America's cup
Submitted by Livewire on Mon, 2021-02-01 09:27
Just watching the yacht racing! These boats are awesome single hull riding on foils at 53.3 knots ( 100 kph) insane
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America's cup
Submitted by Livewire on Mon, 2021-02-01 09:27
Just watching the yacht racing! These boats are awesome single hull riding on foils at 53.3 knots ( 100 kph) insane |
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Swompa
Posts: 3880
Date Joined: 14/10/12
American Magic went from sunk
American Magic went from sunk (lets be honest) to 53 knots in 9 days!
Prada vs Ineos will be a good one on the 13th.
We were meant to be over in NZ to watch it though happy to be at home...trusting ETNZ win it again and we can go in 2025..
Alan James
Posts: 2223
Date Joined: 30/06/09
Race 8 today
was just crazy. From 4 minutes behind to a win by almost 4 minutes. Kiwis were fortunate that Luna Rossa also fell off their foils. Kiwis appear to have the faster boat but need clear air to press home that advantage. This is far from over.
Swompa
Posts: 3880
Date Joined: 14/10/12
Today's race was phenomenal.
Today's race was phenomenal. Proper match racing, at 40 knots
I have an op tomorrow and am thankful it is now after 1 and not 11.
Rob H
Posts: 5796
Date Joined: 18/01/12
Certainly spectacular racing,
Certainly spectacular racing, and the televising and course graphics are absolute top notch at putting viewers in the seat
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
pelagicyachts
Posts: 1322
Date Joined: 23/02/11
preferred the old school
preferred the old school 12meter's, was more about strategy than sponsor $$$ -
crasny1
Posts: 7003
Date Joined: 16/10/08
But like F1
It is all about pushing the technology and being on the tip of the iceberg.
I to prefer the old 12m but also preferred the old F1 cars in the Mansell/Prost/Senna era.
Times are marching on
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
Livewire
Posts: 299
Date Joined: 25/11/16
As a former glass boat
As a former glass boat builder for north shore 36's. I technology and push for speed. Makes you wonder What's next
Swompa
Posts: 3880
Date Joined: 14/10/12
Really happy to see the kiwis
Really happy to see the kiwis win today and proud to say that I mentioned about 3 minutes before the start that whoever could tack onto port first would get a jump and didn't those kiwi boys just nail that!
I have waited 12 months for this years trip and it will be 4 years for the NZ trip.
really keen to know the top speed of the kiwi boat. Rumours are 63 knots in 18 knots of wind which is phenomenal but the American boat was doing 55 in 20 so potentially achievable.
Rob H
Posts: 5796
Date Joined: 18/01/12
The win was great for NZ
The win was great for NZ (I grew up there) but for The sport and Italy (doing it tough) it would have been a fairy tale.
When NZ claims a sport, I doubt anyone could deny they hold on tight...
Rugby, sailing etc
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Alan James
Posts: 2223
Date Joined: 30/06/09
Job done
A great result for Team NZ today. I remember the patriotic Oz celebrations back in 1983. I was working on the construction phase of the NW Shelf Gas Development Project and Woodside closed the site at midday and turned the beers on for all at the Karratha Tavern that afternoon.
C'mon Aussie, get back in the game.
Swompa
Posts: 3880
Date Joined: 14/10/12
Glenn Ashby - Aussie and main
Glenn Ashby - Aussie and main in trimmer on the Kiwi boat
James Spithill - Aussie and helm on Prada
Luke Parko - Aussie flight controller on Ineos
Nathan Outteridge is an aussie and was in the commentry box but has previously helmed Artimes in the last two editions
Tom Slingsby is an aussie and sailed for the Americans in the last two editions
Graeme Spence was a grinder on the american boat in the last two edtions
We have the talent, just need the billionaire that is happy to throw $150m at a crack. It has never been so easy with it just across the ditcg
Alan James
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Date Joined: 30/06/09
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Much of the Team NZ funding came from the NZ Government (taxpayers).
I read somewhere that around $200M was an estimate of the funds required to make a challenge. $8 per head for every Australian and there's your $200M. It'll never happen unfortunately.