we're cooked unless the race hits the time limit.

Oracle reeling them in slowly.

Wind 280 at 10.8 kts, 11.6 kts peak

Why oh why did Oracle sail low and slow? GAH!

Kiwis will go on a killing spree if they fall outside the time limit by a few minutes.

I can't watch. Its like a slow motion train wreck.

I don't know if they'll get in, in time?

Certainly plenty of drama this AC!

7 minutes to finish, don't see it happening

Just 7 minutes.

Its the best damn AC in history - and the kiwis are totally going to throw out everything having to do with it.

ACEA will be gone... an independent body that governs the event? WHO NEEDS THAT? Legitimacy in the eyes of the world media? NAWWW... I mean.. the NFL doesn't need a commissioner - why does the AC require an independent governing body?

Look for the kiwis to institute strict nationality rules so that they hold the cup in perpetuity.

Virtual eye has been very informative for this race

Come oooooonnnnn time limit. Only chance.....

No way the kiwis will finish.

oooh, heard some cursing in the backround on NZ.

I can just hear the locals saying "its not normally like this".

will they be able to actually do another race? :P

Wow, has anyone on Oracle ever raced a catamaran downwind in light air???

I could just imagine Ashby on ETNZ saying "here guys let me handle this" and heating up like they're supposed to on a multihull.

Wind 230 at 10.3 kts, 13.4 kts peak

There is a point where heading up just doesn't work anymore though (with F18s anyway).
Sometimes sailing low really works, but the AC72's sails are just too flat for this.