Beware crew changes

Team US and Team NZ will be doing all they can before Sunday to improve their boat speed. The cyclors provide us with a big advantage in speed and flexibility. The consensus is the US team cannot reproduce this “cycle technology” in five days. If you were Larry Ellison, what would you do?

Oracle Team US rules allow a spare boat, unlike the challengers. The option for them to ram us, once they know their chances of winning it fair and square are over, is real and scary. Burling will need to be ultra careful when at close quarters with Spithill over the coming races.

Steve Weir, Whangaparaoa.