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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 .
Emirates Team New Zealand help with the recovery of Patriot © COR36 / Studio Borlenghi
It seemed as though just a few weeks ago, most of the sailing community was beginning to sing dirges for Sir Ben Ainslie and INEOS Team UK. The team ended up posting an unenviable score of 0-6 during the America s Cup World Series (December 16-19), which was contested on the waters off of Auckland, New Zealand, and which represented the first time that AC75 foiling monohulls raced ahead of the 36th America s Cup (March 6-21).
To be fair, the ACWS was more exhibition than command performance, but INEOS Team UK was so far off the pace in terms of maneuvers that the Prada Cup (January 15-February 22) challenger series looked as if it would be a two-boat affair between American Magic and Luna Rossa. But now, just four weeks later, the situation is entirely different, as INEOS Team UK emerged from the first two round robins of the Prada Cup undefeated.