34th America's Cup: multihulls!

Then the race should take place at a secret location " X" with results kept discreet... on a need to know basis..

Rich guys should name the yacht afterthemselves .... the yacht " LARRY " and pay for it with personal pocket cash...not with thier shareholders cash.



The whole AC show is rotten

 

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from Scuttlebutt tonight: (read more here-- http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2...source=Email Newsletter&utm_term=Read on#more )

Legal troubles loom for America’s Cup
Published on June 20th, 2013 | by Editor


By Cory E. Friedman, Scuttlebutt legal analyst

“Don’t you know what’s goin’ on out there? This is no Sunday School picnic!” – Night of the Living Dead, Public Domain 1968.

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…,” – Jaws 2, Universal Pictures 1978.

Until recently the shambolic mess that is AC34 has been so busy with its business “issues” that legal issues have been buried. Now that the event is months past the deadline for issuance of a Coast Guard permit and only two weeks from opening ceremonies a potentially show stopping legal issue has arisen which, characteristically, those in charge do not even seem to be aware of.

AC34 could easily wind up mired in litigation, just like AC33.

As you may already know, America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) and America’s Cup Race Management (ACRM) cannot get an event permit unless they convince the Coast Guard that they have safety under control. With one unnecessary death already, it is not surprising that the Coast Guard is treating this as a serious issue. (Apparently, insurance – and even a potential source of insurance – has not been tied down either.)

 

So since there has been some unfortunate deaths whilst sailboat racing in the USA recently, does this mean that this is the end of racing itself in the America?

 

Agreed, this is a mess - but will have to be sorted.
Check out the latest excellent JNavas videos posted on Sailing Anarchy. ETNZ and Oracle not together, but close
To those who keeps bleating that these boats are not worthy of continuing as AC designs ... well, have to say you're just bloodless creatures.

 

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Spectacular sailing from the smallest to the largest-the fastest, most exciting, most technologically advanced America's Cup boats in history. Video from J Navas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6VmAWUJO5Ms#at=824

 

wow! that was great!
talk about traffic!
great Cup footage with a great back drop to boot.
what can I say? lots of extra too! rowboats, kayaks, wind surfers, kite surfers,
opti's school and so on... *L*

thanks Doug!

 

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You're welcome-thank JNavas! Sort of a wrap up of being on the water in San Fran.....

 

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Team NZ-filmographer? First time I've ever seen the inboard tip( see far right side of Dario Valenza illustration below-click!) of the lee TNZ foil break the surface-about 1:12-1:18 in...pretty cool. They seem like they're experimenting with the port main foil.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkRGkvO5vqw&feature=player_embedded#at=93

 

^^^

A very nice gybe starts at 2'10'', for all of us who never did anything like this before.

The split second timing of every crewmember's movement has never mattered as much as now. They're getting better!



And another one at 4'40''. By my own imperfect count, in the last couple weeks they've gone from taking 15 seconds doing speed to speed gybing, to about 10.

10 is pretty good! And they're getting better.

 

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What a day-now the inboard foil tip of Oracle but they had to almost capsize to let us see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5zY5NuPNGjw

 

"You don't need to have first hand experienced in anything to be well informed."

What sort of a DUMB quotation is that.?

 

slow bear away and capsize..keel boat helm stuff

 

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More great sailing video from JNavas( including an old IACC mono at about 10:39): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kggBAvdFtmk#at=552

 

With ETNZ's foiling gybes, we've seen what? 5 of them? I am cautiously optimistic, because they could have been going downwind for several miles, gaining momentum, so the gybe would work, where in the race they only have at most 3 minutes to be able to get to the speed needed, so I don't think they will be seen much at all in racing, especially not the LVC

 

James Spithill was probably at the helm, as usual.

James started sailing on windsurfers....
Started boat sailing on a Hobie 16....
Was a top skipper in the Flying 11, a "skiff trainer" for teens...
Owned a Bladerider foiling Moth....
Won the Melges 24 worlds....

I seem to recall he was also a pretty good 420 sailor, but I may be confusing him with Roger Perrett, world 420 champ and another member of the crew we used to call "the Milky Bar Kids" when we raced against them in Etchells.

Since he's not really a "keelboat sailor", why would he do a "keelboat style" bearaway?

Not everyone can move to a different type of craft with success (lots of good skiff and cat sailors struggle to be competitive in windsurfers or slow monos) but plenty of good sailors can shift disciplines. Glenn Ashby spent most of his time sailing a very stable platform with a stayed mast, but that didn't stop him becoming a competent windsurfer. The current Australian foiling Moth champ won his first title in a gaff-rigged clinker classic.