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NZ fans primed for sailing celebration
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New Zealand sailing fans are set to descend on Auckland’s Waterfront today as the America’s Cup enters what could be its final day.
Team New Zealand hold a 7-1 lead over technology billionaire Larry Ellison’s Oracle Team USA and could wrap up the trophy today with Dean Barker’s team requiring just two more wins to reclaim the trophy they lost in 2003.
Local media compared the anxiety among sailing fans to that felt during the 2011 Rugby World Cup final, when the All Blacks hung on to beat France 8-7 at Eden Park.
“If that 2011 Rugby World Cup final was nerve-racking, where does this America’s Cup final sit on the anxiety scale?” Fairfax Media senior sports correspondent Duncan Johnstone wrote in an opinion piece from San Francisco yesterday.
“Two iconic New Zealand teams, two pinnacle occasions. One nation transfixed both times.
“This is going to be tight. This is going to be tense ... The closer Team New Zealand gets to lifting the America’s Cup, the harder the assignment gets.”
Insecurity has been gnawing at sailing fans in New Zealand since the massive AC-72 Aotearoa almost capsized in race eight in strong winds on San Francisco Bay.
The boat heeled to an almost 45-degree pitch on its port hull when the massive wingsail failed to tack in sync with the boat and local media reported only the work of the grinders allowed the catamaran to flop back into the water.
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