ACT 8 -- Q & A Oct 4, 20:47
What's the difference between 1st and 4th?
Three seconds. Had we beaten ETNZ we would have finished 1st in this regatta, not 4th.
When was the last time there was a four-way tie in an important match racing regatta, let alone an America's Cup event?
To the best of my knowledge, never in a Cup event; probably sometime in the deep dark past in a major match racing event, but if so no one here can put their finger on it.
How do you break a four-way tie?
You consider only the matches between the tied yachts. As between the four of us, Alinghi and ETNZ won 2 and lost 1; BMWOR and Luna Rossa 1 win, 2 losses. The remaining tie between Alinghi and ETNZ is broken in favor of the winner of their match: Alinghi. Likewise the remaining tie between LR and BMWOR: Luna Rossa won our match. Hence: Alinghi 1st, ETNZ second, LR 3rd, and BMWOR 4th.
Would you be happier if Luna Rossa had beaten ETNZ today, making them 1st overall and BMWOR 2nd?
Actually, no.
Huh??
Short of winning Act 8 outright, the four-way tie is fine with us. Yes, we finish 4th in Act 8 and get fewer points in the 2005 ACC championship "bragging rights" Cup. More important, however, is the Louis Vuitton ranking points. Under the so-called Valencia Plan, the LV Ranking Points use the results of the Acts before breaking any ties. Accordingly, ETNZ, Luna Rossa and BMWOR will all be credited with 11 points from Act 8. So we will continue atop the Challenger leaderboard, now with 52 points, to 51 for ETNZ and Luna Rossa.
How did Luna Rossa win today?
They were faster downwind in the light air. They should have beaten ETNZ, too, but broke their gennaker at the start of the final run.
How did you beat Alinghi?
Our boat was faster and our guys sailed better. Full marks to the entire team for upping our game since the Valencia Acts in June.
What about "giant-killers" K-Challenge?
It just goes to show what some have been saying now for months, and a few skeptics did not want to believe -- this 32nd AC is anyone's to win, or lose. What we saw today is likely to be the norm going forward, not the exception.
What's the mood in the team tonight?
Quiet confidence. "Step by step" as our German friends would say. See the story on our team website for some nice quotes from Dicko and Pedro (navigator Peter Isler).
Gaining the lead over Alinghi upwind early in the race.
Leading Alinghi home to the finish line -- Alinghi's biggest
losing delta in memory.
Three seconds. Had we beaten ETNZ we would have finished 1st in this regatta, not 4th.
When was the last time there was a four-way tie in an important match racing regatta, let alone an America's Cup event?
To the best of my knowledge, never in a Cup event; probably sometime in the deep dark past in a major match racing event, but if so no one here can put their finger on it.
How do you break a four-way tie?
You consider only the matches between the tied yachts. As between the four of us, Alinghi and ETNZ won 2 and lost 1; BMWOR and Luna Rossa 1 win, 2 losses. The remaining tie between Alinghi and ETNZ is broken in favor of the winner of their match: Alinghi. Likewise the remaining tie between LR and BMWOR: Luna Rossa won our match. Hence: Alinghi 1st, ETNZ second, LR 3rd, and BMWOR 4th.
Would you be happier if Luna Rossa had beaten ETNZ today, making them 1st overall and BMWOR 2nd?
Actually, no.
Huh??
Short of winning Act 8 outright, the four-way tie is fine with us. Yes, we finish 4th in Act 8 and get fewer points in the 2005 ACC championship "bragging rights" Cup. More important, however, is the Louis Vuitton ranking points. Under the so-called Valencia Plan, the LV Ranking Points use the results of the Acts before breaking any ties. Accordingly, ETNZ, Luna Rossa and BMWOR will all be credited with 11 points from Act 8. So we will continue atop the Challenger leaderboard, now with 52 points, to 51 for ETNZ and Luna Rossa.
How did Luna Rossa win today?
They were faster downwind in the light air. They should have beaten ETNZ, too, but broke their gennaker at the start of the final run.
How did you beat Alinghi?
Our boat was faster and our guys sailed better. Full marks to the entire team for upping our game since the Valencia Acts in June.
What about "giant-killers" K-Challenge?
It just goes to show what some have been saying now for months, and a few skeptics did not want to believe -- this 32nd AC is anyone's to win, or lose. What we saw today is likely to be the norm going forward, not the exception.
What's the mood in the team tonight?
Quiet confidence. "Step by step" as our German friends would say. See the story on our team website for some nice quotes from Dicko and Pedro (navigator Peter Isler).
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Gaining the lead over Alinghi upwind early in the race.)
Leading Alinghi home to the finish line -- Alinghi's biggestlosing delta in memory.
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