Americas Cup
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Interesting comment i heard this morning about Oracle.
They have spent the past few years and millions of dollars on tech, development and training for this campaign, yet in 5 days they find more speed.
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@mimic almost like drugs in most high performance sports!! except they deny that's the case in most instances
I can tolerate the spying (just), but the litigation and just outright loading of rules etc to favour the holders really gets me. Sometimes it feels like the sailing is a sideline, then they get on the water and all that extra stuff falls away.
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gotta say Burling is one cool operator!
Doesn't give much away.
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@taniwharugby Apparently they made the boat 100kg lighter by taking bits off it. But presumably those bits were doing something so maybe they sacrificed something else to do it.
Boats now looking very similar in speed but it doesn't look like Oracle can afford to lose the start. Wonder if the fact that the NZ roles are shared between Burling, Ashby and Tuke means they can react a lot quicker - especially as they all seem to be thinking the same way (given how much time Burling and Tuke have spent sailing together)
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@KiwiPie said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby Apparently they made the boat 100kg lighter by taking bits off it. But presumably those bits were doing something so maybe they sacrificed something else to do it.
Boats now looking very similar in speed but it doesn't look like Oracle can afford to lose the start. Wonder if the fact that the NZ roles are shared between Burling, Ashby and Tuke means they can react a lot quicker - especially as they all seem to be thinking the same way (given how much time Burling and Tuke have spent sailing together)
Originally Spithill was sceptical of our division of labour but many of the comms have suggested this is a signicant key to our success. The responsibilities of Spithill and Slingsby have been divided in such a way that they can concentrate on their individual tasks more keenly, ie Ashby and his Xbox and Tuke trimming the foils while riding the bike
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Will oracle undo some of their upgrades/changes now?
Sounds like they pretty much have an uncontrollable boat.
A lot faster but harder to sail and keep stable. If they hadn't fucked up the start and or come off the foils they probably would have cleaned us up.
Sounds like they are running a V8 engine in a Toyota Vitz body, and run by a pretty clueless crew -
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@Kirwan well, Spithills presser indicates he hasn't dreamed it's over, although his body language and face makes you think he is worried...
now rumours Larry is gonna pull him from tomorrow too.
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Allegedly Coutts tried to change skippers months ago and LE over-ruled him but Spithill has said he will step down for tomorrow if that's what's needed.
I know what happened in SF still has nerves jangling but last time round post their changes Oracle were much the faster boat. That is not true now. At best Oracle are matching our speed and have sacrificed stability and maneuverability to get there.
I simply can't see OUSA winning 6 before we win 1 - The dream is over for Ellison Coutts and Spithill
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@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:
Allegedly Coutts tried to change skippers months ago and LE over-ruled him but Spithill has said he will step down for tomorrow if that's what's needed.
Which shows how much of a genius Coutts is at this game.
He'll be doing the big "Larry! What did I say?"
