Mom, I don't want to be a tactician !...

Poor Torben Grael !... The whole world, and especially the italian part of it have seen how Luna Rossa won the start, went on the right side of the course, get a nice puff, was able to cross ahead of ETNZ for the first time of this Louis Vuitton final. And few minutes later the same whole world and the same italian part of it have seen how Luna Rossa, after having tacked on the kiwis face and send them the other way just hang on too long on a port tack, giving Barker and c° too much separation. When the two boats converge again, it was too late. The kiwis had their private lefty puff in the meantime. Luna Rossa had to tack under and the story was told.

If you are bowman and make a small mistake, maybe the rest of the crew will make some remark, but that's ok. If you are a trimmer and you don't trim the sail perfectly, nobody except maybe the other trimmers and the helmsman will tell something. If you are a grinder and you don't push enough on the winch handle, nobody will notice it. As a helmsman, maybe you are more exposed during the pre-start, but that's OK. Unless you get penalized, not a big deal. But as a tactician, your decisions are written on the race course, everybody can see your choices, your decisions, and eventually what they think is a fault. So, for Torben Grael, tonight will certainly be tough time. Even with as many olympic medals he gets...