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New Zealand team skipper Peter Burling says his crew will focus on the small details during the day’s break before the race resumes on Friday tied 1-1 with Luna Rossa.
Burling said that in the first two days, two races could have been for either team, and it is what happened in the last 30 seconds before Wednesday’s start that determined the results.
An aggressive move by Italian challenger Luna Rossa in the first outing was unsuccessful, putting them on the defensive until the end, and a timing error by the defender before the line cost them the second run.
But what those critical details are, which the defender will analyze, remains a mystery.
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“Usually we focus on everything – there are so many little details on these boats that you have to do well to move around the track in good shape,” Burling said. Things.
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Burling hinted at subtle differences in the way they sail in Te Rehutai, when asked why the ship seemed to move more during maneuvers and if they were exposed in close duels.
Each team has practiced in a different way, gotten comfortable and developed their boat in a different way, we have solved it in a way that is probably different from other teams, and Luna Rossa solved it in another way again, ”he said. .
Burling said that in the second race, which the team lost, the difference could have been a maneuver at the start line that they should have executed two seconds earlier than they did.
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Peter Burling, skipper of the New Zealand team.
Teams alternate which of them enters the starting area from the port side first, which is often seen as a strategic advantage, but Burling ruled it out as a factor.
“Both entries [from port and starboard] they are quite similar, what counts is the way the boats execute the last part of the maneuver; in both starts, anyone could have won with 30 seconds to go, a small mistake cost it, “he said.
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Luna Rossa jumped over the New Zealand team in race two to end opening day 1-1
The boss said the team would review all the data to make the best plan for Friday, which he suggested it might not necessarily look like Wednesday.
“None of us really knew how fast we were going to go, and now we only really know, in one condition, how fast each of these boats is,” Burling said. Things.
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The New Zealand team stayed ahead of Luna Rossa in the first race of the America’s Cup in Auckland, but lost the second.
While both Burling and Luna Rossa’s helmsman Jimmy Spithill recognized the importance of starts in Wednesday’s two victories, they both say an old cup mantra still holds.
“It’s still the fastest boat to win the cup,” Burling said, not just the one that wins every start.
“The fastest boat will win the Cup, end of story,” Spithill said.
The pair resume their 1-1 duel on Friday and will sail two races a day every day, until one has secured seven wins, with lighter winds forecast for the weekend.
