October 20, 2024 • 6 mins
Three America's Cup wins on the bounce for Team New Zealand - cruising to victory with a 7-2 series win over Britannia.
The kiwi syndicate won race nine by 37 seconds to clinch the required seventh win and keep the Auld Mug.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on gold Well,
let's talk yachting right now, in particular the America's Cup
Team New Zealand have retained the old Mug in Barcelona
with a commanding race nine win over the weekend over Britannia,
claiming a seven to victory overall the key we syndicate
they took charge of the race after the third gat
(00:21):
and from there they didn't look back to clinch the
race by thirty seven seconds. Joining us on the CSB
this morning, our man from the New Zealand Herald has
been on the ground over there in the past week
or two. Chris Reeve, Morning, Chris.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Mate, How are you good?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
More importantly, how are you guys? Is the partying still
going on?
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Oh? I was a late night, late night working last night.
Finally enough was probably about midnight when I put the
tools down, So that kind of happens with these big events.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Though I guess tho Team New Zealand they would have
been relieved Grand Dalton and the boys, you know, just
sort of there's some great photographs in the in the
Herald this morning with your of the celebration, so they
would have partied on, wouldn't they.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I can imagine it was a big night for a
lot of the team that were obviously thrilled to have
gone the job done yesterday, particularly after not everyone expected
they would actually get a race in yesterday. So to
get out there and get pretty decent conditions in the end,
and to wrap it up with only needing one race,
(01:24):
it was kind of the perfect scenario for them.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
That's three straight America's Cup wins for Team New Zealand
now making history. So how good is this team compared
to other Team New Zealand efforts?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh? They're very very good, aren't they. We've had some
pretty good teams over the years, and it is quite
hard to compare the two teams, like if you look
back to the Sir Peter Blake era of different boats,
obviously different roles. But yeah, to win three in a row,
it's a pretty impressive feat. Really.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I guess the experts are all out there saying what
makes the Team New Zeum Island boats so fast, so
so quick? What gives us such a big edge? As
anybody managed to put their finger on that.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I don't know if anyone will really ever be able
to know that it helps when you get to make
the rules. That's definitely a big plus. Obviously, Team New
Zealand design AC seventy five and this being the second generation,
they've had a lot of time to figure out how
to make it fast and they did exactly that. They
(02:28):
put a really good sailing team in it. They gave
them a fast boat and they said go go win
the cup. That's what they did.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Absolutely. Other than the wins for TMGB and races five
and six, they were never really in the contest, were they.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah, it's interesting one. The sevent too score line doesn't
really reflect how tight some of those races were, but
it does reflect how dominant in New Zealand really were
in that series, if that makes any sense. The Brits
are really good in the starts of races, and there
(03:05):
were a few where they were sort of in the
hunt for the first half and then the Kiwis would
just get away from them in the end. Yeah, it's
an interesting one. I think the conditions probably favored the
Kiwis a little bit more of the Brits seem to
be more set up for sort of the higher winds,
the higher waves, and they just didn't quite have enough
(03:28):
under the hood.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
In the end, what impressed me watching some of the
highlights was the support for the Kiwi's over there. You've
been over there for a couple of weeks and how
have you found Barcelona as a venue? I mean there's
a lot of Kiwi support there.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Yeah, there is a lot of Kiwi support here. I
enjoyed the venue, to be honest. I know there was
a lot of people when it got announced to unhappy,
But from a sporting perspective, I thought it was a
great event, particularly the racing itself. Having added element of
the sea state to contend with and the wind which
(04:04):
you never really knew what you were going to get
until they actually got out there on the race course.
It just added a little bit of something else that
we don't normally see.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Not just the America's Cup too have been following. We
also had the Youth and the Women's America's Cup as well.
What did that bring to the event?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Those events, Yeah, it was good to see I guess
more sailors involved and more sailing. It was a good
opportunity for the AC forties to get more of a show.
I think, you know, those events had some teething issues.
The youth event, one of the boats didn't really work
that well, and the French team only got to race
(04:42):
in two of their six rassers, which I know they
were a little bit frustrated by. And the women's event
kind of had to get squeezed together late in the
piece so that it could keep the schedule because the
wind just didn't show up for a couple of days.
So I think those are a couple of things I
want to work on, but I would like to see
(05:03):
those events come back because, like I said, it's a
great opportunity for more sailors to get I guess, exposure
to that top level and work towards getting into the
main regatta one day.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
So when this regatta was done and dusted, it didn't
take too long for the next challenger to be accepted.
They're staying a bit mum on that one, but all
speculation as it probably is Team Great Britain. Do you
have you heard any more?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I haven't heard anymore, but it seems like that is
the way the New Zealand will have their plans on
how they want to announce that. But I was reading
some UK media who were just straight up saying that
it was the Royal Yacht Squadron, So I think you
can read into that what you want. Yeah, it seems
(05:51):
like that's the way they've gone.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
And of course the other big question mark is the venue.
Where is the next one going to be saled? A
lot of people saying, oh, it should be back here,
but it's going to take a lot of money, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I think so it'll depend on how quickly they want
to turn it around as well. They have been reported
to be looking at sort of a two year window
for the next one rather than a four year window,
and I think having that quick a turnaround definitely rules
New Zealand out. But if they're looking at doing some
more preliminary racing, I would like to see Auckland sort
(06:26):
of thrown in as a venue for that. Not necessarily
to host the Cup as a whole, but I feel
like a preliminary agata would at least appease some of
the some of the people who got a little bit
offended by them taking the Cup away, because we'd still
get to see some of the some of the racing,
which I think people.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Would enjoy absolutely. Chris, you've done a great job being
over there. Enjoy your holiday. Break and we'll chat again soon.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Thank you very much.
The Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on gold Well,
let's talk yachting right now, in particular the America's Cup
Team New Zealand have retained the old Mug in Barcelona
with a commanding race nine win over the weekend over Britannia,
claiming a seven to victory overall the key we syndicate
they took charge of the race after the third gat
(00:21):
and from there they didn't look back to clinch the
race by thirty seven seconds. Joining us on the CSB
this morning, our man from the New Zealand Herald has
been on the ground over there in the past week
or two. Chris Reeve, Morning, Chris.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Mate, How are you good?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
More importantly, how are you guys? Is the partying still
going on?
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Oh? I was a late night, late night working last night.
Finally enough was probably about midnight when I put the
tools down, So that kind of happens with these big events.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Though I guess tho Team New Zealand they would have
been relieved Grand Dalton and the boys, you know, just
sort of there's some great photographs in the in the
Herald this morning with your of the celebration, so they
would have partied on, wouldn't they.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I can imagine it was a big night for a
lot of the team that were obviously thrilled to have
gone the job done yesterday, particularly after not everyone expected
they would actually get a race in yesterday. So to
get out there and get pretty decent conditions in the end,
and to wrap it up with only needing one race,
(01:24):
it was kind of the perfect scenario for them.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
That's three straight America's Cup wins for Team New Zealand
now making history. So how good is this team compared
to other Team New Zealand efforts?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh? They're very very good, aren't they. We've had some
pretty good teams over the years, and it is quite
hard to compare the two teams, like if you look
back to the Sir Peter Blake era of different boats,
obviously different roles. But yeah, to win three in a row,
it's a pretty impressive feat. Really.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I guess the experts are all out there saying what
makes the Team New Zeum Island boats so fast, so
so quick? What gives us such a big edge? As
anybody managed to put their finger on that.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I don't know if anyone will really ever be able
to know that it helps when you get to make
the rules. That's definitely a big plus. Obviously, Team New
Zealand design AC seventy five and this being the second generation,
they've had a lot of time to figure out how
to make it fast and they did exactly that. They
(02:28):
put a really good sailing team in it. They gave
them a fast boat and they said go go win
the cup. That's what they did.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Absolutely. Other than the wins for TMGB and races five
and six, they were never really in the contest, were they.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah, it's interesting one. The sevent too score line doesn't
really reflect how tight some of those races were, but
it does reflect how dominant in New Zealand really were
in that series, if that makes any sense. The Brits
are really good in the starts of races, and there
(03:05):
were a few where they were sort of in the
hunt for the first half and then the Kiwis would
just get away from them in the end. Yeah, it's
an interesting one. I think the conditions probably favored the
Kiwis a little bit more of the Brits seem to
be more set up for sort of the higher winds,
the higher waves, and they just didn't quite have enough
(03:28):
under the hood.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
In the end, what impressed me watching some of the
highlights was the support for the Kiwi's over there. You've
been over there for a couple of weeks and how
have you found Barcelona as a venue? I mean there's
a lot of Kiwi support there.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Yeah, there is a lot of Kiwi support here. I
enjoyed the venue, to be honest. I know there was
a lot of people when it got announced to unhappy,
But from a sporting perspective, I thought it was a
great event, particularly the racing itself. Having added element of
the sea state to contend with and the wind which
(04:04):
you never really knew what you were going to get
until they actually got out there on the race course.
It just added a little bit of something else that
we don't normally see.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Not just the America's Cup too have been following. We
also had the Youth and the Women's America's Cup as well.
What did that bring to the event?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Those events, Yeah, it was good to see I guess
more sailors involved and more sailing. It was a good
opportunity for the AC forties to get more of a show.
I think, you know, those events had some teething issues.
The youth event, one of the boats didn't really work
that well, and the French team only got to race
(04:42):
in two of their six rassers, which I know they
were a little bit frustrated by. And the women's event
kind of had to get squeezed together late in the
piece so that it could keep the schedule because the
wind just didn't show up for a couple of days.
So I think those are a couple of things I
want to work on, but I would like to see
(05:03):
those events come back because, like I said, it's a
great opportunity for more sailors to get I guess, exposure
to that top level and work towards getting into the
main regatta one day.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
So when this regatta was done and dusted, it didn't
take too long for the next challenger to be accepted.
They're staying a bit mum on that one, but all
speculation as it probably is Team Great Britain. Do you
have you heard any more?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I haven't heard anymore, but it seems like that is
the way the New Zealand will have their plans on
how they want to announce that. But I was reading
some UK media who were just straight up saying that
it was the Royal Yacht Squadron, So I think you
can read into that what you want. Yeah, it seems
(05:51):
like that's the way they've gone.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
And of course the other big question mark is the venue.
Where is the next one going to be saled? A
lot of people saying, oh, it should be back here,
but it's going to take a lot of money, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I think so it'll depend on how quickly they want
to turn it around as well. They have been reported
to be looking at sort of a two year window
for the next one rather than a four year window,
and I think having that quick a turnaround definitely rules
New Zealand out. But if they're looking at doing some
more preliminary racing, I would like to see Auckland sort
(06:26):
of thrown in as a venue for that. Not necessarily
to host the Cup as a whole, but I feel
like a preliminary agata would at least appease some of
the some of the people who got a little bit
offended by them taking the Cup away, because we'd still
get to see some of the some of the racing,
which I think people.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Would enjoy absolutely. Chris, you've done a great job being
over there. Enjoy your holiday. Break and we'll chat again soon.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Thank you very much.
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