Americas Cup

[Snowy]

Not sure that they will race. The met service has it at 7kph, so well under the 6 knot limit. Forecast is for it to fill in a bit by 3pm. Might end up being a displacement race. No idea how that might pan out or whether they can get around the course in time (doubtful).

[Snowy]

That AC forecast also has a NE -N, the met service has S-SW until 9pm. Completely contrary. A sea breeze is likely so maybe AC have it right, but it might just counter the prevailing to nothing.
I had an afternoon on the couch with a few beers planned. Very annoying.

[Bovidae]

One more race until USA packs up and goes home.

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae they have plenty of speed but getting done on the starts and arent able to recover.

[nzzp]

@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

[Bovidae]

@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.

[taniwharugby]

@nzzp possibly a bit gun shy after falling the other week turning at high speed and again yesterday?

@Bovidae thats the thing, he was on the wrong side of the start (well, seemed the wrong side) and from there LR built her lead.

[Machpants]

Barker is shit, that start was awful

[Machpants]

Then a tech issue at first turn, time to go home with just ten races... Issue again, off the foils...

[taniwharugby]

poor buggars!

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby said in Americas Cup:

poor buggars!

Yeah but they would've lost anyway

[Bovidae]

@Machpants said in Americas Cup:

Barker is shit, that start was awful

He is just so passive compared to Spithill.

[taniwharugby]

@Machpants its one thing to get beaten by skill but to add in mechanical issues just adds salt to the wounds

[Bovidae]

Team UK's struggles in light winds becomes apparent in the pre-start.

[Crucial]

Surely they must have known in practice that they are a dog in these conditions?
Just punting on strong winds?

[Bovidae]

@Crucial Yes. From what I have read the designers optimise for a wind range and you hope that covers as wide of a range as possible. Team UK wants stronger winds while Luna Rossa is better at the lower end.

1:52 secs win to Luna Rossa in race 1.

[Crucial]

Luna Rossa looks the better boat in mid range as well

[Bovidae]

Lester also made the comment that Luna Rossa looks to be an easier boat to sail as Team UK lost ground every time they tacked/gybed.

Team UK will be wanting winds at the upper limit to maximise their strengths.

[Snowy]

@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.

[Machpants]

@Snowy bloody windy in NLD, so I guess breeze maybe up a bit on yesterday?