{"id":79706,"date":"2024-10-14T18:29:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=79706"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:53:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:53:41","slug":"emirates-team-new-zealand-add-another-point-ineos-britannia-scrambling-for-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/emirates-team-new-zealand-add-another-point-ineos-britannia-scrambling-for-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates Team New Zealand Add Another Point, INEOS Britannia Scrambling For Speed"},"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_241014_RP2_4955-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Louis Vuitton 37th America&#039;s Cup - Race Day 3, Race 4\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4955-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4955-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4955-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4955.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&#8217;s Taihoro is proving to be a precision machine, unmatched after four races.<\/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>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americascup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louis Vuitton 37th America\u2019s Cup Match<\/a> was envisioned to be a marathon to seven wins, with a calendar of potential race days stretching into October 27. But only three days into this regatta, it\u2019s looking as though the base pack-ups for challenger and defender alike could very well be happening sooner than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With another convincing defeat on the waters off Barcelona, Emirates Team New Zealand has brought the series to 4-0, leaving INEOS Britannia with an impossible task. Yes, the British Challenger of Record can and will get faster, and that\u2019s all fine and good, but therein lies the rub: Emirates Team New Zealand can and will too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The race statistics don\u2019t lie\u2014Emirates Team New Zealand\u2019s <em>Taihoro<\/em> is a faster boat. And the visuals from the water paint a vivid picture of a lethal package\u2014the Kiwi AC75 is a low-flying \u201caeroplane\u201d that helmsmen Peter Burling and Nathan Outteridge with trimmers Andy Maloney and Blair Tuke can throw around with ease and confidence\u2014as they\u2019ve done since the day they launched the boat in April. The boat is rock-steady in a straight line and tack losses are a sniff, and this is no hyperbole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s one and only race provides compelling proof.<\/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\/\/94mtgYaBAQg' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With both boats getting across the starting line relatively evenly\u2014Emirates Team New Zealand at the port end and INEOS at the starboard end\u2014a small wind shift gave the British initial advantage as both boats tacked off the boundary. INEOS planted a proper lee bow tack and Emirates Team New Zealand waited just long enough to open up a bit of runway along the left boundary.<\/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_241014_IR105575-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"INEOS Britannia\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_IR105575-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_IR105575-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_IR105575-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_IR105575.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\">A defensive start for both teams gave INEOS Britannia the breathing room they needed to control the Kiwis off the first boundary, but the advantage was gone by the first mark.<\/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>Here\u2019s the impressive part: Consider that the Kiwis first tacked off the boundary 50 seconds into the race, then tacked away from INEOS\u2019s cover 20 seconds later, and then tacked back off the boundary with roughly 20 seconds of speed build. The simple math is this: three tacks within the span of 40 seconds\u2014with 29-knot entry speeds and 24 knots at the bottom end\u2014and when it was all said and done they were still only a boatlength behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much for pinning the Kiwis against the boundary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey were in a strong position off that first boundary and we had to wiggle our way out of that situation and had two pretty nice tacks to keep it close,\u201d said Emirates Team New Zealand trimmer Andy Maloney. \u201cOne of the cool things about these Version 2 AC75s is that they tack extremely well with the bigger span foils and you can build speed and get up to your tacking speed pretty quickly, so it does give options when getting squashed against the boundary.<\/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_241014_RP2_4611-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Emirates Team New Zealand\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4611-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4611-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4611-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_4611-2.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 comfortably tacked below INEOS on the port layline to the right gate mark, a defining moment of Race 4.<\/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>Once on the open course the New Zealanders put the throttles down and ducked INEOS in their next intersection to set up for the next intersection at the top of the course. Now on starboard tack, they executed a perfect leebow tack that set them up for an easy layline through the gate, forcing INEOS to tack away to the unfavored left gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the first downwind cross, Emirates Team New Zealand had starboard advantage again, forcing the British to duck. While still close at the second gate the New Zealanders were in complete control of the race, sailing the course as they wished and piling on the distance leg by leg until finishing a good 350 meters and 23 seconds ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a welcome reserve day on tap for INEOS Britannia on Tuesday, it\u2019s back to the data analysts said trimmer Bleddy Mon after racing when asked whether it would be a sailing day or a date crunching numbers with the performance team. \u201cWe don\u2019t need more time on the water at this point,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just need to work on the last bit of details.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams are set to meet again on Wednesday for two more races and the forecast is similar to the races thus far, 6 to 10 knots. Should the Kiwis continue to march toward a sweep, the regatta could well be done by Friday, October 18.<\/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_241014_RP2_5226-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Emirates Team New Zealand\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_5226-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_5226-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_5226-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37AC_241014_RP2_5226.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\">The sailors of Emirates Team New Zealand are sitting on a 4-0 lead in the first-to-seven Louis Vuitton 37th America&#8217;s Cup Match after three days of racing.<\/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>\u201cI think we&#8217;ve made a step forward again with the performance of the boat and are attacking nicely,\u201d Outteridge said after the race. \u201cSo, we are going really well upwind, obviously we are very happy with that but plenty more to come still.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British are confident they can find a way to get more performance out of their craft as well, but at this point, details may not be nearly enough to stop the bleeding.&nbsp;Slow it, yes. 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