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The day would culminate with a one-on-one duel between the Emirates team and the American defender, ORACLE Racing Spithill – the first match race of the America’s Cup World Series. At stake was top spot on the day, and the race didn’t disappoint with the lead passing back and forth until late in the match.
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“The guys on board are doing a fantastic job on crewing,” Barker said. “Yes, you make mistakes and it’s frustrating that you make them and not that you are afraid, but these boats are very, very, hard on the crew. But there is an improvement since Auckland, we are getting more comfortable in the multihull environment which is an improvement.”
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"The best bit of the day was our first race where we had two penalties on the first downwind and sailed a really good second downwind to get back into the race,” said Chris Draper the Korean skipper. “While the other races were really good, that was probably the highlight of the day.”
The big collision between Coutts and Barker came in the pre-start of the second race, when Cup-legend Coutts tried to box the Emirates team out of the start line. But his move was too aggressive and resulted in a collision and a penalty to the ORACLE Racing squad: “It put a lot of pressure on the skin… We’ll have to repair it tonight and be ready for tomorrow,” Barker said.
Place Team Day One Points
1 Emirates Team New Zealand 10
2 ORACLE Racing Spithill 9
3 Team Korea 8
4 Energy Team 7
5 Artemis Racing 6
6 ORACLE Racing Coutts 5
7 Aleph 4
8 China Team 3
9 Green Comm Racing 3
Match Race Results
Emirates Team New Zealand beat ORACLE Racing Spithill: 1-0
Seeding Fleet Race Results
Place Team RACE #1 RACE #2 RACE #3 TOTAL POINTS
Place Points Place Points Place Points
1 Emirates Team New Zealand 2 9 4 7 1 10 26
2 ORACLE Racing Spithill 1 10 2 9 4 7 26
3 Team Korea 6 5 3 8 2 9 22
4 Energy Team 3 8 5 6 3 8 22
5 Artemis Racing 7 4 1 10 6 5 19
6 ORACLE Racing Coutts 9 3 7 4 5 6 13
7 Aleph 5 6 9 3 7 4 13
8 China Team 4 7 8 3 8 3 13
9 Green Comm Racing 8 3 6 5 9 3 11
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