1 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:39,989 International sports's oldest trophy is up for grabs again. It has come 2 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:46,989 to Bermuda. Six teams travelled to the North Atlantic. Only two teams 3 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,989 remain in contention to stop you were essentially representing a 4 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,989 country and a whole legion of fans and you have to take that as 5 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,989 motivation and encouragement and that is what we do. There is a lot 6 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,989 of pressure and it is something I enjoy. We have been through some 7 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:07,989 pretty tough situations over the past couple of campaigns. You 8 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,989 definitely face a lot of adversity along the way as well. One thing is, 9 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:22,989 this team is incredibly resilient and it can bounce back. I am 10 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,989 expecting a real fight. Everyone has managed to come through under 11 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:32,989 pressure and make it happen and it feels like it will come down to 12 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,989 whoever beats who on the day. When you think you have seen it all, it 13 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,989 is time that you are done and I am a long way from that. History is 14 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,989 history. But history is repeating itself and the Kiwis are off to 15 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,989 another great start. No one in the New Zealand camp will be taking 16 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,989 anything for granted. Four years ago they squandered a lead in San 17 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,989 Francisco, the Americans performing one of the greatest sporting 18 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,989 comebacks helps by Sir Ben Ainslie. This time around Oracle are again 19 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:12,989 starting on the back foot and this is what happened on day one. Here is 20 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:19,989 what the world has been looking for, so much strain and stress on each of 21 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,989 these crews. Jimmy Spithill has gone across that line is too quick. It is 22 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:31,989 looking like a really good start to the campaign from the Kiwis. Look at 23 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:45,989 that tack, just flawless. This lead is being built to almost 500 metres. 24 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,989 This is not an easy way to finish, Oracle are coming in really fast. 25 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:59,989 The Kiwis know how to make it interesting. The New Zealanders have 26 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,989 made a storming start. Really difficult conditions here today. 27 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,989 Race number two and Jimmy Spithill has really gone after it this time 28 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,989 around, determined to make up for the error. It is an acceleration 29 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:24,989 contest now, who can accelerate the quickest? Wow, New Zealand is 30 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:31,989 tearing it up at the moment. It is very shifty out there in the winter. 31 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,989 They are somehow clawing their way back into this contest, the 32 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,989 Americans. Jimmy Spithill is breathing down Peter Burling's neck 33 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:48,989 right now and applying the pressure all the time. This is game on. Oh, 34 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:56,989 disappointment for Oracle Team USA fans. They have lost almost 300 35 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,989 metres in the gybe. Laying down the gauntlet to the Americans, the Kiwis 36 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:08,989 have torn it up and the Americans have it all to do. These guys at the 37 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,989 end of the day made fewer mistakes. If Oracle's good news is they are 38 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:19,989 only one down, what do you take out of it? They are one up. By virtue of 39 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,989 winning the first round of qualifiers, America went into this 40 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,989 cup contest with a 1-point advantage, so New Zealand may have 41 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,989 won the opening two races, but the score is actually 1-0 to the Kiwis. 42 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,989 Not the start that Jimmy Spithill would have hoped for. New Zealand 43 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,989 was flawless, but today is a different day and the breeze is 44 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,989 other bits and the Americans redressed the balance? Let's find 45 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,989 out. Race number three under way and 46 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,989 Jimmy Spithill needs to come up with some answers posed by Peter 47 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:10,989 Burling's New Zealanders. How are you reading the start, 48 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:22,989 Kenny? They are pushing back pretty aggressively. They went much further 49 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,989 down, deeper in the box today. The trend yesterday of getting back to 50 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:32,989 early does not seem like it will continue today. Jimmy Spithill is 51 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,989 going after them aggressively. That yellow line on the side of the 52 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:45,989 racecourse, you do not want to go to much beyond that because the other 53 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:53,989 team is New Zealand. Only ten seconds to go until the starting 54 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,989 line. The timing is critical. The speed of both of these boats is 55 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,989 excellent. Jimmy Spithill this time is straight across the mark and 56 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:10,989 there are no penalties to either team and they are storming to mark 57 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:17,989 one. You would think they would be quicker on this reach, the Oracle 58 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:25,989 Team USA. When they get over the top there is a little burst of speed. 59 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:34,989 But there is an overlap. This will be very tight as to who can get into 60 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,989 the box. The New Zealanders have lodged a protest against Oracle Team 61 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:47,989 USA. There is no protest and Jimmy Spithill is free to go. 40 knots 62 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,989 from the American team, it is an impressive statistic from the 63 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,989 American team so early on. They are going to gybe early and try to split 64 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:10,989 the speed. This is a shorter run than normal. If they can gybe within 65 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:19,989 the second anyway... This is a critical time in the race so early 66 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:26,989 on. Not a perfect gybe by Oracle Team USA. Watch for the wing wash of 67 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:35,989 the Emirates Team New Zealand here, they are soaking. They will try to 68 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:52,989 use their wing wash to slow down the others. The New Zealanders seemingly 69 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,989 always comfortable. When their superiority is question, the 70 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:03,989 Americans got off to a good start, but it is the Kiwis in front. They 71 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,989 are going to try this tricky manoeuvre right away coming out of 72 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:32,989 this gate. So a split course. They are flying off at five or six 73 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:47,989 knots quicker than their opposition at this point. 