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Live Blog: Team NZ v Oracle

3rd & 7 37yd

Nail this start next boys, nail it and it's your, ours #bringithome get Winnie back on the boat, #LeanWithDean #winwithwinstone

by blackdogdesign via twitter 9/24/2013 8:45:34 PM
Keeping The Faith. #TeamNZ

by Shaun Johnson via twitter 9/24/2013 8:45:38 PM
So the #AmericasCup is going to an 18th race...that wasn't in the original plan

by Dana Johannsen via twitter 9/24/2013 8:45:50 PM
Dear Jimmy and Ben. If we Kiwis concede you're fabulously brilliant would you let us have one?

by JeremyReesnz via twitter 9/24/2013 8:46:11 PM
Technically @OracleTeamUSA wins the #AmericasCup .. Dammit. Can we at least try win one more race! make us all feel better?

by Jo Aleh via twitter 9/24/2013 8:46:24 PM
Spithill on the start: "We just saw an opportunity there. At night we think about these starts. It was a physical race and theboys really dug in."

by Michael Brown 9/24/2013 8:47:08 PM
Spithill on the boat: "She's all good."

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:47:11 PM
34th America's Cup standings @EmiratesTeamNZ 8 wins / 8 pts @OracleTeamUSA 9 wins / 7 pts #americascup #cupbattle http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BU9Kzw4CMAE0YcJ.jpg

by America's Cup via twitter 9/24/2013 8:47:11 PM
This would have never happened to Captain Jack Sparrow #AmericasCup

by Nigel Yalden via twitter 9/24/2013 8:47:32 PM
"We've just being doing a lot of work at night. Our design and engineer team have been putting in a lot of work. But they've been rewarded - the boat is getting faster and faster and tere's a lot of belief on board."

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:47:58 PM
Spithill message to people: "We're not going to stop. We are going to go to the end. We really want this."

by Michael Brown 9/24/2013 8:48:02 PM
Barker on start: "It was an absolute shocker. We tried to make a bit of a play to mix it up a bit but got ourselves in a really bad spot. It was a bad option."

by Michael Brown 9/24/2013 8:48:40 PM
Barker on start: "We had to try drag it off the lay line and we tried to squash them down below it. The problem for us was we were way too early and killing way too much time."

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:49:09 PM
Barker on boat speed: "I think considering the amount we gave up at the start to be as close at the finish gives us a lot of confidence."

by Michael Brown 9/24/2013 8:49:30 PM
Barker as possibly playing postponement: "Nah, we're out here to race and, if the conditions are suitable, we're into it."

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:49:51 PM
While the Kiwi in me would love to see Team NZ take it out,Oracle deserve to win... For the good of the sport.

by Mr.R 9/24/2013 8:50:21 PM
PRO ETNZ Port

by America's Cup Racing via twitter 9/24/2013 8:50:37 PM
PRO USA Stbd\

by America's Cup Racing via twitter 9/24/2013 8:50:41 PM
PRO Current +1.1

by America's Cup Racing via twitter 9/24/2013 8:50:46 PM
Still have all my fingers, arms, legs, toes, eyes, eyebrows all crossed for this next race, still have lots of kiwi hope for our boys, you will win this. whoop whoop

by Hopeful Kiwi 9/24/2013 8:51:15 PM
TNZ are just playing, they want to allow Oracle to win all these races then take it, and send a message to say they lost because they cheated.

by JustPlaying 9/24/2013 8:51:21 PM
It might make painful reading for Team NZ fans but here's Paul Lewis' report on the race from San Francisco www.nzherald.co.nz

by Michael Brown 9/24/2013 8:52:11 PM
Oh dear.... I can see the movie coming out now, Tom Cruise stars as James Spithall, who manages the greatest sporting comeback since god knows when. Larry would play himself of course :)

by m 9/24/2013 8:52:23 PM
#AmericasCup economic benefits: should NZ start campaigning to host the court battle??

by RaybonKan via twitter retweeted by djohannsenNZH 9/24/2013 8:52:43 PM
The stats show port entry doesn't guarantee victory (it's actually really even) but it gives that boat first dibs on going for the leeward side and trying to get to the first mark first

by Michael Brown 9/24/2013 8:54:10 PM
Larry would play himself and Spithill and all the grinders. Blue collar guy, you know. ;)

by Joe39 9/24/2013 8:54:25 PM
WND Wind 260 at 20.7 kts, 22.2 kts peak

by America's Cup Racing via twitter 9/24/2013 8:55:01 PM
showing off the foils was a mistake, if TMZ had held back. Oracle wouldn't have them and this would be over

by tripsinger 9/24/2013 8:55:20 PM
I'm afraid, Tripsinger, it's virtually impossible to practice these things without others watching. Oracle (and Artemis) had spies down in Auckland in the same way Team NZ watched Oracle's every move

by Michael Brown 9/24/2013 8:56:12 PM
This has been like watching a week long Warriors game - a brilliant first half building a healthy lead, only to blow the second half with multiple brain farts and some dubious refereeing decisions!

by Zed 9/24/2013 8:56:25 PM
We're about 20 minutes away from the start of race 18.

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:57:10 PM
Haha, you can't compare the warriors to team nz

by John 9/24/2013 8:57:44 PM
Will it be the final race or will Oracle join Team NZ on match point, setting up a winner-takes-all showdown tomorrow?

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:57:57 PM
by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:58:27 PM
Well, Grand Dalton has taken himself back off the boat after race 17. Perhaps he wasn't our lucky charm after all...

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:59:13 PM
do we have Port for race 18?

by anna 9/24/2013 8:59:18 PM
Team NZ do indeed have port entry. That should help them make amends for that disastrous start.

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 8:59:42 PM
Get that Hakka going down at the Marina Green SF or at Pier 1! That's where we need the Warriors!

by Ex pat Kiwi 9/24/2013 9:00:13 PM
#americascup #usa #oracle #sanfrancisco

by John Fochetti via Instagram 9/24/2013 9:00:18 PM
I'm scared to vote on that poll, I don't want to jinx anything...

by xFATALSUPPORTx 9/24/2013 9:00:21 PM
6 in a row #americascup

by Matthew Robinson via Instagram 9/24/2013 9:00:47 PM
Well, I can tell you it's very even. Pretty tough race to call, this one.

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 9:00:48 PM
Just shrug off the pressure boys, get out there and have fun, and do what you used to do best!

by Yan 9/24/2013 9:02:00 PM
TIM Wind limit for race 18 is 24.1 kts

by America's Cup Racing via twitter 9/24/2013 9:02:38 PM
The pressure must be growing with every race and every loss. But Barker said before this morning's race he wouldn't switch positions and I'm sure that remains his thinking.

by Kris Shannon 9/24/2013 9:02:50 PM