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I'd like know what the lateral separation was when BMW got ahead because they are seriously out pointing alinghi

 

looks like BMW now think they can sail quicker upwind without their jib!

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14:49

USA appear to have their weather hull flying higher consistently and are sailing at a very slightly higher angle to the breeze. 180 degrees at the windward mark, eight knots.

 

 

14:51

So at around 15 minutes after the start USA overhaul Alinghi and make good that initial deficit of around 650 metres when they got across the start line. Both making between 17 and 19 knots in 6-7 knots. They have sailed about a kilometre in 20 minutes.

 

 

14:55

USA have now rolled away their jib and are flying wing only, no jib and are expected to point a little higher, now making consistently 19 knots plus and hit 20 knots boat speed.

 

 

14:57

And USA sitting consistently higher and faster, wing only. Dirk De Ridder (NED) trimming the wing, very experienced sailor on his second America's Cup, won the round the world race with USA tactician John Kostecki and trimmer Ross Halcrow.

 

 

15:03

Alinghi catching, now 140 metres or so behind when they were 440 metres behind.

 

 

15:06

So certainly much closer than most expected, really not much between them in terms of boat speed. Speculation had the crossover between the two around 8-9 knots wind speed perhaps and we are pretty close to that. At the top mark we hear the wind is lighter, maybe 5.5 to 6 knots. About half way up the 20 miles beat now. Really very close, despite the huge differences in design philosophy. Perhaps the design teams taking a quiet sigh of relief, but huge credit is due to both design and build teams.... and those who have put in the hundreds of thousands of man hours of labour to get here. Fantastic match so far.....

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