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00:00We are down to the final race of this event, the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, coming up on 1.40 to go.
00:06Todd Harris, Freddy Carr, Matt Cornwell with you here in beautiful Plymouth.
00:09Freddy, we heard a lot of different accents on SailGP Team USA, so you don't have to be a complete American to be on board that boat.
00:16No, every boat has one wild card on board, but all the rest are from the nation of the flag at the top of the wing.
00:23The wild card on board, the American boat that we're on board with here, is Paul Campbell James, the wing trimmer.
00:28And I heard just now, he said, I am going to burn this wing sheet out during this race.
00:34That means he is going to be pumping his accelerator to get that boat ripping in the light airs.
00:40So here we go with a minute to go before the start of the final race.
00:44This is for the honors of taking home the top prize here at the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix.
00:50Remember, Bermuda was won by Great Britain.
00:53Italy was won by Japan.
00:54Can the Americans get the win here in Plymouth?
00:56This is interesting.
00:59The French and the Americans are engaged.
01:01They've locked horns down at the bottom end of the line.
01:03And the Australians that were on board now are sailing loose and free with 37 seconds to go.
01:09That gives the Australians a little bit more room to stay on the foil.
01:13And the Australians and the French are locked together.
01:15A very different strategy of only three boats versus eight.
01:18We're hearing the dominant voice of Lee McMillan telling Billy Besson to keep the speed.
01:23I feel like all the boats are quite a long way away from the line with 19 seconds to go.
01:27The Australians are the fastest and the French are in the best position.
01:30The Americans might just be stuck in no man land with 10 seconds to go.
01:35The Australians are taking a big dive.
01:37And here we go.
01:39Five seconds to go before the line goes white.
01:42Did they hit it right?
01:44And it looks to be perfect starting for Jimmy Spithill and Team USA.
01:49Australia looked to have the momentum but fell off at the last moment.
01:53It's a boat speed race.
01:54It's a boat speed race right now between Australia and America.
01:58We're on board with America here.
01:59Let's see if Paul Campbell James wears that wing sheet out right now.
02:03It doesn't look like he's too dynamic.
02:05but they've got good boat speed.
02:07They're going to be neck and neck as they hit the yellow circle.
02:09Whoever hits that in circle first unmarks one.
02:13And that's the Australians.
02:14Unmark one now looking to convert that good position onto the downwind.
02:19All about the simultaneous job that's coming up next.
02:21So on the first gate it's Australia with the lead.
02:25USA second and France at third.
02:27Every race we have seen so far has been won by the guy in the lead.
02:31He's halfway around the course who's still in the lead.
02:33Is there a significant right now?
02:35What can the American and the French team do to get rid of this Australian team?
02:40They love being in the lead.
02:41Oh, that looks a little bit loose though.
02:43Oh man, he said watch the runners and shouted no.
02:45No runners.
02:46Oh, he's got no runners.
02:47That means they lift off the rudders.
02:50The back of the boat fell out of the sky.
02:53That could be the moment that the Americans sail past them.
02:56If the Americans stick their jive, I think we'll have a lead change.
03:00And we do have a lead change.
03:02The Australians can go from third, from first to third.
03:05That could be the moment of the match as the USA now catapults themselves into first place
03:12after that mistake of 14th for Australia.
03:15Wow, that was all about puncture, wasn't it?
03:18They would have been looking behind.
03:20They had the American team right on their hammer
03:22and that forced them into a really bad manoeuvre.
03:26All right, let's look at it one more time.
03:27Exactly what went wrong here for Tom Sleksby.
03:30So as Tom turned down into the jive, he said,
03:33I've lost my rudders, I've lost my rudders.
03:35You can see his hand twisting.
03:37The wheel shakes in his hand and you can hear his frustration
03:40and look at the disappointment on the trimmer.
03:42Nick Hutton's face, he says, I've got no rudders.
03:44He mentioned the rudders were a little bit sticky at the end of race one
03:47and has he just paid for it in the final?
03:50This is the view on board the French boat looking at the same incident
03:53going around mark one, bearing away onto the downwind.
03:57So it's all about the jive that's coming up now
04:00as we go back to the live racing with the Americans in the lead.
04:05We have seen this situation before, haven't we, gentlemen?
04:08This is the same view that we had in Toronto.
04:11The Americans had a healthy lead in that race.
04:14They hit a submerged object and that cost them the lead.
04:17That will be in their minds, but they do not want to make amends for that in this race.
04:21And they will be choppy at the bit to be in the lead right now.
04:24So at date number two, it's America out in front.
04:27France coming in second in Australia after that full maneuver
04:30where they lost control have now slid back to third.
04:34This is a very precarious situation for the rest of the fleet.
