America's Cup

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Stuthepirate
Stuthepirate
SA
3591 posts
SA, 3591 posts
22 Sep 2013 11:05am
Tech Billionaires?
Did someone say Team Dick Australia?
jusavina
jusavina
QLD
1504 posts
QLD, 1504 posts
22 Sep 2013 1:38pm
Ho that's why c.Palmer is building a Titanic...
BabaORiley
BabaORiley
WA
434 posts
WA, 434 posts
22 Sep 2013 3:59pm
Fremantle was rocking harder than when it hosted the Americas Cup. Just imagine what it will be like if Freo win the GF
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
23 Sep 2013 7:34am
Good gains to the kiwis but I do not think it will be enough sadly.....
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
23 Sep 2013 7:38am
an extra tack, and USA still stays in front.....arghhhh!

eek...why did kiwis gybe away from USA half way down leg 4 when they were about to fly past them and could have kept the same air?
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
23 Sep 2013 7:55am
Does anyone know how close they got to the 40min cut off before they crossed the finish line. I had them at seconds going from when the commentators mentioned 9 min to go.

Harrow
I think the kiwis were sailing too deep to continue that line when they came together although it did look like they were going to take it.

Ted,
Nervous? There appears to be a momentum shift.
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:18am
Looks like I'm gonna be late to work today.

Who decides on the sail camber and setting during the race?
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:20am
Nervous - for sure. Still a few races to go but there boat look at least as good as ours now and Sir Ben is the master he is making all the right calls everytime. There is a reason he has won 4 golds medals and its clear to see. We are still in this but I do not feel very comfortable at all.

Re the race time - on youtube coverage it was spoken about at 9mins like you said but then it became a little one sided
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:25am
Jimmy is the king of the start....that was close but he just never stuffs it up.
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:29am
We have been smashed.
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:43am
We seem to be doing better today on these upwind legs but they are so superior on the downwind leg....
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:48am
damn, another gybe away by the kiwis a the wrong moment???
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:49am
Too good. Well done Jimmy n co.
Ian K
Ian K
WA
4169 posts
WA, 4169 posts
23 Sep 2013 6:51am
What's going on, my live feed isn't working. Is it 8 : 4 and another race on the go?

Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:57am
8-5 now.

Oracle have had 3 of the last 4 port entry, tomorrow we get 2. Surely we must get some luck at some stage, no races have been called off when they are in front. 3 of ours have been !! The gods are certainly not smiling on us right now.
Ian K
Ian K
WA
4169 posts
WA, 4169 posts
23 Sep 2013 7:00am
Thanks Ted. I've just found
www.iheart.com/

For when the video feed won't work. Or as they've explaned it's 8:7 if you count the 2 penalties. It's getting interesting again.
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
23 Sep 2013 9:05am
What a turn around. Nobody could have imagined a better scenario than what's being played out.
As Ted mentioned, nz with port entry tomorrow which may finally see some luck going their way.
Larry may need to take his boat off Seabreeze buy and sell
Ian K
Ian K
WA
4169 posts
WA, 4169 posts
23 Sep 2013 7:33am
To value add to the event what you need to do is turn the sound down on your live video feed and listen to the NZ radio station. The postmortem is still going on, don't mention the c_ _ _ _ _ _ word on talkback radio!
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
23 Sep 2013 9:56am
Ian K said..

To value add to the event what you need to do is turn the sound down on your live video feed and listen to the NZ radio station. The postmortem is still going on, don't mention the c_ _ _ _ _ _ word on talkback radio!



Seven letter word starting with C??? I can only think of a four letter word

Ah just got it.....chokers or choking. Shades of RWC 91, 95, 99, 03, 07....and almost 11

They'll do it - they're just stringing it out.
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
23 Sep 2013 6:56pm
We get to watch another great race tomorrow. Woo hoo!
CJW
CJW
NSW
1731 posts
CJW CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
23 Sep 2013 7:13pm
Going to be honest here, I think OTUSA now have the faster boat in most situations and have the superior tactical brains of Slingsby and Ainsley. Combine that with a super aggressive Spithill at the start and ETNZ are in big big trouble. All I can say is they better make the port starts tomorrow count or I reckon they can kiss this cup goodbye, I don't think they could mentally recover.

I also think that if they don't clinch the first race tomorrow those voices will start popping up "well we won more races, if we didn't get docked those two points the cup would have been ours"....

C'mon ETNZ bloody smash them already.
Salatiela
Salatiela
NSW
378 posts
NSW, 378 posts
23 Sep 2013 7:42pm
na the fat cats have weighed into the equation...
they know NZ has it sown up so to prolog the regatta and subsequent profits, the appropriate adjustments have been made...?
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14953 posts
QLD, 14953 posts
23 Sep 2013 9:00pm
saw an interview with john Bertrand tonight. he said he felt a nationality clause would be introduced at the next Americas cup regatta to try and bring the sport back to country v country. suggested maybe a 50% minimal crew of origin.
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
23 Sep 2013 9:23pm
Gestalt said..

saw an interview with john Bertrand tonight. he said he felt a nationality clause would be introduced at the next Americas cup regatta to try and bring the sport back to country v country. suggested maybe a 50% minimal crew of origin.

Why only 50%? Surely as long as you can find financial backing, a country is capable of putting together at least one decent boat crew??? Why do corporations have to rule everything?

Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14953 posts
QLD, 14953 posts
23 Sep 2013 9:36pm
yeah I agree. should be nation versus nation.

I guess the downside is when a nation doesn't field a boat due to cost.
Ian K
Ian K
WA
4169 posts
WA, 4169 posts
23 Sep 2013 8:24pm
Harrow said..


Gestalt said..

saw an interview with john Bertrand tonight. he said he felt a nationality clause would be introduced at the next Americas cup regatta to try and bring the sport back to country v country. suggested maybe a 50% minimal crew of origin.


Why only 50%? Surely as long as you can find financial backing, a country is capable of putting together at least one decent boat crew??? Why do corporations have to rule everything?



Yeh, the US could still roll out Dennis Connor, he's only 71, he can still steer a boat.

Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
24 Sep 2013 7:47am
Jimmy does it again.....he is the best starter by a country mile sadly
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
24 Sep 2013 7:48am
rolling the dice with the code zero.....lets see if this can work for us
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
24 Sep 2013 8:02am
Oracle are just too good it looks like....great team work and decision making. A well polished boat and team sadly.
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi
NSW
14256 posts
NSW, 14256 posts
24 Sep 2013 8:08am
This is like watching a train wreck in slow motion......
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