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37th America's Cup

Discussion in 'Boat Shows & Yacht Watching' started by Kevin, Aug 23, 2024.

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  1. Pascal, Aug 29, 2024
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  2. Pascal, Aug 29, 2024
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  3. Kevin, Aug 29, 2024
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    Not good. Missing a single day on the water could set them back... they had 2 races scheduled tomorrow. That's 2 points given away out of 10 races.
  4. Pascal, Aug 29, 2024
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    The defender is not racing for points in the round robins. They ll loose valuable training but that’s about it.
  5. Kevin, Aug 29, 2024
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    Oh, true. Forgot about that... Defender shouldn't ever be racing in the LV Cup. I'm old school.
  6. Pascal, Aug 29, 2024
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    Yeah… I still cringe seeing aussies and kiwis at the helm of US or euro boats !
  7. Kevin, Aug 30, 2024
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    ETNZ statement this morning: "We have assessed the damage and have now started the repair, this will continue 24 hours a day. There is some structural damage aft in the boat, but the main force was taken on the forward cradle splash. Overnight this area has been removed (in other words we have cut the piece out of the hull bottom) and the repair has started which means building a new piece of boat. It is too early at this stage to say when we will be sailing again but I have seen these guys work miracles before."
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    That has to be a huge kick in the nutz.
    I will have to admire and root for them if they can get back in the water in time.
  9. gr8trn, Aug 30, 2024
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    I missed all the action, I will have to catch up on the Tube. I still wear my Oracle stuff I purchased from the comeback in San Fran. That was my only attendance of the America's Cup. It was a truly wonderful event.
  10. Pascal, Aug 30, 2024
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    They really lucky it didn’t fall down a few seconds earlier. That would have been game over.
  11. Kevin, Aug 30, 2024
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    Lovely sailboat on the edges of the course today.

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  12. Kevin, Sep 3, 2024
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    Haven't seen this spectator boat in previous live streams:

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  13. Pascal, Sep 9, 2024
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    As one team heads home (won’t say which one for those who haven’t watch), I wonder what will happen to these boats after the cup.

    some will be used for development of the next generation but otherwise they are useless. Way too high tech to be used for anything

    at least the old 12 meters and the later AC class monos were usable past the cup.
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  14. Pascal, Sep 20, 2024
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    As exciting as the racing has been so far, and has amazing as the new foiling monos can be, I miss the more traditional racing.

    I was watching the highlights of the final race of the 2007 match, Alinghi vs NZ, which also happened to be the last time conventional monohulls were used in the America’s Cup. It also happened to be the closest AC race finish ever. The close racing, the sound of the sheets on the winches, the number of crew involved was fantastic

    worth watching here is a link highlights

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  15. Ward, Sep 21, 2024
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    I've watched a bunch of this year's races, but they don't really grab me.

    I watched every race when it was in San Fransisco. The huge foiling catamarans were impressive and a bit scary. Something about the venue, the courses, the computer graphics, and the commentary made the whole thing more relatable to me. It also helped that I watched a ton of it live since I'm in the same time zone.

    The foiling scows are impressive, hitting 40 knots in 10 knots of breeze, but to me it's just too far from any sailing I'd ever do.

    You barely see the people so there's no sense of what they're doing. Half the crew are just guys on bikes pedaling to provide power. You hear a constant stream of the crews' discussions but it's all very fast and technical so it doesn't add much to your understanding of what's going on. There's a bit of pre-start maneuvering and sometimes when the boats cross there's a bit of a duck-or-cross decision, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of tactics to the racing. Most of the races I've watched, the winner seems to be whoever was able to stay in stronger wind for longer.

    But I am gonna go watch today's highlights now...
  16. rtrafford, Sep 23, 2024
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    It's all gone about as predicted...
  17. rtrafford, Sep 23, 2024
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    Go do a 360, and you're likely to fall off your foil. Again, just move the finish line for the offender. Keep the race interesting.
  18. Kevin, Oct 2, 2024
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    I've fallen way behind on following the AC... I was out in San Diego for a few days, and working like a mad fool for a week or more before that, so I missed just about all of the semi-finals and the finals as well. The racing has been pretty intense though, from the small bits I've caught on social media.

    It looks like the wind has been better lately though, seeing 50+ knots every day now.
  19. Pascal, Oct 2, 2024
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    6-4 Brittania! Possible last race of the finals tomorrow.

    been pretty exciting indeed and very close.
  20. gr8trn, Oct 2, 2024
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    These syndicates are so competitive, Sir Ben is taking no quarter. I heard tell he was recently robbed of his Rolex an knife point, it that correct or just AI fake news?
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