04:37Just three boats out on the course.
04:39It is wide open.
04:40You give Jimmy Spithill that much canvas and that much room.
04:43It's a dangerous proposition.
04:45Exactly. We've got three boats here
04:48that have all been in a podium race so far in season two.
04:51Not one of these boats has won from that podium race.
04:55We know the USA could have gone on to it in Toronto.
04:58Got some bad luck.
05:00Now back in the lead of this final podium race here in Plymouth.
05:03This time, can they convert it?
05:05Is it another comeback by Spittill?
05:08Australia has any champions of last year.
05:10Looking for a big win here in season two.
05:13of the Americans trying to get off the problems
05:15they had both in Bermuda and Toronto.
05:17And is this the spot? Is this where they get it done?
05:19Well, look at this. There's a huge split
05:21of very wide race boards.
05:22And look at the breeze down the top left corner.
05:25I said it's fairly even, but a second ago
05:27we saw about a knot more.
05:29And maybe because of what the French went through a town.
05:31We saw about a knot more over on this left-hand side
05:33of the race boards.
05:34That means they should be a bit of a game
05:35for the French team and the Australians here.
05:38This is really interesting now for me, Matthew.
05:40What do American Spithill do?
05:42Do you cover the French or do you cover the Australians?
05:47You can only cover one side of the course.
05:49When I say cover, you're going to try and keep going.
05:51Whoa, there's a...
05:52Oh my goodness, what's up there?
05:55Let's listen on board.
05:57It's really calm.
05:58Campbell James says, speed build for the attack.
06:01And there's another rudder conversation there.
06:03That was the voice of Roan Curvy.
06:04The rudders are misbehaving today.
06:06And what we see by the French popping out of the net
06:09is the Australians and the French are engaged.
06:12And the Americans are saying by themselves in the lead.
06:15Doesn't it feel nervy out there?
06:17We're seeing all the force there is from all these teams.
06:20Look at a speed drop.
06:21We've got a duck on the USA.
06:22That's permit us to say we've got a duck on the USA.
06:25That means the French have closed right up.
06:27We saw from the helicopter shot there,
06:29and they are neck and neck and neck coming in to the top mark.
06:35I think the Australians are going to be right in this conversation too.
06:38They have got that split from these two.
06:41This is a massive moment of the race.
06:43We've got the Australians joining from the other side of the race course.
06:47And we've got the French and the Americans coming in from the right.
06:52And it looks like the right-hand side has paid dividends,
06:54but no boats are laying right now.
06:57Only the Australians might get through.
06:59Both the French and the Americans have got one more attack to do
07:02as Jimmy Spithill winds the boat up into attack to face the Australians.
07:07But it's the French that have wound up in pressure.
07:10It's the French that are on starboard.
07:12It's the French that should own this mark.
07:14And there is multiple lead changes on leg three.
07:18Terrible time by the American team there.
07:20Again, under the pressure.
07:22They really needed to nail that.
07:23They could have made a half of the Australian team.
07:25But the French getting ahead, they just made that mark.
07:27They perfected their lay-line on the last turn.
07:30That one extra manoeuvre.
07:32Wow, this final is all on, isn't it?
07:34So the USA goes from first to third at the halfway point.
07:38France has now taken over the lead,
07:40the most consistent but really all weekend long.
07:43And Australia back in the mix after that early issue.
07:46Coming down a little if you want.
07:47Three back final, this is where it's at.
07:49I just don't know where to look.
07:51This race is alive as they sprint downwind in the middle downwind.
07:56As the French go for a jibe, they need to nail it.
07:58We know that it lost the Australians the lead on their first jibe,
08:01or the first downwind.
08:02Let's stay on board, turning the boat.
08:05Board lands.
08:06Good right thing, Jack.
08:07Lovely flight control there from Morvan.
08:10Nothing but air.
08:12Nothing but air.
08:12That's what you want.
08:13Yeah, wow, high pressure jibe.
08:15They got the lead.
08:16That jibe was massive.
08:17Come down a little, come down.
08:19Morvan absolutely nailed it.
08:20Nothing but air.
08:21It's all about keeping your core right now.
08:23They're doing it at the moment.
08:24They're not renowned for the French team.
08:26They have brought Lee McMinnon in since then.
08:29You can see the true wind velocity across the course there too.
08:32There are French in slightly more breeze.
08:34They may be still slightly more on that left-hand side.
08:37But yeah, just keep the core, French.
08:38He's Lee helping through this, mate.
08:40Coming down now, coming down, coming down.
08:41Coming down, stay light.
08:43This is leg four of seven.
08:45Tight crossing here as Australia will have to go behind the French.
