That was penalty #3. #2 They attempted to go beyond LR's line and tack out of their wind shadow. This put them out of bounds. For a change LR sailed a good race with no out of bounds penalties.

I agree with the above the start was a mistake on the umpires part. Artemis had a perfect start and excellent boat speed on the first reaching leg. There is definitely a possibility they would have won had they not incurred the massive penalty from the pre-start.

It's also become painfully clear that, as catsailingnews pointed out and others have mentioned, the course is really poor tactically. It's virtually impossible to pass upwind unless you get a really lucky shift or really lucky puff. Otherwise you're forced to follow your competitor to stay out of the current. I suspect this is why Oracle and TNZ have been working on foiling upwind. Even at a net VMG penalty, if they can scoot across the course extremely quickly doing 25 kts+ upwind they open up their escape options upwind...