Americas cup
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@JK said in Americas cup:
Bit of an issue here…
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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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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@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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@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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@LatsToTheMax Yeah a bit grim eh!
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@LatsToTheMax said in Americas cup:
@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.
It’s a bit unwatchable in the most part.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
@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
All of the same sponsors from Auckland are on board and have been long term partners.
I don’t think they needed a European city for American magic to snare that blue chip sponsor Founders brewery - revenue $348m - pretty small beer (embrace the pun!)
I get that travelling to Nz may take longer - so what.
It’s not a weekly commute.European base hasn’t really helped them with a broadcast deal as it is live on YouTube- with about 15000 watching live.
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@DaGrubster said in Americas cup:
European base hasn’t really helped them with a broadcast deal as it is live on YouTube- with about 15000 watching live.
I wonder how the viewer numbers compare to Sail GP?
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@canefan said in Americas cup:
@DaGrubster said in Americas cup:
European base hasn’t really helped them with a broadcast deal as it is live on YouTube- with about 15000 watching live.
I wonder how the viewer numbers compare to Sail GP?
Probably a lot lower as sailGP has had regular seasons and event over multiple years to build up a following.
They have twice as many subscribers than the AM cup on youtube.
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@DaGrubster said in Americas cup:
@canefan said in Americas cup:
@DaGrubster said in Americas cup:
European base hasn’t really helped them with a broadcast deal as it is live on YouTube- with about 15000 watching live.
I wonder how the viewer numbers compare to Sail GP?
Probably a lot lower as sailGP has had regular seasons and event over multiple years to build up a following.
They have twice as many subscribers than the AM cup on youtube.
It seems like AC is more niche than at any time in its recent history. I don't know what it was like in the early and mid 1900s. I don't even know how big it was just before the Aussies won it. But it seemed like the period from 1987 until Alinghi won it was pretty high profile. Maybe it was just the feel in NZ because we were right in it. Maybe it's always been niche
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@DaGrubster said in Americas cup:
@Kiwiwomble said in Americas cup:
@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
All of the same sponsors from Auckland are on board and have been long term partners.
I don’t think they needed a European city for American magic to snare that blue chip sponsor Founders brewery - revenue $348m - pretty small beer (embrace the pun!)
I get that travelling to Nz may take longer - so what.
It’s not a weekly commute.European base hasn’t really helped them with a broadcast deal as it is live on YouTube- with about 15000 watching live.
i was meaning challengers, several interested teams/parties never came to fruition in 2021 because some potential backers didn't think little old NZ wold give them enough profile
it wasn;t the time but the cost to to ship their boats and all equipment to NZ
may not have payed off (proven wrong?) but those were some of the reasons for the decisions made