74 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:57,989 If you go back to the starting sequence, the Emirates Team New 75 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:04,989 Zealand gybes and there was a little splash down by Oracle and that is 76 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,989 all it took. They allowed Emirates Team New Zealand to go slowly down 77 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:15,989 over the top of Oracle and use that dirty air coming off the wing to 78 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:33,989 push them backwards. It opens up to a 150 yards lead in no time. One 79 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,989 mistake. The cyclists are head down and trying to palm as much energy 80 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,989 through the system as they can to power up the boat. Everything needs 81 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:48,989 to be manipulated by that hydraulic power. 11-12 knots of wind speed 82 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:59,989 right now which you would imagine would be good for Oracle. But you 83 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,989 look out on the racecourse... That was not too far away from disastrous 84 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:11,989 for the Americans. There was a big slip. Carbon fibre is not very 85 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:26,989 cushioned. Yesterday we had very shifty 86 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,989 conditions, today not quite shifty most likely because the wind is 87 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:45,989 coming into the Great Sound from the ocean. Up on the foils for the 88 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:52,989 entirety of the race, these two. But it is the Kiwis who are flying at 89 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:58,989 the moment. Gerry, is history repeating itself out there today? It 90 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,989 seems a little like it. It was just that one little mistake that Oracle 91 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:09,989 made in that gybe that you were talking about that cost them. The 92 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,989 Kiwis got a nice little shift. The Kiwis are settling very well and 93 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,989 they are attacking in the right spots. It will be difficult to 94 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:21,989 overtake them unless they make a mistake. Tactically the Kiwis were 95 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:27,989 ahead at that first mark, so I am going to stick with that as being 96 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,989 the 100% number of never being passed in any race in this entire 97 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,989 event so far and that is really incredible. That is a fast boat. A 98 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:43,989 fast boat is a tactician's best friend and it is a fast boat. There 99 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:49,989 was a lot of chat about whether the Americans would try to tweak their 100 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:56,989 foils to assist their front today. We should bring Joey back in. We 101 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:03,989 must be right at that trade-off between high speed and low speed 102 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,989 boards for Oracle Team USA. That is right, we are pretty comfortable 103 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:15,989 into the high-speed boards in this race. Their low speed boys are aimed 104 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:22,989 at a slightly higher wind speed. Yesterday when it got really light, 105 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:32,989 Oracle Team USA gave a lot. But the Kiwis have eyes have a nice habit of 106 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:45,989 getting their low speed boys to work. It is an nice habit, it is 107 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:51,989 fine. The tacticians are saying, Jimmy, we have to go, because they 108 00:12:52,000 --> 00:13:01,989 are close to the lay line. It is very interesting. They tacked well 109 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:06,989 early at the boundary. I wonder if they will be able to make it through 110 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:18,989 by just one tack. You want to minimise these manoeuvres. 111 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:24,989 Around the gate and again the smooth manoeuvring which is their 112 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:33,989 trademark, the New Zealanders. Comfortable in their lead seemingly. 113 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,989 This is kind of a costly manoeuvre. They tacked early and they have 114 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,989 worked to the boundary. But they did not make it through, so they had to 115 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:54,989 do one more attack. Just a little more instability in 116 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:01,989 the American operation at the moment although the speed is excellent as 117 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,989 they round that gate. A lot of ground to make up, but they are 118 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:17,989 managing to minimise bat at the moment. We saw yesterday, Kenny, a 119 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,989 lead of 600 metres wiped out across one leg of the racecourse. That was 120 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,989 quite shifty conditions coming off the land and back out to Joey Newton 121 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:33,989 on the water. A little steadier breeze maybe today than yesterday? 122 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:38,989 The breeze is a little more north, so a little more left across the 123 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,989 racecourse and the breeze is flowing over less land before it gets to the 124 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,989 racecourse. Even though it is a bit shifty, it is not like yesterday. 125 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:57,989 And we have got a few more knots which settles everything out a 126 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,989 little bit. Look at the Kiwi line and it seems to be a little bit more 127 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:07,989 open and they are sailing deeper angles, they are sailing a lower 128 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,989 angle than Oracle Team USA that is trying desperately to do anything to 129 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:20,989 get back into the race. It is a big lead. Do we feel now it is about the 130 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:27,989 Kiwi mistake for the Americans to crawl their way back in? They are 131 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,989 clearly desperate for a Kiwi mistake right now. The only time they made 132 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:37,989 the mistake was right at that bottom gate coming into the finishing line. 133 00:15:38,000 --> 00:16:00,989 In the middle of the racecourse they are flawless. Holy mackerel! 134 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:10,989 And there is Peter Burling, you are effectively driving the boat. If you 135 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:21,989 want to be on board a 40 foot yacht, here is your chance everybody. 