Vengeance for Team NZ

Team New Zealand's series-levelling victory over Alinghi has allowed skipper Dean Barker to put the wind up Kiwi counterpart Brad Butterworth, clearly rattling the defector dubbed Mr America's Cup.

International sailing media have praised the Kiwis' 28-second victory - preventing a 5-0 finals clean sweep for the first time in 15 years - and are hailing a regatta that could go down to the wire.
The victory snapped Butterworth's 16-race winning streak in international sport's oldest contest and was the first step in avenging Team New Zealand's 2003 whitewash by Alinghi.
Barker "pounced" on Butterworth's mistake in tacking too late on a key beat and allowing Team New Zealand to take the lead halfway through the third leg, reported The Guardian.
Three-time cup winner Russell Coutts said Butterworth and Alinghi would be "kicking themselves" for letting the race slip.
"The key moment in the race was the bad attack by Alinghi. That was, quite frankly, a clanger and handed Team New Zealand the race two-thirds of the way up the final windward beat," he told London's Telegraph newspaper.
"They'll be kicking themselves because it should have been a race that they had easily in control."
But Coutts, Alinghi's skipper in 2003, still predicted a close final.
Barker and the Kiwis certainly did seem to get under Butterworth's skin at one stage of the race.
After surrendering the lead, Butterworth's on-boat microphone picked up his blue language in haranguing race officials for letting spectator craft get too close.
He later defended his use of the 'f'-word, which was beamed into millions of homes worldwide.
"There is no other vehicle to get my impressions across other than that microphone, so it's good to use it because you are listening and you can put some pressure on these wallys to get (the spectators) off the course," he said.
By contrast, Team New Zealand remained calm and composed after clinching victory.
Team boss Grant Dalton asked that the crew on board NZL92 keep a lid on their emotions after crossing the finish line.
"No man love," were the instructions overheard by TV microphones. The team will spend today's rest day lying low, preparing for the third race early tomorrow.
After the win, Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard said from Valencia that the Government was confident it had already got a return "in spades" from its $34 million investment in Team New Zealand.
Each sailing success boosted New Zealand's tourism and business prospects.

GREG FORD in Valencia and KERI WELHAM - Fairfax Media