Americas cup
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@DaGrubster said in Americas cup:
@dogmeat said in Americas cup:
I don't think our boat was that much better. Could have possibly been different if there had been more wind / lumpy seas.
Ineos dealt to Luna Rossa in those conditions and handed us our two defeats when the swell was up.
I think our meteorologist has to be given credit too. We seemed to know which was the better side of the course even when the commentators called otherwise.
Still think the race format is flawed. Course is too narrow. Makes for a great spectacle from shore but really reduces passing lanes. Makes it relatively easy for the leading boat to defend.
Upwind and the manoeuvres is where it was better.
The one race that Ineos won (not including the one where we came off our foils as they were miles ahead!) I. Their favoured conditions we were only 50 metres behind at the finish line. When we were in front we extended and had some really big wins.
That’s generally the sign of a faster boat.
When we needed to, we had the wheels downwind as well. The data supports this.
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you know you can quote multiple time in one post?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
you know you can quote multiple time in one post?
This forum software doesn't do multi quoting notifications which is a drawback.
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It's all happening this week. First Ineos and now this:
Team New Zealand and three-time America’s Cup winning skipper Peter Burling have agreed to part ways ahead of the 38th America’s Cup.
Team NZ announced the bombshell on Friday, saying discussions by team management and Burling had been ongoing since Barcelona last year but an agreement was not able to be reached.
It's usually about money.
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I don't blame Burling, he's won multiple A Cups and like any sport he'll be looking to cash in by offering his talents up elsewhere. The question is for Team NZ, who will replace him?
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@Canes4life said in Americas cup:
I don't blame Burling, he's won multiple A Cups and like any sport he'll be looking to cash in by offering his talents up elsewhere. The question is for Team NZ, who will replace him?
Good point. Athletes have very narrow windows to set themselves up unless they can transition into something else. His body surely can't keep going with the demands of steering a boat.
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the consensus with the yachty people ive talked to this morning is its mostly about SailGP......Dalton wants him more committed to the Americas cup...Burling enjoys SailGP and the season is getting bigger apparently
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@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
the consensus with the yachty people ive talked to this morning is its mostly about SailGP......Dalton wants him more committed to the Americas cup...Burling enjoys SailGP and the season is getting bigger apparently
So he's basically off to play IPL....
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@antipodean said in Americas cup:
@Canes4life said in Americas cup:
I don't blame Burling, he's won multiple A Cups and like any sport he'll be looking to cash in by offering his talents up elsewhere. The question is for Team NZ, who will replace him?
Good point. Athletes have very narrow windows to set themselves up unless they can transition into something else. His body surely can't keep going with the demands of steering a boat.
Having raced against Burling myself and been around him when he was a youth sailor, he's always been someone that is cool, calm and collected in nature but is also relentlessly competitive. Money is likely the contributing factor for him leaving, but he'd be the type of guy that would love to win the A Cup with more than one team and he also won't like the fact he hasn't yet been successful in the SailGP. Like any job, being in the same environment and working with the same people all the time becomes somewhat repetitious, so I don't blame him for moving on at all.
TNZ will be hard pressed to find a skipper of the same calibre as Burling so defending the next A Cup has now become a massively bigger task with Burling moving on.
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@canefan said in Americas cup:
@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
the consensus with the yachty people ive talked to this morning is its mostly about SailGP......Dalton wants him more committed to the Americas cup...Burling enjoys SailGP and the season is getting bigger apparently
So he's basically off to play IPL....
pretty much, although he was already doing it...just slitting his time
the interesting thing will be if there is a americas cup team out there that is happy for him to split his time
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@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
@canefan said in Americas cup:
@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
the consensus with the yachty people ive talked to this morning is its mostly about SailGP......Dalton wants him more committed to the Americas cup...Burling enjoys SailGP and the season is getting bigger apparently
So he's basically off to play IPL....
pretty much, although he was already doing it...just slitting his time
the interesting thing will be if there is a americas cup team out there that is happy for him to split his time
I think other teams will be falling over each other to sign him purely based on his A Cup record alone. I'm sure the logistics of him sailing at SailGP as well won't be an issue.
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@Canes4life agreed, Dalton probably claiming theyre aiming higher or something, keep growing etc....other teams will fall over themselves for him knowledge alone
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@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
@Canes4life agreed, Dalton probably claiming theyre aiming higher or something, keep growing etc....other teams will fall over themselves for him knowledge alone
If that was the case, you have to be careful not to be too proud....
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@Canes4life said in Americas cup:
The question is for Team NZ, who will replace him?
Nathan Outteridge is just as good as Burling, and better in some areas.
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@Bovidae said in Americas cup:
@Canes4life said in Americas cup:
The question is for Team NZ, who will replace him?
Nathan Outteridge is just as good as Burling, and better in some areas.
Yeah he’d be top of the list surely.
