Americas Cup

[nzzp]

@voodoo said in Americas Cup:

@bovidae said in Americas Cup:

New start time of 4:23 pm. piston wristed gibbons on the race course.

Wish they'd stayed on the course...

We're getting smoked upwind and downwind. Fair play Italy, long way back from here

[Bovidae]

@voodoo said in Americas Cup:

@bovidae said in Americas Cup:

New start time of 4:23 pm. piston wristed gibbons on the race course.

Wish they'd stayed on the course...

Nah, TNZ was in a strong position in that pre-start before the postponement.

TNZ needs to use their port entry advantage in race 4, and win the start and protect the right side of the course.

[canefan]

Race 4 started tight but we seem to have it all under control now

[Kiwiwomble]

@canefan nice Jinx!

[antipodean]

Made a lot of time in that second leg.

[canefan]

@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

@canefan nice Jinx!

335m ahead. TNZ jinx proof

[Kiwiwomble]

@canefan you're italian aren't you?

[canefan]

@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

@canefan you're italian aren't you?

Prada will definitely come back now 😉

[Kiwiwomble]

@canefan better

[Kruse]

@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

@canefan you're italian aren't you?

I'm a walking goddamn Americas Cup jinx. The Oracle comeback started when I started watching... the very 1st race i watched, we were about to win the whole thing, then ran out of time. Then.... I watched the rest, as we lost race, after race, after race.
And in this one, Wenerei, I missed race 1, went to pub, watched race 2. Today, watched race 1, missed the start of race 2... I'm just hoping this lead is enough to be jinx-proof.

[KiwiMurph]

@kruse so you're pretty much not watching anymore races right?

[Kruse]

By claiming to be a jinx, is the jinx reversed?
I think I've got red socks on too, but can't be bothered checking.

[Kruse]

@kiwimurph said in Americas Cup:

@kruse so you're pretty much not watching anymore races right?

If we somehow manage to lose this one... definitely.

[antipodean]

Luna Rossi aren't too shabby going upwind.

[canefan]

@kruse said in Americas Cup:

@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:

@canefan you're italian aren't you?

I'm a walking goddamn Americas Cup jinx. The Oracle comeback started when I started watching... the very 1st race i watched, we were about to win the whole thing, then ran out of time. Then.... I watched the rest, as we lost race, after race, after race.
And in this one, Wenerei, I missed race 1, went to pub, watched race 2. Today, watched race 1, missed the start of race 2... I'm just hoping this lead is enough to be jinx-proof.

Barring a choke induced crash we are sweet. We can relax, Dean Barker is not on board

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean said in Americas Cup:

Luna Rossi aren't too shabby going upwind.

its hard to follow, ETNZ just made an an extra 10 sec upwind

[canefan]

We start on the less favoured side, we overtake and win by 700m and change. Nice way to hold serve

[Kruse]

One question, seeing as all of a sudden everybody's a sailing expert, hydro-mechanical guru, and wind physicist....
Is the unit “knot” metric, or imperial?

[Kiwiwomble]

nautical mile so im going with imperial

[voodoo]

I hope that's not how the remainder of the series goes. Seems a ludicrous amount of weight on winning the start.