Americas Cup
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I have only caught up with watching full races on the day after replays over here. I don't get the channel that has it live.
The race that has me wary is that second one on the first day. Spitball sailed one of those legs way way better that we did and with a lesser boat speed took better lines and made up huge ground. It was like McCaw running from breakdown to breakdown, finding the best line to get there. It was only a mistake on the first gybe after turning that let us off the hook.
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@Crucial That second race where Shithill made up all the time was a wind shift I think. We did better covering today, it cost us some of the lead but kept us in the same air. I think they learnt from race 2.
The hydraulics are a bit of a mystery. An accumulator should really hold enough pressure for the boat to maneuver a few times I reckon, but I haven't read anything that explains the systems at all. Probably all top secret.
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@Snowy said in Americas Cup:
@Crucial That second race where Shithill made up all the time was a wind shift I think. We did better covering today, it cost us some of the lead but kept us in the same air. I think they learnt from race 2.
The hydraulics are a bit of a mystery. An accumulator should really hold enough pressure for the boat to maneuver a few times I reckon, but I haven't read anything that explains the systems at all. Probably all top secret.
I'm the same. From what I can guess it is all a bit like blowing up a balloon that then gets used to power stuff while the crew swaps sides or when pressure is needed to hold things in place or tweak them. If you keep using more of the air in the balloon than you can put in eventually you are going to get weaker.
I see the kiwi guys all have data pads on their arms which I guess show them the reserve levels and how hard they need to be working to keep things topped up.
I think the reserves aren't that big either. That time when NZ sat down before the line and let BAR catch up, they said the cyclors had to work super hard to wind up the pressure again. -
@Crucial Yep. Balloon analogy is about right for an accumulator. I just haven't seen any details on the size of them, pressure, etc. If it was fully pressurised how many tacks / gybes could they make? How much pressure does it take to trim the wing? Raise a dagger board? You might be right that they don't hold much after that last mark rounding cock up V BAR.
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Came across my old KZ Kiwi pin and AC1987 scrapbook yesterday and now (probably stupidly) dare to be excited about the current regatta.
Have just been reading a bit about the past cups. What exactly happened in 1992 and was NZ in the wrong there? Seems pretty farked that they had to make changes 4 races into the final of the LV Cup. But I guess that's no surprise in this rather bizarre comp.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Americas Cup:
Came across my old KZ Kiwi pin and AC1987 scrapbook yesterday and now (probably stupidly) dare to be excited about the current regatta.
Have just been reading a bit about the past cups. What exactly happened in 1992 and was NZ in the wrong there? Seems pretty farked that they had to make changes 4 races into the final of the LV Cup. But I guess that's no surprise in this rather bizarre comp.
That was the bowsprit episode wasn't it? We were hot favourites and lost to il moro de venezia
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Americas Cup:
Came across my old KZ Kiwi pin and AC1987 scrapbook yesterday and now (probably stupidly) dare to be excited about the current regatta.
Have just been reading a bit about the past cups. What exactly happened in 1992 and was NZ in the wrong there? Seems pretty farked that they had to make changes 4 races into the final of the LV Cup. But I guess that's no surprise in this rather bizarre comp.
That was the bowsprit episode wasn't it? We were hot favourites and lost to il moro de venezia
Yep. Leading 3-1, then had a win annulled, then lost 4 in a row. The 2 wins before the change were by more than 2 minutes.
For some reason I just wasn't interested in this Cup. Maybe too crushed after Dennis the Bastard did the job on us in 87 and then that whole catamaran challenge bullshit.
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
Winning in 1995 was awesome. Coutts and Butterworth were a great team before they went all order 66 on us
You'd seriously consider joining Isis for the money they received.
It's a bit of a kick in the nuts that Kiwi ingenuity and knowhow have played a massive part in us not winning this thing back.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
Winning in 1995 was awesome. Coutts and Butterworth were a great team before they went all order 66 on us
You'd seriously consider joining Isis for the money they received.
It's a bit of a kick in the nuts that Kiwi ingenuity and knowhow have played a massive part in us not winning this thing back.
They both own sizeable chunks of waiheke island now if I'm not mistaken. If TMZ institute a country rule regarding crew and boat manufacture the nz industry will lose out, especially the warkworth traitors and all of the ex TMZ boys
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So now the desperation has gotten down to 'requesting' the judges to check everything meets the rule book. Looking for any chink they can legally use to declare the comp null and void. Obviously ETNZ have played the same card back at them in a counter move although I doubt much good can come of that.
If Larry loses this on the water he will go crying to the courtroom as he won't believe he got beaten under rules set up to ensure his own victory. -
A good read explaining the roles of the crew on board
The secret weapon pushing Team NZ to victory
Team NZ's Glenn Ashby is in no hurry to share the intricacies of his onboard remote control.
