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34.A-Cup Finale
San Francisco, 7.-21.September 2013
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Das dramatischste AC-Finale
Zwischenstand:
Score: New Zealand 6 - USA 0
Emirates Team New Zealand has won six races and scored six points. Oracle Team USA has won two races but that just erased their two penalty points, bringing them to zero.
Nine points are required to win the America's Cup Match.
Emirates Team New Zealand nearly capsized in Race 8 on Saturday 14 September. A tacking duel between ETNZ and Oracle Team USA produced the most dramatic moment of the America's Cup. ETNZ, on port tack, tried to tack in front of OTUSA but did not have enough hydraulic pressure to change the camber in their wing from port to starboard. OTUSA, with right of way, needed to make a quick maneuver to avoid the Kiwi boat, resulting in a penalty on the Kiwis. OTUSA took over the lead and extended to take the win by 52 seconds - over 1,000 meters.
ETNZ skipper Dean Barker explains how they nearly capsized
America's Cup Race 8 Press Conference - Dean Barker explains near capsizeWatch the Videono ratings yet 5 views
In Race 7 Dean Barker nailed the start, right on the line at full speed as the gun went off. Jimmy Spithill was a fraction late and almost five knots slower off the line. ETNZ led the entire race, winning by over a minute.Read Gary Jobson's comments here and watch a short video clip, courtesy of ACTV:
America's Cup Race 7 ETNZ perfect startWatch the Videono ratings yet 10 views
Dramatic crew change for Oracle Team USA
Oracle Team USA removed tactician John Kostecki from their lineup following Race 5. Four time Olympic gold medalist Ben Ainslie replaced Kostecki. OTUSA had been leading Race 5 when a tactical mistake at the first leeward gate set the stage for the Kiwis to take the lead about halfway up the beat to windward.
Photo: Balasz Gardi
Bringing four time gold medal winner Ben Ainslie on board as tactician did not end Oracle's problems - they lost both Race 6 and Race 7 on Thursday 12 September.
Photo: Gilles Martin-Raget
Momentum shift in Race 8?
OTUSA continues to modify their boat, searching for speed. On Saturday 14 September they seem to have found a faster configuration. They removed the longer bowsprit since they do not use their big downwind sail, the gennaker, in the strong winds we have been seeing. During the press conference, skipper Jimmy Spithill said there were other changes we cannot see, and more changes yet to come.
A good view of the shorter bowsprit on OTUSA. They were faster upwind and more efficient when tacking in Race 8. Have they found the formula to grab the winning momentum away from ETNZ?
ETNZ had been consistently stronger on the upwind legs with more speed and better crew work in the tacks. In racing on Thursday 12 September, they gained over 50 seconds on the upwind leg in each of Race 6 and Race 7. (The America's Cup race course has only one upwind leg.)
But OTUSA may now have shifted the momentum of the Match by winning Saturday's Race 8. For the first time Oracle was faster than the Kiwis upwind, and their crew work looked much sharper. Will they be able to keep winning on Sunday 15 September?
Race Schedule
Emirates Team New Zealand needs to win three more races to score nine points and take the America's Cup. With their two race wins, Oracle Team USA has now erased their two point penalty and needs to win nine more races to defend and to keep the Cup. Two scheduled races were not sailed: OTUSA used their "postponement card" to cancel the second race on Tuesday 10 September. The second race on Saturday 14 September was abandoned because the wind limits were reached.
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