Was This The Day? - America's Cup - Race Day 6 - 19-10-24

As the America's Cup got to match point, was this the day that the oldest international sporting trophy found a new home?
Matt Sheahan reports from Barcelona
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[@attilaplasch6814]

I was hoping for a few more races, but over-all this has been an exciting cup series. The coverage has been terrific! Between PlanetSail, Mozzy Sails and the cups own coverage I was really engaged. Thanks again for your interviews and on-site recaps. I'm already looking forward to the next series.

[@watcharakulworasarn]

I think the official coverage could have covered more of what Planetsails and Mozzy sails are doing after each race to hype up and educate viewers.

[@IntertropicalConvergence-gf3bm]

They should hire mozzy to commentate next cup . U need technical boffin who can explain stuff . Blow by blow

[@GaryPeters-nv8pj]

Mozzy Sails is garbage compared to Planet Sail.

[@watcharakulworasarn]

@@GaryPeters-nv8pj They provide different things. Planet sail doesn’t go in depth into the technical and numbers.

[@ແມ໋ດຢູ່ລາວ]

⁠@@GaryPeters-nv8pjMozzy’s content has been outstanding. Matt’s content has been excellent. End of story. No troll comments required.

[@number1genoa]

Kiwi yachtie here, Mozzy and Matt are the best for coverage/analysis

[@GaryPeters-nv8pj]

Mozzy is rubbish.

[@ronnewsam6129]

Gary Peters - no subscribers. Mozzy Sails - 42000 subscribers. I wonder why?

[@mitchand9]

​@@ronnewsam6129 your subscriber count is 0 too. Tf you on about? Mozzy has great videos for analysis but rubbish for racing coverage

[@chrisfindlay5963]

Thanks so much for your daily updates and reports. Much appreciated all the way from New Zealand.

[@realcleannz6386]

thanks for all of your amazing work Matt! your content has been outstanding. definitely added to my enjoyment of the cup. bring on next time!

[@NZbluesky]

Well said YES!

[@svdeguello2884]

You really are the gold standard as a yachting commentator. Keep up the fantastic work. Selfishly, I hope your commentary if freely available on your channel for eternity. However I won’t be surprised to see you move on to a bigger audience.

[@bradclifton5248]

I would like to remember Glenn Ashby here. In all the stress of this cup, this team built a land yacht , i. A matter of months, took it to Australias salt lake and, took out a world record run. Glenn was great in the commentary box and a great conteibuter to this team.

[@floodo1]

Agreed Glen was great. Peter was nice as well.

[@Gottenhimfella]

I suspect we couldn't have done *any* of what has been achieved since he joined the team without Gashby's unmatched talent and experience. We are SO lucky the Aussies cannot seem to field a challenge of their own. We are the beneficiaries, and can skim the cream of the ones who as well as having top skills are also awesome guys and brilliant at seamlessly slotting into kiwi team culture. Those two (GA and NO) in particular could show 95% of kiwis a thing or two about cooperation and generosity of spirit. The testament to how highly Gashby is valued is that the team said "Hell, yeah!" when he proposed his pet project, a madcap land speed record attempt and a last hurrah for him with the team. Then he went back and broke his own record.... sneaking towards perfection, each brilliant performance slightly better than the last...

[@paulblacklock2160]

Thank you for a terrific coverage of the races, I'll miss you tomorrow. All the best. Paul.

[@rossmcintyre1328]

Thank you Matt Sheahan for another brilliant coverage of the AC. Always enjoy listening to your channel. ETNZ Kiwi fan here.

[@tonyfoulkes9289]

Thankyou for your daily videos, totally appreciate your interviews and presentation. Maungaturoto New Zealand.

[@briantodd4368]

Planetsail and Matt Sheahan has been by far the best interviewer for this Americas Cup, thank you for all your hard work!

[@markroper1956]

Have to say, I have heard a lot from the British about how lucky the Kiwi's were... How the Kiwi's had all the funding and data on everyone else... Sorry you all think that a country of 5 million have done this but we have been through the heartbreaks of previous cups and Im sure the Brits will learn from this and come back stronger. Congrats to all teams involved 😊

[@cuqrious]

Kiwis with funding!!! Done on the smell of oily rag unlike billionaires behind challengers. And a country of 5 million has done it Mark Roger!

