"there is no second"

america's cup is on right now!

catch the action every night on Ch 22 at 9.30pm. unfortunately, they are only showing highlights of the previous days races, but still, there's nothing like seeing that perfect gybeset or the famed kiwi drop live on TV. if only they'd show less competitive eating and more sailing on ESPN.

you can also tune into the action live on Americas Cup radio every night at 9pm (that's when the race starts at Valencia). the link is http://mfile.akamai.com/33786/live/reflector:24937.asx?bkup=40410. you can also follow the live text tracker on http://www.americascup.com/. reminds you of the time when you had to follow your favourite soccer team's matches on BBC radio eh?

after yesterday's lay day, the 'swiss' on Alinghi are back in action against the 'emirates' team new zealand (blame globalisation). a glaring mistake by the swiss let the new zealanders tie the series up at 1-1. everyone reckons the swiss has a rocket ship and are significantly faster than the kiwis, but race 2 has showed us that boat speed cannot make up for bad (or complacent) sailing, at least at the very top levels.

will the SUI-100 rocketship reassert itself tonight? or will kiwi guile prevail again? check it out tonight!