Glancing through the replay video on NBCs webpage it is pretty neat to see the Tornado's speed compared to the Stars. Downwind the Star's crew stands facing backward on the foredeck. The Tornado crew were on the leeward side but the speed difference was large. Seemed as though the Tornado had to use the Stars and obstacles. I thought I saw a spinnaker going to weather but cannot be sure. As the wind builds they obviously cannot use it but I thought that in the early part of the race there was one...hope against hope, maybe.
If you are a Star sailor you should video the race. There were some nice close shots of crew work. I hope that they choose the Tornado for at least one race coverage with the same detail, it will be good to have for training video with some editing.
