AC45s San Diego: Spithill Nr 1 (Match and Fleet Racing)

 The Frenchs are coming…If you couldn´t see the final day of racing, here you have the full replay. I was racing yesterday so I’m going to see it now too.
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From Oracle racing Newsleter: 
….“We really wanted the double. It was a goal of ours when the ACWS started,” said Spithill.
“Today we got off the start line OK and were a little mixed up in the
pack going up the first beat, but JK (Kostecki) did a great job setting
us up for the windward mark rounding and the boys did a fantastic job
from there. We really stretched away and used our boatspeed,” Spithill
said.
ORACLE Racing Coutts endured a day of mixed fortunes. Before the
fleet race skipper Darren Bundock and crew ripped up the 500-meter speed
course, completing it in 36.16 seconds at a top speed of 26.87 knots.
The time was easily the fastest of the speed trials at the first three
ACWS events.
The speed trials are non-scoring, however, and the crew struggled through the fleet race, suffering a penalty and placing 9th.
“We were very inconsistent this week,” said Bundock after his first
ACWS event. “We won the first race on Wednesday and then finished off
the last race losing. We’ve got good boatspeed if we can get away from
the pack, but we’ve got a bit of work to do to keep pushing Jimmy hard.”….

America’s Cup World Series Overall Standings
Team (Country) Match – Fleet — Total Points
1. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) 27 – 28 — 55
2. ORACLE Racing Spithill (USA) 26 – 28 — 54
3. Artemis Racing (SWE) 23 – 17 — 40
4. ORACLE Racing Coutts (USA) 18 – 18 — 36
4. Team Korea (KOR) 20 – 16 — 36
6. Energy Team (FRA) 19 – 16 — 35
7. Aleph (FRA) 12 – 19 — 31
8. Green Comm Racing (ESP) 11 – 12 — 23
9. China Team (CHN) 9 – 11 — 20