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voodoo

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

Wish they'd stayed on the course...

nzzp

@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

The Silver Fern

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