08:50Now look at the speed the Aussies are carrying right now.
08:52Upwards of 55 kilometres an hour.
08:55So they're going to come back together here.
08:57We may have to go right through a little bit.
08:59We're going to have a cyber jibe as Australia and France come back together.
09:02France will have the right of way because they're on starboard,
09:05as it will be explained in between racers.
09:07And they are going to split the course again.
09:10Here goes the board down on the French.
09:11Another high-pressure jibe, but the Australians are ripping.
09:18The Americans have had a sticky downwind.
09:20They're over 100 metres off the back of these two.
09:23This is the race for the win in Plymouth.
09:25Three, two, one, two.
09:27Here we go.
09:28One.
09:28Oh, man.
09:29They go around the Lewis Marks together onto the final two lengths of the course.
09:34It's going to be about which size the best breeze is on here, mate.
09:37This is brilliant, isn't it?
09:39This is what we've won.
09:40Let's get those head-to-heads up if we can.
09:43We'll show you the speed between the boats in a second.
09:46Which side would you put, Freddie?
09:48The left has looked slightly better from what I've seen so far.
09:51It's a really wide course, though, so anything can happen.
09:54Roll the dice.
09:55Who's going to win this next cross?
09:56You never really know who's ahead until he gets to the cross.
09:59The Australians will have the right-of-way when they meet again.
10:02French look pretty good in the distance there on that left-hand side, though.
10:05They're carrying on.
10:06They've got a longer board from the top.
10:07They're just tacking out.
10:09We'll see as they get in towards the middle.
10:12What a comeback by the defending champions from season 2020.
10:15Australia looking like the form they had yesterday to start off this event,
10:20winning two races in a row before falling on.
10:22Hicking up.
10:23Hicking up.
10:24He's going to the top three.
10:25Jimmy Spare, no one.
10:27USA is a fighter, isn't he?
10:29He's over 100 metres behind the last time we checked,
10:32and he's chomping back into this.
10:34A 31-metre lead for the Australians over the French,
10:38but they will split again.
10:39Will Tom Sleeks be tacked and faced them?
10:41What's amazing is we've got two legs to go,
10:43and really the entire three-boat fleet are within 100 metres of each other.
10:48He couldn't tack there.
10:49No way.
10:49He was too close.
10:50If he'd attack, the French would have rolled over the top of him,
10:52or underneath him, he would have given up the lead.
10:54He'd have to let the French spit out.
10:56Spilling his wave in the camera boat out the way there.
10:58Sorry, guys, but it's all about the TV.
11:01There's a lot of people watching this.
11:02I'm afraid Tom's saying concentrate on the race.
11:04See what the French are doing.
11:06Keep that boat working if you're going to win this race.
11:09Local boy Nick Hutton there.
11:10Pelt up before the tank.
11:12Sailing in the waters where he learned to sail.
11:14What a win this would be for him.
11:16He's the Australian wild card.
11:18It's a battle of nations.
11:20Four Australians on board that boat, one Brit.
11:22He'd be the happiest Brit in sailing if he won here.
11:26But that's not a great tack.
11:27There's a lot of splashing,
11:28and it looks like the French have done a really nice tack
11:31as they're coming back from the right.
11:33Yes, it says it's a 21-metre lead to the Australians.
11:37This will close down as they come back together.
11:39Can the French lay that left-hand gate?
11:42That's a big question, too, as they get towards the top.
11:44Slingsby says, I've got us not crossing.
11:46That means the French should be ahead as we come back.
11:49It's now about whether the French are laying the winward gate.
11:53Let's listen on board.
11:54This is crucial moments.
11:55Keep us running.
11:59McMillan disagrees and says Australia's across.
12:04But they're both laying the winward marks.
12:06Australia are going to get there two or three seconds
12:09before the French,
12:11and it's about how they manage the bear aways.
12:13Lots of pressure on the flight controllers.
12:15Moorvang did the last downwind beautifully.
12:17Can he do it again?
12:19Competsor head Powys.
12:20Rounding at the same time.
12:22This is all on.
12:24Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
12:25This is the last downwind leg
12:27before the reach of the finish.
12:28It is all on between these two teams.
12:29So one more leg to go
12:31in about three minutes of racing.
12:33Can the Americans come back?
12:34Well, the Australians or the French
12:35take a hold of this race
12:38or will someone make a high-pressure mistake?
12:41Oh, this is unbelievable.
12:43You can see the white lines on the screen there
12:44dictating how far to go until the bottom.
12:48The Australians jibe.
12:50That was a beautiful jibe.
12:51They stayed on the foil.
12:52The dagger board lifts up.
12:54They now need to get it ripping.
12:56The pressure goes over onto the French.
