Americas Cup
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@Bovidae they have plenty of speed but getting done on the starts and arent able to recover.
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@Bovidae they have plenty of speed but getting done on the starts and arent able to recover.
@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@Bovidae they have plenty of speed but getting done on the starts and arent able to recover.
They look very slow tacking or gybing too, seem to lose a huge amount of boat speed
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@Bovidae they have plenty of speed but getting done on the starts and arent able to recover.
@taniwharugby That start was even but Luna Rossa got the favoured right side.
USA needs to be ultra-aggressive in the pre-start in race 4 because they won't win unless they force a mistake from Luna Rossa. No point in trailing every leg - again.
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@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:
@Bovidae they have plenty of speed but getting done on the starts and arent able to recover.
They look very slow tacking or gybing too, seem to lose a huge amount of boat speed
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poor buggars!
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poor buggars!
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@Machpants said in Americas Cup:
Barker is shit, that start was awful
He is just so passive compared to Spithill.
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@Machpants its one thing to get beaten by skill but to add in mechanical issues just adds salt to the wounds
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Surely they must have known in practice that they are a dog in these conditions?
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@Bovidae said in Americas Cup:
Team UK's struggles in light winds becomes apparent in the pre-start.
They definitely need a decent blow to get it up, otherwise they are just flopping about.
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@Machpants said in Americas Cup:
@Snowy bloody windy in NLD, so I guess breeze maybe up a bit on yesterday?
Probably about the same as yesterday afternoon's second race. NE, with the sea breeze filling it in. Forecast for 24kph, so about 13 knots. Enough for Ineos to get it up but they were still relatively slow and struggled to maneuver. They will want more than that - might get it, but is pretty still where I am north of Auckland and we are on a ridge facing NE.
