America's Cup boss and Oracle supremo Sir Russell Coutts has conceded Team New Zealand "have the better package" and is disappointed by the one-sided final in Bermuda.

With Emirates Team New Zealand leading the defenders 3-0 in the race to seven wins, Coutts offered some honest thoughts ahead of the resumption of racing this weekend on the Great Sound.

"We have seen so many exciting races in the Challenger Playoffs, it is unfortunate that this is not the case in the finals," Coutts said in an interview with German magazine Yacht who are in Bermuda with a German team having been involved in the Youth America's Cup.

Coutts said his boss, Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, shared a similar view after watching Team New Zealand's commanding winning margins.

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MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS The America's Cup match in Bermuda hasn't made great viewing for Oracle boss Larry Ellison (third from left).

"Of course he would have liked to see his team more successful. But I think he was most disappointed that we did not see better, more exciting races last weekend. We all hoped for a good fight. We hope now that Oracle has made some good changes in the preparation. So far it's been rather one-sided."

Coutts, who helped mastermind Oracle's miracle comeback against Team New Zealand in San Francisco four years ago, didn't seem so optimistic of a repeat performance on Bermuda's Great Sound.

"The guys are working hard on it but it is different than four years ago," Coutts said.

RICARDO PINTO/ ACEA 2017 Emirates Team New Zealand have simply been too fast for Oracle Team USA.

"At that time I was convinced that Oracle had the better package. They only had to learn to use it optimally and to sail optimally. This time, the Kiwis clearly have the better package.

"It is now about improving the Oracle package as much as possible. But it is a very steep mountain which they have to climb."

The more restrictive rules for this 35th America's Cup will hamper Oracle but Coutts felt there was still some wriggle-room for Jimmy Spithill and his crew.

"I think you can improve a lot, so you make changes. Whether that is enough, we must see."

Coutts, the most successful skipper in America's Cup history having won at the helm of Team New Zealand and Alinghi (Switzerland) boats and overseen two Oracle victories, believed if the Cup returned to Auckland, the Kiwis would "do a good job as organiser".

He seemed to think that a Team New Zealand victory would mean changes to the format he has engineered over the last two editions in foiling catamarans and incorporating a world series. But producing a product that transferred into "a good TV broadcast will be in their interests".

He felt the AC50 catamaran still had development in it to make it a better boat and he would like to see it operate better in high and low wind spectrums.

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