136 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:43,989 For sure we have heard more chatter from Glenn Ashby and Blair. They are 137 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,989 saying anything is good for us at this stage. We want to hear these 138 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:59,989 guys and hear what their strategy is. Glenn Ashby is looking very calm 139 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:05,989 as ever. No winches or hydraulic from the wing spin. We hope to stick 140 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:20,989 our noses into his pocket at some stage. 141 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,989 That is from our drone on the racecourse. We have got cameras in 142 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:46,989 all directions here right now. Just pressing this. Stand by. All 143 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:56,989 bases are covered. Three, two, one. Turning. Just waiting for the time 144 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,989 when the drone can fly underneath the platform because that is the 145 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:06,989 only picture we cannot bring you right now. The natural progression 146 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,989 going up wind and they are going slower so the lead tends to shrink a 147 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,989 little bit as the boats go up wind and the boat ahead get that 148 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,989 opportunity to take off and use the downwind speed. That was not the 149 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:33,989 best tack by Emirates Team New Zealand there. 150 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,989 So the Americans are needing something special from here. The 151 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:48,989 last two legs of this race are not long. They seem to be making some 152 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,989 headway. They did a couple of extra tacks. They decided to give up a 153 00:18:53,000 --> 00:19:01,989 little bit of their lead in order to touch base with the Americans. Why 154 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,989 would you do that? It is more of a traditional match race tactic. You 155 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:12,989 know you will give up a bit of a lead in order just to sail in the 156 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,989 same water and in the same approximate wind pressure and wind 157 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:27,989 speed and wind direction of your competitor. Look at the angles of 158 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,989 those boards. Very, very different. That kink in the dagger board 159 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:38,989 compared to Oracle Team USA which has much straighter foils. There is 160 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:44,989 no shortage of innovation on this boat, whether it is their wing trim, 161 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:52,989 the foils shapes, the foil movement. Did you hear that? That is the 162 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,989 hydraulics of the wing. We talked to Joey earlier and there is a maximum 163 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:02,989 depth that the boards are allowed to be at under the boat and that kink 164 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,989 allows the board to be at the maximum draft or depth of the boat 165 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:20,989 where the foils can be under the water. 166 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:32,989 Three is it is interesting to see the heart rates of some of the 167 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:37,989 individuals involved. They generate the power just a little bit easier 168 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:46,989 than the traditional grinders. The Americans have a hybrid system with 169 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:53,989 one bike in the back. We will keep a close eye on them over the next week 170 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:54,989 or so. The more races we have, the more we can analyse that data a bit 171 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:29,989 more clearly. Again they will be looking for a 172 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,989 split, anything right now. At some stage of the race you need not only 173 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,989 a mistake, but a gift from the heavens, an act of God, and massive 174 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:45,989 wind shift, some sort of drama from your competitor. As we have seen far 175 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:56,989 too many times these guys do not tend to give it away. This will be 176 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:08,989 tight. Oracle is trying to create a bit of a situation. They are 177 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,989 protesting. You wonder if Oracle tacked them in that position to 178 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:22,989 create a setup. That is all school tactics as well. To be honest I am 179 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,989 not sure why they pushed the button there. That was a boat tactic. 180 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,989 Probably a degree of desperation at this point because they are so far 181 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,989 back. The Kiwis are heading up to the final mark and then it will be 182 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:50,989 the route to the finish. The Americans at the moment cannot buy a 183 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,989 race win. This is looking ominous. Not many people predicted this sort 184 00:22:55,000 --> 00:23:04,989 of domination. This is absolute domination at this stage. 185 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:26,989 Hit it. Go, Louis, go, Louis. Nice work, boys. Tom Slingsby into the 186 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,989 bike. The sign of a leader, trying to keep them positive on board 187 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:41,989 because it is pretty easy to get very down when you have this sort of 188 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:48,989 deficit. This is the final mark that the Kiwis have to navigate their way 189 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:54,989 around. They are on the reach to the finish. It is a pretty long reach 190 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:59,989 today. Yesterday you had that continuation of downwind and today 191 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:12,989 is very different. They are streaming towards the finish line. 192 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:26,989 Today it is just a pretty solid pitching wedge to the finish line. 193 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,989 All done with the minimum of fuss. They have a seemingly wonderful 194 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,989 distribution of responsibilities and labour and they have worked out an 195 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:46,989 excellent system, Glenn Ashby, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. A few Kiwi 196 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:53,989 fans waving their flags out front right now. The New Zealanders 197 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:58,989 picking up where they left off yesterday and ripping into a 2-0 198 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:04,989 lead in the match. They have won all three of the three and are leaving 199 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:17,989 the USA trailing in their wake right now. Just looking in such dominant 200 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:23,989 form. They have ploughed their own furrow. They have done the right 201 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,989 thing, they have trained in New Zealand away from the majority of 202 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:36,989 the rest of the fleet and they have been innovating and coming up with a 203 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,989 plan