albatross this race. We thought we have heard it

all, but we have not. Pushing the boundaries, they love it, the

innovators. Setting the agenda on and off the course with their

designs and their techniques and their tactics.

Ten seconds? Stand by that, guys. Three, two, one. Peter Burling

withdrawal of his experience, needed to draw upon right now -- Jimmy

Spithill. Twice and America's Cup winner in 2010 and 2013. At the

moment, staring down the barrel. This could be a possible right-hand

Winship. You can see up in the corner that the angle of Emirates

Team New Zealand is going down. That often means the wind shift is going

the other way. When these guys come back together again, they will be a

little bit closer. Keep it close, Oracle. You always talk about that

150 metre mark as being just about in the realms of being in touch and

staying in touch and having the opportunity to turn around. One

mistake and you can edge in front. Get too much beyond that and it

becomes much more difficult. Right on the cusp of that threshold right

now. It is still phenomenal to watch this boat, flawless. How stable the

boat becomes, how quickly they fling the thing over. And once they have

manoeuvred, the cycle has got to work, generating the power and

pushing the oil around the system to allow them a little bit of tactical

freedom. Decisions can be made at that point, once the power levels

are back up where they need them. Interesting, expected in this light

breeze, which they going with their bigger jibs today? It is a trend we

have seen, in the longer foils, you do not need as much sail area to get

them working and it drags through the air as well as through the

water. A big speed discrepancy between the two boats, heading in

separate directions. The Kiwis were motoring away at around 30 knots and

the USA struggling at around 20. A seem to have bubbled away a bit

here. A great shot as Glenn Ashby heads across the trampoline and

takes the helm for a moment until Peter Burling arrives. They have a

fantastic distribution of responsibility that works so well

for them. Glenn Ashby something of a Guru, multiple World Champion. He

had a "un-money macro's allotment. Yes, Jimmy Spithill grew from him in

the little America's Cup, in the C class -- he had a big impact on

Jimmy Spithill's development. That seemed like forever ago. But this

turned up the Sarries. The Kiwis go through the gates. Up went one more

time. And this time going with an early boat. This is the controlled

the race course. Knowing ball well that's Oracle Team USA had to split

and do something, this is a traditional move, you boat early.

You give up a bit of your lead but when they go around the mark, you

will be close to the same water and the same wind shift as your

competitor. So be Americans still in touch, just

about. They have to be a little concerned at this point with time

ticking against them. The defenders of the America's Cup. It will be a

quiet realisation that this might be over in the not too distant future.

A little bust, just a little. This is good, and no lower. A lot of

positivity. That is good to hear. A lot of positivity, at it -- and what

you would expect to hear from these guys.

A little faster still. 20 seconds. Stand by. Three, two, one. New

Zealand's did those two extra tacks and certainly gave up a bit of their

lead. I would guess that Emirates Team New Zealand fans of more

comfortable in this position with a 150 metre lead than at the opposite

end of the racecourse. There, are vulnerable. Here, you are not.

Looking at the back side of these wings again. Looking to try to prove

me correct on team New Zealand. But they seem pretty quiet with the top

section of the foil right now. We're looking for that hummingbird concept

that Freddie introduced to us the other day. It's not exactly there

right now. Listen, this is again what we talked about earlier, this

is the one mistake zone. The problem is, the kiwis don't seem to be

making any mistakes. Classic match racing right now.

Criticised earlier on in the match himself for not covering Jimmy

Spithill and Oracle Team USA seems to have rectified that in pretty

much every department. Simon right up towards his Max heart rate. The

bronze medallist from London 2012, new experiences for him out here on

the water, as we were telling you earlier, not least the day that the

kiwi boat disappeared upside down. One minute you're cycling, the next

you're gargling. Now the Kiwis will make sure they lay the mark. Oracle

are trying to do anything right now. Desperation again, trying to take

over. The cyclists create the hydraulic pressure on the kiwi boat.

On the boat on the left, Team USA doing it more conventionally with

coffee grinding. One interesting part is you Americans seem to, on

the left, the port star board, that is the board up down, you can help

me, the board up down is called a pressure accumulator than moving the

appendages around. That's a separate entity. We see that on the right

that. Number seems to move a lot more on the American boat. That's

right. You have lift accumulator for dropping and lifting the boards.

Then a brake accumulator. The big gain for the Kiwis is they can feel

the brake accumulator quickly and set them up for the next tackle

jibe. Freddie was telling me earlier he thinks that the Kiwis, now that

he's not in the cup, he can admit that the Kiwis might have about 30%

more effort, more pressure. That's right, Ken. About 30%.

