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Team NZ will again have port entry if it goes to race 19.

They have been magnificent on the water in the last week. They have consistently shown better boat speed and Spithill has been doing a great job on the starts.

The gap is now more than a kilometre.

Halfway through the downwind leg and Oracle maintaining a lead of 1000m.

It's all very relaxed onboard Oracle - and why wouldn't it be?

Their lead on the downwind leg has not dipped below 950 metres.

Oracle approaching mark four now, still leading by 930m.

They speed into mark four at 40 knots.

Team NZ follow around mark four 48 seconds back.

Well, it's all going to be decided tomorrow (or the next day if the wind adds more drama to an already dramatic America's Cup).

Team NZ made a great start and got to the first mark first and things looked good. But they lost the race when they attempted to tack on top of Oracle and Oracle rolled over the top of them and force Team NZ to the boundary. It also forced Team NZ to make an extra tack and the race was over.

Win or lose, Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts will be pretty chuffed about the drama of this regatta. It was what they promised all those months ago