On Jun 27, 3:47 am, OzOne wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:48:38 -0700, Bart
scribbled thusly:

In the third race of the 32nd America's Cup today,
the Kiwi's were in a starboard tack position and
able to force Alighi to duck them. Instead, they
tacked to port.

What was a possible reason for doing this?

Would you have done anything differently? If
so what?

Without knowing the situation,
most likely wanted to keep a close cover on Alinghi
Nothing better than having your opposition locked in under your
quarter,
or there was more pressure out to the right and they wanted to get to
it

Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,
We've been expecting you.

Tacking put the Kiwi's to leeward and parallel with Alighi.
Alinghi would have had to do a major duck or tack
to avoid the Kiwi's--if the Kiwi's had stood on their
starboard tack course.