Whats positive is we won the Qualifiers and weve taken race wins off team New Zealand.
After the heartbreak of San Francisco, it is far too early to be talking of America's Cup victory.
The New Zealand team are a fast, well-oiled machine with their aerodynamic pod of four "cyclor" sailors, who supply the energy needed to power the boat's massive wing sail by pedaling on bikes.
Team New Zealand are storming towards victory at the America's Cup in Bermuda after crushing defenders Team USA in both races on Monday.
"I think it's pretty obvious these guys are faster and we need to make some serious changes", a glum-looking Spithill said. But we know that.
Burling and his opposite Jimmy Spithill were asked what the support from fans was like heading into the regatta but it appeared only one of them had anything to say about it.
"Clearly, now we need to put everything back on the table".
"Good boat speed and good manoeuvres, it's turning out quite nicely for us".
New Zealand continued to excel in light-wind sailing on the second day of racing as helmsman Peter Burling, 26, capitalised on a small mistake by the US team and extended his lead throughout Sunday.
But the light winds also made for very tricky conditions which produced a heart-stopping moment for the Kiwis when they ran out of breeze and sank off the foils with the finish in sight. "We feel we have got just as much chance to win this and we're going to do everything we can".
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"We're not even half way through the competition, these guys are 3-0 up and we have five days to make changes".
Four years ago, the Americans, guided by Australian skipper Jimmy Spithill, pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in sport.
Team New Zealand needs to win four more races to return the Auld Mug to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, where it resided from 1995-2003. "The team's hungry. They're a very, very competitive group".
"We feel like were far from flawless today, and we've got a lot to improve on in the next few days". We felt we really improved a lot on yesterday.
But its 50-foot catamaran came off its foils during a bad gybe and buried its bows in the water, allowing the Kiwis to speed back ahead and open a lead of about 300 yards.
Bertrand believes Burling is tough because of his dominance in winning the Olympic gold medal in the 49er class at Rio de Janeiro last summer with Blair Tuke, a Team New Zealand grinder.
The always-crafty Kiwis are using a cyclor grinding system.
Race 4 was to follow.
In 2013, Ashby and the Kiwis led the best of 17-race series 8-1, but incredibly lost eight-straight races and suffered a humiliating defeat.
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