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  • nzzpN Offline
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    replied to MajorRage on last edited by
    #71

    @MajorRage remember you're after the seriously wealthy now, not Fern posters. They went back to American yacht clubs every cycle, so why not?

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    @nzzp said in Americas cup:

    @MajorRage remember you're after the seriously wealthy now, not Fern posters. They went back to American yacht clubs every cycle, so why not?

    That’s exactly my point.

    Did the seriously wealthy want to return after 3 years?

    Very different going to diff spots in America than Auckland.

    Just speculating. I have no idea.

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    #73

    Bit of an issue here…

    Emirates Team New Zealand

    UPDATED STATEMENT FROM EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND:

    UPDATED STATEMENT FROM EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND:

    After racing on Race day one of the Louis Vuitton Round Robin, as the team were lifting their AC75 ‘Taihoro’ from the water, there was an issue with the lift and the boat landed heavily onto its supporting cradle.

    Will miss tomorrow racing as a minimum

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    I wonder if they'd have dropped the boat in Auckland...

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    @Donsteppa said in Americas cup:

    I wonder if they'd have dropped the boat in Auckland...

    Well they dropped the ball so....

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    @MajorRage said in Americas cup:

    Coming in from a point of no education here, but it does make sense to move it around.

    Yes, they've attracted a lot of money, visitors and teams into NZ, but how mucho f that is going to come back 3 years later? The teams will, obviously, but the flotilla of super yachts / fans etc? Hard to tell. NZ is incredibly difficult to get to & if you were there just 3 years ago, would you be in a hurry to get back there so soon?

    Kind of like a rugby world cup. If it was held in NZ in 2015 again, would it have been as big of a success as the UK? Or would people be looking at it thinking, long way to go, only went there recently, will skip this.

    Looking at the last 4, it's' been Valencia, San Fran, Bermuda, Auckland ... what an awesome set of locations and keeps the vibe alive. If it was NZ again, would that same vibe exists with it being in Barcelona this time?

    I have my doubts. Would you rather pop across to Spain for the next one is do the long journey to NZ, again. For basically exactly the same thing.

    Bit of a no brainer for me.

    some challengers also said they wouldnt come back to NZ, more expensive to get to/set up base and they could get more/better sponsors if held in a European city

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  • LatsToTheMaxL Offline
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    @JK said in Americas cup:

    Bit of an issue here…

    Emirates Team New Zealand

    UPDATED STATEMENT FROM EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND:

    UPDATED STATEMENT FROM EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND:

    After racing on Race day one of the Louis Vuitton Round Robin, as the team were lifting their AC75 ‘Taihoro’ from the water, there was an issue with the lift and the boat landed heavily onto its supporting cradle.

    Will miss tomorrow racing as a minimum

    Yeah is a bit shit. They had 9 days of racing the challengers before they had to go it alone. Now maybe down to 5-6. Not ideal.

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    Well that was a great sailing....

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  • W Offline
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    #81

    Actually some lead changes and good racing today.

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  • LatsToTheMaxL Offline
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    Of the five races, one was good, 3 decided by boats coming off their foils and another was uncontested. Not so good.

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  • nzzpN Offline
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    Did I see that team NZ were racing again? Crazy if so

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  • canefanC Offline
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    @nzzp said in Americas cup:

    Did I see that team NZ were racing again? Crazy if so

    I did see a headline to say the boat was back in the water sailing, not sure if they were racing

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  • W Offline
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    replied to LatsToTheMax on last edited by
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    @LatsToTheMax said in Americas cup:

    Of the five races, one was good, 3 decided by boats coming off their foils and another was uncontested. Not so good.

    Adds to the intrigue.

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    @nzzp said in Americas cup:

    Did I see that team NZ were racing again? Crazy if so

    Back racing. Cleaned up American Magic today.

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  • JKJ Offline
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    #87

    Last race today against the US was a proper race (for the most of it anyway). Thats the type of stuff we want to see

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    @JK said in Americas cup:

    Last race today against the US was a proper race (for the most of it anyway). Thats the type of stuff we want to see

    Unfortunately, it's one in 5 or 6 races we see.

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    replied to LatsToTheMax on last edited by
    #89

    @LatsToTheMax Yeah a bit grim eh!

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    #90

    Defender got smoked today. The prestart was awesome.

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