Americas Cup
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@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@snowy surely you realise that there is a huge percent of people currently watching that have never been in a sailboat and will forget about the whole thing until the next time around
Yes, of course.
Should we change the laws of rugby for those that only watch the RWC because they don't understand the game?
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@snowy rules get changed all time to make it more enjoyable to watch, amongst other things and attracting more/new fan is often a big focus of lots of sports, and the rules for the AC get reviewed changes every time
you seem to have bristled to my reply, i havent actually said they should change the rules, i just pointed out the way you explained it actually made it sounds really interesting/challenging
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@snowy said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@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
Do you enjoy dice games?
I'm with @Kiwiwomble here. Why is having to take the conditions and course into account any different that say golf? Or F1 for that matter?
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@jc said in Americas Cup:
@snowy said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@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
Do you enjoy dice games?
I'm with @Kiwiwomble here. Why is having to take the conditions and course into account any different that say golf? Or F1 for that matter?
Like cricket in the rain then? Would be an interesting watch as long as ya had an umbrella
Btw, I obviously haven't read all those recent posts above. Had a quick skim and not exactly sure what was/is going on
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@jk snowy thinks all rugby should be played in doors
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@jc said in Americas Cup:
@snowy said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@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
Do you enjoy dice games?
I'm with @Kiwiwomble here. Why is having to take the conditions and course into account any different that say golf? Or F1 for that matter?
or rugby when its blowing a gale? scrap the kicking game for a half and keep the ball in hand whist the other team can pin you into a corner
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@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@jc said in Americas Cup:
@snowy said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@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
Do you enjoy dice games?
I'm with @Kiwiwomble here. Why is having to take the conditions and course into account any different that say golf? Or F1 for that matter?
or rugby when its blowing a gale? scrap the kicking game for a half and keep the ball in hand whist the other team can pin you into a corner
Then the wind dies at half-time and you get double fucked
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@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@jc said in Americas Cup:
@snowy said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
@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
Do you enjoy dice games?
I'm with @Kiwiwomble here. Why is having to take the conditions and course into account any different that say golf? Or F1 for that matter?
or rugby when its blowing a gale? scrap the kicking game for a half and keep the ball in hand whist the other team can pin you into a corner
Then the wind dies at half-time and you get double fucked
or it starts raining while you're 15 down and need to score tries...
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@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:
@jk snowy thinks all rugby should be played in doors
No. I don't think every leg of a yacht race should be a reach, and they should actually have to maneuver, and the reasons for the course layouts and weather conditions are sound, and have history for those reasons.
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kiwis should know better than to start celebrating too early
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@jc said in Americas Cup:
I'm with @Kiwiwomble here. Why is having to take the conditions and course into account any different that say golf? Or F1 for that matter?
Because it has a dramatic effect on the event. It is the layout of the course and the wind conditions that create the contest, that is why they cancel, postpone and abandon them if things aren't right.
F1 gets called off if the weather doesn't play nicely. Golf for lightning, etc.
Sailing just has more marginal parameters. Particularly for these boats.
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I'm with @Snowy. It's not like playing a footy game in the rain, or if the wind gets up. At least then the conditions are similar for both teams and you can enjoy seeing who best adapts.
It's like playing a game of footy where bear traps randomly open and close swallowing up players. Sure it could interest some people but it would complete render the contest meaningless as a game of rugby and leave it purely to chance who would come out on top. Not how you'd want to decide the RWC - or any game for that matter
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seeing kick off has been delayed
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@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
kiwis should know better than to start celebrating too early
Imagine if they lost it from here
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@booboo said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
kiwis should know better than to start celebrating too early
Imagine if they lost it from here
I remember listening to some coverage, LR were rumoured to have got Ernesto Bertarelli (Alinghi) lined up as CoR if they win. Apparently he contacted TNZ to see if there were interested in selling their first boat. I'm sure Grant's answer was
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anyone else think its kind of sad teams like Alingi and Oracle just forgot about the AC once they lost it? love or hate they both added some edge to it all
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Reports say Bertarelli might be interested in getting back in the game, but that was probably contingent on the event being in Europe.
This will be the end of the TNZ-LR relationship as things off the water have been strained. If the AC is retained I expect INEOS to be the CoR in the future based on comments by Ainslie.
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@kiwiwomble I'm more disappointed that there haven't been challenges from the likes of Australia, country's with a real AC history, for 20 years rather than a couple of rich pricks who went out and bought the cup and then took their ball home in a funk when they got beat. Particularly Oracle who decided if they couldn't play they'd set up a rival circuit to devalue AC.
Hope Burling and co win that next too!!!
