Americas Cup
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
Lester is good on the water. The interest reporting is
Lester and Robertson are good value. If that other guy would just shut the hell up and let the experts speak.
I agree about the rest of the TVNZ studio coverage. :face_vomiting:
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abandoned? just watching and LR did 30knts through the start line on the way back to base, must be bad at the other end
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abandoned? just watching and LR did 30knts through the start line on the way back to base, must be bad at the other end
@kiwiwomble said in Americas Cup:
abandoned? just watching and LR did 30knts through the start line on the way back to base, must be bad at the other end
Yep.
Hopefully same course tomorrow as working from home and will walk out and watch it.
Still a hope for 7-4 as have a bet on it!
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@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@jk said in Americas Cup:
That was super. Jimmy sailed a pretty smart race until leg 5.
One more to go!
It's not over. But the lady is warming up
Someone saw "Do they know it's Christmas" and tried the same without much talent to draw on? That's terrible. Absolutely cringeworthy.
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
@canefan said in Americas Cup:
@jk said in Americas Cup:
That was super. Jimmy sailed a pretty smart race until leg 5.
One more to go!
It's not over. But the lady is warming up
Someone saw "Do they know it's Christmas" and tried the same without much talent to draw on? That's terrible. Absolutely cringeworthy.
Turns out Jeremy Coney was a better singer than Cricketer
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how cool would it be to be on the chase boat right behind the teams motoring along at up to 50-70km
@wairau said in Americas Cup:
how cool would it be to be on the chase boat right behind the teams motoring along at up to 50-70km
I did a cruise on the Hauraki Gulf a couple of weekends back (the day before the latest lockdown actually). We got to a maximum speed of about 25 kn and were flying along. The AC75s are doing about twice that speed.
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abandoned? just watching and LR did 30knts through the start line on the way back to base, must be bad at the other end
@kiwiwomble It wasn't a lack of wind it was the wind direction. It brought North Head into play as a disturbing factor and meant the wind was coming from two different directions.
Would have turned the race into a lottery. Which LR would probably have gone for. It is now clear that TNZ have a slightly faster boat. Fickle winds evens it up a bit. Spithill was trying to blame mind games with the race committee.
As for localk knowledge - how many hours has Spithill spent on the Gulf? He got it wrong but it wasn't because of lack of knowledge. It was a fucking brain fart
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@kiwiwomble It wasn't a lack of wind it was the wind direction. It brought North Head into play as a disturbing factor and meant the wind was coming from two different directions.
Would have turned the race into a lottery. Which LR would probably have gone for. It is now clear that TNZ have a slightly faster boat. Fickle winds evens it up a bit. Spithill was trying to blame mind games with the race committee.
As for localk knowledge - how many hours has Spithill spent on the Gulf? He got it wrong but it wasn't because of lack of knowledge. It was a fucking brain fart
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In the press conference Bruni said he was in charge of the boat at that time but they did discuss the decision to go left amongst the three of them.
@bovidae said in Americas Cup:
In the press conference Bruni said he was in charge of the boat at that time but they did discuss the decision to go left amongst the three of them.
Yup, it's on the whole afterguard. The shift must be really fickle to fool professional sailors over and over
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@kiwiwomble It wasn't a lack of wind it was the wind direction. It brought North Head into play as a disturbing factor and meant the wind was coming from two different directions.
Would have turned the race into a lottery. Which LR would probably have gone for. It is now clear that TNZ have a slightly faster boat. Fickle winds evens it up a bit. Spithill was trying to blame mind games with the race committee.
As for localk knowledge - how many hours has Spithill spent on the Gulf? He got it wrong but it wasn't because of lack of knowledge. It was a fucking brain fart
@dogmeat said in Americas Cup:
@kiwiwomble It wasn't a lack of wind it was the wind direction. It brought North Head into play as a disturbing factor and meant the wind was coming from two different directions.
Would have turned the race into a lottery. Which LR would probably have gone for. It is now clear that TNZ have a slightly faster boat. Fickle winds evens it up a bit. Spithill was trying to blame mind games with the race committee.
have to say, as a fan but not a sailor...thats just sounds like a good race. both teams still have to handle the same conditions
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@bovidae said in Americas Cup:
https://twitter.com/americascup/status/1371938366976102403?s=20
One for the ginga?
