{"id":79697,"date":"2024-10-13T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=79697"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:54:36","slug":"emirates-team-new-zealand-delivers-third-blow-to-british-challenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/emirates-team-new-zealand-delivers-third-blow-to-british-challenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates Team New Zealand Delivers Third Blow to British Challenger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_2807-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_2807-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_2807-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_2807-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_2807.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Emirates Team New Zealand targets INEOS Britannia in Race 3 of the Louis Vuitton 37th America&#8217;s Cup.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Ricardo Pinto\/America&#8217;s Cup<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>It is said that sailboat racing is a game of chess on the water. Match racing is all of that and then some, a game of practiced moves and countermoves, of studying and knowing one\u2019s opponent and eventually exploiting their tendencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In match racing, however, repetition is the kiss of death and INEOS Britannia is certainly guilty of in their pre-start approaches in the Louis Vuitton 37th America\u2019s Cup: enter, tack high and pursuit. This execution worked surprisingly well for the British Challenger of Record in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final matches against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, but Emirates Team New Zealand has studied the Challenger of Record enough to pad their simulator and playbook with all sorts of kill scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/p4V3XEK19LU' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Twice now Emirates Team New Zealand has targeted the British at the bottom of their first circle. In the second race of the series, INEOS was able to just cross ahead of the Kiwi starboard attack and get away, but today, in Race 3, Team New Zealand lined them up and went for the jugular, hunting the British on starboard as they were exiting their jibe at the bottom of their circle. Out of the turn, port helmsman Dylan Fletcher saw himself bow-to-bow with <em>Taihoro<\/em>, with a closing speed of roughly 50 knots. He chose to dive low, and seconds later the British team\u2019s fate was sealed, giving the umpires their first and only penalty call of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a tactical app so we can see what they\u2019re doing,\u201d Ainslie said after racing. \u201cDylan felt that when we came out of the jibe and the Kiwis turned down his only option was turn down to keep clear, which is what he did, but the umpires saw it differently for whatever reason.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_IR207592-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_IR207592-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_IR207592-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_IR207592-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_IR207592.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">INEOS port-side trimmer Leigh McMillan said they felt they&#8217;d done enough to keep clear, but the Kiwis pushed it hard and the umpires call what they see in the booth.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Ian Roman\/America&#8217;s Cup<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Ainslie compared it to a similar dial-down incident in the Semi Finals with Alinghi Red Bull Racing (Race 3, September 15). \u201cIt was quite similar and normally the umpires give leniency to a give-way boat to have the opportunity to keep clear, which is kind of what happened in this one, but obviously they felt that we took too much time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDylan did the right thing. As soon as they started pointing at us to turn down that was the only thing to do and normally we feel we have some protections against that\u2026but will have to have a chat with the umpires to see how they saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinged in the pre-start, the British were there scrambling to shed the penalty as they crossed the starting line on port at the pin end with the Kiwis turning up on starboard at the opposite. The typical option of scrubbing the 75-meter distance penalty would be pass to leeward of Team New Zealand, but that option was taken away when the Kiwis promptly tacked to cover off the start, forcing INEOS to tack away for clear air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With only a minute to clear the penalty, the British were in real danger because, as both boats sail up the course on opposite tacks they\u2019re essentially climbing the ladder at the same rate, which makes it difficult to giveaway the 75 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After tacking at the left boundary, INEOS had to then sacrifice VMG in order to clear the penalty. Once it was finally cleared the Kiwis were tacking off the opposite boundary with a 100-plus-meter advantage. To make matters worse, the New Zealanders were now in better breeze and in full control of the race, able to tack and cover through every exchange in the first leg, bouncing the British to the unfavored left each time, before leading through the first gate with a comfortable lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_3389-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_3389-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_3389-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_3389-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241013_RP2_3389.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Frustration in the INEOS camp was obvious during and between races. The British were not disappointed to with the second race&#8217;s abandonment. They need the time to look closer at the Team New Zealand pre-start trickery.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Ricardo Pinto\/America&#8217;s Cup<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Team New Zealand doubled its advantage on the next leg, padding it to nearly 300 meters and 27 seconds at bottom of the course, and halfway up the third of eight legs INEOS\u2019s Fletcher summed up the British team\u2019s fate: \u201cDon\u2019t think there\u2019s anything we can do, lads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kiwis simply extended over the following legs with a wide-open course, sailing the shifts and strolling through their maneuvers to pile on the pain and a final race-win delta of 52 seconds, the biggest margin of the Match thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fading breeze brought an early end to the day, and Monday\u2019s reserve day now has one race on the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Down 3-to-0\u2014or nil, as the British press prefer as they begin to skewer the hometeam\u2014Ainslie and his longtime trimmer Leigh McMillan, marched to the party line in post-race interviews: they\u2019re not out yet, they\u2019ve got cards yet to play in their hand, and they can dig themselves out of a deep hole. It\u2019s a hole they\u2019re plenty familiar with, but a flawless Team New Zealand outfit is standing atop it, shovels sharpened and ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow seeing what the Kiwis are doing and the way they are approaching the starts and races, we can learn from that and come up with another plan,\u201d McMillan said. \u201cWe have slightly different options under our hat that we have not pulled out yet and we\u2019ll find the right time to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emirates Team New Zealand got a piece of INEOS Britannia in the pre-start of Race 3, and then went for the kill to take the series to 3-0. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":79695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Dave Reed","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[170,2857,387,2945,177,178],"class_list":["post-79697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-americas-cup","tag-americas-cup-37","tag-emirates-team-new-zealand","tag-ineos-britannia","tag-racing","tag-sailboat-racing"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}