Now that the wind is really blowing, the racing isn't blowing at all. Some great match races yesterday, with the Spanish lime green dream getting into a tight one with the South Africans. Well, it was tight for the first part of the race at least.
As was the duel between Luna Rosa and +39, with the scrappy Sicilians actually challenging their fancy pants compatriots for the entire first leg. After that, however, Luna Rosa started to pull away, and it was the same old sad story for +39.
Is there any relief in sight for +39? Well, they say the boat was designed to run better in rougher water. Ok... but there is much more immediate help on the way, and it will be speaking German and Chinese. That's right, on friday they have the Louis Vuitton equivalent of a walk in the park. They race against the hapless Germans, and the plain dreadfull Chinese.
Rumours that Angela Merkel is claiming the German boat is so slow because all of their best scientists were taken by the Americans and Russians after WWII, are unfounded.
The Chinese are another story. After jumping the start and then retiring from the race altogether, Team China reached a new low yesterday against Mascalzone. The team looked full of self doubt, and this is noteworthy because it is the first time in history that human clones have shown this emotion.
Yes, in the grand Chinese tradition of, "If you can't beat it, copy it", it has been revealed that the entire Chinese Team is actually just an attempted duplicate of Team Alinghi. That's right, the team is just another cheap Chinese knock off. What does this mean? This means that they aren't pirates but pirated. There is a difference.
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