Americas Cup
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@Wairau said in Americas Cup:
Bumping this.
Good day for NZ, speed is impressive. However, basic matchracing tactical error of not covering Aussie spitface let Oracle recover from 20 seconds down to get the inside lane at the last or second to last mark. He's a cunning bastardThat's monohull tactics. Generally multi-hulls don't cover so much and instead sail across the whole course from ley line to ley line so as to minimize the number of tacks - something multi-hulls traditionally try to avoid. So less likely to see the aggressive tacking duels and covering/giving bad air that we are used to from mono's
Having said that I think TNZ's tacking and gybing has looked very good - much better than Oracles so it might be worth trying to get Spitball into a duel but multi's tend to be more of a drag race
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@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:
sive tacking duels and covering/giving bad air that we are used to from mono's
I am specifically referring to the point when they had built a decent lead, and let Spitface get better wind strength. If they had been out the same side as him, the win would have been assured. They must be careful with this Aussie, he is a slippery c*nt.
I didn't say they should get in a tacking duel, although they would win that, too.
It's sensible, not about mono or multi.... -
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@JK said in Americas Cup:
Wow great race this morning and we were lucky to win thanks to that late penalty. Artemis is clearly a fast boat in the heavier winds, most likely fastest of the lot.
We race them again tomorrow so hopefully lighter winds
I wonder what the wind is predicted to be like during the semis and finals...
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I hadn't looked at the schedule, but the way these guys were talking about boats and teams developing through the regatta, I thought this America's Cup was going to drag on for several months. I thought we were in some largely meaningless preliminary skirmish, with points bound to ramp up in more telling later rounds.
But we're not. The first team will be knocked out on Saturday. That will be the end of Oracle's participation until the actual Cup races and the whole thing will be finished before the end of June.
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No racing today due to lack of winds. So all rolls over to tomorrows reserve day
Was reading that winds are going to get lighter as they head in to summer there and would expect averages in the 8-12knot range. They also seem to think that Team NZ may have the fastest boat in the lighter winds as appears to foil easier.
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Soooo.
After this mornings races dare we starting believing..again.
Smacked the frenchies and comfortably put away the other kiwi with all the baggage.
Sailed at 100% foiling, first time it's been done so far.
And on top of that fluffybunny face spittall lost again to the swedes.
Big race tomorrow, if we can beat cuntface then not only will we too the challenger series, we get to choose our opponent in the semi finals. And if we make it to the big dance we come with 1 point as a head start. -
@Virgil we need a 9 point start....
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@Virgil we need a 9 point start....
It's first to seven mate
so TR's correct....
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@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@Virgil we need a 9 point start....
It's first to seven mate
so TR's correct....
Deano is not steering now
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@Virgil we need a 9 point start....
It's first to seven mate
so TR's correct....
Deano is not steering now
He's Japans problem now.
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Was never that interested in yachting but always wondered why team NZ hang on to Barker for so long.
Guys like Coutts and Burling won Olympic medals Barker's involvement with Olympics goes something like this. Is he that good a sailor?
Olympic Games
1996 – Unsuccessfully trialed to represent New Zealand in the Finn for the 1996 Olympic Games.
2000 – Did not participate in the New Zealand selection trials due to America's Cup commitments.
2004 – Represented New Zealand in the Finn finishing 13th out of 25 competitors -
@Virgil said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@Virgil we need a 9 point start....
It's first to seven mate
so TR's correct....
Deano is not steering now
He's Japans problem now.
Yeah when they lost to Oracle.. I was thinking he choked again. After having the lead
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@canefan That was pretty good. Basically STFU.
So who would you all pick to race in the semi, and why?
It looks like we have the setup and team work to do better in light airs (forecast next 2 weeks) than most teams but Japan will likely have access to all of Oracle's tech and the Warkworth traitors that scuppered us in the last cup. If it was Japan v Oracle in the cup would it be rigged (yes pun intended)? Would anyone care?
I reckon that we take on Ainslie now. Take out the best sailor that perhaps doesn't quite have the boat setup perfect. They will all get better but there must be a performance plateau and I think we have the best chance against them now (rather than later - should we advance to the finals). Artemis and Japan are both going to be tough to beat so they can fight it out.
