At 08 00 Duckworth's ships divided into two divisions, a westerly line to windward under Duckworth with Superb, Northumberland, HMS Spencer and HMS Agamemnon, and an eastern line under Louis with Canopus, HMS Donegal and Atlas.
He loved the rocking of a heavy boat in a slight swell reaching to windward on a blue-sky day with a glint of sun on the water, the masts creaking, the wind slapping through the rigging.
And, he added, "many valued themselves highly on the skill and address with which they got to windward of every person whom they met".
Both boats executed superb starts on what looked to be a gear-busting afternoon, hitting the line in unison with Prada positioned slightly to windward of America One.
In fact, the Luna Rossa tactician, Torben Grael, appeared to get just what he was after: a clean start at the pin-end of the line, with the Kiwis positioned to windward.
The revival in Stevenson's reputation began after the second world war, first in Scotland, inaugurated by David Daiches and Janet Adam Smith, and then in the United States with JC Furnas's Voyage to Windward (1952).
Instead, de Angelis elbowed Cayard out and started to the left with a two-second lead and America One positioned a hair behind and to windward.
"No matter what, we need to get to windward of these things".
He has established an eyrie on an upper deck, to windward.
An hour later it was difficult to look to windward; even, sometimes, to breathe.
