Americas Cup

JK

Couple of wins this morning (and a loss) puts us through to the challenger finals.

Our boat looks to have held together pretty well and clearly has good pace.

Still worried about our ability at the starts. Burling is not a match racer so doesnt appear strong in this regard but we seem to make the right decisions mid race which have allowed us to pass competitors. Not sure how easy it will be vs Oracle if we get to that stage.

Virgil

Well that's one bit of payback from 2013 out of the way ( smacking Ben Ainsley and sending him out of the cup) he was the tactician on Oracle last time.
Just gotta find a way to beat cuntface (assuming we beat Artimis/Japan) in the LV final.

Bovidae

The choke is on for Barker...

canefan

@Bovidae said in Americas Cup:

The choke is on for Barker...

Deano San surrenders a 3-1 lead to get knocked out. We will face Artemis

Snowy

I'm happy that it is Artemis. They are probably better / quicker than Japan overall but having to beat Oracle Japan and then Oracle USA , or even having Oracle v Oracle in the cup would stretch the farce too far.

How did that rule about having one boat work again? The Americas cup pisses me off but I watch it every time...

Bovidae

Deano goes back to working for his master now.

JayCee

jesus they start the series tomorrow - no rest for Artemis

Bovidae

The interesting side story for the final is the Burling/Tuke vs Outteridge duel after their 49er battles.

mimic

Artemis is too good at the starts. They are 5 from 5 at making it to the 1st mark so far.

It's currently even, 2-2 so far. TNZ have no luck with their protests for penalties.

mimic

TNZ now lead 3-2 after Artemis made a tactical mistake.

Artemis seems to be having troubles with their boat atm, so it will be interesting to see how things go in the next race.

mimic

Once again TNZ has no luck with their protests, and Artemis make it to Mark 1 first.

mimic

What a race.. TNZ win by 1 second
Something went wrong with the last mark, and almost saw Artemis beat them to the finish line..

TNZ lead 4-2

JK

Amazing final race this morning. Wow we let them right back in there

Snowy

Bit shoddy by ETNZ at that final mark. Misjudging the lay line I think and came off the foils, fortunate they had enough margin.

dogmeat

I thought we won the start in race 3 today but we just don't seem to have the gas on a reach and Artemis can dictate and just go round us.

I don't know why I am investing in this. Oracle will clobber us 7-2 I reckon

Assuming we manage to win one more against the swedes

taniwharugby

@dogmeat nah mate, she'll be right, we only need to win one more race....

canefan

@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:

I thought we won the start in race 3 today but we just don't seem to have the gas on a reach and Artemis can dictate and just go round us.

I don't know why I am investing in this. Oracle will clobber us 7-2 I reckon

Assuming we manage to win one more against the swedes

We're not going to get away with making mistakes against Oracle

KiwiPie

In that final race, it was like a steeple-chaser with a big lead tripping up on the final jump and then crawling his way to the finish line. Lucky that Artemis wasn't a bit closer.

Gary

@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:

I thought we won the start in race 3 today but we just don't seem to have the gas on a reach and Artemis can dictate and just go round us.

I don't know why I am investing in this. Oracle will clobber us 7-2 I reckon

Assuming we manage to win one more against the swedes

Didn't team NZ win all the starts in the last Americas cup with Oracle just chasing them down with extra speed. I think it'll come down to that in the finals one boat is just going to be way faster than the other and tactics, match racing skill etc won't matter.

canefan

@Gary said in Americas Cup:

@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:

I thought we won the start in race 3 today but we just don't seem to have the gas on a reach and Artemis can dictate and just go round us.

I don't know why I am investing in this. Oracle will clobber us 7-2 I reckon

Assuming we manage to win one more against the swedes

Didn't team NZ win all the starts in the last Americas cup with Oracle just chasing them down with extra speed. I think it'll come down to that in the finals one boat is just going to be way faster than the other and tactics, match racing skill etc won't matter.

I guess it depends on the relative difference in speed. For our sake I hope the winds are light as is typical for this time of year. We seem to be lightning quick in these conditions. Oracle seem fast and have had plenty of practice with Japanese employee of the year Deano-san along with Larry's money buying a ten speed to park on the back of their boat as they planned all along....

The Silver Fern

Americas Cup