Red Moon proves to be a very competitive challenger, despite the fact that today’s day brought Te Rehutai to just one point from winning the America’s Cup. Race-9 is certainly the tightest of all those staged so far. At the start the Italian and New Zealand boats are substantially equal, then the flash of Luna Rossa, which extends on the first leg of the windward and passes a second before the opponents at the mark.
With the wind in your sails The Rehutai unleashes all his speed and only the mastery of the two Italian helmsmen allows Luna Rossa to continue fighting. With a reckless but effective maneuver, Luna Rossa pushes the Kiwis off the layline and on the second pass she is ahead by 8 seconds.
On the third side, another blue masterpiece. This time our maneuver takes Te Rehutai even out of the competition field and at the buoy the time trial of the Kiwi marks -9 seconds.
We are at the last leg of the wind, and it is in the middle of this that the regatta is decided. At the crossroads Luna Rossa is ahead and chooses the left, Team New Zealand cannot follow, it would be suicide and therefore throws themselves to the right. Will thank. It is in this part of the competition field, in fact, that the wind pushes more steady. Te Rehutai thus gains meters and certainties, at gate 5 he has an advantage of 18 seconds. Now ahead, on the last side he manages and crosses the finish line 30 seconds before the Italian hull.
The 6 to 3 is a half sentence, even if in sailing, as in life “it is not over until it is over”. Meanwhile the wind begins to drop, time passes and the race directors decide not to have race-10 run, the one that could have put an end to the competition.
“Losing today was really a pain,” said Luna Rossa’s helmsman Francesco Bruni, «We continue to fight, we do not give up. We are proud of what we are doing, unfortunately we have not read all the wind shifts in the best way. However, it was a wonderful regatta, I have no regrets. Now we will continue to be aggressive and to push ».
Back on the water tonight, Team New Zealand now has four match-points to score the 100 guineas cup. Luna Rossa can no longer be wrong.
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