by Capt. Flak » Wed May 09, 2007 6:19 pm
That is my point, the result was meaningless except to earn the choice of who to sail. I think they threw the race from the stand point that they did not care. If they kept their lead on the first beat, I think they would have defended it down the run, but why not at least throw a loose cover on the Kiwis if at least to give the spectators a race? Why let them split that far?
I think they have some speed in reserve and did not want to show it to the Kiwis. They also wanted to conserve their sail inventory.
Like Dickson said in the press conference, "the bad news is we don't get to choose, the good news is we don't get to choose!"
Baring any equipment failures, I think Oracle sweeps Luna Rosa.
It only took a couple of minutes for NZL to make a huge gain, but these guys know how much they are gaining or loosing second by second. Once they saw NZL make even the smallest gain, they would have tacked to get back. The fact that they did not, says to me that they did not care.
Joe Walter #24