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Latitude 38 October 2013 Latitude 38 Latitude VOLUME 436 O 3 WE GO WHERE THE WIND BLOWS OCTOBER 2013 VOLUME 436 AMERICA'S CUP 34 — There is a new gold standard at the highest level of yacht racing. It's AC72s on San Francisco Bay. Like the America's Cup itself, there is no second place. The transformation brought about by the creation of the AC72s has been no less than that of biplanes to passenger jets, Model Ts to F1 cars, or snail mail to high-speed Internet. Since this sailing show of a lifetime happened on our home waters, we hope you didn't miss it. Having already made an improb- didn't come as a complete shock. After clear, the result was not. "The obvious ably spectacular comeback from an falling behind by seven races, OTUSA difference was Oracle's ability to foil 8-to-1 deficit in the improbably exciting was on a roll, having roared back to an upwind," said Kiwi helmsman Dean 34th America's Cup on San Francisco 8-to-8 tie. Barker. "Oracle's boat systems or [sail- Bay, Oracle Team USA came from behind But there was more to it than that. ing] technique were better suited for in the 19th and final Kiwi head Grant foiling upwind for sustained periods." race to defeat Emir- Dalton said he'd Dalton said that by the end of the ates Team New Zea- "slept the best I have Cup, Oracle had made a 90-second im- land and retain the in a week" because provement between the two boats on the oldest trophy — 162 he was confident weather legs. "A huge difference." years — in sport. that he knew what Having achieved effective upwind The thrilling the outcome was go- foiling capability in time for the last two comeback was one ing to be — although races was like the U.S. getting the atomic for the ages, and not it wasn't going to be just in yacht racing. good. As a result, the Cup received un- precedented main- The final victory stream media cov- was not a case of erage and made the Kiwis faltering, converts of many but rather of Oracle who had previously ACEA ABNER KINGMAN / having continued to been indifferent if "When you're staring down the barrel of a hone some combina- not outright hostile gun, you can either get wobbly in the knees tion of the various to yacht racing. So or smile." So says Oracle helmsman Jimmy aspects of their ef- Spithill who smiled when behind 1 to 8. He's many enthusiastic fort. First, having 'Latitude's MVP of America's Cup 34. new fans — most of been taught how to them non-sailors — rushed down to the tack and jibe by the Kiwis in the early Cup Village to watch the final race that races, Oracle had gotten up to par. Sec- the Fire Marshall had to turn thousands ond, Oracle's replacement tactical team away. — a triumvirate of Ben Ainslie, Tom The last race was a stomach-churning Slingsby and helmsman Jimmy Spithill nail-biter for 2¼ legs, but the final result — were making nearly flawless decisions, Crosses and curves, nobody realized what even when they took gambles. They were great match racing boats the AC72s could be helped by no longer having the slower — but only with superb crews. boat. But most of all, the victory was due to what Larry Ellison said was the Oracle team engineers "breaking the code." The AC72s are formula boats, which means they could be modified throughout the regatta. Oracle had made more than a dozen modifications. Ellison refused to specify what modifi- cations he meant by "breaking the code," and later hedged the importance of the modifications by saying, "Our VMG was faster with the bow down," indicating that improved sailing technique had also helped. Kiwi commentators speculated about an automatic stability augmentation system that supposedly helped balance Oracle when foiling upwind. The Kiwi boat had a similar system, but it was manually operated. GILLES MARTIN-RAGET./ ACEA GILLES MARTIN-RAGET./ While the changes made are un- THE GREATEST EVER of many thousands of flag-waving Oracle fans — most of them newly minted — lin- bomb to end World War II. As a result, maintain it on the run to the second lee- ing the San Francisco waterfront. Most the two last races were near spitting im- ward mark and reach to the finish. There of the vocal but ever-friendly Kiwi fans ages of each other. The Kiwis won both was only a slight variation to this in the were already back in New Zealand, as the thrilling starts, maintained a slight the event was supposed to have ended advantage during the high-speed run three days before. Two days of excessive down to