and now they are executing it. This is going to be a very 204 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,989 comfortable last ride in for Jimmy Spittal and his crew. He would have 205 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,989 been hoping to have at least remedied some of their problems 206 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:58,989 overnight. It seems they are right up against it. Two races in a row. 207 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:04,989 Especially as the breeze came up today, I think everybody around 208 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,989 Bermuda right now, America's Cup veterans and pundits and all 209 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:14,989 involved, thought that extra bit of breeze would be good for Oracle. If 210 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,989 you are a USA fan, that race is an ominous sign. What a dominant 211 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:23,989 performance from the young Peter Burling. You have to be impressed by 212 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:35,989 the speed of these boats, up to four times the wind speed. How does it 213 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,989 work? Here is Iain Percy to explain. Apparent wind is the wind that you 214 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,989 feel when you are moving along, like when you put your head out of the 215 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,989 window in a car on the freeway and you will feel the wind in your face 216 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:54,989 regardless of where it is coming from. With that apparent wind you 217 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,989 get faster and you get more wind and when you accelerate, the apparent 218 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,989 wind increases and you accelerate more. I am on the bike now and I am 219 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:09,989 not moving and the wind is coming from the left. As we start to 220 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,989 accelerate we expect the apparent wind to move forward and eventually 221 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:22,989 it will be in front of me. I start to move and we see what happens. We 222 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:29,989 come to about 90 and the speed goes up and it turns in front of me more. 223 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,989 We showed on the bike that when you started going faster, the apparent 224 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,989 wind goes forward, but it also increases. In a sailing boat, the 225 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,989 more wind you have, the faster you go, so the apparent wind generates 226 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,989 more wind which allows you to go faster and it generates more wind 227 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,989 and you end up feeling wind three times the actual breeze and using 228 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,989 that to go three times the speed of the wind. As we get faster, the wind 229 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:13,989 will go in front of Because we generate so much speed, 230 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,989 especially upwind, our apparent winds get very high. Because of 231 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,989 that, the drag on these boats, which traditionally has been about 232 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,989 hydrodynamics becomes about aerodynamics. The design of the boat 233 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,989 references the hull but also the aerodynamic drag of the boat, the 234 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:39,989 crew and the wing. That allows us to create these incredible speeds on 235 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,989 the water. Race number four of the America's 236 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,989 Cup match. The defenders in some trouble. Last chance for them to 237 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,989 rescue the situation today and spend their next few days rather more free 238 00:28:54,000 --> 00:29:07,989 of angst and worry. New Zealand entered the start line box and 239 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,989 immediately had either a bad jibe. They stop there for a second, 240 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,989 whether they have lack of power, something went really horribly 241 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,989 wrong. It has set them up to be in a kind of a tricky predicament here. 242 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:29,989 They're being put very early to the start. Oracle trying to hook them. 243 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,989 He's defending it incredibly well. He is really in a tough spot and 244 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,989 team New Zealand could be in a good position off this line. Incredible 245 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:44,989 comeback in this pre-start by Emirates Team New Zealand. That is 246 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,989 the hand-to-hand combat that you've mentioned throughout this America's 247 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,989 Cup campaign. The New Zealanders off out in front yet again and holding 248 00:29:55,000 --> 00:30:01,989 off the challenge of Spithill in the pre-start. Very similar to the last 249 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,989 race, except they've swapped sides. Emirates Team New Zealand reach over 250 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:11,989 the top of Oracle Team USA by mark number one? Will they reach over the 251 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,989 top? They are. They're going four knots quicker. They're going to slow 252 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:26,989 down oracle before they get to the mark. Man oh, man, four races in a 253 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,989 row. There's the wing wash. Causing all kinds of bother of Oracle Team 254 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,989 USA. Right now that will be the least of their concerns. They've got 255 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,989 to find a way into this contest somehow. They've been taken to the 256 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:45,989 cleaners frankly in the opening three races. 257 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:57,989 Put being to the test. Jimmy Spithill was expecting the battle of 258 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,989 his life, as he exraned in the pre-match press -- explained in the 259 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:08,989 pre-match press conference. He's in the thick of it right now. Very 260 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:14,989 similar to race number one, with almost identical boat speeds going 261 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,989 down wind. It's upwind that the kiwis have a dominant set up in that 262 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:38,989 first race today. This 11, 12 knots of wind speed. 263 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:44,989 Consetently a couple of knots quicker. Upwind, downwind doesn't 264 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,989 make much difference to them. The Americans have to find a way to 265 00:31:47,000 --> 00:32:19,989 negate that. Split course. The Americans right 266 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,989 now they need wind from somewhere. To really propel them forwards. 267 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,989 They're looking like they're in big trouble. I wish we could say their 268 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:38,989 manoeuvres were slower. I wish we could say their jibes were worse. 269 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:43,989 The fact is they look pretty good. It's not like in the earlier rounds 270 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:49,989 in the times that we would see a team make one big critical error and 271 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:56,989 lose 150 metres immediately. This is like a slow triple death, that is 272 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:08,989 just one metre at a time. And consistent. 