I got a chance to watch today's racing and I made note of a couple of things. NZ has command of their boat and are just light years ahead of LR. Coming around the top of the course, NZ nails the transition from reaching to running deep nearly every time. LR has a hard time staying on their foils. They have to heat back up and they immediately loose 30 to 100 meters. The second thing is that NZ seems to see the wind. They are just incredible in connecting the dots on the pressure.