Just 300 seconds before the exit signal, Ed Baird and Dean Barker took their boats until the center of the drawer of preexit, where SUI 100 forced NZL 92 to luff. Both remained headings almost three minutes, until Simon Daubney hunted Genoa to accelerate the Swiss boat. The boat kiwi also arrived and it left to the right, with Baird harassing by stern. 50 seconds of the signal, Barker was forced to risk trasluchando in front of the prow of Alinghi, that directly pointed at its flank looking for the penalty. The crew of SUI 100 requested penalty, perhaps but the judges understood that the maneuver had been legal, by as soon as centimeters.

Alinghi reclaimed the right in the exit, and both boats started off with similar speeds, hauled in to starboard and in search of the left side of the field. The television images showed tactical of Emirates Team New Zealand, Terry Hutchinson, tightening the teeth. Swiss had taken control of the control and were taking it against the limit. Hutchinson needed to find a form to escape, but in agreement it spent the time and the meters, the options were reduced.

Barker made use of the best letter than it had in his hands, to sacrifice speed to close the lateral distance between both boats and thus to soil the wind of the candles of SUI 100. It obtained and it. To 11 minutes of the exit, Baird turned. The kiwis did also it and the wind began to rolar to the left, which ahead placed to 92 NZL a a little more length to 1,000 meters of the windward buoy.

Alinghi hoped until the last moment to turn to by the crossing. The kiwis increased their advantage until the three lengths. To Swiss one had been put them uphill regata that was hers at the beginning. Defender went more than 90 meters behind, forced to do one turned to reach the beacon more. But at those last moments of the fitted one, the wind went away to the right to favor to the SUI 100, that hardly mounted buoy 14 seconds later.

Alinghi trasluchaba nothing else to flood Genoa, and the kiwis responded automatically. Murray Jones ascended to the stop of the mast of SUI 100 to look for that role, that zone of the field of regatas with more pressure than it took the Swiss boat to overcome.

Second trasluchada it was also going to be simultaneous. Barker and its men had watched each movement in the cover of SUI 100 to anticipate the maneuver. Then, the crew of Alinghi had eaten half of the distance that separated to them of Emirates Team New Zealand. In the crossing, Butterworth requested trasluchada more and the kiwis waited for average minute and before responding. The lateral separation increased until surpassing the 600 meters. And Butterworth decided to trasluchar 60 seconds again later. The following crossing was going to determine what equipment had made the best decision. And it was Alinghi.

The arrival to the leeward door was going to be critical. Emirates Team New Zealand chose to sacrifice distance by speed when sailing more meters to leave to look for the left. Little 11 seconds later, Alinghi chose the opposite, to lose speed but to take control of the right, the side favored by the regulation and perhaps by role.

At the beginning of the fitted one, the wind went away again to the left and surpassed the kiwis, that sailed more in a closed course, moving away towards the last buoy. The distance between prows got to surpass the 100 meters. But Butterworth conserved the calm hoping role to rights. As soon as the numbers of the boat indicated to him that the wind was where it wanted, ordered the turned one to behind arrive at the first crossing a little length. In second it was more close. And to it obtained it to the third party. Barker turned right in the prow of SUI 100, but Baird was able to maintain the course and to be placed ahead. The advancement was spectacular. Butterworth had dangerous and the prize took to give the return regata. The kiwis mounted the last buoy 14 seconds later.

The last meters of the final empopada one were going to be critics. Barker was placed right to stern of Alinghi having tried to put the prow to leeward to luff to Swiss. It very little did not manage it by, and trasluchaba to look for last role that it took to him towards the victory. The wind was going to favor to Alinghi in the last maneuver, that in the following crossing had increased its advantage of one to six lengths. Swiss are to a point of longed for the 5.