273 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:16,989 Can I ways will attack to stay in the -- kiwis will attack to stay in 274 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,989 the middle of the racecourse. Only slow down to 19 knots in the middle 275 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:26,989 of that tack. You can tack as much as you want if you're only going to 276 00:33:27,000 --> 00:34:00,989 slow down at 19 knots. The Americans tacking. The course 277 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,989 laid out for you left, bottom left of your screen. That's where they 278 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:21,989 are currently. The Emirates Team New Zealand has 279 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:33,989 tacked in a fairly traditional match racing position on top of Oracle 280 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:40,989 Team USA. We look at these boats and this has been quit, whether it's 281 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,989 been -- consistent, whether it's been Emirates or oracle. We're going 282 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:50,989 to get a visual here in a minute. It shows just the angle difference. 283 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,989 It's something as a sailor we love the fact that you can point higher 284 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:58,989 than another boat. You couldn't think it would be a big deal in 285 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:06,989 foiling catamarans going 27 knots of wind. But any little advantage, that 286 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,989 EMB advantage that I've been trying to train you about, it's not easy to 287 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:17,989 do. It's a slightly complicated thing. The boat's velocity in the 288 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:25,989 direction of your destination. That's not bad. Getting there. The 289 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:32,989 angles I think are relatively straightforward because if can you 290 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,989 get a sharper angle up to the gate, you're making more ground up the 291 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,989 course per manoeuvre. Every time we talk about this and how the kiwis 292 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,989 are dominating, you go to the bottom of each of the sites here and USA is 293 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:52,989 actually going better, as VMG upwind. They might be in a little 294 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,989 bit more breeze. Here comes another tack from Oracle Team USA. Again, 295 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,989 they've been really good on the tacks. They've been solid on the 296 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:08,989 manoeuvres. I'm going to guess that they're pleased with how those are 297 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:13,989 going. Back out to Joey for a second on the water. The manoeuvres look 298 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:18,989 great. The tacks look great. The jibes look, for the most part, 299 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:23,989 great. Just a little off the pace. Yeah, it's certainly what it looks 300 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:29,989 like. The kiwis slippery down wind. USA paid a little bit the split at 301 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:35,989 the bottom. The kiwis doing a nice job of tacking in the right spot. 302 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,989 Getting in between oracle and the mast, now they're -- mark. Now 303 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,989 tacking in the right place. They're extending so much. When the boat 304 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,989 ahead plays the wind shifts correctly, even if they're in an 305 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,989 even boat, you're not going to pass them. That's the bottom line. Joey's 306 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,989 right. They're just tacking in the right spot. They're minimising their 307 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,989 manoeuvres. They're playing match race games and tacking on the other 308 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:04,989 boat when they need to. Then they split away from them and minimise a 309 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,989 tack coming into the mark. It's texts book now. It's clin cull at 310 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:15,989 this stage for Emirates Team New Zealand. That seems to be a goodage 311 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:20,989 ebbing Tiff to describe this man, Peter Burling. He's clinical, cool. 312 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,989 He's instinctive as well. He's seeing where the wind shifts may be. 313 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:33,989 Seeing what the best path might be, all the time eyes up. Very natural 314 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:40,989 sailor. Everybody involved in the sport says what a natural talent he 315 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:51,989 has for it. Started out in the Red Bull America's Cup. Came up through 316 00:37:52,000 --> 00:38:01,989 that programme. This is another launching going on right here now 317 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,989 for the kiwis. I guess we mentioned earlier, for oracle, this is a big 318 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,989 race. Because you don't want to go into what is essentially a by-week. 319 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,989 Five days off on such a downer. At the same time, they might be 320 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,989 thinking, whoa, back to the drawing board here. In its own way that's 321 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,989 kind of shocking. You would have thought after the last two weeks 322 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,989 they had to develop their boat, they would have come out ready to start 323 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,989 to do some thrashing. But they are clearly not the faster boat here. 324 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:47,989 The faster boat always wins the America's Cup. We had that debate 325 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:54,989 yesterday. The Kiwis match tough having come through the challenge of 326 00:38:55,000 --> 00:39:03,989 play-offs and they are very much in charge of operations at the moment. 327 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:14,989 Not only must it be a blast to sail a boat like that on a day like 328 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:22,989 today, but to be just crushing oracle in the America's Cup right 329 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:36,989 now. Getting a workout. I hope he's taken his sea sickness pills. 330 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:44,989 Just effortless. It isn't of course, but it looks it. He's got numbers on 331 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:50,989 his wrist. He's got numbers here. Push buttons there. They cleared 332 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:55,989 thing out for Burling, those are numbers to help him with how fast 333 00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:05,989 the boat is going. They're going 32 knots. Let's look with Jimmy here. 334 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,989 Burling is down in the cockpit all the time, that low windage. Jimmy 335 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,989 has to see up and over all these guys standing up in front of him. So 336 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,989 we don't see down in his cockpit just because of the positioning of 337 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,989 how, where these guys sit in their own personal cockpits. He's taking 338 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:35,989 care of the winch as well now. Totally different set ups. He cleets 339 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:45,989 down the winch. Runs across. Slingsby is on the wheat. -- wheel. 