34th America's Cup: multihulls!

NZ will have to beat OR on tactics, the Oracle boatspeed downwind is faster at lower angles. Not by a small margin, either.
If Oracle win this event, they will have deserved it.
 
SteveMellet said:
Yeah, But Oracle has ridiculous boatspeed on them..
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Downwind definitely. But as we saw, a couple of mistakes would have lost it for the Orcs.

The video coverage and graphics were exceptional in this race; it helped to
show the paths of the boats, especially on leg 4.
 
Mighty huge container ship just off the bridge bringing Chinese consumer goods. Looks big enough to affect winds.

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CutOnce
 
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Another great race. This sudden death situation for Oracle really enhances the suspence.

My god, it is a long road they have to hoe, and now we have race number 15 being set up.

Remember Valencia, with 2 races altogether?

This is a lot more to my liking.


:cool:
 
You have to laugh - "The Kiwis are so relaxed despite being behind" - for sure - I wish I was in a race with so many 'second' chances.

Any conspiracy theorists wondering about back room deals to extend the series, and the advertising value ?
 
CutOnce said:
One thing that amazes me about Americans in general is how polarized you are. There is never any middle ground or concession that there is merit in the points made on the opposing side of the discussion. It is amazing that 50 Shades of Grey is a best seller, because I don't think grey exists in America.

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CutOnce
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Mister Canadian: your post was all about Americans but the last two or three pages of "whineing and crying" were by Australians, a Brit, an Austrian, a German, a South African ! With almost no American comment except for Phil Sweet, me and Randy..... You should take it all back.......
 
ooooh - big catch up
 
oh well, the excitement
continues
 
34th AC

Every now and then the Kiwis scare the hell out of me-then our Aussies and Brit pull it together! Geez, what great racing-I wish my Dad and brother were alive to see this..........

Congratulations to Team USA!!!
 
rwatson said:
oh well, the excitement
continues
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Another boring blow out.

I think the starts in these races are fantastic because there are some tactics
and close racing. But once one boat gets a few hundred metres ahead it's
pretty dull. The prospect of the Orcs stringing together several wins in a row
adds the much needed tension to make it interesting.
 
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