Americas Cup
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I should add that the course design, race length, etc. was done for spectator appeal and they ended up with a rather unappealing product. I feel sorry for the comms at times. Very difficult to make this exciting, and I enjoy sailing, but they have to talk shit knowing full well when a race is done and dusted.
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Does anybody know why they went away from the triangular courses that used to be used? At the moment they just go upwind and downwind for 6 legs. If there was a triangular course that would provide some variation.
Back when I used to sail, the standard was once around a triangle and then a final long leg to finish.
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@damo said in Americas Cup:
Does anybody know why they went away from the triangular courses that used to be used? At the moment they just go upwind and downwind for 6 legs. If there was a triangular course that would provide some variation.
Back when I used to sail, the standard was once around a triangle and then a final long leg to finish.
It's the boats mostly (and TB coverage and spectator appeal).
I've mentioned it before but I think an Olympic triangle doesn't really suit these boats - nor the cats. They are always upwind, because of apparent wind. Look how tight trimmed / close hauled they are "downwind". There ain't any goose wing sets anymore.A reach leg wouldn't involve any sailing skill, just the drag out to the mark.
All a bit of a mind fuck for old school sailors. I call it physics, some call it witchcraft, but not much point in a triangle as I see it.
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@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
so on the TVNZ Sports piece, they have Burling as the 'Flight Controller' but Spittal as 'co-helmsman'
The correct titles for TNZ are:
Burling - helmsman
Ashby - trimmer
Tuke - flight controllerDo we have co-helmsman too, or do LR have a Flight Controller?
Bruni and Spithill are co-helmsmen (they don't change sides), Sibello is the mainsail trimmer. It looks like they also use some grinders as trimmers.
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@bovidae said in Americas Cup:
@snowy Max Sirena is their skipper.
Thanks. I know who he is but he sure doesn't say much on board.
Pretty sure they had Spithill listed as skipper on the TB. Is Sirena always on the boat?
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@machpants well they could, it'd just be slower...
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@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@machpants well they could, it'd just be slower...
Racing at 5 knots lol
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@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@machpants well they could, it'd just be slower...
Couldn't be any more dull than what we've seen recently.
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@damo said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@machpants well they could, it'd just be slower...
Couldn't be any more dull than what we've seen recently.
Except the race wouldn't finish, they'd run out of time
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@machpants could start them at 9am and let them go!
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@damo said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@machpants well they could, it'd just be slower...
Couldn't be any more dull than what we've seen recently.
A displacement race would make me laugh, except we lost in SF due to a time limit so don't want to go there. About as fair as a CWC decided on boundaries. I'm not bitter at all, well maybe a little...fucking arseholes that make stupid rules...they don't understand the sport... they are all idiots...mutter, mutter.
Going back to the GOM thread.
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@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@machpants could start them at 9am and let them go!
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@canefan I think all the monohull ACs were more like that, so pre 2013 (ignoring the deed of gift), I’m sure 95-2007 were more like that
I was thinking more recently, either SF or Bermuda
I thought I’d seen these courses were very similar is size to SF and Bermuda, tighter grandstand courses rather than out further like before that
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