[@magdaakle27]

Best and most professional and interesting commentator by far. Thank you sir.

[@damageincorporated8558]

Great outro standing in the middle of the crowd talking to yourself, You've been pretty innovative yourself in the presentation, great job 🍾👍

[@GarrettKenny]

Matt, hats off for the amazing coverage over the last 18 months. Hope you get a nice break. Superb

[@sailawayteam]

Congrats to the Kiwis, and also to Ben, well done, the project is still in upwards momentum, clawing their way towards the cup. Keep up the good work, no team is invincible!

[@cuqrious]

No team is invincible but Kiwis didn't assume they would win or have some sort of higher claim to the cup - just total hard work and focus on the job, not themselves. Satisfying win.

[@sailawayteam]

@@cuqrious sure, absolutely Kiwis earned the Cup.

[@15boronia]

Fantastic America's Cup coverage, Matthew So good Thank you.

[@adrianwindo]

Many thanks for the great content throughout the competition ❤

[@gregmorrison7320]

You have had the best daily updates, thank you.

[@kmk9119]

Excellent coverage ...my favorite AC channel ...thank you very much and looking forward to seeing you again covering other fascinating sailing events.

[@antoinep9733]

Have a safe trip home Matt, your updates have been so informative and entertaining. You’re all class.

[@phillipmurray1724]

Really appreciate your kōrero and your mahi through this AC regatta. Fair, accurate and balanced through the series. Must be hard coming so close and not winning. Kia kaha see you next time 🎉🎉🎉

[@plumbear5818]

Great work Matt and your team. You've added so much to the experience for us all. You and Mozzy together make it understandable for us. Well done and thank you. Until next time. Hasta la vista baby

[@Kiwigd]

Great roundup Matt.. thank you from Auckland..

[@peterwilson6363]

Thanks for all your great commentaries Matt. Very concise and balanced I thought. I met you briefly in Auckland last event and hope that they will return to an event in NZ next cycle and see you there.. All the best.

[@neiss2]

Congratulations to TNZ and thanks to Matt for the great coverage of this Americas Cup. I enjoyed each of your pre and post match reviews in a world where anything other than football is still seen as an alien sport. Greetings from Barcelona 🇪🇸!

[@beverleyblakeney566]

What a fabulous team that is team NZ How absolutely superb these guys are

[@MrVorobus]

Fantastic work PlanetSail, throughout this series and with the few history episodes, one of the best sailing channel highlighting the everyday buzz, together with inside tack, sailing girl and occasional Mozzy insights (would be nice to have more). THANK YOU!

[@braydeny]

Amazing work, thanks to all the brits it was a blast.

[@Moamanly]

Thanks Planet Sail for taking us along with you. Your excellent and insightful reports have been my number one source for the entirety of this campaign. Wish you all the best. Kia ora from Aotearoa/NZ.

[@GaryPeters-nv8pj]

There is no aotearoa, just beautiful New Zealand.

[@NZbluesky]

Yes Thank you ! When will we see you on the motor bike here again in NZ?

[@Moamanly]

@@GaryPeters-nv8pj What are you on about?

[@robterrapin9915]

@@GaryPeters-nv8pj There's always an idjit usually with an englander surname trying to deny our tangata whenua heritage. Why not just celebrate the game without the white supremacist tosh? The people who settled here first were and still are some of the greatest sailors the world has ever seen.

[@DivinaeMisericordiae77]

I'm so proud of the boys and even having our good neighbour Ozzie Nathan Outteridge to help us bring the cup home. Just the way they stay humble is awesome and we feel is the Kiwi way. Pete Burling really reminds me of Richie McCaw. He says similar things like Excited by the challenge. Keeping calm etc.Well done and as Sir Graham Henry said back in 2011 It's a great day to be a Kiwi!! And well done to Ben and the team for being so gracious in defeat. A true champion! Kia Kaha and God bless 🙏👍

[@anrkyaI]

Hey Matt what great coverage from you and the team. Been the perfect daily magazine show on the Cup, even had the wife interested. 😆

[@Meatoshi]

Thank you for your great coverage 🎉🎉🎉

[@barfootSmitty]

Been a great ride, thanks Matt!

[@francisdrelling4060]

You did an outstandung job reporting on this event. Thank you! FD

[@rossbrown7213]

Kudos for your coverage during the event… top class. Please do it again next time. Thanks!

