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Let’s look at the second downwind leg in Race 10 on Sunday 15 September, won by ETNZ.
In Race 10 of the America’s Cup Match, Emirates Team New Zealand rounded the right mark at Gate 3 about one second behind Oracle Team USA who rounded the left mark. This gave ETNZ starboard advantage on the first cross going downwind.
At the first cross, OTUSA on port ducked ETNZ on starboard. Could they have crossed closer and kept the race closer? What would you do on an AC72 with a closing speed of 76 knots towards the right of way boat? This cross shows the extreme nature of AC72’s in the America’s Cup Match,
Blasting along the second downwind leg of Race 10 of the America’s Cup Match, both AC72’s were able to sail deep angles on starboard tack.
ETNZ gybed onto port and crossed OTUSA easily, leading by about 200 meters. At this moment, there was nothing OTUSA could do to get back into the race.
ETNZ gybed onto starboard at the layline for the last mark before the dash to the finish line. OTUSA needs one more gybe in this image. With this win, ETNZ reclaimed the momentum i the 34th America’s Cup Match.
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