Issue 15 | 9 May 2016
Cup Experience Monday News
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Video 2 10.05.
Race3 Start
ETNZ Snatches Victory, Denies Oracle the win, again
Video Highlights - New York AC World Series
Photos from New York
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Video Highlights - New York America's Cup World Series
Looking east across the Hudson River to the New York skyline with the One World Trade Center tower.
The short race course was set across the Hudson River, with the current flowing from right to left in the image.
Enthusiastic fans crowded into the America's Cup Village and along the riverfront to watch the action. Two giant J Class yachts, J5 Ranger and J8 Topaz dominated the marina.
Video: Emirates Team New Zealand Wins in New York
and Stays Atop the Leaderboard
Going into the last race, all six teams had a chance to win the regatta. With four of the teams bunched on the downstream side of the course, struggling to avoid being carried outside the course limits by the current, the Kiwis found a gust and roared off to win the race and the regatta.Click image to play.
Race 3: ETNZ is in trouble. They are being pushed towards the mark and they are early to the line.
Race 3. ETNZ is hooked on the mark and they have picked up a penalty for being OCS (On the Course Side of the line) at the starting signal. Notice, too, that Artemis is off to a poor start, sailing behind the line. On Leg 1 they will be out of position to round Mark 1 and be forced to sail back to round it properly.
Race 3: Blair Tuke and Guy Endean try to get ETNZ free from the starting mark.
Race 3 Leg 4: The current, flowing from top to bottom of the image, has carried Land Rover BAR and SoftBank Team Japan outside the course limit, giving them penalties. Meanwhile you can see the ripples on the water where the gust has launched Team New Zealand into the lead and on their way to winning the race and the regatta.
All three lights flashing on BAR. The green light means he is within five boatlengths of the course limit. Ainslie felt Japan did not give him enough room at the course limit. The red light means Ainslie has protested Japan. The blue light means he has a penalty - for going outside the course limits. The umpires ruled that Japan gave him enough room, but Japan then picked up a penalty of their own when the current took them outside the boundary.
Race 3 Finish: Team New Zealand and Oracle have crossed the checkered finish line. Team Japan, Team France and BAR follow.
Video: Race 1 Start and Leg1
America's Cup World Series Race 1 Start - New York - May 2016
Artemis Racing makes the smart move at Mark 1, gybing to get better pressure. They took the lead and went on to win the race. Click image to play.
Artemis on the way to winning Race 1. Look at the two J Class yachts in the marina, with their battle flags: J5 Ranger and J8 Topaz. They will be in Bermuda during the America's Cup in 2017. A good opportunity to see whether grand monohulls are more spectacular than foiling cats!
The best seats in the house? The crew of Topaz sit on the boom to watch the action.
Video: Race 2 Start and Leg 1
Oracle got caught in the current and were swept over the line early in Race 2. They fought back to finish the race in second.
Artemis won Race 1 but came in last in Race 2. France did the opposite - last in Race 1 but first in Race 2. With a 4th in the third race, Groupama Team France got on the podium for the first time in the ACWS. Click image to play.
Video: Race 3 Start and Leg 1
This time it was Emirates Team New Zealand's turn to get into trouble at the start. Too far downstream and outside the pin end of the line, they hooked the mark's anchor line. The rest of the fleet took off while the Kiwis struggled to get free. They fought back into contention and then caught a gust on the penultimate leg to win the race and the regatta. Keep your eye on Artemis. They got a bad start, then made things worse by being unable to round Mark 1 properly. They needed to sail back to Mark 1, dropping them to last in Race 3 and last in the regatta. Click image to play.
Big Enthusiastic Crowds in Spite of Gray Skies and No Wind on Saturday
Light and shifty winds combined with the Hudson River's current to challenge both the Race Committee and the teams. On Saturday only a provisional race was held, after the TV window had passed. It was the third time in five regattas that a full day of racing was lost. The crowds in the AC Village and lining the river edge were excited just to see the AC45F's even if they had to be towed to show off their foiling.
The crowd loved seeing the race boats foiling, even when they had to be towed on Saturday in order to put on a show.
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