[@grahmwatson9806]

Great reporting. Thank you.

[@floodo1]

great coverage as always.

[@MsSailGirl]

Thanks as ever to Matt Sheahan for great America's Cup coverage....and to all the teams who competed and gave us spectators so much excitement. Does anyone know if there's any data/stats comparison analysis of all the foiling boats per race ie. how many issues/problems encountered per foiling boat, the speeds reached, solid/soft wing issues, tech software and controls problems etc. etc.

[@whynot64928]

thank you planet sail, mozzy sails , inside tack for alternative angles on all of this (ETNZ fan and NZ fan since 1987 .. got close to not supporting this time due to decision not to sail in auckland but but came to understand it was the only option

[@johnharris4474]

Ben Ainslee was a true Skipper today , aswesome stuff Ben , John

[@timothythompson2369]

Great coverage. Thank you so much for your excellent work.

[@PlanetSailOnline]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@alanyardley4832]

Hi Matt, HUGE THANK YOU for your fantastic, honest, unbiased, and factual coverage. Commiserations to you and your contrymen re INEOS, but I do hope they will be back for the next one. Cheers Alan Yardley

[@PlanetSailOnline]

Much appreciated! It’s been a great ride and there’s more to come

[@mwasy2713]

Thank you Matt great updates

[@marksinclair701]

Amazing, thank you Matt. Sub'd for the America's Cup coverage but consider me a fan. What's next?

[@Lennyfromwork]

I noticed one guy did a Lando with the champagne 🍾😆

[@D-Marie0970]

Good on you Ben, stick at it, the difference between success and failure can often be, never giving up!

[@johnbenefield922]

Once again a great unbiased well balanced and insightful analysis of the last race and the event overall. Thank you. As to the future not sure how to do it but as a non sailor think more thought perhaps needs to go into finding creative ways to make more opportunities available for trailing boats to try and pass after the start as its seem generally a procession if you leas at the start. Well done TNZ leading the way in technokogy and on the water a great effort by the whole team you've made us all proud.

[@cooldude.1811]

Congratulations to ETNZ, though I would have liked a closer contest as a neutral. It's clear that they still set the bar and other teams need to up their game even further to compete on equal terms.

[@davidandrews1715]

I preferred the one design AC40 races to the stitch up design AC75s. As an onlooker I kept hearing that the defender gets to write the AC75 rules and has a built in advantage. Maybe if they retain the current rules for the next cup cycle we will see better, closer racing.

[@D-Marie0970]

@@davidandrews1715 Its always been like that, for 173 years. All holders of the Americas cup have been beaten by challengers, they just need to be better and do better, not impossible. Simple and fair.

[@OwenKing-r7r]

And shirley comes in with a glass " AND THERE IS NOTHING IN IT"

[@fffuuuu2]

Ahahaha!

[@RF-III]

I’m so sad it’s over 😂 Truly the best AC event ever. Hats off to the teams, organizers, media, and hosts!!

[@minime453]

The kiwis have done it again! Unbelievable, TNZ punching well above their weight against international money and F1 connections

[@joschmoyo4532]

Lol. It's amazing what Arab drug money can achieve with a water jet rudder. Ok it's illegal but when did that ever stop the giant killer's.

[@milescooper1339]

​@@joschmoyo4532you're a real dickhead aren't you.....? And a muppet.....crawl back under yer rock

[@bittersweet340]

@@joschmoyo4532 STOP CRYING 😭😭😂🤤😁

[@enzeda]

Team NZ had all the pieces of the jig saw for the various sailing conditions. The boat and crew ( on water and land) are second to none. Congrats once again Britannia were valiant contenders, they will be back better and stronger next time. Thank you for all your wonderful summaries of the AC Barcelona 2024 regattas

[@AndreDev005]

Thanks Matt you're a bright light in commentary. And to be honest I'm glad I'm not sculling a drink every time Dylan or others say "to be honest" as I'd be p*ssed off my trolley, to be honest. Until next time Matt, may your winds always be favourable! Adieu.

[@tommulvey9449]

So here’s a thought Ben. Form one team. Integrate the sailing and shore teams. Listen to everybody’s input.

[@number1genoa]

Wot ? I thought they would already be structured like that ! (no I'm not being facetious ) One aspect of the ETNZ team is an ethos of "leave your ego at the door " but I'm sure other teams adopt a similar policy or at least I hope so.