the leeward mark. Then came "I'm biased toward Auckland, winds and one day of insufficient wind the upwind 'leg of truth'. but I can't think of a better had forced the event to be extended. During the first of the two races, there place to race than San was a thrilling moment when the boats Francisco Bay." were side by side at the same speed During the press conference after heading for the boundary near the cone — Grant Dalton the Cup, Spithill and other Oracle team of Alcatraz. Suddenly Oracle got up on members praised their Kiwi opponents. her foils and, as if turning on turbo- second of the last two races, completing As well they should, for the Kiwis had chargers, took off. This allowed Oracle to the unprecedented comeback and retain- given them the battle of a lifetime, and build a substantial lead to the weather ing the Cup for Oracle Team USA. Throughout the 19-race Cup series, there were mark — just as the Kiwis had been able When Oracle crossed the finish line for plenty of ups and downs. Oracle started the to do to them in the early races — and the last time, it was much to the delight series way down low and a little slow. - ABNER KINGMAN / ACEA ABNER KINGMAN / AMERICA'S CUP 34 — had been magnanimous in the early go- ing when it looked as if they would pound Oracle by 9 to 1. We're blessed to have him." Ellison saluted Kiwi skipper Dean Ellison said Coutts' contributions, Barker in particular. "No one should included saying, "It didn't make any have the weight sense," that the Kiwis were faster upwind of a nation on when they were leading 8-1. In another his shoulders example, Ellison pointed out that Coutts like Dean Bark- had repeatedly advised Spithill to drive er did." But it lower and faster instead of higher and had been on his slower — the latter a common multihull shoulders. The driving mistake. Spithill threw his head ratings for the back in laughter of acknowledgment. Kiwi television Spithill, whose resolute confidence broadcasts had at the darkest moments had saved the been the highest day more than once for Oracle, and who ever. And when relentlessly spoke of OTUSA being a team it was over, Dal- effort, echoed Ellison's description of the ton noted that, seldom-seen Coutts as being "the team's RICARDO PINTO / ACEA / RICARDO PINTO "The country is leader." devastated." "We'll try our best," said Dean Barker before the Added to the start of the last race, pressure was Classy sportsmen that the Kiwis which was code for the fact that the are, Barker and his defeated mates "We're screwed." And Kiwi govern- praised the Oracle effort. Barker, in his they were, largely by Ora- ment, which had normal soft voice and subdued tone, cle's new-found ability to chipped in $25 noted that it was difficult to accept defeat foil to weather. million, made it after victory had been so tantalizingly clear that if the Kiwi team didn't bring close for so long. the Cup home, they wouldn't get any How close? In the light-air 13th race, ACEA / RICARDO PINTO government money for future America's leeward mark, about to start the weather Cups. leg, where at that stage in the Cup they "You know what 8 to 1 is? absolutely owned Oracle. And the Kiwis It's motivation." were leading at the start of race 12, but The post-race press conference was — JImmy Spithill seconds later it was called for excessive Ellison's first public Cup-related appear- wind. The Kiwis didn't whine about hav- ance in some time, and he was charming. "I'll get behind that." ing had bad luck, but that had been the When asked if Russell Coutts' job with — Larry Ellison case. the Oracle team had really been in jeop- ardy — as had been widely rumored — if they were a ridiculous 1,200 meters Oracle had lost, Ellison laughed. "Russell ahead of Oracle with just a mile to the There was a trace of bitterness from Coutts is the leader of this team. He's finish when the race was called off on Kiwi leader and frequent crewmember won more America's Cups than anyone, account of the 40-minute time limit. Dalton, who not only looked very tired and it's his job as long as he wants it. Had the race lasted just another few from putting his 56-year-old body There were a lot of great viewing options, but minutes, the Cup would now be on tour through races that were far more physi- oddly enough most of them were from on land through the cities, towns and villages of cally demanding than in any previous — unless you had a big screen HD on your boat.
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