Ed Baird was helming from what I have been told (the worlds top ranked match racer).

All of last summer I sailed with several guys that have done/are doing the AC cup and iShares and I am sure they will get this figured out in the short term. If you spend any amount of time with sailors of this quality you can be nothing but impressed with their technical knowlege, innovation with equipment and skills. I will throw some gas on the fire for the Mono vs. Multi debate, Alinghi was leading at the top mark and the top 2 finishers were mono sailors - Yindling sailor Shirley Robinson and then the AC sailors of Team Origin driven by a former Volvo RTW winner, 49er and Skiff champion.

To me it looks like the gennaker furler opened at the head during the hoist which probably set off the chain of events (Holma saved it but was not going through with a hoist). Looks like two other boats started to have the same issue but dropped the gennakers vs completing their hoist.

For what it is worth i am not a fan of either Alinghi or Oracle.....