[@anmihovil]

Two nations one King. That has to be at least a little comforting. Congratulations to the challenger for providing us with such a high-quality and exciting competition.I will not congratulate the defending champions because the Auld Mug is enough for them.

[@outthereindustries7413]

We love it! Go Team New Zealand!

[@peterebel7899]

The best second of this cup? On the stage Blair bumping the bottle of Champagne on the ground to make the stuff flying upwind with 40 Knots!

[@MerleDoughty-yw6cl]

Let us say a thanks a big thanks to the residents of Barcelona for their patients with the extra influx of people to their city, yes there was a protest.

[@judeobrian8856]

Yep if they hate best to go elsewhere

[@tommulvey9449]

patience

[@GaryPeters-nv8pj]

"Patients". Hahaha, nice one. Did you mean 'patience'?

[@judeobrian8856]

@@GaryPeters-nv8pj genius well done

[@johnharris4474]

..." .It's our/the people " , Thankyou Nathan outeridge

[@cuqrious]

How gracious of Ainslie to say he will help the kiwis put on the next cup (and so greatly improve it!) -and which, again, he claims he will win! "Oh dear. too bad. never mind" (from old BBC comedy "It Ain't Half Hot Mum".)

[@WhatAboutTheBee]

Congratulations to New Zealand Job well done Planet Sail

[@spudpatch55]

Great job to all of TeamNZ especially Taihoro 💪🏼👏🏼🙌🏽👍🏽 💯 just to good!! Thank you to Barcelona, LV & America Cup 🍺

[@Gottenhimfella]

It's going to be interesting to see if the F1 collab will become ever more integrated into GB's path to improved excellence. I feel as if on paper, it has served GB well - given the chance to stretch her legs, Rita 3.0 was generally faster than Taihoro is a straight line, even upwind, particularly in a jobble. But the results on the water provide a current counter-example to the truism that "The fastest boat always wins in the Am Cup". 1970's Gretel II was another, along with 1934 - Rainbow vs. Resolute, and in 1992, America3 may have been slower than the Red Sled, but the latter never even made it to the match, for reasons other than speed. Narrow courses in a sailboat race favour "go-karts" over "Formula 1 cars". Brilliant sailors can always tell designers that, but perhaps a pre-eminent team needs designers who will intuit that without needing to be told or reminded. Design is a creative process, and creativity in its highest expressions wells up from within, rather than being imposed from without. The designers of Team NZ are more tightly integrated with the sailors. This cycle, they even sat in on meetings to do with sailing tactics. And for a third of a century now in that team, there's been an intensifying culture of deep mutual respect between sailors and designers, with each group striving always to learn more from the other, and to support the learning of the other. That doesn't seem to me to be a good fit with parachuting external expertise in, as if it was just another human resource, or a technology transfer. Interestingly though, Dalton recently claimed to be open to trying something similar with an F1 team. So what would I know? I guess we'll see!

[@deandavey7849]

Fantastic job team new Zealand bring it home🤗🏆🏆🏆⛵️🇳🇿👍🫡🥳🍻❤️

[@riffrff]

Ineos improved a lot since the start of the LV Cup, so they have a very good chance for the next AC. OTOH, I expect new teams such as Orient Express to make big strides, and Luna Rossa will come back with a new team so that'll be interesting too. But in the end, as the saying goes: I've never seen the America's Cup won by the slowest boat. See y'all in a couple years!

[@jackweta]

Yep you take on nz Dalton has done an incredible thing AC75 AC40 just wow. The Brits cant quit why would you, win or lose you win.

[@Gottenhimfella]

