Select to expand quote515 said..cammd said..
NZ penalised.......rightly so.
Cannot believe Burling thinks others should "make room" for him. What an ego.
The fishing's good, and as a kiwi I'll bite 
Absolutely no doubt about port starboard and getting a penalty.
His point is that the collision could have been avoided.
Having the transom taken off just behind you is dangerous 
and the Swiss should also have a small penalty for collision.
Remember Tom sailing onto a course marker to avoid a collision with another boat and for crew safety.
Stadium sailing in extremely fast boats in a small area there are always close calls but keep it safe.
Can't wait for Auckland, but for sailing you're in the gustiest part of the harbour to accommodate close grandstands 
100% could have been avoided, .....by respecting tne rules.
Burling said he saw the swiss preparing to gybe, its no surprise to anyone they gybed when they got to the layline, why did he keep coming on port. He should have gybed when they did.
Thats how the collision should have been avoided.
He didnt gybe because he wasnt on the layline, he thought he could bully his way past them and force them to duck. You know make room for him.
The swiss took action to avoid the collision when they realised NZ were not taking any action. They had one or two seconds to try and avoid whereas NZ saw them prepare to gybe, then gybe, then 3 or 4 seconds on stb tack. NZ would have had 10 x the time to avoid knowing the Swiss would gybe and then have right of way.
Its reasonable to make a mistake in such a tight fast race but Burling is blaming everything/one other than himself, even with hindsight.
He keeps stating he didnt know what else he could have done. He could have gybed to give way to stb boat. He put himself and everyone else in danger and the ego won't allow him to recognise it.
I think everyone who has ever raced a sailiboat sails with the expectation that the right of way boats will not make room.
To try and blur that well established norm is dangerous in itself.
Select to expand quotecammd said..515 said..cammd said..
NZ penalised.......rightly so.
Cannot believe Burling thinks others should "make room" for him. What an ego.
The fishing's good, and as a kiwi I'll bite
Absolutely no doubt about port starboard and getting a penalty.
His point is that the collision could have been avoided.
Having the transom taken off just behind you is dangerous and the Swiss should also have a small penalty for collision.
Remember Tom sailing onto a course marker to avoid a collision with another boat and for crew safety.
Stadium sailing in extremely fast boats in a small area there are always close calls but keep it safe.
Can't wait for Auckland, but for sailing you're in the gustiest part of the harbour to accommodate close grandstands
100% could have been avoided, .....by respecting tne rules.
Burling said he saw the swiss preparing to gybe, its no surprise to anyone they gybed when they got to the layline, why did he keep coming on port. He should have gybed when they did.
Thats how the collision should have been avoided.
He didnt gybe because he wasnt on the layline, he thought he could bully his way past them and force them to duck. You know make room for him.
The swiss took action to avoid the collision when they realised NZ were not taking any action. They had one or two seconds to try and avoid whereas NZ saw them prepare to gybe, then gybe, then 3 or 4 seconds on stb tack. NZ would have had 10 x the time to avoid knowing the Swiss would gybe and then have right of way.
Its reasonable to make a mistake in such a tight fast race but Burling is blaming everything/one other than himself, even with hindsight.
He keeps stating he didnt know what else he could have done. He could have gybed to give way to stb boat. He put himself and everyone else in danger and the ego won't allow him to recognise it.
Pete's just pissed at everything that happened. Like any of us after something that could have been avoided or we end up in the wrong, he's attempting to justify his perspective. Shoulda, coulda, might of ... He'll get over it and get on with the job quick enough. Black foils have the skill and the time to make up for a bad outing.
Watching it all unfold as a spectator, time slowed down. You could see something was going to give as they all manoeuvred into the bottom marks at full throttle. It's why you need to be out front at the start, everything concertinas back down the positions.
If they got Brazil fixed last year between events, NZ should be ready for AKL.
I've seen other video angles and yes Black Foils could have gybed earlier and avoided collision.
Agree they wanted to go further on port before gybing to get to the layline.
I'll take my kiwi eye patch off.
Wow, I've admitted I was wrong - I'll try not to make a habit of it 
Boats should be fixed, guessing Spain are first priority with daggerboard and bulkhead damage.
Wouldn't want to be fixing these boats!
Great photos westozwind