12:58The French have got to be the next way to jibe.
13:00If you fall off the foils,
13:01you lose the win.
13:03It's all about crew work
13:04on the final downwind.
13:06Keep the boat in the air.
13:07Keep the boat ripping.
13:08Another really key cross coming up here.
13:11The French will be the giveaway.
13:13Calvay crossing ahead of the Australian
13:15doesn't get back in by the NFC
13:16as we get down here.
13:17OK, Tom Slingsby on the board.
13:20The Australians said we're still ahead,
13:22but if he is on lay line,
13:23he's got a small advantage.
13:25Can we get on his mind?
13:27It's in his gear and an equipment blast
13:29to the finish line.
13:30This could be for the win right here.
13:32This is the job to land the Australians
13:34in front of the French.
13:36Let's listen to the onboards.
13:38Will the French be able to use the downspeed
13:40of the Australians to step past them?
13:42No issue with him is the call
13:45on board the Australians.
13:46and they're accelerating.
13:49That might have been the drive
13:51that won the event.
13:53It's going to take off last year.
13:54And now the dirty wind coming off
13:57the sail of Australia's sail GP.
14:01That could bend the move
14:02as the Americans unable to close the gap
14:05as they left the net point,
14:06now sitting in third.
14:07And now it's Australia
14:08with a quick blast to the finish line.
14:10No more manoeuvres needed for them.
14:12The French's in second
14:13as they want the Aussies
14:15get up to 60 kilometers an hour.
14:19They did the worst job of the day
14:20on the first down win
14:21to give up the lead.
14:22They did the best job of the day
14:24to win this event.
14:26Islight Air's really a weakness,
14:28Tom Slingsby.
14:30Absolutely unbelievable race.
14:32So the Aussies become the comeback kids
14:36at the Great Britain's Sail Grand Prix
14:38and the defending champions
14:40get their first overall win of the season.
14:43Air boys!
14:45What a way to bounce back
14:47from last in Toronto
14:48to first in Plymouth.
14:50And the French
14:51coming across the line
14:53in seconds.
14:54That is their second copium
14:56of season two.
14:57Bravo, Billy Bessel.
14:59All three of these teams
15:07had made the final before
15:08in the last two events
15:10and it was all about
15:11who was going to hold their nerve.
15:13We saw some real wobbles out there.
15:15We saw the pressure.
15:16But when it counted
15:17right at the end
15:18one more pressure charge
15:19I love that the audio
15:20comms coming off
15:21the Australian boat
15:21and nice and calm
15:23Slingsby sounded calm.
15:24Did you hear that?
15:26Slingsby saying
15:27the red mist came in
15:28a few times there, Matt.
15:29What does he mean by that?
15:30Well, he's a red-headed man.
15:32He knows he's a fighter,
15:34literally.
15:35He loves to do a bit of boxing.
15:36I wouldn't want to get
15:36in the ring with him.
15:37And every time I guess
15:39that sort of red-headed
15:40Celtic blood in him
15:41sees the better of him
15:42and gets a little bit mad
15:43and crazy.
15:44But when it counted
15:45at the end
15:45the red mist had gone
15:47and he got the job done.
15:48Well done.
15:48Tom Slingsby
15:49and his Australian crew
15:51here winning in the place.
15:53The defending champions
15:54doing a fantastic job
15:56as they come back.
15:57It looked like they were out.
15:58Barely made it in
15:59to the final
16:00but what a performance
16:01by the Aussies.
16:02A performance by the Aussies.
16:04I'm going to pick one guy out
16:05as my sailor on that boat
16:07and that is Ed Powys.
16:08He stepped in here
16:09because of other crew's
16:10commitments elsewhere
16:11with the Olympics
16:12and Kinley Fowler
16:13awaiting the birth
16:14of his second child.
16:16Ed Powys stepped in there.
16:17He's just rubbing
16:18his hands through his hair.
16:19He came on board
16:20as the flight controller.
16:21Arguably the hardest position
16:23to do in the light airs
16:24and he has absolutely nailed it.
16:28Well sailed, Ed Powys.
16:29My man of the match.
16:33So Australia bounces back
16:35in the waters of Plymouth
16:36to get the win
16:37at event number three.
16:39Australia SailGP,
16:40your winners.
16:42I don't know how he stayed in it.
16:47It'll be an amazing night
16:48of celebration for the Aussies
16:50as they now turn their attention
16:52to Denmark,
16:53which is coming up
16:54in just a short amount of time.
16:55So the Aussies can celebrate now.
16:57But guys, let's go back
16:58to the moment of the day.
17:00This was critical
17:01for the Aussies and the win.
17:03k
17:16The Aussies
17:18Merci.