Indeed. Dalton picked up Blake's mantle, and while he did it reluctantly, and while he might not have been able to match every one of PB's heroic virtues, he either doesn't share his salient faults, or where he does, he has the irreplaceable and incomparable Shoobie to keep him in line. And Dalts' work ethic always was colossal. I remember him being challenged to an arm wrestle by the biggest grinder NZ then had ("Raw Meat" Andrew Taylor) on the mainsheet drum pedestal, on Lion NZ during a quiet moment when we were spectating a qualifying race for the Admirals Cup on the Hauraki Gulf before Lion sailed to Britain. Despite being less heavily built, and an allround sailor rather than a grinder, Dalts held him to an epic draw, on sheer bloody grit, aka mental toughness. PB subsequently picked him as a watch leader for the Whitbread. And I wonder now if he too had been impressed that day by that indomitable trait. The mutual respect of Dalts and Shoobie is a HUGE factor, when taken with the way they manage, between the two of them, to cover off just about all the leadership "must haves". They were both young and bright-eyed notables in the Lion campaign which proved to be such a fertile incubator for team talent in the Am Cup. I have no patience with those who think Dalton is on the take for his personal gain. The same sorts of people said the same of Peter when he was alive. This was around the time when he had mortgaged his house to pay the entry fee because despite his unrelenting efforts to top up the pool of sponsors, it was at an ebb. My hunch is that it's the sort of thing "small" (minded) people are inclined to project onto "big" people, I suppose in a misguided, subconscious attempt to level things up.

[@ashentmariner]

Me? I liked the report's from the middle of the storm, people thinking what's going on Here? You're Good Mate ash'ent'm enjoying the Show 😊 I guess a'a bath will Help 🌎 hopefully 🐸

[@hurri7720]

So close to get there, not really when you lose 7 out of 9 races, but better than for a long time.

[@MckayGeoff]

'We beat them in most of the pre-starts'? Mmmm. Either they actually didn't or ETNZ was faster?

[@greig39]

I was thinking the same thing, I saw ETNZ win most of the starts. Getting across the line first doesn’t mean winning the start… position and speed on the course after the start is the measurement. But hey hoo ⛵️💨🤪

[@MckayGeoff]

@greig39 Yes, I think who wins first cross is a better measure.

[@richardelliott8352]

thank you for structuring the headline to not disclose the results , and thereby spoil the viewing. I still can't resist complaining about the Middle East sports washing the world

[@hamishcraig6999]

Dylan who? Was this his first time in Americas Cup, and he thinks he beat ETNZ at the start, and with a bit more time Ineos would have won? Seriously? And of course ETNZ wrote the rules (in conjunction with the Challenger of Record), so that was unfair too. Forgetting of course that Ineos had been involved previously. And he has beaten Burling before (in some race, somewhere!). Giles was the preferred helmsman as well, and this fellow comes along as johnny come lately, and knows it all! And all ETNZ money (yeah right as they didn't have billionaire Mr Ineos and Mercedes behind them), and on and on he goes. Not a good style for the losing team, but I suppose he is new to this.

[@Gottenhimfella]

Steady on, mate. You're starting to sound a bit like an Italian fan -- and they generally can be excused because they're so passionate by nature, and somewhat unreasonable at times. But they generally wear it lightly when you point it out, and their sunny disposition comes back to the fore. Dylan has given voice to a number of sincere and complimentary comments about TNZ since the last race, and we saw him and his coach having a beer and amicable chat with Nathan O. on the dock shortly after getting off the boat. And yet there are kiwi fans sticking it to him for being "ungracious" and "surly". I would have thought today was a day when any kiwi would find it easy to think the best of everybody. Personally I cannot fault the sportsmanship of any of the contestants in this cycle, including Alinghi. But even if I could pick things to criticise, I'd not pick today to dwell on them. Especially not in public.

[@johne6479]

Thanks Matt, bring on the 38th :)

[@GG-si7fw]

Congratulations to the Kiwis. They've established a sailing dynasty. I believe they'll win the next 3-4 cups.

[@Gottenhimfella]

That would be a severe test of character. It must become increasingly hard to remain both hungry and humble. To be considered a pass would require (I feel) not just winning, but doing so without yielding to tempation (or lethargy) and tilting the playing field. It may not currently be perfectly flat, but it's certainly better than it ever was in the past (at least if the cordial ongoing relations with the CoR are any guide) and it seems to me that there's no honour and barely any satisfaction -- other than a brief, gleeful sugar-high -- from winning a contest which is even slightly rigged.

[@GG-si7fw]

@@Gottenhimfella I think the spacing of the event, every 3-4 years gives a break from the burnout.

[@NZbluesky]

Sir Grant Dalton has my vote!

[@johnharris4474]

Ben Ainslee said it , " The best team won '. Commentary & words mean little , it's all done on the course John (NZ)

[@geoffnewman3109]

Pity about the tickertape and the champagne. It spoiled the moment imo

[@whatisgoingon999]

In Formula 1 the corners are the key to a fast car. We now know that the same is true in the Americas Cup for a fast boat. Ineos need a faster boat in the corners, and they might win next time.

