Brits are coming back! 2 wins in the 37th Louis Vuitton America’s Cup today
INEOS Britannia is back in the America’s Cup final, scoring its first two wins against the Kiwis! The score is now 4-2 in this first to seven series. It was a warm day in Barcelona with light winds, yet choppy seas. The mishap happened two minutes before the start of Race 5 when NZ fell off its foils. The reality is you have to capitalize on your advantage. “The gas off these boats is so big, particularly in the light airs,” says Britannia skipper Ben Ainslie. “If you can affect the other team in bad air, you've got to do it.” Uncontested, INEOS Britannia shot out into a lead of over 1,700 meters before the Kiwis could get back up and flying. From that point on, for the British, the race was all about staying on the foils. And they took the win by 1 minute, 18 seconds! In the second race of the day, as the clock ticked down to the start, Britannia aimed for a high-speed pin end start and Emirates Team New Zealand elected to [...]
