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tpaliwoda
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
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Location: USA, Raritan YC, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
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| America's Cup Deed of Gift Race Posted: Sat 13 Feb 10, 2:44 |
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Anyone following this? After all the BS they finally got down to racing today.
I have got to get one of those wing sails!
That was one of the most impressive displays of technology in sailing I have ever seen!
You can follow the races at www.americascup.com They will be re-posting todays race video shortly.
One thing that you will notice is how smooth that tri sails. It accelerates like a race car! Truly amazing.
Another thing to notice is the amount of "camber" that the wing sail has going downwind.
I think we have seen the future of sailing. Can't wait till the second race!
Can't say too much about the cat - back in the day, I sailed my Hobie Cat smoother than what Ernesto sailed that boat. He was all over the place. The rudders were tweaked so many times it wasn't funny. With all the money he spent he should have taken some basic sailing lessons. Boat was not impressive as compared to the 40 footers that are sailing on the Ishare cup. They may have been able to do better on one of those boats. Also notice how long it takes the Cat to recover after a gybe or tack..... It takes forever!
Can't wait for race 2....
Ted
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Oscar
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Location: USA, North East
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buckle.roger
Joined: 07 Jun 2008
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Location: spain,benissa/alicante
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| Posted: Sun 14 Feb 10, 14:52 |
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Yep an amazeing beast BUt I dont think Oracle started the race!!!!
The race instructions state the if over the line at the start you must round one end, Oracle did not do that she just dipped over the line in the middle. I am sure the juges know the rules better than I BUT the race instrucrions do state rounding??????? |
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Oscar
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