[@Gottenhimfella]

I personally think with the courses being so narrow in relation to the speeds of the boats, a go-kart would be a better comparison than an F1. The straights are still so long in an F1 match that you really cannot afford to trade off much top speed.

[@petergrundy8081]

Great Coverage I really enjoyed the challenger series but the actual cup races were pedestrian bar 1 or 2 races. Yep the Kiwis have it nailed will continue to do so until they either get bored or run out of money. I am not sure if Prada would have done much better but my money was on American Magic oh well till next time

[@TheBardsCorner]

Have we heard it right? GBR once more Challenger of Record?

[@PlanetSailOnline]

Yes

[@TheBardsCorner]

@@PlanetSailOnline a pity. I was expecting LRPP to challenge. Perhaps this is a telltale sign.

[@barryscott6222]

The Kiwi's took a number of campaigns to get to the point of winning. The Brits on a good pathway to copying that success. Keep pushing forward.

[@bittersweet340]

New Zealand has a legacy and a deep love affair with the Cup. I wasn't expecting the Brits to make the final, but they exceeded all expectations!

[@Gottenhimfella]

Indeed. The Australians had Gretel in 1962 which took one race off the Yanks, then they sat out 1964 on the sidelines. Next in in 1967 Dame Pattie lost in a clean sweep , then in 1970 Gretel II won one, but it could easily have been three (she was faster than the NYYC defender Intrepid, which was being given a second trot after beating Dame Pattie). Then Bondy took over the "Aussie battler" mantle with "Southern Cross" in 1974 and "Australia" in both 1977 and 1980, with only one win in those three tries-- but that win was in the 1980 attempt, against -- for the first time -- the prodigiously talented and focused Dennis Connor -- so the trend was promising. Then in 1983 the same designer came up with a new boat (the legendary Australia II) whose skipper (John Bertrand) FINALLY prevailed 4-3 against a defending boat which was significantly slower under some circumstances, but arguably more consistently well sailed (again, by Dennis Conner). and THE REST as they say IS HISTORY as was everything before and during that interesting, prolonged 21 year gestation. The British now have a brilliant team, one third of the age at which the Ockers (admittedly as a challenging nation, not a single team) wrested the Cup from a significantly less fair-minded defender.

[@teawaruaedwards274]

KIWIS were doing CAT and MOUSE wit da POMS. From the start the KIWIS kept them close.At every mark they would bear away couple 100m and the POMS spend whole leg catching up. Last leg KIWIS opened up and GONE 1000M WIN.

[@Gottenhimfella]

The challenger had the faster boat, especially down wind. (Otherwise they could not have kept catching up.) Which creates the illusion of cat vs mouse...

[@teawaruaedwards274]

@@Gottenhimfella yep? Kept hearing the faster boat theory, NOT FAST, THEY LAST.

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@teawaruaedwards274 The Poms had the faster boat (in a straight line, especially in bumpy conditions with light breeze). The Kiwis had faster sailors, especially in tricky breezes. Possibly a faster boat upwind in smooth seas and very light breezes. But I'm sure you have a bright future in dreaming up catchy slogans, so Kia kaha, bro!

[@teawaruaedwards274]

@@Gottenhimfella PATRIOTISM can sometimes bring its SILLY REWARDS.

[@70k70wn]

Winning the start don't mean you going to win the race, that fellas abit bitter odds stacked against you, mate they dropped ETNZ boat. lol

[@tommulvey9449]

In what way were the odds stacked against you?

[@BruceHoult]

They weren't a week ago ... they were today.

[@bernardoborchardt2073]

The faster boat wins.

[@Gottenhimfella]

Circular logic 101: "The fastest boat always wins in the Am Cup" "Oh yeah: How about 2024? On the data, Britannia was faster" "Yes, but on the water, Taihoro was faster" "By what yardstick?" "It won more races"

[@TheUltimateWriterNZ]

I would love it if they did a fleet racing event just for the fans as like an ‘all star game’ sort of thing with low stakes etc

[@GaryPeters-nv8pj]

Not possible on these courses. Imagine the carnage?

