The Wave, skippered by British Olympian Leigh McMillan, with double gold medallist Sarah Ayton calling tactics, won, for the third year in succession the second 2015 Extreme Sailing Series regatta in Muscat, Oman.
With the 23-year-old Australian James Spithill at the helm and the America's Cup veteran Peter Gilmour calling tactics, OneWorld won all four starts, often leaving Stars & Stripes looking confused.
Many owners pay as much as $1,000 a day to have veterans such as three-time America's Cup racer John Bertrand sit beside them throughout the race, calling tactics.
In the satellite male hypothesis, a smaller male may rely on phonotaxis to parasitize a calling male [14], [71], whereas, a male employing the calling tactic may use phonotaxis to locate a calling individual, leading to aggressive behavior in which the male challenges the signaler in a physical contest [48], [72], [73].
When the Pushtuns confronted the invading British it was always called "treachery", but when the British used force to conquer the Pushtuns it was called "tactics".
Davies will call tactics for Slade, whose acquisitive eye is on another Fastnet victory but, above all, on winning Sydney-Hobart for the first time later this year.
"It's got a swept-back carbon-fiber rig with small jibs and no running backstays," said the pro racer Robbie Haines, who called tactics on George Andreadis's third-place Atalanti.
Alinghi and Team New Zealand both trace their nautical DNA to Peter Blake's 1995 Cup success: Coutts steered and Butterworth called tactics, while the current New Zealand head, Tom Schnackenberg, led the design team.
Directly after the announcement, Kostecki, who called tactics for the San Francisco-based America One squad the last time around (in 1999-2000), said that he still planned to participate in the Cup in some capacity.
According to the Farr 40 class rules, the onboard pros (in the 10-person crew, just 4 are allowed) can call tactics and trim sails, but only the boat's owner is permitted to steer.
"Nobody's on the fence about it," said Ken Read, who called tactics on George David's Idler, a Nelson/ Marek 50, which finished second to Vim 3. "People either love it or hate it".