So the Kiwis needed one more tack to get into the gate and round. That

means that the USA have gained on them, just a little bit. It's

interesting, they have this close tactic, definitely closed up the

lead a little bit. Again, they're in the same water - there's oracle

again doing everything to get to a different side of the racecourse,

splitting it again. Choosing to do another tack, anything. Jimmy

Spithill with one down wind leg to go. He's got to roll the dice. He's

got to come out punching. The bar has been set very Highbury that

other boat - very high by that other boat. This is a bit of a caning

going on here right now in this America's Cup, quite frankly, I

don't think anybody anticipated. We anticipated these guys to be good. I

don't think anybody anticipated the Kiwis to be THIS good. Except maybe

them! Peter Burling looking to put his

foot on the jugular. Got to admire the calm, the composure, the

measured approach which this man has brought to proceedings all across

this five weeks of racing on the great sand. Think back a few weeks

ago to when their boat was in shreds, after that dramatic pitch

pole. Then they put it all back together. Don't forget the millions

of Kiwis up watching this right now, I think it's 5am on that little

island. They're licking their chops right now. They're saying, "Auckland

here we come." Wiping the sleep from their eyes and recognising that

their team is close now. Could be two more jibes in. Possibly one more

jibe in. Let's see if they can soak down. This is an interesting angle

into the finish line. Let's see if they can soak and get there.

So the USA desperately trying to chase the Kiwis down. But the game

is up. There will be no fairy-tale comeback this time around. Jimmy

Spithill has lost his magic wand and in the meantime, the Kiwis,

innovative in their design, intense in their focus, resilient throughout

the time here in Bermuda, the New Zealanders pedalling into the

history books. The America's Cup wrestled from the USA by Beryling

Beryling's men in -- Peter Burling's men in black. The heartache and pain

of San Francisco replaced by jubilation here.

In the end eight victories in all in this match for the New Zealanders.

They win it by 7-1. They have been radical with their

design, perfect in their execution, quite simply Emirates Team New

Zealand have dominated the 35th America's Cup. We now present the

America's Cup to Emirates Team New Zealand!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE MUSIC

Massive congratulations, you've just lifted the oldest trophy in world

sport, what was that like? It's an unbelievable feeling. As a kiwi

watching our country compete for the America's Cup, to be able to come

here to Bermuda with an amazing group of guys and girls, like we

have here, we feel like a really tight family. To be able to get the

job done today and share that trophy with them and bringing it home, it's

an unbelievable feeling. If you could have your time again, is there

one thing you would do differently? I don't think there's only one thing

in particular. I was saying before, it's kind of ironic, even when you

win the America's Cup, you still, you know, you think about all the

things you did wrong. You wish you could have done better. Obviously,

when you lose America's Cup it's quite a lot more. The list is long.

I think that's for me and the team that's probably going to be the next

few months really reflecting on that, what we could have done as a

team, for myself, individually to be better. The most important thing is

to learn from it and grow stronger. You were on the boat four years ago

in San Francisco, you know what it's like to lose this trophy. What is it

like to hold it above your head? It's a much nicer walk up to there

when you win than when you don't. That's for sure. That goes through

the whole of sport, at the end of the day. Just an amazing feeling of

satisfaction, I guess. For the whole team and for New Zealand as a

country to be able to pull this off, it's been an unbelievable journey.

I'm sure they'll be celebrating for some time to come. Joining me to

share his reflections is Sir Ben Ainslie. A word about team New

Zealand. They came here and led from the beginning. They did. You

certainly have to take your hats on to them and say what an amazing

campaign. You look back to 2013 and some very difficult moments, I'm

sure reflecting on that narrow loss and going back to New Zealand and

rebuilding, starting again and coming through. You know, totally

dominant through this competition. This final America's Cup against

Oracle Team USA, again dominant through all of that. An incredible

campaign and journey for them and we look forward going to Auckland.

Would you describe them as brave? Absolutely. You know, they've

certainly, their approach to this new class of boat, I think, of all

the teams, they've really thrown everything at it in terms of effort

and time. Just the design philosophy, I think, and looking at

what are the key performance differentiators and going for that.

The cycling is one element of it, or the cycles. Their dagger board

design is more dynamic and extreme than everybody else's. The foils are

really the key performance differentiators in these boats.

They've been braver, more extreme than anyone else and pulled that

together. That and also stepping up their sailing team, how they

performed, starting off with the seersies perhaps not sailing that

well, but really developing through and really outsailing oracle in this

final series. An incredible achievement. You win the trophy, you

lift it above your head. Then you're responsible for the next one. What's

the chat, what's the glimmer of the future? We've heard already that the

yacht club of Sicily is the new challenger of record. It's effective

team Prada. So they will now negotiate with Emirates Team New

Zealand the rules, the class of boat, the venue, date for the next

competition. Both of those two teams have huge history in the America's

Cup. They're both commercially minded teams. I'm very positive

about that and that they will negotiate good terms for a great

event in Auckland, no doubt. May be not be Auckland, but I expect it to

be there, two, three, four years' time. For our team, Land Rover BAR,

we're committed to winning the America's Cup. We've built a great

organisation here now. OK, we didn't make it this time, as a new team, we

knew that would be a huge challenge. We're determined to get that job

done. Thank you, Ben. It's been a pleasure following you. That's it

from Bermuda. New Zealand have lifted the oldest trophy in world

sport and a nation is celebrating. That's it from us. Thanks for

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