Americas Cup
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@antipodean Change of government. If Nats had won the Council plan wouldn't have been revisited. So its more like 4 mths then "hang on" then 4 mths
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@dogmeat Good response, thanks. But given they won it nine months ago, it seems to me poorly administered thus far - almost as if they meet monthly like a footy club committee.
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
But given they won it nine months ago, it seems to me poorly administered thus far - almost as if they meet monthly like a footy club committee.
The plan was always going to take the most time, and as @dogmeat says they had to deal with a new government.
3 parties involved is always going to fuck things up. Someone mention our government?
They still have plenty of time to build it.
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Bump. Kind'a related, but sore from losing the Auld Mug, Larry and Russell have created a new sailing competition based on '50-foot foiling catamarans powered by wing sails which the organisers expect to reach speeds of more than 50 knots (93 kilometres per hour) as they fly above the water'.
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Bump. Kind'a related, but sore from losing the Auld Mug, Larry and Russell have created a new sailing competition based on '50-foot foiling catamarans powered by wing sails which the organisers expect to reach speeds of more than 50 knots (93 kilometres per hour) as they fly above the water'.
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
Bump. Kind'a related, but sore from losing the Auld Mug, Larry and Russell have created a new sailing competition based on '50-foot foiling catamarans powered by wing sails which the organisers expect to reach speeds of more than 50 knots (93 kilometres per hour) as they fly above the water'.
If it doesn' thave the America's Cup, it'll struggle to hold spectator interest I suspect.
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Bump. Kind'a related, but sore from losing the Auld Mug, Larry and Russell have created a new sailing competition based on '50-foot foiling catamarans powered by wing sails which the organisers expect to reach speeds of more than 50 knots (93 kilometres per hour) as they fly above the water'.
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
Bump. Kind'a related, but sore from losing the Auld Mug, Larry and Russell have created a new sailing competition based on '50-foot foiling catamarans powered by wing sails which the organisers expect to reach speeds of more than 50 knots (93 kilometres per hour) as they fly above the water'.
Will they have cyclors?
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Bump. Kind'a related, but sore from losing the Auld Mug, Larry and Russell have created a new sailing competition based on '50-foot foiling catamarans powered by wing sails which the organisers expect to reach speeds of more than 50 knots (93 kilometres per hour) as they fly above the water'.
@antipodean said in Americas Cup:
Bump. Kind'a related, but sore from losing the Auld Mug, Larry and Russell have created a new sailing competition based on '50-foot foiling catamarans powered by wing sails which the organisers expect to reach speeds of more than 50 knots (93 kilometres per hour) as they fly above the water'.
In the famous words of Dennis Conner..
"Get off the stage, loser"
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The AC is back, the new boats look pretty scary and exciting in equal measure.
Here is footage of Dean Barker doing what he does best
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12307872
And here's our boys doing it a little better
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Following ETNZ and wow, what they are doing is impressive AF.
Check out this video, imagine being in the water and seeing this coming straight at you...
And make sure you have your sound on!
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I am actually looking forward to this Americas cup.
These boats are pretty spectacular looking and I have got over the gecko on a hot stone look of these and they move out!
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boats are supposed to go in the water.
@mariner4life said in Americas Cup:
boats are supposed to go in the water.
No one's interested in your hollowed out tree trunk canoe racing series. The rest of us want speed.
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I was going to see if there was an existing AC thread
big fan, cant wait, wish there were more challenges, a little worried if we win that even fewer challengers will want come down to NZ
If Ben Ainsle wins I know it will be an huge event on the isle of Wight
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I don't like it.
Because I don't understand it.
The foils, and getting out of the water - sure, I can kinda understand that. But how the fuck does a sailing boat go faster than the wind which is propelling it? I don't like it. -
@Kruse it's all Black magic!!
@taniwharugby I see what you did there :smirking_face:
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I don't like it.
Because I don't understand it.
The foils, and getting out of the water - sure, I can kinda understand that. But how the fuck does a sailing boat go faster than the wind which is propelling it? I don't like it. -
@Kruse said in Americas Cup:
But how the fuck does a sailing boat go faster than the wind which is propelling it?
Apparent wind.
The boat is generating its own wind by moving. Freaky concept ay?
@Snowy said in Americas Cup:
@Kruse said in Americas Cup:
But how the fuck does a sailing boat go faster than the wind which is propelling it?
Apparent wind.
The boat is generating its own wind by moving. Freaky concept ay?
That's bullshit. Any "apparent wind" being created by the boat moving, is in the wrong goddamn direction.
I don't like it. Witchcraft has no place in sport.
