Americas Cup
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@canefan That was pretty good. Basically STFU.
So who would you all pick to race in the semi, and why?
It looks like we have the setup and team work to do better in light airs (forecast next 2 weeks) than most teams but Japan will likely have access to all of Oracle's tech and the Warkworth traitors that scuppered us in the last cup. If it was Japan v Oracle in the cup would it be rigged (yes pun intended)? Would anyone care?
I reckon that we take on Ainslie now. Take out the best sailor that perhaps doesn't quite have the boat setup perfect. They will all get better but there must be a performance plateau and I think we have the best chance against them now (rather than later - should we advance to the finals). Artemis and Japan are both going to be tough to beat so they can fight it out.
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
Damn it. We lost to Oracle again. So no wins against the evil empire and we surrender a one point advantage to them in the AC final
The worst part is that the races against Oracle has seen ETNZ shit the bed. The Aussie has it all over Burling.
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@Toddy maybe they are foxing him...probably not, but maybe
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@taniwharugby We have more races to get us match fit. It would have been nice to break our duck with Oracle before a possible finals matchup but it is what it is
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby We have more races to get us match fit. It would have been nice to break our duck with Oracle before a possible finals matchup but it is what it is
Break our duck? Didn't we beat them 8 times in a row a few years ago?
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@Hooroo haha, so in a final series are they 11 on the trot over us now?
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@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@Hooroo haha, so in a final series are they 11 on the trot over us now?
sumink like that
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@Hooroo said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby We have more races to get us match fit. It would have been nice to break our duck with Oracle before a possible finals matchup but it is what it is
Break our duck? Didn't we beat them 8 times in a row a few years ago?
At this cup....
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@JK said in Americas Cup:
Some talk re how much the electronics have been impact and if got wet or not.
We could always sit out tomorrow if we had to meaning it would go to 3-3 then come back the day after to try and close it out.
I would expect the electronics to be fine. Wouldn't they expect it to get wet under normal sailing conditions?
Hopefully the winds are so high that the races are cancelled.
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If you can wreck two wingsails in a single day, it seems a bit optimistic not to have several spares in the shed?
