3-0 is now the score of the third match between Emirates Team New Zealand and Prada Luna Rossa Challenge. The key moment of the match took place in the last minute before the start. This was a great job from James Spithill, who used the starboard entry to control Dean Barker in a long dial up on port tack in 10 knots of sea breeze. Spithill matched every change in Emirates Team New Zealand pushing the situation to its limit until the last minute before the gun. Then, Luna Rossa built speed to come back below the starting line at the moment as Dean Barker engineered his escape by tacking onto starboard. While Luna Rossa had the advantage, should tack in front ETNZ, but the Italians preferred to continue to the left. But the NZ boat had better speed and more pressure on their sails so soon after the start passed the Italian boat, pushing them out of the left layline. The Italians perfermed a perfect gybe set after the first weather mark and chose not to follow the track of the Newzealand boat. The delta kept on increasing and finally ETNZ finished 1:38 ahead. Apart from that, there are also two points I have to make: Fisrt, the ETNZ boat speed may be comming from the very different mainsail trim - traveller positioned upwind, the sheet fully trimmed and the halyard loose. Second, after taking down the spinakker, the ETNZ was approaching the mark with the Genoa trimmed in, while the Italian boat had the Genoa trimmed for downwind. Thus needing more time to take in and point closer to the weather mark.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
ETNZ-Luna Rossa 3-0
3-0 is now the score of the third match between Emirates Team New Zealand and Prada Luna Rossa Challenge. The key moment of the match took place in the last minute before the start. This was a great job from James Spithill, who used the starboard entry to control Dean Barker in a long dial up on port tack in 10 knots of sea breeze. Spithill matched every change in Emirates Team New Zealand pushing the situation to its limit until the last minute before the gun. Then, Luna Rossa built speed to come back below the starting line at the moment as Dean Barker engineered his escape by tacking onto starboard. While Luna Rossa had the advantage, should tack in front ETNZ, but the Italians preferred to continue to the left. But the NZ boat had better speed and more pressure on their sails so soon after the start passed the Italian boat, pushing them out of the left layline. The Italians perfermed a perfect gybe set after the first weather mark and chose not to follow the track of the Newzealand boat. The delta kept on increasing and finally ETNZ finished 1:38 ahead. Apart from that, there are also two points I have to make: Fisrt, the ETNZ boat speed may be comming from the very different mainsail trim - traveller positioned upwind, the sheet fully trimmed and the halyard loose. Second, after taking down the spinakker, the ETNZ was approaching the mark with the Genoa trimmed in, while the Italian boat had the Genoa trimmed for downwind. Thus needing more time to take in and point closer to the weather mark.
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