Americas Cup
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how cool would it be to be on the chase boat right behind the teams motoring along at up to 50-70km
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@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@jk said in Americas Cup:
That was super. Jimmy sailed a pretty smart race until leg 5.
One more to go!
It's not over. But the lady is warming up
Someone saw "Do they know it's Christmas" and tried the same without much talent to draw on? That's terrible. Absolutely cringeworthy.
Turns out Jeremy Coney was a better singer than Cricketer
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@wairau said in Americas Cup:
how cool would it be to be on the chase boat right behind the teams motoring along at up to 50-70km
I did a cruise on the Hauraki Gulf a couple of weekends back (the day before the latest lockdown actually). We got to a maximum speed of about 25 kn and were flying along. The AC75s are doing about twice that speed.
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@kiwiwomble It wasn't a lack of wind it was the wind direction. It brought North Head into play as a disturbing factor and meant the wind was coming from two different directions.
Would have turned the race into a lottery. Which LR would probably have gone for. It is now clear that TNZ have a slightly faster boat. Fickle winds evens it up a bit. Spithill was trying to blame mind games with the race committee.
As for localk knowledge - how many hours has Spithill spent on the Gulf? He got it wrong but it wasn't because of lack of knowledge. It was a fucking brain fart
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@bovidae said in Americas Cup:
In the press conference Bruni said he was in charge of the boat at that time but they did discuss the decision to go left amongst the three of them.
Yup, it's on the whole afterguard. The shift must be really fickle to fool professional sailors over and over
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@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble It wasn't a lack of wind it was the wind direction. It brought North Head into play as a disturbing factor and meant the wind was coming from two different directions.
Would have turned the race into a lottery. Which LR would probably have gone for. It is now clear that TNZ have a slightly faster boat. Fickle winds evens it up a bit. Spithill was trying to blame mind games with the race committee.
have to say, as a fan but not a sailor...thats just sounds like a good race. both teams still have to handle the same conditions
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Digression - Every day the Herald has an article - what the world is saying about the America's Cup. Does everyone else think they should stump up for an Italian speaker to tell them what is written in the Italian newspapers instead of obviously just mangling it with Google Translate?
Embarrassing. Especially as usually the Italian media are complaining about the arrogance and bias of the Herald!
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@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:
Digression - Every day the Herald has an article - what the world is saying about the America's Cup. Does everyone else think they should stump up for an Italian speaker to tell them what is written in the Italian newspapers instead of obviously just mangling it with Google Translate?
Embarrassing. Especially as usually the Italian media are complaining about the arrogance and bias of the Herald!
Confusing bias for incompetence
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:
Digression - Every day the Herald has an article - what the world is saying about the America's Cup. Does everyone else think they should stump up for an Italian speaker to tell them what is written in the Italian newspapers instead of obviously just mangling it with Google Translate?
Embarrassing. Especially as usually the Italian media are complaining about the arrogance and bias of the Herald!
Confusing bias for incompetence
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@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble It wasn't a lack of wind it was the wind direction. It brought North Head into play as a disturbing factor and meant the wind was coming from two different directions.
Would have turned the race into a lottery. Which LR would probably have gone for. It is now clear that TNZ have a slightly faster boat. Fickle winds evens it up a bit. Spithill was trying to blame mind games with the race committee.
have to say, as a fan but not a sailor...thats just sounds like a good race. both teams still have to handle the same conditions
Not really, the conditions can vary over the course too much, which is the problem. It can become pure luck. Yes sailors need to read shifts, but it can be very unfair if things change too much and you just happen to be in a bad spot. Also massively different if you are leading than trailing and how much by (match racing, not fleet).
The idea is to have the best sailors / boat decide the winner, not the weather.
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@snowy once again, as a spectator...thats sounds really interesting to watch, interesting weather forcing mistakes and the sailors having to handle different things, going up and down at full speed with one leg indistinguishable from another is the boring stuff people have been talking about