340 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,989 Then pumping some hydraulic fluid. You see the heart rates of the 341 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:58,989 grinders. They're all much, much higher than the cyclists. They 342 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,989 typically are. I'm sure we can get a doctor in here and I'm not even 343 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:16,989 going to speculate. You keep calling this a slick 344 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:28,989 operation, I think that's the understatement of the century right 345 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:34,989 now. Just barely see those hulls dropping, extending higher. They are 346 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:39,989 moved as crisply as is humanly possible. There will be a split at 347 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:45,989 this bottom gate. Oracle jibing, one and in to the gate. They will take 348 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,989 the other side. At least in this race here, it's becoming desperation 349 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,989 time. They need, again as we talked about in the last race, they need a 350 00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:07,989 wind shift or wind pressure miracle at this stage. 351 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:21,989 There's the drone shot. The Americans hunting for wind. They are 352 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:26,989 going to have to talk to the drone operators to see if we can get them 353 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:39,989 to take a shot in between those two hulls. Maybe the last day. 354 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:51,989 Touch-and-go - it's not going to be a great foiling tack. The hull will 355 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,989 go in the water for a time. In the background the stands and the people 356 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:07,989 and the incredible race village that's been built here in Bermuda. 357 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:13,989 Heading up to gate five, upwind. The wind shift only a small one to the 358 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:19,989 right-hand side? Yeah, tiny little wind shift. They close up a little 359 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,989 bit because Emirates Team New Zealand did a couple extra tacks in 360 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,989 order to just kind of control the situation. It looks like chaotic 361 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,989 control, but it's control. They've positioned themselves in a similar 362 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,989 part of the racecourse, almost directly upwind from Oracle Team 363 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:41,989 USA. They've given up a little bit of their lead, but again, as a 364 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,989 tactitioner, you're looking over your shoulder downwind right now and 365 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,989 you see oracle in your peripheral vision and you're very happy, 366 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:54,989 content. They're not going the other way, I got this right now. It's just 367 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:59,989 a perfect set up. It's becoming a familiar sight for the kiwis at this 368 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:05,989 point. What you're saying is they've relinquished a bit of their lead so 369 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,989 they can have the Americans at arm's length, they've effectively got 370 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:15,989 their fist on the collar of Jimmy Spithill? Holing him back? Yeah -- 371 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,989 holding him back? Yeah. You mentioned it earlier in the 372 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:23,989 broadcast, you would have thought they'd have pulled out all their 373 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,989 toys to come out of the blocks here. They've known for a good solid four, 374 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:33,989 five days what the wind strength was going to be the first two days. 375 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,989 That's about how good the long-term forecasts, predictions. You're going 376 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:41,989 upwind, you look at the angle differences. Here's oracle and team 377 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:47,989 New Zealand there. Just a constant higher angle. We saw it against art 378 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:52,989 miss last week -- artimis last week. When they sail with these boards, 379 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,989 they point higher with the wind. That's a higher VMG. It's a dominant 380 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:09,989 mode for them upwind, which is so powerful when you're match racing. 381 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:16,989 We're getting to your new best -- to know your new best friend just a 382 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:21,989 little better. That's not a conventional meeting position, is 383 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,989 it? No. Unless you're canine. OK, that was almost too far. There's got 384 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:37,989 to be a downside to everything, right? It is very hard to know what 385 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:42,989 the Americans can do to force the pace from here. It is probably 386 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,989 reliant on an error and a fairly sizeable one from the Kiwis. If you 387 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:53,989 are on the American boat now, are you hoping beyond hope that next 388 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:58,989 weekend the gales come? OK, at least it's a strategy. Hope is not - Is 389 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:06,989 not a good strategy. No, it's not a great strategy. They've all known 390 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,989 for years what the average wind speed here in Bermuda was going to 391 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,989 be this week. At least you take a guess at it, of course. It can be a 392 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:18,989 bit of everything. The wind gods do what they want. But I've seen 393 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,989 somewhere between that eight to 11 knot range as an average wind speed 394 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:29,989 here this time of the year. I've seen it off tons of different 395 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:39,989 weather forecasters sheets. Tacking. Hold on. You can see, when you see 396 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,989 it upclose that like, you can tell how simple it would be just to lob 397 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:51,989 somebody off the edge. Wouldn't take an awful lot. Not just strength 398 00:46:52,000 --> 00:47:01,989 required from those on board. A bit of balance too. 399 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:11,989 Into gate five. They will go downwind for one final leg. They 400 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,989 will reach to the final. They will be feeling extremely happy with the 401 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:21,989 way their campaign is progressing at the moment. Concentration and focus 402 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:34,989 required. History tells us that they have that in spades. Just screaming 403 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:45,989 across the water. Absolute dominance at this stage. 