Peter Holmberg, on a change of strategy in the afterguard:
We sailed our own race as a strategy. We debriefed the last regatta, and decided to change our style, and now it's being a little more confident in what we think, and not worrying about all the other options. I think today we saw Brad and the others start to trust their instincts and it paid off.
Philippe Mourniac, tactician, LE DEFI, after a good day for the French:
The feeling is quite good, because we had one very good result in the first race and one not-so-good race after that. But we sailed a very good second race and we think maybe we sailed even better in that race. The result is not there but we feel good because we are racing on equal terms with the others.
Tanguy Cariou, tactician, K-Challenge, on a day of mixed fortunes:
It was a little strange today…We alternate between the good and the not-so good. The first race did not go well for us in terms of steering, tactics, manoeuvres and so on. We couldn't do much that was right. In the second race, it was a bit of a reprieve. But you couldn't say that it was all that simple, in fact it was far from the case.
Chris Dickson, skipper, BMW ORACLE, on a tough day out:
One of those days. But we'll back with a smile tomorrow.
Chris Dickson, on a 'mystery' penalty straight after the start of Race 2:
We're not sure what that penalty was for. We didn't think we were close enough to anyone to have an incident let alone a penalty. With Shosholoza, we were both fighting for the same spot on the start line, but we're not even sure if it was Shosholoza that we were given the penalty for. Doing a penalty in a fleet race on a short course is a big ask to come back from. We came back a little bit, but not as far back into it as we would like to have done.
Luis Doreste, strategist, Luna Rossa, on the relevance of fleet racing:
We have seen really difficult races today with shifty wind. We have enjoyed the racing a lot but the fleet race does not represent the format of the America's Cup.
Terry Hutchinson, tactician, Emirates Team New Zealand, on whether he was surprised at another great day:
No, not at all. Today is just a continuation of the past two weeks. We're learning each other lot every day we go sailing. Dean's doing a great job sailing the boat, which in turn allows me to do a great job tactically, which in turn allows all the guys to give the input that is going to help us make the right decisions. When it goes bad, so be it, but when it goes bad it doesn't mean we're going to get dark or angry, we're going to learn how to make the team better.
Iain Percy, skipper, +39, on whether we could have expected more of the team:
You could, and we should have done better today…(but) we're inexperienced at the back, making mistakes that we won't be making in six months' time.