[@Silvius.2]

See you also at next Cup. Great races all over 🙏 in pacifican waters next turn... NZ should have already a plan bringing ten thousands fans down under - with AC and travel combo🤷 European doing it with subventions thats not kiwis system like but sometimes u must spend money before earning then a long time? 🥝 are loving most arround world. Every knowing pacifican and kiwis anyway.

[@gbrown9663]

Imagine the day English win it back.i would imagine every English child would want to be a sailor then..the hardest part then will they want to call it the America.cup.because by my understanding it originally started out as the hundred pound cup.this will be a dilemma.for the english.but until then they need to up their ability of sailing.because being behind at the start certainly didn't assure of a lost because new Zealand had improved themselves and had 4 extra eyes and 4 deciding the next move.where I notice only two had the coms on the English boat.its a team effort.some may see what you don't see.thats the difference between a fully working team .that's what new Zealand had.peter burling listen to his team

[@Rickxta]

Tell me, how does a team become “challenger of record “. And are there benefits that accrue from that?

[@BruceHoult]

By standing next to the TNZ boss as their yacht crosses the finish line of the last race, and being first to hand them a formal challenge, the basic parameters of which have been agreed in adavnce. It wasn't so organised in the old days, which is why weird and unproductive things such as the 1988 and 2010 events happened.

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@BruceHoult He was not standing next to the TNZ boss (who was on the chase boat) but the Commodore of the challenging yacht club (in this case, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron). It was that way for most of the twentieth century, AFAIK. It was called a "hip pocket" challenge, because you could never be sure when the race would be held (if conditions were fluky), and even then, which boat would win on any particular day.

[@clubsportr08]

Sorry the Kiwis won the cup

[@MBCGRS]

I'm not. The boat that was sailed the best won...

[@barneyrubble9309]

Sadly, the finals were pretty much a non event. Total dominance by ETNZ . Given how the rules are so biased towards the holders, who in their right mind would be a challenger of record. Also, this was a poor spectacle from a racing perspective.

[@TheEnzedone]

What are you doing here then? Apart from moaning.

[@Gottenhimfella]

GB don't agree with you about the biased rules. They were happy to sign off on them, and to go again as CoR. But what would they know, that some anonymous commenter (Fred Flinstone's dopy neighbour, say) would not?

[@vz-yj9rp]

You go down north and up south why people need reminding just means they are ignorant and need training

[@Chrisdakiwi100]

Such a shame as a kiwi grant dalton and his greed meant we couldn’t see the team compete. Such a disconnected feeling having the team celebrate another city so much when as tax payers we held this team together for so many years to have them ditch the country is sad

[@the_lomax]

It wasnt greed, our team doesnt have the money other syndicate do. Kiwis keep calling it greed but ask yourself this where are the kiwi sponsors of our team? They didnt ditch our country because they wanted to it was the only way the team could launch a defence. If we want to support the team then New Zealand sponsors and local businesses have to come on board.

[@number1genoa]

@Chrisdakiwi100 And how much did you contribute towards keeping the team in Auckland ? .......Yes I thought so.

[@stevenbissett]

​@number1genoa Give Chris a break. There are many of us Kiwis that feel betrayed. One third of the members of the RNZYS resigned in protest of the cup be taken offshore FFS.

[@the_lomax]

@@stevenbissett It was 3 members not a third or thats a tiny squadron. Micheal Fay didnt pony up wheres his sponsorship One of the richest men in NZ. So yeah he can resign or put his money where his mouth is

[@hamishcraig6999]

Grant Dalton deserves every whatever he gets. The team was broke 10 years ago, and he has got it up and on top of the water and the world. No-one else wanted to or could have done what he did. I believe he is the absolute reason why that team has been so successful. It is totally due to his steering the team.

[@kenurquhart2061]

Hopefully this is the last time we see these non yachts in action. Fast but so boring. They are water dragsters only good in a straight line no true cource racing. The cource changing because of wind shifts is not what true sailing is all about. Let's hope the next cup is sailed sailed with real yachts.

[@Gottenhimfella]

There was one dragster and one course racer. With results as seen.

[@joschmoyo4532]

Blown flaps robbed INEOS. The evidence is right under our noses. So many anomalous performance figure's. A sad day for the sport.

[@murraysmith595]

😂😂

[@seekandUshallfind]

writings on the wall Ainslie go join Spithill

[@Gottenhimfella]

Mean spirited much?