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  1. Pascal, Jan 18, 2021
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    The Kiwis have offered assistance with their boat building crew and tools which are no longer needed at this stage of the cup. Nice move.
  2. gr8trn, Jan 18, 2021
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    They are planning on more like 8 days in the shed, and as Pascal points out, they will have as much help and they need from many concerned. Terry Huchinson is calling is sportsmanship, I see seamanship at work here too. Very cool to see. I wish them the best.

    They brought a full set of spare everything with so they can do the work. The hull is doable as they have another boat they can chop apart and get the shipwrights going overtime there.

    I wonder about the electronics, that will be a full redo and there must be more wires and processors than peanuts in Georgia on these vessels.
  3. Kevin, Jan 19, 2021
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    Judging from this image captured from their video, I doubt very much they could release anything more, unless they planned on bisecting the leeward helmsman.

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  4. Pascal, Jan 19, 2021
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    They said that the stay prevented the top of the sail from being depowered which was the important part.
  5. jsschieff, Jan 19, 2021
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    Those AC boats are truly hairy machines, exciting to watch when there's enough breeze for them to foil, tedious to watch in light air.
  6. Kevin, Jan 20, 2021
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  7. Kevin, Jan 22, 2021
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    One legitimate race coming up in a few mins... all or nothing for Luna Rossa. The two 'solo' races will be started and then aborted apparently for the sake of awarding points.
  8. YachtForums, Jan 22, 2021
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  9. Kevin, Jan 22, 2021
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    American Magic made an American Mess.

  10. Fishtigua, Jan 22, 2021
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    The Brits are having some serious hydraulic issues, this could be interesting.
  11. Kevin, Jan 22, 2021
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    These delays by the committee are getting a bit silly... the wind is clearly going to shift every few mins, stop trying to set a perfect course, cause it's clearly not going to stabilize today.
  12. Pascal, Jan 22, 2021
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    Quite a race. Lost track of how many lead changes there were. UK 5 ITA 2
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  13. Fishtigua, Jan 22, 2021
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    9 lead changes. NINE!!!
  14. Kevin, Jan 23, 2021
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    American Magic Episode 3:
  15. Kevin, Jan 26, 2021
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    Patriot is out of her shed and back on the water.

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  16. Pascal, Jan 26, 2021
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    The band aids are a nice touch to thank the other 3 teams for the help
  17. gr8trn, Jan 26, 2021
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    Just about as cool as can be.
  18. Fishtigua, Jan 27, 2021
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  19. gr8trn, Jan 27, 2021
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    Wow, around the world and three, almost four, syndicates headed to the finish. Thanks for the heads up. I have not been following but happy to see Pip Hare still in and coming up the coast towards Cabo Verde as she did this campaign from outfitting to funding basically on her own. This is really just flat out sailing on the water and quite an accomplishment to say the very least.
    Cheers!
  20. gr8trn, Jan 27, 2021
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    My goodness, thanks to VendeGlobe for live streaming on YouTube, brilliant coverage and great line honors for Charlie Dalin.
    Sadly, Boris is reported to have hit a fishing vessel some 100nm from the finish line and is now clocking at 5.4 kts VMG. So sad. Looks like another boat will take the win on corrected time that was allowed when he spent 10 hours assisting another vessel along the way.
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