404 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:52,989 This is Peter Burling, right in front is Glenn. He's always down 405 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,989 inside that little - you can see a box. He's got a box in his hand 406 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:02,989 right there. I know I'm a terrible circle drawer, I've been told! He's 407 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,989 controlling the twist, the camber and the sheet, the in and out all 408 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:11,989 with his thumbs. There's no winch involved. There's no nothing. It's 409 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:17,989 really a fascinating set up as to how you take the aerodynamic, we 410 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,989 talk about the hydrodynamics all the time, it's the aerodynamic part of 411 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:25,989 the project. There he is again. Zoom in, there's Glenn, that box he's 412 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:30,989 holding onto and controlling everything. You see the wing going 413 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,989 in and out right there. In and out. But it's not just that, he's 414 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:40,989 controlling the twist of the wing, the camber of the wing. Absolutely 415 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:46,989 revolutionary with regard to how they're trimming and how the set up 416 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:50,989 of this boat works. It must be really strange for somebody like 417 00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,989 Glenn, who has been trimming sails and steering boats his whole life to 418 00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:03,989 not have a rope in his hand. It had to take some real getting ugzed to. 419 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:12,989 -- getting used to. A lead of almost 900 metres for Emirates Team New 420 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,989 Zealand. They are the challengers. Beaten challenger, of course, four 421 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,989 years ago from a position of enormous dominance. Whilst the 422 00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:22,989 Americans will be deeply concerned they will also perhaps be clinging 423 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:28,989 to a little bit of hope that they can find a way back in. It's not 424 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,989 over till it's over. That's what San Francisco taught us. Let's go back 425 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:38,989 to Joey for a second, it's going to be a long week, obviously in the 426 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:43,989 oracle camp, but boy oh, boy, what can you pull out of the box right 427 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,989 now? Do you think the Kiwis have been saving stuff themselves? Is 428 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:50,989 this a different boat than what you thought you'd be racing against? It 429 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:54,989 is a little bit. The America's Cup is about learning and evolving and 430 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,989 changing and getting the boat faster as you go through the event. This 431 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,989 boat we're seeing today, the New Zealand boat, is quicker than the 432 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:06,989 one we raced a few weeks ago. They've evolved quicker than the 433 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,989 American boat. We'll go away this week and have Frank discussions. The 434 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:15,989 boys will be thinking about what we're going to do to mould the boat 435 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,989 differently to match or leapfrog the kiwi boat. It's happened before. It 436 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:23,989 happened in San Francisco. I tell you what, this has a little 437 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:30,989 different feel to it, I have to tell you. Tearing down the runway, the 438 00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:36,989 New Zealanders, victory in their sights. Hordes of supporters on the 439 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:43,989 shore line. Of course, all those boats out there too. It has been 440 00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:48,989 such a dominant, impressive display. Peter Burling at the helm. And right 441 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:53,989 now the Kiwis are hammering the Americans. Four races, four wins. 442 00:50:54,000 --> 00:51:11,989 They are cleaning up. And the New Zealanders putting on a 443 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:18,989 show for all those watching here in Bermuda and of course, thousands, 444 00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:23,989 millions around the world too. Those on the north and south islands will 445 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,989 be delighted with what they've seen. Hoping beyond hope that they can see 446 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:33,989 it through, all the way to the end now. Get it done. Get it finished. 447 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,989 Bring that trophy back to New Zealand for the Americans, goodness, 448 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,989 it's going to be a very uncomfortable few days for Jimmy 449 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:46,989 Spithill and his crew. A sombre team. A sombre camp right now for 450 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,989 Oracle Team USA. A lot of sombre fans here in Bermuda. I don't think 451 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:57,989 anybody saw this coming. Maybe the Kiwis did. But I'm not so sure 452 00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:03,989 anybody else did. They're trailing in beyond the minute mark as well. 453 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:08,989 The margins of victory, the margins are large. They really are big. No 454 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:13,989 matter what Jimmy Spithill is trying to tell us, that was a pounding. 455 00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:18,989 After two days of racing, the Americans are in big, big trouble. 456 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,989 Not quite a crisis of San Francisco proportions just yet. But the red 457 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:24,989 lights are blinking. That's very well put. 458 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:42,989 The standings therefore looking like this: 459 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:46,989 Shell shocked Team USA after such a dominant New Zealand performance. 460 00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,989 How dot Americans come back from this? We'll discuss that in a 461 00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:56,989 moment, let's first hear from the skippers. You had the look of a man 462 00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:02,989 who's quite stunned by what's happened the last two days, sum up 463 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,989 how hard this is being America's Cup skipper in this position? I'm not 464 00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:10,989 stunned. You know, I'm more motivated that we've got to do some 465 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:15,989 changes. I think we're a team that's been in this position in the past. 466 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,989 You look, we have beaten these guys. We've taken race wins. We won the 467 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,989 qualifiers for a reason. We've got a great team. We know we've got a good 468 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:26,989 boat. We've got to improve it more. We've got to take good steps. What's 469 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:31,989 in our favour is we're not at match point. We have five days. We're not 470 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,989 really even halfway through the competition. There's still a lot 471 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,989 left on the table. I think we're going to be quite aggressive with 472 00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:43,989 our changes. We're going to do