Sailing dynamite: A day for the match racing purists by Mark Jardine 14 Feb 05:43 GMT 13-22 February 2021
Many of the America s Cup traditionalists have derided the foiling revolution, vocally saying the speed of the yacht isn t important, it s all about close, tight racing. Right now, that viewpoint seems redundant as we ve got both the extraordinary speed of the AC75s and full-on match racing. The combination is sailing dynamite.
After going two races down on day one, it was obvious that INEOS TEAM UK were going to be aggressive, but there s a fine line between aggression and greed. When Ben Ainslie was looking for the hook in race 3, Giles Scott correctly called that they were already on the lay-line for the left hand side of the line, gifting Luna Rossa the start. As Kenny Read said on the live commentary, Britannia was, going for the hook when there wasn t one to be had .
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