Americas Cup

[Crazy Horse]

Well, they are smashing Prada (Edit: Luna Rossa?)Incredible, 12 knot winds and up to 40 knot boat speed.

[taniwharugby]

@Crazy-Horse it is amazing to watch those boats, the acceleration they get as well.

[Kruse]

@Crazy-Horse said in Americas Cup:

12 knot winds and up to 40 knot boat speed

Fuck. Off. That is some straight-up bullshit.
A flagrant disregard for the basic laws of physics on par with the Japanese and their goddamn iceblocks you need a BBQ to eat.

[Bovidae]

TNZ looked good. A win by 3:13.

[Hooroo]

@Bovidae said in Americas Cup:

TNZ looked good. A win by 3:13.

3.13 Seconds or 3 mins 13 secs??

[taniwharugby]

@Hooroo >3mins

[Higgins]

@Hooroo said in Americas Cup:

@Bovidae said in Americas Cup:

TNZ looked good. A win by 3:13.

3.13 Seconds or 3 mins 13 secs??

Or Three hours and thirteen minutes?

[Bovidae]

@Hooroo 3 mins 13 secs.

Hopefully other races are much closer as I don't see too much overtaking unless there is a mistake or a big wind shift.

[antipodean]

@Kruse said in Americas Cup:

@Crazy-Horse said in Americas Cup:

12 knot winds and up to 40 knot boat speed

Fuck. Off. That is some straight-up bullshit.
A flagrant disregard for the basic laws of physics on par with the Japanese and their goddamn iceblocks you need a BBQ to eat.

I'm amazed at how they turn still on the foils. +3 min margin is amazing in what are supposed to be comparable boats. Be interesting to see if there's that disparity amongst the challengers and what improvements they can make.

[mariner4life]

it is apparent they have drier powder

[Bovidae]

Ainslie and Team UK are not looking good. The criticism of their boat seems on the money.

[Bovidae]

@antipodean TNZ vs USA in race 4 will give us a better gauge of relative boat speeds.

[antipodean]

@Bovidae said in Americas Cup:

Ainslie and Team UK are not looking good. The criticism of their boat seems on the money.

Imagine going to sponsor meetings based on this performance.

[taniwharugby]

Watching USA go into one of the turns at what seemed close to full speed and maintain it was amazing.

Those things are a sight to behold!

[Bovidae]

@antipodean said in Americas Cup:

@Bovidae said in Americas Cup:

Ainslie and Team UK are not looking good. The criticism of their boat seems on the money.

Imagine going to sponsor meetings based on this performance.

Ratcliffe has got billions to spare. But he won't like funding losers.

They are meant to be racing Luna Rossa next race.

[Kruse]

So - I finally managed to get some coverage of this... and just saw the UK give up on this race... did the same happen in the previous?
And it seems... that if they ain't moving, these boats are pretty much useless?

[taniwharugby]

@Kruse yeah I dont think they have sleeping quarters, rod holders or even a fridge for the beers.

[Kruse]

@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:

@Kruse yeah I dont think they have sleeping quarters, rod holders or even a fridge for the beers.

No fridge? That is the last fucking straw... it's one thing to disregard physics, but forgetting the beers is grade-A fluffybunnery.

[antipodean]

Americans look to have some speed.

[Bovidae]

Too many mistakes from TNZ so far, starting with the pre-start.