| 11. | But the umpires were firm on their ruling that Cayard had gybed too close and below proper course.
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| 12. | Cayard made a poor gybe and the boats separated as both sailed straight ahead toward the finish line.
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| 13. | Relying on intuition and information from the navigator, the tactician tells the skipper when to tack and gybe.
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| 14. | However, its wider beam requires more space to maneuver, so gybing can be trickier in confined areas.
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| 15. | Grinders alternate between periods of inactivity and grueling physical work during each sail hoist, tack, and gybe.
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| 16. | Prada instituted a gybing duel early in the leg, then set up to the left on starboard from AmericaOne.
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| 17. | It then gybed into clear air and rolled past Oracle to a nine-second lead at the bottom mark.
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| 18. | Alinghi held New Zealand out and was more than a boatlength advanced when the yachts gybed for the finish line.
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| 19. | It surged past New Zealand with better boatspeed, broke its overlap and was able to gybe around the Kiwi bow.
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| 20. | Here the main sail is placed on the windward side of the boat, leading to a heightened risk of gybing.
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