just watched the first 2 races and JS is very agressive looking for the penalty where DB is more interested in sailing their own race. so ETNZ 2 vs OR -2 then
very good racing on race 1 didn’t think the americans would be that close to the pace of ETNZ - it’s only the start so let’s see what race 3&4 gives us
Gosh I already have no more nails to bite !!!
There isn’t that much beer… 
After ETNZ loosing 2 of their crews during one of the race of the LVC against LR during a bare away at the weather gate in a spectacular nose dive, it is OR turn to loose one of their crew during a tack :
kiwis up 2-0… but i realy think the first race was the best… when oracle was dammaged for the second race. i dont think close…
my take…
oracle is faster down wind by a little… and the kiwis are faster up wind… by alot
by take… oracle will not catch the kiwis… i will give a race to oracle but not much more… kiwis win it… 8-3
giving the kiwis a break down twice
I can’t watch the live race because I will busy until about 9ET, so don’t say what happened!! :lol:
hAHAHAHA But I will watch it later on.
ok I won’t but will just say wow - probably the best race I’ve seen yet
Gosh just starting to breath again after watching race 4 … wow … still not saying what happened 
great racing,
not sure what happened in race 3…
WOW
race 3 & 4 is what I call match racing in foiling cats. I’m still not sure if a 5- leg course is the best way to do it, but it’s a best-of-17? so that might make it about as fair as possible… for now.
I’m sure that OR has the advantage of speed, however small it seems, so it will come down to the helm, and how well the crew works. That plus a little luck, but I don’t believe in luck (I’m not superstitious.)
They didn’t mention what the ‘damage’ to Oracle’s wing was.
Oracle Team USA for the win!
Great match racing, quote of the day … Ray Davis says to Dean Barker “look they have cute little pumas on the transom. hadn’t noticed that before”
CD
tom
on saturday they had some sort of a tear or a hole in the mylar film covering the wing. they sent a crew aloft with some duct tape to make a repair between race 1 and 2.
not sure about the whole speed differential. according to the data on the race in race 3 Or had an average speed of .05 knots faster and sailed .4 NM further and in race 4 OR had a higehr average speed of by .07 knots. and they both sailed the same distance in race 4.
the key is that NZ seems to be more fluid and smooth from the crew standpoint…
Spithill and crew are getting it together, now he just has to learn you can’t slam tack a multi like a mono with out losing a ton of time but he is getting there.
Spitty, and his crew are getting smoother… knocking off the rust, so to speak. Hope he knocks the rust off fast enough to give him a chance.
my money is still on NZ…
heck if you think about it…no matter who wins…someone from down under is going to win the AC…since Spitty is a Ausie…
I figured OR would be just as polished, but maybe the pressure puts a little twist on things differently from the practices.
14 more races to go until OR defends the Cup…
I noticedthe little pimas on the transomes too. It’s something new for NZ to watch as OR goes by.
at least spitty has been able to put away his binoculars, it was the only way he could see Barker so far out in front in the first two races…
Well, what I have seen by now, I could stand the full distance
Nice to see “lead bottom” sailors are being entertained ! And said in as nice a way as possible.
Dick,
at least its a race now… the LVC was a huge letdown… and the fleet racing on the 45’s was great…
still not gonna convert me to an RC cat or tri just yet…
hmm…I wonder if I could convert my EC12 rigs to a tri…???