[PauliKenny]

"This is torture," said New Zealander Denise McBeth, who has spent the last 50 days in San Francisco alongside thousands of Kiwis watching the 72-foot catamarans duke it out on the America's Cup race course. "The whole country is at a standstill."

So how is this happening? How could a team that lost six of the first seven races go on to win the last seven of nine?