1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Right now though, Sale GP now Sales GP is on 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: an Auckland again this weekend. Unfortunately, a thunderstorm is also 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: forecast to hit Auckland this weekend, so racing on sunday's 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: being moved up to an eleven thirty start. It's going 5 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: to start at four o'clock tomorrow as planned. Blair Chuke 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: is the co CEO and the wing trimmer of the 7 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: Black Foils and with us, Hi Blair. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, good afternoon. 9 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: How's your boat after that scrape in Perth? 10 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, well us a little bit more than a scrape, 11 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: but it's it's back together, which is great news. And 12 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: we've just been out in the water for a quick 13 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 2: rip around Whitemintaw Harbor ahead of thunderstorms that are all 14 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 2: around Auckland this afternoon. And yeah, boat was in feeling good, 15 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 2: just as it was before the incident, and team's really 16 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: excited for the week in ahead. Looks like a great forecast, 17 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: so even with the earliest start on Sunday, it's still 18 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: going to be awesome racing. 19 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: Good stuff. How was the wind out there? Were you 20 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: enjoying it? 21 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 2: Yeah? There was a bit of rain involved too, actually, 22 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: but no, it's always I mean just being back on 23 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 2: home waters. We raced so much overseas and in sale 24 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: GP all around the world, so to have the opportunity 25 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: to race here this weekend in front of our home fans, 26 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: or even just to go sailing like we did this 27 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 2: afternoon on the fifty was unreal. 28 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you guys must come here one like pretty confident. 29 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: This is your stomping ground, right, You've got you You're 30 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: not the underdog. You're the opposite here, aren't you. 31 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: Well, we've got the home fans on our sides, so 32 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: that's a big posit of them, and we do draw 33 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 2: a lot from that. It makes us, just gives us 34 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: that little bit more edge, and we want to put 35 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: on a good show for them, so we'll go out 36 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: there and give it our upmost to do that. But 37 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 2: the really is we're racing against what's now twelve other 38 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: great teams, all best sailors in the world, identical boats. 39 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 2: So and we, like I've mentioned before, we race all 40 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: around the world, so we get used to adapting quickly, 41 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: and I know all the other teams will too, So 42 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: it'll be whoever tunes into these southerly south west conditions 43 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 2: off Upper White and Matar tomorrow on Sunday that comes 44 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: out on top. But yeah, we're certainly feeling good and 45 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: looking forward to getting up there now, Blair. 46 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I can understand that the fans have an 47 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: impact on a game that's played in the stadium, because 48 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 1: of course all the players can hear the fans, But 49 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: do they have an impact for you guys? 50 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: Oh, they most certainly do. I'm actually just here in 51 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: the tech base now inside the VC and there's a 52 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 2: hundred or so people just walking around the boats and 53 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: different tours, which is that's a neat buzzer itself. And 54 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: right outside here there's people ever everywhere and saying good 55 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 2: luck and all that. And then when we get on 56 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: the water. Surprisingly actually last year, I haven't heard it 57 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 2: ever in sailing well, actually I had once before down 58 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: in christ Church in Littleton. But the New Zealand fans 59 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: are crazy. And maybe that sounds strange to some people 60 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: because I know, compared to other fans around the world 61 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 2: in stadiums, we're not. But yeah, we hear the fans 62 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 2: here in New Zealand, which is pretty awesome, especially with 63 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: all the whistling that goes on in the boats. Thinking 64 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: you're hearing the crowd over that. That's great boost for us. 65 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, well that's cool for the fans to know that 66 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: it's actually reaching you. Now on the little scrape with 67 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: the Swiss, was it? I know you guys have been 68 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: blamed for it, but it was actually the Swiss that 69 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: were at fault. 70 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 2: No, we were found guilty war in the wrong by 71 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: the jury by the umpires in the end, but it's 72 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 2: incredibly tight margins and through that moment when the Swiss 73 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: maneuverd onto starb attack the rules of sailing, there was 74 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: a bounce between about three rules within about five seconds. 75 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 2: So it was one of those things that we slightly 76 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: misjudged it, but in saying that, they were still the 77 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 2: aggressor in our opinions and they could have done more 78 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 2: to avoid us. But yeah, the umpires saw it differently. 79 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 2: But onwards from now. We obviously ended up with zero 80 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: points out of that event, which was a tough start, 81 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: but it got a chance to get our season back 82 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: on this weekend at home. 83 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: Okay, Now, out of one hundred, how do you rate 84 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: the chances that sale GP comes back to Auckland after 85 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: this year? 86 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: I think it would have to be somewhere close close 87 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: to one hundred. I know, you know it's not my decision, 88 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 2: as you know from the Black four side of things, 89 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: but I know both Tau and sale GP the league 90 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 2: want to make it happen. We both want to have 91 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: a well, they both want to have a long term 92 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 2: future of us racing here and you know that's awesome 93 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: for us from a team, right, So we're doing all 94 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 2: we can to try and make that happen. But yeah, 95 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: at they're intense, definitely there and I think you'd have 96 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 2: to give it a high chance good. 97 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: They will take it on. Please to hear it. Listen mate, 98 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: thank you for your time, and go well tomorrow and 99 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: at the weekend. It'd be great to watch you do it. 100 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: Blear Tukee, Black Foils co CEO and Wing Tremmer. 101 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 102 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,559 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 103 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.