BMW ORACLE Racing wins the petit final in the jury room

BMW ORACLE Racing team won its match on the water over Luna Rossa on Saturday afternoon and followed that up with victory in the Jury room on Saturday night.

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Based on the official notes of the Jury and Peter Isler this is how the accident could happened on the water, however the chart is only our best guess as we haven't seen the incident on the water.

During the last ACT in the match between BMW Oracle (BMWO) and Luna Rossa (LR) occurred a collision
BMWO intends to dip LR at ca 70% up to the weather mark, (see position 1-5) and therefore gaining the right side and an advantage at the windward mark. LR takes shortly before the crossing to port (pos. 5-6) we assume to defend the right side of the course. The contact was caused by stern of LR coming up quickly (pos 6) in accordance to the umpires. BMWO despite his hard luff had no chance to avoid the collision.
The umpire Chris Simon expected a dial down from LR which could avoid the collision, but not a tack .
The umpires penalized LR for R 13.1 (tacking boat shall keep clear see LR pos. 5-6)
Normally an umpire decisions is final, but in an incident with damage the rules allow to protest with a red flag. This open the chance to ask for redress during a hearing, what both teams did.
The jury penalize LR under rule 14 (avoiding contact) and BMWO was awarded the redress for the next match as they had no second boat measurement compliant.
Therefore BMWO get’s his second point and wins the petite final finishing 3rd in the ACT 12.

Read more statements about this incident from the Jury and Peter Isler on Match Race Academy