A kicked-up south-westerly chop over a left-over northerly swell made for a tough and dynamic day on the Hauraki Gulf, where the sailors on ‘Taihoro’ – Emirates Team New Zealand’s stunning new AC75 – easily had the smoothest ride on the foils as everyone else tried to keep up. With the wind building to a top-end near 18 knots, it was another day, day ten (!) on the programme, of top-class training that is starting to ramp up into virtual race training.