everything we can to get this boat 473 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:48,989 faster. The New Zealanders seem flawless, I mean, often you get that 474 00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:53,989 with boat speed, tactical genius. What areas do you think that you are 475 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:57,989 weak in and can improve in the time left? I think everything. We really 476 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:02,989 need to sharpen up in all areas. I don't think just making a change in 477 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:07,989 one area will be enough. You have to be good at everything. I don't think 478 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:11,989 the Kiwis have been flawless. I think Pete's candidly said they've 479 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:16,989 made mistakes. These boats, they produce mistakes because they are so 480 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:20,989 challenging to sail. Again, we've beaten these guys before. We've won 481 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,989 races. We can do it again. We've got five great days here. We'll use 482 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:28,989 every single minute of the five days. Massive congratulations, what 483 00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:33,989 a dominant performance. What's the mood in the camp? How pleased is 484 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:37,989 everyone? We're really excited with the way we sailed today. But I think 485 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:41,989 at the same time, we made a lot of errors. We have a lot of things to 486 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,989 work on and improve on. Today was obviously great to get another two 487 00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,989 points on the board. We made it no secret we've come here to win the 488 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,989 America's Cup. We have to win eight races to do that. We've managed to 489 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:57,989 win four races now. We definitely do feel like we're not even halfway 490 00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,989 there. The next race this coming weekend are going to be tougher than 491 00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:08,989 they were today. We're setting up for a good battle. To use a kiwi 492 00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:11,989 expression, I mean you've got whales in abundance. Does it feel like that 493 00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:15,989 when you're racing and how come you're so much faster? The thing 494 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:19,989 people aren't talking about today, it was shifty out there, a tricky 495 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,989 race track. I think we did a really good job staying in the puffs. Every 496 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,989 time we seem to split from them, we get a good shift and come back a lot 497 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:31,989 further ahead. I think that's full credit to the communication on 498 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:36,989 board, the way the guys are sailing and improving. Now we're all hungry 499 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:40,989 to learn. We know we have a lot we can improve on. A lot to learn on. 500 00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,989 However we feel like we're going pretty well at the moment. We'll be 501 00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:48,989 better next weekend than we are now. If you look back to the qualifiers 502 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,989 we were clearly competitive and we could beat them. Yesterday, I 503 00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:56,989 thought they had quite a big edge on us. Today we definitely bridged that 504 00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:00,989 gap. We need to keep moving at that rate. If we can keep making those 505 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:04,989 development steps over the next five days, we have the ability to take a 506 00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,989 step over them. It's been quite the day here. Joining me to discuss it 507 00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:13,989 is former America's Cup skipper Ian Walker. Jimmy Spithill on the ropes? 508 00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:17,989 He's not on the ropes. He's on the floor right now. I mean, we saw 509 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,989 Anthony Joshua get up and that's what he's got to do. As we've seen 510 00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:26,989 in the past, if any team can do that it would be Oracle Team USA. They 511 00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,989 now have five days off. How happy is Jimmy going to be about that and 512 00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:34,989 what can they realistically achieve? I think without being inside their 513 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,989 four walls, we won't really know what's possible. We've seen in the 514 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:41,989 past how much they've been able to turn things around. We've seen with 515 00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:45,989 these boats that small changes can make bit changes in boat speed. It 516 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:50,989 just already seems a long time ago that they won the round Robin 517 00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:54,989 series. Here we are and they are staring at a 4-0 record in the 518 00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:59,989 final. They've got to do something fast. Four years ago, we saw them 519 00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:04,989 come back in dramatic fashion in San Francisco. There's a might, a 520 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,989 machine around oracle. Yeah they've got a lot of resources. Jimmy 521 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,989 himself will know he's got to sail better. He needs to start better. 522 00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,989 They've got to get round that first mark in first position. That's the 523 00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:19,989 only way I think they're going to beat Emirates Team New Zealand. On 524 00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,989 top of that, they need some speed. For that they'll need the boat 525 00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:27,989 builders to work overtime. Your thoughts on the Kiwis, they seem to 526 00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,989 have speed to burn. Why is that? What package have they got that 527 00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:34,989 no-one else has? There's a number of things on their boat that stand out. 528 00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,989 The obvious one to the viewers is the cycle, the bikes on board, which 529 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:43,989 is generating more hydraulic oil which they can use to trim the wing 530 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,989 in a different way. They trim in a very different way less dynamic, 531 00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:49,989 more using the twist of the wing than the other teams. Also you can 532 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:53,989 see on the board shape, that's very different. Some of that stuff is 533 00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,989 hard to match for oracle at this stage. That is at the foundation of 534 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,989 decision of the boat. If there is one team that can come back from 535 00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,989 this, we've seen it before, it's Team USA. Join us next Sunday at 1pm 536 00:58:05,000 --> 00:59:01,989 on BBC two. MUSIC: The Elements 537 00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:03,989 by Tom Lehrer # There's Attenborough, micro.bit, 538 00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:08,000 The Bottom Line and In Our Time