“We have assessed the damage and have now started the repair, this will continue 24 hours a day. There is some structural damage aft in the boat, but the main force was taken on the forward cradle splash. Overnight this area has been removed (in other words we have cut the piece out of the hull bottom) and the repair has started which means building a new piece of boat. It is too early at this stage to say when we will be sailing again but I have seen these guys work miracles before...”
Grant Dalton ETNZ CEO
Ergo only race 5 and 7 mean anything and the USA is in both. @sarabee1995
@sarabee1995 NZ is only racing in the double round robins. Once those are complete one of the challengers drops out. Likely the Swiss. The points leader at that stage has the choice who they race in the best of five Semi-final.
At this stage if the Italians are leading they will likely select to race the French and that would leave USA and the UK to fight out the other Semi.
NZ just beat the Swiss in a pointless practice. Better winds 10 knots and boats doing 40. The Swiss were actually disqualified but continued for some practice.
🇳🇿 vs 🇺🇸 not that far away in another important pointless race.
