Americas cup! As requested!

[AlJones]

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Here we are then continued from other post!!

Race five, currently 2-2 on the down wind leg about to gibe.

Kiwis about to change kite on, Totn their kite, KIWIs hoisting a new one, cutting sails and stuff, kite in the water with mad stuff going on at the moment.

No kite drawing them down SUI infront now, Come on Kiwis!! They've lost the tack of the new kite now iswell!!

 

[AlJones]

Turning out of the run to take the preasure of the sail now. A hidious wine glass kite as they attempt to hoist their 3rd.

They curently have

Torn kite with no sheets on it,

No 2 kite flying out under no control,

3rd now got rid of the wine glass and trying to get kite no 2 down!! Its flying horizontally from the top of the mast!!

They've freed it, dumped it in the water.


They now Gibe at the stabd Layline, and are now settled-ish!
They seem to have been trying to peel, and it all went to rat-shlt!

SUI 185mm

NZL

 

[AlJones]

NZL coming back on.

Clear decks, crew worked bl00dy well together to get that bunch of nasties sorted.

They are back on line and are now eating into the Swiss lead.

SUI 165m

NZL

 

[flaming]

What sort of kite are they flying? Sounds like it might be windy enough for symetricals?

 

[AlJones]

The Kiwis are now on their 3rd kite, thats buggered their sail wardrobe on this race. The Swiss gibing, nicely done.

Big sails out, full main, kite and it looks like a No2 flying jib!!!!!

At the mark now,

SUI on the beat now, Kiwis under preasure +26 secs, they used the other mark and are now coming up the pt side of the course.

 

[AlJones]

They were flying their big red kite, that had a nick in it, and they wereabout to peel it when it went bang, they went for the symet, then they had to fly the jenicker!!! They only have one mast head haliyard now!!

SUI 85m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

NZL beating better than the Swiss.

Swiss on pt tack, NZL on stbd.

Each on their own side of the course. The Swiss have the advantage altough in distance is reducing between them.
Coming up to the first cross over.

NZL may have to tuck behind SUI, or tack!

 

[AlJones]

NZL forced to tack away from dirty wind.

There seems to be alot of water in the lee side of NZL!

SUI 62m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

Sui found some flat water to tack in, slight wind shift and gained more of an advantage there.

SUI 70m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

The Swiss are the windward boat,

The Swiss are finding the wind shifts, just touching 15knts.

SUI 80m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

The Swiss are seeming to be sailing at a tighter angle for the mark, thus losing a bit of boat speed, but will not have to tack!

The NZL boat is a tad less volume than the Swiss, and therefore may tack easier!

2km to mark

SUI 65m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

This is brilliant racing !


SUI 4 lengths ahead now

SUI 92m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

The further the boats go out into the med, the wind is veering a tad.

SUI 98m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

The Swiss have pushed 1/2 a length more out of the Kiwis. SUI 105m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

The Kiwis are going for the left layline, and will prob tack on the line!

 

[AlJones]

The Swiss are holding on to their lead. Kiwis tack passed the layline and lost 15m more!

Ready for the kite, something happening on the Swiss boat whilst getting ready for the kite run!!

SUi at the mark Kite run now,

NZL + 24 secs

 

[AlJones]

Run home now.

Swiss nearly had their kite dragged overboard by waves as they were preping for the hoist.

Bl00dy adverts now, standby!

 

[AlJones]

SUI 127m

NZL

No need for a gibing duel, with that lead.

 

[AlJones]

Steady gibes now by the Kiwis

Swiss bow digging in, showing that she is surffing!! the crew are sheeting in like mad to get the most out of it! Bl00dy big dinghy sailing /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

SUI 104m

NZL

 

[AlJones]

The Swiss flying their Asem kite, and working well!!

The Kiwi's experiencing some gremlins this race.

SUI 80m

NZL