Americas Cup
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@damo said in Americas Cup:
I feel sorry for the commentators who have to try and pretend something interesting is happening after the start.
Amen. This is more tedious than F1.
I absolutely admire the technology and engineering advancement but FFS I want to see a battle not follow the leader -
@crucial yeah there needs to be several lead changes, is rather sad that so much of the race hinges in the pre-start.
Sure it takes smarts and tactics to win the start, but whats the point of the other 6 legs if the start is all but the winning of the race?
THe only consolation is that it is 2-2 instead of 4-0 as some predicted.
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@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@damo said in Americas Cup:
I feel sorry for the commentators who have to try and pretend something interesting is happening after the start.
Amen. This is more tedious than F1.
I absolutely admire the technology and engineering advancement but FFS I want to see a battle not follow the leaderMaybe it should be more like the raftarama, water canons and paint bomb catapults
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@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@crucial yeah there needs to be several lead changes, is rather sad that so much of the race hinges in the pre-start.
Sure it takes smarts and tactics to win the start, but whats the point of the other 6 legs if the start is all but the winning of the race?
THe only consolation is that it is 2-2 instead of 4-0 as some predicted.
You could make it first to 99 start wins, just do heaps of starts, one after the other
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Interesting choice from tvnz immediately after the racing was finished and with a lot of families watching they choose to promote their own program, one minute were all looking at a positive race and then boom were into criminals
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so on the TVNZ Sports piece, they have Burling as the 'Flight Controller' but Spittal as 'co-helmsman'
Do we have co-helmsman too, or do LR have a Flight Controller?
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@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
You can't, the boat in the lead just goes with you.
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@damo said in Americas Cup:
@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
You can't, the boat in the lead just goes with you.
Match racing 101
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@damo said in Americas Cup:
@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
You can't, the boat in the lead just goes with you.
Would they though? LR didn't cover every time in the 1st race yesterday, the commentators were a bit surprised though
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@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
Just to clarify, my question was why the second boat into the start box doesn’t just go the other side then run straight for the line. That would put you on a different course unless the other boat tacked.
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@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
Just to clarify, my question was why the second boat into the start box doesn’t just go the other side then run straight for the line. That would put you on a different course unless the other boat tacked.
Because the other boat then needs to just place itself in a position where you have to give way.
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@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
Just to clarify, my question was why the second boat into the start box doesn’t just go the other side then run straight for the line. That would put you on a different course unless the other boat tacked.
Because the other boat then needs to just place itself in a position where you have to give way.
Go behind them at speed
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@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
Just to clarify, my question was why the second boat into the start box doesn’t just go the other side then run straight for the line. That would put you on a different course unless the other boat tacked.
Because the other boat then needs to just place itself in a position where you have to give way.
Go behind them at speed
What speed? You attempt to go right and they go right covering you. Match racing 101.
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@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
Just to clarify, my question was why the second boat into the start box doesn’t just go the other side then run straight for the line. That would put you on a different course unless the other boat tacked.
Because the other boat then needs to just place itself in a position where you have to give way.
Go behind them at speed
What speed? You attempt to go right and they go right covering you. Match racing 101.
Yeah, but to repeat myself, LR DIDN'T cover yesterday, they punched forward and skipped a couple more tacks. Are we sure they would simply cover all the way from the start, every time?
And even if we are sure, what's the difference? You're being covered both ways!!!
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@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@crucial said in Americas Cup:
@voodoo said in Americas Cup:
So the start wins the race 100% of the time cos dirty air, yeah?
So going back to someone's (@Crucial maybe?) question a while back, why not just split if you lose the start? Give up 100m off the bat, but get some clear air?
What do you have to lose?
Just to clarify, my question was why the second boat into the start box doesn’t just go the other side then run straight for the line. That would put you on a different course unless the other boat tacked.
Because the other boat then needs to just place itself in a position where you have to give way.
Go behind them at speed
If you are talking just crossing behind then you have probably lost the favoured side. Therein lies the problem, you can't be behind, at speed, particularly if you are to leeward (wind shadow, disturbed air) you just don't have the speed. It is even more critical in these boats as you can't come off the foils or it's game over.
You are battling the give way rules, time and distance, and the favoured side of the course. The guys on both boats will know which side they want, and most days they will coincide, so they have to battle for that position and don't just sail off on their own. Even in a slightly faster boat you need to be in contact with the opponent. It is too bigger risk to just leave them in better sailing conditions. Stay in the same conditions in a better boat and you win. Get in front in a slower boat and you dictate the terms. It's very much what I was saying about fleet races v match races that we have talked about previously, and how different they are. Most of my sailing is fleet racing so I am no expert, but I can see why they are doing the prestart dial up.
When I was talking about Phil Robertson earlier and his WMRT success I didn't realise that it was the same guy as the commentator. They keep describing him has the "foiling expert". If I have this straight he is a damn good match racer as well in various types.
